The Cyclist's Anthology
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Following the success of The Walker s Anthology and The Railway Anthology, we re continuing this...
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Movie Watch
Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and the other Avengers join forces with the Guardians of the Galaxy...
Marvel Superhero MCU Superheroes
Keeping Faith
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Faith Howells is a solicitor at a family-run law firm. Evan, her husband, disappears whilst she is...
Thriller Drama
Project Rainbow: How British Cycling Reached the Top of the World
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Twenty years ago, British road cycling was in the doldrums: today it is at the top of the world...
Railways: Nation, Network and People
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Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2015 Currently filming for BBC programme Full Steam Ahead...
Ten Americans: After Paul Klee
Fabienne Eggelhofer, The Zentrum Paul Klee, The Phillips Collection and Elsa Smithgall
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Critics have traditionally confined Paul Klee's contribution to American art as one of "spirit," and...
Anne with an E
TV Show Watch
ANNE WITH AN E opens with a fortuitous mistake that brings imaginative orphan Anne Shirley (AmyBeth...
drama
Gareth von Kallenbach (971 KP) rated A Star Is Born (2018) in Movies
Jul 2, 2019
One night after a show, Jackson Maine drunkenly wanders into a drag bar and becomes completely enamored with Ally’s sultry voice after she belts out La Vie En Rose. It didn’t take long to realize the vulnerability that connected the two artists. The wounded soul of Jackson’s past and Ally’s heartbreak from constant rejection by the large music companies because she doesn’t look like a Barbie doll. The following day, Jackson flies Ally to one of his shows, and invites her to sing with him on stage together. Realizing the audience loves them and the chemistry they exude on stage, it’s only makes sense for Ally to join Jackson on tour and begin making beautiful music together. The chemistry carries off stage as the two quickly fall in love, get married, all while Ally’s career begins to take off.
Ally, however, is ill-equipped to deal with Jackson’s addiction and the demands that come with being a superstar, trying to juggle home life and her career. Proud of his wife’s success and still suffering from his own demons, Jackson in the end realizes his inability to come up for air is holding her back.
Bradley Cooper has proven that he is just as talented behind the camera as he is in front of one. All the agony, the pain, raw emotions Cooper demonstrated in this character, I would be very surprised if he didn’t receive any recognition come awards season. Even with such a stellar performance by Cooper, Lady Gaga was the absolute show stopper. She commanded the audience’s attention with her voice, her quick wit, her natural realism of codependency. She was born to play Ally.
We already knew that Lady Gaga and her singing chops where going to be a major focal point in this film, but who knew Bradley Cooper could sing? Cooper, who said he flew to Seattle to consult friend Eddie Vedder, frontman for Pearl Jam, on how to “aesthetically become a musician, and all the inner workings.” The breathtaking musical performances made you feel like you were live at the concert. I almost found myself clapping at the end of a couple of numbers.
When you see a movie and find yourself just sitting there in awe as the end credits roll by, unable to move, you realized you’ve just seen magic. From the music, to the supporting characters, the editing……..every element was sheer perfection!
Le Tour: A History of the Tour de France
Book
Geoffrey Wheatcroft's hugely entertaining and well researched history of the Tour de France is...
Specimen Science: Ethics and Policy Implications
Holly Fernandez Lynch, I. Glenn Cohen, Barbara E. Bierer and Suzanne M. Rivera
Book
Advances in medicine often depend on the effective collection, storage, research use, and sharing of...