Saturday, May 7, 2011
Review: Three Extremes
Here we have an anthology horror flick brought to us by three different and extraordinary talented Asian directors. First we have ’Dumplings’ by Fruit Chan representing Hong Kong. Next we have 'Cut' by Park Chan-wook hailing from South Korea. Finally we have 'Box' by the brilliant Takashi Miike out of Japan. The film runs in at just about two hours, which as you'll see, was plenty of time for each segment to develop thoroughly and tell their horrifying tales in bloody fashion. Three Extremes is a movie that lives up to its namesake in every way. Extremely frightening, bloody, and strange as you shall see.
*Some Spoilers Below*
Ummm this dumpling looks......strange...and fleshy. Yummy
Let us start at the beginning of course. 'Dumplings' from Fruit Chan. How to describe this one? Hmmmmm. Well, if you have an aversion to food and horror, you may want to skip to the next segment. Here is the tale of the rich and former actress Connie (Tian Meme). She is starting to feel her looks are fading and she sees her husband is seeking comfort elsewhere. In order to get her youthful looks and husband’s affection back, she'll do whatever it takes. And I do mean whatever. She hears tell tale of a woman named Mei (Bai Ling) who makes 'special' dumplings that can takes years off your looks. So off she goes to visit Aunt Mei (as she is apparently called) in what appears to be the poor part of town. I can never tell in China. Sorry. After some brief conversation about how to make 'good' dumplings, she reluctantly agrees to eat them without really knowing what's actually in them. Not the best idea is it? After a couple more beauty sessions, Connie soon finds out that Mei has her own special ingredient to add to the dumplings and things take a bizarre and horrifying turn.
Aunt Mei showing off some dough handling skills.
The acting is pretty decent all around here, but really Bai Ling (Mei) is really the shining star. She exudes charisma and sensuality, with just a dash of craziness for good measure. I must say I'm not the biggest fan of food and gore either, although the director did a good job of not just focusing on that particular gross aspect entirely. There are some scenes that make you cringe, such as the sounds of bones crunching and unholy bloody vagina's. I know, scary huh? There was also one laughable love scene between Connie and her husband. It involves water in the mouth....umm....you'll just have to watch and see. Overall I liked the subject matter, story, and gore, but it was definitely the weakest segment for me. Make your own conclusions ultimately. Interestingly though, Fruit Chan released a 90 minute uncut version of the segement. I haven't seen it, but it could fill in some gaps and questions I had.
Fingers need a choppin'
Next up is 'Cut'. As the name implies, there is plenty of that going on in this segment. This tale is that of a famous and wealthy director played here very nicely by Lee Byung-hun. But for all of his wealth and fame he is still a very nice and down to earth guy. He seems to have it all......but does he? After another hard days work, he shows up back home to get some rest. Well that isn't going to happen because there is a deranged man that wants to have some words with him. The director and his lovely wife are captured by this weirdo, brought back to the studio lot, and subdued in some quite elaborate ways. There is also a random little girl tied up as well, but that is a whole other thing all together. So this hilariously awesome psycho turns out to be some disgruntled extra that has worked on all of the directors movies, yet the director still has no effing clue who he is. He soon tells the director that for every five minutes he doesn't get the answers he wants he's going to cut off one of his wife’s fingers. By the way all of her fingers are super glued to her piano. That much easier to cut off. Oh yes, the blood will flow. Any way, he also gives the director the alternate option of killing the little girl tied up instead and this will horror can all be ended. Will such a nice guy be able to do such a horrible thing and is he really so good after all? Check it out and see. You will be pleasantly surprised.
You might lose some fingers but rest assured you'll keep that hairdo. Torture enough.
I must say that this segment was my favorite by far. It really had it all. Great acting, blood 'o plenty and an interesting plot. The standout here though has to be the crazy and disgruntled extra played by Lim Won-hee. His mix of physical comedy and serious psycho calm brought a whole new depth to an otherwise generic character plot. Mention must go to Lee Byung-hun though as well. His character arc from nice to crazy is very well acted. The director Park Chan-wook managed to capture a surrealism and dream-like quality to this segment that entrances you and doesn't let go. The blood and gore wasn't overdone here. It was used in all of the right spots and I must say I was quite impressed by the practical special effects. Very nicely done.
I'm not sure where one ends and the other begins.
And last but not least we have 'Box' from beautifully insane director Takashi Miike. I must say this one is the hardest to describe properly. We have a young writer name Kyoko (Kyoko Hasegawa) who is having strange dreams / visions of her young sister Shoko and a masked man named Yoshii. In this segment you will see everything from strange tiny boxes, burnt corpses, creepy dead girls, midgets, Siamese twins, and contortionists. Yeah, you heard me right. Really that's as far as I'm going to go with this one. Sorry. One must really see it first hand it for their own interpretation. Yes, it's that strange. I do feel like I'm somewhat coping out on this segment review, but I'm not even sure what I just watched!!
Why hello there! I see you........
Now don't get me wrong, I really liked this segment. My second favorite in fact. And I definitely love pretty much all of what Miike does. His movies always have a very strange dream like / hallucinogenic state to them that really suck you in and let me tell you this segment is no exception. The acting is good, the story while very strange, is strangely compelling. At Miike's direction we are shown a masterful, artistic, and haunting story. While it's probably the least 'horror' filled segment, it does have a very creepy vibe to it. More akin to a ghost story than anything else, while actually not being a ghost story. Again, well done, but ultimately I found it a little jumbled and strange. Just watch it!
I really miss horror anthology movies. I grew up with the Creepshows and Tales from the Darkside movies and I loved them. Three Extremes brings me back to those times, and I hope it brings you back as well. While all three segments are very well done and have their own distinct flavors of horror and gore, they all still share a somewhat dream-like quality to them. I'm not sure if that was planned or just coincidence. Either way it just serves to enhance the overall surreal experience of watching this film. I've said it before and I'll say it again. If you want well done horror movies, we must turn our heads East ever and ever increasingly. I would definitely recommend this film and I hope to see many more like it in the near future. 4/5 skulls.


SOAP LAKE — The Masquers Theater company will kick off its 2018-19 season with a bit of a twist, with its annual musical as the first production of the year. “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” premieres Oct. 19. The company held its annual “Membership Gala” in late August.
Clifford and Stacey Bresee, Coulee City, and Jeff Ames, Moses Lake, were added to the company’s Hall of Fame. The “Mopet” Award was given to Adam and Mistya Zaleski for their work during the 2017-18 season, onstage and behind the scenes. Rosalee Chamberlain received the Blooper Award.
Allison Pheasant and Jeremy Hansen, the lead actors for “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” sang a duet from the show during the gala. The play tells the story – more or less – of Margaret Brown, best known as a survivor of the sinking of the “Titanic,” hence the unsinkable part. But Brown’s story is a gold mine of drama – including a literal gold mine, actually, and a love story. The 1960 musical ran on Broadway for a year and a half and was made into a movie starring Debbie Reynolds in 1964.
The show runs weekends through Nov. 11.
The annual Christmas musical, “The Rented Christmas,” opens Nov. 30. The play follows the story of John Dale, who wants a real Christmas, and decides to rent it from the lady who owns the local rental shop. Stacey Bresee is the director.
The drama “The Humans” follows a family dealing with the march of time. The play opened on Broadway in 2016 and tells the story of the Blake family’s Thanksgiving dinner. The Masquers production premieres Feb. 15 and is directed by Cheri Barbre.
“I Hate Shakespeare” tries to change the minds of people who – well, hate Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s repertoire is run through the wringer, and includes a pie in the face for somebody. The show opens April 12 and will be directed by Patrick Rosman.
The company winds up its season with “Arsenic and Old Lace,” opening June 14. It’s a classic, opening on Broadway in 1941 and running for more than three years. It was made into a movie starring Cary Grant in 1944.
Mortimer Brewster has a problem – his two elderly aunts have gone nuts, and they are murdering lonely old men they attract to the family’s stately home. Adam Zaleski is the director of the Masquers production.
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Hayley Lawson-Smith is a playwright and novelist, with the first two novels in her trilogy ‘The Julius Romeros Extravaganza‘ published last year to excellent reviews. Her plays have been well received in one act play festivals across Victoria. Hayley’s also had several ten minute plays produced as part of the Melbourne Short and Sweet Festival through Dramatic Pause, the theatre company she started with her husband David. Hayley’s play ‘Glory Be’ was nominated for best comedy in the Ararat One Act Play Festival, and she was nominated for a Best Playwright Award in the Monash One Act Play Festival. Her ten minute play, ‘Between Water and Air’ received a Judges Choice in this year’s Short and Sweet Festival and her short story ‘Rejected’ was given a commendation at this year’s My Brother Jack Literary Awards. Hayley is also a proud and active member of the Victorian Drama League.
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The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2 has been confirmed! Heck, even The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3 was given a heads up and has been confirmed to be in production.
In this article, I will cover everything you need to know about The Rising of the Shield Hero as a series and its subsequent Season 2 announcement.
So, without further ado, let’s look at the premise of this anime before we get into the juicy bits.
A 20-year-old Otaku, Naofumi is suddenly teleported to the Kingdom of Melromarc. He and three others have been chosen as the four Legendary Heroes, prophesied to save the world from a calamity called the Wave.
Every Hero is bestowed a Legendary weapon such as a sword, spear, bow, and shield respectively to save the world from destruction and destroy defeat the Waves.
But, Naofumi is the Shield hero, lacking any offensive power. Being singled out from the group as the weakest hero and being mocked by his fellow heroes, Naofumi is left confused and a bit unsettled by this treatment.
The time comes when he has to set out on his journey and as the other heroes are granted resources and party members, Naofumi has only one adventurer willing to accompany him. Later on, she betrays him and falsely accuses him of taking advantage of her.
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Now, being shunned by the society and his fellow heroes for crimes he did not commit, Naofumi sets on his adventure in the hardest mode possible as the people of Melromarc hate him.
The Shield Hero now enraged and filled with distrust, is all alone and has to save the same people that ridicule him. With a bitter heart, a tale of revenge and forgiveness begins.
The Rising of the Shield Hero Light Novel:
The Rising of The Shield Hero started as a web novel, posted on a user-content generated website called Shosetsuka ni Naro. The Web Novel started on October 29, 2012, and Although, Media Factory started publishing The Rising of The Shield Hero Light Novel on August 22, 2013, The Web Novel concluded with 378 web chapters on May 28, 2015. The Light novel is serialized under Media Factory’s MF Bunko J. imprint.
Does The Rising of The Shield Hero Light Novel follow the same story as the Web Novel?
Yes, to some extent. There are some major differences between the Light Novel of The Rising of The Shield Hero and the Web Novel.
As the Web Novel is treated as a rough sketch of what the story is, the Light Novel goes through some major iterations with its expanded storyline, adds some original Light Novel exclusive content like side stories/Illustrations.
At the same time, it has been confirmed that The Rising of The Shield Hero Light Novel will be following a different ending than the Web Novel.
How many Volumes of The Rising of The Shield Hero Light Novel are there?
The Rising of the Shield Hero has 22 main story volumes and 3 side-stories released as of April 2020. The last Volume 22 was released on June 25, 2019, And the Light Novel has an excellent publishing rate with 2 to 5 volumes released per year.
It seems that The Rising of The Shield Hero’s fanbase does not need to wait as long as the fans of other novels to get more of their favorite Light Novel.
Is The Rising of the Shield Hero Light Novel being Translated?
Yes, The Rising of the Shield hero Light Novel is being translated by One Piece Books for the foreign audiences and as of April 2020, 16 main-story volumes along with 1 side-story volume have been translated. The last translated volume 16 was released on March 14, 2020, and volume 17 has been scheduled to release on July 14, 2020.
The Rising of The Shield Hero Manga:
The Rising of The Shield Hero Manga adaptation began on Feb 15, 2014, with the Art being done by the Aiya Kyu. The Rising of the Shield Hero Manga is extremely famous not only in Japan but also has an enormous Fanbase-outside Japan.
How does Rising of The Shield Hero Manga compare to the Light Novels?
The Rising of The Shield Hero Manga is very well received by the western audience and the Japanese fans. The Manga correctly adapts the Light Novels and carries on the atmosphere from the Light Novels extremely well, but the manga is a bit more fast-paced when compared the Light Novels.
The event progression does seem a bit forced, but the manga has stunning artwork that really engrosses the audience and is loved by the Light Novel readers and new audiences who haven’t read the Light-Novels alike.
How many Volumes does The Rising of The Shield Hero Manga have?
The Rising of The Shield Hero has 15 Volumes and 6 side stories released by Media factory as of April 2020. The manga has a decent publishing rate with the first 8 chapters of Volume 16 already published, the manga of The Shield hero is going quite strong.
Is The Rising of The Shield Hero Manga being translated?
Yes, The Rising of The Shield Hero Manga is being translated by One Piece Books. They have translated the first 12 Volumes of the manga series and have a somewhat slow translating rate. The fans who want to as to keep up with the latest Manga volume, have to rely on 3rd party translations.
The Rising of The Shield Hero Anime:
The Rising of the Shield Hero Anime got into a bit of controversy after its release, but the reception of the anime was exceptional. Even Kadokawa was surprised at the popularity of The Rising of The Shield Hero.
The Anime adaptation of The Rising of The Shield was a bit of a surprise release and Crunchyroll was directly involved with the production of the show. Made by the infamous studio Kinema Citrus, the creators of Made in Abyss, The Rising of The Shield Hero is quite an impressive anime.
What makes Rising of The Shield Hero anime so special?
Rising of the Shield Hero anime is a great example of how the visuals of an anime can make a huge difference in its reception. By that, I don’t mean that the story is bad or anything, it’s just that the animation of The Rising of The Shield Hero anime is extremely good.
It stands out as an adaptation like the other exemplary works of Kinema Citrus and actually adds value to the series which can only be done through animation. The great soundtrack done by the award-winning composer Kevin Penkin adds to the atmosphere of the show in a very unique and engaging manner.
The characters on the screen and the thrill experienced in every fight scene along with the subtle hints about the story here and there can easily get you hooked. The Rising of the Shield Hero is a really good weekend watch that leaves you wanting more and more after the praiseworthy experience.
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How many episodes of The Rising of The Shield Hero are there?
The Rising of The Shield Hero is 25 episodes long, airing from January 9, 2019, till June 26, 2019. While there are some iterations, the anime roughly finished around Volume 5 of the Light novel (also covers some events from volume 6) and on the same note, covers 42 chapters of the manga adaptation.
Sales of The Rising of The Shield Hero:
The anime adaptation of The Rising of The Shield hero did exceptionally well and as mentioned at the start of the article, even Kadokawa was surprised and they even released a public statement that a major portion of their quarterly revenue for the year 2019 was due to the popularity of The Rising of The Shield hero.
This was mostly due to FUNimation and Crunchyroll simulcasting the show as it released and the majority of gains were attributed to the online streaming and 1.2 million+ Light Novel sales in two months when the anime was airing.
The Rising of The Shield Hero is extremely popular and that has made Crunchyroll back the series even more for future releases.
The Rising of the Shield Hero is an exceptional anime where online popularity has driven the course of the show for Season 2 and Season 3 at the same time. Crunchyroll announced this great news during their Crunchyroll Expo2019 and has shown great confidence in the series future with this declaration.
The series has plenty of source material available for two 25-episode long seasons. It has a huge presence in the online anime community and despite its early controversies, with the show must go on mentality, The Rising of The Shield Hero is truly rising at the new opportunity.
No official release dates for the subsequent Season 2 and season 3 have been released, we will update the article as soon as new information is available.


Movie Night will be March 23rd, starting at 5:00 p.m. Movie Night isn’t just for families—anyone can come! We start eating pizza around 5 and then start the movies at 5:30. The two movies we will be showing are Ferdinand (PG), which is based on the classic children’s book of the same name and Justice League (PG-13), an action-packed movie featuring Batman, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman. While signing up is never required for movie night, it is absolutely appreciated so we don’t have to make extra pizza runs! We will also provide snacks and refreshments. Please join us!


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I participated in “Will You Marry Me?”, a SAGe production with some friends from my Bay Area Acting Studio Meisner class. For me, this is my second short film (I haven’t seen the first one, and it’s been 3 months). This one only took 2 weeks to complete, and I have to say that this was a fun experience for me. It has given me an understanding on how movies are created. For this particular short film of 8 minutes, it took us 16 hours of shooting! That was a lot of hard work, but in the end…it IS a labor of love afterall.
Some of my close, critical friends and family including me (I’ve selected a handful) had some positive and negative things to say. Of course I know that I’m not going to win some sort of award from this, but for a newbie such as myself, I suppose it’s good enough. There’s definitely room for growth, and for someone who is doing this for fun, I can pat myself on the back and say, “Good job, C-Rae.”
I do hope that I get to participate on another project. It’s definitely fun…but I can honestly say that if I were to pursue an acting career, my love still lies in live theatre.


Speaking Roots: How Alex Haley's lectures built an audience for Roots
Each blue marker notes a lecture Alex Haley gave regarding his research for Roots. Click on marker to view information regarding date and location.
Alex Haley’s story of his search for Roots mesmerized audiences. Author Frank Chin, who worked in 1969 as a screenwriter for a film version of Haley’s story that was not produced, heard Haley tell his story before three different audiences. Chin described Haley as a “medium” whose voice allowed people to touch the past. “You’ve aroused a kind of unsuspected madness in all the people I watched listen to you,” Chin told Haley. “Your’s is a story people want to possess personally and cherish in secret to enlarge with their own lives…Your story all but arouses superstition in your listeners, a certain fright a gentle terror of bringing the past, the voices of grandmothers we’ve somehow betrayed in our failing memory, rooms we’ve abandoned and are afraid to enter again because they’ve grown dark and some hostile to us…and you seem to come from those places.” Chin described how Haley had an uncanny ability to make each person in a large lecture audience feel personally invested in his story. “It’s amazing how after you’ve gone everyone becomes private,” Chin wrote, “as if they’ve just seen a loved one die and how, for a few moments, everyone is both excited and little irritable, unwilling to let you out of them. Everyone, in his own way feels an expert on what they’ve heard, if not in terms of the facts, then in terms of feelings, and is unwilling to corrupt or pollute their understanding, their personal experience of your story with anyone else’s.”
Haley lectures, even more so than the book or the television versions of Roots, made audiences feel personally invested in his research for his family’s history. Critics who obsessed over which parts of Haley’s story were true and which parts were fabricated misunderstood what made the work a cultural phenomenon. People were drawn to Haley’s story because it was compelling and persuasive, not because every part of the story was factually accurate. By speaking Roots, Haley encouraged people to see history and themselves in new ways.


Our next show, God and the Ghost of Woody Guthrie opens February 17!
"Seems everybody heard of Woody Guthrie . . . but nobody knew him." That's what Tom Flannery says inspired him to try to set the record straight in "God and the Ghost of Woody Guthrie". Here local playwright Flannery gives Woody a chance in his own words to tell what kind of a man he was and why he became that kind of man. This revealing look into the life of the folk music guru takes place at Showcase Theatre, 54 Tunkhannock Avenue, Exeter. Performance dates are Feb. 17-19, Feb. 24-26 at 8 pm, and a Sunday matinee on Feb. 27 at 2 pm. Tickets are $12.
Two well-known area actors, Jack Evans and Dorrance Daniels, play Woody in his prime and in his final days.
Tom Flannery is an acclaimed singer/songwriter and playwright from NE Pennsylvania. For more information on this prolific writer, go to his web-site at kikomusic.com.
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Length: 1 Hours, 52 Minutes
A newspaper photographer with a broken leg passes time recuperating by observing his neighbors through his window. He sees what he believes to be a murder, and decides to solve the crime himself. With the help of his nurse and wife, he tries to catch the murderer without being killed himself.
James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Raymond Burr, Thelma Ritter, Judith Evelyn, Ross Bagdasarian, Georgine Darcy, Sara Berner, Frank Cady, Jesslyn Fax, Alan Lee, Anthony Warde
Director: Alfred Hitchcock


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Ms. Doherty's CV
Kerry Ann Doherty is a British-Canadian actor, director, and instructor with extensive credits across Canada and in the UK. This summer she will be directing The Importance of Being Earnest and movement directing A Midsummer Night's Dream at The St Lawrence Shakespeare Festival.
Born in Belfast, Kerry Ann is based in Niagara on the Lake, Canada, where she was a member of the Shaw Festival Ensemble for the 2022 season and was the Director/Choreographer of the new musical Nobody's Children (Book and Lyrics by Lezlie Wade, Music by Scott Christian) for Yellow Door Theatre Projects. She is also the Founder (along with Thom Marriott) and Artistic Director of theatreSix and the Founder and past Artistic Director of The Little Lion Theatre Company in London, England.
A MFA Graduate from East 15, University of Essex, Kerry Ann was pleased to step into the 2018/19 RBC Emerging Director position for Studio 180. In the winter of 2020 she directed theatreSix's inaugural production Grounded by George Brant at the Streetcar Crowsnest Theatre, Toronto, starring Carly Street (Dora Nominiated for her performance).
Ms. Doherty's acting work ranges from Shakespearean classics to new works to physical theatre and film/tv. Before becoming a member of the Shaw Festival Ensemble, she performed in the premiere of the new musical Sticky Fingers, book and lyrics by Lezlie Wade and Music by Scott Christian, and shot her second episode of Murdoch Mysteries.
Ms. Doherty is also a current instructor at Yellowdoor Theatre Projects teaching scene study, monologue prep and acting for the stage and for the camera.
Directed and Choreographed by Kerry Ann Doherty. Projection Design and Photo by Corwin Ferguson. Lighting Design by James McCoy. Costumes by Alexa Fraser. Produced by Yellowdoor Theatre Projects
Directed and Choreographed by Kerry Ann Doherty. Projection Design and Photo by Corwin Ferguson. Lighting Design by James McCoy. Costume Design by Alexa Fraser. Produced by Yellowdoor Theatre Projects. Actor shown Christoph Ibrahim
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Thursday, 3 April 2014
Allu, Omar, and Surya are three close friends who go for a journey with a special aim. In an accident they are saved by Zacharia who seems to have a different personality.
The three friends have to stay at Zacharia's bungalow at certain special circumstances. Zacharia's bungalow is on a hilltop. He is a person with no specific aim in life and is in his 60s. There the three friends come across a beautiful girl named Sicily Thomas who seems to have many secrets. They all were attracted to Sicily. It is at this time that two police officers, ACP Zakeer Ali and CI Koshy, reach the bungalow in search of Allu, Omar, and Surya. The following investigative events are narrated in a suspense filled way in 'Gamer'. 'Gamer' is written and directed by debutante M R Anoop Raj. Devadevan, Arjun, and Basil do the roles of the three friends.
London Bridge is an upcoming Malayalam film directed by Anil C. Menon starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, Mukesh, Andrea Jeremiah and Nanditha Raj in the lead roles.The film penned by Jinu Abraham will be entirely shot in the United Kingdom. Rahul Raj composed three original songs and left the project owing to scheduling conflicts. Thus Carnatic vocalist Dr. Sreevalsan Menon was hired to compose two additional songs and Gopi Sundar was signed in to compose the background score. The film is produced by Antony Binoy and Sathish B under the banner Ordinary Pictures.
Happy Journey is an upcoming Malayalam drama film written by Arunlal and directed by Boban Samuel, starring Jayasurya, Aparna Gopinath and Lal. The film is produced by Ashiq Usman under the banner of Milestone Cinemas and features music composed by Gopi Sunder, whilst cinematography is handled by Mahesh Raj and is edited by Lijo Paul.
Weeping Boy is a Family-Romantic movie, In which Sreenivasan plays the lead. who potrays the role of a veterinary doctor, who is very much emotional for silly reasons.
The theme of Weeping Boy is centered upon a person who keeps special characteristics.The movie focus on the in and out life of Sahadevan which is being picturised in a hilarious way which can tickle your funny bones.


