Raithe

For the slice of Bollywood, Jurassic World, and The Amazing Spider Man connection.. Irrfan Khan Dies

And in the midst of everything.. a moment of pure happiness https://www.gif-vif.com/gifs/True-happiness?

Just for the view.. Golden hour at Hohenzollern

And to think Oldman almost retired from acting back in the early 90's because he thought he was being typecast and his career wasn't really going anywhere. Then he got the offer to play Dracula and he was all "Well, when you get asked to play one of the great bad guys in literature, you have to say yes and give it your all." (to paraphrase). Although it's also interesting to see that in later years, he'd say that Dracula wasn't a 'bucket list' role to play so much, but the chance to work with Coppola that really pulled him back into it. Quirky how different interviews at different times will come across.

RawStory - Leader of North Carolina anti-lockdown protests tests positive for Covid-19

There's scrutiny..and there's "holding basic logic together with previous SW films..."

NyTimes - He found one of Stalin's mass graves, now he's on trial for pedophilia

The Force powers they only remembered to use when it was dramatically appropriate..or they just forgot when they were in other situations the same powers would have been damn helpful and solved the situation without all the stres..?

I have just watched Rise of Skywalker. I am not sure I have the words. Good to decent acting. Luscious visuals. An orchestral score that has your emotions hitting those points even while your mind is going WTF?? Some of the most implausible and silly space battle setups I've seen in decades of watching sci-fi, and plot jumps that ignore previous canon (and I'm talking the officially recognised Disney Lucasarts SW canon). There were some interesting points, and some story beats that went nicely, but then something would skew so hard left. I am.. befuddled.

Not the exact same structure, but made in a similar way. This is the actual one: