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The Light Between Oceans

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Release Date: January 24, 2017
Directed by: Derek Cianfrance
Written by: Derek Cianfrance (Screenplay), M.L. Stedmen (Novel)
Production Co: Heyday Films, LBO Productions (II), Dreamworks SKG
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic material and some sexual content
Stars: Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz

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Where to begin…
I didn’t know that the film was based on a novel. The consensus I received was mediocre.
The film (and the novel, I imagine) was set in the early 1900s. About 1918 (and some change), more post WWI, if that gives you an idea.
Tom (a WWI veteran) travels to Janus, an island near Stanley, Australia, to become the lighthouse keeper (temporarily). You can see that Tom is internally tormented with himself from the war. While the locals serve him up some delicious dinner party fun, he meets Isabel. She is also tormented by the loss of her brothers in the war. Match made in heaven, right?

Well, the correspond with one another after Tom goes to Janus to assume his duties as the lighthouse keeper. Eventually, nuptials happen (HOW?). After they are married and return to Janus, Tom and Isabel life a life of solitude. So, what happens when you live a life a solitude (and still getting to know your spouse?)? Several attempts, and 2 miscarriages later, a gift washes upon the shore of Janus.

Isabel, lonely and saddened by her recent loss, convinces Tom to go against the rules. Who is going to know, right?
Four years later, their world is turned upside down. Tom, after seeing Hannah at the cemetery (and learning about her story: husband and baby were lost at sea), he clearly put it together that their Lucy was actually Grace. Because Tom could not live with the torment of lies, he left Hannah assurance of her daughter’s well being.

At the 20th anniversary of the Lighthouse, everything starts toward a downward spiral.
Let’s just say, from a mother’s prospective, it could have been handled differently, but again think of the time frame. So, Tom is jailed and Isabel turns her back on him. That is common today, but then? Can you imagine?

My thoughts:
I don’t think this was a love story. At least not between Tom and Isabel. It was more the love of a mother and what she would do for her child. Second, the love between someone who is not the child’s mother and the child is prevalent. I feel that Tom loved Isabel a lot more than Isabel did him. Her love for him grew, later, but not initially. I also feel that Isabel’s love for Lucy stemmed from the loss of hers. I have never lost a child, but I do love 4 wonderful children (one who is mine biologically).

So, when you go watch this movie, whether you see it in the theater or on iTunes or Netflix in a few months, go in with a clear mind. Understand from all points of view: Tom went from Torment to protector, Isabel went for tormented to devout mother, Hannah went from lost to found.

The HOPE is there for all of them.

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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