1 edition of Haunting Bollywood found in the catalog.
Written in English
Includes bibliographical references and index.
|LC Classifications||PN1993.5.I8 S437 2017|
|The Physical Object|
|Pagination||xi, 251 pages|
|Number of Pages||251|
|ISBN 10||1477311572, 1477311580|
|ISBN 10||9781477311578, 9781477311585|
|LC Control Number||2016007500|
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The study of the impact of bullying in an American high school was prompted by director Lee Hirsch's experience of being bullied as a teenager.
It has been well received by critics but was given an R rating by the Motion Picture Association of America on account of language.
That meant under-17s were unable to see it without an accompanying adult. - Which really cut out it's intended audience.
Earlier this year an edited re-cut was made of the documentary that had some of the offensive language removed after a number of cinema owners chose to run the film publicly regardless of it's rating.
Hirsch has said he intends his film to ''not only reach those who have been the victims of bullying but, more importantly, those who still need an 'empathy push'.''
I was wondering if any teachers had seen the film and had any thoughts on whether it was a genuine call of events that are happening in our schools today or whether it is feeding on a media hot topic.
I'd love to hear of anyones thoughts?


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Eldercare’s short film named a finalist for industry award
The short film ‘You can ask that’, produced by Eldercare in 2020 to ‘debunk the myths’ that are still out there surrounding LGBTIQ people, has been named a finalist in the 2021 ACSA Aged Care Awards for South Australia.
Eldercare Chief Executive Jane Pickering said the organisation is ‘thrilled’ for the film to be recognised for the Innovation in Service or Design Award.
“Launching this film has been one of the highlights of our year so far and the response, from staff especially, has been tremendous,” said Jane.
“This recent announcement shows that this project is being recognised as an innovative approach to challenging the stereotyping of LGBTIQ people and providing insightful information to aged care employees about LGBTIQ issues – something we are very passionate about as a Rainbow Tick accredited organisation.”
The production of the film was made possible through a grant from the Office of Ageing Well and sponsorship by Veolia and Atlas McNeil.
The winners will be announced at the ACSA Aged Care Awards event on Friday 22 October 2021.
See below a teaser of the film:


A PHONE CALL FROM THE AGENCY
You know what I think? I think that if an agent from a pretty good agency happened to be here now, I might be getting a phone call sometime soon. A few years ago, it really happened to me.
An agent calls and says that a minute ago she was on the phone with some good film director and she recommended me and made him interested in my humble person. Very soon, he starts shooting his new movie and he needs a midget. The agent asks me how tall I am, because the guy needs actors who are not taller than 160 cm, and I say that I’m not … so tall at all. I’m actually 160 cm. I don’t know, seriously, I have no idea what would’ve happened if I had been given the job and appeared on the set as a… king-size midget. I don’t suspect that I would cut a 10-centimeter-long part off my bone. After all, I don’t have insurance. Besides, who needs an actor without knees? Anyways, everybody tells me that I have difficult acting conditions and that’s why it’s hard for me to find a job. Yes I know, looking for a job means sacrifice. One time my friend called and said that he’s going to Cracow the next day and asks me if I want to go. I answer that if I manage to make some appointments with the theatre directors then sure, why not? And then something amazing happened; the assistant in The Old Theatre arranged my meeting with the director. Next day, two to ten, I enter the secretary’s office. “Hallo, I’m Marcin Zarzeczny, 504155237.” The secretary tells me that the director is very busy at the moment and that, unfortunately, he won’t have time to meet me. When I said that I traveled 250 km to meet the director and that was the only reason of my coming there, it did not make a big impression on her. To be more precise, none whatsoever. She asked me to leave and she closed the door of the office. But I didn’t want to give up. I came up with an idea to catch him outside, but … well, a bit awkward, isn’t it? Besides, it was really cold. I figured out that it would be much better to hide somewhere. But as if out of spite, in the corridor there was no closet, no corner, no curtain. I was getting closer and closer to the exit when I saw a cloakroom. A cloakroom! Brilliant! I can hide between a couple of jackets. I placed myself somewhere between the rows of those long coat hangers. After 15 minutes I emerged from my hideout or rather jumped out of the coats. I asked for a meeting, presenting the whole situation. I can firmly say that it did not make a big impression on him. To be more precise, none whatsoever. For the next five minutes our conversation looked more or less like this: “Sir, would you consider meeting me?” “No.” “Please.” “No.” “Please.” “No.” “Please.” “No.” “Please.” Finally, I said that if he had agreed for a meeting at the beginning of our conversation, I’d probably be leaving his office in this very moment. There was no point wasting his precious time if he said he was so busy. Yep. We had a conversation, a strained one. You probably know what happened after or rather what didn’t happen. Well, at least I know that the director’s office in The Old Theatre in Cracow is quite cool.
Maybe what I’m going to say now is awfully trivial, but I think, disappointments aren’t easy, however they’re really important. It’s like you’re just about to get something and suddenly it turns out you won’t. The disappointment helps you to realize how important this thing is to you. At that point either you resign or your aim becomes even more important, and with every next disappointment it becomes much clearer. You know what I think? Perhaps we should fall in love with the goal, and then the goal will fall in love with us, so to speak. Perhaps we should swim against the current and dare disappointments. The greater they’ll be, the better taste of being on the top. And you know what I do? I smile to my private disappointment and I say: “Thanks mate.” I say “mate” because we know each other for a bit. “Thanks to you I’m getting stronger.” Well, at least I think so.
I generally have no idea what’s all about this whole disappointment. For example, when I try to make a good impression on someone, someone who can give me a job in the future, it seems I always fail. Recently I’ve got a part in some TV serial. I admit it was a heavily trodden part, but still it was a part. I was to act “A Man.” True, it was a big challenge, one of the biggest. I’d never acted “A Man” before. It was a small part, two scenes, in which I fight for my property, because someone is trying to destroy it. I’m on the set standing maybe ten meters from the director who is talking with the assistant director. They both are looking at me and I hear them saying: “This actor there, he’s a bit short.” As you see, it would be hard to challenge him. Luckily, no correlation between talent and height has ever been proven – at least not to my knowledge.
The director comes to me and says: “You know, Marcin, I imagined ‘A Man’ as a tall, big, muscled guy and you are a bit delicate. Instead of screaming at the gut, you’d probably say, ‘Excuse me, I was wondering, would you be so kind to leave it and go? This is my property. I would be very grateful.'” And he tells me to try to be at least a bit angry, but he asks me not to overdo it, because it’ll be artificial.
I said, “Well, ok, I’ll try.” During the rehearsal I gave 90%. The director jumped out of the car, where he had his equipment, he came to me and said that that was exactly the character that he’d imagined. The assistant director was also over the moon. He took my number for the future.
“The actor’s a bit short.” Well, as a janitor in my school was saying: “Short, but he jumps where he wants!”
The truth is that I can play many characters. Maybe you can’t catch it when you look at me but that’s the truthiest truth. I can play Hamlet in Cockney. You’ve seen it. I can play Shylock from The Merchant of Venice. On the stage, I can do almost everything. Nowadays, for example, a theatre, in which actors run around naked, is really popular. I can run as well, seriously. I’ve never done it before, but if it makes sense, I’ll do it. Why not? Yea, maybe that’s my great opportunity. Excuse me, is there any director here? I’m sure there is. For today’s performance I’ve sent invitations to all theatre directors in the area. Dear Sir or Madam … I’m talking to the directors now, I can play a happy person. [The actor poses as a happy person.] I can play an unhappy person. [The actor poses as an unhappy person.] Or I can play a traumatized person. [The actor shows trauma.] I can do madness as well. Oh, I know; naked madness. [The actor starts to undress. Before taking off his boxer shorts he disappears behind the wings. Sinister music starts playing. Red lights are lit. The actor without clothes runs across the stage. He can be barely seen. The music stops.] Excuse me, could anyone be so kind and pass me my clothes. [Silence.] Oh Sophia! [A lightening producer answers]: “Sophia is on here break!” Hey, guys, can you turn off the lights and play the sinister music again? [The actor crosses the stage again running. While he’s running, the lighting guy makes a joke and turns on the lights for a split of a second. The actor screams: Ej. He comes back on the stage while dressing up.] As you all see, I’m also a very flexible and brave actor. Thank you.
[He speaks to the lighting producer with a threat in his voice. Music starts or gong.]
Marcin Zarzeczny is a professional actor based in Warsaw, Poland who has cooperated with many Polish theaters in the past. When his big chance was cancelled, a feature movie which he was to act as the lead, Marcin became jobless. He wrote his very first literary piece in life ‘Jobless Actor Confessions’ which became a great success in Poland. After almost 60 shows of solo acts he played in his mother country, he made a premiere English version of it in the National Theatre in Reykjavik, Iceland, his first solo show of International Tournee of Jobless Actor.
Marcin still is looking for a job, no matter where, to act.
“Jobless Actor Confessions” was translated by Patrycja Trzoch