Oily Rag Theatre are done and dusted for 2018. Given that we currently aspire to undertaking only one full production per year, we definitely hit our first year's goals with our premiere production of dark drama Wolf Lullaby followed by a slightly impromptu two-performance season of the absurdist comedy Matt & Ben . Next up is our Adelaide Fringe 2019, a guided walking tour entitled Kreepy Kensington , written and designed by Shannon Norfolk. Please see the menu or sidebar for a page listing our previous productions. Each page contains information including a cast and crew list, plot synopsis, director's notes, reviews, and photos. It's a very short page for now, but hopefully that will change!
We didn't actually plan on doing a second show in 2018. Then we got an invitation to register for the Back 2 Back Short Show Festival at Star Theatres, and whipped this quickie comedy out for two performances. Thank you to Malcolm Harslett and the team at Star Theatres. SYNOPSIS An award-winning absurdist comedy written by Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers, Matt & Ben is the story of two struggling young actors and BFFs, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, and the day a screenplay falls from the sky onto the coffee table in Ben's apartment. The title: Good Will Hunting . The authors: them! Is this the big break Matt and Ben have been waiting for... or are they being tested by a higher power? DIRECTOR'S NOTES Much like the screenplay for Good Will Hunting falling from the sky into Ben’s apartment, this opportunity to do Matt & Ben came about quite unexpectedly when Malcolm Harslett reached out to Oily Rag Theatre informing us about the Back 2 Back Short
Oily Rag Theatre's first official production under our official name. Response to this challenging play was mixed (see the reviews below) but we are not inclined to take the path of least resistance. Thanks and gratitude to everyone who supported us, especially Martha Lott and Holden Street Theatres. SYNOPSIS A small boy is found dead in a popular children's play spot and suspicion quickly falls on nine-year-old Lizzie Gael. Local policeman Ray is already set against Lizzie due to recent antisocial behaviour. Her father Warren is outraged at what he perceives as a witch hunt against his daughter. But her mother Angela finds herself torn between a natural instinct to protect her child and a growing fear that Lizzie did the deed. Lizzie herself can only give increasingly strange and contradictory accounts of her movements on the day in question, and wakes up screaming from nightmares in which a menacing "Wolf" looms out of the darkness to devour her. Insp
An honorary Oily Rag Theatre production. In 2016, Kristin and Shannon had a "test run" at producing their own show, under the guidance and banner of Moore Books SA, a company they had both worked with on several previous shows. This production was originally going to be the Australian premiere of a stage adaptation of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Preparations had well and truly commenced when Kristin got the bad news from the playwright that Hulu had got exclusive rights to the property for an upcoming TV series adaptation so our stage production would have to be cancelled. So a Plan B was required and quickly. Kristin has loved Death and the Maiden since high school, and made several unsuccessful attempts to apply to other groups to direct it for them. The production very fortunately fit the timeline and budget already in place for The Handmaid's Tale and actress Cheryl Douglas was amenable to staying on board for a totally different role in a tota


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The actress with the raspy voice, claimed to fame with her roles in the 1981 film, Body Heat and later in Crime of Passion, Romancing the Stone and Prizzi’s Honor, for which she received a Golden Globe for Best Actress in 1985.Earlier she also did some off-Broadway work with her lead role in Mister T where she costarred with Jonathan Frakes.After she decided to pause her modeling career, Shields attended Princeton University and in the beginning of the ninties she returend to her true passion which is acting.
However, Hanks did get his big break back in the eighties when he playes in two memorable films, Splash in 1984 and Big in 1988.
Her more recent appearances included playing Chandler Bing’s cross-dressing dad, also known as Charles Bing, on the popular sitcom, Friends. Turner married, Jay Weiss, an entrepreneur from New York City, in 1984, however the two split in 2007.
Dianne Wiest’s greatest years definitely started in the 80’s when she starred in Hannah and Her Sisters back in 1986, a role she received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
“My main thoughts are ‘what colour did I wear yesterday? ’” She gave some advice as to how to appear so fresh at such an early hour every day.
She explained: “In the mornings I have my music on, a bit of Bryan Adams my favourite, singing along.She also had her foot in the soap opera genre when she appeared on The Doctors.


THE TRUE STORY of a young school principal who used his fists to save a troubled Utah community.
IN 1922, A SMALL TOWN in northern Davis County, Utah, becomes divided when the school principal shoots and kills the town bully. At first the school board can’t find anyone to replace the man now charged with murder. The only person who will take the job is twenty-six-year-old Golden Kilburn, who promptly offers to fight the friends of the dead bully. After his opponents all fail, Kilburn starts a boxing program to teach the boys how to fight, and the school and community begin to heal.
In the last century, over 400 hillside letters have been built in the United States, but only one particular letter has a story far more dramatic than any other…Directed by Issac Goeckeritz and narrated by Dick Nourse (KSL-5) this award winning documentary tells one of the greatest small town stories in Utah history. This inspirational story of hope and healing is guaranteed to entertain and educate your entire family.
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Fire Will Come
O que arde
Amador Arias,Benedicta Sánchez,Inazio Abrao
LANGUAGE:GALICIAN, SPANISH SUBTITLES:GREEK
Amador returns home to his aging mother after serving a sentence for arson. He tries to adapt to daily farm life and coping with the villagers' memories of his past actions.
In cooperation with the Embassy of Spain and Instituto Cervantes
At Cultural Center of the European University Cyprus
The Society is a cinema club and according to the terms and conditions for its operation and screening of films, NO admission is allowed to anyone under the age of 18.


P.K. Yonge actors are part of an state award-winning troupe. From comedies to dramas, farce to performance art, dance to improvisation—and everything in between–our performers and technicians take the stage and create the highest quality student theatre. Students are encouraged to not only audition for shows, but to enroll in high school theatre class and PKY Thespians Troupe #4102 to hone their skills.
2020-21 | 10 Ways to Survive Life In a Quarantine | October 8, 9, 10, 2020
P.K. Yonge Performing Arts proudly announces:
If you’re spending a long time at home, it can be a challenge to keep yourself occupied. Luckily, 10 Ways to Survive Life in a Quarantine is full of handy solutions, from putting on a musical with your dog, to becoming an announcer for a made-up sport, to falling in love with an inanimate object. Hey, we promised handy solutions – we never said they wouldn’t be strange.
Whether or not you’re inspired to take up origami and squirrel observation, this flexible new play written by Don Zolidis especially for actors to perform online is sure to bring a laugh to anyone who finds themselves unexpectedly in a quarantine!
Thu., October 8 @ 7 pm
Fri., October 9 @ 7 pm
Sat., October 10 @ 2 pm
Sat., October 10 @ 7 pm
$7 per viewer
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10 Ways to Survive Life in a Quarantine is presented through special arrangement with Playscripts Inc. All authorized performance materials supplied Playscripts International.
Rachel Snyder, BFA, M.Ed, MFA


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Following the foundation of the Galactic Empire, a wayward band of Rebel fighters comes together to carry out a desperate mission: to steal the plans for the Death Star before it can be used to enforce the Emperor's rule. Assortment One features Jyn Erso, Death Trooper, Stormtrooper, and K-2SO. Recreate all the action and adventure of the new movie, only with JAKKS BIG FIGS! 18” Imperial Death Trooper. The elite soldiers of Imperial Intelligence, Death Troopers are encased in specialized stormtrooper armor with a dark, ominous gleam. This incredible 20-inch-scale BIG-FIGS Death Trooper features 7 points of articulation for fully poseable action and includes 2 blaster accessories to eliminate those who stand in the way of the Empire. Celebrate the excitement and action of Rogue One with Jakks’ BIG-FIGS 18” Imperial Death Trooper!


Spring 2018: Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Originally screened April 18, 2018
Director: Paul McGuigan
Country: United Kingdom
Runtime: 105 minutes
Based on Peter Turner’s memoir, this film follows the playful but passionate relationship between Turner (Jamie Bell) and the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame (Annette Bening) in 1978 Liverpool. What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme fatale and her young lover quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person Gloria turns to for comfort. Their passion and lust for life is tested to the limits by events beyond their control.
Where to watch today: Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool is available on home media from Sony Pictures Classics and is available to watch online via various rental platforms.


Having really enjoyed both The White Queen and The White Princess on Starz, I naturally decided to dive right into The Spanish Princess, which picks up the story several years later. By this point, Henry and Lizzy have settled quite well into their lives as king and queen of England. They now have four children that have lived to adulthood, and at last it is time to find a bride for elder, Arthur. Enter Katherine of Aragon, a young woman of indomitable will and sweeping passions. Katherine, however, will find all of her considerable charm, strength, and political skills challenged by the nature of the Tudor court.
From the moment that she appears on screen, Charlotte hope shines as Katherine of Aragon. She somehow manages to capture both Katherine’s steely self-control and vulnerability, her heart and her sharp intellect, and that’s quite an accomplishment. I’ve always thought that there’s been far too little focus on Katherine’s youth in popular culture, and The Spanish Princess really allows us to see how this young woman would grow into a queen who would hold her own against all who came against her.
Much as I liked Hope as Katherine, she’s a little outshone by two other members of the cast. The first, of course, is the divine Harriet Walter as Lady Margaret Beaufort. She’s a little less dour and bitter than Michelle Fairley’s iteration of the character, but she seems to be a bit shrewder in terms of her political abilities. She’s laser-focused on ensuring that her dynasty continues, even if that means destroying Catherine. Walter brings all of her considerable talent to bear in the role, and her presence helps to elevate some of the clunkier writing (it remains a little unclear why she bears Katherine such irrepressible hatred). Walter truly shines in the final episode of the season, as she has to confront the sudden death of her beloved son, the collapse of her own power, and the legacy of her own actions that brought her family to the throne. Walter fully captures the mix of strength and vulnerability that has always been key to Margaret’s character in all three of her iterations. As the only character that has had a substantial presence in all three series, it was very satisfying to see it brought to such a stunning conclusion.
In my opinion, the real star of this show is Lina, played by Stephanie Levi-John. Her character is fascinating for a host of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that we finally get to see a woman of color playing a prominent role in a costume drama set in the 16th Century (something that I’m sure will cause all of the racist fans of the genre to lose their minds). More than that, though, Lina’s storyline allows us a glimpse into the lives and mentalities of a group of people who have been largely ignored in costume dramas set in this period: i.e., the first generation of those who were forcibly converted by Catholic monarchs of Spain. In The Spanish Princess, it is precisely this question of faith that is one of the central crises that Lina must negotiate, since her beloved Oviedo still adheres to Islam. Her conflict, between her love of Oviedo and her devotion to Katherine, is one of the most moving in the entire season.
As with the previous two series, however, I found some of the writing infuriatingly lazy. For example, I’m not sure I buy the idea that Maggie Pole was in on the conspiracies against the Tudors rather silly (though Laura Carmichael is spot-on casting for this character). Unfortunately, some of this sloppiness is due to the nature of the source material. Philippa Gregory is a little notorious for her tendency to blur the boundaries between fact and fiction in her work, while insisting that she isn’t doing so, and the series carries on with that.
To some degree, The Spanish Princess is hamstrung by its own story. It’s a little difficult to feel much sense of narrative urgency or mystery about Katherine’s narrative, since we already know how it ends up. We all know that Katherine ended up being Henry’s first wife, if only because his attempt to get that marriage annulled would be such an earth-shattering historical event. The cast, however, deserves universal praise for doing their best to keep things moving forward and engaging.
Ultimately, The Spanish Princess is about the ongoing conflict between the past and the future in the Tudor court. Margaret Beaufort is, of course, the most visible icon of the past and its iron hold on the present, while Henry and Katherine are the promise and the peril of what’s to come. Even at this early stage, however, we can see the ways that Henry’s willfulness and disregard for how things are done are setting him on the road that will lead to his later despotism (and it’s worth pointing out that Ruairi O’Connor does an excellent job of bringing a young Henry to life. His is certainly one of the better interpretations of the monarch in his youth). Likewise, Katherine’s choices–particularly her claim to be a virgin–will come to have consequences that are truly historic in their impact.
All in all, I was mostly pleased with this outing into Renaissance England. Though some of the plot points felt rather contrived–and not particularly effectively, at that–overall I thought that the series did justice to Katherine of Aragon’s plight as she sought to navigate the vicious and venomous court. I’d ultimately place it somewhere between The White Queen and The White Princess. It has significantly better production values and acting than the former, but the writing and acting aren’t quite as strong as the latter.
I’m very excited about the fact that there is now a second season on the way, and I’m genuinely curious to see how far they take it. Given my endless fascination with the Tudors and with costume drama, I’m willing to go along for the ride.


I was up super late last night…
Not because I was out and having a good time.
Not because I couldn’t sleep.
Not because I was up reading blogs.
Not because I was on Pinterest or doing anything creative.
It’s because I am addicted to the show Vampire Diaries.
Yes… I, Courtney Johnson, am addicted to the point that I stayed up until 2:30 am watching past episodes on Netfilx.
Oh and did I mention that I am obsessed with Damon Salvitore aka Ian Somerhalder?
The eyes, the body, the bad boy, oh my!
Word on the street is that Ian Somerhalder wants to play Christian Grey in the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Gray.. GASP!!! BE STILL MY HEART!!!
I honestly think he would be perfect at that role what about you???
Right now we are just seeing other people....


And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. Genesis 2:2-3
You deserve the best. How about viewing some great award winning short films and documentaries as part of your weekend entertainment.
We are dealing with severe heat in the East, but I won’t complain because this past winter was sooo cold and bitter.
But while we are dealing with a heat wave, I will use Godly wisdom and keep cool and relax and checkout a few entertaining films and catch up on some of my favorite tv shows.
Since I am a big believer in sharing good things, here are just a few videos and short films I believe you might also find enjoyable to peek at over the weekend.
For the sake of some who find profanity to be off-limits, I have indicated a rating for each.
Have a great weekend and remember to keep God first and share the good news!
In Him Alone
The Counterfeit Christian
2015 The Year of Our Lord
Melt Down –David Green (2009) “G Rating”
Ever wonder when you closed your refrigerator just what is going on in there with your leftovers and food products? This is truly a comic gem that will have you cheering, laughing and grasping. Runtime: Six minutes
The Man Who Sells The Moon| Op-Docs | The New York Times “G Rating”
Dennis Hope of Nevada was nearly broke and needed to find a source of income. He looked up at the moon and he says he knew that was his next opportunity…selling parcels of land on the Moon. He claimed the moon for his property and has been during it for over thirty-years now. Is he a con-artist or a truly brilliant man? Running Time: Six minutes, twenty-six seconds.
China’s Web Junkies: Internet Addiction Documentary | Op-Docs | The New York Times “G Rating”
This is a short-film documentary about young Chinese boys who are addicted to the internet and are sent to a camp, similar to a boot-camp, to de-program them. Runtime: Seven minutes, 12 seconds.
Multi Facial-Vin Diesel (1995) “PG Rating” (this film contains profanity in the beginning)
The super-action actor Vin Diesel was a struggling actor but his multi-ethnic appearance cause him problems from getting roles, however, his father encouraged him to make his own movie. Vin cast other struggling actors from New York. Long story short. Vin film was selected for a screening at the Cannes film festival and Steven Spielberg saw it and offered Vin a role in the film Saving Private Ryan. And as they say, the rest is history. Runtime: Twenty-minutes
Stop /Short Film by the Green Brothers “G Rating”
What happens when a Brooklyn high school student leaves baseball practice and is stopped by two New York police detectives? This is a realistic tale of the NY stop and frisk policy. Stop is a Sundance Film Festival short selection. This short-film will keep you on the edge of your seat. Runtime: Nine minutes, nine seconds.


Today we did some follow up dramatic work to the Shakespeare performance we enjoyed last week - Romeo and Juliet!
We all sat in a circle and took it in turns to perform the play as we went around the circle and we each came up for a turn as a Shakesperean thespian! We played every character in turn (regardless of boy/girl) and also became stage objects in a shortened version of the play. Mr Edwards read out the speech which was then repeated by the pupil actor representing that character. At the end of the story, we gave each other a big round of applause! The Bard would be proud!
After our class performance we split into groups of 5 and were given the task is to choose our favourite scene from the play and pose together as a freeze frame. A popular choice for the most important moment were the dramatic fight scenes... as you can see!


Redefining the promotion strategy of Marathi plays in the Digital era
In a day and age where everything needs to go viral, Eka Lagnachi Pudhchi Goshta, a Marathi play starring Prashant Damle and Kavita Medhekar, approached us for the promotion of the play.
At Setu, as we sat down to discuss the communication and promotion strategy for the play, we realised that even though the times have changed, the promotion of Marathi plays is still very traditional. A display ad in leading newspaper publications, a few days before the first show- this is what happens even today. Today, when even a web series is promoted as aggressively as a film, this promotion strategy sounded outdated. We decided to revamp this promotion strategy to suit today’s times.
Since the play had a stellar star cast and good content, we knew the product at hand was good. And while it was not a typical sequel, the name resonated with a highly successful Marathi play with the same star cast from the late nineties- Eka Lagnachi Goshta.
Eka Lagnachi Pudhchi Goshta centred around the mid-life crisis faced by the male protagonist, played by Prashant Damle. We used this thread to create the teaser promotion for the play. A Facebook live video where Prashant Damle spoke about mid life crisis, started the buzz. This was followed by content revolving around mid-life crisis; obviously in a humourous tone.
‘Mala Sanga’- a superhit song from the original play was shot and shared on various social media platforms. It not only went viral, but reconnected the people with the nostalgia of the original play. We followed it up with introducing the new characters from Eka Lagnachi Pudhchi Goshta, to build curiosity about the play. We gave people reasons to watch this play even if they hadn’t seen the previous one.
Going beyond the digital medium for promotion, we proposed and executed a strategic collaboration between the play and Ravetkar Housing, a reputed name in Pune’s redevelopment segment. The brand’s home buyers and customers were in perfect sync with the play’s target audience. Using the outdoor medium, curiosity was built about the play with a message “Sukh Mhanje Kaay Asta” (What is happiness); lyrics from the song ‘Mala Sanga’.
At the first show of the play, we continued these online and offline engagements via fan connect activities, Facebook Live etc.
The result was immensely satisfying. The first 25 shows of the play were houseful within a week of announcement. The bigger delight- we were able to redefine how play’s are promoted in the digital age.


Both my undergrad and grad programs offered me both exciting and challenging opportunities to engage in the work of theatrical devising, social activism, therapeutic theatre, and theatre as education. Below are four projects that represent my favorite experiences as an artist, healer, and teacher, and are the primary endeavors that have shaped both who I am personally and the path I am following professionally.
I want someone who...
In my capstone self-revelatory performance*, I took a journey to rediscover my authentic self by, at long last, resisting the attempts of others to define who I am. My 'current' self spoke to and learned from previous versions of myself at different ages through the framework of online dating. I utilized song - choosing selections from the pop Broadway musical Mean Girls and changing the lyrics to fit my storyline - and played all primary roles myself, with support and assistance from an additional auxiliary actor.
*Self-revelatory performance: a form of original theatre in which the performer is exploring, grappling with, or aspiring to heal a current life challenge - an aesthetically sound 'working through' of psychological wounds (click here for additional information)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Titania, Hippolyta, Lead workshop facilitator
The Ohio State University Department of Theatre, Film, & Media Arts puts on an annual Shakespeare school tour, featuring a pared-down version of a Shakespeare classic. I joined ten other cast mates to perform Midsummer twice a week for local Columbus-area schools. After the one-hour performance, I facilitated a fun and interactive workshop for the students with the rest of the cast, focusing on the flexibility of playing multiple roles both in performance and in real life.
Consent, Dissent, Reinvent
Writer/deviser, Ensemble member
The CIIS Drama Therapy program offers an extracurricular performance opportunity called Theatre for Change, where a troupe of drama therapy students collaboratively devise an original theatrical piece with a social activist lens. Consent, Dissent, Reinvent focused on the #MeToo movement and the impact of sexual assault and harassment, gender, and sexuality in our lives and culture. Our troupe of seven performed both at CIIS and out in the Bay Area community - we even took the show to Philadelphia for the 40th annual North American Drama Therapy Association conference.
WWJD (as a social activist)?
For the final project in my Drama Therapy & Social Change course, we were asked to either lead a workshop or devise a short performance on a particular topic related to a social issue. I chose to offer a solo performance that tackled my personal wrestling between what I perceived as a cultural separation between Christianity and social activism. The piece focused on my personal journey with both Jesus and social justice, and how I have reconciled the two; I offered a talkback session so audience members could bring their stories and experiences into the space, enhancing the sense of community.
While I have since made personal decisions that have changed my spirituality and led me away from Christianity as an organized religion, this piece nonetheless represents a meaningful and impactful experience in learning to share my own story through my art, in a way that facilitates community and conversation.


There is hardly anything more quintessential-Colorado than spending an evening under the stars at Red Rocks. The iconic landmark has been home to an astounding number of annual must-see events, even adapting to new limitations this year to ensure that the show goes on. It’s no surprise that a venue so adept at creating one-of-a-kind experiences has found creative ways to sustain its programming. One of the more unique programs to emerge this year is a reimagined drive-in movie theater version of the summertime favorite Film on the Rocks, which transitioned cult classics from the amphitheatre to a state-of-the-art LED screen in one of its adjacent lots. Now that the series has concluded, Red Rocks has once again partnered with Denver Film, the non-profit that organizes both Film on the Rocks and the Denver Film Festival, to host the first-ever drive-in screenings of new festival movies.
The Denver Film Festival, now in its 43rd year, is also leveraging its creative prowess to adapt programming, expanding the reach of this year’s program by giving everyone across Colorado the opportunity to stream festival selections at home. The announcement of drive-in screenings at Red Rocks just helps elevate the film festival experience to another level.
“I can’t think of a better, more appropriate way to experience all three of these films — and NOMADLAND in particular — than in your car, surrounded by beautiful Western vistas,” says longtime Denver Film Fest director Britta Erickson.
Let’s take a look at the three highly anticipated movies playing at DFF at Red Rocks.
A ROAD MOVIE FOR OUR TIMES
DFF at Red Rocks kicks off on October 22 with the Opening Night presentation of NOMADLAND, directed by Chloé Zhao. The movie stars Frances McDormand (Fargo, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) and is already picking up audience awards at other festivals like New York and Toronto, notably winning the coveted Golden Lion award when it premiered at the Venice Film Festival earlier this year.
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, Nomadland features real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern’s mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West.
TAKE IT FROM THE DIRECTOR
“I’ve always been deeply drawn to the open road, an idea I find to be quintessentially American; the endless search for what’s beyond the horizon. I tried to capture a glimpse of it in this movie, knowing it’s not possible to truly describe the American road to another person. One has to discover it on its own.”
This is the most popular of the three movies, so don’t sleep on buying tickets.
THE WILL TO LIVE
The second drive-in night arrives on October 24 with the Centerpiece presentation of NINE DAYS, a contemplative movie by award winning Brazilian director Edson Oda. The movie stars Winston Duke (Us, Black Panther) and is Oda’s first feature film after a rather successful career producing short films.
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
Will (Winston Duke) spends his days in a remote outpost watching the live Point of View (POV) on TV’s of people going about their lives, until one subject perishes, leaving a vacancy for a new life on earth. Soon, several candidates — unborn souls — arrive at Will’s to undergo tests determining their fitness, facing oblivion when they are deemed unsuitable. But Will soon faces his own existential challenge in the form of free-spirited Emma (Zazie Beetz), a candidate who is not like the others, forcing him to turn within and reckon with his own tumultuous past. Fueled by unexpected power, he discovers a bold new path forward in his own life.
Making his feature-film debut after a series of highly acclaimed and award-winning short films and music videos, Brazilian- born writer-director Edson Oda delivers a heartfelt and meditative vision of human souls in limbo, aching to be born against unimaginable odds, yet hindered by forces beyond their will…
WHAT ARE THE PROS SAYING?
“One of the more striking directorial debuts of recent years.”
– Todd McCarthy, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
“Nine Days is that rare work of art that invites you to reconsider your entire worldview.”
– Peter Debruge, VARIETY
A MASTERCLASS IN BEING YOUR TRUE SELF
The third and final drive-in screening takes place on October 29 with the Big Night presentation of AMMONITE, starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan. Director Francis Lee calls it an imagined, respectful snapshot of acclaimed self-taught paleontologist Mary Anning.
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
In the 1840s, acclaimed self-taught paleontologist Mary Anning works alone on the wild and brutal Southern English coastline of Lyme Regis. The days of her famed discoveries behind her, she now hunts for common fossils to sell to rich tourists to support herself and her ailing widowed mother. When one such tourist, Roderick Murchison, arrives in Lyme on the first leg of a European tour, he entrusts Mary with the care of his young wife Charlotte, who is recuperating from a personal tragedy. Mary, whose life is a daily struggle on the poverty line, cannot afford to turn him down but, proud and relentlessly passionate about her work, she clashes with her unwanted guest. They are two women from utterly different worlds.
Yet despite the chasm between their social spheres and personalities, Mary and Charlotte discover they can each offer what the other has been searching for: the realisation that they are not alone. It is the beginning of a passionate and all-consuming love affair that will defy all social bounds and alter the course of both lives irrevocably.
WHAT DOES KATE WINSLET SAY?
“Being authentically true to yourself and using your voice to be who you want to be is more important than anything else in this world. That’s what I hope audiences take away – along with a good deal of knowledge about Mary Anning, because she’s one hell of a lady.”
The Denver Film Festival has once again found a creative way to shine a light on the year’s best movies, at the most recognizable venue in the state. The only question is, which one will you watch?
Enjoy the show!


