The above video is just a teaser for the premiere of "NYC is Handsome - On The Streets with Gabriel Frilando" a short film based in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan, New York City.
The project is a collaboration between Jonathan Chapman / JCP and Minneapolis based Handsome Cycles. Jonathan Chapman and his crew are award-winning Minneapolis based content creators. We are truly honored to be able to partner with them on this great short film spotlighting a supremely unique character. We hope you can join us next Thursday at Bauhaus Brew Labs, which happens to be run by a few of our friends. The film will premiere at 8pm and play again at 9pm & 10pm. Besides the flick, there is of course tons of tasty beer there to sample, food trucks and a band. Not to shabby for a Thursday night. Hope to see everyone there!
Ben & Jesse
Where: Bauhaus Brewery -- 1315 Tyler St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413
When: June 18th, 2015 -- Doors at 7PM, 1st Showing at 8PM, Showings on the hour until 10PM
Who: Everyone is welcome! This film will speak to non-cyclists and cyclists alike. **Parental Advisory - (Some profanities)**


TL;DR: Fun, fun! Go see it!
Now for my more complete thoughts 🙂 This is spoiler free as long as you’ve seen the trailers.
I’ve said before a movie can pretty much win me over with good CG, high action, multi-stage explosions with lens flares, and some decent one-liners from watchable leads. I read books for character and story. Yes, I’ll whine about plot holes, but for the most part, a movie can satisfy me with popcorn spectacle and the entertaining illusion that I can deliver a round-house kick when I walk out of the theater.
But when I get character and story AND spectacle… well, how happy am I?
EDGE OF TOMORROW was all that. Maybe it’s because I’m writing a science fiction romance novella right now, but I really appreciated how this movie’s creators seemed to understand and honor both its inherent limitations (really, there’s only so much storytelling you can do in less than two hours) and its potential scope (visually and viscerally).
There really wasn’t a good time for a potty break in this movie. The action was continuous and the exposition was quick and tight. This movie wasn’t a reboot of an older storyline, so we didn’t get a lot of origin backstory. And it wasn’t a setup for a franchise, so we didn’t get a lot of foreshadowing. Our heroes focused on what they needed to do without a lot of unnecessary mooning about their bigger world. The movie told THIS story.
For my fellow writers out there, I was particularly impressed with how the script handled the repeating timeline aspect, giving us just enough repeat to establish the flow and change of the story and characters without getting boring. Really nicely done.
SMART, BUT NOT CLEVER
My fellow writers know all about the “rule” to Show Don’t Tell, and EDGE OF TOMORROW did a wonderful job with showing. The character growth and emotional arcs were beautifully presented in snippets of action and quick glances. Movies have an advantage over books in the SDT realm, and these movie makers made the absolute most of their medium.
Admittedly, sometimes I almost wanted more. But I wanted more because I enjoyed it so much, not because I was unsatisfied. Like a rich dark chocolate flourless cake — you can ALWAYS eat more, even when you don’t really NEED more 🙂
MOST IMPORTANTLY, I CARED
When a movie starts with the premise that the main character dies repeatedly, you’d think it’d be easy to stop caring cuz you know he’ll come back. But between the hero’s difficult arc and the established stakes for the storyworld, I totally cared. I was invested in his journey and wanted to see him win. And the movie delivered. Plus, explosions!
Aside from some minor quibbles with time travel conundrums (which are as pointless as complaining about FTL drives) my biggest peeve — as with almost all monster movies — was that the aliens were essentially unbeatable… until they were chasing our heroes, and then suddenly the monsters are running at half speed and bumbling over obstacles. I realize this is so common in monster movies it’s practically a trope, but they could’ve worked around it with better staging. But whatever.
I’m almost always going to support SF movies on principle alone (yes, I will see the PROMETHEUS sequel and whatever they give me for STAR WARS no matter how many times they burn me) but when a movie really comes through for me, I am so, so happy.
Go see it!
(Last thoughts. I saw EDGE OF TOMORROW in 3D and thought it was worth the extra expense because I am easily amused by ducking explosions and monsters coming at me. YMMV and if you can’t/don’t see it in 3D, you will still enjoy the story. Also, I just found out my preferred theater — a Century 16 — is discounted on Tuesdays, by $4/ticket, and I had NO idea, so check and see is your fave theater is doing anything to lure people into seats. Also also, I said science fiction romance earlier, but I don’t want to imply this was a SFR movie. So if you are a guy somehow reading this, don’t get scared away.)


First Grade Drama& Theatre Arts
Theatre arts are a universal force in the everyday life of people around the world. This force connects each new generation to those who have gone before. Students need theatre arts to make these connections and to express the otherwise inexpressible. Theatre, the imagined and enacted world of human beings, is one of the primary ways children learn about life – about actions and consequences, customs and beliefs, and others and themselves.
|Standards and Grade Level Expectations|
|Create||1||Create characters and environments through dramatic play|
|Perform||1||Retell a short story or scene through dramatic play|
|Critically Respond||1||Identify key aspects of theatre|
Thompson School District Curriculum Placemats
Thompson placemats provide specific information regarding the skills First Grade Students will be able to master by the end of the school year.
- First Grade Drama & Theatre Arts Placemats (All Standards)


Ed Schmidt's plays have been
rejected by some of the most and least venerable theater companies in America, including Arena Stage (“not right”),
Manhattan Theater Club (“really don’t think it’s right”), Lincoln Center Theater (“don’t
feel the play is right”), Roundabout Theatre Company (“don’t think the piece is quite right”), Alliance
Theatre Company (“not for us”), Huntington Theatre Company (“isn’t right for us”), Ensemble
Studio Theatre (“not right for us at this time”), Playwrights Preview Productions ("isn't for us at this
time"), Williamstown Theater Festival (“don’t feel it is right for us at this time”), American Place
(“do not feel that it is a play for us at this time”), Hudson Guild Theatre ("unable to use it at this time"),
Crossroads (“at this time, we have no further interest in it”), Mill Mountain Theatre ("does not meet the
production needs of the theatre at this time"), McCarter (“not appropriate to the needs of our theater”),
Denver Center Theatre Company (“does not suit our needs at this time”), Los Angeles Theatre Center (“does
not suit our needs at the present time”), Primary Stages ("isn't right for our present needs"), Lifeline Theatre
("not suitable for our season"), Dramatic Risks ("do not find your script suitable for our readings or productions"),
Geffen Playhouse (“does not fit our production needs currently”), Oregon Shakespeare Festival (“does not
suit our current artistic needs”), George Street Playhouse (“does not fulfill any of our current needs”),
Victory Gardens (“does not fit into our plans for our current season”), Public Theater (“does not fit our
programming”), One Act Theatre Co. ("does not fit into our long-range programming"), Northlight Theatre ("doesn't
fit our current programming needs"), Guthrie Theater (“doesn’t fit into Joe Dowling’s plans right now”),
Philadelphia Festival Theater (“will not be able to include it in our season”), Goodman Theatre (“will not
be able to offer the play a home”), Long Wharf (“not a project that we are able to place in our upcoming season”),
Mark Taper Forum (“not able to include the piece in any of our current programs”), Seattle Rep ("hasn't found
a place in our production plans"), Manhattan Punch Line ("has not been scheduled for production"), South Coast
Rep (“haven’t found a slot for it here”), Scholastic Productions ("nothing I can use"), Paper
Mill Playhouse (“not the type of show that we are looking to produce”), Old Globe (“not the kind of work
I respond to”), Playwrights Horizons (“too schematically drawn for our tastes”), Manhattan Class Company
(“not interested in working with you”), Cleveland Play House (“unable to persuade the powers-that-be to
choose it”), Zebra Crossing Theatre (“generally do not depict this type of behavior on stage”), Double Image
Theatre ("unable to keep your script any longer since our office space is limited"), New Playwrights’ Theatre
(“seeking liquidation under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code”), Immediate Theatre (“out of business”),
and the North Carolina Black Repertory Company (“please refrain from calling the office about your scripts”).
The rare productions of Mr. Schmidt's plays have been dismissed by the New York Sun ("Overdone!"), New York Magazine ("Overlong!"),
the New York Times ("Self-pitying and overwrought!"), American Theatre Web ("Long-winded!"), Chicago Reader ("Insufferable!"), Wolff Entertainment
Guide ("Cumbersome!"), Chicago Tribune ("Didactic!"), Seattle Weekly
("Mildly engaging!"), the New York
Times again ("Not uninteresting!"), the L.A. Times ("Not completely convincing!"),
the New York Times again ("Not very weighty!"), the Los Angeles
Daily News ("Unsurprising!"), the Cleveland Jewish News ("Not great theater!"), the Sacramento Bee ("No masterpiece of writing!"), the New York Times
a fourth time ("Mediocre, conventional!"), the Village Voice ("Bad writing!"), Time Out New York ("He's a failed playwright!"), the
New York Observer ("I would be less than candid if I didn't admit to feeling tempted to slip out!"), WVOX radio
("Preaching to the converted!"), Time Out New York once more ("Has the general air of cable-access theater!"),
Newsday ("Looks a lot like emptiness!”), the El Dorado County Reporter ("Children will not enjoy this play!"),
TheaterMania ("Your belly is more satisfied than your mind!"), and KXJZ radio ("Be sure to visit the restroom
on the way in!").
Mr. Schmidt has been variously described
in the press as "of average height and slight build" (in Time Out New York, by
Jason Zinoman, who is also of average height and slight build), as "sturdy and pleasant-looking" (in the New York Times, by Bruce Weber, who is slight and pleasant-looking),
as "an earnest-looking Martin Short" (in Show People, by Joel
Stein, who is an insincere-looking Jonathan Safran Foer), and, most generously, as
"a fairly ordinary-looking middle-aged white guy with thinning hair [and] a little
bit of a gut" (in the New Yorker, by Hilton Als, who is an extraordinary-looking middle-aged
black guy with a full head of hair and a lot more than a little bit of a gut).
He has been rejected by the agents Scott Hudson (“did not really work for me”), Richard Krawetz
(“needs some more development”), Wiley Hausam (“not passionate enough about the script to become involved”),
Peter Franklin (“did not have the kind of enthusiasm for the play which I would need in order to feel I’d be the
best agent for it”), and Helen Merrill (actually, she wanted to represent me, but when she called to tell me so, I informed
her that another agent had already agreed to sign me, so then she’s all “How dare you double-submit scripts!”
and I go, “Whoa, lemme expl—” but she just starts whalin on me and I’m like, “Whatever,”
and she freakin hangs up … all of which transpired, of course, before Ms. Merrill’s untimely death).
One of Mr. Schmidt's plays, "Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting," is number 26
on the list of "52 Terrible Titles of Plays That Were Actually Produced and Published," compiled by Wendy MacLeod,
whose play "The House of Yes" must have been number 53.
Mr. Schmidt was recently hired as a writer on the History Channel's upcoming eight-hour series, The Men Who
Built America. It was a nine-week job. Mr. Schmidt lasted three weeks before he was asked to pack up his laptop and go.
After graduating from Philips Exeter Academy (High Honors),
Mr. Schmidt was rejected by Harvard University, though he probably wouldn’t have gone even if he had been accepted.
After graduating from Williams College (don’t ask), Mr. Schmidt applied to the Yale School of Drama, was wait-listed,
then, upon reapplication a year later, was rejected outright.
Mr. Schmidt is a graduate of the Culinary
Institute of America (double major: poultry and forcemeats). He is represented, seemingly out of pity, by Chris Till, of CAA.