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The 16th International Human Rights Film Festival (FICDH) is a cinematographic and competitive meeting organized by the Instituto Multimedia DerHumALC (IMD). This edition took place from June 17th to 24th, 2015, in the City of Buenos Aires.
The objective of the International Human Rights Film Festival is to present the best productions which tackle the social problems related to the defenses of human rights and the environment from multiple and original points of view, promoting in this way a critical cinema that contributes to social transformation.
During the past week in Buenos Aires, 112 titles from 39 countries were screened, and more than 26 international guests and around 21 national guests came together. With screenings in over 10 venues in the city, including a sub venue in Moron district, the attending audience up to Wednesday 24 was around 10,000 people. This Festival was made possible by the work of the 35 members of our staff and the support and dedication of over 130 volunteers committed to several areas.
Regarding the awards, the awarded film for the 1st Prize for the Feature Film Competition was the Danish work “The Look of Silence”, by Joshua Oppenheimer. Likewise, both “Los del suelo” (Argentina), by Juan Baldana, and “The Wanted 18” (Canada, Palestine, France), by Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan, were awarded with a Special Mention by the jury of feature length films.
The short film “Listen” (Finland/Denmark), by Hamy Ramezan and Rungano Nyoni, was positioned as the winner of the Short and Medium Length Films Official Competition. The First Mention of the Short and Medium length Film Official Competition is awarded to “Giovanni and the water ballet” (The Netherlands), by Astrid Bussink, followed by the animated short film “Padre” (Argentina), by Santiago ´Bou´ Grasso, which was awarded with the Second Mention.
For the Argentinian Documentary Films Official Competition, the juries Liliana Hendel, Camilo Juárez y Gabriel Rojze awarded the 1st prize to “Mujeres de la mina” (Argentina), by Loreley Unamuno and Malena Bystrowicz. In this category, the jury decided to grant a Second Mention to “Gran Chaco” (Argentina), by Lucas van Esso, which also received the Audience Award, since it was the most voted film by the audience of the FICDH festival.
Once again, the FICDH festival team would like to thank all the participants, directors and the great team of volunteers for being part of this network, Networking, identities in contact, looking forward to a new meeting in 2016 and paving the way for the International Environment Film Festival (FINCA), to be held next year.


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Movie Title: Death Note
Actors: Tatsuya Fujiwara (Light), Kenichi Matsuyama (L)
Director: Shusuke Kaneko
I just finished watching Death Note and Oh My Shinigami(aka god of death)! Now, before I elaborate more, I should add a little disclaimer: I haven’t read the manga or watched the anime. >_< (Please, Death Note fans, I beg you not to write my name in any suspicious notebooks you may find!) Initially, I wasn’t interested in anything Death Note at all, but my students said, “Teacher, you will like it. And do you know Kenichi Matsuyama is in it?” Well, once his name was uttered, how could I not watch the movie? (He is just sooo cute @_@ . . .ahem ::wiping drool:: . . .back on track now) So without further ado, here’s the review!
Story: The story centers around Light Yagami, a law student who is disappointed in the lack of effectiveness the law has in administering justice. One day he finds a mysterious notebook and is now able to see a Shinigami (god of death). The Shinigami, Ryuk, explains that if a name is written on the pages of the notebook that person will die. And so starts a killing spree of all the criminals who have escaped justice throughout the world. The police begin a hunt for the vigilante known as ‘Kira’ lead by a brilliant, but odd detective, L. The death toll begins to rise as Light tries to create a crime-free world. L proves to be quite the opponent, however, as the chase intensifies.
Characters – I actually started the movie sort of liking Light and being creeped out by L and was surprised when those feelings did a 180 in the middle of the movie. (That’s what I get for buying the Chinese edition of the movie and not reading the synopsis on back) I ended up loving L’s quirky character and I’m not just saying that because Matsuyama is hot, I swear! ^_^ Both main characters, Light and L, and the police chief were well-done, although I did feel that Shiori (Light’s girlfriend) and Naomi Misora (fiancée of one of the FBI agents) characters often felt more 2-dimensional than they should have been.
Storyline – I was constantly surprised throughout the movie! The action was well-paced, intense and at many places had me on the edge of my seat. The story was easy to understand without having to read the manga or watch the anime. The movie also made a disturbing sort of sense and at the end left you thinking what a dangerous and corrupting power it is to decide who lives and dies.
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Details – In manga and anime you have lots of chapters and episodes in which to establish characters and plots, but in movies you only get two hours at most. Because of that I felt Light’s fall into insanity was quite abrupt. He went from a law student craving justice to a cold-hearted serial killer in a very short span of time. And this somewhat strained my suspension of belief.
Spoilers Ahead!!! Please skip this section if you don’t want to know a pivotal plot point!!
The kidnapping at the museum – I found this scene really flat. For what should have been an intensely emotional scene, I admit, I hardly felt the emotional punch at all. Misora’s character felt wooden and Shiori seemed way too relaxed with a gun to her head considering she’d been so upset by the bus-hijacker. Their attitudes might make sense if when Light writes a death scene the characters turn into puppets, but still I wanted a powerful scene at the end of the movie and felt somewhat cheated!
All in all, this is the perfect movie to watch on a free Saturday afternoon! The storyline was unique, most of the acting was well done, the suspense was great, and the message of the story was a good one: it is dangerous to have the power to decide who lives and dies. (And the best part of the movie - it has Kenichi Matsuyama!! Anymore need be said??)
Final score is 4 out of 5 firecrackers:
Has anyone else seen Death Note? Did you like
Matsuyama the story? Do you prefer the anime and/or manga? I’d love to hear your thoughts about the


The Theater Department will be holding open auditions for the spring 2020 productions directed by faculty and directing students. Audition information for HEDDATRON is below. Additional audition information is forthcoming.
Casting 5 men, 5 women, 5 robot operators for this surreal STEM journey to the Amazon rain forest where robots have abducted a suicidal Michigan housewife to play the title role in their robot production of Hedda Gabler. Familiarity with Ibsen’s play is helpful for auditions but not necessary. Those auditioning for non-robot roles will be given sides from the play to read. Perusal copies of Heddatron can be signed out from Cindy Notaroberto in the 248 main office. Students with expert video game and joy stick dexterity are encouraged to audition for the robot operators. Students with experience videotaping live are also encouraged to audition. Weiss Theater performance dates: February 28, 29, March 1, 6, 7, 8, 2020 [It’s leap year!]. Directed by Professor Michael O’Neill.
We typically rehearse Sunday through Thursday evenings. All cast and crew positions are open, except for stage manager; academic credit is available for all roles [THTR 120 for .25 credits] and for most crew positions [THTR 121 for .25 credits].
Questions? Need information? Contact Professor O’Neill
email: email@example.com phone: 610.330.5326
If interested in participating or if you have any questions, please contact:
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By Jez Butterworth
Teddington Theatre Club
at Hampton Hill Theatre until 20th May
I am just going to acknowledge the elephant in the room. The original production of Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem back in 2009 was such stuff as theatre legends are made of. It premiered the Royal Court Theatre to critical acclaim and subsequently transferred to the West End, to Broadway and back to the West End. It was directed by Ian Rickson and it starred acting royalty Sir Mark Rylance who won every acting award imaginable including a Tony and an Olivier for his portrayal of Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron. Playwright David Hare has claimed it is the last successful ‘State of England’ play of the proud English theatre tradition. So, you know, no pressure.
Ok, now let’s shoo the elephant on its way.
It is St. George’s day in the imaginary village of Flintock, Wiltshire. The local county fair is on, with its wet sponge throwing and Morris dancers dancing. Through the air, we hear songs and laughter coming from the village square and into the forest clearing where local gipsy and former daredevil Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron lives in his caravan. Rooster is a highly sought-after man. The local council wants him out, having given him his final eviction notice to be gone by the end of the day. The local youths want access to his wide supply of drugs, alcohol and tall tales. His son wants to spend the day with him and a local thug wants to know where his missing step-daughter is.
The role of Rooster is the kind any actor would kill for. Rooster encapsulates the subversive spirit of England. He is both old and new, local legend and outcast, delving in the edge of society. He has an unmatched spirit of life but a darkness beyond what can fully be put into words. This duality is what writer Jez Butterworth excels at capturing so vividly throughout his body of work. He has an unmatched ability to blend social commentary, personality with something larger and mythical: a sense of spiritual folklore that gets under one’s skin. It is easy to laugh when Rooster tells a story of how he one morning met a giant who claims to have built Stonehenge, and yet one is left with an unsettling feeling that it might just be true.
Jerusalem is not an easy play to do. But together the creative team and the cast rises to the challenge and perform this modern English myth with a strong sense of comradery, heart, and joy that they generously share with the audience. Given the strength of the ensemble work, I am hard pressed to pull out any single performance amongst them. Steve Webb centres the cast and gives a solid Rooster Byron. He makes the role his own instead of trying to imitate any predecessor, which is exactly what is needed for this sort of role. His Rooster Byron is younger and fitter with a charismatic, former Rockstar sex-appeal that works well. In the hands of Marc Batten, Rooster’s would-be sidekick Ginger is portrayed almost like a lost puppy, both dependent and resentful of the lifestyle he never grew out of. Steve Taylor too, impresses as the local pub landlord Wesley.
Director John Buckingham has given the cast a freedom to play and breathe which serves the production well. It allows the text and the actors to really shine. The only thing I had an issue with was the random peek-a-boos through the fourth wall. For most of the play, the cast works hard to construct the world around them, envisioning the trees of the forest, the county fair in the distance etc. However, three of four times during the play, usually as a character tells a story or has a longer speech, Buckingham has the actors directly address the audience. It stands out because they break the rules of the world they themselves have created. I am all for audience interaction in theatre, but if one decides to take that route (and there is defiantly an argument to be made for doing so in Jerusalem, with its almost Shakespearian qualities) one must commit to that choice fully. Here it felt more jarring than engaging.
The design team has put together an impressive and beautiful world on the Hampton Hill Theatre Stage. Mart Stonelake and Alan Corbett have designed and constructed a highly-detailed set, complete with caravan and chicken coup, which is complemented with beautiful projection and lighting by Aaron Lobo and Mike Elegy respectively. James Bedbrook’s music and Charles J Halford’s sound design have put together a lovely and efficient soundscape and Lesley Alexander and Margaret Boulton have put together wonderful costumes.
Teddington Theatre Club has been ambitious in their choice of play and I commend them for it. Disregarding the theatrical and technical challenges of a play like Jerusalem, the timing of this play is arguably even more pressing now than it was when it premiered eight years ago. With the rise of globalism and as a counter result, nationalism, the question of what constitutes Englishness is more loaded than ever. Not only in the United Kingdom but in countries all over the western world have issues surrounding national identity, citizenship and patriotism. Plays like Jerusalem and characters like Rooster Byron can help us to see ourselves and who we are, where we come from and where we want to go.
This piece was originally written for and published on the London-based theatre blog Mark Aspen 15 May 2017.


In my English class, we had read A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare, and watched Life is Beautiful, an AMAZING film, directed by Roberto Benigni.(I highly recommend it, but I’m warning you, there are spoilers ahead, so watch it before you read this) We were given a list of questions to base an essay on regarding these two works. The one I chose was to discuss the numerous reversals in both of them, especially as they pertain to love. All of us were given a limited amount of time and only a notecard to prepare with notes. Honestly, my intro isn’t that great, but I hope you think the rest of it is!(and I do take all credit for writing this, for all you plagiarizers out there…)
In both Life is Beautiful, a film directed by Roberto Benigni,and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a well-known comedy by William Shakespeare, there is a recurring them of reversals. Many are subtle, for that is intended, but the most prominent reversals pertain to love, especially in Shakespeare’s play. Several of which share similarities to those found in Benigni’s film.
The first reversal in A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the relationship between Theseus and Hippolyta. They had once been sworn enemies, but fell in love during battle. Theseus then says to her, as they’re discussing their wedding, “Hippolyta, I wooed thee with my sword/ An won thy love doing thee injuries.” It is extremely unexpected, to fall for the very man you are fighting, and yet it happened, almost like magic. (another huge them in both works) Demetrius’ object of love also switches throughout the story, at times with the actual use of magic. During the argument with Egeus, Hermia’s father, Lysander mentions that Demetrius was once engaged to Helena, but now claims to have undying love for Hermia. Intended only as leverage against him, Lysander’s accusation reveals another reversal and adds more confusion to the play. Later, in the woods, Helena chases Demetrius, begging for his affection. Much to her surprise, her wish is granted. Robin Goodfellow(Puck) had used the magic love juice on Demetrius, which causes the victim to fall in love with the first creature it sees. This time, it is Helena. However, Demetrius’ sudden change of heart caused her to believe his claims were false, and she grew to despise him. Now, their roles are completely reversed. Her hatred only grows when she finds that Lysander too says he loves her.(This happens because Puck had mistaken Lysander for Demetrius when applying the love juice the first time) Poor Hermia, who has no idea what’s happening, is perplexed; Lysander had once called her “Fair love”, but now says, “Be certain, nothing truer, ’tis no jest/ That I do hate thee and love Helena.” Instead of the two men obsessing over Hermia, they’re now devoted to Helena. Hurt, Helena lashes out, believing them to be making fun of her, only confusing Hermia more. As a result, the two women have an intense cat fight, and they’re no longer best friends; yet another reversal. Likewise, Oberon and Titania are battling over the ownership of an Indian boy. Because they are king and queen of the fairies, their actions directly impact nature. When their argument takes on a dangerous tone, we learn that the seasons are reversed when Titania says, “And thorough this distemperature we see/ The seasons alter; hoary-headed frosts/ Fall in the fresh lap of the crimson rose/ And on old Hiems’ [thin] and icy crown/ An odorous chaplet of sweet summer buds/ Is, as in mockery, set.” In an effort to win the argument, Oberon orders Puck to give his wife the love juice so she will chase after some ugly creature while he takes the boy. Like Demetrius and Lysander, Titania’s object of affection changes, but to Nick Bottom, with the head of a donkey. When Oberon achieves his goal, he gives her the antidote, so she loves him again. After realizing his mistake, when Oberon yells at him, Puck puts the antidote into Lysander’s eyes, so he’ll love Hermia again, putting everything as it should be. Throughout this complicated comedy and romance, Shakespeare skillfully weaves reversals, his last one being in Pyramus and Thisby, where the tone of which turns from happy and comical, to serious and grim after the death of one of the lovers.
Life is Beautiful doesn’t have as many reversals as A Midsummer Night’s Dream. However, in the beginning, Dora and Rodolfo were engaged, planned to be married very soon. Unknown to Rodolfo, Dora did not love him, and sought after another; Guido Orifice. This is very much like the relationship between Demetrius, Hermia, and Lysander. They even run off to Guido’s uncle’s home to be married, just as Hermia and Lysander eloped to Lysander’s aunt’s home outside Athens. Another obvious reversal is the tone of the movie as it progresses. The first half, similar to Pyramus and Thisby, is light and funny. Once thye arrive at the concentration camp, however, the film turns dark and ominous. In the opening scene where Guido is reciting poetry, some of his lines are “‘Here I am,’ said I to chaos. ‘I am your slave!’ And he: ‘Good’… Free in the end I am! What good is a caress when bliss…this man came to possess?” Before these linesx, he says that his story is a sad one and a story difficult to tell. It is possible that his poetry kind of is the story. Guido and his family became a slave to chaos when they entered the concentration camp. The camp itself wasn’t chaotic in any way; in fact it was quite organized, but the life of the Orifices was thrown into chaos. Nothing was as it once was; it was now full of cruel work, starvation, and fear. All they had was each other, and yet that was enough to conquer. The bliss he speaks of could be the bliss of knowing you’ve done everything in your power to protect you family, even if he had to pay the ultimate price. The film even closes with the words “I won,” referencing both the game Guido created, and his victory over chaos. By sheer luck or willpower, nobody knows, but somehow Guido was able to reverse his situation in relationship to this disarray. Another subtle, and almost iffy reversal, is the position of power. While in the city of Arezzo, Guido has no power; he was turned down, not allowed to even own a bookstore at first, and couldn’t resist as the Germans took him and his family away. In the camp, because of his iron will and imagination, Guido is in control. He turns it into a game for Giosue, his son, not allowing him to see or understand the horrific reality of what’s happening. He keeps everything lighthearted, refusing to give in to the loss of hope, and tries to send messages to Dora, like saying “Buon giorno, principessa” through the speaker, so she knows everything is alright, all because of his deep love for his family.
As in life, the reversals found in these two works of art are connected to love. Because love is blind, it obstructs our view of the situation, not allowing us to see the flaws, and at times, stupidity. Hatred confusion, or sadness can cause one to shift their perspective and feelings, but when one truly sees, anything is possible, which Guido so beautifully expressed with his quick wit and imagination. Guido had learned from Schopenhaur’s philosophy, that anything is possible through willpower. What isn’t mentioned is that without love, there can be no willpower. Without love, there can be chaos. A synonym for chaos is formlessness, or disfigured. With the absence of love, your life is worthless and hasn’t been fully lived. Life is Beautiful and A Midsummer Night’s Dream reveal that with love, life can be beautiful and be far better than any dream, but there is no such thing as beauty without any flaws.


Everyone has baggage. It comes in all shapes and sizes, emotional and physical. We carry it with us wherever we go. So take the weight off, set your load down, and join us for a glimpse into the lives of strangers, linked only by their baggage.
Prison, perjury and weight loss…
Lal played by Sophie Willis
Davina played by Deborah McEwan
Ian returns home to help his sister Susan clear out the family home after their mother’s death. Familiar with everything and everybody, it is a routine task until he finds the case…..
Susan played by Catriona McDonald
Ian played by Rob Lister
Brenda meets Martin for the first time since she turned down his marriage proposal, many years ago.
Brenda played by Catriona McDonald
Martin played by Tom Williams
A man, a woman, a park bench and loneliness.
Woman played by Deborah McEwan
Man played by Rupi Lal
A couple reflects on how their street has changed, and what’s been forgotten over time.
Eileen played by Catriona McDonald
Jim played by Rob Lister
Two cities talk about their complicated relationship.
Birmingham by Bianca Prentice
London by Satnam Singh Aulak
Two sisters take on an emergency late night cleaning operation.
Katherine played by Sophie Willis
Julie played by Bianca Prentice
A couple tries to decide what they want out of life after gaining a new perspective.
Jane played by Catriona McDonald
Brian played by Tom Williams
Two brothers discuss one’s crumbling marriage.
Gav played by Rupi Lal
Tej played by Satnam Singh Aulak


300 Seat Auditorium
Our drama classes operate from the Performing Arts hub at Genesis Christian College. The hub features a 300 seat auditorium, multiple rehearsal rooms and are fully equipped for optimal acoustic results.
Drama Classes in a Professional Performing Arts Hub
Genesis Drama Academy operates in the state of the art performing arts hub of Genesis Christian College. Located at Bray Park, we have students travelling from all of Brisbane’s Northside to attend our classes.
Our facilities provide the perfect background to our kids drama classes. In the auditorium, the drama students can feel the rush of performing in front of 300 people. Additionally, our rehearsal rooms are purpose built with sprung walls, acoustic panel walls and lined with mirrors.
From classes through to the end of year concert, all of Genesis Drama Academy activities are performed within the Genesis Christian College campus, saving you time and money. There is lots of easily accessibly parking all year around.
Operating from a school environment means that we prioritise a safe environment that reflects our Christian values. You can be assured that our drama classes are not only age appropriate but also highly professional.


Last night, whilst out on birthday dinner with my friend Rob and housemate Debbie, we decided between us to start up our own film club. The first rule of film club obviously being that we don’t talk about film club. We’re going to start it next Monday with a viewing of Gladiator (it’s one of Debbie’s favourite films, although I’ve never seen it, not being one for sword-and-sandal epics; I think I associate them with all those big, overblown Biblical epics from the 1950s that were always reliably shown over Easter). We’ll then try and theme it by actors or directors. Should be fun.
Might get a few more people involved as time goes on. I think my friend Ben is going to try and get involved remotely. He suggested we could make it a bit gladiatorial, thusly:
That could add another fun element to the proceedings. Any more suggestions welcome.


On “Olympus Has Fallen”
This week, I watched the 2013 film Olympus Has Fallen, described somewhat aptly by one critic as “a lumpy version of Die Hard but with Gerard Butler instead of Bruce Willis.” In my opinion, it was a bit disappointing, even rating it on the exclusive criteria of a stock action movie. For one, the plot was questionably constructed—for instance, the American government’s failure to notice a North Korean military aircraft until it was within Washington D.C.’s airspace is hardly realistic, and exceeded my personal capacity for willing suspension of disbelief. While I’m told frequently that action movies aren’t meant to have logically convincing foundations, I still think that incoherent plotlines are distracting. More problematic was the sore lack of character development: The protagonist resembles a ruthless killing machine driven by vaguely nationalistic sentiments, with few dimensions of personality (and an uncompromising adherence to heteronormative action hero cliches).
I think the more dangerous quality of this film, though, is the failure to properly characterise or explore the intentions of its antagonists. Early on, terrorists surround the White House and begin violently attacking, without any proposed explanation. Plotwise, this is a poor choice in that the random appearance of North Korean insurgents in the Washington D.C. is a strange and confusing premise.
Less trivially, it reinforces the reductive American portrayal of terrorists as unscrupulous criminals. Apart from the 10 seconds which suggest that he had a sad childhood, the main antagonist is portrayed as cold, unremorseful, and irrational. His political ambitions are never really explicitly stated, and he appears to be driven by a vengeful desire for destruction. The problem with ignoring any kind of political intention behind acts of violence is that it reduces perpetrators—and by extension, the entire ethnopolitical groups they are supposed to represent—to villains, acting solely in pursuit of their iniquitous objectives. It is worth noting that this is the same narrative which Western politicians use to rationalise aggressive counterterrorism policies and rally xenophobic sentiments. Terrorism is constructed as an ambiguous threat, one that can only be explained through blurry rhetorical generalisations of evil, and this ambiguity enables governments to engage in relatively unchecked political behaviour without substantial scrutiny. My point is not that films ought to justify violence or push some contrived version of moral relativism onto viewers, but rather that aggressors should be portrayed in a more human and multidimensional manner. Crime always has reasons behind it, whether morally defensible or not. In that sense, a discussion of the socioeconomic and political realities behind political violence is grievously absent both in politics and in film.
At the movie’s suspenseful apotheosis, the American flag is depicted atop the White House, having been lit on fire by terrorist bombing. The blunt symbolism positions terrorism as a profound existential threat to the American identity, and while nationalism is perhaps not a surprising feature of an American action film, the racialised ideological subtext is far more concerning. Notably, the protagonist and most of his allies are white, while the terrorist enemies are almost exclusively from Asian backgrounds. The noble (and Caucasian) defenders of American national security are juxtaposed against the dangerous foreign invaders. Memorably, there is an early sequence in which a group of Asian individuals emerge from a crowd of White House personnel and begin attacking random civilians. And while the use of a North Korean political cause creates some distance from the usual Islamaphobia invoked in portrayals of terrorism, the association is still there: One scene features terrorist planes destroying the Washington Monument, bearing a suspicious resemblance to 9/11. At its core, the film revolves around a violent manifestation of xenophobic paranoia, and the insistence on decoupling terrorism from specific political beliefs suggests a broader misunderstanding of why violence occurs.
I understand that some movies are intended to be brainless entertainment, but I also question whether it is true that most viewers enjoy the stale and morally vacuous monotony of the modern thriller. It is a disservice, in my opinion, to condense the action genre into guns, bombs, and nationalist political messaging; films should also aim to inspire deeper discussions of political consciousness and morality.


cavecinema is an exciting collaborative film festival at Cave, Pimlico 2nd - 5th May 2019
Beginning with self-doc on Friday 3rd May, a screening curated by post-minimalist filmmaker Constantine Elijah, showcasing documentaries observing the filmmaker as an object. Q&A will follow each film screening. >film programme
Saturday 4th May will see a takeover by MicroActs, curated by artist filmmaker Liberty Antonia Sadler, presenting a programme of expressive & thought-provoking storytelling through moving image. This event will also feature an artist filmmaker Q&A with invited guests talking about their films & art practice. >film programme
Bringing it home on Sunday 5th May is Karen’s Choice, short films curated by Cave’s own Karen Turner, a warm & welcoming day of film & food.
Cavecinema is a celebration of the art of filmmaking from London & beyond
Pop along from Thursday 2nd May to see cavesfaves, an archive of the video works that cave has showcased in its diverse & inspiring past exhibitions.
2nd - 5th May 2019
Thursday 11am - 6pm
Friday-Saturday 5pm - 8pm (cavefaves 11am - 5pm)
Sunday 3pm - 8pm (cavefaves 11am - 3pm)
Closing event Sunday 5th May
after the Karen's Choice screening
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I just finished that film. It was very popular in Poland when it first came out and for a few years later – I’ve heard it being mentioned countless of times but I never got to watch it somehow.
Well, I did now. It was a good time filler for my digital detox – well, ok, the film was digital but at least it didn’t require me to react to it in any way and wasn’t sending me notifications.
What I learned from it was that if you’re naive but stubborn and brave, you’re going to be rewarded at the end. Is that a message that neurotypicals missed somehow? Or maybe they found it strangely comforting as it was providing them an escape from a real life?
Am I being cynical? No, I’m just getting irritated than a popular film didn’t provide me with an opportunity to improve my social imagination. This is not a film you want your young autistic daughter to watch, that’s for sure.
Otherwise my digital detox is going ok. Watch didn’t get delivered yet but I think I am slowly getting back my clarity of thoughts.


"Letters to God" Movie Premiere; Proceeds to Benefit the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Tuesday, April 6
Possibility Pictures presents Letters to God, a new movie by David Nixon. Inspired by a true story of an 8-year old boy dealing with brain cancer, who, through his letters to God in the form of prayers, lifts the spirits and changes the lives of those around him. It is a story of cancer and a story of hope. The movie is being released nationwide on April 9. You are invited to attend the pre-screening on Tuesday, April 6.
Patrick Doughtie, writer, co-director and real life father of Tyler, the boy who inspired the movie, will be on hand for the premiere, along with director David Nixon, cast members and celebrity guests.
Regal Green Hills Theater – movie starts at 7 p.m.
A star-studded after party follows the movie (walking distance) until 11 p.m. Meet and greet actors, artists, directors, and the screenwriter. The Warren Brothers will perform their song from the movie, "Dear Mr. God," and Ann Marie Boskovich, American Idol participant, will sing "Everything is Beautiful" from the film.
Movie premiere only: $25
Movie premiere and after party: $60
Party includes a complimentary appetizer/dessert bar and beverages. Cash bar and menu will be available.
Purchase tickets at www.PatrickDoughtie.com.
Event proceeds to benefit the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. Your premiere ticket payment will be a purchase and therefore is not tax deductible.


Movies are one of the most popular ways to spend a night in with friends or family. They provide an escape from reality for two hours and make us feel like anything is possible.
In addition, there are many types of movies that appeal to different people such as action, romance, comedy and more!
So get your popcorn because this blog post has all questions about movies that you ever need to have a great classroom conversation.
Table of Contents
- 1 How to Use These Conversation Questions
- 2 Questions about Movies
- 3 Questions about Movies: Part A
- 4 Questions about Movies: Part D
- 5 Questions about Movies: Part E
- 6 Going to the Movies : Part F
- 7 Questions about Movies: Part G
- 8 Have you watched any of these Movies?
- 9 Conclusion
- 10 More Conversation Questions
How to Use These Conversation Questions
Basically, all you have to do is printing these questions and giving one or two questions to your students.
You don’t have to read and answer every question to feel that you accomplish your goal.
Just ask one student to read the first question and then let the conversation move from there
Questions about Movies
These are some great discussion questions about movies.
They have been divided in 10-question sets to make it easy for you to go through them
Remember that students can make follow-up question if there is genuine interest to know more about the answer a classmate gave.
Questions about Movies: Part A
This is the first set of questions about movies
- Who is your favorite actor /actress? Can you talk to me a little bit about his /her movies?
- What’s your favorite movie? What’s your favorite movie genre?
- Do you watch movies on Netflix? What do you think about some Netflix Originals?
- How often do you watch movies?
- What’s better for you? Going to the theaters or streaming a movie at home?
- When was the last time you went to the movie theaters?
- Do you usually watch movie in illegal sites?
- Do you think a movie app subscription is better than a cable subscription?
- Have you ever watched independent films.
Questions about Movies: Part B
This is the second set of questions about movies
- What do you think about superhero movies?
- Which movies are better, DC or Marvel movies?
- Do you prefer to watch movies alone or with friends and family?
- In your opinion, what’s the scariest film ever?
- What’s the best comedy movie of all time?
- What’s the best horror film of all time?
- Do you watch award ceremonies such as the Oscar?
- Have you ever attended to a Film Festival?
- What movie star would you like to meet?
- Have you ever watched a movie more than three times?
Questions about Movies: Part C
This is the third set of questions about movies
- Have you ever watched the Exorcist?
- Have you ever watched any of the Tarantino Films?
- When was the last time you watched a movie? Tell a little about that film?
- Do you ever watch documentaries?
- Have you ever cried during a film?
- Do you buy DVD’s or download movies?
- What kinds of films do you not like to watch?
- Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction films?
- What popular film do you think it is a complete waste of time?
Questions about Movies: Part D
This is the fourth set of questions about movies
- What do you think about HollywoodFilms?
- What’s the most disturbing movie you have ever watched?
- Do you think there is too much violence in movies?
- Would you like to be an actor? Why / Why not?
- What movie do you really hate? Why do you hate it?
- How much does it cost to see a movie in your country?
- Do you think that films can be educational?
- Who’s your favorite director?
- Can you give us three film recommendations?
- Which do you prefer to watch movies or to read books?
Questions about Movies: Part E
This is the fifth set of questions about movies
Streaming apps are very popular these days, check some interesting questions about movies and streaming apps
- What streaming apps are you currently subscribed to?
- What streaming apps have you used in the past?
- Do you recommend being subscribed to more than one streaming app?
- What streaming platform have the best movies?
- What’s the most expensive streaming app?
- What do you like and dislike about Netflix?
- What do you like and dislike about Amazon video?
- What do you like and dislike about HBOMax?
- Do you think that people are willing to pay for subscriptions?
- What do you think about movie applications such as Netflix or HBO Go?
Going to the Movies : Part F
These are some questions about going to the movies
- Do you usually go to the movies?
- Why do you like going to the movies?
- Why don’t go to the movies that often?
- When was the last time you went to the movies?
- What movie did you watch the last time you went to the movies?
- Do you buy popcorn when you watch a film on a theater?
- Who do you usually go to the movies with?
- What type of movies do you usually watch on the theater?
Questions about Movies: Part G
These are some questions about the best movies of all time
- What’s the scariest movie of all times?
- Who do you consider the best actor is?
- Who do you consider the best actress is?
- What actions movies do you recommend?
- What romantic films do you usually recommend?
- What’s the best trilogy?
- What are the best Netflix originals?
- What are the best HBO originals?
- What’s the worst horror movie that you have ever watched?
- What’s the worst superhero movie that you have ever watched?
Have you watched any of these Movies?
These are some of my favorite movies, you can try using this list as a reference or create your own
|The Dark Night||Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind|
|Taxi Driver||The Usual Suspects|
|Saving Private Ryan||The Matrix|
|Fight Club||The Shining|
|A Clockwork Orange||American Beauty|
|Pulp Fiction||The Shawshank Redemption|
|The Godfather||Back to the Future|
There are movies for everyone, and I hope you take some time off to watch a good film every now and then. Whether it’s the latest blockbuster or an old favorite from your childhood, there is always something that can be watched on TV or at home when we have some time off.
More Conversation Questions
If you are looking for more conversation topics, check some of these
- 40 Questions about Pollution
- 100 Questions about Music
- 100 Questions about Love: Dating and Marriage
- 40 Questions with Will: Guide & Examples
- 30 Questions with Going to
- 40 Present Perfect Questions
- 30 Present Continuous Questions


Emily Hamel, the mastermind and creative genius behind Jackalope Productions, was born and raised in Houston, Texas. She earned her B.F.A. in Psychology and Studio Art from the University of Virginia and her M.F.A in Computer Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Emily currently resides in Austin, Texas and divides her time between freelance motion graphics, film work, and other creative pursuits. During her illustrious film career, Emily has worked with the likes of Richard Linklater, Terrence Malick, the Wachowski Siblings, Elizabeth Avellan, Troublemaker Studios, many independent directors across the United States, and even skated for the TXRD Rollergirls, Austin’s infamous banked-track roller derby. Emily’s animations have been shown in numerous film festivals including: The Atlanta Film Festival's Film Festival Collective, The National Film Festival for Talented Youths, The Oxford Film Festival, The Salmagundi Film Festival, and the FilmOne Festival where it garnered her a Best Director’s Honorable Mention. Emily continues to find humor in the absurd and pursues work that inspires people to laugh often and loudly.


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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
This week’s TTT is favourite tropes, which has been quite fun to write. This post is going to have a mixture of both plot and character tropes as both are important within stories.
Examples: Harry Potter, The Shadowhunter Chronicles, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Examples: Jude Duarte (The Folk of the Air), Chaol Westfall (Throne of Glass), Liam Ironarm (The Song of the Lioness)
Examples: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Harry Potter, A Court of Thorns and Roses
Examples: Harry Potter, Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Aelin Ashryver Galathynius (Throne of Glass)
Examples: Cheryl Blossom (Riverdale), Cordelia Chase (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Valencia Perez (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)
Examples: Feyre and Rhysand (A Court of Thorns and Roses), Jude and Cardan (The Folk of the Air), Spike and Buffy (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Examples: Cersei and the High Sparrow (Game of Thrones), President Snow and President Coin (The Hunger Games), Regina and Mr Gold (Once Upon a Time)
Examples: Once Upon a Time, East by Edith Pattou, Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley
Examples: Cersei Lannister (A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones, Olivia Pope (Scandal), Elphaba (Wicked by Gregory Maguire)
Examples: The Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz), The White Witch (The Chronicles of Narnia), Ursula (The Little Mermaid)
Post a link to your TTT in the comments and let me know your favourite tropes


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The Globes are unique in celebrating both film and television. Perhaps more than ever before, those lines were blurred Sunday, capping a year in which TV was much celebrated as the more dynamic storytelling medium. The beloved and now concluded 'Breaking Bad' earned some of the night's loudest cheers for its first Globe wins: best drama TV series and best actor in a drama for Bryan Cranston.
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"The Passion of Joan of Arc" Featuring Einhorn's "Voices of Light" a New York Times' Critics' Pick
New York Times' film critic A. O. Scott discusses Carl Theodor Dreyer's Film "The Passion of Joan of Arc," and what makes it an enduring classic. Hear the review, see clips of the film along with Richard Einhorn's "Voices of Light" performed by Anonymous 4 here.
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I worked as the 1st Assistant Camera on Paul Duane and David Cairns' feature documentary Natan released in 2013 by the production company Screenworks. The film was a tremendous opportunity to see the inner workings of a full length project.
The film makers' synopsis:
'Natan tells a story of turn-of-the-century Paris, the dawn of cinema, and how one man’s extraordinary talents were turned against him, and his name blackened. A pioneer of cinema was imprisoned, defamed as a pornographer and eventually handed over to the Nazis. How did this happen? And why did it take seventy years to set the record straight?
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In the past month I have been involved with the making of a parody video of the perceived lives of A-Levels students in the school. There was initially a written script that was about a page long, but on days of video shooting the presence of the cast members was completely unpredictable, and we couldn’t follow the script word-for-word. We had no choice but to improvise, meaning we would scrape off the script entirely, and make up a script on the spot depending on the number of the members of the cast who would show up. Even so, video shooting took up to three weeks. Sometimes we couldn’t get enough people to fill up the frame, and we had to pull in random familiar strangers from the sidewalks who would eventually become friends, and I think this must have been the nicest part of the entire video making process. Some of the people in the video didn’t know they were going to be in a video until ten minutes before the camera started rolling. And when we got desperate, there were always my dear classmates to fall back onto (which is why the video features so many scenes of them).
Video shooting days are completely uncertain: we’ve learned to not expect anything. It’s terribly unsystematic but I go into every video shoot only knowing vaguely what will happen, which is generally me directing and Michelle recording the audio. We go into video shoots without a script or any idea of who will turn up but somehow there is always the assurance that we will have some kind of footage when it is over. A typical day of video shooting would be me and Michelle arriving early on the proposed venue of meeting, wondering if anyone will ever arrive, and while we do that, we think of potential scenes that we can shoot. When the cast (or half of it) starts to arrive, we have a brief conversation about what is expected from their scene, then it’s me shooting and Michelle recording the audio, and repeating until a decent footage is captured. Most of the lines used in the final video were actual lines said by my classmates or things I hear from Janice from her stories of her classmates. Some lines though were inspired by the cast themselves. It is especially a good video shooting day when the cast have their own ideas and are excited to act them out, so essentially the video is made of everyone’s ideas, and me and Michelle are just there to collect them.
Today though was the premiere: a video premiere being nothing fancier than the video being uploaded onto YouTube in the morning right before a pure mathematics test, and then spamming FaceBook groups with links to the video. During breaks I walked casually into the class next door and screened it onto the projector, shutting off the lights as I left the room as smoothly as I had come in intrusively. Michelle and I (okay, and Ian and Austin and Taliza and Euzarif) would look into the glass panes into the classrooms to watch their reactions to the video. And it was sweet beautiful amazing when they laughed collectively at the funnier/ more relatable scenes, such a beautiful sound it was, their laughter at something we had made. The entire five minutes I watched not the video but the crowd, relishing every time they found humour and relishing the entire while that they kept their eyes on the video. I repeated this four times in four different classes and clearly classes whose inhabitants were acting in the video enjoyed it more, and it doesn’t matter how many people enjoyed it, rather it was amazing enough that someone laughed at it. It got emotional when I played the video in the first and third classes and because the classes had see-through panes, people passing through that corridor actually stopped and peeped inside to see what the hell was going on, and found themselves enjoying the video as well. And then people who had already watched the video the first time, nevertheless still stopped to peep as well, to watch it again.
It just feels amazing to have made something, and to see it so well-received.


In many anime, you'll find characters that are unsettling, threatening, or otherwise worthy of wariness. But not every anime has a character that strikes fear into the hearts of all of the other characters in the show.
Many of the most feared anime characters are powerful warriors who use their strength for evil ends. Characters like Madara from Naruto and Frieza from DBZ are great examples of this particular trope. But other characters are widely feared for different reasons - King from One Punch Man is renowned for his heroic strength, but his reputation is built on a lie. Then there's Akito Sohma from Fruits Basket, who may not be a fighter, but whose psychological control over the Sohma family is as scary as any battle.
All of these terrifying characters scare the people in their worlds... but do they scare you?
- Photo: ?Studio Pierrot
Madara is a legend in the world of Naruto, and for good reason. He was one of the founders of Konoha, and one of the most powerful ninja in its history. His mangekyo sharingan is an exquisitely powerful tool that allows him to perform a wide range of ninjutsu and genjutsu, but it's not just his family heirloom that makes him strong - it's also his ability to throw down in a physical fight. Overall, he's considered a great for a reason.
That's why when it's discovered that he managed to be revived at full strength, people start freaking out. And when Madara rips through the battle field like a hurricane, defeating hundreds of members of the Shinobi Alliance with barely any effort, they're even more afraid.Is this character feared?
- Photo: ?Group TAC
Yujiro Hanma is considered the most powerful man in the world. He's an elite mercenary and a brutal fighter, strong enough to defeat just about anyone who dares to challenge him. His son Baki wants desperately to surpass him, but he knows that he has a long road ahead of him. The reason he wants to surpass him isn't just because his dad is impressive, though - it's also because his dad is a frighteningly brutal man who took his own wife's life when she tried to protect Baki from Yujiro's wrath. Baki's feelings about his dad range from awe and respect to hatred and terror. While the rest of the world may not feel quite so personally bound to him, Baki is far from the only person who sees Yujiro that way.Is this character feared?
- Photo: ?Gonzo
Alucard is a vampire who hunts his fellow vampires with help from an organization called Hellsing. Why would someone like him want to get rid of vampires? Because it gives him the opportunity to take as many lives as he wants, that's why. He's one of the most powerful vampires in existence, and he knows it. He flaunts his power in battle, often seeking to humiliate and weaken his opponents before finally destroying them. He's practically immortal, has telepathic powers, super strength, blood manipulation powers, and more, making him virtually impossible to anyone, even another vampire, to defeat. If Sir Integra Hellsing weren't there to rein him in at least a little, there's no telling what he'd do.Is this character feared?
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Not everyone in the world of Hunter x Hunter has actually heard of Meruem and the Royal Guards, but everyone who has is straight-up terrified. In fact, the mere presence of one of the Guard's En (aura extending long distances from their body) is enough to trigger a total nervous breakdown in an elite Hunter named Knov.
They're so powerful that the only way to defeat any of them is through incredible feats like using up all of your future strength for a single transformation and ending the fight as a withered husk (Gon vs. Pitou) or self-destructing by setting off a poisonous bomb (Netero vs. Meruem). Scary doesn't even begin to describe them.Is this character feared?


I’m so excited to bring this beloved film to my hometown in Nebraska! The West Point Community Theatre will be showing a special screening of Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio on Sunday November 12th. If you live in the area, you will not want to miss this opportunity!
I will be there to introduce the film and talk about my illustration career. Following the film will be a Q&A and book signing. Stop motion puppets used in the movie will be on display for show and demonstration along with an exhibit of some of my Pinocchio art.
Details and link to purchase tickets are below.
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• Exhibit of Pinocchio art
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• Book signing
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Eyes Like the Sky is the second studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. It was released on 22 February 2013 on Flightless.
Described as a “cult western audio book”, the album is narrated and written by Broderick Smith, the frontman for the 1970s Australian rock group The Dingoes and the father of King Gizzard keyboardist Ambrose Kenny Smith. The story revolves around child soldiers, native Americans and gun fights, all set in the American frontier.
When asked about the album’s influences, Stu Mackenzie alluded to the spaghetti western influence throughout the album, stating “I love Western films. I love bad guys and I love Red Dead Redemption. Oh, and I love evil guitars”


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SaharaOne has bagged the RAPA Awards for telefilm ‘Phir Se’. The RAPA award will be presented to SaharaOne at the 30th All India Awards function at the Taj Land’s End, Mumbai on May 7.
Sahara One created a dedicated slot on Saturday 8.30 pm for telefilms only, called 'Cinema Ghar' where variety entertainment content is the USP. Phir Se, is one such telefilm which weaves a tale around the happenings when an ex-husband and ex-wife who’ve had the most bitter and acrimonious divorce ten years back and have not existed for each other since, suddenly meet after ten years. And on a woman’s dilemma in life when she has to choose between her ex-husband and live-in boyfriend.
Starring Rajeshwari Sachdeva, Akshay Anand and Varun Badola and directed by Sohail Tattari, Phir Se is a Sunjoy Wadhwa (Sphere Origins) venture. Sohail Tattari has earlier produced and directed the award-winning Kadam for Sahara One.
Cinema Ghar on every Saturday at 8.30 pm has almost all possible hues of drama, from emotional love stories to romantic comedies to suspense thrillers to stories on relationships.
The focus was on providing two hours of hardcore entertainment that would take the viewer on an emotional journey laced with laughter with touching moments and also offer an opportunity to promote independent film-makers to showcase.
Says Mr Purnendu Bose, COO, Sahara One Television, “The award has been a great motivator. Very shortly, we will also introduce film releases on television. There would be big banner films that would be first released on television and later in theatres.”
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Psychoacoustics is a 2018 short thriller written and directed by Michelle Iannantuono. It was initially conceived as part of the anthology feature What Becomes of Us, produced by Eternal Ground Films.
Naomi (Sarah Dionna Golubnichii) suffers from misophonia – a disorder that turns small, everyday sounds into rage and panic. In an effort to cure her affliction, she enrolls in a clinical trial headed by the kindly Dr. Dymphna (Jessica Rueger). All she has to do is listen to binaural beats a few times every day, and her sound anxiety will fade away.
But soon, there are side effects. And the longer the mysterious symptoms persist, the more Naomi wonders if she is the trial.
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