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As the script hit the table, a loud slap of two hands promptly followed with a slam. I was taken back, "whoa." Artists tends to default to the worse case scenario. Much to the contre, an intense, insurmountable joy, filled my heart, as the words, "This is a film script that needs to be done, NOW!" Those were the words that bellowed from the producer. I sat silent, wanting to cry jubilation, when I realized; they all agreed. As a result, "Facing the Bull" is now in film development.
"Facing the Bull", writer and composer, Lisa Bonner.
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THE SOLDIER’S TALE by STRAVINSKY
It was in 1977 that Nureyev recorded the Soldier’s Tale by Stravinsky with Guenadi Zalkovitch conducting (Decca record Company, Argo Division, 1977, 33 rpm). The producer followed the tradition of Russian story telling for this recording, entrusting the role of the narrator, or “Babouchka”, to an actress, Glenda Jackson. Michael MacLiammoir plays the Devil. Recorded in stereo, the story teller found herself in the middle of the stage, with the action taking place all around her. Sometimes the soldier and the devil were speaking roles; sometimes the story teller spoke on their behalf, whilst the danced and mimed story continued on stage.
At times, the story teller spoke directly to the soldier. Nureyev recited his lines in English with a heavy Russian accent! The 33 rpm recording is nowhere to be found, and it has not been re-recorded on CD.


David Fincher’s latest film is an adaptation of the best-selling novel from Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl. Hailed by many as an empowered woman’s revenge, Gone Girl can also be seen as a men’s ‘rights’ activists dream; an unrelenting amalgamation of every sexist stereotype, from man-trapping pregnancies to carefully fabricated rapes.
Gone Girl uses villainess Amy (Rosamund Pike) to unravel and oppose the ‘Cool Girl’ ideal Flynn depicts in her novel, but in doing so Amy becomes the same vapid, personality-less caricature on the other side of the spectrum; the ‘Psycho Bitch’. Throughout the film we learn nothing about Amy, other than that she has no friends and is categorised without explanation as ‘a bitch’ by her sister-in-law. When her husband Nick (Ben Affleck) is questioned about her hobbies or interests he reports that she doesn’t have any - other than carefully plotting his demise, obviously. Amy is not complex. Her only mission is to make Nick suffer, and as the film grows longer and more absurd even that objective fades away, as she effectively forgives him and returns to their marriage. Her psychosis is completely unfounded, and her actions have no end, at all. It seems she exists purely to terrorise the men in her life.
The other women in the film don’t fare much better than crazy Amy. There’s Nick’s twin sister Margo, who’s only job is to passively reiterate her brothers emotions without any significant plot line of her own. Then we have the ‘Hot College Girl’, who is basically the Cool Girl we've been told about, played by Emily Ratajkowski of Blurred Lines notoriety. Amy’s overbearing mother is absolutely summed up in those three words. And finally, the quintessential ‘Strong Female Character’ cop we see pitted against the only other marginally powerful woman in the film, and whom nevertheless fails (read: gives up) in her mission to see this bizarre case solved.
Meanwhile the men in the film aren’t doing so well either; they are being systematically preyed upon by the Psycho Bitch. The first innocent Amy meticulously frames for rape recalls how he ‘knew a girl like that would be hard work’, and how he backed away from their relationship when she became insufferable; she bought him ties. The idea that a woman would sodomise herself with a wine bottle because her boyfriend wouldn’t wear the crappy ties she bought him is a disturbing one, but once again Amy exists purely to exact this kind of disproportionate injustice on the men in her life.
Desi, a man who has obsessively stalked Amy and in the end effectively imprisons her, is presented to the audience as a victim. Having found a degree of respite in his home she is given little choice but to ‘look like herself again’ and play house. Desi tells her what to do and she does it, yet he is portrayed as the cuckolded innocent.
The film taken on face value is really very good in that it's surprising and exciting for the majority of two and a half hours, but it’s still about an hour too long. Had it ended with Amy’s 'big reveal' it would have left all blame ambiguous and made things so much more interesting. Questions would have centred on truth; when there are two narratives, who can you trust? Can you trust yourself, or are you always the victim in your own stories?
Once Amy had fled, on the road presumed dead with a fistful of cash, she could have done anything. She could have lived out her days peacefully on a beach somewhere, but she can’t, because everything she does is for her husband, as she says ‘I killed a man for you’.
Amy embodies every frightening sexist stereotype, from the man-trapping to the calculated fake sexual assaults, and the film portrays all male violence towards her as totally justified. Gone Girl tells the story of the exception as if it is the rule. Amy feigns rape not once but three times - despite overwhelming evidence that women do not lie about rape - and goes to extraordinary lengths to fake pregnancy. By the end of the film, Amy has become the epitome of the Psycho Bitch to such an extent that her being violently slammed into a wall moments after announcing her pregnancy is presented as deserved, and her captivity in the home of a man who stalked her is portrayed as her using him. In the end, her actions allow the film to rationalise every act of male violence against her.


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Last week saw the release of Plan B’s True – one of the most anticipated films to come out in a while. I wouldn’t call it Fully Flared levels of freak-out but people have been speculating on it for quite a while.
The first thing to say is that this film is not designed to have the Hollywood polish that a lot of the films that come out now have. The editing is sharp and the shots are great. But don’t go in expecting dolly shots, drones and cranes. This is way more lo-fi. Even down to the sound engineering – this sounds like a modern version of the second tier skate films from the mid-90’s. That’s no bad thing. The style of this got me all nostalgic without having to go back in time on trick levels and fashion. But that’s a nice lead in to …
The opening scene is the Mike Ternasky tribute and it is awesome. For those that don’t know the story, Ternasky founded Plan B in 1991 with Colin MCKay and Danny way. After two amazing video releases, he passed away at age 28 in a car accident on May 17th, 1994. The tribute is simple, it’s not over-blown and that makes it all the more powerful. You can’t watch it and not wish you’d met the guy.
The opening part goes to new kid Chris Joslin who, as seen by his Welcome clip for Etnies, can put it down. Felipe Gustavo’s is set to Rick Ross’ Pirates and is all the style you’ve come to expect from the young Brazilian. Ryan Sheckler continues to (successfully) push away his past and show what he can do – there’s nothing in his part that is small and wouldn’t require a clean pair of shorts should I be asked to do it… Just check the opening shot to his part. Sketchy and freaking scary.
The ender goes to Torey Pudwill but he’s a feature through the film. It feels like he is the glue for the team right now – the guy couldn’t be more likeable and he backs that with some incredible style. I think the first time I took notice of Pudwill was the teaser for Transworld’s Hallelujah in 2010. He’s taking that effortlessness to a whole new level dropping rail combos like it’s an early 2000’s snowboard film.
True was directed by Erik Bragg and runs 44 minutes. It’s definitely one to own – I’m looking forward to may, many re-watches of this.
You can re-watch the trailer for Plan B’s True here.


It’s that time time of the year again when all do their TOP 10 favourite/worst films of the year. There’s has been some pretty great films this year, along with other dissapointments for sure (I’m looking straight towards you Man of Steel). But the main reason we tend to check out those films, films that are on our top 10 list is because the marketing campaign was so damn good.
So here are my picks for the best trailers of this year.
OK. This one is a controversial for sure. Can this film be described as somehow “good”? Can a real pornstar act in a mainstream film? Can Lyndsay Lohan quit drugs, I mean get back acting? Fucking no. But what can be said good or great about this pretentious piece of shit is the trailer.
How do you make a trailer which can engaged the audience which such a shitty film like this? Check out for yourself.
9 - LA VIE D’ADÈLE (Abdellatif Kechiche) [US trailer]
In contrast with THE CANYONS, here we got a good trailer for a fantastic film. The following trailer captures different themes that are throughout this 3 hours romance film. Love, sex, betrayal, fear.
8 - THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY (Ben Stiller) [Trailer 1]
I haven’t seen this film yet so I can’t say if it is great, horrible or excellent but what I can say is that from just seeing this trailer I really wanna see it.
7 - AMERICAN HUSTLE (David O. Russell) [Trailer 1]
Yet another film I’m dying to see, not only because of the director and the amazing cast but also because of the brilliant editing in the first trailer and the outstanding choice of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Good times, bad times’.
6 - BIG BAD WOLVES (Aharon Keshales & Navot Papusahdo)
Here it is a film that probably no one has ever heard of, or maybe they have since Mr. Tarantino ranked it as “the best film of 2013” and that’s saying something. Leaving aside that, this is a very strange, poetic and dark trailer which leaves us nothing but wanting more.
5 - HER (Spike Jonze) [Trailer 2]
This sweet, heartfelt sci-fi romance drama about a guy who starts a relationship with an operative system [Do not insert Siri gag in here] is an incredible plot for a film. What is even more incredible is the number of questions un-answered that the trailer show us, plus an amazing score by Arcade Fire.
4 - GRAVITY (Alfonso Cuarón) [Trailer 1]
Gravity may not have had the greatest script ever but it did have an excellent direction and a solid performance by Sandra Bullock. The following trailer does not show us the entire film in 2 and a half minutes but instead it teases the fuck out of the audience with a lot of tension.
3 - DON JON (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
This amazingly well edited trailer by the famous Mark Wollen’s company show us a very detail look up to the themes of Don Jon’s life. Body, pad, ride, family, church, boys, girls and… what was the last one? Check it out for yourself.
2 - THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (Martin Scorsese) [Trailer 2]
Martin Scorsese directing. Leonardo DiCaprio in the leading role. The screenplay written by the guy who does Boardwalk Empire.
And the winner is…
1 - ONLY GOD FORGIVES (Nicolas Winding Refn) [Trailer 1]
That’s it. No other trailer this year could capture more perfectly the look, sound and depth of a film like the Only God Forgives one. It has few lines that doesn’t say anything about the plot but an extroardinary hypnotic feeling towards the whole picture. See the masterful edit down below.


Marvel has just announced that they’re working on an animated franchise and soon-to-be a full length film called Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors.
Marvel described the upcoming animation “the next generation of Marvel heroes for the next generation of Marvel fans.” The franchise is set to come out in 2018, with four six-minute shorts to introduce the characters and a full-length animated film to follow later on in 2018.
The animated franchise looks to be surrounding 7 of Marvel’s young superheroes.
Captain Marvel AKA Carol Danvers, voiced by Kim Raver.
Captain Marvel is also going to get her own live-action film in 2019, starring Brie Larson.
Patriot AKA Rayshaun Lucas, a young hero who idolizes Captain America and Falcon, voiced by Kamil McFadden.
Quake AKA Daisy Johnson, voiced by Chloe Bennet, who plays the live-action version of Quake/Agent Daisy Johnson on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Squirrel Girl AKA Doreen Green, a lighthearted hero with the power to communicate with squirrels, voiced by Milana Vayntrub.
Vayntrub has also been cast as the live-action version of Squirrel Girl in Marvel’s New Warriors, which is also planned to debut in 2018.
Inferno AKA Dante Pertuz, a Latino with the power of pyrokinesis, voiced by Tyler Posey.
Ghost-Spider AKA Spider Gwen, voiced by Dove Cameron.
Cameron has also joined the new season Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in an unknown role.
Ms. Marvel A.K.A. Kamala Khan, Marvel’s first Muslim superhero, voiced by Kathreen Khavari.
Villain Hala, will also be voiced by Ming-Na Wen, who plays Agent Melinda May on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and Exile, voiced by BooBoo Stewart. Both characters’ animation has not yet been released.


Son Rise, Son Shine
A black man struggles to find his place in the world after not meeting society’s expectations.
Son Rise, Son Shine is a short film about the real-life journey of Gerald, a black, gay man, as he interacts with himself and the world from ages 6 to 40. Throughout the film, his 9-year-old self is acting as his inner bully, always telling him the way he is doesn’t meet what he should be as a black man. That he isn’t good enough. That no one loves him. Through his different ages, we see Gerald struggle, but eventually finally find peace with who he is and his place in the world.
This film is a special one for me. I was asked to help bring this to life for the real Gerald's 40th birthday. He had just been promoted to the President of LA Pride and wanted a short documentary about his life for his upcoming milestone party.
In my interviews with him toward the beginning, I noticed that people knew his accomplishments, but it seemed that no one really knew him. This film was created to allow others to see him beyond his resume. To see what he had to rise above. To see the choices he had to make about what he decided to tell himself about his place in the world. To see what it really took to become a full black, gay man in today's world who is proud and at peace with himself.
~Sasha Marie Speer


Nic Huey is a documentary filmmaker and photographer in Atlanta, GA. With experience in commercial film production, he has developed a love for non-fiction storytelling and the documentary process. He is forever seeking to document fascinating characters, relationships, places, and the narratives they weave.
When he’s not sitting behind his computer, working on an edit, or out in the field shooting, he can be found riding his bike around Atlanta, backpacking in the woods of Appalachia, or staining his fingertips in a darkroom. He’s still trying to figure out how to do these things simultaneously.
Nic is a graduate of the Western Kentucky University Photojournalism Program


What’s and is not on Netflix at any given time might be powerful to suss out. The Lord of the Rings trilogy hasn’t been accessible on the favored streaming service for a few years now, however rejoice, Netflix subscribers, for the return of the king is imminent.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy, together with The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, returns to Netflix on February 1, the streaming service introduced on Twitter as we speak.
“Even the smallest particular person can change the course of the longer term.”
Peter Jackson’s unimaginable The Lord of the Rings trilogy involves Netflix US on February 1! pic.twitter.com/6hlwumO9NU
— Netflix (@netflix) January 23, 2023
All three movies have been on Netflix at varied instances, although reportedly by no means on the similar time. The movies have been off the service fully since March 2020–just a few months earlier than they appeared on the then-new HBO Max streaming service. Lord of the Rings distributor New Line Cinema is a Warner Bros. Discovery studio, so it made sense that they’d need one among their very largest movie sequence in service for its debut.
There isn’t any phrase but on whether or not Netflix will host simply the usual editions of the movies, or the prolonged editions as effectively. HBO Max presently has each editions accessible. The 2022 Lord of the Rings present, Rings of Energy, in the meantime, was produced by Amazon and is a Prime Video unique.
When you’re ready for Lord of the Rings to return to the service, Netflix simply debuted That ’90s Present on the service. They’re in early testing for an ad-supported tier of the service as effectively, and heading towards a significant crack down on password sharing. Netflix additionally lately introduced premiere dates for upcoming Netflix Unique films like Extraction 2, a Rooster Run sequel, and Homicide Thriller 2.
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Movie due Dec 25, 2006 in US Date Added: Sept 5, 2006
SNOW CAKE is a movie produced by Gina Carter and Andrew Eaton. The script is by U.K .screenwriter Angela Pell and is Directed by Marc Evans. This is a drama about an autistic woman named Linda and a man named Alex Hughes. Through a car accident they meet and form a friendship. Writer Angela Pell has an autistic son for which she uses The Son-Rise Program (Autism Treatment Center of America). Snow Cake is Angela’s first screenplay. This movie stars Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver and Carrie-Anne Moss.
NOTE: This movie isn’t really about The Son-Rise Program, but the screenwriter used The Son-Rise Program for Autism information when creating the movie.


I’d like to talk about Rorschach Theatre’s Voices Underwater because two things about this production were interesting firsts for me. I like when that happens.
I’m not going to talk about the play itself. If we saw it together, we could talk about all kinds of things, but for the purposes of this post I’ll merely say that Voices Underwater is a play about Southern ghosts, race, drowning and being trapped, among other things. Here’s what was cool and different for me: I was completely drawn into the world of the play before it even started and was pleasantly creeped out for most of the show. This never happens! Two overarching things contributed to this experience:
Thing 1: Creepiness
Voices Underwater is the first stage show that has ever given me scary-movie-grade goosebumps. I’ve been told that “theater can’t be scary,” so it made me pretty happy. Theater, being representational, requires a good deal of suspension of disbelief, which of course makes illusions like physical violence, supernatural horror and sci-fi difficult to pull off. In the case of Voices Underwater, all it took was an opening moment of good light cue timing and an actress’ very, very quiet entrance. The “lightening reveal” is a common horror film gag, and I was really thrilled to see how well it worked on stage. Add this to a very specific, well-used sound and light design and the fact that the audience is basically part of the attic set itself—I felt like a fellow ghost looking in on the action. Rain beat down on the roof and eerie shadows appeared behind the rafters. Generations of ghosts haunted the space inhabited by the living without confusion or clutter. Characters moved around the nooks and crannies of the small set in both darkness and light, sometimes unnoticed, sometimes deliberately. I’m always amazed at how much you can do with audio and smart lighting. Imaginative tech sets us apart as an artform—if only every director understood this. Please, take advantage of it.
Thing 2: Immersion
The performance experience began as soon as I walked into the theater lobby. Rorschach’s co-artistic director, Randy Baker, gathered groups of ten people at a time to let into the theater space, so from the get-go, I knew something was being done differently. My fellow band of patrons and I were led to the theater in a roundabout way, winding through a room and a long hallway—everything decorated haunted house-style with gauzy sheets, old furniture, dusty books, flickering candles, the works—to an “attic” door that creaked open into the playing space. “Look at anything you want, walk around, pick things up,” Randy had told us. And since we were invited to be curious, we were. We all roamed the set, sitting on the big bed and examining its white quilt, picking up books, a letter, a postcard, looking at pictures and flyers, antiques of various sizes and functions. In the background, crickets chirped loudly.
These 20 minutes before the show were more valuable than I ever would’ve thought. They made me ready for the show—they brought me into the world of the play, got my imagination going, and gave me a ton of information about the story I was about to see. Before the lights went down, I knew:
- We’re in the South, in the attic of an old house.
- Someone lived in the room, probably a woman.
- It’s nighttime.
- The house is haunted.
- Property has been transferred from someone named Jennifer to someone named Emma.
- A woman is dead.
- “Jennie” lived in the 1920′s.
- Someone in the story was in or had ties to the KKK.
- Something about the story has to do with the Civil War.
Needless to say, when I did eventually sit down, I was chomping at the bit to find out the answers to my myriad questions.
I know this is simplistic stuff, but I couldn’t help thinking of “The Haunted Mansion” ride at the Disney parks. I’m not talking about subject matter or special effects here, I’m talking about suspension of disbelief. This is what Disney parks are going for, and they’re really, really good at it. Their task is to get you, who has just bought a Goofy cap and eaten a hot dog, to believe you’re in a haunted New Orleans mansion. It might not work as well if you just walked in off the street. So you wait in line in a graveyard, actors in period costumes say weird things to you in character, and you are herded into a creepy parlor. Then, in groups, you get onto an elevator and are shut up with an opening monologue that sets the story and tone. When the elevator doors open (unless you’re a total ass who hates fun) you’ve been properly prepped for pretend.
Theater isn’t Disney, but it still requires imaginative work from the audience. Film doesn’t—it requires that you “sit back, relax and enjoy the show.” I wish people wouldn’t use this line in their curtain calls. It releases the audience of any responsibility when they should be actively participating in the experience: going to the land of make-believe and giving of their creative energy. Too many theaters build sets instead of environments. Too many directors expect the audience to sit down and immediately absorb the play without any context, clue or welcome. And how sad that many theater buildings make you feel like you’re in a museum or a convention center. Why is theater so often uncreative? Why so unapologetically un-fun? What should be an imagination-stirring, stimulating experience is more often like a long, itchy afternoon at Sunday School.
I’m well aware that creating an intricate world in the way that Rorschach did won’t work for every theater company, space or show. But it’s something to think about in either broad terms, or in practical terms such as how you design and light your lobby, what people see and hear during preshow, what the theater itself looks like, how and when the show starts, and what the audience is and is not allowed to access, see, know, touch and connect with. Humans are curious—give them a chance to explore and inquire, and they probably will.


Starring: – Robert De Niro
– Anne Hathaway
Running Time: 121 minPlot: A 70 year old widower takes a job as an intern at an e-commerce company and develops a friendship with his boss and founder of the company.
After having dinner on a friday night at Le Mall Dbayeh we were wondering what our next activity would be since we had no plans for the evening. Instead of hitting the pubs we decided to check out the new releases and watch a movie.
Upon checking the posters of new movies showing now we decided to watch The Intern as we’ve been seeing the trailer and heard so much about it.
After stocking up on popcorn, candies and drinks we headed towards the theater and got comfortable in our seats.
As the movie begins we get introduced to Ben, a 70 year old retired widower who’s bored with his now empty life and is constantly looking for something to fill his time and keep his mind off things, He stumbles upon an ad for senior interns and decides to try out.
Jules (Anne Hathaway), owner of the e-commerce company, is a stressed out but extraordinary woman who’s in danger of being pushed out of her big seat in the company after turning it into a huge success in only 18 months.
It was funny and enjoyable to watch the two interacting. We loved Robert De Niro’s character and the warm friendship that takes place between him and Anne Hathaway’s character.There’s a definite chemistry between the two actors and the audience can clearly feel it.
Although later on in the movie the attempt to amp up his life with a romantic interest borders on uncomfortable we still loved his sweet, easy going take on life and his fairy godmother like guidance to Jules (Anne Hathaway)
We unfortunately were not sold by Matt’s performance; it felt weak, rehearsed and most of his lines were blurted out with awkward facial expressions.
On top of that it seemed like he and Anne just did not click as the married couple, there was no charm, no sparks, no chemistry, we felt no history between the characters.
In conclusion, Although the movie is quite entertaining and fun, there is no overlooking the fact that the scenario was a little less than impressive, but with that said, it was beautiful to watch this unlikely friendship between Ben (Robert De Niro) and Jules (Anne Hathaway) blossom, and we do recommend you watch this light hearted fun movie.


Universal Studios Hollywood
100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608, United States
In 1964 Universal Studios started offering tours of its studio lot to see sets and props that had already been inscribed in movie and television history at Universal City.
Before long this developed into a fully-fledged theme park.
Almost everything is based on Universal Studios productions, and updated every few years to stay current.
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opened in 2016 and has the Flight of the Hippogriff rollercoaster and the Forbidden Journey, a dark ride through Hogwarts.
A new arrival in 2019 was the epic Jurassic World: The Ride, a “shoot the chute” in the Lower Lot, replacing its Jurassic Park predecessor.
On the Upper Lot, the Studio Tour is still going strong, and entails an hour-long tram ride through sets like Courthouse Square (To Kill a Mockingbird, Back to the Future, Gremlins) and the house from Psycho (1960). On the way you’ll be in famous movies and encounter a couple of mishaps, like a flash flood and an earthquake.
Come on weekdays outside the school holidays to avoid the crowds.


Long takes and women
One thing the camera can’t do adequately is represent someone’s interior life – it can just hint that such a life exists. In some cases, this is even more powerful, because cinema evokes psychology through images of what we see every day. Much has been made lately about how novels help teach us to empathize, but I think cinema does the same, even without the arsenal of words and shifting perspectives that allow books to highlight interiority. However, through its ability to purely represent exteriors, cinema also demonstrates how humans react to the world through our bodies, not just our minds, and how interiority isn’t so separate from exteriority after all. Long takes are one of the best ways to bring these themes out.
We’re all used to the idea of the long take. There are some momentous and memorably choreographed ones, like the one in Altman’s the Player, for example. These impress viewers with the meticulous planning and execution that even make them possible, and they sure do look impressive. Then, there’s the kind of long take that is so static and extended it tends to make us squirm in our seats. Long static shots make audience members nervous, often on behalf of the characters in the frame. Why isn’t the camera moving? What’s going to happen? I find it especially interesting when the human face is the subject of shots like this. In his Screen Tests, Warhol seemingly tried to get to the bottom of this idea. Is there a certain point where the face breaks down and reveals a truer self? Often, these screen tests demonstrate the tremendous burden of the subjects to maintain a facade, whether it’s a pose, or some aura of character.
If you focus on a face for long enough on film, it can often become increasingly unclear what the person is thinking, if anything. The longer a camera lingers, the more closely the screen comes to resemble real life, and the subject becomes increasingly ambiguous. Much of film language that has developed over the years has been designed to make the face more legible. Certain editing styles are practically designed around the face – to make it talk, to make it see, to make its movements comprehensible. Editing typically imposes order, but a long shot embraces ambiguity and chaos – anything might happen.
Extremely long takes of the face are powerful, and when the subject is a woman, this technique takes on a deeper meaning. While shots of women tend to subjugate them to the male gaze, some directors use an extended shot of the female body or face to much different ends, especially if gender issues are on their radar. Some directors use these long takes to subvert this sexualization in an attempt to make us pay greater attention – not to the woman as an object – but as a complex subject. Often, women in these sequences appear trapped, unable to move or unsure of what to do next.
Jeanne Dielman: quiet devastation
There’s nothing sexy about the focus on Jeanne Dielman’s body, the titular character of Chantal Ackerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1976). This unforgettable film unfolds over a period of three days as Dielman (Delphine Seyrig) cooks meals, makes coffee, cleans and takes care of her teenage son. The long sequences of Dielman laboring over the kitchen stove are the most affecting in the film. It’s precisely their duration that makes them so moving. By the end, you’ve spent roughly 4 hours with Dielman. You may almost feel like you know her; I did. But parts of her always remain a mystery as well. Alongside Dielman, viewers experience precisely what she experiences: a meticulously ordered life, limited to the the small space of her apartment. Spending this much time in the vicinity of another human, we do feel like we understand Jeanne, even without a voiceover revealing her thoughts to us. Instead, we have the even more powerful experience of empathizing with her.
Dielman also takes payment for sex during the afternoon. This prostitution is just as run-of-the-mill and obsessively regimented as anything else that happens in her life. As a widow without a source of income, Dielman has found a way to make ends meet. Before each meeting with her John, she turns down the bed and carefully places a towel on top of it. When the act is done, she throws the towel in the hamper and adds the money to the ceramic pot on the dining room table.
For the first three days, it’s business as usual. But by the last day, her resolve begins to weaken, and the meticulous order that has governed her life and the movie for the past few hours begins to break down. She makes coffee twice, rather than once, and seems dissatisfied with the taste. She still performs her cooking and cleaning tasks, but less blithely. Finally, when she sees her client in the evening, she has an unexpected orgasm. This one moment changes everything, and introduces unexpected chaos into her day. She stabs the man with a pair of sewing scissors.
Why does she do this? The following sequence asks that we contemplate the answer to this question over a shot of long duration, the final one of the film. Dielman sits in the darkness at her kitchen table, marking the first time she has truly broken her routine. As we sit in the dark with Jeanne, we wonder what will become of her now. And we wonder what she’s thinking, but we also feel at a crossroads ourselves. What will happen to us now? The film is powerful, and once you’ve been in that dark room, you may feel as though part of you has never left it.
Claude Chabrol: filming the mind
Claude Chabrol is partial to making female-centered films, and he frequently uses long long takes, particularly on women. These shots also tend to come near the end of the film, right after some sort of dramatic event – which often happens to be the only significant activity in the whole film. Moreover, the ambiguity seems to increase the longer the shot goes on. Chabrol uses this technique to force the audience to reconcile the inner and outer worlds of a character. The trick is that we often find it impossible to do so.
Chabrol uses this approach many times throughout his career. However, my favorite iteration comes at the end of Le Boucher (1967). I can talk about this movie without fear of spoiling it because from the start of this film we know pretty much all there is to know. Helene, (Stephane Audran), a school teacher, and the town’s butcher, Propaul (Jean Yanne) develop an intimate, but chaste relationship. Meanwhile, brutal murders begin taking place in the town. The butcher is the one committing them. There’s no real twist here – just a haunting portrayal of desire and pain as two damaged people are thwarted in their attempt to make a connection.
Once again, gender plays a role. Helene intimates she has been hurt by men in the past, which makes her refrain from pursuing a fully romantic relationship with Propaul. In turn, Propaul’s murderous impulses seem linked to his sexual appetite. When Helene won’t sleep with him, he apparently consummates his desire with murder instead. These violent acts take place entirely off screen. On screen, Chabrol explores Helene and Propaul’s relationship, through their walks, picnics and activities with her school children.
Propaul’s final act of violence is directed toward himself. After leaving him at the hospital, Helene sits on a cliff looking out into the distance as the sun begins to set. Her expression is troubled. Clearly, Chabrol wants us to consider what’s going through her head, but there’s no real way to do this. There is a sense that she may feel responsible for all that has taken place. If she had loved the butcher in the way he wanted, would he still have been moved to violence? This is really the central question of the movie.
While the butcher appears to be the tragic figure, it is really Helene we feel for. In a way, her predicament seems very current. Her sensible decision to prevent herself further harm from men arguably causes Propaul’s murdering spree. By refusing to sleep with him, she becomes culpable not only for the murders, but the murderer’s death as well. She is responsible for violence she did nothing to provoke and it will be painted on her face forever. Her own happiness is no longer in her control, and she will be irrevocably changed by what has happened. The frame appears to ensnare her as she contemplates her fate, bathed in the headlights of the car that’s parked behind her.
Long static shots can be a powerful way to force the audience’s attention to subjects we may not look at the same way in real life. What is the appearance of a face deep in thought? A long shot of a woman’s face or body can be a way to demonstrate that a character is thinking without showing her thoughts. But it also accomplishes something else, that is, it brings the viewer’s thoughts to life and activates an at times frustrating feeling of confusion and wonder.


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Aubrey is a NYC based director and choreographer who recently associate directed Bedlam's Sense and Sensibility at A.R.T in Boston. She has been part of the Lucille Lortel nominated production since its inception in 2014. Her extensive training includes acting and directing at the National Theater Institute, Suzuki and Viewpoints under the SITI Company, Moment Work with Tectonic Theater Project, and the International Symposium of directors with LaMama in Umbria, Italy. She is on the faculty at Manhattanville College and UNC, Chapel HIll. Aubrey has her MFA in Directing from Brown University/Trinity Rep.


Back in 2017 Netflix dished out 105 million dollars to bring together some of the world’s greatest actors. When they purchased the rights to ‘The Irishman’ they knew exactly what they were doing.
This Film basically tells the story of mob hitman Frank Sheeran who is being played by Robert De Niro. It has been directed by Martin Scorsese and was wrapped back in March. The film was based on Charles Brandt’s novel I Heard You Paint Houses and goes over how Sheeran allegedly on his deathbed committed the unsolved murder of American Teamster union leader Jimmy Hoffa who Al Pachino was cast as. According to Daily Mail, this will be Pacino’s first ever film with De Niro and the two seem as if they will do extremely well together on screen.
Another big face you will be seeing in this film is Harvey Keitel. This film could easily be the most anticipated film of the decade as many are waiting on edge for its release. This will be the first collaboration between Scorsese and De Niro since back in 1995 and should play out amazingly. Netflix was quite lucky in picking this one up as Paramount Pictures initially had it going but dropped out for a number of reasons.
While not a lot of details have been given we can all agree that it will be an interesting film. With a wide range of big names and a price tag like that under its wing, we all seem to have high hopes. According to The Independent, The Irishman will have around 300 scenes and took a lot of careful planning to really get right.
The Independent reported as follows in regards to this film:
According to industry sources, they agreed to Scorsese’s demand that The Irishman be given a cinema release before it’s streamed: up to now, it has been standard practice for Netflix-produced movies to bypass the cinemas altogether, or else release and stream on the same day. They’ve apparently given Scorsese’s film a two-week pre-streaming window, but it remains to be seen how many territories The Irishman will actually get a cinema release.
There’s a strong possibility, in fact, that the film will only get a pre-streaming release in China, due to the fact that a production company called STX retains distribution rights to The Irishman there, in a territory where Netflix does not currently operate. This would raise yet another irony in Scorsese’s involvement with Netflix: back in 1997, Chinese authorities banned his film Kundun, which was based on the writings of the Dalai Lama and was strongly critical of China’s occupation of Tibet.
Netflix, however, won’t be too worried about all that, and may even be hoping that Scorsese will be the wooden horse that finally gets them accepted into the closed club that is the Cannes Film Festival.
What do you think, will you be taking the time to check out this film? I for one have been quite excited for some time now about it’s coming out. While it’s not quite out yet, we are well on our way.


So tonight (Sunday night) from 10-11 is the episode of the Cable TV show "Leverage" that I happened to be apart of. I'm going to watch it and see if I'm actually in it or not. My brother and I were asked to be apart of the extras crew for that particular episode. We weren't just audience or random crowd mind you, we were in fact in the orchestra that was performing the famous song, "Scheherezade" during part of the episode. So... first time I got to be on a real live TV show set and I might actually be on TV for millions of viewers!
Post to follow once I find out!
P.S. Then again... not so sure I want this ugly visage on cable TV. Oh well!


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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys 2001, a direct-to-video computer-animated film. Released by a team that produced an unrelated Rudolph movie in 1998, neither Rankin/Bass or its descendant companies had any involvement in its production. 09/11/2014 · Disclaimer: This video was not intended for any personal gain, only for entertainment purposes and fan appreciation. I own some of the photos but not the song. I simply love music and want to share my passion for it. All copyrights go to the original owners. Watch The movie follows a young red-nosed reindeer named Rudolph who is ousted from the reindeer games because of his beaming honker. The misfit reindeer then 123Movies Online Full Movie. 12/01/2014 · Watch Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - video dailymotion - Michael Moore on dailymotion. 01/12/2019 · “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie” was a 2-D animated movie released in 1999 that was successful enough to warrant a sequel, the CGI-animated “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys” in 2001. However, nothing is.
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie is a 1998 American animated adventure musical film about the character of the same name, who first appeared in a 1939 story by Robert L. May. The film was the first theatrical feature from GoodTimes Entertainment, long known as a home video company. It. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1964 movie: A misfit reindeer and his friends look for a place that will accept them. Discover the latest Discussions, Reviews, Quotes, Theories, Explanations and Analysis of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1964 below.
Although the animations were filmed in Japan, the entire soundtrack for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1964 was recorded in a studio near Yonge Street in Toronto, Ontario; most of the singing and speaking cast were Canadian. Lyrics to 'Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer' by Christmas Carols: You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, you know Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen, But do you recall The most famous reindeer of all. From Rankin & Bass comes the animated Christmas classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Told in flashback, Sam the Snowman voiced by Burl Ives recounts the story of the "most famous reindeer of all," Rudolph, who grew up as a misfit but ended up saving Christmas just as all hope seemed lost. The story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer revolves around Rudolph, a young reindeer buck who has an unusual glowing red nose. He is bullied by the other reindeer because of his nose, but he proves himself invaluable “one Christmas Eve” when the storm of. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a 1948 animated short film produced and directed by Max Fleischer for Jam Handy based on the 1939 Robert L. May poem Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, about a flying reindeer who helps Santa Claus.
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys is a 2001 American-Canadian Christmas computer-animated adventure musical film directed by Bill Kowalchuk for GoodTimes Entertainment. It was released on video and DVD on October 30, 2001. 12/12/2015 · Watch Rudolph the red nosed reindeer - video dailymotion - Joann Trapp on dailymotion.
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Making Up A Play, Rainy Day Stages
Making Up a Play
By now you must have enough puppets to put together a little play of your own. You only need two or three. What if we find Gordo the Wicked Wizard in his laboratory making a mechanical man? - Robert Robot, of course! Cackling horribly, Gordo presses the button of his infernal machine and brings Robert to life. "Go get me a fair maiden, I command you!" cries the wizard and scampers into his study. Robert looks hopefully about. No fair maidens in sight. But who should wander in just at that moment but Raggedy Ruthy, a maiden anyhow, and fair enough. Robert jumps at her. She screams. They run in circles. A heroic barking is heard. Perky Pup to the rescue! You take it from there. No need to write it down. Just go through it in your mind or talk it over with your partner. Make the story as simple as possible with lots of action, and whatever you do, have fun. That's what puppets are made for.
Rainy Day Stages
A tray stage can be made out of the bottom part of a dress box as shown, A. The table stage, B, is made from a pasteboard box, and fixed to the table so that part of the open bottom juts out to admit the puppets. The larger box stage, C, can be made out of a big pasteboard box or out of cardboard tacked to a wooden frame. The operator kneels inside the open back of the box. Backgrounds can be painted on cards that fit into the back of the stage and can be quickly changed. Scenery and props, such as trees and furniture, can be attached to the sides of the stage or even placed on the table in front of the stage. Don't worry about a curtain. Everybody knows that when the puppets pop up, the play has begun, and when they pop down, it is over. However, a bow and a thank you at the end do help your audience to know when to applaud.


Shankar is going to get a red carpet reception, when he comes back to Chennai tomorrow (Tuesday July 3), after a month long sojourn abroad. Three weeks after its release, his Sivaji continues to rock, and superstar Rajnikant has given him full credit for it, by saying- "Shankar is the creator of the film and he has worked hard for it".
Now, what next is the question people in the industry are asking? According to sources close to him, Shankar will be totally concentrating on the films being made under his banner 'S'pictures for the next three months. He will be giving some creative inputs to his in-house directors Balaji Sakthivel, and Simbudevan who are immersed in the making of their films for the company.
Meanwhile the grapevine is abuzz with rumours that Shankar is finally starting work on his ambitious pet project Robo, a futuristic science fiction thriller set in the year 3050 of Chennai. The entire shoot of the film can happen only on sets, and also involves a lot of CG work, to give the futuristic look to the film. And that means millions of dollars, and a producer willing to blow up money, and a bigger market to exploit the film.
Actually Shankar has a commitment with Telugu financier and producer Tirupati Prasad to make a film for him. But the latest we hear is that a major Bollywood production house has roped in Prasad as Executive producer, and together they are planning to make the Shankar film in Hindi for a global audience. The production house has also the "dates" of Hrithik Roshan, who is keen to do a film with Shankar.
Though Shankar had initially talked about doing the project with Kamal Hassan in Tamil, he realizes that for such a big project you need a Bollywood hero for the global audiences. Imagine Hrithik, Hindi cinema's best action hero ( Krissh,Dhoom-2), A.R Rahman the only Indian musician with an international following and Shankar. The combination will rock!
And the latest on Robo is that a Hollywood studio, who is already making a film in Hindi, has shown an interest in the project. They want to be co-opted as presenters of the film, are willing to partly fund the project, which will definitely cost upward of Rs 100 crore. Now the ball is in Shankar's court. He will have to take a call in the next few weeks.


Bosco Hogan's consummate skill and wide versatility have made him one of the most sought after and respected actors in Irish theatre and television. Hogan's range has stretched from roles in the repertoire of classic writers such as Shakespeare, Chekhov and Wilde, to the innovative contemporary work of Frank McGuinness and Jennifer Johnston. To each area of his work he brings a dedication and integrity matched with an innate and profound understanding of character.
Hogan's rich and powerfully effective speaking voice has been a distinctive feature of all his work and is particularly admirable in his approach to the speaking of verse. In his one-man show I AM of IRELAND : An Entertainment of W.B.Yeats, by Edward Callan, he brings together a unique blend: a clear understanding of the nuances of Yeats' language with a distinctive interpretation of well known and much loved verse. He also conveys, with brilliant ease, the humour and indomitable spirit of a man whose place as one of the great Irish figures of the 20th century is undisputed.
Bosco Hogan is not only one of the finest stage actors of his generation but has also established a strong and growing reputation in the world of film and television. Dividing his time between Dublin and London has given him a high profile in both cities and makes him one of the most effective ambassadors for the world of Irish arts and entertainment.
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maandag 23 oktober 2017
Genre: Drama Crime
Runtime: 107 minutes
Starring: Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Regina King
Description: Follows the lives of three young males (Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut) living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence and future prospects.
Review: “Boyz n the Hood” is John Singleton’s Hollywood break. He shows us the life in black ghetto’s. Because of this sad situation in the backstreets, African Americans have no prospects whatsoever. Violence and crime is the only way to get money and respect for many young kids.
The film starts with a group of friends that grow up to be young adults. For under privileged kids it isn’t easy to get a good education or even a job.
Young Tre manages to escape the criminal life, due to his idealistic dad. For his friends Doughboy and Ricky it’s a little harder. Doughboy has a gang and has been in and out of jail a couple of times. His brother Ricky is a young father and is trying to get a scholarship for a good college. In “Boyz n the Hood” we see the lives of these three boys.
The acting is pure, war and sincere. Every character is portrayed in a very convincing way. The film has become a heart breaking portrait of the other side of society. Besides the violent scenes in the film, it really tries to tell us something. It has a very strong message.
“Boyz n the Hood” is an impressive film.
Rating: 4,5/ 5
zondag 15 oktober 2017
Genre: Action/ Fantasy/ Adventure
Runtime: 103 minutes
Starring: Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe
Description: European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.
Review: “The Great Wall” is a spectacle that is a complete miss. With the great wall, they mean off course the wall in China. And here a legend is told. Fictional off course. Because the Chinese empire has been at war with a reptile species, that attacks China every 60 years, to get world dominance. Why they are there isn’t important. William Garin and Pero Tovar have been looking for black powder and stumble upon the wall. They are captured and off course it’s that time the reptiles come back.
“The Great Wall” is everything but great. The action is filled with over the top slow motion shots, the monsters are an animated mess and the characters have no depth whatsoever. Special effects are really important for a film like this, but they are really bad. It all looks super fake.
The film also misses a good build-up of the story. As viewers we are thrown into the conflict immediately and have no context. And because the characters are forgettable and we don’t care about them, this is such a disposable film. Why the hell did Matt Damon and Willem Dafoe appear in this film? A waste of talent.
Rating: 1,5/ 5
Genre: Comedy/ Crime
Runtime: 96 minutes
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Alan Arkin, Matt Dillon, Christopher Lloyd, John Ortiz, Ann-Margret, Joey King, Peter Serafinowicz, Kenan Thompson
Description: Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
Review: Joe has trouble keeping up when his bank tells him he loses his house in 30 days, when he doesn’t pay his mortgage. His friend Willie hardly sees his daughter and granddaughter, who live on the other side of the country and hides a serious kidney problem. And their friend Albert fills his days teaches music class to untalented kids. The three know each other through their work at a factory and are currently enjoying their pension. At least, they are supposed to. Because their former bosses decide to pause their pensions. Joe, Willie and Albert have had it and decide to rob a bank.
“Going in Style” is directed by actor and creator of “Garden State”, Zach Braff. He must have thought to have gold with three actors of this standard. It doesn’t even matter what you let them do. And that’s the power of this film, the comical interaction between the three main characters.
The sentimental part is kept to a minimun. “Going in Style” shows men who can be themselves, love their families. The main characters are all likeable in their own way, I don’t think this movie would have worked as well as it did, if it where three random lesser known actors. It’s Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Alan Arkin that make this movie. With that, there are some fun supporting roles, especially Christopher Lloyd is worth mentioning.
The part where the three men are planning their heist is the most fun. Testing their criminal capacities, trying to rob a local supermarket, it’s so hilarious. This comedy really made me laugh out loud, something most comedies nowadays can’t even do.
Rating: 4/ 5
donderdag 12 oktober 2017
Genre: Drama/ Musical
Runtime: 135 minutes
Starring: Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce
Description: The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte (Madonna), a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Perón (Jonathan Pryce), and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.
Review: Musicals are sort of my guilty pleasures. I don’t feel guilty for loving “Singin’ in the Rain” and “La La Land”, in my opinion the two best musicals ever made and two of my all-time favorite movies. If I loved “Evita” I would feel guilty, because it’s not a very good musical. And thankfully I don’t love it.
When the film starts, it’s all over the place. Shifting in timelines, from when Evita was young to her death and back. Very confusing and messy. The songs are good, the execution of them not so great. Madonna is just not the right choice for this role, I never believed her. I think the only I liked in this film was Antonio Banderas, who sort of tells the story.
Such an interesting story and the film is based on a very successful and strong stage musical. Just as a movie, it didn’t really work.
Rating: 2/ 5
dinsdag 10 oktober 2017
Genre: Comedy/ Romance/ Drama
Runtime: 92 minutes
Starring: James McAvoy, Alice Eve, Rebecca Hall, Dominic Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch, James Corden, Charles Dance
Description: Set in 1985, working-class student Brian Jackson (McAvoy) navigates his first year at Bristol University.
Review: “Starter For 10” is based on a novel by David Nichols, one of my favorite authors. The film is set in the 80s, but it really looks like it was actually made in that era. Everything breaths 80s.
No special effects, no fancy camera positions, no tricks. This film’s strengths are in the nostalgic atmosphere, talented and strong actors and a well-directed script. Okay, sometimes it’s a bit cheesy and predictable. But it’s such a fun film.
I really love James Mcavoy in this coming-of-age story. As am 80s baby and hopeless romantic, “Starter For 10” is a win!
Rating: 3,5/ 5
Genre: Action/ Horror/ Romance
Runtime: 108 minutes
Starring: Lily James, Sam Riley, Lena Heady, Charles Dance, Matt Smith, Bella Heathcote, Suki Waterhouse
Description: Five sisters in 19th century England must cope with the pressures to marry while protecting themselves from a growing population of zombies.
Review: “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” is exactly what the title wants you to believe it is. Jane Austen’s good old tale “Pride and Prejudice”, but then with added zombies. 19th century women fighting off zombies.
A mash-up film like this can be extraordinary fun because of the contrasts between the two genres. And those moments, where the film mixes the genres and becomes half a parody and half something completely new, is where “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” is the strongest. Where the film tries to stick with the original romance novel, the film loses its power. Because we already know it and seen it.
For a film of this genre, it focuses too much on the original story, instead of the elements that make this story so special. We simply needed to have more of the zombies. Off course it’s also fun to see the moments from the original Austen novel, but we have other movies for that. It gets fun when the Bennet sister pull out weapons from their dresses and fight the undead.
Overall it’s a strange mix, although very entertaining. When the zombie element of the story had an overhand, “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” would have been much better. Still not a bad movie, but there was such potential.
Rating: 3/ 5
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Genre: Drama/ Horror
Runtime: 100 minutes
Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Ansel Elgort, Judy Greer, Gabriella Wilde
Description: A shy girl (Chloë Grace Moretz), outcasted by her peers and sheltered by her religious mother (Julianne Moore), unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.
Review: Hollywood has taken many of Stephen King’s novels as their inspiration. One of the bigger ones is “Carrie”, directed by Brian De Palma. It’s actually one of the few horror movies that got recognition from the Academy. It’s a pretty big job to top De Palma’s film. In 2013, Kimberly Peirce gave it a try, with this remake.
Peirce is known for “Boys Don’t Cry”. Her version of “Carrie” had to be a different take on King’s story. But Peirce doesn’t really succeed, because it’s nothing new and we’ve seen most of it before.
It follows the original pretty well, but also the horror genre in general. Like many horror remakes, “Carrie” doesn’t really focus on building the tension. There is more room for Carrie to experiment with her powers.
Chloë Grace Moretz, who plays Carrie, does manage to convince us. But Julianne Moore overshadows her, as Carrie’s extremely religious mother.
Sadly enough Kimberly Peirce wasn’t capable of finding new angles to present the film from. Bullying and social media are so topical, she could have turned “Carrie” into a contemporary horror film. Much further than a YouTube video, with no consequences, it doesn’t really go. We didn’t really need this remake.
Rating: 2,5/ 5


Cinema. Jerusalem, il documentario in 3-D del National Geographic.
Jerusalem: sacred to half the people on earth; fought over more than any other place in history; conquered and destroyed, rebuilt and reinvented repeatedly over 5,000 years.
National Geographic Cinema Ventures (NGCV) announced today that the film “Jerusalem,” releasing this fall, will feature narration by actor and star of the new “Star Trek” movie Benedict Cumberbatch.
The film, which tells the stories of real-life inhabitants and archaeologists exploring the enduring appeal of the ancient city, will be available in 3-D and 2-D, 15/70 film and digital formats for giant, dome and flat screens when it is released worldwide in September 2013.
“We have been excited about this film from the very beginning,” said National Geographic’s Mark Katz, president of NGCV Distribution. “Now, in addition to the stunning visuals and captivating story, we have the perfect person to guide the audience through this cinematic journey. Benedict Cumberbatch is a great addition to ‘Jerusalem,’ and we couldn’t be happier to have him as part of this extraordinary project.”


The Queer Asian Pacific-Islander Alliance (QAPA), Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF) and BKA are co-presenting a screening of Lucky Chow on Saturday, July 11th at 4pm in Chinatown.
Lucky Chow is a co-production of LUCKYRICE and the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) and is a national public television series about Asian-American food culture.
This screening will feature 2 episodes, including the one featuring Kristen Kish - 2012 Top Chef winner, Boston chef and fellow KAD!
Light refreshments will be provided. More information to come about possible post-screening food options.
Feel free to RSVP via the screening's FB page.
Family and friends welcome! Spread the word!


Alex the Lion voiced by Ben Stiller, Gloria the Hippo voiced by Jada Pinkett Smith, Melman the Giraffe voiced by David Schwimmer and Marty the Zebra voiced by Chris Rock drop in at a Monte Carlo casino in a scene from the animated motion picture 'Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted.' The film will be shown Saturday during Family Movie Night in Stratford.GANNETT file
The Stratford Park Commission is offering the first of three Family Movie Nights on Saturday with "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted."
The family fun events all begin at 7 p.m. with the movie starting at dusk.
The next Family Movie Nights are July 27 and August 24.
All movies are shown at the rear field of Parkview School.


On Monday, May 19, Children’s Stage Adventure actor/educators, Hilary Kraus & Chelsea Tuffy, auditioned and cast approximately 75 students, from the third, fourth and fifth grade for the production of The Emperor's New Clothes. In just five days all the songs, lines, dances and staging are learned. The public performance of the final production takes place on Friday, May 23 at 6:00. Mrs. Missy Morneault was in charge of getting this group to come to Madawaska. Mrs. Morneault wanted to bring Children’s Stage to Madawaska because “we live in an area far away from a performing arts center” and she thought it would be fun for the students to have a theatre experience. See the video here.


