Way back in the good old days when MTV didn't suck and a small ten-year-old girl watched it as though it would answer all the secrets of the universe, there came along a cartoon called The Maxx, about a purple clad super hero who was homeless and got arrested all the time, all the while shifting between this world and a parellel dimension of his social worker's creation. Confused? Yeah, there was some fucked up shit going on in this cartoon. But I drank it in. I recorded every episode and watched it every weekend to the point that even NOW, I know the whole damn six-episode series by heart. Though I still have my tape my VCR stopped working some time ago so I haven't actually seen it in years. So imagine my delight in a vain attempt to find it on DVD I discovered that MTV put online. So many ideas for my stories came from this series, the characters from Jimmy Dearest were pure plagerism. It had such a tremendous effect on my writing and I can see it's effects even now. As soon as I saw the opening my mind screamed MUST.RECAP.THIS.NOW. How could you not love a show that opens with this:
Most of us inhabit at least two worlds. The real world, where we're at the mercy of circumstance. And the world within. The unconscious. A safe place. The Maxx shifts between these worlds against his will. Here, homeless, he lives in a box in an alley. The only one who really cares for him is Julie Winters, a freelance social worker. But in Pangea, the other world, he rules the Outback and is the protector of Julie, his Jungle Queen. There he cares for her. But he always ends up back in the real world. And me, old Mr. Gone, only I can see that the secret which unites them could destroy them. I could be helpful. Ah, screw it. I think I'll have some fun with them first. Mwahahahahahah!
Yeah. That was from memory. *the shame, the shame* So yes, I lift from obscurity a childhood obsession for others to enjoy: The Maxx.
So Maxx is a big guy who wears a purple suit and a mask and lives in a box. He has amnesia and has no idea who he really is. The show starts with an ass hole cab driver Renny dropping off a woman on her way to the theatre on the bad side of town where two of his lackey's, Fridge and Tigo can jump her. Maxx tries to save her and ends up killing Tigo, but the body falls out of site as does the woman. The Maxx is arrested for messing with Fridge and as the cops lead him away the serial killer that's been terrorizing the city attacks the woman. I love irony.
As Maxx is being driven to the station the cops complain about cleaning up his mess and how it must be great being nuts. Maxx has a habit of talking out loud and they tell him to shut up. He gets a headache and blacks out, waking up in the world called the Outback (aka Australia; aka Pangaea). How you can tell the difference is in the Outback he has a mane of gorgeous blond hair rivalling that of Zechs Marquise. Well, not quite. Creepy little white hands errupt from the ground and pull him under. The Outback isn't the Australia we know, it's more like a primordial land with volcanos, giant caveman, weird dinosaure-esque creatures, flying wales, my favoriet--the crabbits (which are exactly what they sound like, half crab, half rabbit) and the Izs. The Outback is ruled by the Jungle/Leopard Queen, who is always as scantilly clad as her real world counterpart and runs with a leopard. Maxx declares he can be a hero for her and rips free of the clinging arms (also ripping the arms from the bodies they belong to).
We flash to Julie Winters, who is a freelance social worker (does such a job truly exist?) She asks a homeless client the standard questions (like who's the president right now?) and he says she looks like a hooker. She classily throws him out of her apartment. She gets a creepy call after he leaves.
"I did it all for you, Julie. The pain. The sex. It was all for you."
She hangs up on him. Julie is a heroin with common sense. Gasp! The phone rings again and she calls the caller filth and turns out it's the cops on the phone, wanting her to pick up her old pal Maxx. She agrees and as she leaves mutters saracastically that if it weren't for the corruption and violence, the city wouldn't be any fun at all. As she walks through the rain to the police station she reflects on the fact that Maxx is always getting arrested for something different, and that he really seems to think he's a super hero. When she arrives Sargeant O'Conno tells her she should be careful, that women send out certain signals that attract men like Gone (the serial rapist and murderer going around the city) and that with the way she dresses isn't she worried about sending out the wrong kind of signals. Her response is to ring out her soaking wet hair all over his paperwork. I love Julie.
She tells Maxx it's getting harder to get him out of there and he claims it was his mask that did it. They leave, her promising to get him new clothes and hot bathe. As they walk off we see a radio playing and cloaked figure stomps on it, maliciously evil dark creatures giggling menacingly. God I love this show.


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Expert advice aids students
7 Apr 09 @ 10:19am by Carly Graham
Performing Arts students from Morayfield State High School have sharpened their dramatic skills with expert advice from industry professionals.
A group of 36 performing arts students from years 8-12 spent a week under the direction of five professional artists from Opera Queensland’s Moving Opera.
The Moving Opera team included sopranos Dania Cornelius and Anna Peterson, bass-baritone Darian Johns, musical director and pianist Raymond Lawrence, and director Sean Dennehy.
The five artists taught the students aspects of musical theatre such as the development of vocal and choral techniques, performance skills including stagecraft, character exploration and development, improvisation and scene devising.
They integrated music and drama skills, and facilitating discussion of career opportunities, including training pathways and audition preparation.
After five days of workshops, the students’ new skills were displayed in a performance for families and peers.


Dawn (UK) (15min)
WINNER! BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
As dawn creeps across London, two lost outcasts meet in the darkness, more afraid of themselves than each other. As the sun begins to rise, and the veil of night is lifted, the pair are forced to look at themselves and face the harsh reality that life is sometimes what you make it, and that in the cold light of day, it takes more than the eyes to see inside a soul.
Two ex–lovers try to navigate a friendship as their lives head down opposite paths.
Nobody Ever Tells You What It’s Like (3min)
WINNER! BEST LOCAL FILMMAKER – SAMUEL KARIE
Using the actual audio of coming out to my parents, I illustrate the isolation, bleakness, anger, and ultimately acceptance for those who are too scared of the unknown to take that step themselves.
Lindy Calls Tracy (Canada) (5min)
Lindy needs help to make it through this date. As luck would have it, her friend Tracy is always there with the guidance Lindy needs. Clarity is but a phone call away.
The Women’s Bathroom Project (6min)
WINNER! BEST SCREENPLAY
A little girl’s conversation with a transgender woman in a restaurant bathroom.
Escape Hatch (Australia) (10min)
When your best friend is busy swiping you left, it might take a superhero to make it right!
A feel good film about love and courage.
WINNER! BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
A lonely, middle–aged man hires a male prostitute to recreate a road trip from his past.


Leapin' Lizards! Casting Complete for the National Tour of Annie
Full casting has been announced for the national tour of Annie, which will launch on September 26 at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit before continuing to cities across the country. The title role of Annie will be played by Issie Swickle, a 9-year-old actress from Davie, FL, making her tour debut. Swickle's casting was announced exclusively in the inaugural episode of Broadway Balances America, airing during The Balancing Act on Lifetime Television.
In addition to Swickle, the cast of Annie features Gilgamesh Taggett as Oliver Warbucks, Lynn Andrews as Miss Hannigan, Ashley Edler as Grace, Garrett Deagon as Rooster, Lucy Werner as Lily and Allan Ray Baker as FDR. Sunny, a 4-year-old rescue terrier mix, stars as Sandy. The Orphans are Angelina Carballo, Adia Dant, LillyBea Ireland, Sydney Shuck, Lilly Mae Stewart and Isabel Wallach.
The show's company includes Amy Burgmaier, Cameron Mitchell Bell, John Cormier, Brian Cowing, Todd Fenstermaker, Chloe Horner, Evan Mayer, Jake Mills, Meghan Seaman, Hannah Slabaugh, Lily Emilia Smith and Chloe Tiso.
Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin for the 18th time, this production of Annie will be a brand new physical incarnation of the iconic Tony Award-winning original. Annie features a book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Charnin. All three authors received 1977 Tony Awards for their work. Choreography is by Liza Gennaro, who will incorporate selections from her father Peter Gennaro’s 1977 Tony Award-winning choreography.
Annie remains one of the biggest Broadway musical hits ever. It ran for 2,377 performances after it first opened, and has been performed in 28 languages and has been running somewhere around the world for 37 years. The show's beloved score includes “Maybe”, “It’s the Hard Knock Life”, “You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile”, “Easy Street”, “I Don’t Need Anything But You” and the eternal anthem of optimism, “Tomorrow”.


3 Heartbreaking Movies about Cancer
Everyone watches movies for different reasons, be it an escape or a learning opportunity. Here are our top 3 recommendations about movies that revolve around cancer, in case you want an insight into what cancer patients feel or go through or if you are looking for a way to help a loved one going through a similar experience.
1. The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars was originally a novel written by John Green.
The two leads of this story, Hazel Grace Lancaster, played by the actress Shailene Woodley and Augustus Waters, played by the actor Ansel Elgort, are two teenagers who meet at a support group for young cancer patients.
Hazel suffers from terminal cancer while Augustus had previously lost his right leg to cancer and is now in remission. It follows a side plot of the two travelling to Amsterdam to meet Hazel’s favourite author and realising that the truth behind a person cannot be interpreted from words on a page.
The beautiful yet tragic ending is sure to bring tears to your eyes.
2. The Bucket List
Edward, a millionaire who started earning money at the age of 16 and Carter, a simple auto mechanic whose life got ahead of his dreams, form an unlikely friendship when they are put together in a room while fighting for their lives against cancer.
When given an estimate of the amount of time they have, they build a bucket list together and escape from the hospital to live more in their last days together than they did their entire lives. This is a guarantee that you will laugh through your tears.
3. The Clouds
Based on a true story, the main takeaway of this movie is, “You don't need to find out you're dying to start living.”
It's the kind of movie that inspires you to start living without regrets now rather than when we get a wake-up call, which in most cases is too late.
The movie follows Zach Sobiech who suffers from osteosarcoma or bone cancer. After multiple chemo sessions and thinking he's in the clear, he finds out that his cancer has spread and now become terminal. This heartbreaking tale will have you smiling through your tears.


This week at the cinema: 21 Jump Street, Jeff Who Lives at Home, and Casa de Mi Padre
21 Jump Street is getting pretty good reviews despite being the film version of a popular television show from the late 80s. I wasn’t ever into the show, so I have no background for the film, but I don’t think it’s really necessary. It looks like the old construct of buddy cop film with the addition of let them be undercover in a high school. It’s so original it pains me to think about it. A mind-blowing idea if ever there was one. AND best of all, it stars C-Tate. How is this rated so well? I had high hopes of never seeing this film, but if the plethora of good reviews keep coming out, I just might buy a ticket.
Jeff, Who Lives at Home has the potential to be really funny. There are moments in the trailer that had me chuckling, but it has a very “independent comedy” vibe coming from it. Usually independent comedies have the same serious side that hollywood comedies do, but they tend to focus more on that aspect of the film instead of the comedy. I haven’t read any reviews yet, but it does star Jason Segel and Ed Helms, who can be hilarious.
Casa de Mi Padre is Will Ferrell’s all Spanish comedy. That’s all I need to say about that. I don’t know how receptive the audience will be to having to read Ferrell jokes, nor do I know how Ferrell will come across in text format. I guess I could pop in one of his films and change the audio track to Spanish and put the subtitles on, but it wouldn’t be the same because I already know the jokes…wait a minute, he uses the same jokes almost all the time, so this will no doubt come off brilliantly.
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There was a ticking time bomb in my head and the one person I trusted to get it out hadn’t shown up or spoken to me for more than a year.
That’s a lot of time to start asking yourself questions. Who am I? What have I done with my life?
Who can I trust?
That last one was a doozy. It haunts you in moments of doubt. Sometimes when you wake up at night, you wonder if you’ve put your faith in the right people. Sometimes when you find yourself alone for whatever reason, you review every little thing you know about someone, searching your memory for small, subtle things you may have missed about them.
It makes you scared. It makes you think that maybe, you’ve made some horrible mistakes lately. It drives you to do something, to act…
Jim Butcher, Skin Games
Does Frozen mark the start of Disney’s next Golden Age?
If you haven’t seen Disney’s latest offering, Frozen, yet, then you’re missing out. Horribly. As in, not watching it now will make you regret the months before its DVD release because EVERYONE will have watched this brilliant masterpiece.
Frozen is loosely based on Hans Christian Anderson’s The Snow Queen. Elsa (Idina Menzel), a princess born with the power to icebend (let’s not wonder how), fears her power after an accident with her younger sister, Anna (Kristin Bell), who is magically forced to forget everything about Elsa’s powers for her own good. During her coronation, Elsa loses control of her powers and reveals her secret, causing her to flee from their kingdom, and plunge it into an eternal winter. It’s up to Anna to save their kingdom and her sister, with the help of rugged ice-salesman(?), Kristoff (Jonathan Groff), his dog-like reindeer, Sven, and a snowman Elsa brought to life, Olaf (Josh Gad).
Going into Frozen, I was a bit skeptical. Disney hadn’t done much marketing for their new princess movie, and this rather sexist quote from one of the film’s animators made me even less excited. But then, you realize that this movie is decades in the making. This project was scrapped several times because they just couldn’t get it right, so of course its release now must mean good things - AND IT DOES.
Walt Disney Animations has been struggling with its past few movies (which says a lot about the quality of their work when you realize what movies this list includes). The Princess and the Frog, while a brilliant return to form, wasn’t as successful because the masses just didn’t appreciate traditional animation anymore. Wreck-It-Ralph was nothing like a Disney classic. Tangled would have been classic Disney, but it was filled songs that just didn’t strike an emotional chord.
Disney learns from all their recent films and churns out this amazing movie with catchy songs (some of which just make your heart twinge), incredible animation that rivals their sister studio, Pixar, and a story that brings back all those classic Disney feels.
A definite must-watch. SPOILERS AHEAD.
"Time waits for no one." - The Girl Who Leapt Through Time


You’ve asked, and we’ve delivered – a holiday show created for our smallest Revelers. Commedia Bambini is a one-hour production about the adventures of a troupe of misfit actors in Renaissance Italy trying to perform in the annual Solstice Festival (with the help of a friendly dragon). Sadly, they’re just too silly and accident-prone to put together something themselves, and they can only succeed with the help of the children in the audience. Perfect for Revelers ages 2-7!
December 28th, 7 PM
December 29th, 11 AM and 2 PM
Brunish Theater Portland5
Antionette Hatfield Hall
1111 SW Broadway Ave.
Portland, Oregon 97205
Tickets Adults $25, Children $15
Run time approximately one hour.


We helped an ultra-high net worth individual who loaned £2.5 million to a film production company, to assist with the production of films which included Hollywood actors.
Under the loan agreements, the sums, plus interest and other payments, were due to the client. The company had not repaid the sums as production delays meant the films had not been completed by the projected dates. This was compounded by Covid-19 and the interruption of works required to prepare the films for release.
We are now advising on strategies to recover the outstanding sums, including formal insolvency proceedings and/or negotiating new repayment terms.


Based in Oakland, California, USA
Marc Lenahan is a cinematographer based out of Oakland, CA. His first introduction to filmmaking was working as a set lighting technician for indie features, commercials, and short films in the Bay Area. He uses a naturalistic approach mixed with an urban style of cinematography in his work stemming from living in Montana while working on his undergrad.
As an entertainment professional working in San Francisco Bay Area, he is always looking for the next opportunity to help others through his work. He has worked in many different areas on various projects and is always looking for exciting new opportunities that force him to think outside the box. He loves using his creative mind in new ways and is constantly looking for new sources of inspiration to stay on top of what’s happening. Get in touch today if you’d like to learn more about his work, interests, or past projects!


Film is a staging of a work that combines many kinds of art in it. The neat collaboration of the art of music, acting, fashion, and so on can give birth to a monumental film. Through films we can deliver thousands of messages, through films we can educate thousands of people, but through films we can also damage thousands of people. Then where is the location or position of Indonesian cinema?
Rethinking film in the country, we can be proud of the emergence of many qualified young filmmakers. The combination of crazy new ideas from young or veteran filmmakers is increasingly fulfilling a row of Indonesian films. Exploration in adopting mainstream themes has become a challenge for the film industry in the country. Among thousands of lists of films in the country, we must support and promote films that try to present the beauty of Indonesia that is still veiled. Given the film, we can help Indonesia to rise and advance in several fields such as education, economics, tourism, and so on.


Do you Remember Raj Kiran, who directed movies such as Tripura, Luckkunnodu. He has suffered a mild heart stroke and has been admitted to a private hospital in Hyderabad a short while ago.
It is heard that Raj Kiran is busy with his new film ‘Viswamitra’ and it is slated for the release this Friday. As he is busy with its promotions, and due to stress, he suffered a mild stroke.
The doctors of Raj Kiran revealed that work stress made him to suffer a stroke.
Viswamitra was Produced by Madhavi Addanki and Rajinikanth Sunder Raj Kiran Cinemas production banner.
As per the media reports, the suspense thriller is based on true events that happened in New Zealand and America.
Let’s pray for his speedy recovery and hope his upcoming movie strikes well at the box office.


Attention local Austin-area independent filmmakers!
Posted on Feb 13, 2020
Local Austin-area independent filmmakers! Send us your short films!
Films submitted may be nominated for inclusion in the ninth annual PBS Online Film Festival, a showcase for powerful and engaging stories from filmmakers across the country. The festival has become a popular annual online event, attracting more than 8 million video views over the past nine years, as well as nominations in the Webby Awards.
Since its launch in 2012, the PBS Online Film Festival has featured diverse films from PBS member stations, Independent Lens and POV. Collaborations with public television producers, including the Center for Asian American Media, Latino Public Broadcasting, Black Public Media, Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC) and Vision Maker Media have also been included.
__Submissions should be 3-15 minutes in length and can be documentary or narrative.
There are no requirements about the short films having premiered elsewhere, though they should be no older than three years old.
PBS also needs to have non-exclusive rights to stream the films on all PBS platforms, including social platforms. __
Austin-area filmmakers, to have your short films considered, submit the following via email to JJ Weber at firstname.lastname@example.org by February 24:
• Subject Line: “2020 PBS Online Film Festival submissions"
• Brief description (up to 90 characters including spaces)
• Online screener link
• Flags/Time-code for any suggestive language or scenes (we are PBS, remember!)
• Summarized information about the filmmaker(s)
Filmmakers from other areas should contact their local PBS affiliate.
Dates for the 2020 PBS Online Film Festival and the featured films will be announced at a later date. The festival will be available for streaming via PBS and Austin PBS, KLRU-TV digital platforms, including PBS.org, YouTube and PBS social media channels. The films will also be available via the PBS app on iOS, Android and a wide range of OTT devices.


Dancing with the Stars Season 11: Jennifer Grey
Jennifer Grey is probably best known for her role in a famous dance movie, the 1987 “Dirty Dance” in which she played Baby opposite the late Patrick Swayze. Born in New York, she is the daughter of Broadway actor Joel Grey and singer Jo Wilder.
FAMOUS FOR: Grey was in a Dr. Pepper ad when she was 19. In 1986 she played the sister of the title character in the 1986 movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” In 1987, she would be in “Dirty Dancing.” Although her father was the original emcee on the Broadway show “Cabaret” (a part he would reprise in the 1972 movie) Grey appeared in 1993 in “The Twilight of the Golds.”
THE NOSE JOB: Grey had a rhinoplasty in the 1990s which resulted in a dramatic change of appearance.
BIRTHDAY: 26 March 1960 (Aries)
DANCING: Grey was in the low budget “Dirty Dancing.” Choreographer Kenny Ortega would go on to direct the Disney “High School Musical” movies. The director Emile Ardolino required that the cast be dancers who could act (unlike the 1983 “Flashdance”). Grey is therefore a trained dancer. Dancing was part of the social life around the filming of that movie. The movie won an Oscar for “Best Original Song,” a Golden Globe for Best Original Song, a Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo. Do you think we’ll be seeing something out of “Dirty Dancing”?
PARTNER: Derek Hough is rumored to be Grey’s partner.
Lionsgate must be pretty strict because most of the links are disabled.
Posted on August 31, 2010, in Dancing with the Stars: Season 11, Jennifer Grey and tagged Dancing with the Stars, Dancing with the Stars Season 11, Dirty Dancing, DWTS, DWTS cast, Hungry Eyes, Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.


Promoting the new Ghostbusters movie
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10 double-decker buses have gone on a nationwide tour to promote the new Ghostbusters movie dressed in vinyl wraps that could only have come from the Massivit 1800 3D printer.
New York-based print company Carisma created the 14-foot rendition of the legendary ‘No-Ghost’ sign that has been a part of the Ghostbusters legend since the first film hit the silver screen in 1984. Now the franchise is back with an all-girl cast and it’s almost certainly going to be one of the biggest films of the year.
Read the full article in 3ders.org


Since I landed last night and was too tired to do anything, I spent most of today running errands and getting situated back into my life. I went to a couple of thrift stores, the grocery store, and the used bookstore, where I dropped off a bunch of books and found a movie:
As you can see from the cover, it's about... women? Shirtless college guys? Kittycats? It's about all of that, and somehow so much more.
Our story opens with a shirtless young man cleaning a pool beside three older women, who lounge in chairs and drink wine. The poolboy, Henry, mentions that he needs to get going, but really needs to take a shower first. After offering him a drink, the ladies send Henry upstairs for a shower, where he proceeds to take the weirdest shower I've ever seen:
Henry only washes his torso.
And he doesn't use soap.
And doesn't duck his head under the water, ever. He just keeps rubbing his torso and arms with his hands, getting them wet, for about four and a half minutes of the movie. Seriously, almost five minutes of the movie look like this:
While that's going on, the women start walking into the house in weird, overexposed lighting over the sound of growling.
The camera cuts back and forth between the wet torso rubdown and the overexposed walking, and then Henry hears a weird noise, gets out of the shower, only puts on his underwear, and goes to investigate. Before you know it, he's being chased through the house by an unseen, snarling enemy. He barricades himself in a downstairs room, peeks out when it's quiet, and then something grabs him.
When the lights come back up, Henry is unconscious on the floor with the three women standing around him discussing how their god is going to make them take mates to preserve their youth. Henry is apparently unsuitable for this purpose, so the sisters proclaim that they're having steak tartar for dinner...
AND THEN THIS HAPPENS:
And it happens again:
That's a special effect that makes the SyFy Channel original movies look like Industrial Light and Magic. Seriously, what the hell was that? I'm making that my Facebook cover photo.
Now there are three young men in front of the house, answering an ad for a cook, a poolboy, and a masseuse for three older ladies. The older ladies, of course, are the previously seen catwitches, and I don't bother to learn the young men's names. I've already come to the understanding that they're not here to be characters. We'll just call them Blond Guy, Pool Guy, and Other Brunette. They are hired on the spot after confirming that they don't have girlfriends, and then Blond Guy takes a nap.
By which I mean Blond Guy lays in bed rubbing himself and writhing on the sheets for three minutes.
Three minutes. I rewound and counted. During the three minutes he has visions of the two brunette catwitches sneaking in and rubbing his legs, but it turns out to be a nightmare, which he is awaked from by Other Brunette. Other Brunette is suddenly concerned about job security, confessing that he's never given a massage before, so Blond Guy tells him to take off his shirt, get on the bed, and Blond Guy will give him a massage so that he knows how to do it.
Is this gay porn? Because all of a sudden Other Brunette is like, "This feels good," and Blond Guy is like, "Let me talk to you about our weird 'hot' boss women while I rub you down, in my bed, in my underwear."
And then we cut away to Pool Guy, who spends four to six minutes of the movie standing by the pool in his shorts, spraying himself down with the hose. Seriously, is this gay porn? Like with all the porn cut out? Anyway, Blonde Catwich is watching Pool Guy through the window throughout this scene while weird growling noises play, and then announces to her Target lamp and random free weight set that she guesses he'll be next.
Other Brunette shows up downstairs to give one of the catwitches her massage, and she explains that he's way overdressed, and that when she comes back he better have lost "at least" his shirt.
Then Blond Guy takes a shower, which goes about the same as the one we started the movie with, although he also gets his hair wet. While this is happening there are a lot of those overexposed shots of the catwitches walking through the house, and then one of the catwitches sneaks into the shower and almost touches him, but he doesn't see her.
(Why does she look so angry about his butt?)
The sound of snarling surprises him out of the shower and he decides that he was hearing things. The other two guys stop by the pool to talk about how boring being a pool guy is, and then they see some random guy pull up in a sports car. He comes in to talk to the sisters, and they take him upstairs and tell him to take off his clothes because he's a gigolo. They use the blond catwitch's magic necklace to knock him out, then they perform some witchcraft on him, by which I mean they pour oil on his chest and he rubs it all over himself while writhing on the bed. The catwitches raise their hands a lot, light some candles, talk about their god, talk in weird voices, and then pronounce the ritual a success.
After that they eat him (Jesus Christ, those cat heads!), because one of the catwitches is handing Other Brunette the gigolo's car keys. She tells him to park it in a public lot by the bank and leave the keys in it, so that the gigolo can pick it up later. Other Brunette finds this suspicious, but drives off anyway after talking to Blond Guy, who is apparently the cook since he's wearing an apron and briefs. Abandoned by his friend, Blond Guy takes another self-molesting nap.
All that guy did today was take a nap, give his friend a sexy backrub, take a shower, and walk around in an apron, and now he's taking another nap?
Wait, all three guys are taking naps. On top of their blankets. And rubbing themselves. In their underwear. It's gotten to the point where even I'm bored by the torsos, and I really like well-built male torsos. Anyway, the catwitches are walking through the house in the overexposed lighting again, the guys are writhing, and then some snarling noises wake up Blond Guy. He puts on his glasses, but nothing else, and goes to wander the house in his briefs, where he discovers that Pool Guy is in some sort of trance. He sleepwalks to the catwitches' bedroom, followed by Blond Guy, wakes up from his trance when the catwitches invite him to a foursome with the three of them, and then they do the same magic they did to the gigolo, except that they don't eat Pool Guy after they oil him down.
The next morning, Blond Guy tries to warn Other Brunette, telling him everything he's seen. Blond Guy also recognizes blonde catwitch's magic amulet as the South American symbol of an Amazon cat goddess, but blond catwitch overhears their discussion. Other Brunette stomps off, calling Blond Guy crazy, the catwitches walk in a circle and light more candles, and then they hypnotize Pool Guy into calling some other guy because they don't think Blond Guy will be suitable anymore. The other guy shows up (shirtless), blond witch hypnotizes him with her magic necklace, and then Blond Guy discovers that they've also hypnotized Other Brunette.
The witches turn into catheads again, but Blond Guy grabs the magic necklace and presses it to blond catwitch's forehead. Somehow this shorts out the magic, the catwitches disappear, the other guys wake up in bed in their underwear covered in oil, and then everybody goes home.
Unless there's a sequel.


|Release Date||December 12, 2018|
|Opening Theme||Kimi no Sei|
|Ending Theme||Fukashigi no Karte|
|Episode 10||Episode 12|
The Kaede Quest (かえでクエスト, Kaede Kuesuto) is the eleventh episode of the Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai anime adaptation.
With Nodoka's puberty syndrome resolved, Sakuta is excited to finally be able to spend time with Mai as a couple. Just when all seemed hopeful for Sakuta, a scandal breaks out regarding Mai Sakurajima having a boyfriend. As Mai provides a sincere explanation at a press conference for her movie, Kaede realizes that she also wants to be strong for Sakuta and decides to set several goals for herself this year. Among those goals is going back to school...


A safe and unambitious biopic is candid about the failings of the elderly Surrealist.
"The film somewhat underplays the sexual depravity that Dalí encouraged and inflicted, probably because it would have taken the rating to 18 and have reduced our sympathy for the subject."
While I somewhat understand the decision from a commercial standpoint, I also... don't. After all, we live in a time of almost indescribable pornography available for "free." Maybe it's something like a last grasp at the fleeting strands of a centralized cultural dominance, where a tastemaker elite would titillate while still pretending to be a bunch of sexy sex-rebels suppressed by "The Man."
It would have been better to take the gloves off (as well as other articles of clothing). If pornography has a godly purpose, it would be as a mirror to the kind of demons which drove not just Dali, but the systems of graft and money laundering that buttressed the entirety of the modern art market from DuChamps on.
Thanks so much for reviewing this film - I have not yet seen it and was wondering what it was like! I always feel a sense of dread at a biopic of a great artist or musician - there’s that fear that it will try and sanitise the artist’s character, to make them a nicer person for the audience, or try to minimise the squalor of their existence. Two of the best art biopics I’ve seen are Andrei Tarkovsky’s ‘Andrei Rublev’ and Tim Burton’s ‘Big Eyes’ on the American artist Margaret Keane. Two completely different films on two very, very different artists!. Little is known of the life of the medieval Russian painter Rublev, so Tarkovsky was able to make the film itself a work of art. The fact that a film with themes of religion and artistic freedom even got made at all in the Soviet Union is remarkable, although it was censored for decades. Burton’s film portrayed Keane’s struggle for recognition after her husband Walter took the credit for her work.


Opening Night Subscription
This subscription package gives you one ticket to each of the opening night celebrations of our 5-play season. Opening night includes champagne, light fare, and live entertainment, as well as entry to the show.
You can know exactly where you’re going to be on Opening Night… in a comfy purple seat with a terrific view at Stageworks, where you can be the first to see each one of these exciting new and classic plays. An Opening Night Subscription makes every play special, with our invitation to a pre-show party with delicious refreshments from Cena, music and a cash bar. And a chance to visit with the cast and crew after the show.


New pop up venue to bring surf life saving to the city
The City Beach Volleyball Courts will be transformed into a new pop up venue for the start of summer, but it will open for just four nights.
From November 20 – 23, 2014, Ross Ganf, the Creative Director behind Barrio and Lola’s Pergola, will turn the courts into the Frome Street Surf Life Saving Club (FSSLSC) - a playful sandcastle wonderland of cool drinks, relaxed dining, reclined movie viewing and late night dancing.
From 5pm each night, visitors to the FSSLSC will be able to feel the sand between their toes as they sip on wines from Alpha Box and Dice and feast on Aussie Fish and Chips from the guys at Golden Gullet.
Then as the sun comes down, the curtain goes up on a night of great Australian short film with films from finalists in this year’s Short Film Festival to be screened until 10.30pm.
It marks a new era for the Festival, which will be held outdoors for the first time in its 11 year history, and hopes to attract a wider audience as a result.
From 10.30pm, the FSSLSC will hand over to Resident sound blaster DJ Dexter (The Avalanches) and the Adelaide vinyl beach combers until the early hours of the morning.
FSSLSC Patrol Captain Ross Ganf said he couldn’t pass up the chance to create a new venue in the heart of the city.
“We are creating more than just an outdoor cinema on the beach,” said Ross.
“The design uses the actual sand as its chief medium. We literally make the seating from the sand so you can watch some of Australia’s hottest young film talent. It’s like sitting in your own cinema sand castle. Super relaxed with amazing drinks and beats."
“While we’re giving away a few details about what’s planned we’ve got plenty of surprises in store and people will just have to come along to find out more.
“Numbers will be limited so we’re advising people to arrive early so they’re able to enjoy the whole night.”
For guaranteed entry, people can purchase a ticket to the Shorts film screening for $20 with limited free entry before 7pm and after 10.30pm.
The Shorts Film Festival team is excited about this year’s event which will still contain the key ingredients of previous festivals. They include bringing short film into a unique environment, celebrating storytelling and awarding filmmakers with a $50,000 prize pool.
Shorts Board Member Kirsty Stark said creating the Frome Street Surf Life Saving Club gave the Festival a chance to introduce short film to a new audience.
“Filmmaking is creative so it makes sense the environment in which the films are enjoyed should also be creative,” said Kirsty.
“The social atmosphere which has made the festival popular will continue with the opportunity for people to eat, drink and talk about the films with not only each other, but also many of filmmakers themselves.”
Frome Street Surf Life Saving Club (FSSLSC) presents Shorts Film Festival 2014
Where: Corner Frome and Pirie Streets
Dates: November 20-23, 2014
Times: Club Opens at 5pm. Short film screenings from 7.30pm – 10.30pm.
DJ from 10.30pm – 1am.
Entry: Limited Free Entry before 7pm and after 10.30pm. Guaranteed entry if you purchase a ticket for the Shorts screening - $20 each.
Tickets from https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/frome-st-slsc-presents-shorts-film-festival-tickets-7131471423
Bars by the Alpha males at Alpha Box and Dice + Tanqueray class. Fish and chips that is off the HOOK from the guys at Golden Gullet.
Resident sound blaster DJ Dexter (The Avalanches) + Adelaide vinyl beach combers
ISSUED BY HUGHES PUBLIC RELATIONS: Please contact: Simon Hatcher, 8412 4105 or 0419 780 071


lol the kid is HOPELESS, he doesn’t stand a chance. first one to die in any of these dystopian apocalyptic scenarios if left to his own devices, no doubt.
never forget how niall would survive the hunger games:
how niall would survive a zombie apocalypse:
how niall would survive a post-apocalyptic death arena with his bandmates:
he’s so lucky to have zayn ensuring his personal safety. to have all his boys looking after him — they wouldn’t even just die for niall, it’s to the point where they’d /let niall kill them/ so that niall could go on. the only way he’d actually make it lbr. :’)))))))))))


Meet the Disney Princesses:
Walt Disney studios have made the biggest impact on media in the world. From theme parks, to movies, to owning ESPN, to creating dreams for children of all ages, Disney has impacted society on what they call entertainment. Walt Disney studios had only created eight Disney princesses till 2009 where Tiana became the ninth Disney princess. The first Disney princess is Snow White, she first appeared in 1937 in the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.Snow White is known as “the fairest of them all”, she is complimented on her light skin, and ruby red lips. The second Disney princess is Cinderella, she appeared in the film Cinderella in 1950. She is also portrayed with lovely blonde hair, blue eyes, and very fair skin. The third Disney princess is Aurora, she appeared in the film Sleeping Beauty in 1959. She has similar facial features as Snow White, and Cinderella, with golden blonde hair, and light perfect skin. The fourth Disney princess did not appear till 1989, in The Little Mermaid. Ariel is a mermaid who dreams of being human, she has blue eyes, and red hair. The fifth Disney princess is Belle, from Beauty and the Beast which came out in 1991.She is also fair skin, with brown curls, and brown eyes. These five princesses from 1939-1991 reflect beauty as being a white women, with fair skin. The Tragic Mulatto stereotype is an obvious theme throughout Disney princesses, and this stereotype isn’t broken till 1992 withe the sixth Disney princess Jasmine. She is the first Middle Eastern princess for Disney, and her movie Aladdin was the first Disney princess film not to tie the title with the princess. The seventh Disney princess is Pocahontas, Pocahontas came out in 1995, she is from a Native American tribe, and her story revolves around British settlers coming to America. The eighth Disney princess is Mulan. Mulan came out in 1998, she is the first Chinese princess for Disney. Jasmine, Pocahontas, and Mulan were the very first non-white Disney princesses, their stories were not told till the 1990s. However their skin tones were still portrayed as “light” even though they were supposed to be of color, they were portrayed much like the first few Disney princesses. It took almost a decade for Disney to create a new princess, and this princess was African American. Tiana is the first black princess, she appeared in 2009 in The Princess and the Frog.
Tiana: the First Black Princess:
Tiana’s story is based off the the short tale, “The Frog Prince.” Disney took “The Frog Prince”, and transformed it into an animated film featuring a young black women in New Orleans. Neely Tucker author for the Washington Post stated the following, “Through these movies and a line of toys, dresses and figurines, the Disney princesses have become global, doe-eyed icons of childhood. Sleeping Beauty awakened by a kiss, Cinderella’s clock striking midnight, Belle waltzing in the Beast’s castle, Ariel with Prince Eric in the moonlit lagoon — these have become heroines whom parents the world over feel safe to let their young girls idolize and mimic. And while Disney has brought us nonwhite princesses before (see “Mulan,” “Pocahontas”), Tiana is a first.” Princess Tiana became a new symbol for feminine beauty, “a culture-changing standard”. Neely Tucker quotes different historians and their take on Princess and The Frog each had positive attitudes towards Disney’s new release.
“If this figure takes off, you’re looking at 30 or 40 years of repetition and resonance,” says Tricia Rose, a Brown University professor who teaches both popular culture and African American studies, citing the enduring popularity of Disney princesses at the company’s theme parks, on Web sites and in videos.
“It’s a very big deal,” says Leonard Maltin, the film historian, critic and author of “Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons.”
“She’s the first modern American [Disney] princess, and that she’s black sends a huge message,” says Cori Murray, entertainment director for Essence magazine.
“Our first goal is to make a great motion picture,” says John Lasseter, chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, who is overseeing the project. “But we have also worked very closely with a lot of leaders in the African American community, all across the nation, to make sure we’re doing something African American families will be proud of. It’s very important for us to do it right. We’ve been very careful and cognizant about what we’re doing.”
The creators wanted to make Tiana black, and a strong Disney heroine, however challenges remained in not playing into black stereotypes. For example picking the name of Tiana became difficult, some wanted to name her Madeline, and Maddy for short however this name was linked to a “slave name” and Disney didn’t want racial stereotypes connected to their film. Tiana also represents someone who has a dream for a career, and not just to marry a handsome prince. Which was unusual for Disney princesses. For example Snow White dreams that, “someday her prince will come”, Cinderella links happiness to being in love, and Ariel trades her voice to be with a man she thinks she loves. Tiana’s character was drastically different then previous princesses. Tiana represents a new sort of beauty, no longer is the pale face pretty, but Disney animation artists drew her with a “darker hue” and fuller lips. The artists didn’t try to hide that she was African American, but emphasized her beautiful facial features. Tiana being the first black Disney Princess, reflects a change in society. A society ready to move forward and leave previous ideas about race behind. This year Disney created a new princess name Moana who is a Pacific Islander. As time goes on media adapts to social changes, however these social changes sometimes take years. The Cosby Show, Oprah (actually worked on the film as a voice actress and consultant), and Princess and the Frog, emerged almost 100 years after slavery ended. Society is changing and adapting to new ideas but it’s taking longer then intended.
“The implied message of Tiana, that black American girls can be as elegant as Snow White herself, is a milestone in the national imagery, according to a range of scholars and cultural historians.” Neely Tucker
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When: Saturday, May 13, 2017 (1-3 pm)
Where: Lower BCL Hall (11540 73 Avenue)
Long time Belgravia resident and film director, Eva Colmers (No Problem Productions) has introduced us to Spasoje Milovanović coming to us from Belgrade with a tremendous background in authoring and directing children’s dramas.
Spasoje and his acting/stage management team will share their experiences with children’s theatre & talk about their ideas for bringing a Children’s Theatre Studio to the BCL hall this summer. They work with 10-12, 13-15 & 16-18 age groups.
Please come to the Lower BCL Hall on May 13 (1-3 pm) if you or someone you know might be interested. Enjoy some popcorn and juice while we hear about the possibilities from Spasoje and his team.
Interested? Questions? Please e-mail Jeanette at email@example.com


Starring Michael Hurst of XenA & HurcUles Fame
Driven to the brink by the infidelity of his wife and a lack of acting opportunities, an aging thespian confronts his demons in what he hopes will be a final "dark night of the soul". The problem is, his demons are as crazy as he is.
A glorious tour de force in which four of Shakespeare's greatest creations (a foul-mouthed Macbeth, a confused Hamlet, a know-it-all Othello, and a really hungry King Lear) come kicking and screaming into the bursting, deranged brain of a single man. An outrageous and at times profound view into one actor's attempt at self destruction.
“….a well-crafted, clever, uproariously funny and ultimately moving journey…smart and witty script…belly laughs of sheer delight…there’s so much to enjoy here that it is hard to choose highlights.” - Theatreview
Presented in association with Arts On Tour NZ. Ticket price includes 30 minute Question and Answer session with Michael Hurst following the performance.
- One night only - Saturday 11 August, 7.30pm
Prices*: Adult $35.00; Student (with ID) $30.00; Senior Citizen (65+) $30.00; Groups of 6 or more $30.00; Groups of 15 or more $25.00 . *Service fees may apply.
Performance length: approx. 1 hour and 20 mins (incl. interval). Latecomers will be seated when appropriate. Tickets are for allocated seating. See Ticketing T&Cs for the Hannah's policies on phones, photos and large items
Best known internationally for playing Iolaus in the television programs Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and companion series Xena: Warrior Princess, both of which he also directed, Michael Hurst is one of New Zealand’s most recognisable performers and experienced directors.
He most recently appeared on stage in 2017 as Salieri in Amadeus for Auckland Theatre Company, along with a number of other celebrated performances, and has also worked with Silo Theatre as a performer and director, renowned for his powerful and unique interpretations of Shakespeare, in most recent years tackling Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure, Macbeth and Hamlet and King Lear. In 2017 he directed and co-created the smash hit musical Pleasuredome which played to over 55,00 people in Auckland.
Michael won the Best Director Award in the Metro Awards 2008 for The Threepenny Opera. His television and film directing credits include Westside, Evil Dead, 800 Words, Spartacus, Step Dave, The Almighty Johnsons, Legend of the Seeker, and Jubilee, and he is also an experienced stunt performer and fight choreographer.
In 2003, Michael was awarded an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award. He was later designated an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2005 “for services to film and the theatre”.


|Nell Shipman was born in 1892 in Vancouver, British Columbia, though her family later moved to the Seattle area, and from there to Glendale, California. Nell’s acting career began in her teens, and she also was active as a screenwriter from an early age. She was the screenwriter for all of her existing films, and was credited with writing a number of others. Her final film credit came for her 1935 screenplay Wings in the Dark, starring Myrna Loy and Cary Grant. In addition, Nell directed and edited her films.
Between 1915 and 1919, Nell starred in a number of films. Following the success of Back to God’s Country in 1919, Nell decided to form her own production company; a few years later she moved her company (including a large and diverse zoo of her animal actors) to Priest Lake, Idaho. Her film The Grub Stake (1922) was filmed both around Priest Lake and in the Spokane area. In addition to The Grub Stake, she also filmed the "Little Dramas from Big Places" series around Priest Lake. Three film survive intact from this series: The Light on Lookout Mountain, The Trail of the North Wind, and White Water (all date from 1924).
Shipman's company also was noteworthy for including cinematographer Joseph Walker. Walker went on to work as cinematographer for a number of classic films, including such well-known Frank Capra works as It's a Wonderful Life, It Happened One Night, and Mr Smith Goes to Washington.
While Nell Shipman's films have won critical attention in recent years, she was unsuccessful at bucking the burgeoning Hollywood studio system in her own time.
Known as the “Queen of the Dogsleds,” Nell typically portrayed strong women characters. Her movies invariably feature animals (both wild and domestic), and she was an early champion of humane treatment for animals in film.


Last night, I went to see a movie with my best friend, and on the way out, we passed actor Michael Cera coming in… presumably to speak at a special preview.
So I say to Rick, “Hey! That was Michael Cera!”
Rick says, “Who?”
I try to explain who Michael Cera is, to be met with complete dispassion on his part.
So I talk to his son, who’s 15. But he too has no idea and doesn’t care.
I went on like this for a while before I figure out they were dicking with me. 🙂
Why?? Because sometimes it’s more fun to torture your best friend than to say, “Yea, I saw him too. Cool!”


Short Film: Lil Yachty "Keep Sailing" (Film)
Fadar links up with Lil Yachty to created a Short Flim and below is a excerpt from the article. To read the full article from Fadar Click Here
"I was probably the popularest kind on campus, but in the worst way," Lil Yachty says partway through #KeepSailing, a new film directed by Petra Collins and produced by The FADER. "I was a laughingstock. I was a joke because of my hair.


Drama and the Performing Arts are excellent methods of building confidence in children and adults alike. Learning through drama allows children to explore their creativity and have fun whilst leaving their shyness and worries behind. Drama also works by stimulating and supporting the growth of imagination and other skills.
Entertainment has become rather passive with cinema, television and video games becoming more popular. These screen-based methods have had a negative impact on communication. However, drama puts the get up and go’ back into entertainment. Children have the opportunity to connect with others in a more meaningful way as drama encourages speech development, awareness of body language and allowing the child to become more socially aware.
Play and drama are closely linked. When a child plays a game they are pretending and using their imagination and so are moving away from reality to create their own story. Drama is a vehicle through which children can express themselves more freely through mime, gesture, movement and speech to make education fun.
Children gain confidence by understanding that there is no final answer in drama and that their opinion and contribution is valued. Children are able to give a personal response to many issues and situations such as poverty, bullying, global warming and recycling. The issues that drama can tackle are endless. Drama and education have a strong link as drama can encourage children to take an active interest in other subjects such as Geography, History and English and so have a more rounded education.
As a drama teacher, I have witnessed children at their first class holding onto their parent’s arm-unwilling to let go. To then see the same child running into my class with a beaming smile is an excellent sight. Drama installs confidence in children by allowing them to improvise and experiment. Everyone is given the opportunity to shine within Drama.


