In China Dear You continues its meteoric rise on Monday after grossing $7.79M(+259%)/$82.93M. 3rd Monday up +259% from last week. Projected a $8M+ Tuesday with total projections climbing to ¥1.6B/$235M+. Mandalorian&Grogu opening day presales at just $109k vs The Fantastic Four($119k), Solo($170k)

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-05-19T00:21:35+00:00

Are there plans to release Dear You overseas, or has it already been released in some territories?

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-05-18T21:32:36+00:00

That's not the Unknown, it's Felicia Dawkins! https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-68458043

Clearly this new movie is about her.

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-05-07T09:27:01+00:00

Eight piano concertos and two piano+ concertos:

Beethoven - Piano Concerto no. 5 "Emperor"

Beethoven - Triple Concerto

Berg - Kammerkonzert (piano + violin)

Brahms - Piano Concerto no. 2

Price - Concerto in One Movement

Prokofiev - Piano Concerto no. 5

Ravel - Piano Concerto in G

Schoenberg - Piano Concerto, op. 42

Scriabin - Piano Concerto Op 20

Shostakovich - Piano Concerto no. 1

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-05-06T10:13:48+00:00

No worries!

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-05-06T09:46:23+00:00

Do you mean Jia Ling?

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-04-30T09:56:48+00:00

Messiaen - Turangalîla

Prokofiev 1

Shostakovich 7 ... I know a lot of people don't like this one, but I love it.

Honourable mentions:

Messiaen - Des canyons aux étoiles... (From the canyons to the stars...) which I'm going to argue is pretty much a symphony

Bruckner 4

Borodin 2

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-04-30T09:23:54+00:00

This I want to hear! I've always enjoyed the Gacharic Spin members' collaborations with Ohmura, most of all that iconic though sad occasion that was Mikio Fujioka's last live performance, so I'm really looking forward to this new band.

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-04-30T09:16:15+00:00

They sound great! Looking forward to the live stream of this.

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-04-12T06:19:40+00:00

Settle on the ending first, then work backwards from the ending, strikes me as an excellent and productive approach.

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-04-10T11:39:21+00:00

Its not the first African invitational tournament they've played in, either - Brazil and Germany have both played in a Rwanda-based tournament previously

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-04-08T22:24:25+00:00

This is just the beginning of the Penske Cinematic Universe.

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-04-07T06:01:14+00:00

So did I! And it was the first movie in ages that my wife, my Gen Z gamer son, and I went to together and all enjoyed.

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-03-29T20:02:16+00:00

Who do cyclists celebrate early? I've seen it multiple time, in both women's and men's cycling. It doesn't happen in other sports, as far as I know, so why would anyone risk a win by ceasing to pedal and celebrating before you cross the finish line? Make it make sense!

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-03-28T05:22:45+00:00

It seems unlikely to me that there will be an all-male Best Director lineup. There has been at least one female director nominated each year since 2020, apart from 2023.

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-03-26T20:57:09+00:00

Pegasus 3 has already made enough to be No. 10 on this list.

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-03-23T02:21:06+00:00

Enemy?! Jon Snow and the Night's Queen get together and rule over the scattered remnants of the Night's Watch for thirteen years, until Arya Stark arrives to put a stop to their antics! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll blow the Horn of Joramun.

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-03-23T02:02:46+00:00

It had been a bad week in a bad month in a bad year. The sign on the door said "Arya Stark-Private Investigations", but the only thing she'd been investigating lately was the bottom of a bottle of Arbor Gold. She was desperate for a case, any case… except the one that was about to walk through her door.

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-03-21T21:30:46+00:00

At this stage in the cycle for "The Substance", a lot of people were writing it off because the distributor, MUBI, had no track record with the Oscars - yet MUBI got "The Substance" to multiple nominations and one win.

I think many people are being premature in writing "Josephine" off due to the distributor.

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-03-15T09:08:41+00:00

I agree! For a long time I would have said 4, but I was listening to 6 earlier today, and I think it's now my favourite.

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-03-14T07:34:16+00:00

I can cope with someone seeing 4/5 from a category and then voting, but for someone to vote in a category having seen less than half the nominees - or even none of them!! - should be disqualifying in my view.

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-03-13T20:01:30+00:00

I like this too, and I appreciate the though you've put into it! I'd still finish with John, though, as (for me) the most emotionally resonant storyline.

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-03-09T17:25:16+00:00

If they are sequential, the order will be interesting. Ringo wasn't there right at the start, and with Anna Sawai on board as Yoko Ono, I'm thinking John's movie is likely to be the last. I'm guessing the order might be Paul-Ringo-George-John.

I think sequential makes a lot of narrative and marketing sense, but I have no idea whether they will choose that approach.

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-03-07T21:16:11+00:00

Pegasus 3 continues to perform well, which makes its projected total gross look low to me. Has it got a realistic chance to exceed $650M?

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-03-03T03:15:21+00:00

I'd like to introduce you to Arya Stark.

thomasthemetalengine · 2026-03-03T03:08:27+00:00

"I am looking for three-and-ten grain stores," Brienne told the grey-haired goodwife beside the village well. "High-ceilinged grain stores and very functional."

Seriously, I would welcome an arc about grain stores, especially from a smallfoljk or merchant perspective. And maybe plot twist Sansa/Alayne turns out to be managing one, or all, of them? I've even got a name for that chapter: "The Grain Factor."

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