Updated: Feb 11
It is that time of year again and the lineup is impressive. The awards ceremony is set for Feb. 28 — two months later than usual because of the pandemic. Tina Fey will broadcast live from the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center, joined by Amy Poehler from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Netflix leads the pack with 16 nominations for motion pictures, and Amazon picked up 10 Golden Globe nominations. And as you may have heard, Mank garnered the most movie nominations with six
Although we have not seen all of the nominated films, we’ve weighed in with our predictions (noted in RED for those we’ve seen). See if you agree.
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We’ve got a great film on deck for our first Red Carpet viewing of the year. We’re checking out THE HATE U GIVE at Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn on Saturday, October 6 and we’d love for you to join us!
THE HATE U GIVE, based on the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller by Angie Thomas, looks at police brutality and sheds light on the Black Lives Matter movement. The film stars Amandla Stenberg as Starr, with Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Issa Rae, KJ Apa, Algee Smith, Sabrina Carpenter, Common and Anthony Mackie.
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Kristen grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she fell in love with performing at a young age. She started out in theater playing a wide range of roles, one of her favorites being Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz.” She attended a high school in Charlotte, which focused on the arts, where she was given the tools and confidence to begin pursuing a career in acting professionally. She moved to New York upon graduating from high school to attend the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, a two year acting intensive for film and television. She stayed in New York for another year after school working in several productions including her first commercial and a web series. After moving from NY she wrote and starred in in her first short film, which premiered at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.
Kristen is no stranger to adventure, having scuba dived in the Great Barrier Reef, hiked on cliffs in Ireland and explored non-commercial caves in Tennessee. However, her biggest adventure yet has been when she moved to Los Angeles. In the time she has been here, she has been in several web series, commercials, a short film, and most recently can be seen dancing next to Taylor Swift in her music video “Shake It Off”. She has also been taking improv classes at The Groundlings Theater.
Aside from music and acting, Kristen likes jumping up and down and dancing in the rain, checking her Facebook everyday, hanging with friends and going on adventures, watching TV and going to the movies, shopping and drinking strawberry banana smoothies and singing at the top of her lungs.
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If you liked the Rocky Horror Picture Show, you will LOVE this NEW interactive experience! Live actors will lead you through National Lampoon’s original Animal House movie starring John Belushi. Come dressed in your best toga outfit – prizes awarded! This is an R rated movie, so only those aged 18 and over will be allowed. Also, this is a BYOB event.
Doors open at 9:00 pm. Show starts at 9:30 pm. Ticket price of $15 includes prop bag.
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Movie Theme Night
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We do a movie theme night every so often. Our last was Mama Mia! We had Greek food, Greek wine and beer and then watched the movie. Most of us sang during the movie. After the movie, we had a karaoke competiton. It was great!
We've done Big Night with Italian food and Leap Year with Irish food.
TPQ Comment: Amy, what a great idea. I' heard of having ladies movie night before but never thought of combining food and drink to make it a movie theme night. Thanks for contributing!
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The Way to Present the Classics
A Special DVD edition not to be missed !
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM
Co-starring Eleanor Parker and Kim Novak
Music Elmer Bernstein
Produced and Directed by Otto Preminger
This explosive classic – Hollywood’s first major film to deal with the subject of drug addiction – is now given the definitive DVD treatment.
Distributed by Sanctuary Visual
Audio: 1. Remastered Dolby Digital 2-channel
Exclusive interview footage of FRANK SINATRA talking of his role in the film.
Exclusive feature: MUSIC ON FILM – ELMER BERNSTEIN in conversation with Laureate’s Ken Barnes. An intriguing 45-minute interview in which the Academy Award-winning composer discusses his long career and his many famous scores for such films as “ The Magnificent Seven,” “The Great Escape,” “ The Man With The Golden Arm” and many others.
Audio Commentary: A feature-length examination of the film tracing its origins as a best-selling novel and the difficulties in bringing it to the screen against censorship opposition. All of the background stories and little-known facts are related in detail by Ken Barnes.
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All text & Pictures © Laureate Company. Design © Karen Edwards 2002/2003


Guest poem submitted by Vikram Doctor, one last hurrah for the 'poems in movies' theme:
(Poem #1180) Not Waving But Drowning
Nobody heard him, the dead man, But still he lay moaning: I was much further out than you thought And not waving but drowning. Poor chap, he always loved larking And now he's dead It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way, They said. Oh, no no no, it was too cold always (Still the dead one lay moaning) I was much too far out all my life And not waving but drowning.
I was surprised to find Minstrels hadn't run this since it's now quite a well known poem and one that often crops up on websites where people have collected their favourite poems. But there's only one other Stevie Smith poem here and perhaps her rather quirky talent deserves more. She can sometimes be almost tiresomely whimsical, but quite often, as with this poem, this whimsy cuts through to reveal a bone chilling despair. I thought this could go in the series of poems in films because I'm pretty sure its used in 'Stevie' the biopic of her made in 1978 which stars Glenda Jackson. The film is OK, it started life as a play and one gets the feeling it must have worked better that way. It's too talky and everything is too much like a stage set. But Jackson's performance is good, both sprightly and sad, as one imagines Stevie must have been. And she plays off very well with the other good performance from Mona Washbourne as Stevie's 'Lion aunt' with whom she spent her life. The interaction between the two is really warm and affectionate and the best part of the film. In the course of it several poems of Stevie's are quoted, and this I'm sure is one of them. 'The Faber Book of Movie Verse' edited by Philip French and Ken Waschin list several other films based on the lives of poets, though they say that in general "real-life poets have been romanticized in a dotty, sometimes unintentionally comic fashion." For example they give: - the Brownings in 'The Barretts of Wimpole Street' - Shelley & Byron in a prelude to James Whale's "The Bride of Frankenstein' (egging Mary Shelley on to top her earlier work) - Ronald Colman as Villon in 'If I Were King' - Shelley, Byron and co. again having orgies in Ken Russell's 'Gothic' - Byron alone in 'The Bad Lord Byron' (this sounds so cheesy I really want to see it now!) and 'Lady Caroline Lamb' - Rip Torn as Walt Whitman in 'Beautiful Dreamers' - Swift, Pope and Addison in 'Orlando' - Oscar Wilde in several films - Edgar Allan Poe in D. W. Griffith's poem of the same name - Verlaine and Rimbaud (played by Leonardo DiCaprio!) in 'Total Eclipse'. (After he achieved teen love god status in Titanic this film became unexpectedly popular since it has Leo in the nude!) - Shakespeare in several films - Ezra Pound in 'The Cage' - T. S. Eliot in 'Tom and Viv' Vikram.


It has been said before that I am an emotional person, and I defend being this way as somebody once told me, you only really experience life if you feel the highs and lows. However I'm not the sort of person who cries for no reason. As the years have passed, I've found myself crying more easily on hearing a certain piece of music, or watching a sad film. There may be many reasons for this other than the sad nature of what I'm watching or listening to, or there may not, I don't know. More and more recently I'm becoming suprised by what makes me cry and I had a strange experience recently.
One of my favourite films is Amelie. I love the way this film looks on screen, I love the colours, the stylised nature of the cinematography,and the fact it is set in Paris. But even more so, I love the music, it has a profound emotional effect on me, and over the years I've learnt to play some of my favourite pieces on the piano. The same composer does the music for a German film, Goodbye Lenin, another film that makes me cry!
Recently I pursuaded Andy to come with me to watch Coco Avant Chanel, (Coco Before Chanel.) As soon as I saw this film advertised I knew I had to see it. I've always loved Chanel's work, style and overall look, and I knew this interpretation of her life would be interesting, particulary because Audrey Tautou who plays Amelie plays Chanel. We watched it at a fantastic little cinema in Birmingham called The Electric. If you get the chance you really should go, you can have a glass of wine or cup of coffee while you watch the film, or slice of homemade cake on a real plate! It's a fantastic little cinema, and the screen quality was outstanding. http://www.theelectric.co.uk/
Well, I worried throughout the film that Andy wouldn't enjoy it as he doesn't speak French, but he absolutely loved it which made me happy, he never fails to amaze me. But I had a strange emotional experience towards the end. Although the film is sad in parts, i filled up during the end scene which wasn't sad at all. In the final scene, Chanel watches during her catwalk show as a series of models walk down the stairs wearing classic Chanel pieces from throughout her career. As I said, this wasn't in any way sad, but I got completely choked up, and in fact I couldn't hold back the tears, and as we left the building I started crying! I think it was the sheer captivating brilliance of Audrey Tautou in that role, and the brilliance of Chanel herself, all rolled into the final moments. Funny thing was, a few days later my mum and sister asked me about what happens in the film, and when I got to explaining the end, I got completely choked again!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReJhw89tXdg Check out the trailer on youtube for a glimpse of the final scene.


This is my 4th Janette Rallison book, and once again she has made me laugh out loud one minute and cringe the next as her characters do ridiculous things and find themselves in even more ridiculous situations.
In Fame, Glory, and Other Things on My To-Do List, Jessica wants to get the lead in her high school play, graduate, move to Hollywood and become a famous actress. When mysterious new guy Jordan turns out the be the son of a famous actor, Jessica's dreams seem that much closer to becoming a reality. However, through a series of mishaps, Jessica manages to make Jordan mad at her as well as miss out on a major part in the upcoming musical "West Side Story".
A large part of this book is taken up by rehearsals and the performance of the play. Rallison does a pretty good job of describing the scenes, although I do think it would have been helpful to have actually seen the play or movie "West Side Story" before reading this. However, despite this it was still an enjoyable book. Jordan and Jessica are hilarious, as are the various other student actors and actresses. Rallison's got me hooked - I plan on reading more of her books soon!


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Sally Field is an American actress best known TV and film roles such as Gidget, The Flying Nun, Smokey and the Bandit, Sybil and Places in the Heart.
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Sally Field overcame her childhood insecurities when she starred as "Gidget" and "The Flying Nun." She transitioned to the big screen, winning Best Actress Oscars for "Norma Rae" and "Places in the Heart."
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Sandra Dee was born to teen parents who divorced while she was very young. Her mother had aspirations for great fame and channeled her desires through Sandra.
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Sally Field is an American actress born on November 6, 1946 in Pasadena, California. Her big break came when she played the lead role in the TV sitcom Gidget (1965). Field next appeared in the hit TV series' The Flying Nun (1967) and Smokey and the Bandit (1977). Field won Emmy Awards for her performances in Sybil (1976), Beautiful (2000) and Saturday Evening Post (2007),
and she won Academy Awards for Norma Rae (1979) and Places in the Heart (1984). In the 1990s and '00s, Field also worked behind the scenes as a director and writer.
Actress, director and writer Sally Margaret Field was born on November 6, 1946, in Pasadena, California. Sally Field, the youngest of two children born to actress Margaret Field, grew up in show business. After Sally's parents divorced, her mother married actor and stuntman Jock Mahoney. Field's stepfather was a strict disciplinarian who expected faithful obedience from Field, her older brother, and half-sister Princess. Mahoney also fought frequently with Sally's mother, and the couple's increasingly rocky relationship weighted heavily on the children. Sally found solace from her difficult home life by focusing on her extracurricular activities at school. "I'd landed in the drama department, and it just kind of saved me," she later explained to Good Housekeeping magazine.
After finishing up at Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California, Field attended an acting workshop at Columbia Studios, which helped launch her film and television career. She landed the leading role in the television series Gidget, which was based on the popular 1959 Sandra Dee film by the same name. Field was only 18 years old when the series debuted in the fall of 1965. Petite and perky, she played a teenager on a quest to find fun with her best friend Larue (played by Lynette Winter). The show was canceled after one season, but Field became popular with television audiences—so popular, in fact, that the network created another series for her. The Flying Nun starred Field as Sister Bertrille, a nun so light that she could take flight. Field didn't want to take the part, but her stepfather insisted, telling her, "If you turn down this part, you may never work again."
The Flying Nun premiered in September 1967, and soon became a huge hit. Viewers seemed to enjoy following the misadventures of quirky, aerodynamic Sister Bertrille. Behind the scenes, however, Field was miserable. She struggled with the feeling that she would never be considered a serious actress, and the show only magnified that fear. In 1968, she married her high school sweetheart, Steven Craig, and soon became pregnant. Her pregnancy was hidden on the series using creative shots and the folds of her billowy nun's habit. Field wouldn't have to hide for long, though; the show was canceled in 1970, after three seasons on the air.
After giving birth to a second child in 1972, Field returned to acting in 1973 with the short-lived sitcom The Girl with Something Extra.
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Learn more about the cast of 2012's Lincoln, the renowned biopic of President Abraham Lincoln. Stars of the film include Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jackie Earle Haley, Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn, Hal Holbrook, S. Epatha Merkerson, James Spader and John Hawkes. Explore full biographies, photos, videos and more, only at Biography.com.
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The Academy Awards still bring in the largest audience with just over a third of all Canadians watching for at least a minute this year. This is an approximate increase of 4% over 2015 where Neil Patrick Harris was the host. 16.1m Ind2+ watched at least one minute of the big three award shows (Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Grammys). 29% watched all 3 and 29% only watched the Academy Awards. Unsurprisingly there is the greatest duplication between the two movie-based award shows.
- The Academy Awards are still the most watched of the three major ceremonies with almost 5.4m Canadians watching this year, an increase of 4% on 2015.
- Viewing levels were consistent through the entire ceremony with a peak of 6.2m viewers at 22:31 when the award for best supporting actor was announced.
- 4.6m Ind2+ watched at least a minute of all three awards ceremonies.
- 45% of Academy Awards viewers are men making it the most male skewed of the three broadcasts.
- 68% of Academy Awards viewers watched in groups of two or more.
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Posted on December 05, 2001 06:06 PM
Wow. I have 2 friends from 2 differnt spheres of networks who have short films accepted for Sundance Festival.
Best wishes and congratulations!
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I am so happy for them both. Stefano Moris is my husband's childhood friend and was also our best man at our wedding.
Melissa Regan is a colleague from Stanford GSB, where I work.
I will more than likely head out to Sundance to support these great aspiring filmakers.


The Rochester theatre scene embodies a cultural sophistication unparrelled in the region, attracting theatre goers from far and wide. From classic productions to contemporary masterpieces, the shows hosted here reflect the diverse tastes and preferences of the discerning audience. The packed calendar of events includes riveting plays, captivating operas, and beautiful ballets, all curated to perfection by distinguished directors and talent. Enthralling entertainment and the thrill of anticipation await the lucky patrons who take advantage of the rich opportunities to experience the best of theatre showcased in Rochester. Secure your seat at the next must-see performance now by visiting Rochestertickets.org.


Artist: Steve Winterburn
Dimensions: 57cm x 50cm x 27cm
Edition Size: 8
When talking popular TV shows in recent years, Peaky blinders has to be up there, and this is definitely the case in Steves opinion. The show resonated with him on many levels from the simplicity of him being a midlands lad and it being set there, to the appeal of the working class driven story line which strikes a chord too as his early days too were spent working in factories etc. Then of course there is the raw power and charisma the show has, all this considered it is no surprise that a fire of inspiration was ignited, and this sculpture was brought to fruition.
Steve made atmosphere and feel a main focal point with this piece, as is the case with the tv series. He has achieved this superbly with the swagger and personality of each of the individual characters coming through, due to their likenesses and the movement. The flow of the three brothers, as a collective, really tells a story, it looks as though they are walking with real purpose and looking at them can transport you to multiple scenes throughout the series, this is exactly what Steve wanted to achieve with the composition.
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Eva Longoria Sex Tape?
There is an Eva Longoria sex tape somewhere out there on the ‘net, according to The Sun.
I’ve looked everywhere but couldn’t find any video that’s supposed to star the Desperate Housewives star and her husband, San Antonio Spur Tony Parker. Then the latest rumors say the video can only be seen on pay sites. Bummer!
This could all just be a rumor, but if this turns out to be true, it’s the highest-profile celebrity sex tape to ever come to light after Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s honeymoon tape (I’m not counting Paris Hilton’s, since she wasn’t even a real celebrity when the tape first came out.). Sure, Longoria isn’t on my list of celebrity sex tape hopefuls, but she’ll do. Let’s just hope she’s wearing makeup. We’ve seen her without it, and we can safely say it’ll be just too much of a dose of reality if she did the tape sans makeup.
UPDATE: Looks like we were all taken for a ride. There is indeed an Eva Longoria sex tape. The thing is, it's just a parody of One Night in Paris for Will Ferrell's "Funny or Die" website, complete with night vision footage. It shows Longoria and an actor named Eric Christian Olsen fooling around in bed, and by fooling around I mean making fools of themselves in bed. And it's not even funny. Click here to see the video.
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Tanner is a Canadian actor and entertainment host best known for his work on the Pre-Show.
He began his career in radio, attracted to the entertainment industry by his passion for performance. During his time on the air, he wrote several sketches and commercials, and conducted hundreds of interviews with a variety of musicians, actors, and entertainment icons. Eventually, he took his show on the road, traveling across Canada to interview guests at some of the country’s largest Comic Cons and Entertainment Expos, and before long, he was joining them on stage as a host and panel moderator. In 2015, Tanner saw an opportunity to take his passion to the national level and auditioned for the “Casting Call,” where he was voted by Canadians as the new Pre-Show Host. Through the years spent hosting the show on the big screen, Tanner quickly became a household name by sharing his love of movies by visiting film sets, interviewing the stars on the red carpet, and taking the audience behind-the-scenes of their favorite films. Today, in addition to continuing to host panels at comic cons around North America from Calgary to Boston, creating content for his YouTube channel, popping up on various podcasts and news outlets, and staying active on social media, Tanner can be spotted in a variety of film and television productions as he continues to pursue his love of acting. He currently resides in Toronto with his wife Kelsey who also works in the film industry as an on-set teacher.