MOVIE REVIEW: The Lovely Bones

I first came to Peter Jackson through The Beatles: Get Back, so I wasn’t prepared for how The Lovely Bones would hit — and wow, it hit.

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Watching it with my lovely one helped me cope, at least a little.

(The Lovely Bones, with my lovely one. Had to.)

The film was a chilling, disturbing, and gut-wrenching trip. Disturbing was watching Susie get led to that underground pit — we had our lungs out screaming at the screen for her not to go. Gut-wrenching was the sister’s tense, heart-racing chase scene with Tucci’s Gacy/Dahmer hybrid of a character. And chilling? Every moment Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz were on screen and just… not vibing.

(Or maybe I’m just used to seeing her spark with Brendan Fraser and real-life partner Daniel Craig. Man, the screen’s gonna miss Craig’s Bond.)

The blend of dreamy fantasy with real-world horror was unexpected, and honestly, a breath of fresh air in terms of storytelling. But what's really striking about the film is how it avoids sexualizing Saoirse Ronan’s character, focusing instead on her emotional depth and journey, which is both rare and incredibly refreshing in this genre.

Needless to say: watch it! 

But make sure you’re not alone, okay? 

Thanks for this recommendation, and of course, watching it with me, lovey!

The Jonas Brothers are Back Together

It's 2019 and the Jonas Brothers are topping the music charts, and radio stations once again.

The Jonas Brothers recreating an old video of theirs to announce their comeback screengrabbed from Facebook.com

March 1, 2019, the Jonas Brothers announced their reunion in all of their social media accounts, along with a brand new single and music video, Sucker, which featured their vetter-halves as their on-screen partners and have gained 94 million views on YouTube, as of writing.

Sucker music video screengrabbed from YouTube.com

To further show the extremity of the attention that Sucker has got,  the last two singles that the Jonas Brothers released only has 27 million views (Pom Poms), and 9.3 million views (First Time).

After the announcement, the Jonas Brothers appeared on various radio shows and had a week of guesting in The Late Late Show hosted by James Corden wherein they did segments of the show including the Carpool Karaoke, and of course, the first TV performance of Sucker.

Jonas Brother's Carpool Karaoke screengrabbed from YouTube.com

The Jonas Brothers also released a "director's cut" version of the Sucker music video, and a behind the scenes video. There have been lots of positive reviews about the song. Additionally, praises for the Jonas Brother's comeback have been overwhelming for they were one musical group that had been successful in making a comeback.

It had only been a month since they were reunited, and people were already saying they had done it successfully!

Another gift to the fans that they had was the series of pop-up shows where they played some of their hits like Burnin' Up, SOS, Lovebug, and When You Look Me In The Eyes among others, along with the new hit, Sucker.

Promotional photo for Sucker from Facebook.com

But wait, there's more in store from the Jonas Brothers. They are releasing a brand new single, Cool, in a few hours (April 5, 2019) and the anticipation is really exhausting. Just for a few hours more, we are all going to hear what the Jonas Brothers prepared during their Miami visit a few weeks ago.

Miami-themed promotional photo for Cool from Facebook.com

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