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New Releases for the Week of November 19, 2021
(Columbia) Finn Wolfhard, Carrie Coon, McKenna Grace, Paul Rudd, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver. Directed by Jason Reitman
A single mother is forced to move her kids to a small town in the middle of nowhere, unaware that they have a connection to the original Ghostbusters and that their legacy may be all that stands between us and Armageddon.
Genre: Horror Comedy
Now Playing: Wide
Rating: PG-13 (for supernatural action and some suggestive references)
Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road
(Screen Media) Brian Wilson, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, Jason Fine. The legendary Beach Boys mastermind takes a journey through his own past with his close friend Jason Fine to discover the road from a quiet neighborhood in Hawthorne, California to his position as one of the all-time greatest musical minds today.
Genre: Music Documentary
Now Playing: Enzian (Monday only)
(Netflix) Halle Berry, Stephen Henderson, Adam Canto, Shamier Anderson. A former MMA fighter who left the sport in disgrace, makes a comeback through the sketchy underground fight circuit. When the son she gave up for adoption shows up on her doorstep, she is given a more compelling reason to fight.
Genre: Sports Drama
Now Playing: Cinemark Orlando, CMX Daytona Beach
Rating: R (for pervasive language, some sexual content/nudity and violence)
India Sweets and Spices
(Bleecker Street) Sophia Ali, Manisha Koirala, Adil Hussain, Rish Shah. A young Indian-American woman home from college invites the son of a poor grocer to their upper class home for dinner, setting the stage for the revelation of long-buried family secrets and how the tendrils of traditional prejudices continue to entangle their lives.
Now Playing: AMC West Oaks, Amstar Lake Mary, Cinemark Orlando, Regal Oviedo Marketplace, Regal Waterford Lakes
Rating: PG-13 (for some strong language, sexual material and brief drug references)
(Warner Brothers) Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Jon Bernthal, Tony Goldwyn. Richard Williams, an African-American man, sets high standards for his children and sets his daughters Venus and Serena along a path to tennis superstardom, breaking down barriers along the way.
Genre: Sports Biography
Now Playing: Wide (also on HBO Max)
Rating: PG-13 (for some violence, strong language, a sexual reference and brief drug references)
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
(IFC) Kurt Vonnegut, Robert B. Weide, Sam Waterston, Edie Vonnegut. Vonnegut was one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. This is the story of his life as seen through the eyes of his long-time friend Weide, completing the documentary he began forty years earlier.
Genre: Biographical Documentary
Now Playing: Cinematique Daytona Beach
Kurup
(Phars) Dulquer Salmaan, Indrajith Sukumaran, Sobhita Dhulipala, Shine Tom Chacko. This is the story of Sukumara Kurup, one of the most notorious criminals of the Indian state of Kerala.
Genre: Crime
Now Playing: Cinemark Orlando
The Youngest Evangelist
(Atlas) Princeton Bryan, Crystal Clark, Duranice Pace. The true story of John King, a ten-year-old African-American child who, after witnessing his mother's joy of salvation following years of domestic abuse, and determines to experience it himself, putting himself on a path of evangelism that captivated the world of faith in this country back in the Eighties.
Genre: Faith Biography
Now Playing: AMC West Oaks, Amstar Lake Mary, Cinemark Orlando, Cinemark Universal Citywalk, Regal Oviedo Marketplace
(Lionsgate) Ethan Hawke, Cristina Chiriac, Valerio Mastandrea, Phil Neilson. A soldier races against time in the dark streets of Rome to find his imprisoned twin brother, who has information that could foil a terrorist attack on the Vatican.
Now Playing: Picture Show at Altamonte Springs, Studio Movie Grille Sunset Walk
Rating: R (for language, some violence, bloody images, sexual material and drug content)
COMING TO VIRTUAL CINEMA/VOD:
Black Friday (Tuesday)
Boiling Point (Tuesday)
Clerk (Tuesday)
Dean Martin: King of Cool
El Hombre Bufalo
Jagged (Thursday)
Keep Sweet (Wednesday)
Outlaws (Monday)
The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star (Thursday)
Psych 3: This is Gus (Thursday)
She Paradise
Tick…Tick…BOOM!
Keep Sweet
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New Releases for the Week of October 29, 2021
(Searchlight) Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Timothée Chalamet, Jeffrey Wright, Bill Murray. Directed by Wes Anderson
The latest from the director of The Grand Budapest Hotel is described as a love letter to journalists, who are in this case stationed in a fictional town in France for an American newspaper during the 20th century. There, the stories published in the newspaper under the title "The French Dispatch" are brought to life.
Now Playing: AMC Altamonte Mall, AMC Disney Springs, Cinemark Orlando, Enzian, Regal Winter Park Village
Rating: R (for graphic nudity, some sexual references and language)
(Quiver) Thora Birch, Amy Smart, Anne Heche, Peter Facinelli. On an ordinary spring day in a small town in America's heartland, residents are given just 13 minutes warning to find shelter when the largest tornado on record hits the town head-on. Four families will experience the terror of trying to find loved ones in the chaos and fighting for their lives in the wake of complete and utter devastation.
Now Playing: AMC Disney Springs
Rating: PG-13 (for peril, bloody images, thematic elements and some strong language)
(Stage 6) Amanda Seyfried, Finn Wittrock, Britt Robertson, Paul Giamatti. A woman who writes children's books about unlocking your fears has managed to get through life without facing her own. That all will change when her daughter is born and the trauma of her past is brought into focus.
Now Playing: AMC Altamonte Mall, AMC Disney Springs, Amstar Lake Mary, CMX Merritt Square, Regal Oviedo Marketplace, Regal Pointe Orlando, Regal Waterford Lakes, Regal Winter Park Village
(Searchlight) Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene. In a small Oregon town, a middle school teacher and her sheriff brother become embroiled with one of her students who has a dark connection to a terrifying ancient creature.
Rating: R (for violence including gruesome images, and for language)
Daisy's Dream
(Vertical) Starring the voices of Angourie Rice, Sam Neill, Sharnee Tones, Grant Denyer. An abundantly adorable quokka dreams of being named the World's Scariest Animal. With not much hope of that happening on its own, she enlists the help of a former champion, a grouchy saltwater crocodile.
Now Playing: Studio Movie Grille Sunset Walk
Heart of Champions
(Vertical) Michael Shannon, Alexander Ludwig, Charles Melton, Alex MacNicoll. A college rowing team descends into petty infighting and bickering after finishing last in the national championship tournament. A new coach, an Army veteran, uses his experience to get the young men to move past their rivalries and work together as a unit.
Now Playing: Premiere Fashion Square
Rating: PG-13 (for some violence, suggestive material, partial nudity, and brief strong language)
(Focus) Anya Taylor-Joy, Thomasin McKenzie, Matt Smith, Terence Stamp. A mousy aspiring fashion designer discovers she has the ability to project herself into the 1960s where she encounters a glamorous singer. But there is something far darker going on, and by the time she discovers what it is, it may already be too late to save herself.
Rating: R (for bloody violence, sexual content, language, brief drug content and brief graphic nudity)
(FUNimation) Starring the voices of Tetsu Inada, Yûki Kaji, Kenta Miyake, Daiki Yamashita. Japan's greatest superheroes track down the perpetrator of a dastardly chemical attack.
Genre: Animé
Rating: PG-13 (for violent material, bloody images and some language)
(Puri) Ramya Krishnan, Akash Puri, Ketika Sharma, Satya Aditya Bonepalli. Two young people fall deeply in love and begin to explore their sensual sides.
Varudu Kaavalenu
(Sithara) Ritu Varma, Murli Sharma, Naga Shaurya, Viashnavi Chaitanya. Plot details not released.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Now Playing: Amstar Lake Mary, Cinemark Orlando
Horror Noire (Thursday)
Snakehead
Son of Monarchs (Tuesday)
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(Columbia) Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, Rosario Dawson, Zoey Deutch, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Luke Wilson . Directed by Ruben Fleischer
Tallahassee, Columbus, Little Rock and Wichita return ten years after the hit movie, reuniting with the original writers and director. In the time that has passed, the zombies have begun to evolve, leading to a whole new set of rules. Meanwhile the snarky family bicker with one another as they travel from the American heartland to the White House, meeting up with human survivors and celebrity zombies along the way.
Rating: R (for bloody violence, language throughout, some drug and sexual content)
(Netflix) Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps. Rudy Ray Moore made a reputation in the 70s as an African-American comic who was always willing to push the boundaries. His alter ego, Dolemite, was a rapping pimp Kung Fu master, and the character – considered too risky for any major studio – would become a defining figure of the Blaxploitation era
Rating: R (for some sexuality, full nudity and brief language)
(Well Go USA) Masataka Kubota, Nao Omori, Shota Sometani, Becky. The latest in the oeuvre of anarchic and prolific Japanese director Takashi Miike is this wild tale of a boxer and a call girl who fall madly in love but are caught in the crossfire of a Yakuza drug smuggling scheme over the course of one night on the mean streets of Tokyo.
Genre: Gangster
(Fox Searchlight) Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm, Dan Stevens, Zazie Beetz. An astronaut returns home following a transcendent experience in space but soon begins to feel that her life is meant to be lived up there. As the yearning grows stronger, her connection with reality begins to disintegrate.
Now Playing: AMC Altamonte Mall
Rating: R (for language and some sexual content)
(Disney) Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sam Riley. The Princess Aurora's impending wedding to Prince Phillip causes strife between her and her godmother Maleficent. A great war is looming between humans and fairies and the two women may find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict if they aren't careful.
Rating: PG (for intense sequences of fantasy action/violence and brief scary images)
Mountaintop
(Abramorama) Neil Young. Young and his legendary back-up band Crazy Horse make their first album in seven years. Their journey through personal pain, age and stubborn refusal to compromise shows at their core an undying passion for the music that binds them together.
Now Playing: Enzian Theater (Wednesday Only)
(Warner Brothers) Bruce Springsteen, Patty Scialfa. Springsteen, who co-directed this film, performs songs from his latest album live.
Genre: Documentary/Concert Film
Now Playing: AMC Altamonte Mall, AMC Disney Springs, Cinemark Artegon Marketplace, Old Mill Playhouse, Regal Pavilion Port Orange, Regal Waterford Lakes (Saturday Only)
Rating: PG (for some thematic elements, alcohol and smoking images, and brief language)
Where's My Roy Cohn?
(Sony Classics) Roy M. Cohn, Joseph McCarthy, Barbara Walters, Donald J. Trump. One of the most notorious lawyers who helped shape the House of Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s, worked for the Nixon White House and helped get Donald Trump elected.
Rating: PG-13 (for thematic content, some sexual material and violent images)
Along Came the Devil 2
An Ideal Husband</em
Cotton Club Encore
ALSO OPENING IN MIAMI/FT. LAUDERDALE/KEY WEST:
ALSO OPENING IN TAMPA/ST. PETERSBURG/SARASOTA:
My People, My Country
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Some dogs and their boy.
(2018) Animated Feature (Fox Searchlight) Starring the voices of Bryan Cranston, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Greta Gerwig, Bob Balaban, Edward Norton, Koyu Rankin, Kunichi Nomura, Frances McDormand, Akira Takayama, Akira Ito, Scarlett Johansson, Harvey Keitel, F. Murray Abraham, Yoko Ono, Tilda Swinton, Ken Watanabe, Liev Schreiber, Mari Natsuki. Directed by Wes Anderson
Those who love the works of the quirky director will love this; those who are turned off by his oeuvre will not. The second stop-motion animated feature by Wes Anderson is so Wes Anderson.
In the future, the Japanese megalopolis of Megasaki has banished all dogs to an island formerly used as trash disposal. An intrepid young orphan boy (Rankin), who is also the mayor of Megasaki's ward, flies to the island to locate his dog Spots (Schreiber). A pack of alpha dogs, including Chief (Cranston), Boss (Murray), King (Balaban), Duke (Goldblum) – a kind of four-legged TMZ – and Rex (Norton) along with the only female dog in the pack Nutmeg (Johansson) agree to help the boy find his friend. It doesn't help that he speaks only Japanese while the Japanese dogs speak only English – or at least that's how we perceive them. Meanwhile, back on the mainland, Tracy (Gerwig), a school reporter, discovers a terrible secret behind the cat-loving mayor's (Nomura) proclamation.
The look of the film owes a lot to legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki and is consistently beautiful throughout, even on the industrial garbage heap that is Trash Island. The Oscar nomination it received earlier this year was no fluke even though it eventually lost out to Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse. The dogs are exquisitely rendered and are genuinely hilarious. Anderson's trademark deadpan sense of humor very much rules the day here; not everyone gets it or likes it. Bill Murray has made a career of it, including many of Anderson's films but the two were made for each other.
This isn't everybody's cup of sake and I don't think Anderson ever sets out to make a film that is. There are moments that are beautiful and others that are ugly, so young kids should be warned away due to the latter. There is a lot of Japanese cultural references here which will appeal to Japanophiles everywhere although SJW-types might mutter things about "cultural appropriation." The bottom line here is the same as the top; those who love the works of the quirky director will love this; those who are turned off by his oeuvre will not.
REASONS TO SEE: The animation is brilliant. The sense of humor is droll, a welcome change.
REASONS TO AVOID: Guilty of occasionally being too quirky for its own good.
FAMILY VALUES: There are some images of violence and the thematic elements might not sit well with the very young.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: This marked the first time in 14 years that a Wes Anderson film didn't feature Jason Schwartzman in the cast (he did co-write the script).
BEYOND THE THEATER: Amazon, Apple TV, Fandango Now, Fios, Google Play, HBO Go, Microsoft, Movies Anywhere, Redbox, Vudu, YouTube
CRITICAL MASS: As of 6/22/19: Rotten Tomatoes: 90% positive reviews: Metacritic: 82/100.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: The Fantastic Mr. Fox
NEXT: Killbird
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MEN IN BLACK INTERNATIONAL
(Columbia) Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Rebecca Ferguson, Rafe Spall, Kumail Nanjiani. Directed by F. Gary Gray
The Men in Black have long protected the Earth from extraterrestrial villains but now they face their biggest threat yet; one of their own, a mole in their own organization. Agents H and M will be challenged more than any other agent before them in this new installment in the franchise, the first without either Will Smith or Tommy Lee Jones.
See the trailer, video featurettes and clips here
Rating: PG-13 (for sci-fi action, some language and suggestive material)
(RYOT) Hank Plante, Cliff Morrison, Mary Magee, Lorraine Day. The first dedicated AIDS ward in the country was built at San Francisco General Hospital in 1983. This is the story of those who built it; the nurses and caregivers and the often heartbreaking stories of loss, courage and triumph.
Now Playing: Regal Oviedo Marketplace, Regal Pointe Orlando, Regal Winter Park Village, Rialto Spanish Springs Square
Rating: PG-13 (for thematic content including unsettling images, and some strong language)
(Roadside Attractions/Vertical) Sienna Miller, Christina Hendricks, Aaron Paul, Amy Madigan. When a woman's adult daughter disappears, she is left as caregiver for her infant granddaughter while trying to solve the mystery of her daughter's disappearance, a journey that takes far longer than she anticipated.
Rating: R (for language, sexual content and drug use)
The Dead Don't Die
(Focus) Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Carol Kane. A sleepy small town is beset by the living dead who are looking for a free meal in the latest by quirkmeister Jim Jarmusch.
See the trailer, a video featurette and a clip here
Now Playing: AMC Altamonte Mall, AMC Disney Springs, Barnstorm Theater, Cinemark Artegon Marketplace, Regal Winter Park Village
Rating: R (for zombie violence/gore, and for language)
(Amazon) Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, Hugh Dancy, John Lithgow. A veteran late night talk show host, in danger of becoming irrelevant, hires a woman of color to join her stable of writers. The two women, who couldn't be more different, find themselves sharing more in common than they would have thought.
See the trailer, video featurettes and an interview here
Rating: R (for language throughout and some sexual references)
(Warner Brothers/New Line) Samuel L. Jackson, Jesse T. Usher, Richard Roundtree, Regina Hall. The son of the baddest private eye in New York City has a completely different methodology than his father. When a close friend of the son turns up dead, he will need a crash course in street tough from his dad, who was absent throughout his childhood but John Shaft has an agenda and no mutha is going to keep him from achieving it, family or not.
Rating: R (for pervasive language, violence, sexual content, some drug material and brief nudity)
Changeland
Rainbow's Sunset</em
Los Viejos – The Oldies
Nureyev
Premier Padmini
Remember Amnesia
Daughter of the Wolf
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New Releases for the Week of June 7, 2019
Posted on June 6, 2019 by carlosdev
(20th Century Fox/Marvel) James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Sophie Turner, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Kodi Smit-McPhee. Directed by Simon Kinberg
During a rescue mission to space, Jean Grey of the X-Men is hit by an unknown cosmic force which causes her powers to grow out of control and her personality to become unstable. The X-Men are forced to defend themselves against their friend and as an alien race seeks to weaponize her powers, the prospect that they might have to kill one of their own.
See the trailer, video featurettes, clips and interviews here
Genre: Superhero
Rating: PG-13 (for intense scenes of sci-fi violence and action including some gunplay, disturbing images and brief strong language)
(Sony Classics) Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Kathryn Wilder. After playing this year's Florida Film Festival, this British production is making its theatrical run. William Shakespeare has retired and seeks to make peace with his inner demons while reconnecting with a family that may be beyond reconciling with.
See the trailer, clips and an interview here
Now Playing: Regal Oviedo Marketplace
Rating: PG-13 (for thematic elements, suggestive material and language)
(Viva) Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Tabu, Disha Patani. As the day of India's independence dawns, a man makes a promise to his father that he will keep his family together no matter what. Over the next 60 years, he keeps that promise despite the challenges thrown at him by each passing decade.
Now Playing: AMC West Oaks, Cinemark Universal Citywalk, Touchstar Southchase
Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk
(Gravitas) Bill Murray, Lee Trevino, Nick Faldo, Ben Crenshaw. While golf was invented in Scotland in the 15th century, it has only really boomed in popularity over the last century or so with golfers becoming huge celebrities. However, who gives a thought to the men who carry the clubs of those superstars? This is their story.
Now Playing: Old Mill Playhouse, Regal Pointe Orlando
Rating: PG (for some suggestive/rude humor, mild thematic elements, and smoking images)
(Universal/Illumination) Starring the voices of Patton Oswalt, Kevin Hart, Harrison Ford, Tiffany Haddish. Max and his friends in his apartment building continue their adventures from the first film as they head back out to explore the big city.
Rating: PG (for some action and rude humor)
(Bleecker Street) John Lithgow, Blythe Danner, Derek Cecil, Katie Aselton. A grumpy old man prepares for a disaster that may never happen. He meets a woman who can't let go of the things she has. Together they fall in love but can they figure out a way not to get lost in each other's stuff? This was another film that played this year's Florida Film Festival.
Rating: PG-13 (for brief strong language and some suggestive material)
Meeting Gorbachev
My Best Summer
The Silence of Others
Wrong No. 2
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New Releases for the Week of April 6, 2018
Posted on April 5, 2018 by carlosdev
(Paramount) Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Noah Jupe, Millicent Simmonds, Leon Russom, Cade Woodward, Doris McCarthy. Directed by Steven Spielberg
The Earth has been overrun by deadly creatures that hunt totally by sound; even the slightest noise an be fatal. A family finds a refuge in an abandoned home but soon determines that survival does not thrive in silence.
See the trailer, clips, video featurettes and B-roll video here.
Release Formats: Standard, DBOX, Dolby Atmos, IMAX, RPX, XD
Rating: PG-13 (for terror and some bloody images)
(Universal) Leslie Mann, John Cena, Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Newton. The parents of three beautiful high school-aged daughters are horrified to discover that their sweet little princesses have made a pact to lose their virginity on prom night. Now they head out on a desperate mission to keep the maidenheads of their daughters strictly out-of-bounds.
See the trailer, clips, video featurettes, an interview and B-roll video here.
Rating: R (for crude and sexual content, and language throughout, drug content, teen partying, and some graphic nudity)
(Entertainment Studios) Kate Mara, Clancy Brown, Jason Clarke, Olivia Thirlby. This is the story of the infamous scandal that rocked the Democratic Party to its core and essentially put a permanent "Keep Out" sign on the White House lawn for Ted Kennedy.
Rating: PG-13 (for thematic material, disturbing images, some strong language, and historical smoking)
(Fox Searchlight) Starring the voices of Bryan Cranston, Greta Gerwig, Bill Murray, Edward Norton. In a future where a tyrant has banished all dogs to a contaminated island, a brave young boy goes to the forbidden island to find his lost dog and bring him home. This is the latest from Wes Anderson of The Grand Hotel Budapest and The Fantastic Mr. Fox fame.
See the trailer, video featurettes, interviews and clips here.
Rating: PG-13 (for thematic elements and violent images)
The Miracle Season
(LD Entertainment) Helen Hunt, William Hurt, Tiera Skovbye, Erin Moriarty. A powerhouse high school girls volleyball team is hit by a terrible tragedy. They must find a way to pull together and put themselves in a position to win the State Championship but the odds are against them.
See the trailer, clips, interviews, a video featurette and B-roll video here.
Rating: PG (for thematic elements)
Chal Mohan Ranga
Subedar Joginder Singh
The Other Side of Hope
Florida Film Festival, Orlando FL
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Uncorking the genii.
(2016) Horror Comedy (Columbia) Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth, Neil Casey, Zach Woods, Ed Begley Jr., Charles Dance, Karan Soni, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Nate Corddry, Ozzy Osbourne, Andy Garcia, Annie Potts, Cecily Strong, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Al Roker, Susan Park, Katie Dippold. Directed by Paul Feig
I have to make a confession; I was not pleased about the prospects of an all-female Ghostbusters team at first; for one thing, it seemed kind of gimmicky to me, a means of establishing a bit of notoriety before the movie opened. The more I thought about it though, I figured I was just using that as an excuse; I was being a sexist so as a critic I swallowed my pride, sucked it up and tried to look at the movie as objectively as I could.
That's not to say that it's possible; like millions of others, the original Ghostbusters is one of my all-time favorite films. When you take on a remake of a classic that is so beloved, comparisons between that film and yours are going to be inevitable. Surely Paul Feig had to know that. But I don't think he expected the venom that would be directed at his choice to change the gender the team; fanboys absolutely lost their minds, some going so far as to claim that it "ruined their childhoods" which is generally an indication that their childhoods probably should be ruined, if that was all it took.
The storyline here is pretty similar to the original; a trio of scientists – Erin Gilbert (Wiig), a physicist; Abby Yates (McCarthy) a paranormal investigator, and Jillian Holtzmann (McKinnon), an engineer – are brought together to investigate a haunting. Erin and Abby had once co-authored a book – Ghost from Our Past – but had a falling out. Erin was trying to distance herself from those days and when the book shows up on Amazon just as she's about to become tenured at Columbia University, she and Abby are brought together. Eventually, Abby agrees to pull the book from Amazon on the condition that Erin allows them to investigate a paranormal activity at a local mansion that had been brought to Erin's attention by the home's curator (Begley).
When their investigation is successful beyond their wildest dreams, they enlist Abby's new partner Jillian who is like a kid in a toy store on Christmas morning – she has all sorts of devices to try out, including a proton pack and a ghost capturing device. With Erin cashiered from Columbia who has found out about her somewhat unorthodox beliefs in the supernatural, the three decide to start up a ghost investigation business. During an investigation into a New York subway, they are assisted by Patty Tolan (Jones), an MTA employee with an encyclopedic knowledge of New York City history, particularly the haunted kind. She joins the team as the fourth Ghostbuster (as they are now called, much to Erin's annoyance).
They hire a receptionist to handle the calls which turns out to be Kevin (Hemsworth), a male model who gets the job because he dampens Erin's panties more than anything – he proves to be an utter imbecile and not much use at all answering the phone. As they investigate, they discover that someone has been creating gateways allowing the ghosts to come into New York. That someone is uber-nerd Rowan North (Casey) who has some very unpleasant plans for a world that has rejected him and ignored him. When someone plans a paranormal apocalypse, who ya gonna call?
The special effects are spectacular here, which is definitely an unexpected plus – Feig has never really worked an effects-heavy film before but he does a fine job here with the CGI. It's impressive without being overwhelming. The cinematography is gorgeous and most of the technical end of the movie is soundly executed. I also think that his casting is spot-on – on paper.
Unfortunately, on celluloid is where I have the issues. The chemistry between the team just isn't as strong as it was for Murray, Aykroyd, Hudson (who all have cameos) and the late Harold Ramis, whose son appears in a brief cameo and who also appears as a bust outside of Erin's office at Columbia. McKinnon is a little too over the top at times as is Jones who's shrieking is almost anachronistic, sounding uncomfortably like depictions of African-American characters in horror comedies from say 50-75 years ago.
Wiig and McCarthy are both strong comic actresses who have given terrific performances in other movies, but they are both overly bland here. McCarthy is strangely subdued; I sometimes complain about her characterization in other comedic roles but I would have welcomed more of that energy she brought to those roles here. Wiig is generally an extremely understated performer and was completely miscast; they needed someone who had a little more of a presence. This may surprise some, but I think Leslie Jones might have been better suited for the role of the physicist/doubter, Kate McKinnon better as Abby, Melissa McCarthy more fun as Patty and maybe a different actress – Amy Schumer for example – as Jillian. But still, just reshuffling the roles might not have helped; the ladies just don't seem as comfortable around each other as they should be.
Despite all of the issues I have with the team, the script isn't half-bad and there are some very funny moments. The cameos are welcome, but also serve to remind us of how much better the original was than the remake and Feig might have been better advised to leave them out, particularly since he chose to do a reboot rather than a sequel, which I think might have been a better move. Still, one has to give him points for trying, but trying doesn't save a movie that's just average.
REASONS TO GO: The effects are impressive.
REASONS TO STAY: It simply doesn't hold up to the original.
FAMILY VALUES: Some somewhat rude humor and a bit of supernatural action and violence.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: The book Ghost from Our Past supposedly co-written by lead characters Erin and Abby, is really for sale on Amazon.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: A Haunted House
NEXT: The Legend of Tarzan
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The Jungle Book (2016)
Audiences are going ape for The Jungle Book.
(2016) Family (Disney) Neel Sethi, Bill Murray (voice), Ben Kingsley (voice), Idris Elba (voice), Lupita Nyong'o (voice), Scarlett Johansson (voice), Giancarlo Esposito (voice), Christopher Walken (voice), Garry Shandling (voice), Brighton Rose (voice), Emjay Anthony (voice), Jon Favreau (voice), Russell Peters (voice), Sam Raimi (voice), Ritesh Rajan, Sara Arrington (voice). Directed by Jon Favreau
Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book is rightly considered a children's classic. The Disney animated version, while not near the top of their list, is at least considered one of the better animated films of its era, complete with a passel of Sherman brothers tunes that continue to be quoted by Disney in their theme parks and commercials.
A live action version continues Disney's string of live action features based on their animated films and in many ways this is the most challenging project yet. Director Favreau, who is best known for the first two Iron Man films, was an inspired choice to direct this, having done family films as well as big special effects extravaganzas as well.
Mowgli (Sethi) is a young human child raised by wolves after the death of his father (Rajan). Alpha male Akela (Esposito) and his noble wife Raksha (Nyong'o) take on the responsibility of raising the boy as a wolf. Try as he might to fit in, Mowgli has just two legs and no claws to speak of. However he is a cheerful boy and an inventive thinker. Panther Bagheera (Kingsley) is also nearby, making sure that Mowgli is raised right.
Also nearby, unfortunately, is Shere Khan (Elba), a disfigured tiger whose burns had been received at the hands of Mowgli's dad before the big cat sent him on his way to meet his maker. When Shere Khan finds out that Mowgli is about, he blows a gasket. No human will live safely in his forest while he lives, and Shere Khan sets out to eliminate Mowgli from the board.
Akela and Bagheera agree that Mowgli must leave the pack, despite the laws of the pack that seem to indicate that the pack is stronger together rather than splitting up. Bagheera tries to escort Mowgli to the safety of the human village but Shere Khan finds out and Mowgli and Bagheera are separated. Mowgli is found by Baloo ((Murray), a happy-go-lucky bear who finds a stroke of good luck when Mowgli, ever-inventive, figures out a way for Baloo to get the honeycombs that are high on the top of a mountain that Baloo is unable to reach. Even in this idyllic interlude, the jungle isn't safe; not only is the tiger after Mowgli but so is King Louie (Walken), the clever but crazed leader of the apes who has an eye on the secret of fire which only Mowgli can unravel as well as Kaa (Johansson), a seductive serpent whose only concern is making Mowgli her lunch.
Sethi is the only onscreen actor who gets any significant time; all the other animal characters and indeed the jungle setting itself is all digitally created. It's an impressive technical achievement, achieving a photorealistic jungle as well as the animals within it. The computer animators achieve actual personalities in the anthropomorphic subjects, with Baloo's happy-go-lucky bear augmented by Murray's acerbic wit; Bagheera's sleek black form is bolstered with his expressions of annoyance and occasional contentment. It is somewhat ironic that only Mowgli himself is poorly drawn as a character.
It's not that Sethi is a bad actor – far from it. He shows some real athleticism in his role, but the dialogue for him is a little one-note and Sethi doesn't vary much in his line reading. Like some child actors, he comes off as a little too sure of himself and perhaps Mowgli's wolf upbringing might explain this, but Mowgli comes off as almost arrogant to the point of Trumpness.
The voice actors all do wonderful work, particularly Murray and Kingsley, but Johansson, Nyong'o and Walken also distinguish themselves. Favreau is inventive in the way he uses tracking shots and flashbacks, and the movie is never visually boring.
The animated edition is where most of the cues for this movie arise, but there are also other elements from other movies, some surprising. There are nods to Apocalypse Now, for example, when King Louie reveals himself. The appearance of three songs from the original movie is all welcome and you haven't lived until you've heard Christopher Walken warbling "Wanna Be Like You."
This is some of the best family entertainment you're going to find in a year that's shaping up to offer some truly interesting family films that this critic is eager to check out. That's good news as there has been a bit of a dry spell when it's come to high quality family entertainment. This one is going to make it into the video library for a lot of kids who will be demanding it from parents who won't mind giving in. Definitely one of the best family films in years.
REASONS TO GO: Amazing animal effects look completely real. A classic honored with a terrific rendition. Nice little shout-outs to the animated version.
REASONS TO STAY: While Sethi is less annoying then he might have been, he was occasionally a bit overly smug for my taste.
FAMILY VALUES: There is some violence here as well as a child in peril.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: This is the first Disney version of The Jungle Book in which Bagheera and Shere Khan fight.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: Tarzan
NEXT: Honeyglue
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(Disney) Bill Murray (voice), Neel Sethi, Ben Kingsley (voice), Scarlett Johansson (voice), Idris Elba (voice), Lupita Nyong'o (voice), Garry Shandling (voice). Directed by Jon Favreau
An orphaned boy, raised by a pack of wolves, is forced to leave the only home he's ever known when a fearsome tiger, bearing the scars inflicted by man, decrees that nothing human will survive in his jungle. Aided by a carefree bear and a stern panther, the boy learns not only to survive the harsh realities of the jungle but to become powerful and strong. Based not only on Rudyard Kipling's classic stories but also on the timeless Disney cartoon as well.
See the trailer, an interview and Super Bowl footage here.
Rating: PG (for some sequences of scary action and peril)
13 Cameras
(7th and Broadway/Gravitas) Neville Archambault, Sarah Baldwin, Sean Carrigan, Jim Cummings. A newlywed couple moves into a dilapidated home in a rundown neighborhood. Not long after, the fights begin as do the disagreements. But their marital discord must take a back seat to the fact that their grim and lascivious landlord who lives across the street has been spying on them in the most intimate ways possible from the day they moved in.
Barbershop: The Next Cut
(New Line) Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Regina Hall, Sean Patrick Thomas. Calvin's Barbershop is a lot different than the last time we checked in a decade ago. For one thing, it's no longer a male bastion in the neighborhood; Calvin has been forced by tough economic times to merge with a local salon, making it a co-ed experience. The neighborhood has changed a great deal too; far from being the peaceful, family-friendly environment it once was, it is beset by violence and gang warfare. Calvin knows he needs to rally the good people of the neighborhood to stand up to the gangs – but will it be enough?
Rating: PG-13 (for sexual material and language)
(Summit) Kevin Costner, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, Alice Eve. A global catastrophe is imminent and the only thing stopping it is the information in the head of a CIA operative. Unfortunately, said operative is dead which can make information retrieval problematic. However, saving the day (maybe) is a new technology that will allow the memories and skills of the operative to be imprinted on another brain. Unfortunately, the only person who is compatible with the operative is a death row inmate who has his own agenda. The world is in deep crap, bubba.
Rating: R (for strong violence and language throughout)
(Yash Raj) Shah Rukh Khan, Joelle Koisi, Mariola Jaworska, Farah Ahmed. A father and his 8-year-old son have as close a bond as any father and son ever. But when the boy develops inexplicable powers, there are forces – not all of them looking out for the welfare of the boy – who want to exploit that power for themselves. The two go on the run, chased by mysterious forces with only the boy's extraordinary powers and his father's love and courage to protect them.
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POV: "The Reckoning."
Submitted by jimstaro on July 10, 2009 - 08:36
Please take a minute to mark your calendar for this coming Tuesday, July 14th, so you can watch PBS's new documentary on the International Criminal Court, "The Reckoning." The documentary should air at 10 pm in most areas, but check here to see your local listing.
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Sundance Channel on Iraq: 6th Anniversary
Submitted by jimstaro on March 15, 2009 - 08:00
The Sundance Channel just launched a website in observance of the sixth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
From a post by Anna Brew, found at After Downing Street hattip for the lead:
The highlight of the site is a large collection of webisodes and clips from two documentaries that will premiere on television on March 19th (the date of the 2003 invasion): Hometown Baghdad and Heavy Metal in Baghdad. Both films capture the day-to-day realities confronted by Iraqi citizens.
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"Invisible Wounds" a Documentary and Michelle Obama
Yesterday as I was searching out a few things I came across a recent documentary that was up on the UPI site in three parts, not long but another real good look at a subject many of us, especially Veterans, have been fighting a long battle to get into the public conscious, and stuck there once in, with the realization of the hidden damages, wounds, that Wars cause to those that are sent to occupy and the occupied.
American Life TV network brought this documentary into the homes, it aired on Oct 21st at 8pm est.. The following is what is posted on their site:
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Back From The Lion's Den
How did a group of female support soldiers-mechanics, supply clerks and engineers-end up fighting alongside the Marines in some of the bloodiest counterinsurgency battles of the Iraq war? Find out in Lioness, a film about female combat veterans.
Iraq, PTSD, War, Afghanistan, PBS, Documentary, Lioness, The Lion's Den, Specialist Shannon Morgan
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"LEAVE NO SOLDIER"
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TWO JOURNEYS, TWO GENERATIONS, BRINGING EACH OTHER HOME
A feature length documentary directed, produced and co-written by Donna Bassin,
an official selection of the 2008 Rhode Island International Film Festival.
"LEAVE NO SOLDIER," Tells the story of two impassioned journeys by two communities of American War Veterans who have carried a Military Oath from the Battlefield
to the home front. The two groups are divided by their politics, but united in their devotion to dead comrades and their compassionate commitment to "Leave No Fallen Soldier Behind".
Below you will find mostly what is printed in the Documentaries Press Release, which if interested can be Downloaded Here in PDF with photo's and more information.
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"Changing Us"
Counseling and medication weren't enough to help Laef Fox recover from his grim war experience in Iraq, and drugs and alcohol didn't work either, so he tried making a movie instead.
There's a new Documentary out, that was shown in a premeir private showing on July 4th in Denver.
As the quote above states it was made, with help, by Laef Fox an Iraq Conflict Veteran, with footage Fox shot while in Iraq.
Fox was in Iraq for six months starting in April 2003, just after the invasion began.
Iraq, PTSD, War, Invasion, Documentary, Changing Us, Laef Fox, Drifter Entertainment, Premeir, Trailor, Movie Trailor, War Documentary
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"CSNY: Deja Vu"
Submitted by jimstaro on June 25, 2008 - 08:36
A film by Neil Young
Due in theaters July 25
"CSNY: Deja Vu" Trailer
War, Peace, occupations, Failed Policies, Wars of Choice, Documentary, film, Neil Young, CSNY Deja Vu, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, CSNY
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"Stop Loss" Military and Military Family Perspective
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The reviews you should be reading and listening to, from Military Personal and Family members Of. The ones, small numbers they are, who are actually sacrificing and understand the meanings some of these movies are trying to bring out, that the greater majority, the civilian population, really need to be explained to. Especially in these conflicts they do little to nothing as a sacrifice, most important not wanting to pony up the cost of these Wars of Choice and the Huge longterm Costs of!
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With the weather starting to warm, and the rain, hopefully starting to abate, many motorcyclists in the UK are beginning to look forward to days and weekends spent touring on their bikes.
It is estimated there are some one-million motorcycles in daily use on Britain's roads. Out of 5-million full license holders in the UK, that's just 20%, meaning 80% no longer own or use a bike, or are occasional users. Extensive experience is now required before being able to ride the larger machines, and there are many high quality biker training courses available for the serious rider.
None-the-less, there are still far too many accidents involving bikers, many of them not the bikers fault. The overall figures for accidents and bikers killed on the UK's roads make for some sobering reading. With many of the UK's motoring institutions and police forces beginning their summer campaigns for biker awareness, what is needed, to stay safe when out and about on your motorcycle?
While crash helmets are the only piece of protective clothing required by law, whether travelling two miles, or 200 miles full protective kit should be worn. Motorcycle leathers if you have them, or good thick trousers, jacket, boots or shoes, and gloves. The damage done to bare skin sliding along the tarmac, or worse, gravel roads, can be extensive and scar for life. Remember, in the event of even a small accident, your biking clothes are the only thing between you and far more serious injuries.
The biggest concern for both cyclists and motorcyclists is being seen. Even the larger bikes are less than the quarter the width of a car. A driver's quick glance in his rear-view mirror can often miss a motorcycle. During day light hours wear a bright day-glow vest or tabard, and during darkness reflective clothing. Everything you can do to make yourself and bike more noticeable should be done. Help avoid making yourself just another statistic.
Many of today's bikers are what are termed occasional bikers. Usually older riders, through the winter months the bike has been lovingly polished in the garage. The rider becomes a car driver, going back and fore to work on four wheels. Summer arrives and the bike comes out. But remember, it takes a few hours in the saddle to fully regain all that biker awareness.
One of the most crucial points of staying safe on a motorcycle is being aware. Not just of the road you're on, or the vehicle in front of you, but of everything going on around you.
Position yourself closer to the crown of the road when approaching junctions on your left, so you can be more easily seen. The car waiting at the junction, has he seen you, or is he likely to pull out? Ride far enough behind the vehicle in front, and position yourself so he can see you in his mirrors, and you can see what's going on in front of him.
Remember, most cars have a blind spot between the interior rear-view mirror, and the wing mirrors. Get your partner to watch you in all mirrors on the driveway, and move the bike until you hit the blind-spot. Although blind-spots can vary, it gives you an idea of where not to be, when following a car on the open road.
Scottish police have started their 2015 biker's safety campaign entitled 'Live Fast, Die Old.' Much of the campaign relates to taking left hand bends on the roads in Scotland. In Scotland, and one must assume similar figures for England and Wales, one in three biker fatalities occur when taking left hand bends.
Many of the accidents between motorcyclists and car or truck drivers, can be attributed directly to carelessness on the part of the driver. Make sure you are not one of them.
Whenever you're on the road, as much time should be spend checking your rear-view mirrors, both interior and exterior, as is spend peering through the windscreen. If you see a motorcycle approaching some distance behind, keep an eye on him. Be sure you know where he positions his bike behind you. If he's weaving left and right behind you keep close to the left. It stops him coming up on your inside, which he shouldn't do anyway, and gives him a chance to pass. Let someone else worry about him.
Indicators are there for just that, indicating which direction you are about to move in. Use them all the time, giving any traffic, but especially motorcycles, plenty of warning of your intentions.
Be fully aware of the possibility of a motorcycle being behind you. Whether you're turning at a junction, or changing lanes on a dual carriageway or motorway, indicate in plenty of time and check, check, and check again all mirrors. A cursory quick glance and you may have missed him sitting in a mirror blind spot.
Likewise when joining a main road from a side junction. A quick glance left and right isn't good enough. You need to make absolutely sure there are no bikes approaching, especially if the road handles fast moving traffic. Over half of all motorcycle accidents occur at road junctions, and most involve a four wheeled vehicle.
Food for thought for both motor car drivers, and motorcycle riders – motorcycles account for just one percent of traffic on the UK's roads, but 20% of serious or fatal accidents. Many of those accidents involving motorcycles, also involve a car or truck.
This summer, when out and about on your bike, don't allow yourself to become a statistic. Remember your defensive riding, and enjoy the open road in safety.


