Summary: Paul Beaumont places all of his trust in his wife and his patron. For this, he is betrayed and humiliated in front of his peers. And so the inventor starts over, shucking off much of his old identity and reinventing a new one from the dregs: a clown who is slapped repeatedly for the audience's amusement. Eventually, his former patron ( Read more... )

Summary: A tale of two families - one who wasted away their money and another who held on to it with an iron grip. Lives are shaken when the suddenly poor cousin moves in their home from the city. An unlikely romance blooms between the two young cousins as the father uses the young man's situation to his own benefit.

Starring: Alice Terry, ( Read more... )

Summary: Lillie is frustrated that her husband gives her little attention or affection. This doesn't much change after they make the acquaintanceship of Prince de Gace. Lillie knows about the Prince's penchant for cruelty but her husband is fascinated by him. Tensions swirl as Lillie deals with the, at first, unwanted affections of the Prince and ( Read more... )

Watched the first episode of Blood-C on nikoniko. MISTAKE. Not the show, which visually looked great but starts off slow. I couldn't take the near constant, ridiculous comments rolling across the screen. This is part of the reason there will always be fansubs despite all the springs forward the industry has made with legal anime screening. Someone ( Read more... )

Title: Appreication
Fandom: Eureka Seven
Spoilers: Post EP 37
Pairing: Dominic/Anemone
Rating: PG
Words: 1169
Disclaimer: Eureka Seven was created by Studio BONES and is distributed by Bandai.
Summary: Anemone goes off on a mission and Dominic doesn't realize the importance.

Kiss #7 - Superstar

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Summary: Dumas' story is transposed to the Paris of the roaring 20s. Marguerite is still the tubercular belle of the party and Armand is still the lovelorn puppy who longs to save her. While they find happiness for a time, forces outside of their control threaten to tear their bond asunder.

Starring: Alla Nazimova, Rudolph Valentino, Rex Cherryman ( Read more... )

My multiple attempts to watch Marie Antoinette have been documented. I almost had another "Oh fuck me!" story when the disk from Netflix froze about 45 minutes in. Luckily, I had my absolutely terrible commerical disk cleaning/repairing device and the day was saved.

Quick Impressions? ( Come right this way )

1) I don't want to smack Yen Press too much for trying something new with the Spice and Wolf light novel covers. Light novels don't sell well and it doesn't hurt to aim towards another audience. And people have been talking smack about these covers since the first pictures were released. But, my god, are these covers U-G-L-Y. It's a good thing that ( Read more... )

Summary: Molly is the eldest child on a swamp surrounded "baby farm" and it's her duty to keep moral high among the brood. But when complications arise from Mr. Grimes acquiring a new baby, Molly realizes that she and kids can no longer stay put.

Starring: Mary Pickford, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Charlotte Mineau, Spec O'Donnell, Mary Louise Miller ( Read more... )

Tokyopop to close North American publishing division on May 31So many mixed emotions right now. On one hand, Tokyopop has certainly given us many screw-ups and frustrations over the years. But it was also a real manga gateway drug for many people, me included. By my count, the household has four Tokyopop titles that we still follow: Aria, Deadman ( Read more... )