Who Knows What Tomorrow Brings ... and Imaginary Friends?🐲🧚🐇🥚🐣⛪🐰🐉

IF (2024)

I saw the news of the passing Louis Gossett Jr. and looked up his IMDB page to see what movies he had starred in over the years, apart from the obvious, and saw he voices a character in the upcoming animated film 'IF' (Imaginary Friends), which also stars Ryan Reynolds the part owner of Wrexham FC (AKA The Red Dragons), who was born in the Year of the Dragon ironically, with Louis Gossett Jr. passing away in the Year of the Dragon this year.

🐲Enter the 2024 Dragon?🐉

Ryan Reynolds' Wrexham FC Could Be Playing in the Big Leagues in 2024, the Year of the Dragon?🐉⚽🐲

Oscar-winning actor Louis Gossett Jr. dead at 87

According to Louis' Wikipedia page, he passed away on Good Friday this year, which is the start of Easter, which some would debate is the weekend for IFs, bigtime>;-)

And So, This is Easter ... and What Have You Watched? 📺🕳🐇🐰

From An Officer and a Gentleman soundtrack

Humans love telling each other stories to the point most people don't know what to believe anymore.

I guess we all need something to believe in, as we pass through this unbelievable lifetime>;-)

Buffy Sainte-Marie Pushes Back on Probe into Indigenous Ancestry?🧬

What's With the Rabbit and Scissor Fingers Jo Jo?

Imaginary Friends?

And So, This is Easter ... and What Have You Watched? 📺🕳🐇🐰

I've been wondering what to watch over Easter and have had no shortage of suggestions from cinema and TV streaming companies from e-mails hitting my inbox this Easter.

I like how 20th anniversary screenings of 'The Passion of the Christ' started on March 27th, World Theatre Day -

Happy World Theatre Day ... Break a Leg? 🎭

The Passion of the Christ (2004)

'The Passion of the Christ' turns 20 this year I'm told, but seeing it again was like me reading The Bible from cover-to-cover years ago, once is enough for me for this lifetime anyway;-)

As for 'Watership Down' ... no thanks Doc>:-)

I did start watching my DVD copy of the 1977 TV series 'Jesus of Nazareth' thinking it was a movie, but realizing it ran for something like 328 minutes when I made it to where Michael York enters as John the Baptist.

I'll have to watch the rest before Sunday comes around, since I did start watching it on Good Friday, so spreading the series out over 3 days seems fitting, I think.

The only reason I bought the DVD set in the first place was to see Robert Powell playing Jesus, as I had watched him in 'Jude, the Obscure' and couldn't get over how green his eyes looked.

Then I picked up the DVD of 'Jesus of Nazareth' and saw he had bright blue eyes as Jesus and thought how did they go from green in 'Jude, the Obscure' to bright blue as Jesus?

Jude the Obscure: The Last Book of Thomas Hardy's I Must Read Before I Die?⛪💌📚

Jude the Obscure
TV Mini Series

To me Robert Powell was always Tommy's dad Captain Walker, as I hadn't really seen him in anything I watched growing up over the years, apart from 'Tommy'.

Who knew?-)

Tommy (1975)

Wasn't Tommy meant to be Jesus' twin brother Thomas?

That part of The Bible was probably just made up, right?-)

Maybe I'll have to give 'Tommy' another watch this weekend after I've finished watching 'Jesus of Nazareth'?

I wrote about seeing the 40th anniversary screening of 'Tommy' in this old post -

Happy Birthday Pete Townshend ... Did Some Reader Out There Just Ask WHO?-)

Immaculate (2024)

So many movies to watch over the Easter holidays, and yet so little time.
Happy Easter>;-)

Immaculate?⛪👼🥚🐤

Immaculate?⛪👼🥚🐤

Immaculate (2024)

I might have to check out this 'Immaculate' movie over the Easter Weekend sometime ... and not just because I think Sydney is a hot chick, either;-)

Anyone But You (2023)

Sydney Sweeney Brings Sheer Glamour to Anyone But You?👀😍

Immaculate (Anna McGahan)

I've been dying to see this movie since reading Anna McGahan's novel of the same name ... well I'm not getting any younger:-)
Although, I do have a lot of reading to do over Easter ... and before I die:-)

Falling Man Falls Well Short of Being a Great Book?🌇

I listened to a few more recent podcasts shows featuring Anna McGahan this week, as I stumbled across a DVD at work of the Underbelly Razor series, starring Anna McGahan, even though I started watching the series on the STAN streaming service recently.