Earth Port Film Festival
May 12, 2012
Firehouse Center for the Arts
Screenings at 2 PM and 7 PM
Reception at 5:30 PM
After much anticipation, the Earth Port Film Festival is coming to the Firehouse Center for the Arts on Saturday, May 12th, and it offers something for everyone. The festival features environmentally focused short films, by independent filmmakers from across the US, Canada, and the UK, that surprise, entertain and educate. And don’t be surprised if you catch a glimpse of models sporting fashions made from recycled and reclaimed materials at the event.
Journey from a family’s mission to save the California condor, to the depths of the Stellwagen Bank, from a community-owned solar power company in Germany to a Massachusetts garage built of recycled tires, from a delightfully quirky animation about waste to the amazing cinematography on a trip following the Colorado River from source to sea, and marvel at how the revitalization of ancient skills is restoring a community’s water system in Azerbaijan and saving native bees in the Yucatan Peninsula.
Film screenings will be at 2 PM and 7 PM with a reception at 5:30 PM. The complete festival schedule including the list and description of films to be shown at each screening is available on the festival website at www.EarthPortFilm.org. Tickets are now available at the Firehouse Center for the Arts by calling the box office at 978-462-7336 or online at www.firehouse.org.
The Earth Port Film Festival is organized by PortMedia and Transition Newburyport and is sponsored by the Beach and Nature Company.


Are you a movie fanatic and love cinema halls with amazing out-of-the-box experiences while you watch the movie? It’s the perfect time to choose the best movie, a perfect show, and a tub of popcorn to have it all while you go with your friends or partner. To help you with making the most out of your movie-watching experience, the Following are some of the best cinemas in Dubai.
Theatre by Rhodes
The Rhodes Theatre at Vox Cinemas provides a genuine five-star cinema experience, complete with a three-course menu designed by renowned British chef Gary Rhodes. It has a comfortable lounge where you can unwind and place your order before the movie begins. In this cinema hall, you will have a comfortable couch with a complimentary blanket and cushion. In terms of an amazing experience, the food will also be delivered right to your seat so that you can enjoy the delicious cuisine.
You can purchase a ticket for this cinema at AED 168 or book the entire experience for AED 265, which includes a three-course meal, coffee/tea, and a cocktail. The Rhodes Theatre is located at the Mirdif Centre and the Mall of the Emirates.
Screen X by Reel Cinemas
Screen X, one of the newest additions to Reel Cinemas in The Dubai Mall, is a unique concept in which the screen extends to the side walls, resulting in a 270-degree view that eventually places you in the center of the action. In terms of immersing yourself in the latest action or adventure movie, there is no better way than Screen X as it is the top-of-everything experience. To get the most out of it, make sure to take the rear seat. Ticket prices for Screen X start at AED 68.
Dine-In Cinema at Jebel Ali Recreation Club
It is the UAE’s first completely licensed cinema. It is located at the Jebel Ali Holiday Club, which is a little further away from the other choices but also provides more privacy for you to watch the movie with your loved one or go for a romantic movie date. Expect plenty of delicious food and beverages while you enjoy your movie at this cinema. The ticket price starts at AED 160, which contains an appetizer and main course, as well as desserts and drinks to offer you an amazing experience.
Roxy Platinum Plus
The Platinum Plus range from Roxy Cinemas, available at both City Walk and The Beach JBR locations, provides the best VIP viewing experience. It is a luxurious cinema in Dubai with a big screen experience and reclining seats matched with delicious food delivered to your seat. This is a perfect choice if you wish to watch any kind of movie with the best experience.
If you love to go to the cinema and watch your favorite film is, this list will be bliss for you. From ultra-luxury offerings to the ultimate movie-watching experience and latest technology, it is surely the best and worth it moment when it comes to a movie day out with your friends, family, or loved ones.


It may surprise you. But, a number of Hollywood types have chosen to film their movies in Spokane! Once you get to know the area, however, you’ll understand why it can make for a perfect on-screen location.
As of 2018, 17 films have had on-set locations in Spokane. In this article, we’ll take a look at all of the, some of which have famous landmarks featured in the film that you can visit as a resident or on vacation. A handful of these films were even mega-famous blockbusters!
Most Famous Movies in Spokane: Benny and Joon (1993) Tops the List
Benny and Joon is arguably the most famous movie to have had a filming location in Spokane, Washington. This eccentric early 1990s movie features Johnny Depp and Julianne Moore as two outcasts who end up falling in love. Most of the movie was filmed in Spokane, with most of the train scenes in other parts of Washington.
You can find the Benny and Joon house at 301 N. Cedar Street in Peaceful Valley. Although it was once a private home, the owners have turned it into an Air BnB and its decorated as though the main characters had a hand in it. Most of the exterior scenes of the house were shot there, but some interior scenes in the home were filmed on a soundstage.
The restaurant that the characters frequent are two merged into one. The exteriors were shot at Mary Lou’s Milk Bottle, while the interiors got their movie debut from Ferguson’s Cafe. Both had extensive fire damage in 2011, but reopened the next year. You can find them at 802-804 Garland.
You can also see Ruthie’s apartment, which looks identical to how it did in 1993 at 1303 W. 10th Street, though the apartments are private.
The most recent film to have Spokane as its location is Tag. The story of 10 real-life friends who engage in a never-ending game of tag. Tag stars John Hamm, Jeremy Renner, and Ed Helms. Based on a true story, it enjoyed a summer of 2018 release date.
Although some of the film featured Spokane, the principal shooting took place in Atlanta, Georgia. The real-life Spokane friends whom the story was based on still continue to play tag to this day. You might even catch them downtown and try to join in!
At Middleton (2013)
This 2013 film brings together Vera Farmiga and Andy Garcia. A romantic comedy, it chronicles the lives of two divorcees who meet one another while looking at colleges for their kids. Much of the film takes place in Spokane, with parts at Gonzaga University and Washington State University representing the universities they’re visiting.
Camilla Dickinson (2012)
This 2012 film features Spokane masquerading as 1940s postwar New York City. The coming-of-age feature stars Adelaide Clemen as 15-year-old girl finding her way in the world after her parents’ divorce.
The Hit List (2011)
Starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., this film which takes place in Spokane, follows a man who meets another at a bar after a very bad day. He tells the stranger about the people he wishes were dead, and one-by-one, he learns that they are dead after the conversation. This film went direct-to-DVD.
You can see Alan’s apartment at 115 S. Adams Street, or go to the Lamp Post Tavern where some of the crucial scenes took place. You can find the pub on 408 W. Sprague Avenue.
The Ward (2010)
The Ward stars none other than Meryl Streep’s daughter, Mamie Gummer. It chronicles the lives of several young women at a mental institution, and most of the scenes were filmed at Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake.
Home of the Brave (2006)
Starring Samuel L. Jackson, this 2006 feature follows four Army National Guard soldiers throughout their tour in Iraq and their lives after they’ve returned home. Also in pivotal roles are Christina Ricci, Jessica Biel, Chad Michael Murray and 50 Cent. Directors filmed the movie in both Spokane and Morocco.
Mozart and the Whale (2005)
This romantic comedy stars Josh Hartnett and Radha Mitchell who fall in love at a support group for people with autism. The characters play two individuals affected with Asperger’s and is loosely based on real-life events.
The film takes place in Spokane, with Josh Hartnett’s character working as a taxi driver. Much of the principal photography took place at Gonzaga University and Riverfront Park.
The Basket (1999)
This film, set in Spokane just after World War I, tells the story of a man, Martin Conlon, who helps the town heal from its losses by inventing a new game: basketball.
Smoke Signals (1998)
This film is one of the first and only films to feature an all Native American cast and crew. Shot mostly on the Coeur D’Alene Indian Reservation in Idaho, it has a few scenes in Spokane. These include Riverfront Park and the old Greyhound station on Sprague Avenue.
Vision Quest (1985)
This coming-of-age film was based on the novel of the same name. It follows a Spokane high school wrestler who falls in love with an older woman from New Jersey. Most of the filming took place in local high schools, including Rodgers High School, Ferris High School, Shadle Park High School and North Central High School.
Ferguson Cafe on Garland is also featured in this film, as the characters eat at the iconic countertops.
Why Would I Lie? (1980)
This 1980 comedy/drama follows a man named Cletus, played by Treat Williams. He finds work as a social worker and tries to find a home for a young man named Jorge. During his quest, he falls in love with a fellow social worker, who happens to be Jorge’s mother.
Films in Spokane
As you can see, there are several films who have had Spokane, Washington as its background. Some of them feature Spokane as a character in itself, while some of them have the city masquerading as another. Whatever the reason the movies in Spokane feature the city in the films, there is no doubt there are plenty of films in which the city plays a part.
For more tips about visiting or living in Spokane, visit our blog at Clever Neighbor.


