Showing posts with label Sebastian Stan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sebastian Stan. Show all posts

30 April 2018

I, Tonya


From the proverbial wrong side of the tracks in Portland, Oregon, former competitive figure skater Tonya Harding was never fully accepted in the figure skating community for not inherently being the image of grace, breeding and privilege that the community wanted to portray, despite she being naturally gifted in the sport athletically. Despite ultimately garnering some success in figure skating being national champion, a world championship medalist, an Olympian, and being the first American woman to complete a Triple Axel in competition, she is arguably best known for her association to "the incident": the leg bashing on January 6, 1994 of her competitor, Nancy Kerrigan, who, unlike Tonya, was everything that the figure skating community wanted in their representatives. Her association to that incident led to Tonya being banned from competitive figure skating for life. Tonya's story from the beginning of her figure skating life at age four to the aftermath of the incident is presented. Besides Tonya herself, key people in her life give their perspective of their role in her life. Although they may agree on the broad issues at hand, such as that the incident did occur, they may vary widely in their recollection of the details. These people are: her waitress mother Lavona Golden, who despite having paid for her expensive figure skating lessons, was abusive toward her physically and emotionally, never believing she being good enough in any aspect of the word, and who pulled her from school to focus solely on the figure skating; Diane Rawlinson, her first and longest serving coach, who, for good or bad, largely let Tonya be Tonya in the way she presented herself to the figure skating world; Jeff Gillooly, her first husband, the two who also had a turbulent relationship on a need to be loved perhaps without truly loving the other; Jeff's friend and Tonya's bodyguard Shawn Eckardt, a dim bulb who believed himself to be a bigger player in the big scheme of life than he actually was; and sports journalist Martin Maddox, a fictional character who provides general commentary of what the sports media as a collective wanted out of Tonya and the incident.
Year: 2017

17 June 2016

The Martian


During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive. Millions of miles away, NASA and a team of international scientists work tirelessly to bring "the Martian" home, while his crewmates concurrently plot a daring, if not impossible, rescue mission. As these stories of incredible bravery unfold, the world comes together to root for Watney's safe return.
Year: 2015

10 May 2016

Captain America: Civil War


With many people fearing the actions of super heroes, the government decides to push for the Anti-Hero Registration Act, a law that limits a heroes actions. This results in a division in The Avengers. Iron Man stands with this Act, claiming that their actions must be kept in check otherwise cities will continue to be destroyed, but Captain America feels that saving the world is daring enough and that they cannot rely on the government to protect the world. This escalates into an all-out war between Team Iron Man (Iron Man, Black Panther, Vision, Black Widow, War Machine, and Spiderman) and Team Captain America (Captain America, Bucky Barnes, Falcon, Sharon Carter, Scarlett Witch, Hawkeye, and Ant Man) while a new villain emerges.
(April 30,2016)

28 March 2014

Captain America: The Winter Soldier


Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and battles a new threat from old history: the Soviet agent known as the Winter Soldier.
(March 27, 2014)

03 January 2013

Hot Tub Time Machine


Three friends on losing streaks: Adam, whose girlfriend dumped him, Nick, with a dead-end job and a cheating wife, and Lou, a suicidal alcoholic. To help Lou recover from car-exhaust poisoning, Adam and Nick, with Adam's nephew Jacob, go to a winter resort that was their old party place. It's now a dump, but the lads rally for a night of drinking in the hot tub. Somehow, the hot tub takes them back to 1986, on a fateful night for each of them. Maybe if they do everything the same way they did that night, they'll get back to the future so Jacob can be born. There are serious temptations to do things differently. Will they make it back to their sorry lives? And what about Jacob?
Year: 2010

02 December 2012

The Apparition


When frightening events start to occur in their home, young couple Kelly and Ben discover they are being haunted by a presence that was accidentally conjured during a university parapsychology experiment. The horrifying apparition feeds on their fear and torments them no matter where they try to run. Their last hope is an expert in the supernatural, but even with his help they may already be too late to save themselves from this terrifying force.
Year: 2012

04 October 2011

The Covenant


To the students of the Spenser Academy, the Sons of Ipswich are the baddest boys on campus. But that's not all they share. The four friends also share a 300-year-old secret: they're warlocks, the teenage descendants of a 17th-century coven of witches. So when the long-banished fifth son suddenly appears and threatens to kill their loved ones, they realize they must face their enemy in order to prevent him from stealing their powers and shattering the covenant forever.
Year: 2006

27 September 2011

Spread


In Los Angeles, Nikki is homeless, car-less and closing in on 30, but he's amoral, good-looking, and adept in the sack, moving from one wealthy woman of 35 or 40 to another, a kept boy-toy. His newest gig, with Samantha, an attorney whose house overlooks L.A., is sweet, although it's unclear how long she'll put up with him. Then Nikki meets Heather, a waitress. Is the player being played, or might this be love? What will Nikki discover?
Year: 2009

31 July 2011

Captain America: The First Avenger


It is 1942, America has entered World War II, and sickly but determined Steve Rogers is frustrated at being rejected yet again for military service. Everything changes when Dr. Erksine recruits him for the secret Project Rebirth. Proving his extraordinary courage, wits and conscience, Rogers undergoes the experiment and his weak body is suddenly enhanced into the maximum human potential. When Dr. Erksine is then immediately assassinated by an agent of Nazi Germany's head of its secret HYDRA research department, Johann Schmidt aka the Red Skull, Rogers is left as a unique man who is initially misused as a propaganda mascot. However, when his comrades need him, Rogers goes on a successful adventure that truly makes him Captain America and his war against Schmidt begins.
(July 30, 2011)

Hindi pa siya showing forte ko na talaga siya mapanood. Sad lang kasi nung first time mag plan kami na panoorin to hindi natuloy dahil sa Azkals game na yan. So ayun fail ang sched. Buti nalang nag text tong si Patrick kahapon (July 30, 2011) mga lunch time and I asked him kung feel niya manood so he said yes! So we decided to meet up at 1.30pm at malayo pa biyahe pa Baliuag lungs naman. Hahaha so ayon enough with the happening start with Captain America na that’s the point of this entry.
Syempre I don’t know what to expect hindi ko alam ang istorya ni Capt America pero natuwa naman ako hindi nga lang maicompare sa kagandahan ng story nila Batman, Spidey at kung sino pang superheroes. Pero nadaan sa face ni Chris Evans. At kahit payatutchina ang lolo mo nagkagusto na yata sa kanya kaagad un girl dahil sa pinakita niyang bravery sa bomb pati na din sa pag kuha ng flag sa pole. Tarush matalino ehh! Kaya lang may pagka corny lang nung na nung naging performer siya. At talagang nilibot ang iba’t ibang state sa America. Nakaka touch lang din ang friendship nila ni Bucky Barnes played by Sebastian Stan best in friendship sila at un ang dahilan kaya niya nailigtas ang 400 na utash. Sayang lang at namatay si bestfriend niya. Atleast hero silang dalawa. Pero nakakalungkot lang hindi masyadong nausuhan ng love life si Captain sana kahit konting kilig moments lang. At akala ko may ganap after niya magising sa pagkakatulog niya ng 70 years un pala un na ang katapusan. Hahaha dun ako nag expect. So hintayin ko nalang siguro ang The Avengers para bongga! Okaythanksbye! :)
Love,
- D.✯