I finally completed my collection of Alizée studio albums. I didn’t have her fourth album, Une Enfant du Siècle. Since it was out of print, I had to get it second-hand. There’s something about having a real CD and booklet to hold in your hand over a digital download. Maybe I’m just old-school, maybe it’s the great photography by Camille Vivier. Here are some examples of the included photo’s:

The music is easily the most inaccessible she’s made. Quite experimental, no easy hooks, quite varied. But I like that: if I want to hear a copy of some of her other albums, I put in that CD instead.

Helena Bonham Carter in Twelfth Night, pouring tea
Helena Bonham Carter in Twelfth Night
Helena Bonham Carter in Twelfth Night, almost kissing Imogen Stubbs who is dressed as a man

Helena Bonham Carter and Imogen Stubbs in Twelfth Night
Helena Bonham Carter in Twelfth Night, sharing a tender moment with Imogen Stubbs who is dressed as a man

Helena Bonham Carter and Imogen Stubbs in Twelfth Night
Helena Bonham Carter in Twelfth Night, sitting on a sofa with Ben Kingsley

Helena Bonham Carter and Ben Kingsley in Twelfth Night
Helena Bonham Carter in Twelfth Night, giving seductive side-eye

Helena Bonham Carter in Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night is a film from quite a while ago, based on a play even longer ago. Here Helena Bonham Carter and Imogen Stubbs give stellar performances in the ultimate love triangle.

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Close up of Chloë Grace Moretz as Hit Girl in Kick Ass 2
Close up of Chloë Grace Moretz as Hit Girl in Kick Ass 2

These are some screenshots I took of Chloë Grace Moretz in Kick Ass 2. She is so good, in every film and also in this film. There are basically two characters she plays: the superhero Hit Girl and the normal teenage girl just starting high school Mindy Macready. I love how these personalities are different, even though they are the same person and how her growth moment in the film is when she learns to integrate the two.

Close up in a car of Chloë Grace Moretz as Hit Girl in Kick Ass 2
Chloë Grace Moretz as Hit Girl in Kick Ass 2, having a drink and laughing with the character Dave / Kick Ass, in front of a photo of Hit Girl's father Big Daddy.
Chloë Grace Moretz as Hit Girl in Kick Ass 2, sitting on a bed in a pink room in full Hit Girl costume

There’s also this interplay between Mindy and her guardian, Marcus. They both know they’re lying to each other and they are both keeping up the pretence. At one time Marcus busts her on a lie reminding her she’s 15, not 5, so she just switches to a more age appropriate lie…

Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy / Hit Girl in Kick Ass 2, talking to her guardian Marcus
Close up of Chloë Grace Moretz as Hit Girl in Kick Ass 2, talking to her guardian Marcus

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