And I'm working on a post about biographies, including Anna's semi-fictional autobiography, as well as a few other people's "real" life stories ... so far.

WHAT IS BEAUTIFUL ABOUT LIFE?

Ironically, I wrote a post about beauty myself -

BEAUTY, her BEAST, and the BLOSSOMING SELF?🌹🪞⏰

135: Anna McGahan on the Stories that
 Shape Us, Break Us, and Make Us

We all like a good story over Easter, whether a book or movie, true or not, I think;-)

Another movie I picked up at the Op shop,
which I'll have to watch over the weekend:-)

Anna McGahan:
Creativity and the Creative Process

I'd like to see Anna's book 'Immaculate' made into a movie or TV mini-series, too.

Happy World Theatre Day ... Break a Leg? 🎭

I didn't even know that 'World Theatre Day' was a thing, until today.

So, I rang my sons to see if they want to buy some tickets to Trent Dalton's 'Love Stories' in September, as we all liked that book and are curious to see it brought to life on stage.

Deepak Chopra: Stairway to Heaven, the Synchrodestiny of Boy Swallows Universe ... and God Don't Play Dice ... ?

PLUM Love Stories? 💓💑💘💔🖤

Trent Dalton’s Love Stories
10 - 29 Sep 2024 QPAC Playhouse

I guess 'World Theatre Day' ends at midnight tonight?-)

DON'T F**K WITH CATS ... or Pia Zadora?

Frost and the Art of Food Consumption and Art?🍔🎨🎭

That's a BIG MAC?!

When I saw that McDonalds in Australia were introducing an Adult Happy Meal to their menu last February, I was curious as to why people would buy them ... so I bought one ... and ended up with the "toy" that I didn't want to get.

McDonald’s finally launches
‘adult’ menu item in Australia

The "toy" I got:-(

I wanted the Kerwin Frost figurine.

McDonald’s Adult Happy Meals
Have Arrived in Australia

Not that I had any idea of who Kerwin Frost was at the time.

So, I looked him up through Wikipedia and was surprised to see that Kerwin shared a birthday with Carl Jung and Stanley Kubrick.

Kerwin Frost
(born July 26, 1995)

I didn't worry too much about getting the lame Darla "toy", as I thought I had a few months to try and get the Kerwin figure.

Afterall, 1 chance in 6 are Russian Roulette odds of shooting yourself in the head.

And I've already tried once (to get a toy, not shoot myself), so how hard could it be to get a KF "toy" eventually?
WRONG!

The next visit when I asked for an Adult Happy Meal at the Drive Thru, I was told they didn't have any, because they were SOLD OUT.

I started thinking that when it came to artists, maybe Kerwin was a sell-out?-)

FRY GUY (SOLD OUT)

I asked when they were getting more in and was told that's it, GAME OVER.

Can't say that I was happy:-)

Ironically, the first time I got an Adult Happy Meal was coming back from the Logan Art Gallery after seeing the exhibition that was on there at the time.

Which was probably why I wanted to check out Kerwin's pop art on the way home, while getting something to eat? 

What is it with portraits?

Portraits bore me, even though I admire people who can paint or draw them, as I can't ... or don't think I could, even though I have never tried to.

Artistic Irony?

I prefer trippy art to portraits any day of the week.

The second time I tried getting an Adult Happy Meal was when I was heading home from work and then heading out to my youngest son's place to watch the first Brisbane Lions game of the season on his TV, because we couldn't get tickets to the Gabba, as the match was SOLD OUT.

Seems to be a theme running through this post, do you reckon?-)
He is coming over to my place to watch the Brisbane Lions/Collingwood Magpies game Thursday night and I'm paying for pizza ... not McDonalds:-)

And I'm hoping to turn my frown upside down with the Lions first win of the season:-)

One group of losing fans will not be happy after the game on Thursday night, since both teams are winless since meeting in last year's GF, which I'm still not happy about losing:-(

Maybe McDonalds should get Ben Frost to make some art for their Australian Adult Happy Meals?-)

www.benfrostisdead.com ＃benfrost ＃art
(at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

Fries Wide Shut: More Ben Frost Art