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'Theresa Is a Mother' DVD/VOD: Boomerang Kid with Own Offspring
The oft-used phrase "humor is relative" is never truer than it is in the multi-festival winning dramedy "Theresa Is a Mother," which Garden Thieves Pictures is releasing on DVD and VOD on September 29 2015. The titular parent is a hilariously failed "punkish" singer/songwriter who slowly drowns before hitting rock bottom.
The aforementioned wins include the Van Gogh Award at the Amsterdam Film Festival and the Best Feature Award at the Orlando Film Festival. The following YouTube clip of the "Theresa" trailer shows why.
The aforementioned desperation prompts Theresa to pack up her three daughters and move them into the childhood home that Theresa escaped more than a decade earlier. Her dread quickly turns to surprise on learning that her parents have become much more lively and progressive during her absence. In fact, they are far hipper than their morose offspring,
The focus then shifts to Theresa struggling to accept her new reality, to meet the requirement of her parents that she obtain a day job, and to keep her own children happy. Much of the humor relates to said job search and the concurrent search for at least fame, if not fortune. The feeling that the actress playing Theresa fully understands her character reflects that C. Fraser Press is the titular star, the writer, and the director. To her credit, Press does an excellent job with the distressed looks and multiple struggles of her character. She is equally believable as a painfully bad musician with more baggage than ten roadies could manage.
On the surface, this makes for a typical film about parents and a failed adult child learning to relate on the former returning home in disgrace. This one goes a bit deeper in making the story more than a tale of the aftermath of a failed marriage or the loss of prestigious employment. Theresa has never risen and must accept that life is not all laundromat and open-mike gigs.
Highlights include a tribute to Carmen Miranda, an illustration of the harsh reality of having young grandchildren living in the home, and Theresa negotiating for very menial work.
The proverbial scene stealer is teen actor Matthew Gumley as Bar Mitzah boy Seth Nerwitz. His extended song, which includes homages to "Luck Be a Lady Tonight" (rather than "Luke Be A Jedi Tonight") and many other show tunes, on his big day is must-see. The connection between this and Theresa becoming an "adult" nicely wraps up the film.
The overall visual style of "Theresa" is consistent with the aforementioned themes. It has the hand-held camera slightly grunge look of the '90s. The success regarding this shows that you can go home again when it comes to styles of film making,
Anyone with questions regarding "Theresa" is welcome to email me. You can also connect on Twitter via @tvdvdguy.
Posted by Matt Nelson at 8:22:00 AM
'Fulboy' DVD: Rel-Life Argentinian Soccer Players Bare Body and Soul
tla releasing, which is the foreign art-house division of LGBT film company tla video, takes a break from artful tales of the challenges of young (and sometimes slightly less young) gay love to add Fulboy to the releasing catalog. The subject of this modern-style documentary by Martin Farina is his professional football (my people call it soccer) playing brother Tomas and the teammates of Tomas. (A bonus short focuses on Tomas.)
The following YouTube clip of the "Fulboy" trailer accurate portrays the fun spirit and highly featured masculine beauty in the film. Like many such promos, it also focuses more on the (figurative) fluff than the nicely presented substance in the movie.
The overlapping foci of the film are revealing the true natures and the private thoughts of the players and their exceptional physical attributes. Numerous scenes of group showers and locker room activity are the strongest examples of the latter. Two spoilers are that the universally well-equipped subjects seem to enjoy showering with their colleagues and most of them are not from families that follow a particular Jewish practice.
The goal (pun intended) of the less lascivious aspect of "Fulboy" is to dispel the positive and the negative myths regarding the team. The primary theme of this element is that the athletes are doing a job, rather than playing a game. Their handling of business affairs and managing (not always substantial) incomes are only the tip of the iceberg regarding the truth behind perceiving these guys as cavalier millionaire playboys.
Letting the team take the lead regarding merely pointing the camera at them and having them share their thoughts further makes the audience think a little more about these celebrities as human beings. We learn about physical and emotional hardships related to spending so much time away from home, the impact of scorn from fans, and other less glamorous elements of the profession.
Footage of nearly naked team members roughhousing, getting massages, and discussing the amount of money required to engage in sexual activity with each other supplement the aforementioned images that are designed to provide stimulation of a non-cerebral nature. All this shows that boys will be boys and that every man is aware of how he measures up to his colleagues.
This combination of insight and the softest possible soft porn makes an interesting "behind-the-scenes" look at a world that is rarely portrayed in such depth; the copious nudity is valid but largely is a (validly) blatant attempt to increase the demand for the film. At the same time, this makes asserting that you are buying the DVD "for the articles" reasonably believable.
Anyone with questions or comments regarding "Fulboy" is encouraged to either email me or to connect on Twitter via @tvdvdguy.
45th Anniversary of 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' Evokes Thoughts of Encounters with MTM Stars
The press release for the October 13, 2015 PBS documentary "Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration" evoked a textbook mix of emotions. Learning of this program, which will include interviews with a plethora of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (MTM) stars, was exciting. Learning that this prime time childhood favorite premiered 45 years ago last week evoked feelings of being old.
This release further prompted memories of amazing personal connections with MTM. The first dates to being drafted into escorting a gaggle of boy scouts on a trip to Maine in the early '90s. I noticed while in the Ralph Lauren outlet in Freeport, Maine that the young Republicans were huddled en masse and whispering loudly and pointing.
On investigating, I learned that the lads had spotted Gavin MacLeod, who played wonderfully cynical news writer Murray Slaughter on MTM. Both wanting to get the kids to settle down and to give MacLoed a break, I approached him and told him about our trip.
A few minutes into speaking with MacLoed, I heard the scouts chanting "Captain Stubing." Acting on pure instinct, I instantly replied "more importantly, 'Mary Tyler Moore.'"
Almost as instantly, I realized that I had inadvertently insulted MacLoed re: his "The Love Boat" role. I am certain that the devastation on my face was very clear to MacLoed as I stated "Mr. MacLoed; I am so sorry."
I will never forget MacLoed breaking into the biggest and brightest smile that I have ever seen as he said "I know EXACTLY what you mean."
This wonderful encounter ended with MacLoed writing the group an autograph on a shopping bag. That souvenir somehow ended up hanging in my home, rather than the scout building, and remains a valued treasure in my proudly displayed SWAG collection.
The second chance encounter with an MTM star occurred roughly 25 years after meeting MacLoed; coincidentally, this one was in northern New England as well.
I was taking a badly needed weekend in Woodstock, Vermont and was planning on watching television in my room (which did have a view) when I saw a flyer announcing that Cloris Leachman, who was born to play social-conscious landlady Phyllis Lindstrom on MTM, was signing her autobiography at the local bookstore that evening. After profusely jay walking through traffic to get to the event, I was heartbroken to learn that sickness required postponing the signing.
I still purchased several copies of the book to have one for myself and to give others as gifts. (It truly was a good read.) Leachman not only provided the requested messages when she made it up there, but I have a photo of her using my copy as her reading copy.
The third encounter with greatness was from roughly the same period as the Leachman experience but is more indirect than that treat and the discussion with MacLoed. This one related to interviewing "I Dream of Jeannie"/"The Bob Newhart Show" star Bill Daily, who is one of the top 10 nicest people whom I have ever met. The signed genie bottle that he gave me is the center of the aforementioned SWAG display.
Daily shared that he was strongly recruited to play arrogant but stupid anchorman Ted Baxter on MTM but turned down the role. He explained that he thought that the nature of that supporting role would have been a step down after his more prominent "Jeannie" role.
My response was joking that Daily at least had gotten out of doing "Too Close for Comfort," which was a horrible '80s sitcom starring Baxter portrayor Ted Knight. Daily graciously vigorously laughed at that remark.
The final story regarding a personal connection with MTM is a sad one. I was dealing with putting the shelter kitty whom I had adopted 11 years earlier to sleep. The cat is who decided on meeting me that I was the one the he wanted; manifestations of that included sleeping curled up next to me from his first night in his forever home until his kidney disease reached its final stages.
As a complete aside, the following image is of a book cover with a photo of my cat on it. (The story behind that has nothing to do with MTM.)
I was doing alright with the impending loss of my cat until calling the vet to schedule his final appointment. I immediately started strongly crying on hanging up but still looked up an online description of the DVD set of the fourth season of MTM for a review. Reading in the S4 recap that one scene had Phyllis remarking in the aftermath of learning that her husband had cheated on her that male bees mating once and then dying "all in all" was not a bad system prompted rapidly going from intensely crying to hysterically laughing. It is hard to image many scenes from many shows having such power.
The bottom line is that MTM pulled off the tough trick of mixing clever humor with an ideal cast that genuinely liked and respected each other. This, indeed, warrants a PBS tribute.
Anyone with questions or comments regarding MTM is strongly encouraged to email me; you can also connect on Twitter via @tvdvdguy.
'Francesco' BD/DVD: Classic St. Francis Biopic Release Coincides with Pope Visit
Uber-awesome indie foreign film distributor Film Movement demonstrates the same excellent instincts regarding its extensive DVD and Blu-ray (BD) catalog in releasing the 1989 English-language Italian film "Francesco." The separate DVD and BD releases of this beautifully filmed biopic of St. Francis of Assisi (with Mickey Rourke doing a good job in the title role) via Film Movement Classics arrived a few weeks before the U.S. visit of Pope Francis.
As an aside, other recent notable Classics releases include BDs of the recently reviewed French farce "The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe" and the also discussed highly sensual Ewan MacGregor drama "The Pillow Book."
The nomination for the Palme d'Or at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival reflects the crisp cinematography that Blu-ray enhances and the quality of the narrative itself. The good elements of the latter relate to the action-adventure vibe of the film.
The time lime of the film shifts from the founding fathers (and mother) of the Franciscan order meeting in the aftermath of the death of Francesco to the events of his life that they are chronicling.
We first meet Francesco as a passionate son of a wealthy merchant; said passion at that time revolves around quests for absolutely fabulous glory. His early adventures include being a prisoner of war and carousing with his posse.
Life-changing encounters transform Francesco from a hybrid of a Kennedy and a younger member of the British royal family to the man who is so central to Catholicism. His good deeds include working with lepers, founding the aforementioned order, and being a strict constructionist who preaches the Gospel as the gospel. We also see that he is not afraid to take on daunting authority figures that include his biological father and the pope of the day.
The film further is a perfect example of nudity being central to the story. (One spoiler is that we do not actually see Mickey's mouse.) Francesco strongly believes in shedding every last stitch both to reject the material world in which we material girls and boys live and to demonstrate humility. One particular scene uses nudity to demonstrate the extreme devotion of one particular follower.
Another memorable scene has Francesco speaking with a large group of followers who have come to meet the man who has changed their lives. The well-presented intentional parallels evoke thoughts of Jesus having the same experience during his lifetime.
Rourke does his best work when furthering the objective of the film of showing Francesco as an ordinary man. This aspect of the personality of that character makes him someone with whom you would want to share a glass of wine; it also gives the film power in the same sense as learning of the humble acts of the current pope both in his current role and in the years before receiving that promotion.
The extras include footage from the Cannes Film Festival press conference for "Francesco" and a booklet with a fascinating essay by director Liliana Cavani,
'The Firechasers' DVD: London's Burning and Chad Everett is on the Case
[EDITOR'S NOTE: This Region Four DVD from Australia will not play in a standard U.S. DVD player; you must use a well-worth purchasing) international player.]
The retrotastic fun of the Australia-based Madman Entertainment Britannia film collection continues with another DVD release of a "shoulda been a series" British TV pilot that has never been released in the U.S. This time, it is the 1971 film "The Firechasers" starring a "Medical Center" era Chad Everett.
Like the previously reviewed Leonard Nimoy atmospheric thriller "Baffled!" and the also covered Patrick Macnee caper film "Mister Jerico" from the Britannia catalog, "Firechasers' is a wonderfully fun example of a late '60s/early '70s TV drama. Everett plays dashing and clever ladies' man/chief fire investigator for an insurance firm Quentin Barnaby. As Barnaby explains, his current profession utilizes skills from past careers that include being an engineer and a police officer.
The aforementioned elements will have fans of crime dramas from this era eagerly anticipating a baritone voice announcing that "Firechasers" is "A Quinn Martin Production." The skill of the behind-the-scenes "Firechaser" folks remove all disappointment regarding the lack of involvement by Martin
The catalyst for the action in "Firechasers" comes in the form of late-night warehouse fires that seem to be the work of a serial arsonist. The love interest/talented career woman comes in the form of Lois Lane-style newspaper reporter Toby Collins. The efforts of Collins to interview Barnaby leads to professional collaboration, which presumably leads to pillow talk.
Both Barnaby and Collins recognizing that the frequency of blazes far exceeds the statistical norm set them on the path of the malfeasor behind those fires. Their clues include a psychedelic vehicle that makes the Partridge Family bus look like a family sedan and an equally bizarre confession of questionable credibility.
Wonderful humor comes in the form of Barnaby and Collins interacting with the suits who supervise them. Watching Barnaby strut into an officeful of fans only to have a boss whom he does not amuse is as entertaining as seeing Collins argue with her editor regarding her coverage of the fire. Barnaby almost surely would have been taken off of the force only be reinstated at the end of the film if he was a cop.
The even better news is that the story keeps the viewer engaged, and even the numerous highly predictable elements are well presented. The creepy stalker is not so obvious in his or her daily life, and the red herring is wonderfully colorful. The only downside to all this is that it creates a longing for Martin productions such as "The F.B.I." and "The Streets of San Francisco."
The truly special extras include theatrical trailers and a .pdf of the original script. The latter particularly facilitates holding a "Firechasers" themed party, ascots mandatory.
Anyone with questions or comments regarding "Firechasers" is encouraged to either email or to connect on Twitter via @tvdvdguy.
'Mister Jerico' DVD: Greatest UK/US Collaboration Since WWII
[EDITOR'S NOTE: This Region 4 DVD from Australia will not play in a standard U.S. DVD player; it requires a (very affordable) international region-free player.]
The Madman Entertainment DVD release of the 1969 swinging caper film "Mister Jerico" is the second reviewed "shouldabeen a series" from the Madman Britannia film collection series. An August 2015 Unreal TV post discusses the uber-awesome 1973 Leonard Nimoy atmospheric thriller "Baffled."
Patrick Macnee of the classic swinging British series "The Avengers" stars as the titular sophisticated and charming con man. The Bond-style pre-opening credits has him scamming a millionaire out of a coerced finder's fee related to allegedly recovering an expensive bracelet. The discovery of the subterfuge and the subsequent pursuit are classic late '60s entertainment.
The fun continues with a very catchy (also Bond style) theme song by British pop royalty Lulu; you figuratively will leave the theater humming it.
The action then shifts to the primary plot, which has Jerico perpetuating a complex plot to steal the Gemini diamond from his friend Victor Russo. Frenchwoman Claudine soon arriving on the scene apparently with the same objective as Jerico both complicates matters and transforms what already is a real hoot into a true late-60s style caper free-for-all.
Highlights include Jerico displaying mad cat burglar skills, confusion regarding which of the three gems in play is fake, and the international feel of the film. The seductions and courtships add further value.
American actress Connie Stevens joining the fun as the hard to pin down secretary of Russo greatly enhances the film to an extent that is not fully known until roughly the final 15 minutes of "Jerico." Suffice it to say that the walls do start tumbling down.
Pure conic relief comes in the form of broad American comedian Marty "Hello Dere" Allen as Wally, who is the sidekick of Jerico. Allen particularly shines in the final scene of the film in a manner that solidifies that creates actual aching for a series.
These elements additionally combine to create a genuine time capsule. Anyone who is familiar with the late '60s/early '70s will immediately recognize the film as a relic of that era and consider it a genuine find.
Anyone with questions or comments regarding "Jerico" is strongly encouraged to email me; you can also connect on Twitter via @tvdvdguy.
Monkey Realtor Tailor-Made for SNL Character
These thoughts regarding frustration related to dealing with realtors during a recent move wraps up a series of posts, including commentary on the depiction of Boston on television, that touch on that relocation. The underlying factor is that the de minimis requirements for obtaining a license to sell real estate place everyone who buys and/or sells a residence in harm's way. The combination of not requiring any formal education, facilitating an extremely flexible schedule, and having potential for a large income can be figuratively deadly.
Said "professional" (intense coughing) always being motivated to both cater to potential buyers even if representing the seller and further acting in self-interest in the manner of benefiting more from getting a lower price for a home early in the process than devoting a few more months to the transaction and getting a slightly higher price that minimally increases his or her commission. A personal hit was getting a minimum of $20,000 below the fair-market value of my well-maintained home in a good neighborhood of a mid-level resort community largely to get my personal "monkey" off my back.
The funny because its true thing is that most lawyer jokes apply just as strongly to realtors. The good news regarding both members of either group is that they can swim in the ocean without fearing a shark attack.
The solution to all this is a course of action that a friend recommended early in the process and that I ended up doing. One must be resigned to figuring out the minimum that he or she can accept for a home and selling said abode for that amount.
Anyone who has undergone this Hell can easily picture a (as of yet undeveloped and randomly named) SNL character William the Monkey Realtor played by an actual blazer-clad simian whose vocalizations are subtitled. Picturing such a character responding to simple questions with a blank stare is very easy. The intelligence level of this character and his actually returning calls and emails may make folks currently trying to buy and/or sell a home want to hire him.
One can only hope for a William movie in which he teams up with an uber-arrogant billionaire orangutan real-estate developer (any resemblance to any current presidential candidate is purely coincidental) for the deal of the century. It is difficult to imagine this being any worse that 95-percent of the films based on SNL characters, A must-mention aside regarding this is Jon Stewart commenting on "The Daily Show" years ago that television characters do not make successful movie characters because they are not good enough to warrant such a project.
The "professional" who inspires the thought of adding a barely fictionalized colleague of his to the roster of SNL characters came highly recommended by several good friends. However, he committed such faux pas as not updating online listings after price reductions (and subsequently stating that said listings are not mandatory) or even updating his own site after my sale went through, immediately scaring off potential buyers with reports of "a potential lawsuit" affecting my home when no such threat existed, repeatedly referring to very basic applicable principles of law as "legal mumbo jumbo" that he could not comprehend, and saying "I can't remember all that" when asked to provide potential buyers three sentences of information regarding an issue.
An actual conversation consisted of this real-life William saying "so, I spoke to those guys." "Which guys?" "The buyers." "Which buyers?" "I don't remember." This led to my listing each of the few buyers who expressed interest in my home until the realtor remembered to whom he spoke.
A confession is that the above telephone discussion and most other conversations via that device with this idiot involved my alternatively making a highly predictable hand gesture and literally pressing tongue very firmly against cheek to express a related sentiment. This is from a generally well-mannered darling of educators and old ladies everywhere.
Asking "do you drink" while handing over a gin-and-tonic set (which also blatantly promoted his agency) as a thank you gift was a perfect final encounter with the realtor. Said bottle inevitably collecting dust on a shelf for the next several decades (I am never moving again after this Hell) will be an apt tribute to the real-life counterpart of William,
The icing on this very bitter cake related to the manager of the agency that employed my realtor. This manager disregarded every report of a violation of state law, including another realtor knowingly falsely listing the house next to mine under a virtually identical address as mine to make that older listing look more recent. A notable conversation caught the manager on a four-hour drive from our shared community to Montreal and having her state that she could not speak because she was out of the country.
For the sake of proving that this pair are not an isolated incident, the realtors with whom I worked in buying my current home were no better. My first realtor literally stood by mute while the realtor for the sellers forcibly presented modifications that were highly disadvantageous to me every two days both before and after signing a purchase-and-sale agreement.
The deal-breaker was the seller's agent cornering me at the post-purchase-and-sale home inspection to sign a paper that granted the sellers an open-ended right to condition the sale on their finding a place to buy. This document further provided for the closing to occur two weeks following the to-be-determined closing on that as of yet unidentified property. My alleged advocate merely stood by and watched this occur.
The seller's agent further asserted that I beat out two other buyers for that desirable property that produced a 227-page home-inspection report that noted things that included a very dangerous spaghetti-wire electrical system and cement sealing a leak near the chimney. That money pit remained on the market four months later.
The contribution of the realtor for my new home was essentially demanding a week before the closing that it occur at an earlier date that I had originally requested but was previously told was impossible. This changed on my realtor realizing that he had a closing scheduled for the date and time to which I agreed.
My hanging up on the realtor prompted him to call my partner, who was not a party to the transaction, and getting him to agree to the earlier date. The realtor did so immediately on my hanging up on him.
The bottom lines (pun intended) regarding all this are that William sketches would write themselves and that I would love to see any of the "professionals" with whom I dealt sit so that I could see whether they tried to put their elbow on the seat.
Anyone with questions or comments (realtors are welcome to get help from an adult) regarding these thoughts is welcome to email me. You can also connect on Twitter via @tvdvdguy.
'Blood Cells' DVD: Shows You Do Not Want to Go Home Again
Watching the recent Garden Thieves Pictures DVD release of the 2014 dystopian drama "Blood Cells" will equally evoke the "finding America" novels and films of the late '60s and early '70s and the misery of modern life. The dreary British landscape in which most of the action occurs enhances this sense.
The following YouTube clip of the "Cells" pilot includes images the aforementioned wasteland of out post-teenage lead. These brief scenes additionally provide looks of the themes and very apt music in the film.
This well-presented character study begins with dramatic scenes of the 2001 mad cow epidemic that is pivotal to the film. These events prompt our anti-hero Adam to hit the road with no plans of returning.
The catalyst for Adam returning to the scene of his childhood trauma long after his father has passed away but a third party has bought the farm is the impending birth of the child of older brother Aiden. The clear message is "you gotta see the baby" or else.
The less-than-fantastic journey that Adam takes to visit his brother reconnects him with others of his past and further places him in contact with a harsh evangelist. The most dramatic and fascinating encounter is with a former girlfriend, who fully drags Adam into her disreputable lime of work. Like all good cinema, things only go downhill from there.
The power of the film comes from witnessing the impact of the aforementioned epidemic and the subsequent events on Adam. Star Barry Ward does a nice job showing that Adam is drained, melancholy, and lacks surprise on learning of the escalating tragedies in the wake of his absence. In many respects, this makes "Cells" a neo-dystopian version of "It's A Wonderful Life" in which the lead makes his own existence and that of those around him worse.
In that respect, the gray weather and dismal/shabby condition of the places that Adam visits reflect the condition of his outer life and soul. The sad thing is that most of us can relate to such a reality,
Anyone with questions or comments regarding "Cells" is welcome to email me. You can also connect on Twitter via @tvdvdguy,
'Hidden Away' DVD: Spanish and Moroccan Boy Find Love on the Fly
tla releasing, which can be considered the art house division of LGBT home-video leader tla video, uses good judgment regarding making the Spanish drama "Hidden Away" its July 2015 DVD selection. The accolades for this tale of a teen infatuation with long-term potential include winning the Queer Award at the 2015 Torino Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.
The following YouTube clip of the "Hidden" trailer nicely illustrates the teen boys in love aspect of the film.
The "ripped from the headlines" element of this film has 14 year-old Moroccan refuge Ibrahim (a.ka. Ibra) living in an institution with similarly situated lads when he has a chaste casual encounter with working-class Spanish teen Rafa. Although few words pass between the boys, their exchanged glances will make viewers who smoke want to light up,
Any male whose first love shares his gender can relate to Rafa subsequently adorably seeking out Ibrahim and Ibrahim having erotic dreams that star Rafa. Having the buddies of Rafa push him toward the arms of a girl who expresses interest in him is equally relatable to boys who like other boys; a scene in this regard in which Rafa and a clueless buddy discusses means for practicing kissing is "must see."
Watching our boys effectively sniff each other out before connecting in a meaningful manner is equally entertaining and relatable. This "courtship" includes Rafa following Ibra around like a puppy.
The racial prejudice that the friends of Rafa (and Rafa going along with this mistreatment) direct at Ibrahim further complicates the efforts of our heroes to connect in the manner in which anyone who has ever seen a film of this type knows that they will. The heart of anyone who possesses such an organ will break on watching Ibrahim overhear Rafa going along with the crowd.
Two related dramatic events roughly an hour into the film prompt the young lovers to flee. This compelling effort will have you alternatively cheering and feeling very badly for the highly likable characters.
On a larger level, "Hidden" shares the releasing characteristic of (mostly) avoiding stereotypes and keeping the presence of doe-eyed twinks to a minimum. Like most subjects of films in the releasing catalog, Ibrahim and Rafa are typical males for their particular environments. They simply find themselves facing challenges related to their desires for loving relationships pulling them in the direction of other boys or men.
Anyone with questions or comments regarding "Hidden" is encouraged to email me. You cam also connect on Twitter via @tvdvdguy.
'Automan' DVD: Tubular Neon-laden Desi Arnaz, Jr. '80s Crime Drama by 'Galactica' Creator
[EDITOR'S NOTE: This Australian-produced Region 4 DVD will not play in a standard U.S. player. It requires a (well worth it) international player.]
Australia-based DVD producer Madman Entertainment once again awesomely fills a void left by U.S.-based companies in recently releasing a four-disc set of the very "Knight Rider"/"Street Hawk" esque 1983-84 crime drama "Automan." The "Tron" style neon that adorns the titular crime-fighting hologram (a.k.a. automatic man) and his very snazzy holographic sports car and helicopter is attributable to having common behind-the-scenes talent with the original "Tron" film.
Including a never-aired 13th episode is one of the most awesome aspects of the set; being unable to locate the listed pilot episode among the special features slightly diminishes the fun.
The primary lore, which the opening segment in the following YouTube clip explains, is that mild-mannered police department computer expert Walter Nebicher, who former dreamy teen idol Desi Arnaz, Jr. portrays well, creates the titular computer-generated image to be the perfect weapon against malfeasors. Programming "Auto" with all the knowledge needed to ensure that justice is served allows that AI dude to save the day, Adding in a "Matrix" style ability to do things such as dance like John Travolta (which an episode hilariously illustrates) furthers this effort.
Casting dreamy blond haired/blue eyed soap hunk Chuck Wagner as Automan further establishes that character as an ideal. Wagner does a nice job with both the innocence of the character and his evolution as a sentient being. One of the best segments has him confusing the antics in a prime-time soap with real life. Many ladies and roughly 10-percent of the male population will enjoy an episode in which our hero goes undercover as a male stripper.
Creator Glen A. Larson, who is also behind other wonderfully cheesy '70s and '80s crime dramas such as "Rider" and "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" as well as both fracking spectacular "Battlestar Galactica" series, wisely adds in a vulnerability that prevents Automan from easily doing his thing.
The premiere episode nicely quickly establishes the lore of the series before having Walter and Automan investigate the disappearances of top engineers. The cool things that we learn in this one are that our heroes can merge in a manner that protects Walter from harm, that Automan can change his molecular density to suit his needs, and that aptly named companion droid Cursor can literally and figuratively outfit Automan with anything that he needs. Having Automan congenially converse with others of his ilk makes nice contributions to the great humor in the show,
We further get to witness the way cool method by which Walter summons his AI friend/partner in crimefighting. Cursor preceding his "master" into our reality is only part of the fun.
Subsequent adventure have Walter and an increasingly center stage Auto investigating the veracity of a claim that a judge is corrupt, matching their mad computer skills against those of a master hacker who is messing with the power grid and other critical systems, and gleefully disrupting the activities of a crime syndicate. The award for most cliched episode goes to one in which the team tries to clear a cop friend of Walter who dies with a serious blemish on his record. Scenes of Auto literally performing magic in this one makes it particularly awesome.
Wonderful retro fun come in the form of the "cutting-edge" '80s technology. The ginormous computers, DOS-style displays, and amazement of characters regarding telephone modems are only the tip of the iceberg.
The truly special extras include a modern interview with a very charming Chuck Wagner and other nice presentations on the background of the series (including images of "merch.")
As Walter would state regarding his show, they simply do not make them like this any more. Further, the fact that this 13-episode show has a minimal (if any) syndication history makes it a prime candidate to add to a DVD library.
Anyone with questions or comments regarding "Automan" is strongly encouraged to email me. You can also connect on Twitter via @tvdvdguy.
Posted by Matt Nelson at 8:28:00 PM
'Rake' S3 DVD: Cleaver (Barely) Wards Off Total Disaster in Final Season
The third season of the modern Australian dramedy "Rake," which uber-awesome North American purveyor of British and Australian series and films BFS Entertainment makes available on DVD, achieves an apt trifecta for a third and final season of any television program from any nation. Please note that this series is not the American version starring Greg Kinnear.
Folks who either are unfamiliar with this best Australian export since Hugh Jackman or who need a refresher course on the lore of the program are invited to read the Unreal TV reviews of the first and second seasons of the show.
The aforementioned perfect combination of three elements consists of intertwining every element of the personal, professional, and sexual lives of recklessly hedonistic central character/shameless criminal attorney Cleaver Greene, making that textbook moral reprobate very appealing, and pulling off a series finale that wraps up most loose ends and stays very true to the spirit of the program. Formal recognition of that exceptional quality includes a couple of "Best Actor" awards for Greene portrayor Richard Roxburgh and comparable love for the ensemble in this series.
A woefully incomplete list of the aforementioned entanglements include Greene contending with his ex-wife selling their former home to move in with the ex-husband of the woman whose relationship with the teen son of Greene predates her divorce, Greene continually wrangling with the Member of Parliament (MP) who is the ex-fiance of the former prostitute with whom Greene has a simultaneous personal/professional relationship (and who is a former client regarding a murder charge), and Greene trying to maintain a professional and personal relationship with a boss with whom he has a prior sexual relationship that overlaps with her marriage to a professional colleague/best friend of Greene. Said boss having an adulterous affair with the aforementioned MP is only one of several additional overlaps that is beyond the scope of this summary.
The "its complicated" relationships described above further show that fiction in the right hands can be exponentially more spectacular than fact.
The third season picks up where the second season cliffhanger leaves off . This season premiere and the episodes that follow provide a strong vibe of the second season ending with a mid-season episode and the remaining episodes being the second half of that season. Mini third-season cliffhangers include a highly unexpected hostage situation and a "Perry Mason" style courtroom confession.
The first two episodes of this season resolve the aforementioned cliffhanger of the prior one and get the events that have been derailing the everyday life of Greene back on track. His replenished rogues gallery of clients include an especially reprehensible mother, a pair of elderly scamps who find themselves on the wrong end of a murder charge, and a newly out sports celebrity who simultaneously comes out regarding using illegal steroids. National politics involving folks in the orbit of Greene provides the background to all this.
Memorable courtroom scenes include Greene shamelessly pandering to an elderly jury and frantically rushing between three simultaneous legal proceedings in a separate episode. The physical obstacles that he faces in that one and the related significant events that he inadvertently sets in motion greatly contribute to the humor in it.
The award for best humor related to the personal life of Greene goes to a story line that has him continuously being suspected of domestic abuse due to a series of incidents in which he hilariously (but entirely accidentally) causes his latest lady friend numerous serious injuries. Including one cliche regarding this abuse makes this plot particularly amusing.
All of this adds up to a show with broad appeal that one can only hope gets a Christmas special.
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'My Favorite Movie' DVD: 'Clerks'/'How I Met Your Mother' Mash Up
The 2013 quirky indie comedy "My Favorite Movie," which is recently out on DVD, from Running Bear Media is a great example of the understated summer films that used to fill smaller theaters in multiplexes. The largely laid-back with an edge bizarre leads are nicely straight out of the granddaddy of all quirky indie flicks "Clerks;" the narrative technique and story regarding the underlying plot of McJob holder Dave falling for an employee of the hated McDucks fast food restaurant are straight out of the long running sitcom "How I Met Your Mother." The nature of the basis for the hatred of the restaurant is straight out of the news.
The aforementioned Dave is a stereotypical mild-mannered good guy who quietly does his job in an office with highly eccentric and annoying colleagues. An incident that pushes the limits of his high tolerance for aggravation provides the type of comedy that is funny when it happens to someone else and horrible when you are the victim.
The primary entourage of Dave consists of best friend Jerry, a highly unconventional stockbroker with excellent cause for despising the aforementioned junk food haven, and trailer-dwelling "The Steve." The video-game addicted and highly unmotivated assistant of Jerry rounds out the group. Jerry and said aide not having a good sense of the duties of the latter perfectly illustrates the dynamics of the group.
A love-at-first-stalk that Dave develops for a character known as the McDucks Girl establishes a one-sided "Romeo and Juliet." The impact of this clandestine romance includes evasive behavior regarding Jerry et al.
Additional "Clerks" mayhem enters in the forms of a slacker cop, a serial killer with an odd obsession, and a suburban ninja. This is on top of the home of Jerry being a refuge for his eccentric friends and associates.
A nice expansion of the fast-food theme comes in the form of a hilarious battle centered around McDucks competitor Blendy's, The evil entity at that establishment is pure Kevin Smith.
The "Mother" concept comes in the form of the teen son of Dave finding a videotape that explains the contempt for McDucks and that chronicles the relationship between his father and the aforementioned "Juliet." This tale becoming an obsession at the high school of said offspring adds a nice twist and provides some of the best humor in this always amusing and often hilarious future cult classic. The lore regarding the tape is purely awesome.
This variation on an oft-used narrative technique shows the same creativity as the manner in telling the story in the recently reviewed Bear Jekyll and Hyde film "Butterflies of Bill Baker."
The end result of all this is that honorary "Jersey" boy writer/director Martin Rogers shows that they can make 'em like they used to in the '80s and early '90s and that doing so does not need to break the bank.
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'The Lesson' DVD: Awesome Bulgarian Neo-Dystopia Tale
Like Indiana Jones, spectacular indie (no pun intended) foreign film distributor Film Movement chooses wisely in selecting the 2014 Bulgarian drama "The Lesson" as the September release for the uber-awesome Film-of-the-Month Club that Movement operates, This story of a teacher being schooled in the harsh realities of modern life is universal in its themes and makes a nice companion for the recently reviewed Movement release "The Chambermaid," which tells the tale of a hotel cleaner who learns her own lessons.
The well-deserved 12 film festival wins and 7 "they was robbed" nominations illustrate the high regard for this artistic "ripped from the headlines" tale of a relatively nice and well-educated woman pushed beyond her limits despite valiant efforts to hold things together for herself and her nuclear family. The information in the liner notes of the DVD regarding the commendable sacrifices of the cast and crew in making this film further validate that this one is particularly special.
The realism of the film extends to filming it on location and using locals from that small community for bit parts. An example of the latter is employing actual school children to portray tweens.
The following YouTube clip of a trailer for "Lesson" exceptionally conveys the themes and style of the film will keeping spoilers to a minimum.
The film opens with our hero Nabe, who teaches children English as a foreign language, taking a hard line regarding one student stealing money from a classmate; her objective expands beyond wanting to ensure that justice is served to teaching the culprit the difference between right and wrong.
The story enters fable territory when Nabe learns that the diversion of mortgage payments by her alcoholic husband has reached the level of the family facing an imminent foreclosure of said debt. The futile attempts of the louse-like spouse to sell a beater of an RV is a wonderful narrative technique to illustrate the pathetic nature of this miscreant. However, like Tammy Wynette and Hillary Clinton, Nabe stands by her man.
As the aforementioned liner notes states, the power of "Lesson" includes piling on more drama and despair just when you think that things cannot get any worse. Hope in the form of payment for freelance work and subsequently money from Nabe's father fizzles and requires that she borrow from a textbook sleazy loan shark. Two spoilers in the form that Nabe subsequently must pan handle and scavenge coins from a park fountain barely scratch the surface.
Oscar-worthy star Margita Gosheva portrays this horrific downward spiral with an amazing stoicism. We see (and feel) her pain without her breaking down into tears, loudly lamenting her fate, or otherwise strongly emoting, She largely merely accepts verbal abuse and other humiliation with a neutral expression and does what her thoroughly unfair circumstances require. The two times in which she engages in very apt rebellion will make you want to cheer.
Along those lines, watching Nabe suit up in the final scenes and then commit the act that will resolve her situation deserves a special place in film history. This outcome is guaranteed to surprise you.
The bonus short film is a cute American documentary on the nefarious practice of smuggling the tasty and fun Kinder egg candy into the United States. The ban on this confection is based on the clever and cute toys that come inside the chocolate shell being a choking hazard. This amusing movie far exceeds the objective of being equally entertaining and educational that this genre should achieve.
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Lady Bird were the big winners in this morning's SAG Awards nominations that further cement their status in the upper crust of Oscar contenders. But the announcement probably was just as significant for what the group left out.
Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Daniel Day-Lewis and Jessica Chastain were among the surprising snubs of actors who had been on a roll this awards season with nominations from the Golden Globes and Critics' Choice Awards but were nowhere to be found in SAG's orbit. It is very rare for an actor not to be at least nominated by SAG and then go on to win the Oscar, but this year already is proving to be unpredictable so precedent certainly can be broken.
What the actor union's 2,500 randomly chosen members of the SAG Nominating Committee did do is throw a life line to streamers Amazon and Netflix, which had some setbacks at earlier awards this season. After shockingly getting shut out by the Golden Globes (even though it has separate comedy categories), Amazon's The Big Sick rebounded in a big way with nominations for Outstanding Cast and Supporting Actress for Holly Hunter. And Netflix, which just has to love SAG, also landed its Mudbound ensemble in the Cast category as well as Supporting Actress for Mary J. Blige.
Two years ago, SAG nominated Netflix's first big attempt to break into the Oscar conversation in major categories by nominating Beasts of No Nation for Outstanding Cast, even though it really was just a two-hander, and awarding Idris Elba Best Supporting Actor. It went on to be ignored by Oscar, though, and Mudbound's significant showing today can give the controversial Netflix hope that maybe this is the year It can break through in Oscar categories other than for their documentaries. Blige certainly has to be on any Oscar short list after nailing SAG, Globe and Critics' Choice nominations.
It was also a big day for Universal's Get Out, which continues to defy the odds of its early-February release to score significant attention including a Cast and Lead Actor nom for star Daniel Kaluuya. The latter's inclusion over Hanks and Day-Lewis must have been particularly encouraging to the studio. And with Get Out, Mudbound, a Denzel Washington (last year's winner for Fences) nomination for Roman J. Israel, Esq., and diversity shown in noms for Downsizing's Hong Chau and the cast of Big Sick, fears that we might be headed to a return to #OscarsSoWhite this year look increasingly unwarranted.
You could explain the absence of The Post, Phantom Thread and Molly's Game and their actors Streep, Hanks, Day-Lewis and Chastain as due to the late -breaking nature of those Christmas releases, but remember that another late-year release, Hidden Figures, won the Cast award last year. But, as I often have said, SAG has ridiculous voting windows for this contest and actually sent out ballots a month ago, so it puts later releases at a disadvantage if many members of the SAG Nom Comm chose the early voting option. Perhaps that explains why films that have been in the consciousness since Sundance such as Big Sick, Mudbound and Get Out could be helped by earlier awareness, while expected awards juggernauts, particularly Steven Spielberg's The Post, failed to make the cut.
That was the case with eventual Best Picture Oscar nominees such as The Wolf of Wall Street and Django Unchained that didn't meet SAG's dopey early deadlines. Still, The Post was heavily screened for SAG right after Thanksgiving, and screeners were sent out. It seems a lot of movies this season are experiencing bumps in the road, and the SAG omission — especially when you consider the actors' love in the past for Hanks and especially Streep — is a definite bump. To go by the numbers, no film has won the Academy Award for Best Picture without at least a SAG Cast nomination since Braveheart in 1995, back in the early years of the SAG Awards that celebrate its 24th with its show on January 21. We thought that curse was broken last year when La La Land, not a SAG Cast Award nominee, briefly was named Best Picture during Oscar's infamous Envelopegate mess. Moonlight, the actual winner, was a SAG Cast nominee (but lost to Hidden Figures).
Looking at the likely winners this time around, Gary Oldman appears to be a shoo-in in SAG's Lead Actor race for his towering Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. Timothée Chalamet, the New York and LA Film Critics winner for Call Me by Your Name, would seem to be his closest competition. Partially on the basis of their apparent love for Three Billboards, I would say Frances McDormand wins in the incredibly competitive barn burner of a Lead Actress contest that also includes real contenders in The Shape of Water's Sally Hawkins, Lady Bird's Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie in I, Tonya. The great Dame Judi Dench was a slight surprise to nab this nomination for Victoria & Abdul over Streep and Chastain, but she has been active on the circuit this year and there is lots of love for her movie. On top of her Comedy/Musical Actress nomination from the Globes on Monday, we shouldn't be counting this seven-time Oscar nominee out. But it is abundantly clear that some very worthy performances will be overlooked in this category at the Oscars. What a year for the women in movies.
As for the supporting categories, I would guess Lady Bird's Laurie Metcalf will duke it out with I, Tonya's Allison Janney, but by virtue of the former's Outstanding Cast nom, I would give the advantage to Metcalf's domineering mother over Janney's domineering mother in this race. For Supporting Actor, I was pleasantly surprised to see Three Billboards' Woody Harrelson nominated alongside the expected nom for his deputy Sam Rockwell, but if they cancel each other out, look for veteran Willem Dafoe in A24's The Florida Project to continue his winning ways this season. That would be ironic since the four other nominees all come from Fox Searchlight films: Shape of Water's wonderfully deserving Richard Jenkins, and Steve Carell, a mild but worthy surprise from Battle of the Sexes. In the Cast category you have to think it is between Three Billboards and Lady Bird, but this is a group capable of upsets.
Time will tell, but SAG did little to further define a race that continues to be wildly unpredictable, and in fact by dealing a blow to The Post — one of the major presumed Oscar front-runners — it has only muddied the waters a little more than they already were.
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It is hard to believe that it just 7 more days before the Presidential Election! It has been a long and ugly road to the White House. I don;t know about you but I have has my fill of listening to the rhetoric of each presidential hopeful as they have made their case why they are the answer to America's problems. I don't consider myself extremely political, but I do value my freedom to vote and have exercised that right by participating in early voting. I pray that everyone reading this will do their part as well and cast your vote November 8, 2016! If you live in the United States, you are blessed to be able to have you voice heard! No before you get nervous, this is not going to be a political post that tries to sway you one way or another., I would just urge you to pray for wisdom as you make your choice. What I would like to discuss is the hard work that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have done to achieve the honor to live in that big white house on Pennsylvania Avenue…enduring the time away from family, endless speeches and handshakes at town hall meetings, the character attacks and the incessant criticism from anyone and everyone with a microphone or computer. I don't think that I could handle that kind of life, but the never-ending pursuit for power and prestige is somehow worth the pain and public scrutiny that they will endure not only after November 8, 2016 passes and the job has been won; but for the next 4 to 8 years as every action they do, or don't do is dissected under a microscope.
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What was the first movie release to use sensurround?
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Despite Rising Incidents, Library Violations Sparse
By LINDLEY ESTES
While the rate of reported crime in Simpson Library has increased since last semester, instances of illegal activity remain rare.
According to Mark Sandor, executive director of university police and security services, campus police receives approximately four or five calls throughout the school year from the library, generally students calling about non-university visitors.
"On occasion, the call may involve a student feeling 'uncomfortable' about a non-university user, either due to the person's appearance or quirky behavior," Sandor said. "In the past, there has been an occasional complaint of an individual viewing pornography on a computer in violation of university & state policy. It's my understanding that the library staff has been working with IT staff to restrict access to the network."
The need to restrict network access came on Oct. 28, 2009 when a library patron was charged with possession of pornography; he was watching it on a first-floor computer, and was issued a trespass warning.
Another non-university user was reported on Jan. 29, 2009, when campus police were called to the Simpson Library for a suspicious person without pants on. This person happened to be 37-year-old Mika Engelhardt.
When asked why he did not have pants on, Engelhardt responded that his pants did not fit properly. He was also issued a trespass warning.
Sandor said that typically the police formally ban one or two non-university patrons per school year "and give verbal warning to another three to four."
This semester's reported crimes include assault and battery on campus walk at Simpson Library, grand larceny from the building and trespassing. All three of these incidents occurred at night. Only the last case has been cleared by arrest.
During the fall semester one count of vandalism was reported. The case is still pending. The other reported incident in the fall semester was possession of pornography.
Library staff sees vandalism most commonly, but the cases are rarely solved.
"Unless we catch vandals in the act, or they leave some sort of name behind, we cannot officially determine who made the infractions," Sheridan Sayles, circulation desk aid and UMW sophomore, said. "Students are generally at fault in vandalism, and also take part in sexual crimes, though guest patrons and members of the public are often times also at fault."
However, outsiders are not the only perpetrators of crime.
Some infractions that do not necessarily seem illegal have gotten students in trouble in the past. Writing on the outside walls with chalk is considered vandalism and can be punishable by law.
Infringing on someone's right to study in a quiet, stable atmosphere by being too loud or distracting is also punishable by law.
Police officers check on the library throughout the day and evening as they conduct campus patrol activities. Also, security officers are always on duty in the evening as well as the hours of operation on Saturdays.
Students feel that Simpson Library is a safe place to study and few have witnessed suspicious activity.
"I think they are doing a pretty good job with security," sophomore Kelly Whelan said. "I've never felt unsafe."
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A man who have quarrel with his girlfriend thereafter his girlfriend grabbed the car key and enter inside the car and close the car door and gunfire was heard. There and then the man entered the car and brought his girlfriend to the nearest hospital wherein the physician declared the woman dead on arrival. The man alleged that his girlfriend committed suicide. Upon the result of the paraffin test conducted to the man and his dead girlfriend, both of them turn positive on both hands (dorsal). The man enter the car right away upon hearing the gunfire. The car is a Toyota sedan and the aircon was off.
It is possible that the man became positive also without pulling the trigger?


e all know that bacteria have become resistant to most of our life-saving antibiotics. The problem is so bad that we now do a risk/benefit analysis before going to a hospital. But there is another epidemic of iatrogenic (doctor-induced) disease that the medical profession is starting to lose sleep over: the growing realization that anesthesia and sedation cause dementia.
Let me start with an anecdote. I know a guy who ran a business doing minor repairs on scientific equipment—incubators, shakers, and so on. He was a lively fellow, an immigrant with many stories. One day we sent him an incubator. The repair took a long time, because unbeknownst to us he was scheduled for open heart surgery. When he finally brought it back he was happier than I'd ever seen him. He seemed deliriously happy to be alive. He showed us his scars and talked for an hour about his operation. One by one my colleagues remembered they had left an experiment running and excused themselves.
Then he brought in the incubator. The rotation was ridiculously slow. The thermometer was still broken. Instead of a shock absorber there was a piece of wood to prop open the door. He seemed proud of it, but it was clear he had had trouble fixing it. I can't say whether he eventually recovered or how long it took, but shortly thereafter he quietly retired.
But is it? It's what the literature doesn't say that's frightening: this is exactly what we used to say about head injury. The problem is that there is no accurate way to measure cognitive function. Our best tool is Stanford-Binet, but patients certainly aren't going to sit down and take an IQ test, and it's not terribly accurate for individuals anyway. The tests we use to assess cognitive function in Alzheimer's patients—ADAS Cog, Mini-Mental, and so forth—are just crude approximations, and not useful in healthy people. So we don't have a reliable way of knowing how widespread the problem is.
Is there a way of avoiding anesthesia-induced dementia? This question will be hard to answer until we find a more accurate way of measuring cognitive function. What we do know is that POCD is not related to oxygenation level, so it cannot be blamed on anesthesiologists.
One question that naturally arises is whether POCD has any connection to Alzheimer's disease. The risk factors are similar: old age, lower education, cardiovascular disease, and comorbidity with other brain dysfunction such as stroke, Parkinson's, or vascular dementia.
Alzheimer's disease was first described in 1906, fifty years after anesthesia started to become widely used. It is tempting to speculate, but so far, there's no evidence of any connection. Finding one would be difficult, because it's tough to distinguish between different types of dementia. They may be confused with each other, or one may contribute to the other.
The current theory about POCD is that inflammation is the culprit. Inflammation, of course, is also present in Alzheimer's, but it could be simply an effect of brain injury, as toxins released from dying cells generate an inflammatory response. POCD also induces aberrations in beta-amyloid processing, but here again the significance is unclear: beta-amyloid in its so-called oligomeric form is toxic to the brain, but we have known for a long time that amyloid plaques are harmless, and we don't know whether amyloid is part of the pathophysiology or the body's way of attempting a repair.
I come in contact with lots of medical residents, and few care much about POCD. They're trained to ignore problems they don't know how to treat. That's understandable, because their time is valuable. The idea among practitioners is that undergoing a life-saving procedure is a good trade-off against a risk of cognitive dysfunction, or even Alzheimer's, later in life. But it's a factor that patients may need to consider, and they need to be informed of the potential risk.
This isn't a problem that only affects a small number of people. Almost everyone gets some form of anesthesia or sedation at some point in their lives. Many non-emergency diagnostic procedures require sedation. I shudder when I think about dentists giving general anesthesia to their patients and people undergoing elective surgery to improve their appearance.
Maybe the anxiety is overstated. But I still remember all the times Ronald Reagan had surgery, including after his attempted assassination, and I can't help wondering: could those procedures, intended to save his life, have actually accelerated his Alzheimer's?
The idea that mental disorders are actual medical conditions is on shaky ground.
Azheimer's disease is a devastating and mysterious illness that strikes people with increasing frequency as they age.


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Dead Space Remake Release Date & Time Deluxe Edition Skins
by Anchal Thakur January 25, 2023
written by Anchal Thakur January 25, 2023
Dead Space Remake Release Date & Time Deluxe Edition Skins: The release date and time countdown for the PS5, Xbox, and PC versions of the Dead Space remake is almost here, and the Deluxe edition comes with a few skins.
One of the most popular survival horror games of all time is Dead Space. The remake looks amazing, and fans can start preloading the experience on consoles and PC right now so they can get on the USG Ishimura as soon as the game comes out.
We will all be able to shoot the limbs off of necromorphs at the same time when it comes out in a few days.
Dead Space Remake Release Date & Time
The release date and time countdown for the Dead Space remake on Xbox, PS5, and PC for Steam, Epic Games, and EA Play is January 27 at 08:00 PST, 11:00 EDT, and 16:00 GMT.
All of these times have been confirmed by a global launch map that was posted on the official Twitter account for the deadspace series. It came out at the same time everywhere, so Xbox players can't use the New Zealand trick to get early access.
As was already said, you can preload the game right now so that you can play as soon as it comes out. It won't be on Xbox Game Pass, but with EA Play, you can get the remake and its Deluxe edition for free on PC.
Unfortunately, neither PS4 nor Xbox One can play rebirth when it comes out. Motive Studio has promised a faithful adaptation, but they have also made improvements to the original, like rebuilding the graphics, lighting, and sound, and getting rid of loading screens, among other things.
Deluxe Edition Skins of Dead Space 2
Here are all of the skins and textures for the Deluxe Edition of Dead Space 2:
Infested Lone Survivor Venture Verified (texture)
Bloody (texture) (texture)
On PC, EA's Deluxe edition costs £59.99/$69.99, and on PS5 and Xbox, it costs £79.99/$79.99. Only the Standard edition, which costs £49.99/$59.99 on PC and £69.99/$69.99 on PS5 and Xbox, is another option.


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'No evidence' Hamilton school board violated dad's religious freedom over sex ed.: judge
CBC November 26, 2017
Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board did not infringe on a Hamilton father's religious freedom, Ontario's appeal court ruled last Wednesday.
Steve Tourloukis, a father with two children in the public school system and a Greek Orthodox Christian, filed for appeal after the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled that the school doesn't have to give him advance notice before discussions of sex, marriage or family happens in the classroom.
Justice Robert J. Sharpe, who dismissed Tourloukis's appeal, wrote in his ruling the "central and fatal shortcoming" in his case was "the lack of any concrete evidence of interference with his right to religious freedom."
He said Tourloukis "provided no evidence of any actual instance where his or his children's religious freedom had been violated," said Sharpe.
Sharpe said Tourloukis was not able to show his children were ever coerced to do things contrary to their religious beliefs or denied the right to practice their religion.
Justice Sharpe said it's clear to him that if children attending secular public schools are exposed to ideas that challenge their parents' religious beliefs, it does not count as infringement of religious freedom.
He quoted the attorney general, "requiring students in public school to gain an awareness of Canada's diverse reality is not a substantial infringement of religious freedom."
A long battle
Tourloukis first submitted a letter for accommodation in 2012.
In the letter he had a list of topics he did not want his children exposed to, including "discussions or portrayals of homosexual/bisexual conduct and relationships and/or transgenderism as natural, healthy or acceptable."
He went back and forth with the school board for two years.
In the discussions Tourloukis indicated he had no problems with his children learning facts about sexual orientation, but he would have a problem if they were exposed to value judgments that differed from his perspectives as informed by his religion.
When he spoke to CBC's Ontario Today in 2012, he said it's "a parent's right to know."
The school board did not comply with his request and he took the board to court. Tourloukis then lost the case last November.
Reactions from supporters
Public Education Advocates for Christian Equity (P.E.A.C.E) Ontario, an advocacy group, said the court ruling is "very encouraging news," even though Tourloukis lost the appeal.
"They have persevered, and all people of faith have benefited," wrote the organization wrote in a Facebook post.
The reason is Justice Peter D. Lauwers emphasized that parents have the primary right to their children's education in his decision.
He wrote "the right of parents to care for their children and make decisions for their well-being, including decisions about education, is primary, and the state's authority is secondary to that parental right."
Supporters of Tourloukis see this to mean there is opportunity for future legal challenges where the results may be in their favour.
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Influx Recruitment are a recruitment agency for the oil and gas, construction and nuclear industries. Sharon and the whole Influx team are unique in their approach to content marketing. They produce content on a regular basis in order to help recruiters and job seekers.
Sharon at Influx Recruitment was struggling to get found on Google. The Influx team produced such helpful content BUT no one was seeing it thanks to a lack of traffic and referrals from search engines.
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Three names emerge as contenders to direct 'Fast & Furious 7'
By Travis Hopson4/07/2013View Comments
With Justin Lin announcing that Fast & Furious 6 will be his last time at the wheel of the franchise, Universal needs to get moving on finding his replacement quickly. Vin Diesel has said that filming could begin as soon as this summer, with the shortened production schedule a large part of the reason why Lin stepped down. Three names have reportedly emerged as contenders for the sought-after job, and they all come with varying degrees of franchise experience.
Harald Zwart, Brad Furman, and Jeff Wadlow are the three directors said to be in consideration to helm Fast & Furious 7. Wadlow just finished up with Kick-Ass 2 for the studio, and they may have been impressed enough to offer him the keys to one of their most prized vehicles. He's also a director who knows how to put a limited budget to solid use, having directed his slasher horror Cry_Wolf with the $1M prize he won at the Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival. He may be the most logical choice based on Universal's familiarity with his work.
Zwart has the most franchise experience of all, having directed Agent Cody Banks, The Pink Panther 2, and Jaden Smith in The Karate Kid. He also has The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones due out soon, and if that film is a success he'll likely be called back for a sequel. Furman is the dark horse, having helped Matthew McConaughey's dramatic evolution with The Lincoln Lawyer. There have been rumblings of a sequel to the film, but nothing concrete at this stage. His only real stab at action was with the 2008 armored truck thriller, The Take, which happened to feature Fast and Furious co-star, Tyrese Gibson.
This list isn't final by any means, so there may be others in contention we don't know about. Whatever the case may be, expect an announcement to come down very soon.[Latino Review]
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Psychometric Properties of Flourishing Scales From a Comprehensive Well-Being Assessment.Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Piotr Bialowolski, Matthew T. Lee, Ying Chen, Tyler J. VanderWeele & Eileen McNeely - 2021 - Frontiers in Psychology 12.details
In this article, we develop a measure of complete well-being. The framework is derived from the theoretical model of human flourishing understood as a state in which all aspects of a human life are favorable. The approach extends beyond psychological well-being and reflects the World Health Organization definition of health that not only considers the health of body and mind but also embraces the wholeness of the person. The Well-Being Assessment is a comprehensive instrument designed to assess holistic well-being in (...) six domains: emotional health, physical health, meaning and purpose, character strengths, social connectedness, and financial security. Although each of these domains is distinct, all of them are nearly universally desired, and all but financial security constitute ends in themselves. Data were collected from a representative sample of working adults. A sample of 276 employees participated in the pilot, 2,370 participated in the first wave and 1,209 in the second wave of the survey. The WBA showed a good fitting, satisfactory reliability, test–retest correlation, and convergent/discriminant validity in relation to stability over time and relevant health measures, as well as a good fit to the data that were invariant over time, gender, age, education, and marital status. The instrument can be of use for scientists, practitioners, clinicians, public health officials, and patients. Adoption of more holistic measures of well-being that go beyond psychological well-being may help to shift the focus from health deficiencies to health and well-being promotion. (shrink)
Health in Philosophy of Science, Misc
Are depression and suffering distinct? An empirical analysis.Richard G. Cowden, Dorota Wȩziak-Białowolska, Eileen McNeely & Tyler J. VanderWeele - 2022 - Frontiers in Psychology 13.details
Depression and the subjective experience of suffering are distinct forms of distress, but they are sometimes commingled with one another. Using a cross-sectional sample of flight attendants, we tested for further empirical evidence distinguishing depression and suffering. Correlations with 15 indices covering several dimensions of well-being indicated that associations with worse well-being were mostly stronger for depression than suffering. There was a large positive correlation between depression and suffering, but we also found evidence of notable non-concurrent depression and suffering in (...) the sample. After dividing participants into four groups that varied based on severity of depression and suffering, regression analyses showed higher levels of well-being among those with both none-mild depression and none-mild suffering compared to those with moderate-severe depression, moderate-severe suffering, or both. All indices of well-being were lowest among the group of participants with moderate-severe depression and moderate-severe suffering. In addition to providing further evidence supporting a distinction between depression and suffering, our findings suggest that concurrent depression and suffering may be more disruptive to well-being than when either is present alone. (shrink)
The Architecture of Happiness.Tim Lomas, Meike Bartels, Margot Van De Weijer, Michael Pluess, Jeffrey Hanson & Tyler J. VanderWeele - 2022 - Emotion Review 14 (4):288-309.details
Happiness is an increasingly prominent topic of interest across academia. However, relatively little attention has been paid to how it is created, especially not in a multidimensional sense. By 'created' we do not mean its influencing factors, for which there is extensive research, but how it actually forms in the person. The work that has been done in this arena tends to focus on physiological dynamics, which are certainly part of the puzzle. But they are not the whole picture, with (...) psychological, phenomenological, and socio cultural processes also playing their part. As a result, this paper offers a multidimensional overview of scholarship on the 'architecture' of happiness, providing a stimulus for further work into this important topic. (shrink)
Happiness in Normative Ethics
Human Flourishing in Cross Cultural Settings. Evidence From the United States, China, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, and Mexico.Dorota Wȩziak-Białowolska, Eileen McNeely & Tyler J. VanderWeele - 2019 - Frontiers in Psychology 10.details
Measuring Well-Being.Matthew T. Lee, Laura D. Kubzansky & Tyler J. VanderWeele (eds.) - 2021 - Oxford University Press.details
Spiritually Motivated Self-Forgiveness and Divine Forgiveness, and Subsequent Health and Well-Being Among Middle-Aged Female Nurses: An Outcome-Wide Longitudinal Approach.Katelyn N. G. Long, Ying Chen, Matthew Potts, Jeffrey Hanson & Tyler J. VanderWeele - 2020 - Frontiers in Psychology 11.details
Direct Effects under Differential Misclassification in Outcomes, Exposures, and Mediators.Tyler J. VanderWeele & Yige Li - 2020 - Journal of Causal Inference 8 (1):286-299.details
Direct effects in mediation analysis quantify the effect of an exposure on an outcome not mediated by a certain intermediate. When estimating direct effects through measured data, misclassification may occur in the outcomes, exposures, and mediators. In mediation analysis, any such misclassification may lead to biased estimates in the direct effects. Basing on the conditional dependence between the mismeasured variable and other variables given the true variable, misclassification mechanisms can be divided into non-differential misclassification and differential misclassification. In this article, (...) several scenarios of differential misclassification will be discussed and sensitivity analysis results on direct effects will be derived for those eligible scenarios. According to our findings, the estimated direct effects are not necessarily biased in intuitively predictable directions when the misclassification is differential. The bounds of the true effects are functions of measured effects and sensitivity parameters. An example from the 2018 NCHS data will illustrate how to conduct sensitivity analyses with our results on misclassified outcomes, gestational hypertension and eclampsia, when the exposure is Hispanic women versus non-Hispanic White women and the mediator is weights gain during pregnancy. (shrink)