Dominique Moore Arts (DMA) offers a wide variety of services for actors of all ages including professional level workshops, elite masterclasses, one to one coaching and mentoring for exceptional and passionate actors. Led by the reputable British Actor Dominique Moore.
DMA is not an agency or management company and does not take any commission from an actor’s professional engagements.
As a company DMA has great relationships with numerous agents and top industry professionals, including – casting directors, directors and producers. These relationships offer fantastic opportunities to the DMA pool of talent and supports you on your journey to success. Our opinion on talent is very well respected by industry professionals and we are regularly asked by UK & US casting teams to introduce them to the talent that we work with.
Our aim is to provide actors and parents/guardians with the tools, industry understanding and support to develop your craft and position yourself for success in the professional industry.
Working with DMA
We believe consistent training is the foundation of every successful acting career, regular training ensures that as an actor you are completely prepared to deliver your best work when an opportunity should arise. Without this training, success is more difficult to achieve.
Even while engaged in a long running professional production, it is important to continue with training. When required to attend a casting at short notice, actors who have committed to regular training will benefit from an audition prep session a lot more effectively.
Meet our Team
Dominique Moore – Founder
Dominique is a professional actor with an international fan base starting her professional career at only 9 years old. Over the past two decades her career has included countless lead and critical roles in commercials and television shows on premiere networks such as: BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and every other major network in the UK as well as feature film roles including starring opposite and working closely with Oscar winner Sir Ben Kingsley. Dominique originated roles in five West End musicals and starred in the BBC’S first fly on the wall documentary ‘Paddington Green’ and ‘8:50 to Paddington Green.’
Dominique can currently be seen in the US on HULU in ‘Four Weddings & A Funeral’ and in the UK on ITV Drama ‘A Confession’. Dominique also voices lead characters in new cartoon animations for DISNEY, MATTEL and Channel 5’s Hit show ‘Floogals’ on Milkshake.
As a mentor to young actors all over the World, Dominique’s opinion on young talent has become very well respected by industry professionals and she loves having the opportunity to personally introduce young actors she works with to her industry contacts.
Kevin J – Creative Director
Starting his stand up career at the age of 19 on London’s urban comedy circuit, Kevin J has gone on to perform at world renowned venues such as the O2 Arena and Hackney Empire, as well as taking to the stage as far afield as Africa.
In addition to his extensive stage work he has also made TV & Radio appearances on MTV, BBC Radio 1 and features in BBC Radio 4’s sketch comedy show ‘It’s Jocelyn.’
Kevin is also the recipient of the prestigious Black Tie Comedy Award for best newcomer.
In 2014 Kevin made his Edinburgh Festival debut, following this up in 2015 with his first full length show ‘Council Estate Of Mind’, both playing to packed houses and picking up great reviews along the way.
As well as an extensive career as a stand-up comedian, Kevin has also worked in the creative sector for over 8 years, leading teams and executing marketing and communication campaigns for organisations which include the NHS.
An early adopter of social and digital media, Kevin boasts an on online following of over 20,000 unique users.
Melissa Batchelor – Coach
Melissa started her professional career at the age of 11 when she appeared on stage at the famous Sadlers Wells theatre in a production of Cavalcade, alongside Gabrielle Drake and Jeremy Clyde. After winning a scholarship to the prestigious Sylvia Young Theatre School at the age of 14, Melissa began to concentrate on her dance career, and was asked to dance for Pop stars Cleopatra & Billie Piper.
It was during her time at Sylvia Young that she realised she also had a real passion for acting and decided that this was the route she wanted to take & began to build her career. Over the last 2 decades Melissa has appeared in & played lead roles in many different TV shows, films & commercials for premiere networks including CBBC, BBC, ITV & Channel 5.
Melissa recently played Erica in Emmerdale and can be seen in the third series of Top Boy on Netflix.
Ashley Campbell – Coach
Ashley trained at the Arts Educational School and was the recipient of the prestigious Ned Sherrin Award for most outstanding all round performer.
Ashley began his training at the Sylvia Young Theatre School. Where he worked alongside Michael Jackson, Audrey Hepburn and Roger Moore.
Making his West End debut at The Old Vic at 11 years old and going straight on to the work at the National Theatre.
Since then Ashley has been working as a professional actor for over 25 years, and has the CV to show for it, his West End Theatre credits include: Company which is now transferring to Broadway, The Rat Pack and Much ado about nothing at The Shakespeare Globe, The Broadway transfer of The Color Purple at The Menier Chocolate Factory. Macbeth, The Rover & Two Noble Kinsmen for The Royal Shakespeare Company.
Recent Film and television credits include: Mamma Mia 2, Father Brown (BBC), Doctors (BBC) Circles, Jermaine and Elsie, Scott and Bailey, Hollyoaks.
Joshua LeClair – Coach
Joshua is a Canadian performer living and working in London.
Joshua currently stars in Disney’s Sadie Sparks as the character Teepee and in 101 Dalmatian Street as Hunter DeVil while touring internationally as Nigel in Matilda the Musical.
He studied at Sheridan College in Canada and completed his MA at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and remains in the United Kingdom on an extraordinary talent visa. Joshua began performing professionally at nine years old for the Winnipeg Boys Choir and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and has been performing in all mediums ever since. He is also a yoga and meditation teacher.


Erica Dale Wagner was born in Naples and raised in Southwest Florida. Growing up, she performed in numerous productions in town before she graduated from Cypress Lake High School Center for the Arts. Shortly thereafter, she moved to New York City, earning her 2 year Integrated Program Certificate from the prestigious American Musical and Dramatic Academy College and Conservatory for the Performing Arts. She then moved to Los Angeles, California where she completed her degree with the same college and earned her Bachelors Degree of Fine Arts in 2016 at the age of 20. Erica’s passion for the performing arts shines through in her lessons for her students, and she hopes to inspire them to be a part of the next generation of artists! She is happy and humbled to be back home, and excited to be a part of the Village School faculty.


We are added again with another awesome post for you guys and today we will be talking to you about why we watch this show.
There are many reasons why you should watch Game of Thrones, too many to count on two hands. There is the plot line, the characters, the acting, the message that it brings across. So many different things that make the show awesome. You could say that we watch it because of all of those reasons and some but overall we love this television series because of the quality. What we mean by this is that everything about the show was high quality. The acting is amazing, it brings a crossed some very powerful messages, it can teach you a few life lessons, it gives you a fantasy escape as well. For all of these different reasons we love watching Game of Thrones.
To get more of a good sense of why we watch Game of Thrones, we will explain a couple of the reasons in detail below.
The acting-the acting in this TV show is definitely top notch, they have some of the best actors in television playing the roles on Game of Thrones. This show has not been nominated for Academy Awards for nothing. It has those credentials because the acting is truly professional and has much detail in it. The feelings that come across when the lines are being read feel like the genuine. It is like your watching a headline Hollywood movie every single week. It is very nice, because a lot of TV shows these days have subpar acting and it makes you not want to watch them. With this show, the acting is so good that it just draws you in even more and makes you want to watch nonstop.
The story line- this show has one of the best plot lines and stories we have ever heard. The story really goes in depth and covers all the key points. It is a very good job of explaining what is going on in very great detail. It is very good when a show brings its message across very clearly.
That is our short little post for you today and make sure to stay tuned!


How characters with autism got starring roles on TV’s ‘Good Doctor,’ ‘Atypical,’ ‘Claws’
As autism has increased in frequency and recognition in society, TV is welcoming more characters with the condition.
The lead characters of Netflix’s Atypical (now streaming), ABC’s The Good Doctor (due Sept. 25) and a supporting character in TNT’s Claws all have autism, which is characterized by difficulties with social perception and inflexible, repetitive behaviors. The characters are portrayed by actors who don’t have autism.
The series represent a growing trend toward depicting people who traditionally haven’t been seen much on TV, such as the young man with cerebral palsy who is the central character on ABC’s Speechless.
But as TV seeks more representation of people with physical or developmental challenges, it’s important to present accurate and honest portrayals, while not defining characters solely by their condition, says Freddie Highmore (Bates Motel), who plays young surgeon Shaun Murphy on Doctor.
“I appreciate the way in which Shaun is a fully formed character. Often, people with autism on screen have been represented as somewhat emotionless or singularly focused on one thing, and that isn’t true,” he says. “We get to see Shaun in moments of joy, what makes him excited, alongside the very real struggle he’s facing.”
Characters with autism have appeared on TV over the years, but there have been more depictions in the last decade or so, including young Max Braverman of NBC’s Parenthood, Detective Sonya Cross of AMC’s The Bridge and real-life professor Temple Grandin, played by Claire Danes in an Emmy-winning HBO film.
On Doctor, Murphy is a surgeon in training who has savant syndrome, which in his case manifests itself in a photographic medical memory, depicted on screen with anatomical graphics.
Executive producer David Shore (House) says Murphy, who has difficulty with social cues, is fascinated by the ways people interact.
Read the full article at www.usatoday.com


