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Francesco Toldo: the understudy whose semi-final masterclass helped Italy to the Euro 2000 final
26/11/2018 by Matthew Evans
This feature is part of Virtuoso
The life of a goalkeeper is all about preparation for his understudy opportunity is something that, when presented, needs to be grasped, cherished and held onto as dearly as a deep in-swinging cross. A common factor of success is when both these factors combine.
In Italy, the goalkeeping position has been in safe hands for large swathes of time by two men: Dino Zoff and Gianluigi Buffon. Two men who contributed to both the Azzurri's World Cup wins and on many a 'greatest goalkeeper' list. Whilst both men garnered much deserved acclaim, there were many others waiting in the wings, more than capable to fill the role.
The 1990s were a golden era for goalkeepers in the province. After Walter Zenga's hesitation in the Italia 90 semi-final the list of successors makes for impressive reading: Luca Marchegiani, Angelo Peruzzi, Luca Bucci, Gianluca Pagliuca and Francesco Toldo would all walk into many top sides around Europe.
As the inaugural European Championships of the new millennium approached, Buffon was typically the first name on the teamsheet for the Azzurri. Toldo was the third-choice and expecting nothing more than a watching brief, with Peruzzi named as Buffon's understudy. Yet, in a fit of pique, the latter stunned manager Zoff by pulling out of the squad, unwilling to play second fiddle. This would prove to be a decision he would live to regret as, soon after, Buffon broke his hand in the Azzurri's final warm-up game against Norway, paving the way for Toldo to step into the spotlight.
Francesco Toldo began his career with AC Milan, where his opportunities were all but non-existent. Loan spells with Verona, Trentino and Ravenna left him ready for first-team football and, in 1993, a 23-year-old Toldo left the San Siro and joined Fiorentina. In Florence he would cultivate a reputation as one of Italy's best young goalkeepers, making 266 appearances for La Viola in seven years.
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Any question marks over Toldo's selection were helped by having the likes of Fabio Cannavaro and Alessandro Nesta playing in front of him. Italy advanced to the knockout stage of Euro 2000 with maximum points, winning against co-hosts Belgium, Turkey and Sweden. A clean sheet in Brussels accompanied goals from Francesco Totti and Pippo Inzaghi, which set up a semi-final with the Netherlands, who had keenly ridden the wave of their raucous home support.
The Amsterdam Arena was bedecked in orange as Toldo and his defence faced the threats of Patrick Kluivert, Dennis Bergkamp and Marc Overmars. Any hopes of an open semi-final were squashed just after the half-hour mark when Gianluca Zambrotta upended Boudewijn Zenden for his second yellow card. The Azzurri reverted to type, packing the defence and dropping Alessandro Del Piero into midfield, leaving Inzaghi to plough a lone furrow up front.
The Italian goal led a charmed life. Bergkamp skipped past Mark Iuliano but struck the post, leaving Toldo both stranded and relieved. The waves of orange poured forward time and again. Kluivert was pulled back by a desperate Nesta, which gifted the Dutch a penalty. Frank de Boer struck the ball hard and low but Toldo was equal to it, palming it away. He leapt up in celebration; the Azzurri's game plan was still intact.
Lifted by this, Italy became more resolute in keeping the Netherlands at bay. A cause that was not helped when a surging Edgar Davids was felled just inside the box, giving the Dutch their second penalty. Kluivert took the ball this time and sent Toldo the wrong way from the spot but this time the post came to the Fiorentina man's rescue. Inviting pressure led to more chances, Toldo needed to be at his best to rebuff Overmars, Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Clarence Seedorf.
Extra-time eventually led to the almost inevitable penalty shootout where Toldo's goal looked to continue its charmed life. Dutch defender Paul Bosvelt stepped up first for his country with Luigi di Biagio already putting Italy on the board. Bosvelt went for power and looked to put the ball down the middle of the goal. Toldo gambled and leapt forward off his line blocking the shot with his legs, maintaining their advantage. Italy converted their second penalty and Jaap Stam almost blazed his effort out of the stadium as the Netherlands' woeful penalty run continued.
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Confidence was high in the Azzurri camp, demonstrated by Totti's panenka to give Italy a surely insurmountable 3-0 lead. Kluivert was next for the Dutch and left Toldo rooted as he was finally beaten from the spot at the fifth time of asking that day. Paolo Maldini squandered the chance to win it for the Azzurri as Edwin van der Sar beat his effort away.
Frank de Boer attempted to make up for his previous miss by giving his country a lifeline in the shootout, knowing another miss would spell the end of the road for the host nation. This time de Boer opted for the opposite corner to his earlier strike but Toldo was equal to it, stretching low into his bottom right corner to claw the ball away. Toldo, if not indomitable then immense, carried his team into the final.
The hosts, in familiar style, had seemingly been the architects of their own downfall yet had more than met their match in the impregnable Italian defence and their stoic goalkeeper. A trick Italy could not repeat in the final when an extra time goal from David Trezeguet gave France a 2-1 win and the Henri Delaunay trophy.
For Toldo, his stock would not rise higher than it did that summer and he took advantage of this by securing a move to Internazionale upon his return to Italy, where he played out the remainder of his career. The return of Gianluigi Buffon understandably restricted his Italy career, yet his six goals conceded in 13 appearances is a testament to the standards he and the Italian defence set.
Come the tournament's end, Francesco Toldo was named in the team of Euro 2000, ensuring his notable contribution was proudly remembered. The honour represents a man whose preparation and opportunity may not have led to the ultimate success for he and his country but in no doubt helped to carve his name in the pantheon of the greats who once donned the hallowed gloves of the Azzurri.
By Matthew Evans @Matt_The_Met
Edited by Will Sharp @shillwarp
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Just when we asked you guys for preferred sailing days, it actually got a little icy over here. We awoke yesterday to a hint of snow on the Novato hills.
And by mid morning this little accumulation was still in the Ravenswing cockpit.
Hardly a blizzard, but the many days of cold rain have delayed the autopilot install. Tonight the bolted-to-hull base is ready to go.
If it's not pouring rain on Friday, it'll be the day to final-install and test the autopilot under motor and sail. Let me know if you'd like to join. If it rains, we'll try for Sat and then Sun. Forecast is wet.
The toilet system came together as planned. But it did skin some knuckles and was a general pain in the &@$$ due to awkward angles / access.
One final step will be making a curtain to cover up the tank. The black Y valve switches the tank drain between the uphill feed to the deck pump out fitting, or the down tube to the seacock & underwater through-hull. We'll leave it pointing up to the deck for the standard setting. The hoses are the premium $11/ft stuff – this is not an item for go-cheap – we want maximum odor resistance in here. For anyone that's read the old pre-launch posts about this toilet, recall the grey water catch tank that was feeding the toilet flushing. That all proved too complicated and troublesome, so now we're flushing with seawater. I'll report back on whether or not the smell from tiny rotting sea creatures becomes an issue. I understand we're supposed to flush vinegar through the system now, to help break down the mineral deposits.
And to Jeanne's relief, I finally filled and connected the propane tank. Tried the stove for the first time (it moved in to the unfinished boat at least ten years ago), but got nothing. Pulled out the 2016 install instructions from the propane feed on/off solenoid; it said 'preferable but not necessary' to mount the little electric valve between the tank and the pressure regulator. I vaguely remember deciding that the install was cleaner with the valve after the regulator. So with 20 minutes of fussing down in the propane locker, we switched the electric remote valve ahead of the regulator, and just a few moments later… HOT LUNCH! Time to go get coffee and cocoa fixings to beat back the weather!
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First Coast has more than 170 stores in Florida, many operating as Daily's and selling Shell gasoline.
All but three of Mountain Energy's 239 employees were offered employment with First Coast Energy. The exceptions were central office workers, a controller and two administrators, Morgan said.
The transaction was an all-cash deal. Morgan did not disclose the amount. He expects that First Coast will eventually change the name of the mountain stations.
At one point, Mountain Energy owned 45 stores, but as Morgan says, "The industry changed, our model changed — and we started building bigger stores."
Morgan, an army brat, grew up in several Southern states but went to college at Western Michigan University on a scholarship. While working at a gas station, a company official suggested he lease a station, which led to a long career in the business.
He got his business up to seven stores in Michigan, then returned to Western North Carolina in 1985, buying a Shell distributor in Dillsboro, followed by several others in the Asheville and Hendersonville areas that he built into Mountain Energy.
Morgan said he plans to spend more time with his wife, Jacque, and their grandchildren, as well as working on several development projects, including a Starbucks and Chipotle going up in West Asheville off Patton Avenue.
"I would be remiss if I didn't say my wife has been in the business with me the same 44 years," Morgan said. "She's an accountant. One of my reasons for exiting was I owed her the opportunity to find out what life is like out of the retail petroleum business."

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Eye On Sports Media: At Least She Wasn't Wearing A Diaper!
At Least She Wasn't Wearing A Diaper!
Athens, GA (Dec 18, 2007) - The sports sites and blogs are buzzing with the news. Last spring, Philadelphia News Anchor Alycia Lane gets everybody laughing and possibly excited about a possible catfight with ABC Sideline Reporter Suzy Shuster after sending bikini pictures of herself to Rich Eisen. Now she has to go and punch a cop in the wee hours of the morning. There is nothing like a little felony count of assaulting a police officer to get the media buzzing.
The sad thing is that this all shows the human side of everybody, warts and all. And of course the media is jumping all over it. This publication is no exception...with one difference. We are not going to post or link to the original pictures. No, this post will go to show just how many people out there are searching for the photos. We will keep track of our referrer log and let our readers know later on.
Athletes are continually placed in the public eye by the media. Strong and lasting impressions are created every day. Whether those impressions are positive or negative is largely up to the athlete. With the proper guidance and training from professionals, we teach athletes or public figures the communication skills necessary to manage his/her own public image. They do this through Engaging clients rather than lecturing to them. Implementing one-on-one and group exercises that allow the participant to rehearse and polish their communication skills in a simulated yet controlled environment.


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The Expo will again showcase the most advance retail solutions as well as the delicately window display from Asia Pacific. To perfectly catch the needs of every retail professional, an array of onsite educational seminars, conferences and networking events will also be held.
Adding new diversity to the usual retail feed, the expo will be co-located with HOFEX 2019 – Asia's Leading Food & Hospitality Tradeshow at HKCEC. This collaboration of Food and Hospitality Technology, products and services is here to help retailers to broaden their customer database.
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Have you noticed a decrease in casual, unhurried conversations about work, like the projects you're working on or what you may find exciting on the horizon in your field or at the company?
You may still ask the obvious, "Hey, what's new with you?" or "How's that project going?" but I'm talking about a level deeper, rooted in unhurried genuine curiosity.
FIND NEW OPPORTUNITIES – Most new job opportunities come from people you know. When you chat up your peers at work, you may find out that they know about a new opportunity or know someone to introduce you to. You may share an interest in an area that is not related to your current job but is something you've been exploring on the side. For example, I once asked our CEO what he was working on and he told me about a new product line that he was exploring. I was able to get a new job by later going back to him with my skills in that area. That's how I had the opportunity to create our online learning product. I kid you not.
FIND OUT WHERE YOU CAN ADD VALUE IN YOUR CURRENT ROLE – When you chat up your peers and those above you on the ladder, you may get ideas about where you can add more value, things that need to be done but no one is doing. For example, when I was a Project Manager, I came up with a standard list of questions that all our writers could use when they were interviewing Subject Matter Experts. I know it sounds obvious, but no one had ever done that before, so I added a ton of value and made our custom materials much easier to use in the classroom. I would not have known it was a problem if I hadn't asked our trainers questions about the materials.
FIND OUT WHERE YOU CAN MAKE YOUR CURRENT PROJECTS MORE EFFICIENT – You may find out details about the projects you're already working on that may benefit from a fresh look. For example, our shipping guy was sending everything out overnight regardless of priority. If someone said, "I need that tomorrow," he would send it overnight. He came up with one question, "Overnight is significantly more expensive, can I send this 2-day instead?" At least 50% of the time he found out that was fine, which saved the company a HUGE amount in shipping fees.
This starts with your mindset, finding ways to be genuinely curious, especially about things that you may not be involved in but are within your sphere of interest.
Once you engage in a conversation, try using different questions that draw out new and interesting information from the other person.
Are there things you'd change if you could?
What do you think the future holds for your division/industry? Are there break-throughs or new theories about it?
What are you learning about/studying?
If you could start over with a different path, what would you do?
The key to listening and connecting is to resist that temptation and ask a follow-up question instead.
It takes more time. So we're back to our too-busy-busyness where we don't have time for casual, unhurried conversations about our work.
I'm sure you have a ton of examples of your own, I'd love to hear them! Hit reply and tell me your favorite example or success story when you try it out.


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An access control system enables you to fix the authority as to who can access your building. Small, medium and large organizations are realizing the advantages of using electronic systems and are replacing their old key-based access control systems.
Access Control Security Systems range from touch pad to key code. Our advisors listen to what you want ensuring you receive the best access control system for your property. As Blackburn Alarms has been established for many years our staff are experts at creating quality Access Control Security Systems for large properties.
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Access control systems ensure protection of assets against theft irrespective of the size of the business.
No matter how small or big
Safety of the staff and their property can also be ensured with the right kind of access control systems, especially when you consider the fact that the doors are generally kept open in buildings that use the lock and key system.
Effective Security
An electronic access control system effectively secures your building and assets.
No need to worry about changing locks
You don't have to worry about changing locks when you use an access control system. An access control system is implemented by issuing tokens to exercise control of access through doors. It is easy to bar access if the token is lost, stolen or not returned.
Automatic Lock Down
All the doors that are controlled by the access control system will automatically get locked when one door is closed.
Preventing access to anyone who does not have a token.
It is also possible to set the doors to 'unlock' during a chosen time period with an access control system. Further, as part of access control arrangement, different access rights for different users can be provided based on hierarchy in the organization, time of access, etc.
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Access control is not just for businesses...
Access control systems can be used wherever there is a need to control access and depending on the specific requirement of your business, you can go for single door access control or multi-network access control.
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Access Control Systems enable you to control access to areas using a computer based information system.Access Control Security Systems are now seen as an essential part of a home and business.
Access Control cannot be defined to one particular area, Blackburn Alarms specialise in a variety of Access Control Security Systems and use the latest Access Control Technology. Protecting your home or business is something that cannot be compromised, Blackburn Alarms believe that Access Control Systems should be available to everyone therefore we make sure our prices are suitable for you! Our Door Access Control is second to none, we know that security is key, so our fully trained staff fit and secure all our Door Access Control Systems so that you know your property is fully secure.
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Since the increase in technology and reduction in cost, Blackburn Alarms can now offer it's customers high definition finger print scanning by one of the countries most accurate biometric finger print scanning companies iEvo.
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Why Access Control?
An access control system is an electronic security system that addresses the limitations of traditional locks and keys, allowing for easy and complete management of access to restricted areas of a property. Installation of an access control system not only restricts entry or exit into or from a certain area by unwanted visitors, but will also protect the people already inside the area. An extended range of credentials can be programmed into the system and each event can be recorded into an event log for further evaluation.
An access control system is typically used by commercial enterprises, such as gyms that want to control access to its premises depending on time or membership levels. High users also include government buildings or any facility that requires a high level security, laboratories being a perfect example.
Credentials for an access control system come in various forms and usually involve the following :
* PIN numbers are popular since the vast majority of users are already familiar with such
* Magstripes or swipe cards are regularly used by major hospitality chains and can carry additional and useful information based on particular needs
* Biometric factors can refer to fingerprints, hand geometry, facial or retina recognition, as these are the more common human characteristics used
These credentials are processed by readers that can also be programmed to be of short range, usually up to about 100mm in distance, or long range, up to one meter. This is a fast method of entry that requires no physical contact, conforming to the Disability Discrimination Act. The latest addition to these readers, an integral part of an access control system, is the IP reader that uses software running on a Windows computer and is connected to the Ethernet network.
High security areas that require monitoring the movement of people in both directions may use magnetic locks and strikes that actually act as an access control system in themselves.
Precise access management is the determining factor for an access control system and a detailed analysis of who and how the access control system will be used is highly recommended.
Network access control systems are implemented by small, medium and large businesses when there is a need to control access to many doors in a building for safety reasons or as part of procedural requirements. Generally, network access control systems are PC based and offer central control.
Entries through doors that are included in the network access control system are allowed only on presentation of one of the following authentifications depending on the type of reader that is installed:
• A password or PIN,
• A smart card, or
• User's fingerprint that is verified by biometric measurement.
In buildings that use network access control, commands stored in the PC are read or sent to each of the doors when someone presents authentication information. There are many advantages of using network access control systems. Some of the benefits are:
• Network access control systems allow flexible control. Permission can be granted to individuals, a group of persons or a department.
• It is easy to bar a token in the case of network access control systems.
• Network access control systems can be configured to generate reports to identify who accessed the doors and when.
• It is possible to extend network access control to additional buildings through LAN or WAN.
• A network access control system can be used to control other services such as CCTV, fire doors, lifts, lighting, intruder alarms, etc.
• Access permissions can be allocated instantly for a new person, a group of persons or a department when new cards are issued in a PC-based network access control system.
Summarizing, the decision on installing a network access control system depends on various factors such as the size of the business, the type of operation that is being carried out, the extent of control required and the type of additional services that are needed to be integrated with the system.
Paxton Access control provides you with the security you need by giving you flexible control over who is allowed to enter your building and when. We are proud to be Gold Approved installers of Paxton Access control systems since 2002. Paxton's range of products includes IP and wireless controllers, server and browser-based software, keypad, proximity and specialty readers.
Paxton Access systems are designed to keep your building, staff and assets safe and secure. The size of your building or complex does not matter. From one door to up to hundreds of doors across multiple sites, we are equipped to provide you with the solution to your security needs.
Paxton systems come in two categories, the standalone systems and the compact system. There are two standalone systems which are suitable for both low and medium-high security applications. The compact system is really a standalone system with all the control electronics in the keypad or reader. The compact systems are easy to administer and is a cost-effective means for controlling access to a building. Compact systems can be fitted to one door or many doors in a building and more doors can be added if required.
There continues to be an increase in the demand for secure access control among large enterprises as well as small and medium-sized businesses. As gold approved installers we have been trained, and have the expertise in installing Paxton Access systems.
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With Paxton Access control system, once installed, you have total control over your building as all the entrances and exits are monitored through a central point.
Single door access control gives power to a person to have access to a particular door in a building or a restricted area. This comes as a hi-tech security measure which is keyless and locks are not required. The keys can be stolen and misused and the whole lock mechanism has to be changed. However, this system is electronically controlled where the risk of security breach is almost nil. The access control gives access to individual doors separately and may provide layers of security.
Entering a PIN on the keypad at the door or swiping a electric token is required to gain access through the electronic doors in this type of single door access control mechanism. Only authorized persons issued with a valid PIN or electronic token can have access to these doors. Also if someone has previously been authorized but now has to be denied access for some reason their PIN or token can be disabled through the electronic system safely and they would not be able to cross this access control. The single door access control can be fitted to a single door or multiple doors in a building and all of these have separate access authorization for them.
When the single door access system is put in place the door gets locked every time it is closed. Anyone without the access PIN or token cannot enter the premises through this door. The single door access control gives full security to people and goods in a place which needs restricted access. This also gives a sense of safety to the people inside and this type of access control is most suited for places like apartment complexes, small business establishments, storage units, schools and sports clubs.
With the changing times the single door access system is also getting upgraded and better equipped to face the modern security challenges.
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Q: Ordering core data objects inside a table view section I am using NSSortDescriptors to order core data objects and create table view sections depending on a date attribute. Using this kind of SortDescriptor, the table view sections are ordered as expected, but the rows inside the sections are also ordered by the same date attribute. Is there a way to have another ordering system inside each section? I guess the main problem is that core data stores date objects with date+time values, that way there are no objects with exactly the same date value. But I would need to order the objects inside the same section based on another attribute.
Thank you.
And here is my code for the NSFetchedResultsController:
-(NSFetchedResultsController*)fetchedResultsController{

    if (_fetchedResultsController != nil){
        return _fetchedResultsController;
    }
    NSFetchRequest *fetchRequest = [[NSFetchRequest alloc]init];
    NSManagedObjectContext *context = self.managedObjectContext;
    NSEntityDescription *entity = [NSEntityDescription entityForName:@"MyEntity" inManagedObjectContext:context];
    [fetchRequest setEntity:entity];

    NSSortDescriptor *sortDescriptor = [[NSSortDescriptor alloc]initWithKey:@"itemDate" ascending:YES];
    NSSortDescriptor *sortDescriptor1 = [[NSSortDescriptor alloc]initWithKey:@"itemName" ascending:NO];

    NSArray *sortDescriptors = [[NSArray alloc]initWithObjects:sortDescriptor,sortDescriptor1, nil];
    fetchRequest.sortDescriptors = sortDescriptors;
    _fetchedResultsController = [[NSFetchedResultsController alloc]initWithFetchRequest:fetchRequest managedObjectContext:context sectionNameKeyPath:@"sectionIdentifier" cacheName:nil];
    _fetchedResultsController.delegate = self;
    return _fetchedResultsController;
}

EDITED QUESTION
This is the piece of code added to the cellForRowAtIndexPath method:
int indexpathsection = indexPath.section;
    [self sortedSectionForIndex:indexpathsection];
    NSLog(@"INDEXPATH= %ld", (long)indexPath.section);

And this is the method proposed y Marcus:
- (NSArray*)sortedSectionForIndex:(NSInteger)index
{
    NSSortDescriptor *sort = [NSSortDescriptor sortDescriptorWithKey:@"priority" ascending:YES];
    id section = [[self fetchedResultsController] sections][index];
    NSLog(@"INDEX********* = %ld", (long)index);
    NSArray *objects = [section objects];
    NSArray *sorted = [objects sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:@[sort]];
    return sorted;
}

A: The NSFetchedResultsController is meant for the sort order to be controlled via a single sort or set of sorts.  It is not intended to do what you are trying to do.
But you can do it, it is just not as clean.
First, the discussion of sorting a section. This does not require you to write your own sorting algorithm:
- (NSArray*)sortedSectionForIndex:(NSInteger)index
{
    NSSortDescriptor *sort = [NSSortDescriptor sortDescriptorWithKey:@"MyKey" ascending:YES];
    id section = [[self fetchedResultsController] sections][index];
    NSArray *objects = [section objects];
    NSArray *sorted = [objects sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:@[sort]];
    return sorted
}

With that method, you can ask for a section to be sorted whenever you want to retrieve an object.  However that is inefficient as you are sorting every time you want to touch an object which in a UITableViewController is a LOT.
Instead, take this example and integrate it with your NSFetchedResultsController and its delegate methods so that you are storing the sorted arrays and keeping them in sync.  That way you are only doing the sort when the data changes instead of on each method call.
Update
The sort code I provided to you does not sort what is inside of the NSFetchedResultsController.  It takes what is in the section, sorts it and returns you the sorted array.  So you need to use what it returns:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    NSArray *sorted = [self sortedSectionForIndex:[indexPath section]];
    id object = [sorted objectAtIndex:[indexPath row]];

    id cell = ...; //Now get your cell reference

    //Now update your cell with the data from object

    return cell;
}

A: You can normalize the time component of your attribute in the awakeFromFetchmethod of your NSManagedObject.
- (void) awakeFromFetch {
    [super awakeFromFetch];
    NSDateComponents* comps = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] components:NSYearCalendarUnit|NSMonthCalendarUnit|NSDayCalendarUnit  fromDate:self.itemDate];
    self.itemDate = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] dateFromComponents:comps];
}

In addition, looking at your code, you have to tell the NSFetchedResultsController on what it should base the section breaks. You do this by providing a keyPath for the section breaks when you initialize it. For your case, instead of using sectionNameKeyPath:@"sectionIdentifier", use the first sort key:
    _fetchedResultsController = [[NSFetchedResultsController alloc]initWithFetchRequest:fetchRequest managedObjectContext:context sectionNameKeyPath:@"itemDate" cacheName:nil];

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Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster
Title: Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster
Subject: William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor, Mount Street Gardens, William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, Wilbraham Egerton, 1st Earl Egerton, Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury, Pulford, List of United Kingdom by-elections (1868–85)
The Duke of Westminster
KG, PC, JP
Master of the Horse
3 May 1880 – 9 June 1885
The Earl of Bradford
13 October 1825 (1825-10-13)
22 December 1899 (1899-12-23)
(1) Lady Constance Leveson-Gower (d. 1880)
(2) Hon. Katherine Cavendish (1857–1941)
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster KG, PC, JP (13 October 1825 – 22 December 1899), styled Viscount Belgrave between 1831 and 1845 and Earl Grosvenor between 1845 and 1869 and known as The Marquess of Westminster between 1869 and 1874, was an English landowner, politician and racehorse owner.
He inherited the estate of Eaton Hall in Cheshire and land in Mayfair and Belgravia, London, and spent much of his fortune in developing these properties. Although he was a Member of Parliament from the age of 22, and then a member of the House of Lords, his main interests were not in politics, but rather in his estates, in horse racing, and in country pursuits. He developed the stud at Eaton Hall and achieved success in racing his horses, winning the Derby on four occasions. Grosvenor also took an interest in a range of charities. At his death he was considered to be the richest man in Britain.
1 Personal life
3 Political and public life
4 Development of the estates
5 Personality and personal interests
6 Final year and death
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor was the second and eldest surviving son of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster and Lady Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, the younger daughter of George Leveson-Gower, the 2nd Marquess of Stafford and later the 1st Duke of Sutherland. He was educated at Eton College and, until 1847, at Balliol College, Oxford. He left Oxford without taking a degree in order to become Member of Parliament (MP) for Chester. This seat had been held by his uncle, Robert Grosvenor (later the 1st Baron Ebury), who decided to move to one of the two unopposed Middlesex seats. In 1851 he toured India and Ceylon. The following year, on 28 April, he married his first cousin, Lady Constance Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, the fourth daughter of the 2nd Duke of Sutherland;[1] at the time of the wedding she was aged 17.[2] The wedding was held in the Chapel Royal in St. James's Palace, London, and was attended by Queen Victoria and Albert.[1] Constance's mother had been Mistress of the Robes to Victoria and a "favourite" of the queen.[2] Their first child, a son, was born in 1853, and Victoria became his godmother. By 1874 the couple had eleven children, eight of whom survived into adulthood; five sons and three daughters.[1]
In 1880 Constance died from Bright's disease (nephritis). Two years later, in June 1882, Grosvenor married Katherine Caroline, the third daughter of the 2nd Baron Chesham and Henrietta Frances Lascelles, who was then aged 24; she was younger than the duke's eldest son and two of his daughters. They had four children, two sons and two daughters.[1]
The eight children from the first marriage who survived into adulthood were:
Victor Alexander Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor (28 April 1853 – 22 January 1884), who married Lady Sibell Mary Lumley, the daughter of Richard George Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough and Frederica Mary Adeliza Drummond. He was the father of Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster
Lady Elizabeth Harriet (11 October 1856 – 25 March 1928), who married James Butler, 3rd Marquess of Ormonde.
Lady Beatrice Constance (14 November 1858 – 12 January 1911), who married her stepmother's nephew Charles Cavendish, 3rd Baron Chesham in 1877.
Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Arthur Hugh (31 May 1860 – 29 April 1929), who married Helen, the daughter of Sir Robert Sheffield, 5th Baronet.
Lord Henry George (23 June 1861 – 27 December 1914), who married, first, Dora Mina, the daughter of James Erskine-Wemyss, and was the father of William Grosvenor, 3rd Duke of Westminster; and second, Rosamund Angharad, the daughter of Edward Lloyd.
Lord Robert Edward (19 March 1869 – 16 June 1888), who died unmarried.
Margaret Evelyn (9 April 1873 – 27 March 1929), who married Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge.
Captain Lord Gerald Richard (14 July 1874 – 10 October 1940), who died unmarried.[3]
The four children from his second marriage were:
Lady Mary Cavendish (12 May 1883 – 14 January 1959), who married, first Henry Crichton, Viscount Crichton (1872–1914), and was the mother of John Crichton, 5th Earl Erne; and second, Colonel the Hon. Algernon Francis Stanley (1874–1962).
Lord Hugh William (6 April 1884 – 30 October 1914), who married Lady Mabel Florence Mary, the daughter of John Crichton, 4th Earl Erne, and who was the father of Gerald Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster and Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster. He was killed in action in the First World War.
Lady Helen Frances (5 February 1888 – 21 October 1970), who married Brigadier-General Lord Henry Seymour (1878–1939) and was the mother of Hugh Seymour, 8th Marquess of Hertford.
Lord Edward Arthur (27 October 1892 – 26 August 1929), who married Lady Dorothy Margaret, the daughter of Valentine Browne, 5th Earl of Kenmare.[3]
Political and public life
Grosvenor was elected as Whig MP for Chester in 1847 and continued to represent that constituency until, on the death of his father in 1869, he succeeded as 3rd Marquess of Westminster and entered the House of Lords. His maiden speech in the Commons was made in 1851 in a debate on disorders in Ceylon, shortly following his tour of the country. Otherwise he took little interest in the affairs of the House of Commons until 1866 when he expressed his opposition to Gladstone's Reform Bill. This played a part in Gladstone's resignation, the election of the Conservative Derby government and Disraeli's Second Reform Act. The relationship between Grosvenor and Gladstone later improved and in Gladstone's resignation honours in 1874, Grosvenor was created the 1st Duke of Westminster. When Gladstone became Prime Minister again in 1880, he appointed Grosvenor as Master of the Horse, a position appropriate to his interests in horse racing but "not an actively political office".[1] In the 1880s Grosvenor disagreed with Gladstone again, this time about Home Rule for Ireland. During this dispute, Grosvenor sold his portrait of Gladstone that had been painted by Millais. Ten years later they were again reconciled when they both opposed atrocities by the Turks against the Armenians.[4] When Gladstone died in 1898, Grosvenor presided over a Gladstone National Memorial committee that commissioned statues of him, and rebuilt Gladstone's St Deiniol's Library at Hawarden in north Wales.[1]
In 1860 Grosvenor formed the Queen's Westminster Rifle Volunteers and became its Lieutenant Colonel. He led the Cheshire Yeomanry as Colonel Commandant from 1869.[5] He also supported charities; at one time or another, he was the president of five London hospitals, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association, the Gardeners' Royal Beneficent Association, the Hampstead Heath Protection Society, the Early Closing Association, the United Committee for the Demoralization of Native Races by the Liquor Traffic, and the Royal Agricultural Society. He was a member of the Council for the Promotion of Cremation; at that time cremation was unpopular with the Church.[1] Grosvenor was chairman of the Queen's Jubilee Nursing Fund, an organisation that provided district nurses for the sick poor, through which he became associated with Florence Nightingale.[6] In 1883 he was appointed as Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire, and when the London County Council was created in 1888, he became the first Lord Lieutenant of the County of London.[1]
Development of the estates
The Grosvenor country estate is at Eaton Hall in Cheshire. When Grosvenor inherited the estate it was worth at least £152,000 (£11,890,000 as of 2014),[7] a year. After inheriting the estate, one of his first acts was to commission a statue of his namesake, the Norman Hugh Lupus, who had been the 1st Earl of Chester, from G. F. Watts, to stand in the forecourt of the hall.[1] In 1870 Grosvenor commissioned Alfred Waterhouse to design a new house to replace the previous hall designed by William Porden and extended by William Burn. The core of the previous hall was retained, parts were completely rebuilt and other parts were refaced and remodelled. A private wing was built as a residence for the family, and this was connected to the main hall by a corridor. Waterhouse also designed Eaton Chapel and its associated clocktower, and redesigned the stables.[8] It is said that the hall's guests "were not greatly amused" by the carillon of 28 bells that played 28 tunes and sounded every quarter of the hour during the day and the night.[1] The work took 12 years to complete and it cost £803,000 (£68,480,000 as of 2014).[2][7] The hall has been described as "the most ambitious instance of Gothic Revival domestic architecture anywhere in the country",[8] and as "a vast, cheerless, Gothic structure".[1]
Grosvenor paid for many buildings on his estates. He was a patron of the Chester architect John Douglas. Douglas' biographer, Edward Hubbard, estimated that the duke commissioned four churches and chapels, eight large houses, about 15 schools and institutions, about 50 farms (in whole or part), about 300 cottages, lodges, smithies and the like, two cheese factories, two inns, and about 12 commercial buildings (for most of which Douglas was the architect) - and these were just the buildings in the city of Chester and on the Eaton estate.[9] He commissioned G. F. Bodley to rebuild St Mary's Church in his Cheshire estate village of Eccleston, which was completed in 1899, the year of his death.[10] He also spent money on Grosvenor House in London and Cliveden in Buckinghamshire, which he had inherited on the death of his mother-in-law. He built shooting lodges on sporting estates in Sutherland, in Scotland, that he rented from his cousin, the Duke of Sutherland.[1]
The Grosvenor wealth came mainly from the ground rents of Mayfair and Belgravia in London; these grew from about £115,000 (£9,320,000 as of 2014) in 1870 to about £250,000 (£23,830,000 as of 2014)[7] annually in 1899. He oversaw much rebuilding in Mayfair and commissioned architects, such as Norman Shaw, Aston Webb and Alfred Waterhouse to design new buildings. He held his own opinions on architectural styles and decoration, favouring the Queen Anne style rather than the Italianate stucco preferred by his father; for red brick and terracotta; for stucco to be painted bright orange, and railings in chocolate or red; and for Oxford Street to be paved with wooden blocks. He opposed the use of telegraph poles and wires, and would not allow any building work during the London season. He encouraged the provision of more urinals, both on his estates and in London generally, and has been described as a "one-man planning and enforcement officer".[1]
Personality and personal interests
Grosvenor's major interest was in horse racing. In 1875 he established a racing stable at Eaton, eventually employing 30 grooms and boys, with two or three stallions and about 20 breeding mares. He regarded this, not so much as an extravagance, but rather as an aristocratic duty. He never gambled or placed a bet on any of his horses. In 1880, one of his horses, Bend Or, ridden by Fred Archer, won the Derby, and he had more Derby successes in 1882, 1886, and 1899. With his successes and sale of horses, it is considered possible that this enterprise was self-financing. Grosvenor took an interest in the country pursuits of deer stalking and shooting, both in the Scottish Highlands and on his Cheshire estate and added to the family's art collection. Grosvenor was teetotal and a supporter of temperance. In his Mayfair estate he reduced the number of public houses and beerhouses from 47 to eight.[1]
Final year and death
In 1899, the last year of his life, he supported the Seats for Shops Assistants Bill (to reduce cruelty to women employees), stalked a stag in Scotland, shot 65 snipe in 1½ hours in Aldford on his Cheshire estate, and attended the wedding of one of his granddaughters.[11] Later that year, while visiting the same granddaughter in Cranborne, Dorset, he developed bronchitis, from which he died. He was cremated in Woking Crematorium and his ashes were buried in the churchyard of Eccleston Church, Cheshire. He was succeeded as Duke of Westminster by his grandson, Hugh. At his death he was "reputedly the wealthiest man in Britain"; his wealth was estimated to be a little over £594,229 (£56,640,000 as of 2014),[7] with real estate valued at about £6,000,000.[1]
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Any film buff worth their salt has a couple of sterling film festivals marked in their calendar…
Whilst we can't all afford to visit Cannes or Venice, there are thankfully a good handful of excellent film festivals in our sooty capital which offer cinephiles a great opportunity to brush up next to the cast and crew responsible for the years' best releases, watch some cutting edge cinema and even gain some insight into the world of film production.
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When director Matthew Vaughn and screenwriter Jane Goldman have previously teamed up on projects the results have been uniformly excellent.
In 2007's Stardust, the duo's first collaboration, the British pair brought a cunning, dark twist on the traditional fairy-tale narrative, using Neil Gaiman's much loved illustrated novel as a blueprint.
Their follow up, 2010's R-Rated Kickass, once more offered a fresh take on a familiar genre, this time peppering the superhero origin story with grisly violence and foul mouthed pre-teens – once more Goldman and Vaughn leant heavily on another text: Mark Millar's comic of the same name. The pair drew inspiration from the comics again to produce the well received X-Men: First Class a year later.
This brings us to 2014's Kingsman: The Secret Service, another adaptation of a little known comic book by Mark Millar which made for another surprise hit at the box office for the, now prolific, couple. This was a film that smartly riffed off familiar spy film tropes whilst keeping the audience guessing with clever plot twists and jaw-dropping action sequences. It would appear that Goldman and Vaughn had once more struck gold, but no part of me felt that this should be the start of a franchise. The tightly told origin story stuck closely to Millar's comic book and the rapid fire comedy made up for some slight missteps in terms of tone – but, by the end of the journey, it certainly felt like a good point to stop.
But this is 2017 – and the word 'stop', in the movie industry has been replaced with the words 'milk until sucked of all possible charm and fun'.
Channing Tatum and Halle Berry: 'criminally underused' in Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Kingsman: The Golden Circle sees the (until now) successful writing team veer wildly off-script. Having run out of source material during the first film, both writers were left in a position that would have felt alien to them: having to conceive their own plot instead of adapting one already in existence. In case you're wondering, the results are not good.
The Golden Circle suffers from a commonly known disease known as 'sequelitis' and it's surprising that neither of these veterans managed to see the glaring flaws in either their screenplay or the final product.
At 141 minutes, it is painfully long. A huge cast of charismatic actors featuring Jeff Bridges, Halle Berry, Channing Tatum, Julianne Moore and ahem…Elton John, are criminally underused. Where once the dialogue was fresh and witty – it now feels stale and remarkably retrograde. Even the action sequences, usually a highlight in Vaughn's films, feel rote, rubbery and safe. In fact there's nothing remotely dangerous in this film, aside from its worrying treatment of its female players.
The first film surprised us with the unceremonious execution of one of the film's key characters, it served to be a key plot moment in the movie and a reason for it's success: this film effectively retcons that moment and nullifies any possible peril that any of the characters might be put in. Much has been written about a particularly misjudged scene involving a tracker being 'inserted' into an unknowing female character (of which there are four of, all of whom exist to either be forcibly administered narcotics, spout nonsensical context or simply obliterated) – needless to say, it's not the worst thing about this film.
Unfortunately, Kingsman: The Golden Circle commits the most serious crime of all – one committed by box-office smashes every year – it is simply boring.
Internet Hackers and Data-Traffickers in 90s Sci-Fi
October 27, 2017 Jaaŋɡ-Michael Terryjäck 0
The Three 90s Technophobe Movies That Were Onto Something…
Blade Runner: 2049 saw it's release last week to rave reviews and box office success (although not as much as Warner Bros. perhaps would have wanted) bringing us a brand new glimpse into the world originally realised by Ridley Scott's seminal 1982 work.
The best science fiction always finds a way of inspiring awe with fantastical vistas and creatures whilst offering us a new perspective on how our world works today. Both Scott and Villneuve's Blade Runner films offer a thrilling ride through a worryingly familiar dystopian future that throws up questions about the threat of AI, automisation and human consciousness – however, there are arguably more pressing issues facing us today, namely the rise of the Information Age, Virtual Reality and Social Networks.
These new technologies have thrown the 21st Century into a state of flux, with the connected world always waiting with baited breath for the next groundbreaking innovation. Despite this constant stream of new ideas, it's important to remember that many of the concerns that we are dealing with today were prefigured in films made in that dark grim decade that most of us know as the 90s.
These three movies opened the minds of Sci-Fi fans in the 90s and whilst not all of them will make many critics' top 10 list, they nevertheless offered a portentous look at some of the sticky technological issues that face us today:
Hackers [1995]
Notably famed for the film that brought together stars Angelina Jolie (pre-Tomb Raider breakthrough) and Johnny Lee Miller, both on and off-set, this wacky cyberpunk thriller might have got a lot of things wrong about the way young people acted in the 90s (ie. disturbing hair cuts and excessive roller blading) but it nevertheless predicted the huge influence that hacker groups, such as Anonymous, would have on the world today.
In the last few year alone we've been treated to public displays of hacker powers in the shape of big political scandals such as the WikiLeaks affair to the salacious iCloud leaks of August 2014, showing us the real-world impact that disparate groups of tech-savvy individuals can have on all of us.
Johnny Mnemonic [1995]
Thousands of jobs were created during the late nineties, in response to the speculation as to the ways that the internet could be adapted to suit businesses. This dot-com bubble led to the emergence of a new class of work which was restricted exclusively to the use of a computer.
Although the bubble eventually burst somewhere during the early noughties, it still led to the creation of thousands of new roles offering a huge variety of tech-related services around the world; whether it's server hosting in Silicon Valley, web design in India or Liverpool marketing services, these jobs can be carried out around the clock and around the world. As exciting as this sounds, there are still no current jobs that are analogous to Keanu Reeves' data trafficker Johnny Mnemonic – who's hunted through a dangerous sci-fi urban sprawl by genetically enhanced Yakuza assassins intent on cracking his brain for 'hundreds of megabytes' of precious info.
Existenz [1999]
David Cronenberg's virtual reality thriller was unfairly overlooked upon it's release, mostly due to it's emphasis on lo-fi special effects and a bewildering plot. A re-watch of this curiously action-oriented film, however, reveals that the legendary auteur had his beady eye on more than just the technological advances of video games and virtual reality.
Hotshot games designer Allegra Geller (played by a seductive Jenifer Jason Leigh) is chased through both the virtual and real worlds by shady corporate types looking to stop the release of her next game – so far, so corporate-espionage thriller; it's the intervention of obsessive fans that rings true for our world today. Never before have individuals' lives been open to so much open criticism (or attack) and eXistenZ accurately predicted that these attacks would occur in both the real and virtual worlds, over the most trivial of things as a video game.…
3 of the Best and Worst Twin Movies
Some movies fall from the same money tree, for better or for worse…
Both Dreamworks and Pixar had success with their miniature-sized heroes in 1998.
Sometimes the business of making movies can be a terribly derivative one.
Call it hedging their bets, call it a coincidence or call it plain cheating: over the years we've often been 'treated' to two movies in the space of a year that either cover the same contextual ground or are even based on the exact same intellectual property.
Now, whilst the box office potentials of these films are evidently going to be effected by each other, there's nothing stopping both films being well received on their own merits. For example, Antz and A Bug's Life, two films released in 1998, both concerning a plucky ant's journey away from his colony with the purpose of seeking a sense of individuality, were both critically acclaimed. However, sometimes there is clearly just one outright winner in both commercial and critical terms:
Here are three examples of movie twins that couldn't be any more different from one another, in terms of straight up quality:
Lincoln [2012] vs. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter [2012]
In 2012, the popcorn munching masses of the cinemas were offered two very different representations of one of the most iconic American historical figures, from two directors who only shared one similarity in their vision: seriousness. It's easy to forgive Steven Spielberg for the seriousness of his epic historical drama.
In the main role of Abraham Lincoln, he cast Daniel Day-Lewis, one of the most revered actors of our time, who only emerges every few years or so to uniformally stun audiences. The Tony Kushner-penned screenplay was based on the Pulitzer Prize winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin's book on Lincoln and his cabinet of rivals that he united to steer young America through the Civil War. It was considered a success, both commercially and critically, in addition it was nominated for 12 Academy Awards, including the Best Actor accolade, which Day-Lewis took home.
Benjamin Walker and Daniel Day-Lewis, two very different Lincolns.
On the other-hand we have Timur Bekmambetov's effort, released 5 months earlier at the start of the summer box-office season. His adaptation, based on the Historical-mashup of novel of the same name, portrayed Lincoln in a similar serious light to Spielberg's, with one major difference – this Lincoln moonlighted as a vampire hunter. Although the Russian-Kazakh director had found success with similar genre fare before, in the shape of 2008's comic-book adaptation Wanted, he failed to inject his movie with any kind of levity – preferring to revere his fictionalised version of Lincoln rather than poke fun at the evident outlandishness of his situation.
The film not only bombed at the box-office, failing to recoup it's marketing and production costs, but it was also savaged by critics. As admirable as his impression of the great man was, Benjamin Walker did not pick up any nominations for his performance and has struggled to rebuild his career since…
Chef [2014] vs. Burnt [2015]
Released just over a year apart from each other, both Chef and Burnt feature cooking professionals with anger issues who go about seeking redemption in very different ways. In Jon Favreau's Chef, questionably named Carl Casper attempts to revive his ruined career by cooking with his heart and reconnecting with his family. This good-natured giant, played by the writer-director with grumpy but genial charm, sets out on the road in a food truck with his estranged son and best friend, discovering why he loved cooking to start with. What follows is a heart-warming comedy-drama that treats the senses to what can only be described as 'food porn'.
Jon Favreau and Cooper lose their respective cools in the kitchen.
On the other hand we have Bradley Cooper's Adam Jones (more realistic but edging on the dull) who sentences himself to cooking a million oysters in a New Orleans bar after blowing his own career in Paris a year before.
Several industrial extractor fans would be needed to suck out the hot air from this self-indulged cook. Adam might feel like he's served his time, but his destructive behaviour does not end with his self-imposed exile. Soon he's back in London, ruining his friends' careers and blowing his lid all over again. Cooper performs well, but when a character is this much of an ass, it's really hard to care if he wins his third Michelin Star or not.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice [2016] vs. Captain America: Civil War [2016]
In 2016, two movies were released, pitting some of the biggest names in comic book history against each other. If we were to judge these films on the merits of expectations alone, it's safe to say that Zack Snyder's BvS (that title is just too long to repeat) had the edge over the Russo Brother's third instalment of the Cap franchise. When people think of superheroes, Superman and Batman are usually the first on their mind. In theory, the collision of these two heroes, a vision never before brought to the big screen, should have been a home run, but somehow Snyder found a way of turning this titanic idea into a gargantuan flop.
Promotional materials even suffered from a case of deja-vu.
Dead on arrival, a huge opening led to a record-breaking drop in the second week and, thanks to poor word of mouth, the $300m production slowly limped past $870m after 12 weeks in cinemas. Meanwhile, Civil War, dealing with the moral and physical battle between the entire cast of the Marvel Universe, fared a lot better, both critically and commercially. Made for $50m less, the Marvel Studios movie made well over $1.1bn in 20 strong weeks of business.
The defining difference between these productions was in the tone of the final products. Although both movies dealt with serious issues (at least for comic book flicks), Civil War maintained a rollicking sense of fun, whereas BvS became quickly bogged down in weighty dialogue and overly-dramatic musical cues. If it weren't for the surprise success of DC's Wonder Woman this year, I'd be declaring the DCEU dead in the water, but the release of Justice League will be the real test of the franchise's chances.…
They Could Be Heroes…
October 6, 2017 Jaaŋɡ-Michael Terryjäck 0
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 [2017]
The head honchos at Disney, which Marvel Studios is a subsidiary of, are starting to build up a nasty reputation for not getting along with the young upcoming directors they consistently hire for their large-scale productions.
Despite their rigid insistence to the company line that they only want to hire directors that are capable of executing their own unique vision, the head honchos in charge of producing some of the biggest releases of the last few years have fallen out with a number of young directors hired to do just this.
Edgar Wright might have received a writing credit for his work on Ant-Man, but he was unceremoniously separated from the project after Marvel saw fit to hire fresh blood to re-write a script that he had spent years working on. Similarly, dynamic duo Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were removed from the set of the upcoming Hans Solo film after their vision of the movie didn't quite match up with the producers'; they were replaced by journeyman director Ron Howard hot of such 'successes' as Inferno and In The Heart of the Sea.
That why it's a surprise that James Gunn, writer-director of Guardians of the Galaxy and this year's Vol. 2 has had no problems transitioning from small scale independent movie making to big-budget blockbusters. Although he'd worked in the movie industry for nearly 20 years, he didn't catch the eye of the men at Disney until he released a superhero movie of his own, 2010's Super. Graphically violent, sexually explicit and jarringly off-beat, it's hard to see why Kevin Feige and co. thought he'd be suitable for the Guardians job.
The first movie proved naysayers (like me) wrong. The film was critically acclaimed and a box-office smash, what's more – it was really good. Packed full of the off-beat humour that many thought wouldn't fit into a Marvel film, this was the superhero movie that no one saw coming, based on a property that was unknown to the movie going public.
Coming three years later, Gunn's sequel is by and large comprised of the same components that made the first film such a success. Rocking retro soundtrack? Check. Quick-fire bickering and banter? Check. Obligatory CGI-rammed finale? Unfortunately – check.
It would seem that James Gunn's healthy working relationship with Marvel and Disney is in part thanks to his ability to balance his vision with theirs. He might well succeed in convincing the studio that it's OK to cut away from the opening action sequence to focus on a baby tree dancing to ELO, but he doesn't quite talk them round to omitting a laughable CGI-blob that threatens to engulf an unrelated, nameless town on Earth in the final act.
As much as the Guardians series hinges on it's unique identity, separating itself from the rest of the Marvel-U, it still conforms structurally to the way the other films in the series work. An opening prologue featuring a de-aged Kurt Russell is less surprising than it should be and the aforementioned blob/CGI-fest at the end seems a little rote, in a film that otherwise chooses to play by it's own strange rules.
Despite these misgivings, Gunn has produced another crowd-pleaser that serves to prove the point that Marvel is far from done with making solid, action romps for a wide, engaged audience.
6 Upcoming Films from Original Ideas
September 20, 2017 Jaaŋɡ-Michael Terryjäck 0
Sequels, Reboots and Remakes have been making the most money this year.
Is there anything original to look forward to in 2017?
Just taking a brief look at the Box Office figures for the year reveals what kind of films make the most money in today's movie age. The top 10 internationally grossing movies of the year so far have are all been either sequels, remakes or reboots. Take a closer look and you'll soon see that only 5 of the top 30 grossing films of the year were based on original ideas, those chosen few include: The Boss Baby, Jordan Peele's outstanding Get Out and several Asia-only releases including, ahem…Kung Fu Yoga.
Although critics are constantly threatening that 'franchise fatigue' will soon bite large scale productions where it hurts them most, support for big tent-poles, such as Wonder Woman and Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 suggest otherwise. With a packed schedule of sequels and reboots, including the now obligatory Star Wars instalment, a third film based on the Lego toys and Zack Snyder's mammoth Justice League; you'd be forgiven for thinking that there's no room for original movie ideas anymore.
In reaction to the inevitable feeling of fatigue that you might be feeling at the moment, I've collected 6 trailers for movies hitting screens this year, which should surprise you with their originality and unique vision:
A director that's been lurking in the shadows for some time, Steven Soderbergh returns to the seedy world of the heist with his 30th feature film. A far cry from the high-roller casinos of his Oceans films, Logan Lucky takes place in the deep South and involves a group of down on their luck siblings (Channing Tatum, Riley Keough and Adam Driver) seeking a way to get rich and break a family curse.
Logan Lucky is in cinemas now.
It's been nearly three years since Darren Aronofosky's last film, the grand but flawed Noah; he returns this year with an original screenplay and an all-star cast including Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer and Kristen Wiig. The film centres around a young wife (Lawrence) whose peaceful domestic life is upended by a mysterious older couple, who lodge with her.
Mother! will be released on September 15th.
Director-writer Eliza Hittman's second film promises to take the audience on yet another hyper-realistic journey through the dangerous landscape of youth and sexuality. A teenage boy in Brooklyn balances a difficult home life with delinquency and casual sex with older men he meets online. Newcomers Harris Dickinson and Madeline Weinstein lead the cast of mostly unknowns.
Beach Rats gets its UK release on November 3rd.
Grecian director Yorgos Lanthimos' career is still in its infancy yet he continues to attract big names to work on his bizarre, high-concept projects. His follow-up to the wonderfully weird The Lobster will also star Colin Farrell as well as seasoned vets Nicole Kidman, Alicia Silverstone and British newcomer Barry Keoghan (fresh from his trip to Dunkirk). The plot revolves around a young lad (Keoghan) attempting to introduce a plastic surgeon into his dysfunctional family.
The Killing… is out on October 27th.
Some haven't noticed, but for the last few years Pixar have been building a slate of movies that include sequels to longstanding franchises balanced with launching original movies that take real risks in terms of new ideas. Coco's low-key cast is exclusively hispanic for this musical themed adventure through the Land of the Dead, as always though, the animation will be the draw for most.
Coco hit cinemas on November 22nd.
So far in his career, Alexander Payne's bread and butter has been deeply moving character dramas about normal people, in extraordinary situations, think: The Descendants or, his last movie, Nebraska. For his next though, he's reuniting with his writing partner from Oscar-winner Sideways, to make something a little outside of the box. Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig play a married couple seeking to reduce their environmental impact and live a better life, by shrinking themselves down to 4-inches.
Downsizing arrives in theatres on 22nd December.…
War – war never changes…
August 9, 2017 Jaaŋɡ-Michael Terryjäck 0
Dunkirk [2017] and War for the Planet of the Apes [2017]
In Christopher Nolan's tenth feature, you could be forgiven for thinking that war has never been any more real or threatening.
There's a palpable sense of tension throughout the entirety of this highly original war movie (it's hard to describe a 108-minute movie as an 'epic') that ceases to let up. The ensemble cast of mostly unknown players are propelled forward by Hans Zimmer's metronomic soundtrack, as each strand of his carefully structured narrative slips and winds through each other.
It's been over 75 years since the evacuation of Dunkirk, an act of retreat that has been celebrated as a military success that turned the tide of the Second World War. Over 800 civilian boats, many of them no larger than sail dinghies, made their way across the channel to aid the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, a feat as much attributed to national pride as a sense of self-preservation. Characters repeatedly utter how close to home they are, heightening both the sickening feeling of isolation as well as the fear of enemy troops touching home soil.
At it's heart, Dunkirk is more of a survival movie than a war movie. Aside from Tom Hardy's steadfast fighter pilot, the other players are more concerned with escaping their situations than escalating them with any kind of heroic actions. Mark Rylance and his two-man crew are hellbent on aiding the evacuations themselves, an old man and two young lads who want nothing more than to help. Meanwhile, Cillian Murphy is a shell-shocked officer struggling to come to terms with his cowardly actions and newcomer Ffion Whitehead is just a boy, willing to do anything to get home.
Mark Rylance and Cillian Murphy in Nolan's 'triumph' Dunkirk.
Dunkirk is a triumph of technical wizardry as well as tone. We fear for the characters and share in their brief moments of elation, regardless of the short amount of time that we spend with them, but this elation never feels saccharine. These are not flawless heroes fighting for democracy, they are simply men trying to do their best in an unprecedented situation.
War is the subject of another major blockbuster released this summer, what we can assume will be the final entry in the recent Planet of the Apes prequel trilogy. Matt Reeves (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Let Me In) is back for seconds and it's clear that he cares for his friendly mo-capped apes, it's just a shame that he couldn't tie together the story of Caesar and his family with a little more panache.
Woody Harrelson 'underused and immobile' in Matt Reeves' War for the Planet of the Apes.
War starts strong with a failed attack on the apes' forest compound by a group of newly branded soldiers led by Woody Harrelson (mostly underused and immobile here), but the repercussions of this exciting opening do not lead to the kind of thrilling conclusion that we were treated to in previous instalments. Reeves takes us from forest ambush, to mass exodus, to road trip, to post-apocalypse to POW camp (dropping some questionable references to Nazi concentration camps) without ever really engaging us. Harrelson's antagonist is a loosely shaped cliche who explains himself through pained exposition, behind mirrored sunglasses, whilst Caesar's conflicted emotions simply make for frustrating viewing.
By the time the gargantuan 2 hours 22 minute running time is at it's end, the immaculately rendered apes have worn their welcome out and War feels more like one of attrition than anything else.
I know which movie I'd prefer to see again…
Jaaŋɡ-Michael Terryjäck is a Swedish-born, American film critic who lives in London.
Since 2017, he has been writing his thoughts on both major and independent movie releases.
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•	A short report this time covering the last three weeks.
•	The hearing for our application for binding recommendations will take place at Kēnana marae starting on 3 September and will run for five days. We need to discuss how marae will share the catering for this.
•	Focus of the Treaty Claims team has been on preparing briefs of evidence for the Waitangi Tribunal. Lloyd Popata, Te Karaka Karaka (Hully Clark) and I are working on our drafts with our legal team.
•	Briefs of evidence include response to the objections lodged by the Crown along with Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa and Ngāi Takoto, to our objections to those three Deeds of Settlement.
We finally have a date for our hearing for binding recommendations. The Tribunal has set aside Monday to Friday 3-7 September for the hearing. It will take place at Kēnana marae, with Karepōnia as back-up marae if needed. Kēnana marae has asked other marae to share the catering for the hearing and we will discuss how that will be done at our hui-ā-marama this Saturday 30 June.
Now that we have a date for a hearing, the Crown Forestry Rental Trust will assist with the costs of the hui and preparing and presenting the evidence. The Crown fought hard to stop the tribunal holding a hearing but in the end did not object to it being held on a marae (rather than a Pākehā venue such as the court house).
We have now received the objections lodged by the Crown, Te Aupōuri Te Rarawa and Ngāi Takoto to our applications for urgent hearing against the three Deeds of Settlement. They all heap the usual insults and scorn on Ngāti Kahu, and take personal swipes at our negotiators.
We are in the process of writing rebuttals of these objections and will file them on Friday this week. A judicial conference will be convened in July, probably in Auckland, to determine whether our applications against these Deeds of Settlement will go to hearing. We will circulate the date and venue as soon as we know them.
We are combining the rebuttal of the above objections with preparing evidence which will be presented during the hearing in September. Several of us, including Lloyd Popata, Te Karaka Karaka (Hully Clark), Huia Pacey (our mapping expert) and I, are working with our legal team. We are answering the Tribunal's questions about the extent of the damage done to Ngāti Kahu including exactly how much land was lost, socio-economic statistics, valuations of the lands to be resumed and the mana whenua evidence which the other iwi refused to discuss while we were in Te Hiku Forum. A lot of the work has already been done and is in our Deed of Partial Settlement and in the evidence presented to the Tribunal in the 1990s. However, pulling it all together in a manner that makes sense still requires a lot of work.