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Servick, K. (2019). Artificial intelligence turns brain activity into speech. Science.
To be clear, this research doesn't describe the artificial recreation of imagined speech i.e. the internal speech that each of us hears as part of the personal monologue of our own subjective experiences. Rather, it maps the electrical activity in the areas of the brain that are responsible for the articulation of speech as the participant reads or listens to sounds being played back to them. Nonetheless, it's an important step for patients who have suffered damage to those areas of the brain responsible for speaking.
I also couldn't help but get excited about the following; when electrical signals from the brain are converted into digital information (as they would have to be here, in order to do the analysis and speech synthesis) then why not also transmit that digital information over wifi? If it's possible for me to understand you "thinking about saying words", instead of using your muscles of articulation to actually say them, how long will it be before you can send those words to me over a wireless connection?


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Bahia Buen Suceso, Fox Bay East
This painting by Charles David Cobb shows the British Harriers closing down the military options to the Argentines as the Task Force arrived in the area. Box Bay East is on the West Island. The ARA Bahia Buen Suceso was a 5,000-ton fleet transport that was serving as a logistic ship resupplying the scattered Argentine garrisons around the islands. The ship was attacked by two Sea Harriers from HMS Hermes. However, because it was berthed so close to houses the Harriers had to use their 30 mm ADEN cannons rather than their General-purpose bombs. They succeeded in damaging the ship's bridge and engine room, and set fire to a paint store and workshop ashore. One of the Harriers was hit in the tail by a 7.62 mm calibre bullet while straffing the transport, though it was able to return to Hermes safely. This Argentine supply vessel was put out of action in an attempt to isolate the Argentine forces on the Western Island and so allow the British to concentrate their efforts on the Eastern Island.
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Q: How do I iterate a button that will trigger a modal popup using PHP while statement I have a system that gets user data from a mysql database using PHP. The "while" statement shows the results from the database table. I want to be able to add a skill for each user in the database. I have a button that when clicked, triggers a modal popup with the user name and id.   I am failing to get iterated buttons to trigger a modal popup. Only the button from the first row works.(Please forgive my English). How do i get all buttons to trigger a modal popup form that will show the respective user name and id?
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    User ID
    Name
    Actions

<?php

include 'dbcon.php';
$sql = "SELECT * FROM users";
$result = $con->query($sql);
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
    // output data of each row
    while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
?>

          <?php echo $row["id"]; ?>

          <?php  echo $row["name"]; ?>

        <button id="bnUpdt">Add Skill</button>

      ×

Name: <?php  echo $row["name"]; ?>

User ID: <?php echo $row["id"]; ?>

    <form action="update.php" method="post" class="modal-body" align="center">

        <input type="text" name="task" >
        <button type="submit" name="button"> Add</button>

    </form>

   <?php
  }
}
?>

Javascript

CSS

I would like to get each button in each row to trigger a modal popup

A: As explained by ryantxr, you can't have multiple IDs with same name. Add a classname and loop through them instead. Something like this perhaps? Assuming you have added class="bnUpdate" to the necessary elements.
var elem = document.getElementsByClassName('bnUpdt');
for(var i=0; i<elem.length; i++) {
  elem[i].addEventListener("click", function() {
        // add skill code...
  });
}

Hope it helps.

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