The festival will have a competition for “Asian Cinema Section”, “Retrospective”, “Tribute”, “Wide Angle”, “Bangladesh Panorama Section”, “Cinema of the World Section”, “Children Films Section”, “Women Filmmakers Section”, “Short and Independent Films Section” and “Spiritual Films Section”.
Fictional films from Asia with a minimum length of 70 minutes are eligible for entry in this portion. An international jury board will adjudicate the Asian competition section. The award will include a crest, certificate for the best film and also cash 1000USD only. The international jury committee will also select one Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Script and Best Cinematographer. These awards will consist of a crest and certificate.
One of the very important segments of this festival is the Retrospective segment. It is for the film enthusiast/s- specifically directors, who are legendary. Those who have perhaps left us now, or have stopped working currently but had given the industry many wholesome films over the decades or years; Who are mostly our seniors, those we take inspiration from. The coming year, we are looking forward to organize this prestigious segment from an Asian and European filmmaker.
The “Tribute” section is a special section. It is like a milestone that needs a special mention. It is dedicated to a filmmaker, actor, or legendary artist, who has passed away but deserves to be remembered and praised. The segment means to show a tribute, in other words a respect to all they have done in their life, and for the betterment of the cine culture.
A selection of full-length feature films as well as short length and documentary films by female filmmakers will be screened at this year’s DIFF. An independent jury of female filmmakers, cultural experts, artists, and professionals will be appointed by the Festival Committee to judge this portion of the competition. One documentary and one fiction film will be selected by the international juries appointed by the Festival Committee. Prizes will be awarded to the directors of the winning films. The award will be in the form of a certificate and a crest.
Also one award will be made for Best Director in the Women Filmmakers Category. The award will be in the form of a certificate and a crest. Selected Women Filmmakers section films spanning the period from 2022 to 2023 and with a minimum length of 70 minutes are eligible for entry in this section. Documentaries and short films may be included in the Women Filmmaker section with a maximum length of 30 minutes. Besides that, ‘Wide Angle’ may also be dedicated to an existing concept, a moral matter, or a historical context. Such as, freedom, independence, human rights, social issues, etc.
In order to promote Bangladeshi filmmakers and their works, DIFF will focus on Bangladesh Panorama which helps to accommodate more films and our target will consist of 10-15 selected fictional/ documentary films spanning the period from 2022 to 2023 and with a minimum length of 55 minutes are eligible for entry in this section. The International Film Critics’ Federation, FIPRESCI will give the Critics’ Award. One Best Film will be selected by the FIPRESCI juries. The award will be in the form of a certificate and a crest. Selected feature-length fictional films spanning the period from 2022 to 2023.
One more addition we have only for Bangladeshi filmmakers- we will allow Bangladeshi filmmakers to submit their short fiction films. And through that, we will have three awards presented to the best three among the submissions. The prize for the winner will be TK. 2 lac 50 thousand and International Film Critics’ Federation, FIPRESCI will give the Critics’ Award, the runner-up gets TK 1 lac 50 thousand, and the 3rd prize is TK 1 lac. Selected fictional films spanning the period from 2023 and with a maximum length of 10 minutes are eligible for entry in this section.
We consider that the Children’s Film Section is very important segment for the DIFF and like previous festivals we would like to include 15 fiction films in this segment. These screenings are ideal family outings and will be open to all children and adults. Also, we invite street kids to attend this screening and after screening we offer them light refreshment.
This objective behind introducing a children’s film section from the very start was to address unprivileged children and their families who might not be aware of their rights. This section encourages school children, their parents and their teachers to come and gain from the films and be aware of their rights. One film will be selected by audience vote for the Best Juvenile Film Audience Award. The award will be in the form of a certificate and a crest. .
This section is being introduced to promote public discourse on the place of faith and spirituality in the human context. The idea is for viewers to distinguish between elements of identity in spirituality as opposed to the abuse of faith in fundamentalism. The showcasing of films on spirituality would promote greater cross-cultural understanding and tolerance and facilitate dialogues within communities as between communities.
One documentary and one fiction film will be selected by the international interfaith juries appointed by the Festival. Prizes will be awarded to the directors of the winning films. The award will be in the form of a certificate and a crest. Selected films spanning the period from 2022 to 2023 and with a minimum length of 70 minutes are eligible for entry in this section. Documentaries and short films may be included in the Spiritual Films section with a maximum length of 30 minutes.
The idea of the ‘Wide Angle’ segment is to project a couple of films of a talented- filmmaker/filmmakers who have not yet received the spotlight but deserve it very much so. They are not young but are somewhat familiar to the industry and have made their share of films and contributed to the industry. In other words, ‘Wide Angle’ is for the underrated filmmakers who deserve just as much spotlight as the well-known ones. Besides that, ‘Wide Angle’ may also be dedicated to an existing concept, a moral matter, or a historical context. Such as, freedom, independence, human rights, social issues, etc.
Short and Independent Film
DIFF will screen films by independent filmmakers experimenting with a variety of filming formats. The widely available, relatively low-cost formats have allowed many more artists to venture into film production. This portion of the festival will showcase short and independent films as well as documentaries from around the world.


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The opera, taken from the play by Scribe and Legouvé and staged for the first time in Milan on November 6, 1902, tells the latest poignant events that see the actress Adriana Lecouvreur as the protagonist. In this work, comedy and drama are balanced in a natural balance, in which intrigue, rivalry, love and jealousy gradually saturate the line of comedy with drama.
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[…]The four acts of the opera become four cross-sections of different eras, of muses who inspired their time, and perhaps who all walked on the boards of the same infinite stage.
It is she, the real Adriana Lecouvreur, who tells us the first chapter of the story, in a crowded backstage from the first half of the 18th century where the theatrical machine plays with artifices and candles.
In the second act we jump to the 1800s and the story is colored with more romantic tones, she is ideally a Sarah Bernhardt one of the actresses who most played the role of Adriana in the tragedy of Legouvé and Scribe;
In the third act we arrive at the 1920s where cinema forcefully enters the society of the time and feelings are filtered by a camera; there are many inspiring muses of that period from Yvonne Printemps, protagonist of one of the first silent films inspired by Lecouvreur, to get to Greta Garbo or Loie Fuller capable of creations painted with dance in the space of the theatrical scene
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The composer Francesco Cilea (1866-1950), although historically belonging to the realist school, is distinguished by a more collected lyricism and elegiac nuances that bring him closer to the French school.
He fully revealed his personality with his two most famous works, the Arlesiana and Adriana Lecouvreur, a masterpiece that gave him international fame.
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Orchid's Past Betrayal
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Orchid sees someone she thought she killed in the past when she wiped out her team. He tries to murder her, though he eventually dies.
Years ago, Orchid killed her Horizon team when the team killed the wrong target. Out of regret, she wiped out her team.
At Crazy Otter's place she hears a crash from the back of the store. She tries to listen in, but is unable to when a shelf filled with 'Magical' papertowels falls on her. As he leaves the store after Crazy Otter confronts him for wrecking his store, Iker and Orchid spot each other. There is definite tension.
Orchid tries to sneak out of the Crime Mall, but is confronted by Iker who attempts to stab her. She manages to dodge out of the way long enough to call her brother and get him to turn off the lights in that section. She runs out to her motorcycle, followed quickly by Iker. She gets on it and starts driving away. Iker reveals himself to be an enchanter by throwing a knife at Orchid with a Death Touch prep on it! She calls on Trample through the chatroom who starts heading towards their position.
During the car chase, he fires an SMG at Orchid who fires a bolt back at his Roadmaster, both taking damage. That's when Trample arrives in her Roadmaster and tries to ram Iker. He manages to dodge, but jumps on top of her Roadmaster!!! Orchid keeps firing bolts at him while Trample uses the anthro-arm on her vehicle to try to pull Iker off. He slaps down a prep onto the roof of Trample's vehicle and threatens to set it off if they don't let him go, as he's realized he's going to die if Orchid wins this fight. In his mind, the only way out is to threaten mutual annihilation. Orchid just fires another bolt, so he sets off the FORCE TEN NAPALM PREP. He incinerates himself and does significant damage to Trample's vehicle. Fortunately, Trample soaks the dumpshock.
Orchid and Trample part ways, Orchid stealing Iker's Roadmaster. Orchid finds a partially damaged commlink inside belonging to Iker, with text messages coming in from Iker's brother. "You found the betrayer? The assassin?" "I'll be right there." She throws the commlink out of the car, and asks her brother to change ownership of the Roadmaster to her. But she knows Iker's brother is after her now...
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Orchid The ghost from my past are showing up and I need to make sure this time around that I don't fail...once more I get to live down my failures... how could I make something so simple


Trigger warning: This article contains discussions of suicide and suicidal ideation.
This article contains spoilers for Netflix’s YOU Season 4 (Part 2).
by Meg Kordik
For once, I think my love for analyzing television has come back to bite me. Often, on YouTube, the platform recommends videos for me to watch that review and discuss television shows. After watching YOU Season 4 (Part 1), one YouTube video in particular, “Why Rhys is in Joe’s Imagination in YOU Season 4,” made me so skeptical I just had to click. After reading the headline, I couldn’t believe it, but after watching the 8-and-a-half-minute explanation, I was convinced. Rhys, the perceived villain of the season, is merely a hallucination in Joe’s head due to mental illness.
And so naturally, when Netflix released Part 2 on March 9th, I had to continue watching to see if the theory was correct. Sure enough, it was, and I had a potentially huge plot twist spoiled for me. For this reason, my personal viewing experience was slightly skewed.
Even with the big reveal in mind, one thing I did NOT see coming was the fact that Marienne was trapped in the cage almost the entire season! So nevertheless, I was still surprised and still on the edge of my seat while watching this season. Marienne’s escape itself contained 2 or 3 plot twists! Just when I thought I knew what was going to happen, YOU Season 4 turned the tables on me. That’s the thing I loved the most about this season.
One of my favorite twists about this season was the beginning of Episode 8, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been.” In the first few scenes, we get to witness Joe’s blackouts through the eyes of Marienne. This is important because since the show’s inception, audiences have been forced to follow Joe’s narrative (as I discussed in my review of Season 4-Part 1). Being inside Joe’s head, audiences can subconsciously develop a sense of alliance with him, even as he commits crimes as awful as stalking and murder. By being able to witness the atrocities that Joe commits through the perspective of one of his victims, Joe’s likability that has been building for almost 4 seasons quickly fades. By removing Joe’s narration, we’re FINALLY able to see him for what he really is: a monster.
I also want to commend Penn Badgely’s acting performance in these few scenes as well, because he’s seamlessly able to execute a Jekyll-and-Hyde-type persona that audiences have never seen from him. He comes across as cold, emotionless, and almost robotic. His performance sent chills down my spine when he said lines like, “Joe’s not here. I’m just keeping you here until he finally comes back – to kill you.” This is another side of Joe that we’ve never seen before and really stood out to me in this season.
Another aspect of YOU Season 4 that I wanted to highlight was its depiction of suicidal ideation. Toward the end of the season, Joe decides that the only way to stop the cycle of violence is for him to end his own life. At the top of a bridge, Joe and “Rhys” argue about whether or not he should go through with it. By separating these two “sides” of Joe’s psyche into two different characters, the audience can physically see the war that’s waging inside of Joe’s head.
I was very impressed with how they told such a touchy story because anyone who struggles with mental illness can describe it as a “battle.” At the end of the day, that’s exactly what this scene was.
They yell, bargain, and even confess their love and companionship for one another in a last-ditch effort to rewrite the narrative. It’s an eye-opening perspective into the mind of a person who struggles with suicidal ideation who isn’t sure which thoughts to believe anymore. I don’t think this moment in the show would have had nearly as much impact if it was just Joe’s voiceover narration of him thinking to himself, which is the avenue through which we typically receive information in YOU.
It sounds awful to say, but I was kind of hoping that the writers would kill off Joe at the end of this season. Thinking that Season 4 was the series finale, it felt like it would give the show’s ending the same satisfaction that Breaking Bad did for me. But of course…Netflix isn’t done just yet. In fact, Netflix announced that YOU will return in 2024 for a fifth and final season.
Overall, I was very impressed with the twists and turns provided in this series. I hope that in season 5, we continue with this newfound perspective that Joe is inherently evil and unlikable. I also hope that strong female characters from previous seasons come back to “defeat” Joe once and for all – characters like Ellie from Season 2 (Jenna Ortega), Marienne from seasons 3-4 (Tati Gabrielle), and Nadia from season 4 (Amy-Leigh Hickman). These three woman, if they band together, can possibly give audiences a new protagonist to root for.


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Set in the 70s in the fictional town of Gilbert, Texas, Miss Morgana Stanley runs a brothel that has been in operation for over a century. However, when a crusading television reporter decides to make people aware of this illegal activity, the brothel becomes under threat.
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Something that has always struck me as odd when I was a younger were a series of shorts that I remember watching about people moving oddly. I didn't understand it at the time but they would walk without moving this legs, and levitate without their feet ever touching the ground. A few years later I learn about stop-motion, the art of bringing inanimate objects to life by moving them one by one and taking pictures. So was this what they called those strange shorts I saw earlier? No! I didn't know until several years later that there was a special name for when it applies to humans.
The correct term is pixilation, and has nothing to do with pixelation in case your wondering no I did not misspell it. Pixellation was a technique probably started around 1908 with the film The Electric Hotel and I saw probably because even the Wikipedia article isn't sure about it. The technique was used in order to blend stop-motion effects with the actors better and it's kind of interesting how aware people were of this back in 1908. They knew how contradictory the actors and effects looked against each other so they had to do extra work to make them blend in so it was more believable. Even today there are times when CG effects don't match up with anything else in the film at all and it seems like everyone can't see just how putting it looks.
Fast forward to the 50's and my favorite example of pixilation is released, Neighbours by Norman McLaren. Yeah you've probably already seen this in film class or maybe everywhere else if your Canadian, but that's because it's such a good example of the medium. Probably not my favorite pixilation film (Tom Thumb gets that honor) but it's up there, and I also need to mention the soundtrack. The music that you hear was not composed on any kind of piano or any instrument at all. The creator took the film strip and drew each note by hand so when it ran through the projector you get that unique soundtrack. I won't go into the meaning of the film, whatever it means politically or socially. That's for another time, for now I just want to put this incredible work out there.


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Alice Eve is a British Actress. She’s a blonde bombshell with a degree from Oxford University, a poet boyfriend and roles in two major Hollywood films. Alice is the daughter of Trevor Eve and Sharon Maughan; both of her parents are actors. She is well known in the theater community for her onstage works as well as on the BBC. She is best known for her recent lead in the comedy, She’s Out of My League and also recently appeared in Sex and the City 2.
This blonde bombshell has heterochromia, her eyes have two different colors; her right eye is green and her left blue. Alice was once named sixth most eligible woman in Britain by Tatler magazine. In April 2009 she started dating a poet, Adam O’Riordan, whom she met when they were both undergraduates at Oxford. This hottie aspires to be a screenwriter.
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Los Angeles has an exhaustive array of things to do. If you're a film buff, vintage Hollywood is a must-see. Some classic attractions in the area include TCL Chinese Theatre the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and Paramount Pictures Studios, the only television and film studio left in Hollywood. For a taste of stardom, window-shop along Rodeo Drive or cruise Sunset Boulevard. There are also a plethora of shorelines to choose from, including Venice Beach, Zuma Beach, and the Santa Monica Pier and Beach. Arts lovers will want to see a show at Walt Disney Concert Hall or swing by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to admire its collection. If you aren't sure where to start, a daylong guided tour of the city is a great way to orient yourself. After exploring all LA has to offer, consider taking a day trip south to Anaheim-Disneyland.


Urmarește aici Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) : film Online Subtitrat in Romana When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.
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Pelican Theatre Company is a not for profit community theatre group, based in Hastings. We aim to provide a platform for local community members to showcase their talents and get involved in creative theatre, drama and the arts. Pelican Theatre Company prides itself on being inclusive of all community members and strives to provide creative opportunities for all. We’re all about having fun, creating entertaining productions, fostering local talent, while making new friendships.
We work towards fostering new talent in our children and youth classes called Pelican Academy of Performing Arts (PAPA) and creating entertaining shows for the community. If you’d like to be involved please contact us and we’ll let you know what we have in the works.


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In this 6 hour workshop, illustrator Liam Kelleher guides you through three exciting projects exploring different approaches to soft pastels. Using the study of the cinematic lighting of master cinematographers, Liam shows you how to translate film stills into beautiful works of art, recreating soft atmospheric lighting as well as textures and film effects using soft pastels.
This course will show you how to mix medias and also includes the bonus video "The beginners Guide to Soft Pastels" featuring a comprehensive overview of types of pastel, surfaces and tools to work on.
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The BITS-PILANI QUIZZING FORUM!
That's Jerry Lee Lewis at the top. The 2nd pic is the movie poster of Great Balls of Fire, where Dennis Quaid portrays Jerry Lee Lewis. The pretty lady in the 3rd pic happens to be Vivien Leigh, whose character Scarlett O'Hara in the classic Gone With The Wind has "Great Balls of Fire!" as one of her famous lines which gets repeated during the course of the movie. And of course, Top Gun, where an uncredited soundtrack was Great Balls of Fire. (The track was later included in the 2000 re-release).
Ergo, the connect: Great Balls of Fire. Good answer Rishabh.
- At March 25, 2008 at 8:33 PM rishabh said...
all i know is that second pic is dennis quaid's portrayal jerry lee lewis in the movie great balls of fire. which was also the OST for Top gun.(though not credited i think)
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Hello luv muffins....So on today, I was thinking wardrobe stylist...
A wardrobe stylist is one who styles a character for a tv show, or movie. For example, Lynn Whitfield who plays Lady Mae GreenLeaf. Her character as a pastor's wife, is amazing. Her words are very selective in how she speaks. She is gracefully dressed, very classy and of high standards. She's so elegantly put together on every episode, and I'm loving it.
Think about what it takes to style the characters of Greenleaf. You have to know the character, what they portray, their personalities, the setting of events, and style. I'm sure being a wardrobe stylist isn't easy, but if you love what you do, it comes natural. I truly enjoy, and love putting different looks together. One day, I'll be working behind the scenes as a wardrobe stylist on a major television network.
Who's your favorite actor or actress of GreenLeaf?


Ah, summer. Many folks long to get away from the day to day routine of life. Maybe visit an exotic location. Meet some interesting people. Have an adventure! Can't get away? Well, that's where movies come in handy. We can hit the road to an exotic location, meet some interesting people and have an adventure all from the comfort of our favourite chair.
Our behind-the-scenes tour guide on the trip known as The Big Steal is Don Siegel, early in his career change from editor and montage creator (The Roaring Twenties, Gentleman Jim) to director (Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Charley Varrick). Our on-screen hosts are Jane Greer and Robert Mitchum, stars of 1947s Out of the Past as a couple with a twisted, angst-filled relationship that drips pure noir. This time around the characters played by our attractive leads do not have a past, but a present filled with danger.
Jane Greer, Robert Mitchum
The Big Steal, based on crime and western writer Richard Wormser's The Road to Carmichael's, is a road picture filmed on location in Tehuacan, Pueblo and at the Iverson Ranch. A gentleman by the name of Fisk played by Patric Knowles (The Adventures of Robin Hood, Auntie Mame) is a very popular fellow. His former fiance played by Jane Greer is most anxious to locate him and the $2,000 he "borrowed". Robert Mitchum is after Fisk for reasons which are initially unclear, but may parallel Ms. Greer's somewhat. Hot on Mitchum's tail is a door crashing, gun toting, hot headed William Bendix (The Blue Dahlia, Kill the Umpire). When there's a door crashing, gun toting, hot headed guy following you, you just want to keep moving, but watch where you're going as you might bump into a fussy art dealer played by John Qualen (The Grapes of Wrath, Casablanca).
These visitors to Mexico may well give tourists a bad name. They lie, cheat, speed, shoot and make general nuisances of themselves all over the countryside. None of their actions go unobserved as a very cool and smart official in the form of Inspector General Ortega played by Ramon Novarro (The Cat and the Fiddle, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ) works his own agenda.
The great fun in The Big Steal is the relationship between Greer and Mitchum that begins with outright dislike and progresses to wary admiration then trust through their masterful way with wisecracks and innuendo. The vigorous chase scenes and characterizations make The Big Steal a joy to watch.
TCM has a day of crime pictures on tap Tuesday, July 8th. Check out The Big Steal scheduled for 4:15 pm. It's a dandy!
"Looks interesting", thinks I. "Wonder why I haven't seen this one..." "RAMON NOVARRO????? I'M THERE!!!!"ReplyDelete
Ramon Navarro fans will not be disappointed in their guy.Delete
Paddy, I must admit I haven't seen THE BIG STEAL in a while (forgive me, I've been busy, to say the least), but I totally enjoyed your review, and you bet for sure I'll have our TiVo ready to watch and enjoy! :-DReplyDelete
In the neverending story of life vs movies, movies have to sit in the corner and wait for us. When the list of longish movies gets overwhelming it's nice to have a "little" feature like "The Big Steal" waiting for us as it clocks in at 71 minutes. Surely we can find 71 minutes to ourselves.Delete
Thank you for the heads up! I haven't seen THE BIG STEAL and could not possibly resist the combination of Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer in Mexico. Also interested in seeing one of Don Siegel's early films.ReplyDelete
The first time I saw the movie I was vaguely disappointed and then I realized that I had been expecting something more along the lines of "Out of the Past" because of the stars. I had done the movie a disservice because it is a grand entertainment on its own full of action and an appealingly cheeky sense of humour.Delete
I recorded it, watched it, liked it. Your comment about having been vaguely disappointed the first time you saw the movie lowered my expectations - and so I was pleasantly surprised. Very enjoyable. Thanks!Delete
I'm so pleased. Thanks so much for letting me know.Delete
Ooh – this looks like a good one. I haven't seen this, and will be sure to set the DVR... because, really, what's not to love about Robert Mitchum? Thanks for this!ReplyDelete
Yep. You can't go wrong with "Big Bob", as we call him around here.Delete


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"The Name is Bond, ‘Jane’ Bond?"
September 24th, 2019
There’s a particularly tense scene from the movie, Goldfinger, in which James Bond is strapped to a table, and about to have his genitals (and various innards) removed by a giant laser beam. “Do you expect me to talk?”, Bond asks the title character. “No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die!”, Goldfinger replies. As a boy of 10, I learned two things from that scary scene. First, I never wanted to have my genitals severed by a giant laser beam unless the situation was absolutely hopeless. And second, only a man can play the part of agent 007, James Bond. At least that’s what I thought until recent reports surfaced regarding an impending gender switch of Her Majesty’s top agent.
Call me silly, but I tend to believe that a writer’s intentions and specifications should be honored when it comes to the big screen portrayal of his or her protagonist. Certainly, there’s such a thing as artistic or dramatic license when adapting a novel into a movie, but that should only apply to things like condensation of plot points in order to accommodate time constraints. It does not, however, give a film producer the right to change things just for the sake of change. Can you imagine, for example, changing Moby Dick’s name to Moby Denise? Or, casting Tom Cruise to portray Lara Croft?
For some time now, there’s been talk that the next James Bond will be played by a man of color. In fact, ldris Elba’s name has been mentioned in that regard, and that’s fine with my wife Pam who met with the actor in L.A., and thinks he’s hot. But rumor has it that in the upcoming Bond flick, No Time to Die, Daniel Craig is called out of retirement for one last job, and he is introduced to a woman who is identified as “007”. She is played by British actress Lashana Lynch, who also happens to be black. This raises the question, “Is Lynch going to be the next Bond, or just the next 007, or both?” I’m now officially both gender and racially confused. Author Ian Fleming, on the other hand, was never confused about who James Bond is.
The character Fleming created is a white male, born in Scotland, approximately 6 feet tall, who achieved the rank of Commander in the Royal Naval Reserve. Despite the fact that six different actors have portrayed Bond on film, the producers have, thus far, selected “men” who generally fit the Fleming bill, but that may be about to change. The late Albert R. “Cubby” Broccoli must be spinning in his grave at the thought of a female James Bond. That’s because, as producer of the Bond series from its inception in 1962 until his death in 1996, Cubby had always been protective of the brand, and careful to nurture the Bond image. In later years, Broccoli began to give his daughter Barbara and stepson Michael Wilson more responsibility in the family business. That was OK so long as Cubby was alive, but after his death, the kids began to tinker with the brand, up to and including casting Craig, and turning him into Jason Bourne instead of a refined British spy. That was bad enough, but now, the Broccoli kids may be about to ruin the franchise if they cast a woman as the iconic secret agent.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m fine with a female spy in any other venue. Heck, I’m fine with just about everything having to do with the opposite sex. But if a woman is cast to play the next James Bond, then you might as well just strap me to a laser table and be done with it. I simply wouldn’t feel right about having a set of “gadgets” that are no longer available to 007.
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Role : Developer, Lighting Designer, & Sound Designer
Technologies : Python, Flask, LIFX Smart Light Bulbs
Impression was an Immersive Theater Experience Ran during the Spring of 2019 produced by theater company Journey Lab & Wildrence Performance Space. The performance was run over 20 times and sold out for the entire period.
The performance takes place in room that represented the brain of an artificial intelligence entity and proceeded to have a conversation with the “AI” for around 45 minutes. Participants had a conversation with the “AI” in order to teach it about how to comprehend emotion. At the end of the experience they had to choose in order to terminate the “AI” or let it live on.
The “AI” was actually an actor sitting in an adjacent room using a voice filter, and controlling the experience with a custom built web application to control the lights and sounds. Different cues and directions in the conversation would lead the actor and facilitator to trigger different scenes and responses that would be played out through the lights and speakers in the participants room.
As Technical Lead I built a custom Web Server and Front End Application that allowed us to take deeper aesthetic control over the LIFX smart light bulbs the performance space was outfitted with. The web application allowed the Actor to control everything they needed to in the participant room, while simultaneously having a conversation with the participant.


Call for Films
The German International Ethnographic Film Festival (GIEFF)
is celebrating its 16th edition from May 25th- 29th 2022 in Goettingen, Germany
We are pleased to announce the new call for films
- open until December 15th 2021!
- early bird submissions until November 25th 2021.
Apply here: https://www.gieff.de/submission.html
The GIEFF places particular emphasis on:
- the examination of current cultural and social processes
- the participation of filmmakers from the Global South
- productions that are characterised by special closeness and insight
- promotion of young filmmakers through a student film competition
- innovative (documentary) filmic approaches
Filmmakers from Social and Cultural Anthropology, Sociology, Folklore Studies and neighboring disciplines as well as documentary filmmakers especially from the global south are welcome. An international selection committee consisting of both academics and filmmakers reviews the submitted films with respect to their cinematic quality and potential to stimulate debates among the audience.
Taking from last year experience, we plan the next festival as a hybrid festival. We hope we can all meet in Goettingen, Germany, but we want to give viewers and especially filmmakers the possibility to participate online not only in just streaming the films but also in joining the discussions.
We are looking forward to receive quite diverse submissions and to welcome guests and visitors from around the globe.


The drama of *** recent suit against the directors of KIDS of North Jersey, a now-defunct drug rehab center in Secaucus, was simultaneously being played out in a premiere at an international film festival. ***, a 24-year-old native of The Bronx and former patient at KIDS, premiered his first feature film, “Over the GW,” Jan. 19 at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Slamdance is a side festival to the better-known Sundance Film Festival, featuring mostly documentaries and small independent films. Loosely based on *** time at KIDS, where his sister was also a patient, “Over the GW” details the harrowing experience of a patient in a fictional drug rehab center in North Jersey. *** hopes his film can serve as “entertainment as well as education,” and see the flip side of America’s “war on drugs.” “The way the system worked, they had to make people lie. Anything you said, they’d make you think it wasn’t good enough,” *** said of the ***, who have paid out $15 million in settlement money to former KIDS of North Jersey patients, including ***. *** said one of his goals was to let the general public in on the trials and tribulations of patients at KIDS and other treatment centers. “One former patient, who I didn’t know, came to one of our earlier screenings, and said that the details were so specific that he felt as if he were back in group,” *** said. *** was a patient at KIDS during the same span of time as ***, who last month agreed to a $3 million settlement with the center’s owners, *** and his wife, ***. *** suit alleged that he was kept at KIDS against his will, undergoing treatment for addictions he did not have. *** hasn’t filed a suit of his own against them, but said he supports those who do; so far, the *** have agreed to more than $15 million in settlements with former patients.


Founded March 2022
We are a Community Theatre Group who's aim is to promote adult involvement in the creative and performing arts across the Glasgow area through workshops and productions.
Under the artistic direction of our founder Andrew McVie.
The company has a committed following and is always seeking to build on this audience through innovative audience development.
We run weekly workshops in performing with the aim of performing a full scale show for the community to enjoy.
We hold our rehearsals at Acting Coach Scotland in Govan on Monday and Thursday Evening.


Bruce Greenwood to Play Mike Sokolowski
Veteran Hollywood actor Bruce Greenwood has signed to play Mike Sokolowski (based on the real life person), the immigrant everyman at the centre of the Strike! story.
In a Hollywood career that spans four decades, Canada’s Bruce Greenwood is a Screen Actors Guild-nominated actor, singer and musician with a list of over one hundred movie and TV credits that includes blockbusters like Star Trek and National Treasure, as well as the Agoyan classics The Sweet Hereafter and Ararat. Bruce is currently starring in the Fox TV drama, The Resident.
Says Greenwood, “It’s not often you get the chance to work on a project that has a contemporary resonance this specific – the fate of the unions here in North America in last twenty years, and more recently the xenophobia and protectionism that has claimed so much of the national conversation. It reminds me that ground zero for a movement, for change, can be anywhere. Without those who are willing to take a step further than the rest, without those who are willing to take great risks, we might be living lives of quiet oppression. Are we?”


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Its plot concerns a djinn , a wish-granting, evil genie who is released from a jewel and seeks to capture the soul of the woman who discovered him, thereby opening a portal and freeing his fellow djinn to inhabit and enslave the Earth.
A narrator Angus Scrimm explains that when "God breathed life into the universe…the light gave birth to Angels…the earth gave birth to man In , the djinn Andrew Divoff asks a Persian emperor to make his second wish.
When the emperor wishes to see wonders, the djinn uses his powers to torture and mutilate people in the palace. The emperor is horrified, but the djinn tells him to use his third wish to set things right.
Before the emperor can make his third wish, Zoroaster Ari Barak , a sorcerer , explains the consequences of the third wish and reveals a fire opal , which pulls the djinn inside and traps him.
In present-day America, Raymond Beaumont Robert Englund supervises workers lowering a box containing an antique statue of Ahura Mazda onto a ship.
A dockworker steals the fire opal from the rubble and pawns it. Alex sees something inside the jewel and leaves it with her close friend and colleague, Josh Aickman Tony Crane , to analyze.
As he is collecting data, the gem explodes, destroying the lab and releasing the djinn. Josh is killed, upon his wish for relief from his physical pain.
Later, Alex learns that the djinn needs to power the gem with human souls and then grant her three wishes before he can open the gateway to release his fellow djinn on Earth; meanwhile, the djinn takes the form of a dead man and uses the name Nathaniel Demerest.
Nick is given the money when his mother is killed in a plane crash. Alex sees troubling visions of every time the djinn grants wishes.
She consults Derleth, but realizes that she is talking to the djinn, who has killed Derleth and taken her form. The djinn confronts Alex and offers her three wishes, as well an extra "test" wish, which she uses by ordering the djinn to kill itself.
He shoots himself in the head with a gun but his wound heals instantly, revealing the djinn is an immortal. Using the first of the official three wishes, Alex wishes to know what he is.
The Djinn teleports her to his hellish world within the gem which terrifies her as he boasts his evil to her.
She wishes herself back to her apartment, alone.


Publication Date 10.06.21
Everything she touches breaks . . .
Nell Ballard is a runaway. A former foster child with a dark secret she is desperate to keep, all Nell wants is to find a place she can belong.
So when a job comes up at Starling Villas, home to the enigmatic Robin Wilder, she seizes the opportunity with both hands.
But her new lodgings may not be the safe haven that she was hoping for. Her employer lives by a set of rigid rules and she soon sees that he is hiding secrets of his own.
But is Nell’s arrival at the Villas really the coincidence it seems?


Insights into Japanese culture from New York's Japan Society.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
The Double-Edged Sword: The Chambara Films of Shintaro Katsu and Raizo Ichikawa
With the centennial of director Akira Kurosawa’s birth coming up, 2010 will be the year of sword fighting films (
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The film series starts next month.
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–The movie release schedule starts to heat up slowly as the year progresses.
–March and April releases are an eclectic mix of well worn franchises, critical darlings and animation.
–These prop bets examine these films’ IMDB ratings six weeks out from their release.
Hollywood has always been a great source of interesting proposition bets. Unfortunately, most bookmakers don’t take advantage of all of the great betting opportunities it presents. Sure, most will hang numbers on the Academy Award winners but few will really delve into some more unique and entertaining prop bets. A few sportsbooks currently have odds on ‘Who will host the 2018 Academy Awards‘, there’s a few props on the next Star Wars movie to be released and that’s about it.
In the early days of the offshore betting boom there was a good deal of interest in movie box office betting. The now defunct WSEX was one of the books that made box office betting something of a specialty. They’d post numbers on the major releases every week setting a dollar figure ‘total’ and then let bettors take the ‘Over’ or the ‘Under’. It was a good handicapping challenge since it was a blend of data analysis (there’s a ton of ‘past performance’ data on movie box office revenues) and more subjective components such as the time of year, potential popularity of the film within key demographics and the basic question of whether it was any good.
Fast forward to 2017 and it’s virtually impossible to find any type of box office betting. We’ve done a few here at SPORTS BETTING EXPERTS:
All of our box office revenue related odds and analysis attracted a lot of interest. I even did a few live radio interview spots discussing the box office prospects of ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’. So what happened to all of the betting on movie box office receipts that sportsbook offered ‘back in the day’? Good question. It could be due to the seismic changes in the film industry since the early days of offshore sports betting. The lure of new films just don’t get people out of the house to stand in line and the local multiplex anymore. Not that Hollywood has offered much in the past decade instead over relying on pointless remakes and interminable sequels. The biggest transformation is that people expect to consume media on *their* schedule and making a trip to an overpriced movie theater is the anathema to this trend. While all this has been going on many offshore sportsbooks have caught the same ‘downside protection’ bug that Nevada’s bookmakers contracted over a decade ago. That’s why you’re starting to see less variety at some once innovative offshore books.
LOOKING FOR SOME NEW TYPES OF FILM AND ENTERTAINMENT PROP BETS
That’s one of the things we really try to emphasize here at SPORTS BETTING EXPERTS–thinking out of the box. We’re constantly trying to come up with new and innovative betting propositions on every topic imaginable including the film business. We’ll be doing more ‘box office revenue props’ in the future and we’ll also be coming up with new types of movie prop bets.
Which brings us to today’s odds offering. It wasn’t that long ago when a small cadre of critics set the tone for how a film would be perceived. Judith Crist and Pauline Kael were at the top of the “serious” critic food chain while Gene Shalit and Siskel/Ebert had more populist appeal (incidentially, I just learned that Shalit is still alive and looks pretty good for a 90 year old man). Every major metropolitan newspaper had a film critic and they also had varying degrees of influence. That is no longer the case–the movie critic hierarchy has been obliterated for the most part due to the ease with which anyone with an opinion can get it out there. The lack of top tier movie critics that can ‘make or break’ a film has resulted in a shift in influence toward more ‘crowdsourced’ platforms like Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB. These platforms have also transformed the qualitative metric of film criticism. Instead of a ‘thumbs up/thumbs down’ or star rating system the new standard of measurement is the numeric score–Rotten Tomatoes uses a percentage system while IMDB uses a 1 to 10 rating to one decimal place (which ends up being the same thing as Rotten Tomatoes for all intents and purposes).
So here’s the rules of the IMDB Rating prop bets–I’ve listed some of the major releases for late March and April. I’ve also come up with a IMDB score ‘total’ and priced the ‘Over’ and ‘Under’. Your job is to pick the ‘Over’ or ‘Under’ six weeks after each film’s release date. We’ll do this with the new releases every two months:
IMDB RATING PROP BETTING ODDS FOR MARCH AND APRIL RELEASES
‘T2 Trainspotting’ IMDB Rating at 11:59 PM Eastern on April 14, 2017
Over 7.5 Stars: -150
Under 7.5 Stars: +130
‘Kong Skull Island’ IMDB Rating at 11:59 PM Eastern on April 21, 2017
Over 7.05 Stars: -150
Under 7.05 Stars: +130
‘Raw’ IMDB Rating at 11:59 PM Eastern on April 21, 2017
Over 7.05 Stars: -130
Under 7.05 Stars: +110
‘The Last Word’ IMDB Rating at 11:59 PM Eastern on April 21, 2017
Over 7.05 Stars: -130
Under 7.05 Stars: +110
‘The Wall’ IMDB Rating at 11:59 PM Eastern on April 21, 2017
Over 6.5 Stars: +110
Under 6.5 Stars: -130
‘Beauty and the Beast’ IMDB Rating at 11:59 PM Eastern on April 28, 2017
Over 7.5 Stars: -120
Under 7.5 Stars: +100
‘The Case for Christ’ IMDB Rating at 11:59 PM Eastern on May 12, 2017
Over 7.5 Stars: +130
Under 7.5 Stars: -150
‘Going in Style’ IMDB Rating at 11:59 PM Eastern on May 12, 2017
Over 6.5 Stars: -120
Under 6.5 Stars: +100
‘Fate of the Furious’ IMDB Rating at 11:59 PM Eastern on May 19, 2017
Over 5.5 Stars: -150
Under 5.5 Stars: +130
‘The Circle’ IMDB Rating at 11:59 PM Eastern on May 19, 2017
Over 5.5 Stars: -130
Under 5.5 Stars: +110


Romeo and Juliet, Berlin, Germany
Hello friends of the theatre!
My name is Samantha Jones and I'm a big fan of theatre plays which is why I've decided to start this blog and tell you something about my favourite plays
I've seen a couple of plays recently and my favourite one was definitely "Romeo and Juliet" which I saw in a small theatre in Berlin, Germany. The performance was in Elizabethan English which I really appreciated since it was more authentic than other (modern) adaptations I had seen before. The genuine costumes and the stage design made you feel like you had travelled through time as well! What surprised me was that the quality of the acting was so excellent despite of the theatre being relatively unknown!!
It was really disappointing though that there was only a very small audience. There should have been more advertising for this play, but of course, taking into account the financial straits of the producers, you couldn't expect too much...
Dear friends of the theatre, please: do go and watch plays in smaller theatres, they often turn out to be far better than you expected and I promise that you will have wonderful evenings!!!
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Sam is happy, popular and currently dating one of the hottest guys in school. Life is generally great - until the trolling starts. Called "witch ear" by the troll, Sam quickly develops a complex about her appearance. The social media comments are hurtful and quickly bring her down. They destroy her confidence and prevent her from leaving the house and participating in life. The troll knows so much about her that he has to watch her. Her friends rally around her, but can she trust them? Who is the troll? And why are they targeting Sam?


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First let me say that I spent the week before this movie came out trying to taper my expectations. In hindsight there was no reason. The movie did not have the blow-you-away energy of the 2009 re-opening but it is sure to please discerning Star Trek fans and most others inclined to pay the outrageous price of a theater ticket. I spent 17GBP (about $27 USD) to experience this film in IMAX 3D. I usually don’t like 3D films so this was a gamble for me. It’s a nice feeling when a long shot comes through in a big way. The visual and auditory experience was simply extraordinary.
The adventure starts when the crew of the Enterprise boldly goes to a primitive jungle planet. Their observation mission quickly changes into a rescue mission that violates the all too sacred Prime Directive. Sacred it would appear for everyone but Kirk. His arrogance costs him a job and Starfleet realizes maybe this is just an inexperienced egotistical kid and we got way ahead of ourselves making him captain of star ship.
The future is not looking good for Kirk when the sinister John Harrison makes his appearance inflicting a reign of terror upon Starfleet. He’s a bad boy and plays the role well. But I’m not sure he quite looks the part. He can act well, but it reminded me of Roger Moore as 007. He’s a little too much of a pretty boy to taken seriously as a tough guy. I’ll probably feel different when I see the movie for the second or third time. It often takes a little time to warm up to scifi evil protagonists; Darth Vader, The Terminator, Agent Smith (The Matrix), Boba Fett, and Predator being the notable exceptions.
Kirk is ordered to hunt down the bad guy and dish out some payback for those evil deeds. Now if you are wondering how it is such old west frontier justice is dispensed in the 23rd century you are not alone. And this quagmire becomes the key to a few deep, dark Starfleet secrets. I’ll give you a hint: Dead men tell no tales.
Star Trek Into Darkness leads you down a path of action, adventure, secrecy, and moral challenges. All this is interwoven onto a framework of awesome CGI. But despite the wonderful special effects, the character development is probably the film’s greatest strength. The film emphasizes the complexities of interpersonal relationships aboard a starship. Spock and Uhura have a few tense moments and you expect the next words to be “we need to talk”. Being the third wheel Kirk tries to avoid being dragged into the argument with some humorous results.
Highlighted throughout the film is the different belief structure between rules based Spock and the Kirk philosophy of “the rules don’t apply to me”. These philosophical differences emerge as open tensions at several points during the film. And as you might expect, in the end everyone learns the truth lies somewhere in the middle. But fair warning; this truth comes at a high price.


Jason E. Weber is a multi-disciplinary artist, technician, and scholar. As an artist, he has created sound, lighting, and projection designs for theatres in New York, Chicago, Boston, and Louisville including Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Company One, Gloucester Stage Company, EVET Arts, and Kentucky Shakespeare. In addition to this theatrical work, Jason explores how computers can be used to generate art and bridge the gap between artist and audience through interactive creations.
As a technician, Jason has served as Master Electrician on over 90 professional productions, many of which were world premieres. He has been the Lighting Supervisor at the Actors Theatre of Louisville and the Lighting and Sound Supervisor at the Merrimack Repertory Theatre.
Finally, Jason is a devoted scholar studying collaborative relationships and modalities. His forthcoming book, The Lighting Supervisor's Toolkit, will explore the engineer-architect relationship that Theatrical Master Electrcians have with Lighting Designers as well as provide concrete guidance for early-career Theatrical Master Electricians as they work to improve their skills. Jason has presented on panels at the Mid-America Theatre Conference, USITT Conference, and the Humana Festival of New American Plays.


Cully Barnaby, the character played by Laura Howard, was a fan-favorite in the British detective drama, Midsomer Murders, for 12 years. However, her departure from the show left viewers wondering why she left. Here’s why:
Although fans were sad to see Cully leave the series, her departure was a logical conclusion to her character’s story arc. It was also a significant moment for Laura Howard, who had played the role for over a decade. Midsomer Murders continued with new characters and storylines, but Cully’s legacy as a beloved character in the series will always remain.
1. Don’t jump to conclusions: Before speculating why Cully left Midsomer Murders, consider that there may be many reasons for an actor to leave a show, such as personal reasons, creative differences, contractual issues, or scheduling conflicts.
2. Look for official statements: Check official sources, such as interviews with the actors, producers, or showrunners, to see if they have explained the departure of Cully or any other character from the show. These may provide insights into behind-the-scenes decisions that led to the changes.
3. Follow the storyline: Watch the episodes featuring Cully’s character and see if there are any clues or hints as to why she may have left. Perhaps her character had reached a natural endpoint, or there was a plot twist that made her departure necessary.
4. Consider fan reactions: Look at the reactions of fans of the show to Cully’s departure. Were they sad to see her go, or did they think it was time for a change? This may indicate how the writers and producers felt about the character and could provide clues as to why she was written out.
5. Focus on the present: Rather than dwelling on why Cully left Midsomer Murders, consider the show’s current direction and the characters who are still on the show. Perhaps the show has evolved and improved in new ways that make up for the loss of Cully’s character.
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Laura Howard’s portrayal of Cully Barnaby
Laura Howard was a prominent face on the British TV series Midsomer Murders. She played the much-beloved character of Cully Barnaby, the daughter of the show’s main protagonist, Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby. Throughout the 12 years of her stint on Midsomer Murders, Laura Howard’s portrayal of the fiercely independent and determined Cully Barnaby captivated the hearts of fans across generations.
Cully’s character was a perfect blend of intelligence, compassion, and tenacity, which Howard portrayed deftly. Howard’s take on Cully won her many accolades and brought her significant recognition in the television industry. Her on-screen chemistry with her reel father, John Nettles, made their scenes together a highlight of the show.
Cully’s storyline throughout the show
Cully Barnaby’s journey in Midsomer Murders began when she was still just a teenager in the first season of the show. Throughout the series, the character underwent multiple changes and transformations, personally and professionally. Cully was initially portrayed as a flawed yet determined young woman. As the show progressed, she went on to become a journalist, showcasing her intrepid investigative skills and her ability to handle challenging situations.
Cully also experienced personal growth throughout the series. She matured from a rebellious teenager into a responsible adult who could hold her own in any situation. Her character arc included some significant milestones, such as her engagement to boyfriend Simon Dixon, which became an important part of her exit storyline.
Simon Dixon’s role in Cully’s departure
Cully’s engagement to Simon Dixon, played by actor Patrick Baladi, became a crucial factor in her character’s departure from Midsomer Murders. The showrunners wanted to give Cully a fitting exit and believed that her marriage to Dixon was the ideal catalyst for her departure. In season 13’s final episode, “Fit for Murder,” Cully agrees to marry Simon, and her father Tom retires from his post as Detective Chief Inspector.
Tom Barnaby’s retirement and its impact on Cully’s character
Tom Barnaby’s retirement had a significant impact on Cully’s departure from the show. For more than a decade, Laura Howard’s Cully had been a part of Tom’s investigations, providing critical insights and helping to solve cases. With John Nettles’ retirement from Midsomer Murders, the showrunners wanted to give him a fitting send-off while also seeing his character’s journey come to a satisfying end.
Cully’s exit from the show was a result of the natural progression of the character’s storyline, with her engagement to Simon Dixon and her father’s retirement providing the perfect opportunity for her to leave.
Laura Howard’s thoughts on leaving the show
In an interview with Radio Times, Laura Howard shared her thoughts on saying goodbye to her character and the show that had been a significant part of her life. “It was really, really sad to leave, and yet it was right that we should move on,” she said. “I think after 12 years, it was time for me to have a change.”
Howard also expressed her gratitude for the opportunity to have been a part of Midsomer Murders and the impact that the show had on her life and career. “I feel so fortunate to have been in something that the public embraced,” she added.
Fans’ reactions to Cully’s departure
Cully Barnaby’s departure from Midsomer Murders left fans emotional and nostalgic. The character had been a constant presence throughout the show’s run, and her exit marked the end of an era. Many fans expressed their sadness at seeing Cully leave and the impact her presence had on the show.
Some fans’ reactions included:
- “Cully leaving was heartbreaking. She was such an integral part of the show, and it won’t be the same without her.”
- “I can’t imagine Midsomer Murders without Cully. She was such a great character.”
- “I’ll miss her so much! Laura Howard did an amazing job portraying Cully.”
Cully’s legacy in Midsomer Murders
Cully Barnaby may have left Midsomer Murders, but her legacy as a beloved character still lives on in the show. Her character arc and growth throughout the series left a lasting impact on the fans. Even after her departure from the show, her presence on the show is still felt by the fans. Laura Howard’s portrayal of Cully Barnaby will always be remembered as a hallmark of the show’s early years.
In conclusion, the departure of Cully Barnaby from Midsomer Murders was a significant milestone in the show’s history. Laura Howard’s portrayal of the fiercely independent character won her many accolades and critical acclaim. Her exit from the show was a natural result of the culmination of her character’s journey. While fans were sad to see her go, her legacy on Midsomer Murders will continue to be celebrated for years to come.


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After 18 months without live performances, we were delighted that Years 4, 5 and 6 were able to to take to the stage for ‘The Lion King’ on Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th June. The show was absolutely sensational – we are so proud of all the girls who performed with confidence, flair and dedication. We are also incredibly grateful for our Head of Music and Drama, Miss Paula, who directed the outstanding show and led the girls through weeks of rehearsals to prepare for the occasion.
A huge thank you to King Alfred Phoenix Theatre and Matt who was instrumental in using lights and special effects, bringing the stage to life. In addition, our breathtaking set was designed and built by the extremely talented Steven Peters. All in all, it was a show that brought tears to all our eyes and reminded us of how important music and drama are to our children and adults too!
We are already looking forward to next year!


FEATURE: THE MARÍAS - "RUTHLESS"
Hello, it’s nice to see you again. Did you miss me? We’re meant to be friends
Please forgive me, for feeling this strong But it feels just like angels, in my head.
The Marías return to share a new video for "Ruthless," directed, edited and produced by Ian Lipton and The Marías. The video is a dreamy escape aboard the sailboat Ruthless. The visual chronicles María as she gracefully idles around the boat with friends, the trio looking around for the rest of the band who eventually ride in on a sleek speedboat.
The track comes off last year's critically-acclaimed EP Superclean Vol. II and follows a string of North American tour dates and their mesmerizing cover of Britney Spears' iconic track "...Baby One More Time" released earlier this summer.
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Another great post from Holly Pivec’s blog ‘Spirit Of Error’. Holly is an evangelical researcher of cults, sects, and new religious groups, such as the ‘New Apostolic Reformation’ movement. Her very discerning eye noted a strong New Apostolic Reformation ‘influence’ as she watched a preview of the movie ‘Unplanned’ which dramatizes the true story told by former clinic director for Planned Parenthood, Abby Johnson.
“The bottom line is that efforts have been underway to normalize the NAR – despite its aberrant teachings and practices. This film – as powerful and important as it is – will further the normalization. Make no mistake: the decision to include Vallotton in the film was not merely accidental or coincidental. Nothing is accidental on the set of a major film: everything – every prop, every line, every actor – is given careful consideration and planning. And the markings of NAR can be found throughout the film.”
Holly Pivec writes:
On March 29, the film Unplanned debuted in packed theaters across the United States. It took fourth place at the box office for two weekends in a row, grossing nearly $12.5 million. Unplanned dramatizes a true story told by Abby Johnson, a former clinic director for Planned Parenthood. Johnson left the organization after observing, firsthand, the horrors of abortion and the booming business built around it.
I attended one of the showings and, along with the rest of the audience, was deeply moved. It’s difficult to watch, but powerful. On the one hand, I wish everyone would see it. But on the other hand, I also feel the need to give a word of caution: there is a subtle, but real, presence and influence of the New Apostolic Reformation on this film. While it does an outstanding job exposing the atrocities of abortion, unfortunately, the film will also have a negative effect – the normalization of a theologically dangerous movement.
Blindsided by Bethel
Because I was completely absorbed in the movie, I was blindsided when, seemingly out of nowhere, Kris Vallotton appeared on the screen. For those who don’t know, Vallotton is the senior associate leader of Bethel Church in Redding, California, the most prominent church in the controversial New Apostolic Reformation (NAR). He’s also one of the most influential “prophets” in NAR, a rapidly growing movement of church leaders who claim to be modern-day prophets and apostles with extraordinary authority and supernatural powers. Simply put, I did not expect to encounter NAR when I went to the movie that evening.
Vallotton’s cameo comes during one of the movie’s scenes, when the character of Abby Johnson (played by Ashley Bratcher) is narrating the movie. She explains how she and her husband felt the need to bring some spirituality into their lives. Suddenly, they are shown sitting in a church, listening to a pastor preach about the God-given value of all human life, based on Psalm 139. Then we see the pastor, who is played by Vallotton.
I began wondering why, of all pastors in America, he was chosen to play the part. Was Vallotton actually the pastor who gave the message Abby heard on that day? If he was, why was he chosen to play himself, when actors were chosen to fill the other parts? Given his high-profile role at a controversial church, he seemed like an odd choice.
Some might think I’m making too much of Vallotton’s appearance. After all, I wholeheartedly agree with him about the value of human life. Some might wonder why – even though I disagree with Vallotton about other matters – can’t I partner with him in the fight against abortion.
But my concern here isn’t about partnering with people over the issue of abortion. My concern is that Vallotton’s appearance in the film – which has been a smashing success – will lend credibility to Vallotton, Bethel Church, and the larger NAR movement they’re part of. His appearance made me look for other signs of NAR influence on the film — of which there are many. Here are other NARfingerprints.
NAR fingerprints on Unplanned
- One of the film’s co-producers is Fabiano Altamura, the co-founder and dean of Bethel Conservatory of the Arts at Vallotton’s Bethel Church.
- Altamura also appears as an actor in the film along with Laura Hunt, a student from Bethel Conservatory of the Arts.
- The movie’s soundtrack includes Bethel Music throughout.
- Bethel Church had so much influence on the film that the film’s makers released a personalized trailer featuring a special “shoutout” to Bethel Church, delivered by the real Abby Johnson.
- Pure Flix, the company who distributed the film, has, curiously, formed a “strategic alliance”with the International Coalition of Apostolic Leaders, a global network of “apostles” promoting the New Apostolic Reformation.
- The Unplanned website, on its front page, features an ad for a companion devotional that was made to accompany the movie. Titled Planned from the Start: A Healing Devotional, the book is endorsed by multiple NAR apostles, prophets, and teachers, including the apostle Kynan Bridges, the prophet Joshua Mills, and the “soaking worship music artist” Julie True. The devotional’s author, Lorraine Marie Varela, has written another book promoting NAR spiritual warfare practices, including the issuing of “prayer directives.”
- Take note also that endorsements from all the NAR leaders named above appear on the Unplanned film website.
- Lorraine Marie Varela, the devotional’s author (see above) co-led a prayer and ministry teamon the film set of Unplanned. Given her promotion of NAR spiritual warfare practices (explained above), one may, understandably, wonder if NAR teachings and practices undergirded the prayer she led on the set.
‘Nar’-malization of NAR
The bottom line is that efforts have been underway to normalize the NAR – despite its aberrant teachings and practices. This film – as powerful and important as it is – will further the normalization. Make no mistake: the decision to include Vallotton in the film was not merely accidental or coincidental. Nothing is accidental on the set of a major film: everything – every prop, every line, every actor – is given careful consideration and planning. And the markings of NAR can be found throughout the film. The decision to include Vallotton was very intentional; no doubt, it was made to promote him and the teachings of Bethel Church. After all, Vallotton is not only a high-ranking pastor of the church where one of the film’s co-producers (Altamura) works; he’s also Altamura’s prophet.
So, when you encourage your friends to watch Unplanned, as I have done, also give them a word of caution. Be aware of its NAR connections.
Source: Holly Pivec, Spirit of Error blog, http://www.spiritoferror.org/2019/04/the-unplanned-influence-of-the-new-apostolic-reformation-on-a-box-office-success/8214?fbclid=IwAR3uaYssU_doCDSF4ByDcyv4uEh6cqP7-NJV0L01rgUOEWnBq77ch3KeK6A Published April 7, 2019. (Accessed April 8, 2019.)
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for Middle and High School Shows
Teacher Guidance from Tom Width, Artistic Director:
We are pleased to offer deeply-discounted performances of select mainstage productions to our Youth Theatre audiences. Because we present these performances in their complete, unedited form, we want to make sure that teachers and/or parents are fully-informed regarding content. Whether it’s a matter of language, plot situations, sexual/romantic content, or age-appropriateness, we want to be upfront about what the students will be seeing and hearing. Both of the 2018-2019 mainstage productions that are also being offered in the Youth season are based upon great classics of literature: Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac.
Count Dracula by Ted Tiller
There have been many adaptations of Stoker’s novel about the blood-sucking count, but Mr. Tiller’s version actually lightens things up a bit and relies upon many wonderful special effects to create its thrills and chills. There will be swirling mists, flying bats, surprise appearances, and disappearances, as well as secret passageways and a very dramatic demise for the title character. Many of these events may inspire screams from your students, but that’s all part of the fun! Words such as “damn,” “hell,” “lover,” and “bosom” (referring to a man’s chest) are used. There are situations in which the mesmerized Mina tries to seduce her fiancé while dressed in a filmy nightgown before she is interrupted by a dash of holy water; and, after the climax of the play, our hero and heroine share a kiss. There are also several gunshots (aimed at “bats”) and there is a reference to the Bible as a book that Count Dracula has “yet to read.” As a whole, the play is fairly tame in both language and content, but very exciting in stagecraft and performance.
Cyrano de Bergerac adapted by Emily Frankel
Rostand’s original play about the long-nosed swordsman with a romantic soul is famous for being written in verse (in French, 1897), and one of its English translations, written by American Brian Hooker in 1923, is also, amazingly, in verse! Each of these versions has a cast of more than 50 and many elaborate settings. Emily Frankel, wife of two-time Tony Award-winning actor John Cullum, wrote this adaptation in 1983 as a star vehicle for her husband. She wrote it in prose, making it more accessible to today’s audiences, and pared-down the cast size to make it much more practical for smaller theaters (like us) to produce. The language of the play is still very florid and poetic, and the storyline is true to the original. There are several references/phrases that are meant to be bawdy, such as: “You may be cock of the walk…but you’ll end up capon a la Bergerac.” “Does (my nose) remind you of a beak? An owl’s beak or a woodpecker’s pecker. Which one, beak or pecker or pecker or beak?” “A noble count…hired a man to wed her so the count could bed her.” “Hell” and “damn” or “damnation” are peppered through the script. Cyrano’s skillful swordplay is in counterpoint to the wit, panache, and poetry of his soul.
If you need additional information after reading these advisories, please feel free to email our Artistic Director, Tom Width HERE or call him at (804) 748-5203, ext. 120.
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They say that some women go a little crazy when they become new moms.
I admit it, I watch tv while breastfeeding my baby. I've tried to be mindful and simply sit and be, but I usually fall asleep if I do that. So I mindfully watch a movie instead. I've made it through many viewings of New Moon, seasons 1 & 2 of The West Wing, and a few disaster movies (gotta love those). But I started to get a little bored, so I decided to create a game for myself. I call it The 6 Degrees Game.
Here's how it works (I can't believe I'm explaining this): You start with a movie in your movie collection. Then, while watching the film, choose an actor in the film that appears in a different film in your dvd collection. Keep working your way through your dvd collection in this manner until you hit a dead end, or until the baby is sleeping nicely and you can do something productive. Like explain your crazy dvd game on your blog.
And oh yes, I will keep my dvd 6 Degrees log here, just for fun :P
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Get Smart - Anne Hathaway (playing Agent 99) was also in Nicholas Nickelby (playing Madeline Bray)
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I've Got Your Number
Kinsella, Sophie (2012). [Genre: Chick-lit]
A couple of glasses of bubbly with the girls at a charity do and Poppy's life has gone into meltdown. Not only has she lost her engagement ring, but in the panic that followed, she's lost her phone too. As she paces shakily round the hotel foyer she spots an abandoned phone in a bin. Finders keepers! Now she can leave a number with the hotel staff. It was meant to be! Except the phone's owner, businessman Sam Roxton, doesn't agree.
I've Got Your Number was a surprisingly fun read! The set-up of the main character is usually something I'd find completely unbelievable, but as soon as we meet Poppy it immediately seems like something she would do. She's (to put it unpolitely) a total ditz, but a human one. You can imagine yourself being friends with her. And believe it or not, she has a real job - physiotherapy This immediately attracted me to her more, because I get constantly frustrated by chick-lit characters that either have no job or a brainless one that they constantly skiv off from. She has her utterly cringeworthy moments, but is overall extremely likable. As is the hero, Sam - he's surprisingly sensible. The sort of guy who actually exists in real life. The chemistry between the two is enjoyable, laugh-out-loud and subtle enough that you find yourself rooting for them before even they realise there's anything going on between them. It's light, but also funny and despite the sometimes over the top tone, genuine. Lots of fun. 5 stars
Can You Keep a Secret?
Kinsella, Sophie. (2005). [Genre: Chick-lit]
Meet Emma Corrigan, a young woman with a huge heart, an irrepressible spirit, and a few little secrets. Until she spills them all to a handsome stranger on a plane. At least, she thought he was a stranger... Until Emma comes face-to-face with Jack Harper, the company’s elusive CEO, a man who knows every single humiliating detail about her.
In comparison to I've Got Your Number, Can You Keep a Secret just wasn't as fun. I think it comes down to the characterisation. To me, Emma was less memorable than Poppy. To the extent that half way through the book I found myself struggling to remember her name. For the most part, her spilled secrets aren't that mind-boggling, just the mundane things that most of us think on an everyday basis and don't routinely spill to other people. She has the brainless job that so annoys me in the genre and the stereotypical family problems. Jack Harper also didn't stand up well. His mysteriousness is overdone and the climax of the story centres on actions he takes which seem completely in contrast to his character throughout the rest of the book. The fun, unique plot line meant that overall the story was still just about enjoyable. But because the characters were less likable and understandable, the cringeworthy moments were more cringeworthy and the over the top tone more annoying. 3 stars
If I'm in the right mood, I might pick Kinsella up again sometime. It was definitely light and for the most part, fun. I still have absolutely no desire to try the shopoholic series - the characterisation in Can You Keep a Secret annoyed me enough! But some more of her stand alones may be worth a try.


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My sweet friend Laurie is my movie/book pal, so of course we had to watch Snow White and the Huntsman this week! Overall i loved it! Kristen Stewart made a perfect Snow White, as for her acting skills i am not her greatest fan. Charlize Theron (the evil queen) and Chris Hemsworth (the huntsman) were great, but the best part was defiantly the costumes and the sets, they were stunning. I can defiantly see an Oscar nomination or two for the costumes and sets. I thought it was one of those movies you really need to see in the theatre, and you will loose yourself in the fantasy of it for a few hours.


It’s been a little while, but I haven’t been idle! I've been working on a few projects. One which the title gives away (I have to do better with titles).
In one of my last blogs I wrote “this year one of my goals is to start work on my first short film.” Well, since then I have teamed up with an experienced filmmaker to make his feature film. I’ve been on board for the whole production stage and have been able to get 100% involved, which has been great. I've learned a lot and we’re now 80% done with filming, aiming for it to be released next year.
I will post further updates as we get closer to the release date.
I’ve also been writing short film scripts, exploring ideas to start filming next year.


Toni Braxton Movie Coming to Lifetime
Singer Toni Braxton is set to star in “Un-Break My Heart,” an original movie based on her memoir of the same name. The authorized movie begins production later this year.
The project follows “Braxton’s ups and downs through severe chronic illness, financial troubles and divorce while navigating her son’s autism and family struggles.”
What exactly would that look like? In a 2013 interview, Braxton recalled thinking about quitting the music business. “I was in a small place in my life and I was going to retire,” Braxton explains. “It’s not even a question. I said, ‘I’m tired of fighting.’ I was feeling sorry for myself. I was depressed over where my career was going. I was also down with my health,” she continues.
“I found out that I developed blood clots and I couldn’t get a grip on this lupus. I didn’t know what was going on with me. I was just in a very uncomfortable place in my life and where I wouldn’t wish my worst enemy to be.”
Braxton, who is currently on tour, will executive produce in the made-for-TV movie and Vondie Curtis-Hall will direct.
Photo: Instagram/Toni Braxton
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