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Like a zombie in love by elliewriter 

The city is plagued, but Gavin and Veronica would never know. They finally found each other. While Simon is on his own in his building where he lives. Can he dare let the right one in? He's living on caffiene and old episodes of TEENWOLF, hoping the worst will be over so he can go back to securing his life in his little domain. Is there anyway these guys can help each other?

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moving on

Eli Goldworthy (Munro Chambers) is all alone at the film school in New York City. Thankfully, he bumps into old class made Katie Martin (Chloe Rose) and summer has a new place in his heart full of adventure and being on his own. If that's not enough he meets Gustaff (Tom Ljungman) foreign exchange student from Sweden who brings a whole different kind of life of fun and trouble. Making it quite a triangle of romance and life in the city.

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Bannon's classic romance focuses on Laura (Ksenia Solo) who's attending university in the 1950s. She meets the alluring Beth, who helps her get into a sorority. Laura is drawn to Beth (Adelaide Clemens) and slowly falls in love with her. Beth has been dating a slew of guys, looking to awaken her heart, and soon finds herself torn between the burgeoning love she feels for Laura and the deep desire she feels for Charlie, a man. It's a compelling story and reflective of the attitudes in the 1950s, although with a twist: the lesbian character has a hopeful ending instead of a sad one. It's wonderful to see this work back in print because of its historical value.

This novel actually has a lot of levels to it. And it is a really good story. I'd like to see a movie of it set in its time period. I think it would had a certain nostalgic quality to it, too.

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The year is 1975 and (Penelope Mitchell) Reno—so-called because of the place of her birth—has come to New York intent on turning her fascination with motorcycles and speed into art.

Her arrival coincides with an explosion of activity in the art world—artists have colonized a deserted and industrial SoHo, are staging actions in the East Village, and are blurring the line between life and art.

Reno meets a group of dreamers and raconteurs who submit her to a sentimental education of sorts. Ardent, vulnerable, and bold, she begins an affair with an artist named Sandro Valera (Stanley Weber), the semi-estranged scion of an Italian tire and motorcycle empire. When they visit Sandro’s family home in Italy, Reno falls in with members of the radical movement that overtook Italy in the seventies. Betrayal sends her reeling into a clandestine undertow.

 Based on Rachel Kushner's novel, The Flame Throwers.

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Happy as a Big Sunflower has to be the worst title ever for a book, but its the true diary of Dolph Johnson who is Swedish. He is full of tales of living in the outback of Nebraska in the late 1870's as a farm boy and of course immigrant who's a bit of an outsider of the Danes who live in that part of the world. We get insight of a rural killing. Not only the news story of that time along with troubles with an oxen and other everyday adventures of survival, but we get the lowdown of the courting rituals of the time, as well. How did one travel by train in those days? The typical male usually traveled like a hobo back then. They had no money. And what were people really like?

Its a journal you'll find amusing. Although, true-life doesn't always make the best movies. Still this is a book you could definitely find character in.

Dolf (Bill Skarsgard) finds himself suddenly the schoolmaster after some sort of default. This was definitely a cold hard look at the school system of the time. With a school house full of boys, he ends up having to beat every one of them up, just to get their respect.

There is also his own little adventures of finding out what people might think if he showed up in town in one of sister's dresses and bonnet.

Yet, the best part of this book might be his unusual courting with the preacher's daughter (Troian Bellisario). She keeps sending him letters, as if she's several mystery girls. Of course, he knows it has to be her. Yet, they keep showing up at different events, and he learns she is quite weird in spite of being a preacher's daughter. Its inspiring to see how a young woman could make her freedom last as long as she could. Unfortunately, she isn't the one he ends up with.

I feel sure if his truths could be honed in of the quirky life of a pioneer, it could certainly be taking the ordinary to the extraordinary, and we might not ever look the same way of Little House on the Prairie.

I'd love to see more American period pieces in film. Especially, after the Civil War. How the war changed men even in the vast space of Americana. What was expected of them verses what they wanted. It could be a movie with lots of mysteries. From the killing nearby of a drifter turned imposter's last chance for a family that went wrong, mixed in with a young man trying his best to fit in, yet hoping to miss his calling there, only to want to find his own adventures. Still Dolf Johnson did go back to his roots and did what many immigrants did at that time.

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 One Bloody Thing After Another

Jackie(Phoebe Tonkin) has a map of the city on the wall of her bedroom, with a green pin for each of her trees. She has a first-kiss tree and a broken-arm tree. She has a car-accident tree. There is a tree at the hospital where Jackie’s mother passed away into the long good night. When one of them gets cut down, Jackie doesn't know what to do but she doesn't let that stop her. She picks up the biggest rock she can carry and puts it through the window of a car. Smash. She intends to leave before the police arrive, but they're early.