So on Monday, I went to see a movie at the Galleria. Please note that this was more about the company than the movie; we had no clue what was on, and what times! But when we got upstairs, we saw that the only movie that we could see within the time frame was the one and only SEX AND THE CITY.
We both groaned… outwardly.
See, I was never a fan of the series. I might have seen one or two episodes and really liked Miranda (the red head), but I felt there was no substance, the sex talk was too much (but in their defense, the title does give you forewarning, abi?), and Miranda had to play third fiddle to confused Carrie and sassy Samantha.
Besides, the movie had been so hyped and anticipated, that I was sure it was the last thing I would want to see in a cinema; I felt I would be disappointed.
So we got our popcorn and drinks and settled in. (I almost fell as I walked in, but that is another note! LOL).
And we both looked at each other, knowing we were in for the worst time of our movie-watching lives.
Did the movie disappoint?
WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE ABOUT THE MOVIE
- Was that really a movie, or was it just an excuse for fashion designers to plug their products?
- It was boring. Or it went on for too long. I mean, there was only 45mins of story in there to be honest, but no o, they had to let it drag so Carrie could change her shoes a million times
- BAD ACTING! I am sorry but was Chris Noth that bad in the series? And why couldn’t Sarah Jessica Parker deliver Carrie’s punchlines properly? She had so many funny retorts WRITTEN for her, but when she said them, we didn’t even blink. And then, Miranda’s husband was a bit off. Infact, some of the best acting came of course from Samantha, and then the bit characters like Charlotte’s husband! Uhn?
- If you have never seen the series, then you would have been a bit lost. They did not take time out to explain the characters properly, and also how they got there. Infact, if you have never watched the series, you would not understand just how much Samantha was sacrificing to be in a committed relationship. Had to keep explaining to my friend why certain things were such a big deal.
OKAY, BUT WHAT DID I LIKE?
- Hello! The clothes! I mean, I have found inspiration for Tosyn, Hazel and CON.tra.diction. The clothes were fab and as my friend put it, that movie was just a VISUAL COSMO!
- The French guy with two lines, with the perfect butt. Ladies, esamo?
- If you are on a date, and you sit at the back, then you can sneak in a kiss or two!
- Jennifer Hudson starrs in a movie where she thankfully does not have to sing. It is a good move for her to tackle something like that so she doesn’t get put in the box early in her acting career.
- I can understand why Sarah Jessica Parker and / do not get along. Samantha is a sassy character with far better sizzle than Carrie. Samantha almost steals Carrie’s shine in movie world, and ? steals the limelight from Sarah with fab acting as far as I am concerned.
- We love the Louis Vuitton bag. Fullstop.
SO, SHOULD YOU SEE IT?
- Yes. If you have nothing else to do with your life ever! Or, if you just really need a dark room to snog in. Or, if you want to check out great ideas for your new wardrobe. Or, if you want to punish your boyfriend for being bad.


A group of well built young men dressed like Spartans, from the famous movie 300, hit the Tube in central London. Not to mention, the morning London commuters were surprised. They posed with the travelers, as angry feisty ancient warriors. They had the leather apparels, the sword, the shield and even the six packs. They had fun and bought a lot of attention to the movie.
The stunt was to promote the release of fantasy war film 300: Rise of An Empire on DVD. The American blockbuster, directed by Noam Murro, is the latest instalment in the 300 series.
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I tend to use "mess" to describe otherwise impressive movies that subvert their own logic through a number of narrative lapses/problems sufficient to seriously distract this viewer.
Once upon a time a couple of successful movie producers wanted to purchase the right to make a movie based on a great non-fiction book that its author had originally intended to be much longer, but, as he put it: "I finally got up to 450 pages and said that's it." The producer team had an exclusive deal with a studio and they submitted it. The studio heads thought the book a "dazzler," but disagreed on whether or not it could be made into a movie. Nonetheless the rights were secured and some years later the movie adaptation was nominated for 8 Academy Awards (including Best Picture) and won 4 (not including Best Picture.) I thought it a mess. A screenwriter who had quit the project had written a book in which he discussed his role in trying to turn the book into a movie. The studio executive who'd thought the book couldn't be successfully adapted wrote a book 3 years after the screenwriter had, in which he explained his reasons for thinking so. This much-hyped, critically-praised, much-awards-nominated movie ended up being made for a different studio and its less-than-spectacular box office (it didn't recoup production costs) was blamed by some on its running time of 193 minutes. As a result, a year later that studio made a mess of a far superior movie by cutting it from 227 minutes to 139 minutes. It did even worse box office. Luckily, with nothing left to lose, the long-version of the later movie, Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America, got some play and is the version that is available today.
That book adapted into a movie, should you not have guessed, is Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff. The other books are William Goldman's Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting and Steven Bach's Final Cut: Dreams and Disaster in the Making of HEAVEN'S GATE. For Goldman and Bach the adaptation problem, in large part, was Yeager. Their solution, in large part, was to eliminate Yeager. Since I'm going to turn to The Aviator shortly, I won't devote too much time to explaining their reasoning, but I will relate that, having read neither yet, I thought at the time I saw it that the biggest mistake the director-writer made was to include Yeager (or, conversely, to not just do a movie about Yeager. His best-selling autobiography had not as yet been published.) The movie degenerated into near-slapstick at times in the non-Yeager scenes. I was embarrassed for, among others, Jeff Goldblum and Harry Shearer. Remember them? They ran around recruiting pilots for the Mercury Program.
Bach better explains why he didn't feel either story--Yeager or Mercury--would make a successful movie, and Goldman explains how he was finally convinced and came to want to make it a message movie, focused on Mercury up through Glenn's flight. The message to America: Be confident. Be optimistic. Together we can always overcome our problems. Goldman's vision convinced Bach. Goldman wrote a script that was well-received and a director was hired. The director, Philip Kaufman, was also a writer. Goldman realized that Kaufman wanted to include Yeager at their first meeting. Before the big meeting to work things out Kaufman submitted a thirty-five page treatment which Goldman, in his book, uses to devastating effect. Kaufman's first line: "This is a Search film, a quest film for a quality that may have seen its best days....." His last line: "And in all of them [a list of movies they should be watching], it seems, we detect the passing of a higher quality." You get the picture. No confidence and optimism that we can overcome. Instead, mourning the loss of a better past. Anyway, the arguments went on, Goldman quit and United Artists put it in turnaround. Kaufman ended up making the movie he envisioned for The Ladd Company. Warner Brothers distributed it. I saw it with a couple of friends on opening night. We'd all read the book. We all liked Yeager and to one degree or another thought the movie bad, but watchable or worse. After reading Goldman, I thought Kaufman an idiot though neither Goldman nor Bach blame Kaufman for what ended up happening and five years later Kaufman redeemed himself with his adaptation of Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
So what does any of this have to do with The Aviator? Nothing much, but then it was twenty-plus years later that another movie that featured flyers was nominated for 11 Academy Awards (including Best Picture) and won 5 (not including Best Picture) and was thought by me to be a mess. In this case I know nothing of the backstory and the script is not an adaptation. It is a biopic whose subject is Howard Hughes. There are many things that one can choose to dramatize when doing a biopic about Hughes. There is the obsessive-compulsive disorder, the rich orphan, the aviation, the movies, the women, the Las Vegas landowner and/or the far richer recluse to name major ones. The screenwriter has mainly had his name associated with stories about physical conflict between men so this seems a bit of a stretch for him. Scorsese can't be uninteresting, but hasn't proven to be especially good with narrative and with period movies, Academy Award nominations notwithstanding, since he directed quite possibly the greatest trailer in movie history, Goodfellas, in 1990. Henry Hill and Howard Hughes share the same initials, but there are degrees of difference in how much the vast movie-going public knew regarding them prior to the biopics of which they are the subject and there are degrees of difference in their influence on recent history and because in many respects it is Goodfellas among movies that The Aviator most resembles those differences are no small thing.
The finished project concentrates on the years 1927 to 1947, or thereabouts, with a short introductory scene in which Mom bathes and warns young Howard. We're then treated to the intersection of the aviation and the movies while Hell's Angels is being produced. From then on we're given a mix of aviation, movies, and women with a growing thread of disorder until Hughes gets the Spruce Goose airborne and gets stuck on "the wave of the future" and the memory of a prediction in a reprise with Mom. Why? Either the aviation or the movie mogul/playboy angles might have made better movies if treated more or less exclusively, but together the only real commonality (aside from perhaps putting Katherine Hepburn at the controls once upon a time) is that Hughes was interested in both during the same period of time. He continued to be involved in both long after the timeframe the movie covers. He bought RKO in 1948. He didn't lose control of TWA until 1966.
This could devolve into a litany of narrative and historical complaints, but it's enough to say that they pile up and at some point the technical wizardry isn't enough to keep the movie airborne. For instance, there is newsreel footage of the circumnavigation of the world while The Outlaw is the movie focus. Hughes circumnavigated the globe in January 1937. He took over direction of The Outlaw in December 1940.
The thing that most annoyed me in The Cotton Club, a near mess, is that it indirectly denigrated the greatness of the original Scarface and Scarface is the movie that Howard Hughes directed that forever places him among those who made at least one great movie. In The Aviator it gets a couple of in-passing mentions that would only be meaningful if you knew the movie and its history and then you'd want more. On the movie side what is focused on is the phenomenal flying footage in Hell's Angels and then on Jane Russell's rack in The Outlaw. One expects better from a movie historian of Scorsese's caliber and when one doesn't get it one is left confused and frustrated.
Not knowing the production history, it's hard not to see The Aviator as yet another in a string less-than-successful Scorsese directed movies: The Age of Innocence, Kundun, Gangs of New York and now The Aviator and to ask whether it wouldn't be better if the director concentrated on near-contemporary tales and, perhaps, cast Robert De Niro to appear in them.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
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This is fucking hilarious. I always assumed they had the camera strapped to them on a rig omg
I love how James Cameron is clearly having more fun than both of them
This will never stop being hilarious.
THIS IS PROBABLY WHY THEY’RE LAUGHING. NOT BECAUSE THEY’RE SPINNING AROUND LIKE FOOLS BUT BECAUSE JAMES CAMERON IS RUNNING AROUND THEM LIKE A FOOL.
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I was so beyond excited to finally get to see this film and although it did not live up fully to expectations, I was very pleased overall. I can firmly say I walked away satisfied with the latest YA adaptation of another novel I loved before most, The Maze Runner.
I think the main reason that I didn’t end up disliking this film besides it being about a novel that I thoroughly enjoyed and and was so excited to see on-screen done well was Dylan O’Brien. There were few and far between any good actors in this film aside from Dylan and maybe Thomas Sangster, Will Poulter and Blake Cooper too, but really it seemed only Dylan understood the emotional gravitas and intensity of the novel. He held this whole film together as Thomas and it’s incredible to think he’s only been in television prior to this. I think the last time a film debut had been so strong among the teen crowd without past movie experience was probably the Harry Potter trio. O’Brien just embodied Thomas so perfectly and it was because of him that you connected with what was happening. *SPOILER ALERT* When Chuck got shot and died, you didn’t cry because Chuck died but because Thomas wasn’t able to save him and you felt awful. *SPOILER ALERT* He had the audience in the palm of his hand and luckily with a character like Thomas as his role, it worked. Everyone seemed to latch on to O’Brien’s aura, but no one was even close to reaching O’Brien’s strength in the role. And if they didn’t, which a lot did, it was as if you were better off watching grass grow then them try to muddle their way through this film.
In the end, this film was watch-able and enjoyable. If you aren’t a Dylan O’Brien fan and want no part of him, I would definitely skip The Maze Runner because it’s his… completely. I can’t wait until the next film comes out and I need to get on reading more from this series. Oh and seeing Dylan O’Brien in some non-franchise roles in the future because he has some serious potential and I’m DYING to see where he goes from here.


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Frank Marrs studied and graduated John Abbott College's Professional Theater Acting program in a suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In pursuit of his dream to act in videogames, he trained at the ACTRA Videogame Workshop where he learned to perform in dubbing, voice work, and motion capture. As Frank Marrs began to acquire a muscular build, he also trained in stunts at Adrénaline Stunts. Today, he continues to train his body and craft, and is also in the process of writing and producing his own films while quickly building his acting resume.
Being 6 feet 2 inches, 195 pounds with a muscular build, Frank Marrs is typically cast in roles that range in age from mid 20's to early 30's. With brown hair and hazel eyes, Marrs has acquired a lot of experience over the past years playing military and police type roles.
Frank Marrs' upcoming work includes roles in The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair, Andrew's Story, Zoe, Blue Moon - II, and Jack Ryan. His latest work can be seen in Perceptions (Short), I Promised (Short), Lien Fatal II, Swipe N Repeat, Quantico, The Art of More, Le Berceau des Anges, A Stranger in my Home, and O' II. More information can be found on his IMDb page, Casting Workbook, and with da Vinci Talent (see Contact page).


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Director Jun Fukuda spent his childhood days in Korea. It wasn't until after his high school graduation in 1941 that Fukuda moved to Japan. Once settled in Japan, Fukuda enrolled in the Art Department at Nippon University. The director's academic career was soon interrupted, however, due to the fact that he was drafted into the army to fight in World War II. Following his return from the war, Fukuda decided to indulge in his passion for movies. In 1951, he attained a position as an Assistant Director at Toho, where he had the opportunity to work alongside some of the most popular directors of the time, including Ishiro Honda. In 1959, Fukuda became a full blown director, working on his own films. Many of his films include advanced special effects for the time, something that Fukuda learned while working with Honda. Fukuda took over directing the science fiction/Godzilla movies when Honda decided that he didn't want to direct them anymore. Unfortunately, because of this, Fukuda was always under-appreciated, and never really had the opportunity to direct in the genre that he preferred, crime drama. Fukuda eventually gave up science fiction altogether, and turned to documentaries. From 1978-1980, Fukuda contributed to the popular television show, "Saiyuki", which is known by Western audiences as "Monkey". The director died in 2000 from lung cancer.
Though there are many characters in Fukuda's "Son of Godzilla", there are just a couple who were widely celebrated for their acting abilities. Akihiko Hirata, who played the role of Fujisaki, is one of these actors. Hirata's formal education began in a kindergarten that was founded by the wartime-era Japanese Imperial Army. His education continued in Military Academy, which was Tokyo's answer to America's West Point. Hirata then went on to graduate from Japan's most prestigious university, Tokyo University. Hirata's first film roles were in the 1953 films, "Even the Mighty Shed Tears", and "Embrace". These roles brought him to the attention of legendary director, Ishiro Honda, who promptly cast Hirata in his 1954 WWII romance, "Farewell Rabaul". That same year, Honda cast Hirata as the tormented, one-eyed scientist, Daisuke Serizawa, in the film, "Gojira". It was this film that defined Hirata's career. Due to his popularity with the directors, Hirata went on to appear in six "Gojira" sequels. Hirata was loved by both directors and actors alike, and was viewed as a highly intellectual, but never pretentious, individual who was honest and humorous. The actor appeared in every kind of movie that Toho studios made, from monster pictures to samurai dramas. Hirata was the only actor to appear in the "debut" efforts of "Godzilla", "Rodan", "Mothra", and "Ghidorah".
Yoshio Tsuchiya, who plays the role of Furukawa, is the other celebrated actor in the film. Tsuchiya grew up in his ancestral home in the countryside of Japan. He went on to study to be a doctor, and graduated from medical school, but felt drawn to acting. After completing medical school, Tsuchiya joined the highly regarded Hayuza theatre group. As he began his career in acting, Tsuchiya intended to only do stage acting. However, he was persuaded by director Akira Kurosawa to audition for the director's 1952 film, "Seven Samurai". Tsuchiya landed the role and because of his performance, went on to become an actor that was wanted in a variety of films. An avid UFO buff, Tsuchiya played the role of the Mysterian commander in the Science Fiction film, "Earth Defense Force", which was released in 1957. Tsuchiya retired from film in 1970 to return to his first love, the stage. He has since become a noted essayist on subjects ranging from his work with Akira Kurosawa to his interest in UFOs. Though busy with writing and working for an occasional film, Tsuchiya makes time to do at least one stage tour every year.
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do cinematographers, whose work gives a film its distinctive
look, receive the attention they deserve outside their
own peer group. The clinical gloom that suffuses the
films of David Cronenberg, for example, is the genius
of D.P. (in industry jargon, short for director of
photography) Peter Suschitzky. The lush, saturated
color of Apocalypse Now and The Last Emperor is three-time oscar winner Vittorio Storaro's trademark.
Now screenwriting duo Laurie Frank and Floyd Byars
(Making Mr. Right) are giving D.P.'s their
due by curating their private still work in a series
of echibitions at New Alchemy Gallery in Los Angeles,
allowing a more studied appreciation of cinematographers'
vision. The shows also serve as autobiographies, explains
Frank, citing this month's exhibition of the work
of three generations of Suschitzkys, all cinematographers.
The series, "still/Moving",
has developed an enthusiastic following in this very
word-of-mouth town, pairing the work of such Oscar legends
as Haskell Wexler (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
and Vilmos Zsigmond (Close Encounters of the Third
King) with that of lesser-known talents such as
Phil Parmet (In the Soup) and documentarian Christine
Burrill. Since the debut show last May, works have been
purchased by directors and actors alike, including Jonathan
Demme, Robert De Niro, and Steve Buscemi. "Our
memories are made up of film images," explains
Frank, "and these are the people whose eyes we've
seen these images through."
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