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Since God is present even at the fall of a sparrow, he will most assuredly be with a follower of Christ. From that point on, Hamlet dedicates himself to this revenge.
So far, everything Hamlet was taught about religion and what he has experienced are quite opposites. Therefore, Hamlet is essentially about the attempt to hold a mirror up to human nature and work towards expressing the inexpressible and scrutinizing the inscrutable aspects of human experience.
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The play itself constantly hovers between reality and pretence, and at the zenith of its dramatic tension; during the performance of The murder of Gonzago, the boundaries of identity between Gertrude and the Player Queen and Claudius and the Player King creates the merging of pretence and reality, momentarily, into one confused band.
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In the end of the play, Hamlet feels as though his filial piety has been completed. Here, Hamlet is in quite a quagmire. The second scene I will discuss is when King Claudius is feeling remorse for the sins he has committed and appears to be praying for forgiveness.
Third, I will conclude that once religion and eternal damnation are no longer a factor, Hamlet is capable of finishing the task his father destined him to fulfill. As Hamlet is given the perfect opportunity to take revenge, he is stopped, not by his own love for human life, but by religion.
On one hand, Hamlet is taught, as a Protestant, that there is no such thing as purgatory. As Hamlet is given the perfect opportunity to take revenge, he is stopped, not by his own love for human life, but by religion.
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First, I will ascertain that Hamlet is indeed religious. In this scene, it can be argued that Hamlet is taken out of the world of thought and religion.
In the play, it seems as though Shakespeare uses religious references where the Ghost is made to represent Roman Catholicism and Hamlet to represent Protestantism.
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All of which mirrors the aspect of human nature where we want things categorised and understood, whilst his failure to create meaningful death, also mirrors the fact that there are things that we cannot categorise and understand.
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The human evolution essay leadership literature essay on disgrace. After Gertrude drinks from the poisoned cup, Hamlet discovers that the fight he is partaking in has all been an elaborate hoax to lure him into his own death. Does Hamlet merely feign intellectual reasoning as an actor mightor is there a deeper problem that troubles him.
Source Religion Frustrates Hamlet's Revenge As we move from conversation to inner turmoil, we begin to see how Hamlet is stifled not because of his own brooding and passionate ways, but moreover because of his religious background and filial piety.
Everything in Hamlet works in pairs; for example the double image of Lucianus in the Mousetrap scene as, both Young Hamlet and Claudius, Claudius as the antithesis of King Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern as a pair and Gerturde and Ophelia.
Hamlet spends the vast majority of the play ruminating over philosophical questions related to the typical themes of revenge tragedy; action, murder, revenge, but also the purpose of theatre, philosophical questions of life, family relationships and the importance of rituals such as funerals.
Religion in Hamlet A misinterpretation of religion to suit the needs of royalty. Act 4 Act 5 "Is she to be buried in Christian burial, when she willfully seeks her own salvation?". Everything in Hamlet works in pairs; for example the double image of Lucianus in the Mousetrap scene as, both Young Hamlet and Claudius, Claudius as the antithesis of King Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern as a pair and Gerturde and Ophelia.
Shakespeare's Hamlet is a play rife with moral dilemmas. Religious codes often clash with desires and instinctual feelings in the minds of the characters, calling into question which courses of action are truly the righteous paths. In Hamlet's case, such conundrums are debilitating and cause a.
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Friday Night Movie Pick: La Vie En Rose
December 9, 2011 § 3 Comments
Because the weather is less than perfect, why not cozy up and watch some movies? This one in particular will make an excellent setting for you to wind-down to with a glass of wine, yes? It’s a deep and moving story about the horror and glory of fame. A biopic about the late Edith Piaf, a legendary French singer whose life was riddled with extreme highs and lows, which mirrors what some celebrities even today struggle with: too much life in the spotlight, obligations to maintain too many social/work engagements and everything that accompanies those excesses. It takes you behind the scenes and into the heart of the star; really an entertaining and emotional case study. Keep the tissue handy for this one — it’s a category five tear jerker — not having what is called an “American ending.”
Marion Cotillard‘s portrayal of Piaf won her the 2007 Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, an accolade rarely handed out to foreign language film stars. Javier Bardem, the Spanish actor who played the air-gun-totting-psycho in No Country for Old Men, came very close with a nomination last year for his leading role in Biutiful — another foreign masterpiece I highly recommend. It’s raw life on film with all of its ups and downs, meaningful, and makes you think about your life. It’s something some foreign filmmakers are exceptional at doing. These are films that will change you.


Not this only minorly has something to do with Stuart. This is a Diary Frank Spotnitz kept that was published in Entertainment Weekly magazine (funnily enough he was to be an EW contributor).
I'll put up a scan after the *Diary* bit I just wish I could find a better quality one. I have the magazine itself but I don't have a scanner to scan it in so we're stuck with a low-quality scan until someday, hopefully I can find a better one.
This was in the Sept. 30, 2005 issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine.Diary of a Night Stalker
Former 'X-Files' executive producer Frank Spotnitz chronicles
his efforts to resurrect a 1970s TV cult horror classic for ABC by Frank SpotnitzJuly 15, 2004
Having coffee with my wife, Melissa, when my cell phone rings. It's Mark Pedowitz, president of Touchstone Television. Reception is poor, but the words ''The Night Stalker'
' cut right through the static. Mark, a longtime science fiction fan, wants to know if I'd be interested in doing a new series based on the 32-year-old TV movie.
Would I be interested? As a child, I watched endless hours of television — Star Trek, The Wild Wild West, Mission: Impossible — but nothing struck me as deeply as The Night Stalker
, which aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on Jan. 11, 1972. It was about a down-and-out newspaper reporter, Carl Kolchak
, who comes upon the story of his life when cocktail waitresses start turning up exsanguinated, apparent victims of a real-life vampire. The show scared the crap out of me — and I wasn't alone: It was the highest-rated TV movie of all time (up to that point), grabbing 48 percent of the viewing audience.
Not surprisingly, ABC broadcast a sequel, The Night Strangler, which transplanted Kolchak to Seattle in pursuit of a serial killer who couldn't die. I loved every second of it, as I did Kolchak: The Night Stalker, the TV series that followed in 1974. Although the show wasn't half as good as the movies, it had one very big thing going for it: Darren McGavin.
McGavin, by that time a veteran character actor in his 50s, was unforgettable as Kolchak. Funny and charming, sporting a straw hat and seersucker suit, he was always sticking his tape recorder into places it didn't belong — a perpetual irritant to anyone in a position of authority, most especially his long-suffering editor, Tony Vincenzo, played by the late, great Simon Oakland.
But neither McGavin nor the viewing public was enamored of the series, and by the time the 20th episode aired, the network granted McGavin's pleas to cancel it.
It made sense Pedowitz would think of me to take another crack at it — Chris Carter, my friend and collaborator, cited The Night Stalker as his prime inspiration for creating The X-Files. I was an exec producer of that show, writing on it for eight years. And the similarities between the two were undeniable. But much as I loved Night Stalker, I wasn't eager to put in 80-hour weeks over the next eight years telling the same kind of stories. I said I'd think about it. ( THE RESTCollapse )( The ScanCollapse )


Title: Halloween Candy
Author: Paul Phillips
Amazon description: Leah Lawrence is actually excited by her latest school assignment – create a short film based on an event in her town’s past.
Leah and her group decide to base their film on Julian Harvey. He was sent to jail fifteen years earlier for putting razor blades inside toffee and handing them out at Halloween, injuring several people. After he was released from jail, he vanished.
When word gets out about Leah’s film, she starts receiving ominous text messages, and becomes the target of several mysterious incidents.
Somebody out there doesn’t want this film to get made.
What really happened fifteen years ago? Where is Julian Harvey now? Why is somebody working so hard to keep the truth buried?
Leah must uncover fifteen years worth of secrets and lies before she finishes the film – and before somebody finishes her for good.
Review: Like Pool Pranks, this is set in the fictional town of Howlett. I’m getting fond of Howlett; for one thing I really like tied-together stand-alone novels. They’re less commitment than series that have to be read in order, but the familiarity is attractive. Also Howlett has its own charms: it feels largely American but also could be read as somewhere-in-Australia, and the characters’ speech patterns have traces of both.
While there were traces of telling-not-showing, and the middle dragged slightly at times while the characters went over the plot points, neither of these slight flaws are out of place in the vintage-teen-horror genre. Honestly if it weren’t for the publishing date these could have come off my “Point Horror” shelf, and I love that someone is continuing to write that type of book but in a modern setting.
Overall an enjoyable light read, and you can pick it up for “free” if you have Kindle Unlimited. Definitely worth picking up.


Northwest Missouri State alums Eric Zornes and Katie Denison have put their heads, hands, and hearts together to document the 2011 Northwest Bearcats football team. The two Northwest broadcasting majors were inspired to create the film following former head coach Scott Bostwick's sudden and unexpected death of a heart attack in the summer of 2011.
Zornes and Denison will begin editing the documentary following the 2011 football season. The film is being funded out of pocket through their upstart production company called "MILE MARKER 8." The two hope to recoup some of the finances through DVD sales. No release date is set yet, but they're shooting to release the DVD in the spring of 2012.