Ann (Claire Holt) is Jackie’s best friend, but she’s got problems of her own. Her mother is chained up in the basement. How do you bring that up in casual conversation? "Oh, sorry I've been so distant, Jackie. My mother has more teeth than she’s supposed to, and she won't eat anything that’s already dead." Ann and her sister Margaret (Ashley Benson) don't have much of a choice here. Their mother needs to be fed. It isn't easy but this is family. It’s not supposed to be easy. It'll be okay as long as Margaret and Ann still have each other.

Add in a cantankerous old man, his powerfully stupid dog, a headless ghost, a lesbian crush and a few unsettling visits from Jackie’s own dead mother, and you'll find that One Bloody Thing After Another is a different sort of horror novel from the ones you're used to. It’s as sad and funny as it is frightening, and it is as much about the way families rely on each other as it is about blood being drooled on the carpet. Though, to be honest, there is a lot of blood being drooled on the carpet.

 

based on Joey Comeau's novel.  I gotta say I love his work.

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This weekend I was watching a very old episode of Doc Martin, and Stephanie Leonidas was on. Doc Martin helped "Melanie" with her displaced shoulder and suddenly she was in love with the Doc. She made him a cake, followed him around and even waited for him in bed. A little later(2004), after that episode Stephanie was in Mirror Mask which was the first movie I ever saw her in. Starting next Monday she'll be in Defiance on SyFy, but you probably won't recognize her because she'll be in alien makeup.

So what does this have to do with My Movie Monday?

Well...I found an old Journal. I'm calling it The Lost Journal.

Naturally, I think of Stephanie as the main character.

While I think of Landon Librion as Jonah, her closest friend.

Of course, she is a girl who might be troubled, but doesn't even know. She feels like an outsider. All her friends seem to have boyfriends but her.

Although, Ethan comes into her life.

Watch for it on Thursdays on my blog.


So many movies in my head. Its a sickness..I'm sure..but anyway....

Also I have another writing project I'm starting. Initially, the character is some one in a summer story on Ellie. The infamous Jama, who so happens to be one of Jules' old girlfriends. Interestingly, though..Willow sees a whole different guy than who Jama sees. Anyway, suddenly a crackship came to me, and I just couldn't stop thinking about it.

Tatiana Masley and Marc-Andre Grondin. So its a prequel. If I could call it that. And I hope I can write it in first person. While Jules came to the states, Jama went to Paris.

Marco and Jama on Fridays. I hope.

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After (Nico Mirallegro) Jace Witherspoon is kicked out by his abusive father(Sean Penn), he seeks refuge in Albuquerque with his older brother (Penn Badgley), whom he hasn't seen in six years. Their mother(Catherine Keener), also a victim of her husband's abuse, promises to leave him and join her children on Thanksgiving. Jace counts down the days while trying to start a new life and rebuild his relationship with Christian, but he's haunted by a terrible secret and the people he left behind. This gripping story is especially noteworthy because Jace is a victim who has also become an abuser: he hit his (Jane Levy) girlfriend during an argument the night he left Chicago. He is quick-tempered, proud, and charming, like his father. In contrast, Christian is more like their mother: restrained, deliberate, and humble. Their father's abuse has made Christian emotionally distant, but Jace's presence forces him to open up and confront his guilt about leaving his sibling behind. The brothers' growing relationship, as they turn to each other to escape from their father's shadow, is touching.

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"Sometimes I wonder why words can't actually make us bleed."

Unfortunately, two abused kids do not necessarily make the best roommates. They've got a lot of trauma, secrets, and bitterness to live through. They do have help from Christian's English teacher girlfriend, (Arielle Kebbel) Mirriam, and Jace's co-worker, Dakota.-Kyle

Based on Swati Avasthi's Novel. 

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PURE. UNPLANNED. PERFECT. Those were (Thomas McDonell) Nick’s summer plans before (Erica Fisher)Sasha stepped into the picture. With the collateral damage from his parents’ divorce still settling and (Maddie Hasson( Dani (his girl of the moment) up for nearly anything, complications are the last thing he needs. All that changes, though, when Nick runs into Sasha at the beach in July. Suddenly he’s neck-deep in a relationship and surprised to find he doesn’t mind in the least. But Nick’s world shifts again when Sasha breaks up with him. Then, weeks later, while Nick’s still reeling from the breakup, she turns up at his doorstep and tells him she’s pregnant. Nick finds himself struggling once more to understand the girl he can’t stop caring for, the girl who insists that it’s still over.