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3 For you also ask, `What's in it for me?
9 "People cry out when they are oppressed.
to say the Almighty isn't concerned.
You have spoken like a fool."
<< 35:13-14 These verses can also be translated as follows: 13Indeed, God doesn't listen to their empty plea; / the Almighty is not concerned. / 14How much less will he listen when you say you don't see him, / and that your case is before him and you're waiting for justice.
<< 35:15 As in Greek and Latin versions; the meaning of this Hebrew word is uncertain.


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using System;
using System.Linq;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using biz.dfch.CS.LogShipper;
using biz.dfch.CS.LogShipper.Public;
using biz.dfch.CS.LogShipper.Extensions;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using biz.dfch.CS.Utilities.Testing;

namespace biz.dfch.CS.LogShipper.Core.Tests
{
    [TestClass]
    [DeploymentItem("biz.dfch.CS.LogShipper.Core.Tests.dll.config")]
    public class LogShipperExtensionNullOutputTest
    {
        [TestMethod]
        [ExpectedException(typeof(ArgumentNullException))]
        public void LogEmptyThrowsContractException()
        {
            // Arrange
            String data = null;
            var output = new NullOutput();
            var nameValueCollection = new NameValueCollection();
            nameValueCollection.Add("arbitrary-name", "arbitrary-value");
            output.Configuration = nameValueCollection;

            // Act
            var fReturn = output.Log(data);

            // Assert
            // N/A
        }

        [TestMethod]
        [ExpectedException(typeof(ArgumentNullException))]
        public void LogUninitialisedShouldThrowArgumentNullException()
        {
            // Arrange
            var data = "hello, world!";
            var output = new NullOutput();
            output.Configuration = null;

            // Act
            var fReturn = output.Log(data);

            // Assert
            Assert.IsNull(fReturn);
        }
        [TestMethod]
        public void LogTextShouldReturnTrue()
        {
            // Arrange
            var data = "Hello, world!";
            var output = new NullOutput();
            var nameValueCollection = new NameValueCollection();
            nameValueCollection.Add("arbitrary-name", "arbitrary-value");
            output.Configuration = nameValueCollection;

            // Act
            var fReturn = output.Log(data);

            // Assert
            Assert.IsTrue(fReturn);
        }
        [TestMethod]
        public void UpdateConfigurationShouldReturnTrue()
        {
            // Arrange
            var output = new NullOutput();
            var nameValueCollection = new NameValueCollection();
            nameValueCollection.Add("arbitrary-name", "arbitrary-value");

            // Act
            var fReturn = output.UpdateConfiguration(nameValueCollection);

            // Assert
            Assert.IsTrue(fReturn);
            Assert.IsTrue(Helpers.CompareNameValueCollections(nameValueCollection, output.Configuration, false));
        }

        [TestMethod]
        [ExpectContractFailure]
        public void UpdateConfigurationThrowsContractException()
        {
            // Arrange
            var output = new NullOutput();
            var nameValueCollection = new NameValueCollection();
            nameValueCollection.Add("arbitrary-name", "arbitrary-value");
            output.Configuration = nameValueCollection;

            // Act
            var fReturn = output.UpdateConfiguration(null);

            // Assert
            // N/A
        }
        [TestMethod]
        public void UpdateLocalConfigurationKeepsExtensionConfigurationUnchanged()
        {
            // Arrange
            var output = new NullOutput();
            var nameValueCollection = new NameValueCollection();
            nameValueCollection.Add("arbitrary-name", "arbitrary-value");

            // Act
            output.Configuration = nameValueCollection;
            var fReturn = output.UpdateConfiguration(nameValueCollection);
            nameValueCollection.Add("a-new-local-name", "another-arbitrary-value");

            // Assert
            Assert.IsTrue(fReturn);
            Assert.AreEqual(2, nameValueCollection.Count);
            Assert.AreEqual(1, output.Configuration.Count);
            Assert.IsFalse(Helpers.CompareNameValueCollections(nameValueCollection, output.Configuration, false));
        }
    }
}

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Leopold Verhagen (Helmond, 7 augustus 1908 - Eindhoven, 22 mei 1997), priesternaam van Hubertus Henricus Verhagen (wereldlijke roepnaam Huub), was een Nederlandse pater.

Verhagen groeide op in een traditioneel katholiek gezin als zoon van Hendricus Albertus Verhagen (1870-1945) en Johanna Maria Henrica Neervens (1878-1969).

Hij trad omstreeks 1927 in bij de augustijnen in Eindhoven. Pater Leopold verwierf landelijke bekendheid door zijn ludieke dagsluitingen voor de Katholieke Radio Omroep televisie tussen 1953 en 1967. Ook in zijn radioprogramma Epiloog kaartte hij op een aanstekelijke manier geloofskwesties aan. Hij wees met name op de eenvoud en blijheid van het geloof, en richtte zich niet op dogma's en vermaningen. Verhagen bleef daarbij trouw aan de Kerk en haar leer. Naast zijn mediawerkzaamheden was hij godsdienstleraar. In zijn habijt en met zijn witte haren was pater Leopold een opvallende verschijning in Eindhoven. Vaak wist hij jongeren voor zich te winnen door zijn humor, openheid en positieve uitstraling.

Augustijn
Nederlands radiopresentator
Nederlands rooms-katholiek priester


WHY@DOLL Keeps Challenging the Best in Japan! After Climbing Fuji, Succeeded in Circling Lake Biwa!
WHY@DOLL is "Challenging the Best in Japan!", following Fuji climbing last time, this time they headed for the lake known as Japan's biggest lake, and challenged to "Circling Lake Biwa"!
The plan was to cycle around Lake Biwa (about 200km) in two days.
In addition, not only near the Lake Biwa, from the thought of "Let's introduce the charming points of Shiga Prefecture!" they uploaded images onto twitter when travelling around tourist attractions.
With fans' comments, fans' coming to the spot, and local people's encouragement "Good luck with Biwaichi.", they smoothly finished the course over a period of about 17 hours!
Aoki "Thanks to the encouragement from fans and people who stopped by, and thanks to the beautiful scenery of Lake Biwa, we finished the full course smoothly."
Uratani "I am a person easy to be discouraged. I once presumed it tough to go around the Lake Biwa in 2 days. But when actually doing it, although we met some difficulties, we smoothly finished it thanks to the beautiful scenery and fans' support, just as what Chiharun (Aoki) said. We also made it to introduce charming points of Shiga. I am happy if we succeeded in making WHY@DOLL known to even a few more people.
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It's a good time to be a video game player. Despite all the controversy in the industry right now, all sorts of great games have come out in 2012 alone, and the year is hardly over.
New IPs like Dishonored look extremely promising, and games like Dragon's Dogma show that taking risks on ambitious, if imperfect, titles can pay-off for big publishers like Capcom.
With the Wii U on the horizon, promising franchises like Bayonetta have been given a second life.
It certainly looked like Platinum Games would never make a sequel to the popular action game, with publisher Sega uninterested in publishing a sequel.
Nintendo swooped in and took over publishing, giving Bayonetta 2 a chance to actually exist - as a Wii U exclusive.
Here are five more video game franchises that also deserve a second chance, and that I think would probably thrive in today's gaming market.
First released in 1991 on the NES, Rare's 2D side-scroller remains one of the most frustratingly difficult games I've ever played.
A modern Battletoads should retain its side-scroller qualities while adopting the 2.5D style many side-scrollers are adopting these days, from games like Mark of the Ninja to Dust: An Elysian Tail.
A new Battletoads would also need to ditch the limited number of lives. The game was hard enough without having to start over from the beginning.
The last Battletoads game, Super Battletoads, hit arcades in 1994.
Combining an excellent story with a unique, tactical combat system, Chrono Trigger remains one of the most important RPGs ever developed.
It also boasts one of the best video game soundtracks of all time.
A new Chrono Trigger could expand on everything that worked in the original game but in lovely HD graphics and modern sound.
Given the success of the first Chrono Trigger game, it's strange that Square Enix has left the IP in the attic so long.
The game's official sequel, Chrono Cross, launched in 1999.
Wonder Boy 3 remains one of my more formative gaming experiences. Back when I split my gaming between the NES and the Sega Master System, this was easily the best Sega title I played.
Wonder Boy 2 was also quite good, though the two games were extremely different from one another, and bore almost no resemblance to the first Wonder Boy title, or to the ports to NES such as Adventure Island.
I'd like to see the revival of the second and third Wonder Boy games in some form or another, even if they were the exact same games in shiny new skins.
Outside of the Wii Virtual Console release of Monster World IV in 2012, the last we saw of Wonder Boy in English was 1991's Wonder Boy in Monster Land.
Speaking of hard games, now that I think about it, there sure were a lot of them on the NES. First released as an arcade title in 1985, Ghosts'n Goblins made its way to various consoles and spawned a long series of games and spin-offs.
I played on the NES, and died and died and died. The franchise spawned several spin-offs including the Maximo games and the Gargoyle Quest games.
Not counting the iOS-only Ghosts'n Goblins: Gold Knights, or the handful of handheld titles and spin-offs and ports, the last original console version of the Ghosts'n Goblins franchise was 1991's Super Ghouls'n Ghosts.
The first Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance game came out in 2001 for the PS2 with later releases on other consoles. Developed by Snowblind Studios, it remains one of my favorite co-op console action-RPGs.
The sequel, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II, was developed by Black Isle Studios.
A third game is almost a no-brainer, either as a full AAA title or, more likely, an Xbox Live Arcade / PlayStation Network release.
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II came out in 2004.
So, what did I miss? What long-dead or mostly-dead video game franchises would you bring back to life with a wave of your magic wand?


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var test = require('tap').test;
var util = require('util');
var stream = require('stream');
var future = require('../index.js');
var liquify = require('lib-stream-liquify');
var solidify = require('lib-stream-solidify');

function noop(){}

test("proxy end when called after setWritable", function (t) {
  t.plan(1);

  var mock = {
    end: function() {
      t.ok(true);
    },
    on: noop,
    once: noop,
    emit: noop,
  };

  var f = future();

  f.setWritable(mock);
  f.end();
});

test("proxy end when called before setWritable", function (t) {
  t.plan(1);

  var mock = {
    end: function() {
      t.ok(true);
    },
    on: noop,
    once: noop,
    emit: noop,
  };

  var f = future();

  f.end();
  f.setWritable(mock);
});


January 18, 2019 By Sabrina Quairoli This post may contain affiliate links. Read more on my Cookies and Policies Page located in the menu above.
Papers in the kitchen can get unruly quickly, especially with a family of four with two school-age kids. So, each Sunday, I go through my accordion folder and pull papers that correspond to the up-in-coming week. Papers for doctors and papers that describe events or activities for that particular week are placed in order on the counter. No matter how hard I try, the papers would get disorganized or tossed on the floor accidently. So, I decided to cut the clutter on my counter by creating a current week paper sorter. Here is the step by step instructions on how I made it. This sorter was created before I remodeled our kitchen. I created another version of this one with a magnet hanging board after I remodeled the kitchen. Feel free to check this one out here.
After staining the pins, I wrote the week name on each clothespin with a contrasting bright color acrylic paint.
Then, I let it dry and glued/nailed the medium clothespin to the larger clothespin and making sure not to go completely through the large clothes pin; I angled the nail. I made sure not to cover the spring for the large clothespin, and the medium clothes pin as I was gluing. I used the side of a ruler as a spacer between each clothespin. I, then, clamped the medium clothespin after I glued together the medium clothespin to the larger clothespin.
I then added the arrows to the day because it was harder to notice which way the clothes pins opened.
I can use the large clothespin as well as the medium ones for each day. If I made another one, I would make sure that the medium clothes pins were a little more zig-zag to allow for more paper clipping room. I need to trifold the paper so I can see what day it pertains to. But, it works and now my counter is free of paper clutter. Oh, what a happy day!
What do you think? Please leave a comment!


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Diffusion and rates of reaction in solids. Transformations in solids, including nucleation and growth, martensitic transformation, spinodal decomposition and order-disorder reactions. Prerequisite: 2.0 average for MATE 115, MATE 141, MATE 151, MATE 154 and MATE 155; ENGR 100W; CHE 162.


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Q: Airflow task dont start but stuck on "running" I'm completely new to Airflow, and I really struggle getting a very simple test DAG to run:
from airflow import DAG
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from airflow.utils.dates import days_ago
from airflow.operators.bash import BashOperator

default_args ={
"owner":"airflow",
"depends_on_past":False,
"retries":0,
"email": ["my_email@hotmail.com"],
"email_on_failure":True
}

dag = DAG(dag_id="create_test_folder",
default_args=default_args,
start_date = days_ago(1),
catchup=False,
schedule_interval="@once")

start = BashOperator(task_id="start",dag=dag,bash_command="mkdir ~/airflow/test_folder")
end = BashOperator(task_id="end",dag=dag,bash_command="date")
start>>end

If I open the webserver and press "trigger DAG" it is stuck under "running" and seems to never start (the tree-diagram says "not started")

A: Your DAG isn't running because it's paused. You need to unpause it.

Note that you can avoid this issue by using is_paused_upon_creation this flag specifies if the dag is paused when created for the first time.
If the dag exists already, this flag will be ignored.
dag = DAG(dag_id="create_test_folder",
          default_args=default_args,
          start_date=days_ago(1),
          catchup=False,
          schedule_interval="@once",
          is_paused_upon_creation=False
          )

You can also set up it globally in airflow.cfg

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Q: R prediction within an interval quick question on prediction.
The value I'm trying to predict is either 0 or 1 (it is set as numeric, not as a factor) so when I run my random forest:
fit <- randomForest(PredictValue ~ <variables>, data=trainData, ntree=50)

and predict:
pred<-predict(fit, testData)

all my predictions are between 0 and 1 – which is what I expect and - I Imagine - can be interpreted as the probability of being 1.
Now, If I go through the same process using the gbm algorithm:
fitgbm <- gbm(PredictValue~ <variables>, data=trainData, distribution = "bernoulli", n.trees = 500,   bag.fraction = 0.75, cv.folds = 5, interaction.depth = 3)
predgbm <- predict(fitgbm, testData)

the values are from -0.5 to 0.5
I also tried glm and the range was worst, from around -3 to 3.
So, my question is: is it possible to set the algorithms to predict between 0 and 1?
Thanks

A: You need to specify type='response' for this to happen:
Check this example:
y <- rep(c(0,1),c(100,100))
x <- runif(200)
df <- data.frame(y,x)

fitgbm <- gbm(y ~ x, data=df,
              distribution = "bernoulli", n.trees = 100)

predgbm <- predict(fitgbm, df, n.trees=100, type='response')

Too simplistic but look at the summary of predgbm:
> summary(predgbm)
   Min. 1st Qu.  Median    Mean 3rd Qu.    Max.
 0.4936  0.4943  0.5013  0.5000  0.5052  0.5073

And as the documentation mentions this is the probability of y being 1:

If type="response" then gbm converts back to the same scale as the outcome. Currently the only effect this will have is returning probabilities for bernoulli and expected counts for poisson.


This was the cake we made for my grandmother's birthday. We wanted something simple and elegant, and she loved it!
Make sure each of your three tiers is on a cardboard disc (found in the cake decorating section of your favorite store) - this would be a very bad thing to forget!!
The bottom tier is covered in black fondant. It is VERY hard to turn white fondant to deep black with food coloring - it is much easier to buy black fondant if you don't want to use about three jars of food coloring... Line the bottom of the bottom tier with white pearls - you can use a strand of plastic pearls if you want, or you can roll your own out of fondant or gum paste.
Roll out white fondant and cut a circle big enough to drape however much you want draped over the bottom tier (this will depend on what size cake pans you use for your three tiers).
Cover the middle tier in white fondant, and line the bottom with black ribbon. You can use storebought ribbon, or you can cut your own out of black fondant. We used a small flower-shaped fondant cutter to cut out many (the number will vary depending on how big your cake is and how close together you want your flowers) little black flowers out of fondant. You can choose to have flat flowers that lay flat against the cake, or curve the petals out for a 3-D effect (as seen below). Either way, shape your flowers and let them dry to harden. Attach them to the middle tear with a drop of royal icing, and add an edible pearl (found in the sprinkle section) with another drop of royal icing.
Cover the top tier with white fondant, and line the bottom with black ribbon like you did with the second tier. Line the top with the same sized pearls (plastic or fondant) that you used to line the bottom tier. Then, use that same size pearls to create a draped effect around the top tier. If you are using a strand of plastic pearls, the draping will be very simple - simply attach with royal icing. If you are using fondant pearls, make sure you outline where you want them to go before you attach them - this will ensure you don't have lopsided drapes! Finish the top tier with some black accents - we used black jewels that you can find in the jewelry making section of craft stores. You could also make more black fondant flowers, or a few black fondant pearls - whatever you like best.
Finally, it is time to stack the tiers! Cut several wooden dowels the same height as your bottom and middle tier. These will provide support so that the weight of the Then, carefully insert them into the center of your bottom tier and middle tier. I like to place four around the edges of where the next tier will sit, and another one in the middle. Finally, center your higher tiers and stack!


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Q: Linking or Mapping two tables together Consider my data as inventory list separated by categories.
When I started I had one table that should have been split into two tables, else in the oldTable the columns in a given row would have been un-related.  I have created two new tables in my database, one for categories and the other for data/items.  Now I am trying to use the oldTable existing data to fill the newTable data/items table so I can learn SQL and not have to manually do it.  The categories table I filled in manually because I could not see how to do it otherwise.
The old table has:
tableName (
  id,
  categoryA,
  categoryB,
  categoryC,
  categoryD,
  categoryE,
  categoryF,
  isPriorityA,
  isPriorityB,
  isPriorityC,
  isPriorityD,
  isPriorityE,
  isPriorityE
)

The new tables have:
Categories (
 cat_id,
  name
)

dataItem (
  item_id,
  cat_id,
  name,
  priority,
  description,
  URL
)

How do I force the new dataItem table to require the cat_id match one of the values in the Categories.cat_id table column?  Perhaps to give an error if a value is added outside of the range?  I believe this may be mapping or linking tables, to thereby make them relationship tables.
How do I copy the tableName data to the dataItem table one column at a time in alphabetical order bringing the name,priority with it and allowing it to auto-increment the item_id value?

A: Sounds like you want to use a foreign key to limit dataItem.cat_id to values in Categories.cat_Id. Something like this:
ALTER TABLE dataItem ADD FOREIGN KEY (cat_id) REFERENCES Categories(cat_id);

Exact syntax may depend on which database you are using. For more info on foreign keys see: http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_foreignkey.asp


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Paradoxes in Science: Should Fullerenes Still Be Around if They Formed Many Millions of Years Ago?
Many Thanks to:
Author: John Woodmorappe
Most of the elements that exist in nature are reactive, at least to some extent. For this reason, they usually do not occur in a free state. Carbon, however, is an element that exists in both a free and a combined state in nature. For a long time, the only two natural states of elemental carbon known were graphiteand diamond. About ten years ago it was discovered, however, that another state of pure carbon existed.
Many tens of carbon atoms per molecule, usually 60 or 70, could form a structure roughly spherical in shape.
The bonds between the carbon atoms called to mind the famous architectural designs of R. Buckminster Fuller.
Fuller was an inventor and architect who, among other things, built the first geodesic dome. The bonding of the carbon atoms in the newly-discovered form of elemental carbon closely resembled the shape of Fuller's geodesic dome. Thus, these molecules were dubbed fullerenes, and have the chemical notation C60 or C70. (They are also known in scientific slang as "buckyballs," after Fuller's middle name Buckminster.)
Fullerenes form under conditions of extreme temperature and pressures (Becker et. al. 1994). For some years after their discovery, scientists believed fullerenes did not occur naturally on earth. It turns out that fullerenes are readily destroyed by ultraviolet (UV) light, as well as ozone (O3). Thus, in 1991, the chemist Roger Taylor and his colleagues published a letter in Nature arguing that "the reason for the failure hitherto to observe naturally occurring C60 on Earth now becomes clear," namely, fullerenes just don't last very long under earth conditions (Taylor et al. 1991). Guess what? Fullerenes were discovered shortly thereafter in supposedly ancient rocks of Russia, specifically, in carbon-rich shungite (a curious metamorphic rock) of Precambrian age (Buseck et al. 1992). They were then discovered in much older formations, putatively of 1.85 billion years age (Becker et. al. 1994), as well as at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary (Heymann et al. 1994). Interestingly, however, fullerenes still appear to be unstable little beasts, chemically speaking. "Fullerenes stored in ambient air," write Rice University chemists Chibante and Heymann, "even when shielded against UV and visible radiation [light], are destroyed by O3 [ozone] in the air" (Chibante and Heymann 1993, p. 1881). Becker et al. (1994, p. 644) also observe that fullerenes are relatively fragile structures: Fullerenes degrade quickly at fairly low temperatures when exposed to air . . . Perhaps the fullerenes in the Onaping rocks [1.85 billion years old] were protected from oxidation by the surrounding sulfide-silicate matrix in which they are contained, allowing fullerenes to survive to present. We might consider another explanation, however. Perhaps the fullerenes still exist in earth's rocks because those rocks are very much younger than is generally held. We find fullerenes, in other words, because not enough time has elapsed for them to degrade. If the earth were really billions of years old, it is doubtful that any of these unstable molecules would have persisted to the present. At the very least, the persistence of these easily-decomposed fullerenes in "ancient" rock may be more consistent with a time scale of thousands of years rather than billions of years. Creationist chemists might consider investigating the stability of fullerenes under a variety of geochemical conditions. Some surprises may be in store from these little balls of carbon


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2017: Proceedings of the 61st Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences /
Socio-Ecological Systems
THE ENTROPOCENE
Jeffrey H. Robbins Rutgers University
Anthropocene, entropy, exergy, second law of thermodynamics, technology
According to Eric Schneider and the late James Kay "nature abhors a gradient" as it seeks to degrade any and all differences that can make a difference. They also claim that life self-organized by creating a meta-order out of disordered orders, evolving as an increasingly efficient, effective, sustainable (order from order) means for degrading the huge sun to earth temperature gradient. They inject purpose into the scheme by claiming that life represents "order emerging from disorder in the service of more disorder." Or, as Jeffrey Wicken succinctly put it in "Evolution and Thermodynamics: The New Paradigm," "Organisms are remote-from-equilibrium systems that maintain their organizational structures by irreversibly degrading free energy through informed kinetic pathways acquired through evolution. Dissipation through structuring is the strategy of life." In other words, life came about as an evolving means for giving the Second Law of Thermodynamics what it wants. Entropy. In my 2015 ISSS paper, "Anthropocene as Life's State of the Art in Disorder Production: A Sustainability Conundrum," I proposed that our species collectively is disorder producer summa cum laude. We are the most efficient, most effective, degrader of gradients, producer of entropy yet evolved. Calling our epoch, "the Anthropocene" doesn't capture our essence. Our epoch is the Entropocene. We have turned the bio-geosphere from an accumulator of solar exergy ("free energy", the measure of energy's utility) as in fossil fuels, into a trapper of entropy a.k.a., global warming. Unfortunately, not only is our achievement as agent-of-entropy-in-chief not something to celebrate, our perch is being increasingly usurped by a new disorder churner on the block. Hyper-exponentially evolving technology is taking over where we leave off as it represents a far more effective, far more efficient means of degrading gradients, disordering orders including the gradients, including the orders that R us; our brains, our bodies, our face to face, family, community, societal bonds. This disorder, manifested as our increasing helplessness sans the escalating power of our technological props, our techno-prosthetics, spills over into the bio-geosphere and its ongoing degradation. My purpose in this paper is to continue exposing what's really pulling the strings backstage of such global threats as climate change and by so doing set the stage for redress to ourselves, to our progeny, to our common, non-virtual, downstream future.
Jeffrey H. Robbins, Rutgers University
Adjunct Professor Department of English
Robbins, J. H. (2018). THE ENTROPOCENE. Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of the ISSS - 2017 Vienna, Austria, 2017(1). Retrieved from https://journals.isss.org/index.php/proceedings61st/article/view/3232
2017: Proceedings of the 61st Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences