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Sep 29, 2023 · Is “Bianca” based on a true story? While the exact inspiration behind “Bianca” remains a mystery, it is believed that the song draws from real-life experiences and emotions. Many fans speculate that MacRae channeled his own personal feelings and relationships into the song, making it resonate deeply with listeners.
- Corey Hoffman
1 day ago · The real Joan Hannington has revealed her real thoughts when it comes to being portrayed by Sophie Turner in the new true-crime ITV series. The vibrant series set in the 80s is inspired by the ...
- There’S Something About Bianca
- Happiness = Self-Deception
- The Brothers Lindstrom
- Catharsis, Onscreen and Off
- From Delusion to Reality
Based on premise alone, you’d be silly to expect that Lars and the Real Girl (2007) would be the sensible, nuanced, and emotionally complex movie that it is. On its face, this story seems like the sort of thing theFarrelly Brothers could have packed theatres with in the ’90s. But in reality, so to speak, it’s not that. Not at all. Lars and the Real...
All of that may sound nice – it is! – but it ignores the fact that in some cases happiness might just depend upon your willingness to indulge in a little self-deception, even delusion. Lars and the Real Girl is, after all, a movie that also asks you to pretend that Ryan Gosling– even with a mustache, a bad haircut, and a lumberjack’s business casua...
Lars Lindstrom lives in a carriage house adjacent to his childhood home, which was inherited by his brother Gus (Paul Schneider), who lives there with his wife Karin (Emily Mortimer). Increasingly pregnant and already innately maternal, Karin repeatedly tries in vain to get Lars to come over for dinner. Meanwhile, an older woman at church, Mrs. Gru...
On one level, the way that the people around Lars play along (and in so doing get some emotional catharsis of their own) serves to expose the melodrama of what we generally refer to as “real life.” But on another level, the way that Lars simulates common scenarios in romantic relationships, allowing himself to feel and otherwise experience difficul...
The iconoclastic composer John Cageonce said that “art is sort of an experimental station in which one tries out living.” This notion nicely encapsulates what takes place for Lars and, by extension, the viewer. We find ourselves in a place both artificial and realistic, and what happens there affects us in ways that (if we allow it to) can reach ou...
Feb 1, 2024 · The real Griselda Blanco, on whom Netflix's new series is based In 1964, Blanco illegally emmigrated to the United States under an assumed name and with fake papers.
- Clara Strunck
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1 day ago · Yes! The new ITV series is inspired by the true story of Joan Hannington, who came to be known as 'The Godmother' and was one of Britain's most notorious jewel thieves at the time. Set in the '80s ...
Gangsters, fighters, athletes, serial killers, celebrities and so much more–these films are the best of the based-on-a-true-story stories.
Based on a True Story: Created by Craig Rosenberg. With Kaley Cuoco, Chris Messina, Tom Bateman, Liana Liberato. A realtor, a former tennis star, and a plumber seize a unique opportunity to capitalize on America's obsession with true crime.