Nick is one of the most memorable male protagonists I've seen in a long time. His observations are candid and devastating. He's a frustrated, 16-year-old guy, struggling with his own perceptions of himself and other people's perceptions of him.(Avon Jogia) Martin drives home the fact that it's tough just to be a teenager, let alone one who is about to go through the things that Nick goes through. Martin is also excellent at taking down walls between characters and the reader. If you don't know these people, you will know them. I think that familiarity is especially important when considering the book's subject matter.-Courtney Summers 

 Based on C.K. Kelley Martin's Book

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When Travis (Keegan Allen) returns home from a stint in Afghanistan, his parents are splitting up, his (Benjamin Stone) brother’s stolen his (Holland Roden girlfriend and his car, and he’s haunted by nightmares of his (Matt Dallas) best friend’s death. It’s not until Travis runs into Harper (Shay Mitchell), a girl he’s had a rocky relationship with since middle school, that life actually starts looking up. And as he and Harper see more of each other, he begins to pick his way through the minefield of family problems and post-traumatic stress to the possibility of a life that might resemble normal again. Travis’s dry sense of humor, and incredible sense of honor, make him an irresistible and eminently lovable hero.

Matt Dallas as his best friend.

Travis aka Solo is absolutely wonderful. He is 19, young and still trying to understand his new world after getting back from his first tour in Afghanistan.

Harper is sassy and sweet and strong. She's stubborn and has a great right hook.-M

Travis has his faults, but he is such a great narrator and it was quite a journey being in his head, living out his story with him. I got so lost in what he was going through--from his memories of Charlie (his dead best friend), his frustrations with his parents, his nightmares and triggers to the story with Harper. Speaking of, she is such a great girl. Their story from middle school is rough, and I hope that it can get across the message to others that it did for me. Lies of omission can still hurt, and labels that get put on you or because of you doesn't go away as easily as one might think-Brandi

It was funny, heartfelt and everything I hoped it would be named. Great story. It has it all. Love, conflict, lies, games...Love it. -Tabitha

Based on Trisha Doller's novel.

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Some people spend their whole lives looking for the right partner. Nate Schaper (Jeremy Irving) found his in high school. In the eight months since their cautious flirting became a real, heart-pounding, tell-the-parents relationship, Nate and Adam (Cameron Mitchell) have been inseparable. Even when local kids take their homophobia to brutal levels, Nate is undaunted. He and Adam are rock solid. Two parts of a whole. Yin and yang.
But when Adam graduates and takes an off-Broadway job in New York--at Nate's insistence--that certainty begins to flicker. Nate's friends can't keep his insecurities at bay, especially when he catches Skyped glimpses of Adam's shirtless roommate. Nate starts a blog to vent his frustrations and becomes the center of a school controversy, drawing ire and support in equal amounts. But it's the attention of a new boy(Alden Ehrenreich) who is looking for more than guidance that forces him to confront who and what he really wants. 

Tender, thoughtful, and unflinchingly real, Don't Let Me Go is a witty and beautifully written account of young love, long-distance relationships, and learning to follow your heart.

"Don't Let Me Go" demonstrates that there is so much more to the queer world than sexual orientation.  - K

Based on J.H. Trumble's book.

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(Carly Chaikin) Eliza's parents are out of town for the weekend and the high school junior is looking forward to a Saturday night hanging out with her two best friends. Instead she discovers that her private notebook has been stolen; in it, she has written down all her fears since she was 12. (Mickey Reid) Tyler, president of a secret society at school, is threatening to post it online, unless she does exactly as he says. He is exacting revenge for something she posted online about (Josh Hutcherson) Cooper, a fellow society member and her ex-boyfriend.

 And what about Cooper? Whose side is he on? The evening turns out to be an all-night madcap adventure as the girls traipse all over the Boston area so that Eliza can kiss a hottie in a bar, pose in a bikini for an online posting, and more. In the end, she discovers that facing one's fears isn't so scary after all.

Based on Lauren Barnholt's novel.

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When family problems push Riley Middleton (Troian Bellisario) into giving up a percussion scholarship in another state and attending college from home, her friends push her to try out for a local rock band. Of course, Riley makes the band. She rules at the drums.

Riley soon finds out rock bands have a different dynamic than marching bands, especially when each of her male band mates has a major ego and is a major player(Diego Boneta). Two of them relentlessly flirt with her. The other—a dark, sexy rock god she can’t help being attracted to— is a total jerk(Justin Wilczynski) and pushes her to quit. She becomes determined to ignore his rudeness and his hotness. Even if she was interested in jerks, a hook up would probably get her booted out of the ego-ridden band, and playing keeps her sane. Behind the drums, the world and her family’s troubles evaporate.

If she wants to stay in the band, Riley just has to ignore the growing sparks between her and her band enemy. But as she gets to know the man behind the stage persona, ignoring him proves to be more difficult than flowing through a time sig shift.

Based on Jean Haus' novel.