WARNING: Spoilers ahead, do not read unless you have seen the film or couldn’t give a shit either way.
Okay, first and foremost, i’m a fan of Superman from the Richard Donner movies. I enjoyed the odd episode of Lois and Clark, I didn’t really watch Smallville but will get around to it sometime…I thought Superman Returns had the right idea but made some poor mistakes in the execution of that idea. I don’t collect Superman comics and I don’t watch superman cartoons. I hear about all these super villains and they all sound as cartoony as they are, so they do not interest me.
To many, this will explain why I didn’t like Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel.
I WAS NOT, looking for a replication of the original, but, what I loved about the original could have been reproduced, WITH a ton of new ideas and new technology. What Znyder did was bastardisation, pure and simple.
Here’s what was amazing about Superman: The Movie – It was slow and it was deliberate. The open credits were long, but boy were they spectacular. Man of Steel has no opening credits (Trying to be clever Part One). Supes opened on Krypton and built up the superman background story nicely. Man of Steel did this too, and I really enjoyed what they did with the General Zod story. After the intro to Man of Steel I was happy enough with what was happening.
And then, straight away, we go from Krypton to Clarke Kent saving some guys on an oil rig. I was sitting in the cinema thinking, oh…already? They revisited his childhood through flashbacks, which for me just contributed to the messiness of the film. There was no rhythm.
Superman the movie was a big crescendo, it had many set pieces and they all paid off nicely
1 – Krypton
2 – Smallville – We see clarke learn about who he is…and then at the end he finds out who he will be. We see the first shot of him in the suit and the first sound (bar the credits) of that famous score. Set piece 1, pay off 1, spine tingling moment 1.
3. – The first save with the suit – The helicopter…the phone booth…that heroic theme again…brilliant.
There was a crescendo building…and it actually built up into the second film when Supes came back to fight Zod. Where was the crescendo in Man of Steel?
It will probably be easier if I listed what i didn’t like about Man of Steel
In no particular order
1- The straight away save. As mentioned above, I would have preferred to go with supes on his journey, realise with him that he’s different.
2. The lack of a story arc. There was no start middle and end…I never had time to invest in the story because it jumped from place to place too often.
3. Lois. So, she finds out straight away about Superman/Clarke. There goes that big story. Why?!!
4. I loved the idea of Zod coming to find the son of Jor-El, but didn’t particularly enjoy the idea behind it…turning the earth’s atmosphere into Krpton’s? meh… It would have made more sense for Zod to just want to be the general of earth.
5. The Hans Simmer score. I listened to this a lot before the film came out. The main theme from the trailer was pretty epic, but although main cue was used every 3 minutes in the film, that main theme, with percussion, wasn’t used until the epilogue. A wasted opportunity there you would think…but the reality is that there was no perfect scene in the film, no big pay off where they could have used it.
6. Lois: “When you’re done comparing dick sizes” – Sorry, I’m no prude as you know, but this kind of line does not belong in a superman film.
7. The end followed by the added on end. So, by doing something odd and a bit hard to grasp, Superman and lois, with the help of Jor-El who inexplicably comes back from the dead, prevent Zod and his army from harvesting the earth’s atmosphere. The end. Right? No…Zod then comes back and has, what is ultimately a pointless fight. I mean supes already saved the day…this fight could have been done so much better.
8. Superman breaks Zod’s neck. The jury is out on this one. Yes they wanted to make a darker, more moody and dark knight like superman…but by doing so you really are taking liberties in my opinion.
9. CGI muscles. They CGI’s Cavill so he would look like the cartoon superman. No need tbh.
10. I didn’t care about anybody in this film. I was bored almost all of the way through. The CGI at the end was similar to the avengers with buildings falling down all over the place. I now know why 9/11 happened…buildings in New York (metropolis) are structurally unsound. There is no need for so much destruction and fast paced action, it excludes the audience too much. Yes, we are spectators, but a good film will suck us in and make us a part of the film. This kind of 99% CGI action alienates us completely.
Superman Returns had too much heart, Man of Steel had no heart at all.
I’m seeing a lot of love for this film, and that’s fine…maybe I’m just being too critical about a character that I love…but in another way I don’t know how people can love a film that is so all over the place and prevents the audience from having any kind of investment in the characters or the story.
The film had the highest grossing June opening of all time, and guarantees a sequal…I don’t know what to feel about that right now. All I want to do at the moment is smack people that say that it’s brilliant (one idiot on twitter called it the most beautiful film of all time) and huddle together for a chat with those who feel the same as me.
Yes, everyone is entitled to their own opinion yada yada yada…not on this blog they’re not!
Just kidding, as always your thoughts, as long as they are in complete agreement with me, are welcome.


|Teen Beach Musical|
Ya know the Disney Upfront that they recently held for 2012? Well they announced this awesome movie, Teen Beach Musical! And now we have the official announcement for the movie!!! It stars our favorite guy, Ross Lynch from Austin & Ally. So it's a very...different movie. So, is it about a love story that takes place on a teen beach summer hang out and it's a musical? NO! It's much less cheesy and much different from your normal musical! Check out the press release below!
BLUE SKY, GENTLE BREEZE, SUNSHINE AND SWEET HARMONIES
PRODUCTION HAS BEGUN ON "TEEN BEACH MUSICAL,"
A DISNEY CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIE
Starring Ross Lynch, Maia Mitchell, Garrett Clayton,
Grace Phipps, John DeLuca, Chrissie Fit, Kevin Chamberlin and Steve Valentine
|Ross Lynch plays Brady|
School's out, surf's up and Disney Channel is taking a dip into the teen beach party movie genre with "Teen Beach Musical," a modern "no more complications, just good vibrations," break into song and dance comedy in which surfer girl McKenzie and her boyfriend Brady literally go into a classic surf movie musical where it's bikers versus surfers -- and they're in for trouble if they don't back down. While they hatch a plan to get back home to present day, the duo try to blend in as everyone around them spontaneously breaks into song and dance. But when they interfere with the plot of the movie, their fate may be changed forever.
Production has begun in Puerto Rico for a premiere in 2013 as part of the blockbuster Disney Channel Original Movie franchise. 2011 was the fifth consecutive year a Disney Channel Original Movie was the year's #1 cable TV movie in Total Viewers (the average delivery for the five movies is 12.5 million viewers) and the 10th consecutive year Disney Channel has delivered the #1 original movie telecast among Tweens 9-14.
|Maia Mitchell plays McKenzie|
Starring are Ross Lynch ("Austin & Ally") as Brady, Maia Mitchell (Australia's "Trapped," "Castaway") as McKenzie, Garrett Clayton ("Shake it Up") as Tanner, Grace Phipps (ABC Family's "The Nine Lives of Chloe King") as Lela, John DeLuca ("Wizards of Waverly Place," "Ugly Betty") as Butchy, Chrissie Fit ("General Hospital") as Chee Chee, Tony Award-nominated Kevin Chamberlin ("Jessie," Broadway's "The Addams Family") as Dr. Fusion and Steve Valentine ("Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie," Disney XD's "I'm In The Band") as Les Camembert.
The "Teen Beach Musical" soundtrack, influenced by surf rock, Motown R&B, rockabilly and comedic pop, features 10 original songs by acclaimed songwriters and producers Antonina Armato & Tim James, Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis, Chen Neeman, David Lawrence & Faye Greenberg, Ali Dee, Mitch Allan and Jason Evigan.
The movie begins on the last day of summer, and McKenzie's surf and sand life is about to be upturned when she departs for boarding school to fulfill her family's dream to graduate from the elite institution. But when she and Brady find themselves literally transported into his favorite classic beach musical, set in the 1960s, about a rivalry between the surfers and bikers and a star-crossed teenage boy who likes a girl, he is ecstatic for endless summer while she is eager to get back home to keep her promise to her family about her schooling. While they hatch a plan to get back to present day, the duo try to blend in and understand 1960s teenagers, but it's not so easy when everyone around them spontaneously breaks into song and dance. And when they accidentally interfere with the plot of the movie and the lead characters, surf guy Tanner and biker girl Lela, fall for them, instead of each other, Brady and McKenzie fear their fate may be changed forever.
The writers of "Teen Beach Musical" are Vince Marcello & Mark Landry ("Zombie Prom") and Robert Horn ("Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure," The Suite Life Movie"). The movie is directed by DGA-nominated Jeffrey Hornaday ("Geek Charming," choreographer of "A Chorus Line," "Flashdance") and choreographed by Chris Scott ("Lemonade Mouth," "Step Up 4," "So You Think You Can Dance"). David Buelow ("Bring It On: Fight to the Finish") serves as executive producer with Robert F. Phillips ("Teen Spirit," "Valkyrie") as producer. "Teen Beach Musical" is a production of Rainforest Productions, LLC.
It's different, right? So at the upfront, Disney did say they were going to take a lot of risks, right? I think this is one of them. As long as Disney does the movie right, I think it will be amazing. The name, Teen Beach Musical, isn't to original so it'd be hard to hold people's attention, as it sounds like a cheesy High School Musical rip-off. The previews just need to be very good so we can overlook the name! What do you guys have to say about this movie? I want to see it!


Fig. 1 The Nice Guys (2016)
‘The Nice Guys’ (Black, 2016) was a very enjoyable film starring Russel Crowe and Ryan Gosling (fig.1). The two star as LA private detectives Jackson Healy and Holland March, who stumble upon each other through the same case, the disappearance and murder of several people involved in a PORNO- cum- Anti-corruption film. The subject matter is very classically a Hollywood murder mystery. It involves dead bodies, murder, Hollywood parties, gun fights, fast cars, corruption in the police and Law department, and flawed (but contrasting) lawmen, all accompanied by cliched ‘Starsky and Hutch’ 70’s music.
It specifically resembles the film L.A Confidential, and both film’s star Russel Crowe (reprising his role as a tough guy cop who struggles with his temper) and Kim Basinger; but it’s not a traditional working of the murder genre, such as in Dirty Harry, or LA Confidential.
The film has elements of both the spoof (mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored (Dictionary.com, 2017)) and pastiche (a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources(Dictionary.com, 2017). The atmosphere is usually relaxed and mildly comic (even in the dramatic scenes), occasionally slapstick, but there are poignant interludes, such as that following the murder of Amelia Kuttner, who the two private eyes were supposed to be protecting.
The film satirises the many clichés found in violent USA murder whodonnit’s. Perhaps this can be thought of as a type of deconstruction of the usual discourse and tropes provided by the traditional genre. From a constructionist point of view these traditional films are often built upon paradigmatic binary pairs, with airplay given exclusively to the dominant trope (which thus becomes a cliché).
Sometimes the film highlight’s the alternative discourse through characters; Russel Crowe’s traditional Private investigator Jackson Healy (tough, street-savvy, but down on his luck) is contrasted with the hapless unconventional Holland, who is followed around by his teenage daughter (who solves most of the clues for both PI’s), has no sense of smell (it is suggested that his former house burnt down and killed his wife, because he could not smell the gas leak), and discovers the body of one victim by falling down a hill and landing on top of it! The Nice Guys’ somewhat ambivalently fulfil the usual characteristic of bravery. They show courage and valour in the shootout at Holland’s house when they battle with the hitman ‘doctor’, but they act like cowards when they arrive at the top floor of the hotel and hear bullets flying in the corridor- swiftly returning to the ground floor in the lift.
Sometimes the alternative discourse is part of the narrative, and looks oddly absurd, though it ironically represents a more reliable reality. For example, in the film’s shooting scene at the party, guns often go off accidentally, and usually kill the wrong people, and when Holland finally saves the important film canister from near the wreckage of a burning car he has to use his jacket to protect his hand after discovering the canister was very hot!
Occasionally the dominant paradigm is not deconstructed by presenting the opposite of the usual binary pair, but just mocked, and thus refuted. In the cliched 70’s hippy protest about city air quality, the protestors feign death on the steps of a government building. Holland thinks the missing girl Emelia may be present and asks ‘which one of you’s Emilia ?’ several times. Eventually one protestor says ‘….we can’t answer -were all dead!’ and when Holland later treads on one of their hands by mistake she say’s ‘Hey that hurt!’ to which he responds ‘ I thought you were dead !’ This is slapstick humour, and makes us cynically question the whole basis of the ‘student/young person demo’ .
Later the guys attempt to pay off a young boy who they meet near the burnt- out house where the Porno-cum-Protest’ film was made. The usual Hollywood tip-off by a youngster would be followed by a ‘thanks mister’ or something reverential, thus emphasising the power and heroism of the cop or PI. The Nice Guys pay the kid who has some quality information on the Porno film, but the kid’s so self-confident that he appears to think he might make it as a porn star and asks them ‘Do you wanna see my cock?’
In another incident Holland helps to lampoon the All-American Hollywood film idea of the big sister having her boyfriend over to ‘make out’ and chucking out the little sister. When Holland’s daughter’s friend say’s this has happened, he says ‘she’s such a slut’ and little sis replies ‘yes I know’, offering an alternative view of the situation.
Kim Basinger plays a very senior police official who, it transpires, is corrupt, and is behind the murders, even that of her own daughter. This is a little unusual- corrupt powerful law enforcement characters are usually male- (think ‘Where the sidewalk ends’ (1950), ‘Bad Lieutenant’ (1992) and ‘Copland’ (1997) (Taste of Cinema, 2015). This is a straight replacement of a woman in a role traditionally taken by a man eg. Replacing male with female from the male:female couplet. It may reflect a feminist discourse, but Basinger plays Judih Kuttner, whose name is too close to the well- known- expletive- slang term for the female genitals for comfort, and suggests she is a figure to be ridiculed not admired; she is after all a criminal.
At the end of the film the corrupt Judith escapes justice and jail. Interestingly, here the naïve Holland seems to understand that evasion of justice does happen sometimes, and helps Jackson put things in perspective (they have after all, he says, solved their first case jointly, and he has photocopied some flyers for their new joint detective agency-although Jackson is said to look unfortunately like a Mexican on them!).
Fig. 1 The Nice Guys (2016) [movie poster] available online at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3799694/ [accessed 31st July 2017]
Black, S. The Nice Guys (2016) Warner Bros Pictures. USA.
Dictionary.com (2017) Definition of spoof [online at] http://www.dictionary.com/browse/spoof [accessed 31st July 2017]
Dictionary.com (2017) Definition of pastiche [online] at http://www.dictionary.com/browse/pastiche [accessed 31st July 2017]
Harbour, E. Taste of cinema (2015) [online] at http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2015/15-great-movies-about-police-corruption-that-are-worth-watching/ [accessed 31st July 2017]


Charisma Lee Carpenter (born July 23, 1970) is an American actress of Mexican and Cherokee descent. She is best known for playing the character Cordelia Chase in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel.
Carpenter was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she attended Bishop Gorman Catholic High School before moving with her family to Chula Vista, California, where she attended Chula Vista High School. After graduation, she was a San Diego Chargers cheerleader before beginning her Hollywood career. In 2002 she got married to Damian Hardy and on March 24, 2003 she gave birth to a boy, Donovan Charles Hardy.
On the cover of Playboy, June 2004Carpenter was discovered by a commercial agent when she was a waitress, leading to several roles on TV advertisements. She has made guest appearances in Baywatch, Miss Match and has had a role in Malibu Shores. She also a recurring role in the popular witch drama Charmed, appearing in three episodes.
In 2004, Carpenter posed nude for the June 2004 issue of Playboy magazine.
As of 2005, Carpenter has a recurring role as Kendall Casablancas on Veronica Mars. Her role in the season's overall mystery has not yet been revealed.


Up is Pixar next movie which should be released in 2009.
The first official teaser trailer of UP has unveiled:
San Diego Comic Con visitors were treated with Additional footage of Up. And according to the lucky ones who saw it, the way Up has been done reminds of Japanese Director Hayao Miyazaki who is famous for My Neighbor Totoro, Castle in the Sky, Princess Mononoke, and many others.
So the movie Up does not fit in the traditional mold of American animation: Pixar is never short of surprising us! Pixar has definitely brought some new blood to the old Disney company.


Фильм The Mangler Reborn
Отправлено: 28 Ноябрь 2004 - 00:21:18
"Tentatively called The Mangler Reborn, the film will tell the tale of a man and his machine (again) - one he creates, obsesses over and is ultimately possessed by. And, naturally, it's a machine he has to feed by killing lots of folks. Yippee! Matt Cunningham and Erik Gardner are penning the script with the intention of directing the film for Barnholtz Entertainment. Cunningham tells us that they are "going back more toward the concept of the original Stephen King short story with a few little twists in there. It's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre meets a J-Horror film. Real dark and gritty."
If everything runs smoothly expect to see The Mangler Reborn in late '05. Scott Pearlman is producing with Lions Gate likely to distribute. Oh, and the pic you see above is some real early concept art of the actual machine, a rough design by Jason Schulman for the film's FX artist to work from."
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Непоняв.....Это че за(извините за грубость) хрень?
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Joan Collins ups the glamour...
Joan Collins ups the glamour tonight at The Time of Their Lives premiere
- full Dame Joan Collins Special featuring in the April edition of VOUZ!
The actress oozed Hollywood glamour as she worked the red carpet...
Joan Collins proved age is just a number as she stepped out for the world premiere of her new film, The Time of Their Lives.
The legendary actress, 83, oozed Hollywood glamour as she worked the red carpet at the Curzon, London.
Collins looked stunning in a silver gown which she teamed with a matching jacket and metallic heels. She finished the look with her signature lashings of jewellery and deep red nails.
She was joined by her co-star Pauline Collins who opted for a monochrome look. The pair proved their friendship was as strong off screen as it is on as they shared a joke on the red carpet.
Joan plays Helen, a washed-up actress living in a nursing home, who enlists the help of housewife Priscilla to journey from London to France for her ex-lover's funeral.
The Time of Their Lives is slated for cinema release on March 10
Images and text: Evening Standard


Liger Movie 10
By VIVEK MANDAL
Thu 25, 2022
Will be available films in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
The Dharma Productions-PuriConnects film is in development for the past three years, and has faced numerous delays due to the pandemic.
"The movie appeals primarily to the common man in India, Tier 2/3 cities with a large audience that only sees one screen.
Instead of booking tickets ahead, people will be more likely to go to the cinemas on the release day.


What an interesting weekend...Thanks to AMC I got absolutely no reading done. Not even one page. I was glued to my television because of their The Walking Dead marathon. Saturday AND Sunday. I love that show. Season 2 was so good and I'm uber excited for season 3. C'mon October.
I did watch two movies based on books. I first was The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011). I felt this one and the older one (2009) were pretty evenly matched. I liked how they showed the clues being put together in the 2011 more than in the other. Also, being the vain person that I am, I thought the central cast was more attractive in the 2011 version. The woman who played Lisbeth from the 2009 was a pretty good fit, but the Lisbeth (Rooney Mara) in the 2011 was more of what I envisioned in my head....Daniel Craig is Daniel Craig (You can read my review of the book here)
The other movie was Battle Royale (2000). I was supposed to read the book and compare it to The Hunger Games, but I couldn't resist watching when I saw it on Netflix...I think everyone should watch it. It's just so damn entertaining. The cinematography is terrible, the acting is far from top notch, but the violence is pretty awesome.
A brief update on the other books I'm reading to follow the herd:
1Q84 - can't put it down.
A Clash of Kings - very good. Not as far along into the story as I'd like to be. I blame the zombies.
Whenever I do finish these two monsters-of-a-book, I'll most likely be reading these next:


So happy to finally show you all what I’ve been working for the past 8 weeks! Here’s my re-imagining of the classic story, Peter Pan!
This is a project I did for my Color and Story class at Art Center with Richard Keyes. The class was assigned to create 4 characters and key scenes based on the story of Peter Pan. If you’ve followed me before my Art Center days, then you’ll know that Peter Pan was something I did for my entrance portfolio for college. It was fun to come back to my old project and revamp it!
In all honesty, I’m still planning on reworking several pieces for this project and add more characters and key scenes. BUT I thought I’d share regardless that way we can all see the progression of this particular project!
- Tigerlily (not added)
- The Lost Boys (not added)
Key Scenes :
- Wendy gives Peter a “thimble”
- Peter realizes Wendy is alive, Tinkerbell looks upon them with guilt
- Wendy decides she wants to return home
- Peter returns Wendy home and gives her a “kiss”
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#I DONT GET WHY PEOPLE HATE RON SO MUCH IN THIS SCENE HE ISNT ONLY HERMIONES LOVE INTEREST OR COMICAL RELIEF BUT A TRUE FRIEND OF HARRY
No but can you just imagine Mrs Weasley getting to the magical afterlife one day and the first thing she sees is a girl with red hair sprinting towards her.
For a fleeting moment she thinks it’s Ginny, but as the girl comes closer she recognises the kind smile and the emerald eyes that are shining with tears. It’s Lily Potter.
Lily pulls Mrs Weasley into a tight hug and can only whisper three words before dissolving into tears.
"Thank you, Molly."
OW MY HEART


On Thursday evening, March 23rd, a special performance took place at Ewha Woman's University. The English drama club called BEINGS put on a performance of "A Daughter's a Daughter," a play written by Agatha Christie. During Covid-19 pandemic for the last three years, they recorded their performance and put it online for the audience. Since this was the first performance in three years on stage in front of the real audience, we could see the staff at the ticket booth was excited to greet the audience.
The plot centered around a daughter's opposition to her mother's marriage. The mother, who was anguished between her daughter and lover, decided to leave her lover to stay with her daughter. However, as time passed, the love between the mother and daughter turned into bitterness as they blamed each other for their unhappiness. After some twists and turns, both women admitted their own past mistakes and forgave each other as they moved forward.
The actresses were all girls, so it was a different kind of fun to see some of them who played male roles dressed up as men and tried to keep their voices low and deep while displaying manly gestures.
The performance of the cast was exceptional. Since the cast was all students, which meant they were all amateurs, I didn't expect much until the curtains opened. However, I could see and feel that they put tremendous effort and time into practicing their lines and rehearsing the performance. I was so absorbed in the performance that I didn't realize two and a half hours had passed when the play was over.
During the curtain call, the audience applauded wholeheartedly for all the actresses and staff for their hard work. As an alum, I was so proud of the BEINGS team for their remarkable accomplishment.


Tia Nicole Texada was born on December 14, 1973 in Louisiana. She has been acting since she was young. She recently played Sgt. Maritza Cruz in the NBC Drama Third Watch. She also has appeared in movies such as Glitter, Phone Booth, Paulie, Static Shock and Spartan.
Tia also is beginning a singing career, and her songs have been featured on shows such as Dawson's Creek. She has lent her voice to many television commercials. She has also done layouts for magazines. Here more - http://www.topstargirls.com/


North of Ordinary, Book One-No Ordinary Love
INDIE B.R.A.G. MEDAL WINNER
When Vance wakes from a coma, he finds his life doesn’t fit him anymore. Even his tepid marriage to his wife, Max, feels colder than usual. So, he buries himself in what he knows: his music, his band, the bright lights of the stage, and the adulation of his fans. But as he sweeps his bored gaze over the audience one night, he’s inexplicably jolted back to life when he sees eerily familiar eyes locked on him.
Alone after losing everything that felt like home, Lennon hides in the safety of her animal shelter. When her lifelong best friend forces her to go to a club for a fun night, a simple misunderstanding leads her to the enigmatic man onstage. Vance is everything, all at once, and Lennon falls intensely in love with him. However, she is clueless how vital it becomes to the people around him to remove her from his life as quickly as possible.
Adam knows no one would understand what’s behind his bedroom door; that’s why it’s always locked. As long as he never misses a gig and he pretends to be one of Vance’s best friends, no one will suspect that he’s been spying on everyone for twenty years. Someone has to watch Max, protect her, love her; Vance has all but forgotten about her, especially since meeting Lennon. Maybe it’s time Adam finally did something.
NO ORDINARY LOVE is about love—friendship, romantic, familial—and the length one goes to keep that love intact.
It is Book One in the NORTH OF ORDINARY saga that journeys from the fast-paced, hard-rocking nightclubs of Hollywood to the isolated wilderness of Alaska. Told from three distinct points of view, it explores how four people’s quest for love intersect and finally collide as they discover that, while everyone makes mistakes of the heart, some are misguided and can even turn deadly.


In the movie "Cinderella" when Cinderella is washing the floor & Lucifer tracks dirt all over the floor, when they show the footprints, you can see that
some of them are not footprints, but hidden Mickeys.
REPORTED: Rachel 09 JAN 02
About 30 minutes into the movie, the stepdaughters are practicing their singing.
The scene switches to Cinderella scrubbing the floor. During her song, there are a
lot of bubbles floating through the air with Cinderella's image in them. Two equal
sized bubbles appear on the left side of the screen. They are on top of each other.
On the right half of the screen there is a large bubble. The two small bubbles overlap
the large one and form a perfect Mickey. Note the Mickey is as large as the TV screen.
As for Walt not putting the Hidden Mickeys in the early pictures, I remind you that at
the same time Alfred Hitchcock was making a cameo appearance in all of his pictures.
REPORTED: Michael Sturm 06 AUG 96
CONFIRMED: Brenda Gray 24 JUL 97
It is a very obvious hidden Mickey... even if Walt didn't intend it.
CONFIRMED: Emilie Anne Hill 28 DEC 97
CONFIRMED: Jonas Rudberg 28 AUG 98
In the scene right after Cinderella's mouse-made dress is torn by her stepsisters, she runs out to the back of her chateau and collapses on a bench. In the right half of the screen is a fountain with a statue in the middle of it. Is it just me or is that statue shaped like a blobbish Mickey? In following scenes the statue looks nothing like what it does in this scene.
REPORTED: JD 13 MAR 98
When the stepmother locks Cinderella in her room, the key she uses has a Hidden Mickey formed by three circles on the "head" of the key.
REPORTED: Nikki Freeman and Laura Williams 17 NOV 96
CONFIRMED: Pam 23 JUN 98
Right after Cinderella leaves in her coach to attend the ball, there's a shot of the castle. Around the bottom of the castle you see four pillars and in between them is a large gap. Look above the gap and you'll see a large gold circle and two smaller circles connecting to it creating a hidden Mickey.
REPORTED: Ice 30 JUL 99
At the end of the movie when the mice are throwing the rice at Cinderella there are some circles under the balcony ledge which form a Hidden Mickey.
REPORTED: Brenda Gray 24 JUL 97


Anyssa is a Calgary based improviser and improvisation instructor. She has been training, performing and teaching at Loose Moose Theatre for over seven years. In addition to regular Friday and Saturday shows at Loose Moose, Anyssa has starred in Sour Dog Theatre’s Millennials and Missed Connections, as well as guesting on Dirty Laundry for the past two seasons. In 2015, she completed the improv and sketch program at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City. In 2017 she made her debut as a playwright with her play Closer to the Heart, produced by the University of Calgary where she graduated with her Creative Writing degree. Anyssa loves to share her passion for performing and she’s happiest when she’s teaching!


Though Sunitha Nedungadi had participated
in theatre (drama) on various occasions, her acting prowess
has been showcased through her own music videos. Her acting
skills were noticed and brought to the celluloid medium
by the award winning Malayalam film director Priyanandanan.
In fact Sunitha was initially referred for playback singing
to him by her friend and producer-actor Prakash Bare but
later a meaningful role was awarded to her in Priyanandanan’s
movie ‘SOOFI PARANJA KATHA’
‘Soofi Paranja Katha’ as a movie got good reviews and her debut performance was noticed by many.
Sunitha is in the lead role in Ajith Nair’s Gulf based (Middle East) Malayalam movie – NILAVU. The film will be released by October 2010.
More movie assignments are being discussed and finalized.
Sunitha & Sharbani on the sets of Soofi Paranja Katha
in Soofi Paranja Katha
& Sharbani on the sets of
Soofi Paranja Katha


She ignores Aloysius's accusations. On one side of the glass: After all, the abuse of children is rarely about sex, it's about power, and Jon Bennett's Father Flynn did not hesitate to wield his masculine power, reminding Sister Aloysius that she--a nun--had no right to question him--a priest.
Now you see the world as through a window. He thought he was on course, but there was no way to be certain. In the end when given an opportunity to confess to being a witch in exchange for a none-lethal punishment Proctor refuses to bear false witness about himself to spare his life and instead goes to his death with a clear conscious.
In fact, he's never given an answer as to whether he thinks the priest is guilty or not. Muller tells us that Donald is gay. The subtext of the play sometimes seemed to be that Father Flynn had taken on a mentoring role to the student that he would have had difficulty defending to his superiors, even though it was beneficial to the child.
Flynn calls the bishop to apply for a transfer, where, later, he receives a promotion and is instated as pastor of a nearby parochial school. The black box affords greater intimacy with the play for the audience, and much like the former Firehouse space, where the action can literally occur inches from the face of the audience, such proximity demands the attention to detail technical wizards like David Chudzynski and Matt Davidson consistently produce.
Certainly, a platonic friendship between two gays in a world looking down on homosexuality is a quite plausible interpretation. Father Flynn eventually threatens to remove Aloysius from her position if she does not back down. When the two nuns confront Flynn, he grudgingly offers a tight-lipped explanation: This is not what the Christian believes.
In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Both the book and the film capitalize on a Scriptural allusion where a Biblical character is also accused of raping his employers wife. Aloysius informs him that she previously phoned the last parish he was assigned to, discovering a history of past infringements.
Father, tell me, have I done something wrong. The movie is about doubt and certainty in the midst of explosive accusations which put peoples reputations on the line. The main dispute should not be whether she was the good guy she was notbut whether she was well-meaning and misguided or just the stereotypical bitter old head-mistress a superficial impression could point to the latter, but there are plenty of signs indicating to the former.
By protecting the boy and the boy's mother Kelly McGillis in Amish country from the men who perpetrated the murder John Book fulfills the 8th Commandment by ensuring that the truth will in the end come to light and true testimony can be given in the court of law.
And for the next twenty nights, he could no longer see the stars. In his introduction to the play, Shanley describes the existential question that was the seed of the play:.
It is difficult to make the decision if Father Flynn is innocent or guilty. In John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt; a parable, he eclipses the truth very well.
The scenes about the toy, the camping trip and the undershirt cause much confusion; causing the audience to go back and forth in their minds and doubt Father Flynn.
Nov 24, · It seems safe to say the playwright agrees with Father Flynn when he explains his preference for parables over reality: "The truth makes for a. Throughout the play the audience never quite knows if Sister Aloysius’ concerns are real or if Father Flynn’s story is true.
The characters must come to grips with faith and doubt, sin and repentance, justice and truth, as does the audience. What insight does this quote provide into Father Flynn's character and how he feels about Sister Aloysius? Compare the teaching philosophies of Father Flynn and Sister Aloysius.
Do you side with Father Flynn or Sister Aloysius' methods? Father Flynn in John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt Essay - It is difficult to make the decision if Father Flynn is innocent or guilty.
In John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt; a parable, he eclipses the truth very well. Apr 26, · Father Flynn's is the first voice to confront us, John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt: A Parable is a short and elegantly simple play about that most troubling of emotions. Absolutely gripping from start to finish, it is little wonder that the stage production was able to garner such success, /5().Father flynn s parables


Değirmen, yönetmenliğini Atıf Yılmaz' ın yaptığı ve başrollerde Şener Şen, Serap Aksoy ve Levent Yılmaz'ın yer aldığı 1986 yapımı bir filmdir. Film, Reşat Nuri Güntekin'in aynı adlı romanından uyarlanmıştır.
Istanbul Beneath My Wings (Original Turkish title: İstanbul Kanatlarımın Altında) is a 1996 Turkish film, written and directed by Mustafa Altıoklar. It is a dramatization of Hezarfen Ahmet Çelebi's reported flight across the Bosphorus from Galata.
The Water Diviner is a 2014 drama film directed by and starring Russell Crowe, in his directorial debut, and written by Andrew Anastasios and Andrew Knight. The film is loosely based on the book of the same name written by Andrew Anastasios and Dr Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios. It follows an Australian farmer, Joshua Connor (Crowe), who travels to Turkey soon after World War I to find his three sons who never returned.
120 is a 2008 Turkish war film directed by Murat Saraçoğlu and Özhan Eren based on the true story of 120 children who died in 1915 carrying ammunition for the Battle of Sarikamish against the Russians during World War I.
1910s, the last days of the Overthrowing, the Ottoman lands, the years of the First World War. Mahmut has a different problem; he has been burning in a painful love. The price of this love is very heavy in Mesopotamia, the south east of Anatolia, and today's Syrian territory those days. He got a raw deal. He wants revenge, but he does not want to be a killer. To stay away from the murder he leaves everything he likes and possesses. But he hopes to return to his loved one. Of course, he wants to pay for the injustice done to him, but with his own methods.
Gallipoli is a 1981 Australian war drama film directed by Peter Weir and produced by Patricia Lovell and Robert Stigwood, starring Mel Gibson and Mark Lee, about several young men from rural Western Australia who enlist in the Australian Army during the First World War. They are sent to the peninsula of Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire (in modern-day Turkey), where they take part in the Gallipoli Campaign. During the course of the movie, the young men slowly lose their innocence about the purpose of war. The climax of the movie occurs on the Anzac battlefield at Gallipoli and depicts the futile attack at the Battle of the Nek on 7 August 1915. It modifies events for dramatic purposes and contains a number of significant historical inaccuracies.
This Ottoman royal residence became a museum after the founding of the Turkish Republic in 1923. In 1990, its doors were opened to film crews for the first time. This series is based on the latest available historical documentation. Pt. 1 offers the viewer general information about the history of the palace, buildings and functions and the customs and ceremonies of the palace. PPt. 2 shows the inner palace and its pavilions. t. 3 shows items which are acknowledged to be the world's richest collection of sacred relics. Pt. 4 shows masterworks from thousands of Chinese, Japanese and European porcelain. Pts. 5 and 6 acquaint viewers with the extremely private women's quarters.
The story of T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole), the heroic and troubled man who organized the Arab nations to fight the Turks in World War I and then, having reached a pinnacle of power in Mideast politics, retired to postwar military obscurity.
Osmanlı Hanedanının hüküm sürdüğü yıllarda sıradan bir mahalleye yeni taşınan Cihanyandı Kanlı Nigar , uzun zaman önce kötü yola düşürülmüş, artık ekmeğini bu işten çıkaran bir kadındır. Bu mahallede yeni bir genelev açan kadının bu mahalleyi seçmesinin altında özel nedenler yatmaktadır. Yıllar önce masum bir kadınken kendisini kirletip bu yola düşüren yakınlarından intikam almayı aklına koyan kadın kurduğu türlü plan ve tuzaklarla masumiyetinin peşine düşecektir.
The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors is a 2013 BBC Two documentary in three parts presented by Rageh Omaar. The series covers the origins of the Ottoman Empire; contrasts the empire under Suleiman the Magnificent with that of Abdul-Hamid II; and covers the demise of the Empire after the First World War.
The amazing journeys of Baron von Munchausen, who sets sail in a hot air balloon in search of his old comrades-at-arms with the object of saving a European city from the superior forces of a Turkish sultan.


Theatre production: Cyrano de Bergerac
The Theatre production AMAB, led by Théophile Charenat, presents this iconic play, with their own original twist. Join in on the fun and learn all about Cyrano Savinien Hercule de Bergerac, the fearless Musketeer.
Cyrano Savinien Hercule de Bergerac was a fearless Muskateer, and one of the Captains of Gascony. He was in love with his cousin Roxane, but didn't dare tell her because he thought his nose was too ugly. Out of love for her, and feeling hopeless, he agreed to protect his rival Christian and even went as far as to help him seduce Roxane. Would she see behind his mask?
So what exactly is this play? A comedy? A tragedy? In any case, we find it boastful and funny! It is an enjoyable crossing of swords and the good guys always come out on top.
Never mind if he has an ugly nose, if he is pathetic and carries the worries of the whole world on his shoulders, here he is celebrated in much the same way he wields his sword: with elegance and audacity! It is light-hearted, dreamlike and just fantastic.
The other side of the play is the tough, violent nature of love, portrayed by an inseparable trio, each fighting for their own happiness. Even when in love, some people have regrets, and others feel remorse.
And then we have Rostand who comes along to shake things up a bit. He mixes all the characters together, the good guys and the bad guys, we forget if we should laugh or cry. Wait a minute... If we can laugh and cry at the same time... isn't that what theatre is all about? Isn't that the whole point here, through this age-old art form, to show us that not everything is as black and white as we would think? Isn't it showing us that freedom and rebellion allow us to push the boundaries? And since, here we also witness poetry of the words and the power of the verb, haven't we created something beautiful?
Well, there are lots of questions to consider. Come on, let's find the answers together.
Dimanche 15 août 2021 de 19h à 20h30.
Repli à l'auditorium du Palais si mauvais temps.


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May 25, 2018 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
May 25 – 26 & May 31 – June 2. Doors, 7:30, Curtain 8:00 pm.
Set in Sheffield, England, The Full Monty tells the story of six unemployed men, four of them former steel workers, who decide to form a male striptease act in order to gather enough money to get somewhere else and for the main character, Gaz, to be able to see his son. Directed by Alan Wartes.


Prabhas Fees for Project K: It was claimed in several media reports that South Superstar Prabhas has taken a fee of Rs 150 for his upcoming film ‘Project K’. Talking to us, the producer of the film has told the real truth of Prabhas’ fees.
Prabhas Fees for Project K : South industry superstar
Prabhas has many projects in the coming days. One of these projects is also the actor’s upcoming film
‘Project K’ , which fans have been waiting for a long time. Till a few days ago, it was told in the reports that Prabhas has taken a fee of Rs 150 crores for doing ‘Project K’. However, there was no reaction from the producers for a long time after offering such a huge amount to Prabhas. Talking to Zoom TV, the producer of the film Priyanka Dutt has now told the real truth of these reports.On Prabhas being paid a fee of Rs 150 crore for ‘Project K’, the film’s producer Priyanka Dutta told that this news is wrong. This figure is unreasonable, impractical and absolutely absurd. In such a situation, now the producer of the film has cleared that Prabhas has not received a fee of Rs 150 crore. Whatever news was spreading in the media are only rumours.
Talking about ‘Project K’, Nag Ashwin is directing this film. Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone will be seen opposite Prabhas for the first time in the film. Apart from Prabhas and Deepika Padukone, Kamal Haasan and Amitabh Bachchan are also going to appear in important roles in the film. The film will hit the theaters on January 12 next year. There is a tremendous craze among the fans to watch the film.
Let us tell you that Prabhas was last seen in the film ‘Adipurush’ directed by Om Raut. Prabhas played the role of Lord Ram in this film. Even before the release of the film, it got embroiled in many controversies. However, when it hit the big screen, people criticized the film’s VFX and its story. The film failed to earn as expected at the box office.


The plot of a story generally follows a specific structure and includes these five elements:
Exposition: What you need to know. Background information is presented, main characters are introduced, and the conflict is established.
Rising Action: The conflicts and challenges encountered by the characters. How they respond keeps the story moving forward.
Climax: The turning point in the conflict. Tension builds until the main character must make a decision or take action that determines the direction of the story.
Falling Action: The events that occur after the main character makes the key decision in the story.
Resolution: The resolution is where all the questions are answered and loose ends are tied, providing a clear ending.
A plot diagram illustrates where these elements fall in a narrative.


Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Feature Films presents an intimate look at the Chinese American role and influence in Hollywood, from some of the earliest films set in America’s Chinatowns to the contemporary artists remaking the face of Hollywood. Filled with more than 500 stunning, vintage photographs, movie posters, lobby cards and assorted ephemera based on the author’s extraordinary personal collection, this lavish coffee-table book’s richly illustrated pages show the myths, misconceptions, and memorable moments of the Chinese in film.
Author and filmmaker Arthur Dong takes the reader on a guided tour of Chinese American film history, from the hyper-stereotyped portrayals of Chinatown Tong Wars to the exoticized romances starring glamorous actresses like Anna May Wong and Nancy Kwan. He highlights the issues and challenges of Hollywood’s history, including the controversial casting of white actors in Asian roles, known as “yellowface.” Richly detailed and comprehensive in scope, Hollywood Chinese shows how the industry has evolved, beginning with War of the Tongs (1917), billed to white audiences as “planned and executed by the Chinese” and ending with Crazy Rich Asians (2018), the first film with an all-Asian cast in a quarter century.
Throughout the book, Dong unearths hidden gems from film history, documenting the Chinese and Chinese American actors, screenwriters, directors and producers who worked in Hong Kong, Taipei, San Francisco and elsewhere, producing spectacular films in both Chinese and English for global audiences. All but lost to history, those films have been carefully uncovered and presented here. Dong’s narrative is enhanced by extensive interviews with Hollywood actors, directors, and producers, including Ang Lee, Nancy Kwan, Justin Lin, James Hong, Joan Chen, Wayne Wang, and David Henry Hwang, and writer Amy Tan.
A San Francisco Chinatown native, Arthur Dong is an Oscar-nominee, a Peabody and Sundance award-winning filmmaker, author, and curator whose work centers on Asian American, and LGBTQ stories. Dong’s films about Asian American history and culture include The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor (2015), Hollywood Chinese (2007), Forbidden City, U.S.A. (1989), and Sewing Woman (1987). Among his films on LGBTQ issues are Coming Out Under Fire (1994) and Licensed to Kill (1997). Dong has curated exhibitions showcasing his extensive archive of cultural ephemera, including Chop Suey on Wax: The Flower Drum Song Album, Forbidden City, USA, and his most recent, Hollywood Chinese, on display at the iconic Formosa Café in West Hollywood. Dong’s first book Forbidden City, USA: Chinatown Nightclubs 1936-1970 received an American Book Award in 2015.


144 Taylor St
San Francisco, CA 94102
Utopia Theatre Project presents the world premiere of Seeds, directed by emerging Japanese-American playwright/company founder Anne Yumi Kobori. Spanning America, England, and France, Seeds follows a group of allied soldiers who become bound by an event none of them can forget. Nine actors embody four women and five men struggling to accept their wartime actions or lock them in the past in order to move on with their lives. March 9 - 24 at 7pm. PianoFlight SF. utopiatheatreproject.com
$20 Advance / $25 at the Door.
Ticket link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seeds-tickets-42700963732?aff=efbevent
For more information visit: www.utopiatheatreproject.com


We will be showing the The Gospel of Mark. Popcorn and water are available
Synopsis – The Gospel of Mark brings the original Jesus narrative to the screen using the Gospel text as its script, word for word. Informed by leading world experts’ latest theological, historical and archaeological research on every aspect of life in first century Palestine, this is a ground breaking multi-million pound film series that revolutionizes the way we experience and understand the story of Jesus. Based entirely on the unedited, unabridged New Testament Gospels, its dramatized action is accompanied by voice over narration by Tim Piggott Smith and Rupert Penry Jones. Filmed with authentic actors and settings, the perfect Holy Land backdrop, including computer generated Jerusalem and Temple. Winner of UK Christian Film Festival Awards 2015: Best Series and Best of British.


Where to watch streaming movies for free without limitations.
Tired of ending up on sites full of advertising and unsafe for your PC when you want to watch a movie in streaming? Here is a list of safe sites to watch movies without limits.
Browsing the web you will surely come across websites that promised the free viewing of movies in streaming, or better yet, their download. Going forward, however, you realized that it was just a way to get you to view advertising, or to let you download programs where you could hide everything (especially viruses).
For this reason, we decided to write this post: because there are secure sites, where in exchange for a simple registration, you can enjoy movies in streaming without limits. These platforms do not violate any law or copyright, they are free and, by using the service, you are not committing any crime. Some of these platforms exist only online, others are the web version of TV stations.
Online streaming services
TV portals for streaming movies
FREE SERVICES TO WATCH FILM IN STREAMING.
There are several services on the web that, in exchange for a recording, allow you to watch movies in streaming for free. Some of these also have a premium paid version, but access with the basic account still allows you to watch movies, in exchange perhaps to comply with some rules or see you some commercials before viewing.
Some portals are specialized in certain genres, others have a more varied catalog with films also recently released.
MyMovies Live works as a movie theater in your living room. By activating a free profile, you can choose which movie to watch in streaming. These are mostly fairly recent films that are also quite successful. Many titles are in Italian, but in some cases, there is the possibility to watch streaming films in the original language with subtitles.
Working as a movie theater, projections are scheduled at certain times and places are limited. So, once logged in, you need to “reserve” a place for the projection and once the start time arrives, get comfortable and enjoy the film. There is also a paid version that allows you to watch movies in streaming at any time, without having to wait for the times indicated and the limitations on places.
Like any movie theater, MyMovies Live also changes programming often and every film, in general, is present on the billboard for a certain period of time.
VIVID is another portal that, with a simple registration, allows you to watch movies in streaming for free and without limits. VIVID specializes in anime, or Japanese cartoons, so much so that it also offers a simulcasting (ie the simultaneous projection) with Japan for some animation series.
But this portal also offers much more. For example, you can stream some popular TV series and even several movies. In particular, you will be able to find auteur films, horror and science fiction films on VIVID.
TV PORTALS TO SEE FILM IN STREAMING FOR FREE
Even the major television stations offer a free streaming service, in exchange for simple registration. So you can review for free all the TV series that have aired, but also many movies, from the comfort of your sofa and when you want.
Raiplay movies on demand for free
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James Franco was born on April 19, 1978, in Palo Alto, Cali.
Franco first got involved with acting as a way to overcome shyness. He started acting while attending UCLA.
After leaving UCLA, Franco studied acting at Robert Carnegie’s Playhouse West.
His first big role was as Daniel Desario in the short-lived, but critically acclaimed, “Freaks and Geeks.”
Franco’s popularity grew after he starred in the TNT made-for-television movie “James Dean” in 2001.
In 2002 he played the role on Harry Osborne in “Spider-Man.” He played the role in all three movies in the trilogy.
He starred alongside Robert De Niro in “City By The Sea” in 2002.
He co-starred with Neve Campbell in “The Company” in 2003.
In 2005 he appeared in “The Great Raid” alongside Benjamin Bratt and Joseph Fiennes.
In 2006 he starred in “Tristan + Isolde.”
That same year he also starred in “Annapolis” alongside Jordana Brewster and Tyrese Gibson.
In 2007 he starred alongside Tommy Lee Jones and Charlize Theron in “In the Valley of Elah.”
He starred in “Pineapple Express” in 2008 with Seth Rogan and Gary Cole.
In 2008 he also appeared in “Milk” along with Sean Penn and Josh Brolin.
In 2010 he appeared in “Eat Pray Love.”
He also appeared in “127 Hours” in 2010, where he plays Aron Ralston, a mountain climber who becomes trapped under a boulder while hiking alone.
His performance in “127 Hours” earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
In 2011 Franco starred in “The Rise of the Planet of the Apes.”
Franco tried his hand at directing and writing with “Sal” in 2011, which tells the story of the final hours of former teen idol Sal Mineo’s life.
Franco opened 2013 with “Oz the Great and Powerful,” where he starred alongside Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz, before starring in “Spring Breakers.”
In 2014 Franco starred in "Palo Alto" with Emma Roberts.
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A little about me:
The extacential question, who am I?
If you would have asked 30 years ago, 20 years ago, even 10 years ago if I would be a Talent Manager in Los Angels, CA, I would have laughed at you.
But here I am:
What is Key Talent Management
Jose Miguel Vasquez
Jose been a professional actor for almost 12 years. His career started in Orlando, Florida, working with the Orlando Repertory Theatre and signing on with his first talent agent. This led to many stage shows, a teaching artist career, and eventually his first TV role on the series Burn Notice. The booming film market in Atlanta called his attention and eventually he signed with Atlanta Models and Talent in 2013. Soon he was cast in his first feature film Term Life, starring Vince Vaughn. This led to Jose and his family relocating to Georgia in order to pursue a full time acting career. He can be seen him on TV shows like The Walking Dead and on Netflix’s Cobra Kai as “Principal Lopez”. Working on movies like Brian Banks and his upcoming Netflix limited series The Liberator have truly impacted his life and his family’s life. He and his family also have fun on their Youtube channel “MaJeliv” that now has almost 56K subscribers. When he’s not producing content for their youtube channel, Jose focuses on giving back to his community as a teacher and acting coach. He lives to share the lessons he’s learned to help those on their own journey. This is how he lives to spread the light


Sam is a London based Cinematographer working internationally on Feature Films, TV Dramas and Commercials.
He is a story driven cinematographer who brings a unique and sensitive approach to each project. His collaborations with talented directors and producers from around the world have led him to photograph diverse projects ranging from small independent films to large scale productions.
Sam has shot many award winning projects including BFI funded feature film 'Couple in a Hole' directed by Tom Geens, which won 3 awards at the Dinard British Film Festival 2015, including the Golden Hitchcock.
In 2018 Sam's critically acclaimed TV mini series 'Born To Kill' earned him a BAFTA Cymru nomination for Photography & Lighting Fiction.
Recently Sam collaborated with Camera D'or winning director Anthony Chen on his second feature film 'Wet Season', filmed in Singapore and Malaysia. He has also completed a new series of Marcella for Netflix / ITV, re-booting the Anna Friel show with French director Gilles Bannier.


Big Cartoon Festival (BCF) is the most prominent international animation review in Russia, which presents every year the best, the most interesting and the most relevant films from all over the world.
The BCF opens on October, 25th at the Oktyabr Cinema Theatre with a Russian premiere of the film Marona’s Fantastic Tale by famous Anca Damian. It’s a touching French animation feature about misadventures of a homeless dog. Rather sad and at the same time filled with many moments of delight, harmony and love, this film is a rare example of an arthouse beautifully animated film targeting children as well as adults.
Another high-profile Russian premiere is the film Swallows of Kabul by Zabou Breitman and Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec. It’s a sharp tragic soul-turning animation that tells a story of a couple living in Afghanistan at the end of the XX century. In the framework of the festival, the film is presented by its director Zabou Breitman, a famous French actress and director.
There are new features intended for kids as well. There is this film Pocoyo in cinemas: Your First Movie by Alfonso Rodríguez targeting very young audience, it’s a cinema spinoff of an extremely popular Spanish series about Pocoyo. There is the film Strike! by Travor Hardy, that is a warm handmade puppet film from Britain, praising family traditions and love to soccer. Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs is the sweetest urban fairy tale from Latvia. Also kids together with their families can watch sets of the best new international shorts, sets of Russian films produced in the XXI century as well as remastered copies of classical films by Souzmultfilm Studio, all the incredible experience on a wide screen.
The newest festival shorts can be seen in two central blocks of the festival: our two competition programs called the Premieres and the Winners. The Premieres features recent Russian animation shorts of the past year, and the Winners contains of foreign films that already won prizes and awards at international festivals all over the world. Viewers vote for their favorite films, and according to the results, the best works of the programs receive Audience Choice Awards at the closing ceremony of the festival.
As usual there are many special events in the framework of the festival. Including screenings of two sets of animation documentaries, as well as a special selection of films associated with feminist agenda named For Women Only!. There is a program assembled in order to be screened at the Jewish Museum, this one is called Animation about the Holocaust. All these screenings are accompanied by comments of the Program Director Dina Goder and there are Q&A sessions after the screenings. There is also a large block dedicated to animation education, in which representatives of the best animation schools tell how their training in animation specialties is built.
The BCF 2019 hosts a retrospective of the legendary French director and the greatest living authority Jean-Francois Laguionie, who is a guest of honor of the festival and presents his new feature film The Prince’s Voyage in the framework of the festival. He also delivers a master class titled Jean-Francois Laguionie: 55 Years in Animation. Both the events are organized with the support of the French Embassy and the French Institute in Moscow.
The Russian guest of the BCF this year is a wonderful director Dmitry Geller, who also delivers a master class talking about his previous works and the most recent projects. In addition, there is an exhibition of Geller's graphics and his sketches for films during the festival. Another graphic exhibition presents the works of a director and an artist Natalia Mirzoyan, who authored the trailer of this year's BCF.
A new festival section called The World Behind the Mirror Glass. It’s devoted to main stream animation: popular projects, large studios, well-known brands. Audience will be able to learn about what their favorite studios are preparing for them in the upcoming season, will meet creators, will sing along with their favorite characters, watch some so to say top secret files – in a word, see familiar animated world from a new point of view and from a different angle.
This year is marked with an unusual and amazing anniversary. Together with our long-term partner the Souzmultfilm Studio we celebrate the 50th anniversary of your favorite cartoons: Town Musicians of Bremen, Gena the Crocodile, Well, Just You Wait!, Umka and Winnie the Pooh. Guests of BÑÀ are looking forward to special screenings and meetings with the legendary animation characters.
And, of course, as always, the Cartoon Factory is held during the festival. This year it takes place for the 10th time! Dozens of animation workshops welcome children and their parents during the school holidays at the Museum of Moscow. Participants of the event will draw, give voice and shoot cartoons in a variety of techniques and genres. Inside the Factory one can find pavilions of Cartoon Network and Boomerang TV Channels with the characters of your favorite series The Amazing World of Gumball, The Truth About Bears and Tom and Jerry.
Fans of the Cartoon Network Channel are very welcome to see a new series Victor and Valentino at the festival. The film tells about funny adventures of two brothers who spend the summer vacations at their grandmother’s in a Mexican town, where strange and sometimes supernatural things happen to them.
The Closing ceremony of the festival takes place on November, 4th at the Cosmos Cinema Theatre. Winners of the Audience Choice Awards are announced at the ceremony which is the most anticipated part! The closing film is the incredibly bright project Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, created at the Tokyo University of Arts under the artistic supervision of the cult-favorite director Koji Yamamura. It combines four animated films based on the famous violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi: Spring was made by a young Russian director Anna Budanova, Estonian star couple Priit and Olga Pärn created Summer, one of the most amazing Japanese directors Atsushi Wada visualized Autumn, and a short film on Winter was produced by a wonderful Canadian director of Bulgarian origin and one of the most intelligent directors of today's animation world – Theodore Ushev.
Program Directors of the festival are Dina Goder and Maria Tereschenko.


The Mount de Sales Choral program consists of three performing ensembles for upper school students. The Concert Choir is a compilation of all choral students, beginning and advanced; the Women’s Choir/Show Choir is an advanced girls ensemble; and the Cavalier Chorale is an auditioned mixed ensemble. We also offer Introduction to Choral Music, a freshman based ensemble that is offered for students who may have little choral experience. This ensemble does perform as part of The Concert Choir. At the middle school level, each grade also has the opportunity of choosing chorus as a semester elective.
The Choral Ensembles of Mount de Sales perform various concerts throughout the year and provide leadership in the music ministry of school masses and prayer services. The first semester performances include the Peace Day Assembly, Veterans Day Assembly, and the Mercy Day Celebration, as well as an annual Christmas concert that students at St. Joseph’s, St. Peter Claver and Sacred Heart attend. Chorale also perform a program called Candlelight Carol Service at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Second semester performances for Chorus students include The Cherry Blossom Festival, Celebration of the Arts and graduation events such as Baccalaureate Mass. The Mount de Sales choral ensembles are available to perform for civic and church groups in the Middle Georgia Community.
Introduction to acting, musical theater, and theatre tech have been incorporated into the upper school’s curriculum. Introduction to Acting brings the new and old students of theatre into the work that it takes to perform on stage. Many facets of theatre are taught in this class. The musical theater class begins by taking students step by step through the audition process and ends with a production put together by the class. Students are involved in choosing music as well as choreographing pieces for themselves and the entire group. The theatre tech class is geared to teach the “behind the scenes” work of the theatre, such as building sets and developing lighting plots, which help the students gain a better appreciation of the theatre.
In the middle school, eighth graders have the option of taking a dramatic arts class which serves as an introduction to different facets of acting. With a focus on reader’s theater, students develop characterization, projection, and stage presence and conclude the class with a small production which includes all members of the class. During the school year, middle-schoolers may audition for a theatrical production that will only include sixth through eighth graders, giving them an opportunity to perform without competing against the upper school students.
We offer three productions each year:
- One Act Play competition for Upper School students
- A winter musical, which is open to 6th-12th graders
- A spring middle school play


There’s debate as to whether there’s an actual net shortage of truck drivers to drive available trucks or a shortage of drivers wanting to make trucking a career. One thing is for sure, though: the industry has a huge problem retaining drivers and turning a driving job into a career. Why? It’s a tough job for both driver and family at home when they have to deal with extended periods away, insufficient pay for the time involved, poor working conditions, lots of lonely miles and sleepless nights, poor treatment by shippers and receivers, and the never-ending on-road harassment from car drivers and enforcement officials.
That couldn’t be further from the image portrayed by Hollywood in the 1970s as American pop culture embraced the trucker and biker lifestyle. CB radios became the popular electronic gadget, and trucker lingo entered everyday life. Truck drivers’ larger-than-life personalities and big rigs made for some of the most iconic movies ever. Of course, movies about the open road began long before with great hits such as “Thieves Highway,” made in 1949 about a war-veteran-turned-truck driver hauling apples to San Francisco, played by Richard Conte.
Fascination with the open road
The fascination for the open road was also made popular by the TV Series Then Came Bronson in 1969, starring Michael Parks as a vagabond biker searching for the meaning of life in his Harley Davidson Sportster. What followed was nothing short of breathtaking as Hollywood enlisted some of the biggest names in movie history to play various trucker roles.
The list includes Clint Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone, Dennis Weaver, Kris Kristofferson, Chuck Norris, Burt Reynolds, Sally Fields, Jerry Reed, Claude Aitkins, Gina Davis, Susan Sarandon, Patrick Swayze, Jackie Gleason, James Brolin, Jan-Michael Vincent, Ernest Borgnine, Hugh Jackman, Rip Torn, Melanie Griffith, Kurt Russell, Forrest Tucker, Liam Neeson, and Mel Gibson. Wait… even Mel Gibson played roles as a trucker?
Iconic trucker movies are not exclusive to Hollywood, as it turns out. Disney Studios (formerly Fox Studios) now has a movie-making facility in Sydney, Australia, where movies such as Happy Feet, X-Men Wolverine, Thor: Love & Thunder, The Matrix, Moulin Rouge, and Mission Impossible II were made. One of the great Australian trucker movies was also made there – the 2013 box office hit Mad Max: Fury Road starring Mel Gibson. He also starred in 1979 hit Mad Max driving an R-600 Coolpower Mack set in post-apocalyptic Australia, followed by Mad Max 2 (1981) and Mad Max: Fury Road involving a Czech Republic-made Tatra T815 wrecker and R-600 steel cab Mack known affectionately as “Flintstones” by Australia truckers.
What’s all of this got to do with the driver shortage?
We only need to look at when the last box-office hit movie about truckers was made to answer that question. Even though more were made after it, 1998 is when most experts agree the last popular trucker movie hit theatres starring Meatloaf, Randy Travis, and Patrick Swayze in Black Dog, a movie about a truck driver and an ex-con who is tricked into hauling illegal firearms in a 379 Peterbilt. What preceded this movie were dozens of smash hits over a 30-year period that attracted hundreds of thousands of aspiring truckers to the industry. With the lifting of licensing requirements by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the 1970s, an operating license was no longer required, allowing the average citizen to use a CB radio to listen to the truck drivers’ conversations. Trucker lingo became mainstream as a result.
From classic movies like Smokey and the Bandit to TV Series like B.J. and The Bear, CB Radios and trucker lingo fascinated everyone. According to Jimmy Mac from the RadioNemo Show on SiriusXM Road Dog Radio Channel 146, they attracted a generation of truckers now in retirement or getting close to it, with insufficient truckers following closely behind them. The problem today is that absent Hollywood movies glorifying the national trucker, we have the opposite, where disrespect, frustration, and road rage fill the airwaves and social media. Attracting drivers to an industry like trucking is hard and getting harder. Many new entrants see truck driving as something to do between other jobs, with few seeing it as a viable profession to build a career.
What was your CB handle if you had one in the 70s and 80s?
Many don’t even see a CB Radio as a lifesaving piece of safety technology, let alone have a CB handle like “Rubber Duck,” “Pig Pen,” or “The Boston Trucker.” What was your handle if you were one of the hundreds of thousands that used CB radios in the 70s and 80s?
Some large fleets even go as far as not installing CB radios because they fear it would distract their rookie drivers rather than keep them connected with their surroundings, especially during hazardous winter whiteout conditions, most likely saving their lives.
Yes, blame it on Hollywood, but of course, the solution to finding and keeping drivers in the trucking industry is much bigger than a movie, but it’d be a great place to start.
How about Tom Cruise starring in “You Want it Delivered When?” where he plays a trucker trapped at a receiver warehouse for 36 hours trying to unload his million-dollar time-sensitive cargo resorting to never-before-seen stunts to get unloaded? I’d go see that movie.
After all, Navy and Air Force recruiters saw a 500% increase in applications following “Top Gun” in 1986.


Thursday, February 5, 2009
a must see Defiance
I don't know about you but Daniel Craig did a stellar performance in the movie Defiance. This is a movie about how the Jewish people endured racial prejudice by the hands of German/Russian people. If you love history and memoirs i highly suggest this flick. This movie showed how a normally non violent people took charge to survive in harsh terrain for almost five years. It is a movie that shows strength and unification of a group of strangers that had a common bond--race/survival.


Klara Landrat is an American actress of Polish - Israeli origin, producer, writer, and director.
She is currently starring in the Israeli TV series - “Late Night Stories” directed by Michael Behagen, coming in 2022 playing the character of Kennedy. She is also known for such projects as: "The Silent Enemy - Endometriosis" (2022), “Inheritance” (2022) in Irish Gaelic & English, "Story Time with Fergie & Friends" (2020) with The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, “Going Under" (2004), and the epic comedy, "Zoolander" (2001).
As a daughter of a diplomat, Klara was raised in Tripoli, Libya and New York City, and speaks many languages fluently including: English, French, Italian, Polish and Hebrew.
The multi-talented Klara Landrat is our Featured Creative of the Month.
She is debuting as a director in a global documentary film about endometriosis aimed at raising awareness about the disease along with an award winning Director and Producer Caroline Zelder (“Plumm Summer” with Jeff Bridges, William Baldwin, Henry Winkler).
As a model, Klara worked with New York and London Fashion Week designers and has trained with a legendary New York dance choreographer Willie Ninja (William Leake) the creator of "Vogueing "- who has trained Madonna, Naomi Campbell, to name a few.
Klara holds a B.A. degree in the Arts from Hunter College City University of New York and is a member of Alumni, Golden Key Honour Society and USA Honour Society.
Klara is also a co-producer of Legendary Film Productions, an international film and TV production company that creates high impact projects that impel imagination, inspire partnership and bring enticing ideas to life, creating inspirational vortexes in the broadspectrum film marketplace.
Legendary Film Productions is based out of New York and Tel Aviv, which Klara founded along with her co-producer and husband, Abraham Eben Ezra. Klara is currently developing an Italian mini TV series about an extraordinary Renaissance man and his magical book which changed the history of the world. From Italian Renaissance to modern-day London, the mystical book becomes a legacy and a dispute of future generations. “The Book Of” is a lavish odyssey about the revival of consciousness.
Another notable project is “The Silent Enemy - Endometriosis” - a heartfelt documentary about women and transgender men suffering from endometriosis. More than 176 million women and also transgender men suffer from this disease world wide. It is one of the most misunderstood, under-funded and under researched diseases of our world today. It has no regards to social status, age, faith or race. Legendary Film Productions aims to change that with their documentary and actively seeks women and transgender men worldwide who’d like to participate in it.
Aside from that, Legendary Film Productions paired with Ezra Reich (son of Steve Reich the greatest living American composer) to create a first single - “Long Distance Call” - “Achar Fada” with Klara Landrat and Aisling Goodwin singing in Swedish and Irish in a “kulning” technique.
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Emma Watson arriving at the 86th Annual Academy Awards (2014)
Hey, what’s Winnie the pooh’s favorite color?
No it’s red because of his shirt
No, it’s yellow because he loves honey
You have no idea what you’re talking about
DID I FUCKING STUTTER?
Things heating up at the Winnie the Pooh fandom
Emma Watson & Joseph Gordon-Levitt | 86th Annual Academy Awards - Show (March 2, 2014)


Born: 3 May 1979
Nigerian actress, singer and brand ambassador
Years active: 1987 – Present
Born in Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria, Genevieve Nnaji is the fourth of eight children. At the age of eight, Genevieve started her acting career as a child actress in the then popular soap opera ‘Ripples’. She was also featured in several commercials, which included Pronto beverage and Omo detergent. At the age of 19, in 1998, she made her debut in the Nigerian film industry with the movie ‘Most Wanted’.
When she starred in the movie ‘Sharon Stone’ in 2002, her fame shot beyond the shores of Nigeria to the rest of Africa and several European countries. As a way to further project herself to her fans beyond her country, she had a website constructed back in 2003, and it became one of the most visited Nigerian site on the Internet, within two it had 3549 hit on 355 pages. http://genevieveofficial.com.
Genevieve has received numerous awards as an honour for her immense contribution to the Nigerian film industry. Some of which have been in Dublin, London, and United States. In the 2001 City People Awards, she won best actress of the year, and also in 2005 at the inaugural awarding of the prestigious African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA).
In 2004, a search for the face if Lux was embarked upon, and out of several celebrities all over Africa, Genevieve emerged with the highest votes. With her enduring smile and vivacious personality, she graced several billboards and television stations. In 2009, she made history by being the first Nigerian actress to be profiled on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ on an episode about the most popular people around the world. She is believed to be one of the highest-paid and most desired actresses in Nollywood today.
Family Life: She has a daughter named Chimebuka and a brother named Steohan.
Associated with: Several Nigerian media outlets called her the Julia Roberts of Africa.
Trivia: Her film ‘30 Days’ earned 10 nominations at the African Movie Academy Awards.


“When is Sweet Home Season 2 Coming Out?” is the question on the minds of eager fans, and rightfully so, as this streaming sensation stands out as a unique gem in the world of online entertainment. Sweet Home, the captivating Netflix K-Drama, not only won over critics but also delighted spectators during its debut season.
As the anticipation for Sweet Home Season 2 release date grows, it’s essential to recognize that this series, characterized by Ready Steady Cut as “A relentless, gore-soaked good time leading to a frantic, messy, but ultimately enjoyable binge-watch,” has left an indelible mark. Fans can’t wait to dive back into the gripping world of Sweet Home, eager to know when the next chapter will be unveiled.
The last season of Sweet Home will premiere in 2020, so it has been a long since we last visited that world. what is good news? The second season of Sweet Home, which fans are eagerly anticipating, is now in development, according to Netflix.
In 2020, when live-action webtoon adaptations were still rather uncommon, Sweet Home marked a momentous moment even though it may not have attained the same degree of popularity as Squid Game. The popularity of this drama encouraged Netflix to investigate more webtoon to live-action translations, which resulted in the production of Korean dramas like All of Us Are Dead, The Uncanny Counter, Hellbound, and Bloodhounds.
Fans of Sweet Home were left with an enormous cliffhanger in the first season, which sparked rumors that there will be a second. Netflix didn’t formally confirm the second or third seasons until June 2022, giving fans a preview of the plot during TUDUM 2023. Here is everything we currently know about Sweet Home season 2.
Read below details for Sweet Home Season 2 Release Date.
What can we anticipate from Season 2 of Sweet Home?
The plot of the second season is still mostly a secret. Season 2 of the show will reportedly take place in a different environment, with a particular emphasis on Hyun-soo’s military detention and the remaining survivors’ precarious escape from Green Home.
When will the second season of Sweet Home debut?
Unfortunately, the second season’s precise Netflix release date is yet unknown. We tried to learn more, but Netflix hasn’t yet given us a release date. What is known, though, is that Netflix declared the show would return for a second season later this year.
According to some sources, including When Netflix, Sweet Home Season 2 release date is December 15, 2023. They also installed a countdown clock to heighten suspense; it is currently ticking away at 156 days, 13 hours, 49 minutes, and 3 seconds.
Sweet Home Season 2 Release Date: Where to Watch Season 2
When it does, Netflix will have Sweet Home Season 2 available for watching. With Netflix subscriptions starting at just $6.99 per month, you can watch it.
Plot and Beyond in Sweet Home Season 2
In the first season of Sweet Home, a post-apocalyptic South Korea was revealed to us, where a sizable portion of the populace had evolved into terrible monsters driven by their most fervent wants. We realized that Hyun Soo was also experiencing a horrific transformation as we followed Cha Hyun Soo (played by Song Kang), who at first considered suicide but ultimately found a cause to survive in this nightmare world.
Sang Wook (played by Lee Jin Wook) drove Hyun Soo away in an armored truck at the end of season one as the occupants of Green Home looked for a way out in the hopes of finding safety. Hyun Soo’s destiny now rests with the particular infectee that has taken over Sang Wook’s body, and no one knows where they’re going as special forces chase down individuals who had partially converted into monsters.
Director Lee Eung Bok has committed to adhere to the webtoon’s plot even though facts about the second season are scant due to the lack of an official teaser or trailer. The military’s efforts to remove monster curses from human bodies will probably receive more attention in Season 2, with a key part presumably going to Yi Kyeong’s fiancé, who vanished after claiming to have cracked the curse.
The exchanges between Hyun Soo and Sang Wook, which will reveal the latter’s true motivations, are also eagerly anticipated by the audience. A thrilling trip is promised as Hyun Soo might exert all of his might to save Sang Wook before the monster seizes complete control.
Cast and crew of Season 2 of Sweet Home.
The second season will feature returning first season cast members as well as new cast members playing unnamed roles. Song Kang, who is well-known for his roles in well-liked Korean dramas including Nevertheless, Love Alarm, and Touch Your Heart, will return to the role of Cha Hyun Soo, the protagonist of the series.
The second season will highlight Lee Si Young and Lee Jin Wook in addition to Song Kang because they both have important roles in the plot. While Lee Jin Wook has established himself in a number of popular Korean dramas, such as Voice, Bulgasal: Immortal Souls, and The Three Musketeers, Lee Si Young is best known for her roles in SF8 and The Birth of the Rich.
Fans eagerly anticipate how this amazing cast will revive the captivating world of Sweet Home as the release date approaches.


Movement to Power
Workshop series and public film screening
Co-facilitated by Purvi Shah, Parul Shah, and Deesha Narichania, this workshop series brought together Asian-American survivors of gender and sexual violence, gender justice advocates, and community members invested in ending violence to move, express, heal, and transform our relationship to violence — and ourselves.
Shruti Parekh made a short film of the workshop series documenting the practices, strategies for an educational tool to be used by others. A public screening was held at the Asian American’s Writers Workship on June 27, 2014 with facilitators and participants to discuss the workshop series.
Movement to Power is an art and activism project organized by the South Asian Women’s Creative Collective to raise awareness of sexual and gender-based violence issues through public art.
Co-organized by Roshani Thakore and Amita Manghnani