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Written by James M. Tate / 1/31/2012 / No comments / crime , peter falk , rebecca staab , TV
COLUMBO CRIES WOLF
Rebecca Staab on COLUMBO
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Rebecca Staab on COLUMBO This episode of the latter COLUMBO episodes rebooting the 70's show into the late 80's throughout the 9...
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Written by James M. Tate / 1/30/2012 / No comments / mia farrow , richard fleischer , seventies , suspense
title: SEE NO EVIL
cast: Mia Farrow
rating: **1/2
Terrific build-up has a blind woman, played wonderfully by Mia Farrow, being reintroduced to her childhood home, literally feeling out the location where her entire family will be murdered, bodies strewn here and there, and she doesn't even know it. The peak of Richard Fleischer's direction are the scenes in which Mia's in the dark, but when she realizes the situation and runs for her life, hunted by the mysterious, faceless, boot-clad killer across a not-so-barren landscape, it becomes a tediously exhausting chase leading to a bland, anti-climactic conclusion.
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title: SEE NO EVIL year: 1971 cast: Mia Farrow rating: **1/2 Terrific build-up has a blind woman, played wonderfully by Mia Farrow, b...
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Written by James M. Tate / 1/28/2012 / No comments / drama , glenn close , period piece , tens
title: Albert Nobbs
cast: Glenn Close, Janet McTeer, Mia Wasikowska
rating: ***
Glenn Close, resembling an aged Peter Pan mixed with Levon Helm (Sissy Spacek's father) in COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER, has some good moments: especially when reflecting on a childhood experience which led to… for means of employment but, as we eventually realize, deeper reasons… becoming a man who works in a 19th century Irish Hotel. But most of the time she's got the countenance of a frightened deer, and seems too old for the part. And Mia Wasikowska as Helen, the gorgeous hotel maid that Albert loves, is too young – making the age difference feel odd to not only the audience, but Helen as well. Perhaps this is intentional: Albert's yearning to find her, or rather, his place in the world – and dreams of owning a Tobacco Store – seem as farfetched as landing Helen as a future wife, who's in love with a brash young drifter displaying all the negative aspects of the male species: including charm! But the best character, and the glue to the entire picture, is Janet McTeer as "Mr. Moore," a confident freelance painter whose secret mirrors Albert's. The scenes where both discover their true identity (to each other) are more surprising to the characters than the audience, since they really don't look like men: but the acting, especially one hilarious scene as both go for an awkward stroll dressed like elegant women, makes it all seem genuine. And the biggest achievement is turning one contained setting – the posh Hotel – into a world of its own: giving each player their own importance therein.
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title: Albert Nobbs year: 2011 cast: Glenn Close, Janet McTeer, Mia Wasikowska rating: *** Glenn Close, resembling an aged Peter Pan...
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title: The Grey
cast: Liam Neeson
rating: **
Never has a cast of characters so deserved to suffer – they're just begging for it...
That being a rowdy group of oil drilling roughnecks in Alaska, and one man, played by a brooding Liam Neeson, hired to keep wolves off the premises who, after a plane crash, are all left vulnerable to a surrounding pack: yellow eyes glowing in the dark like a cartoon and growls more befitting the MGM lion.
The camera shakes around so much the fanged antagonists are practically unseen, and thus, not very frightening. It's basically a wraithlike feeding frenzy of shouting, screaming, and kicking to stay alive.
Eventually the body count dwindles to four survivors, and a few of the performances stand out beyond Neeson's maverick: especially Frank Grillo as an existential badass who can't admit he's scared to death.
Even the well-acted campfire scenes, as the men expose their soft side in the face of doom, drag so long you'll forget what the movie's about. Till the growling continues and the group ventures further towards… where exactly? Since no one had much of a life to begin with, it's hard to imagine, or care about, anyone surviving.
But the main problem is the nerve-wracking direction that, with the jangly, documentary style camerawork, does successfully put you into the situation – only it's not a place you'll want to be for very long. (For a much better film with practically the same premise, rent THE EDGE, where the characters go through hell, not the audience.)
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title: The Grey year: 2011 cast: Liam Neeson rating: ** Never has a cast of characters so deserved to suffer – they're just beggin...
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Written by James M. Tate / 1/27/2012 / No comments / al lettieri , anthony quinn , crime , exploitation , frederic forrest , robert forster , seventies , sid haig
THE DON IS DEAD
title: THE DON IS DEAD
cast: Anthony Quinn, Robert Forster, Fredric Forrest
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title: THE DON IS DEAD year: 1973 cast: Anthony Quinn, Robert Forster, Fredric Forrest rating: **1/2 THIS REVIEW HAS MOVED TO ...
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THE GOLDEN CHILD
title: THE GOLDEN CHILD
starring: Eddie Murphy
In 1986, it was time for superstar Eddie Murphy to fully establish himself after three big hits: 48 HRS. where he proved his worth as a substantial actor, TRADING PLACES as a cinematic funnyman, and BEVERLY HILLS COP as both at the same time. (We'll just forget about his strategic guest star turn in BEST DEFENSE). The world was poised to see him again: He was beloved.... He was "it." So for his next role he plays an "investigator" hired to find Tibet's GOLDEN CHILD: a bald boy with magical powers to make Pepsi cans dance and to bring back parrots to life. Eddie battles flying demons, talks smack to a (literal) dragon lady, wields a magic sword, and all the while tries maintaining the street-smart charm that made him so popular. This film is like hobo stew... if you get sick eating it, there are so many ingredients: what exactly is to blame? Either way, it wasn't a wise choice for Murphy... Although he'd make up for it in COMING TO AMERICA.
title: THE GOLDEN CHILD year: 1986 starring: Eddie Murphy rating: ** In 1986, it was time for superstar Eddie Murphy to fully establis...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/26/2012 / No comments /
title: MOVING
cast: Richard Pryor
Sure, it's yet another everything-bad-happens-to-the-main-character family film but there's enough going on, at all times, to make this work despite the cliches. Although star Richard Pryor is showing signs of the horrible disease that would eventually end his career, and life, he's got gusto as he loses his job and eventually moves his family to another state. Dealing with crooked movers, obnoxious next-door neighbors (both played by Randy Quaid), a frustrated family and just about everything save locusts and falling frogs, Pryor keeps us both rooting for him (to succeed) and against him (to have more misadventurous bad luck) at the same time.
title: MOVING year: 1988 cast: Richard Pryor rating: *** Sure, it's yet another everything-bad-happens-to-the-main-character fam...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/24/2012 / No comments / action , jean-claude van damme , karate , michael rooker , tani cohen , zeroes
JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME & MICHAEL ROOKER IN 'REPLICANT'
Year: 2001 Director: Ringo Lam Rating: ***1/2
title: Replicant aka Le clone
cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Rooker
Here's a really cool action movie that might distract or detract certain viewers because of Jean-Claude Van Damme, known for starring in banal and/or intentionally simplistic kung fu flicks – and at this point, 2001, his star was beginning to fade. But he's great in a duel-role as a stone cold serial killer (with an INXS hairdo) and a Replicant of that psychopath created by the government to give tough cop, and the true main character, Michael Rooker clues on catching the real thing. The OF MICE AND MEN like chemistry works great between the two leads, reminiscent of CAGE where Reb Brown babysits a brain-damaged Lou Ferrigno: Rooker balancing anger and patience while the initially childlike double becomes more in tune with the situation at hand... as memories return of the previous murders... but the psychopath gets inside his vulnerable mind: turning him, and all his primal strength, to the dark side. Sounds complicated but it isn't – and with Asian icon (and one of Quentin Tarantino's main influences) Ringo Lam behind the camera, it shouldn't be a surprise that this is an action film that could have wallowed in your typical macho simplicity, but keeps an intriguing and involving aura from start to finish.
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Year: 2001 Director: Ringo Lam Rating: ***1/2 title: Replicant aka Le clone cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Rooker Here's a r...
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Written by James M. Tate / 1/22/2012 / No comments / oscar nominated 2012 , tom hanks
title: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
cast: Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks
Kids in life-affirming movies usually know way too much for their age – seeming invented by writers who put their own intellectual spin on youth. And here's the champion of that particular breed, Thomas Horn as Oskar Schell, a brainy, adventurous "inventor" who loses his creative-muse father, played by Tom Hanks, on the infamous September 11th 2001 aka 911. Much of the film is a human scavenger hunt: after finding a key in dad's closet, Oskar roams (a bit too freely) through New York City to find the person with the last name BLACK, the name written on the key's envelope, to find out what it opens. Going back and forth from the present, a year later, to the dreaded 911 morning serves not only a platform for the kid's emotions, but provides Tom Hanks with a moving performance: and it's all a voice on an answering machine, trying desperately to reach his son while stranded in one of the ill-fated twin towers. Max Von Sydow plays a mysterious old man who doesn't speak, aiding Oskar in his seemingly hopeless quest that gets less interesting as the film wares on. Thomas Horn, while being a very talented young actor, seems a bit too theater-trained; and his whining screech gets tiresome. Sandra Bullock provides filler as the put-upon mother with a secret all her own. And the conclusion, intentionally anticlimactic but ultimately making the characters feel good, might not serve the audience who suffered through, and hoped for, a resolution far more... complete. With creative direction and a uniquely suspenseful quest, it's a decent movie for a first viewing, but probably not something you'll want (or need) to watch a second time.
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title: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close year: 2011 cast: Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks rating: *** Kids in life-affirming movies usua...
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title: CARNAGE
cast: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly, Christoph Waltz
rating: ***1/2
In Roman Polanski's first feature film, KNIFE IN THE WATER, he kept us interested in three people on a small boat. Cut to many years later: four people are bickering inside a tiny apartment consisting of two couples in a particularly uncomfortable situation: Jodie Foster and John C. Reilly's son was beat up by the son of Kate Winslet and Christoph Waltz, and they plan to work it out. The first half… what should be called a "round"… sticks close to the issue at hand – after which, when the characters get unraveled and eventually drunk, the conversation embodies a broader scope: each neurotic personality shown in the light. Jodie Foster, as the most uptight and opinionated member of the group, fares well as the story's instigator but eventually goes overboard as the stress mounts; while Kate Winslet provides a few good moments but is otherwise limited by the results of a reoccurring stomach flu. Christoph Waltz, as a blunt, metronomic lawyer, is glued to his cell phone, which becomes an important character in itself. But it's John C. Reilly, as Foster's working class husband spouting the funniest and most unpredictable lines, who really steals the show. The first round works best – the dialog's lively and fresh with the actors in peak form. But after a while, and a few shots of bourbon, the atmosphere gets a bit too stagey and we forget, like the characters, about the purpose of the meeting. And beware of an extremely… abrupt… ending.
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title: CARNAGE year: 2011 cast: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly, Christoph Waltz rating: ***1/2 In Roman Polanski's first...
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Written by James M. Tate / 1/21/2012 / No comments / action , espionage , ewan mcgregor , michael douglas , michael fassbender , tens
GINA CARANO GOES HAYWIRE
A year after Steven Soderbergh directed a searing drama about people dropping dead from a horrible virus, someone must have told him to take a vacation – and here it is: a bombastic "paid holiday" for rogue government agent Mallory, both the hunted and hunter while various co-agents, including Michael Fassbender and Channing Tatum, attempt punching her lights out. Nice try, fellas: Here, in the lead role, Gina Carano, delivering lines in a constant monotone and not always adding the right amount of glib charm that's essential for endearing action/espionage characters, does kick ass with genuine style and velocity. Along with a retro soundtrack, seeming as if Quentin Tarantino wound up directing a James Bond film, keeps the pace steady and lean. And while Soderbuergh rolls the camera a bit too long during scenes where Mallory ambles from one dangerous setting to the next, it's somewhat reminiscent of flicks like BULLITT where downtime serves a necessary platform for each action sequence: which are plentiful.
On the peripheral... Bill Paxton as her novelist father, Antonio Banderas as a cautious connection, and Michael Douglas as the Washington D.C. insider provide filler cameos, but it's Ewan McGregor's slick operative who really matters – till our wraith-like anti-heroine, a character deserving of more adventures, moves in, once again, for the kill.
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year: 2012 rating: *** A year after Steven Soderbergh directed a searing drama about people dropping dead from a horrible virus, someon...
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Written by James M. Tate / 1/20/2012 / No comments / action , biopic , george lucas , tens , war
GEORGE LUCAS PRESENTS RED TAILS
Anyone familiar with the George Lucas Productions of the past fifteen years won't be surprised the special effects exceed the storyline – although the story itself is a great one because it's true: centering on The Tuskegee Airmen, a unit of African American pilots given a chance to fly missions during the Second World War. But there's no real plot (or plots) within the important history lesson, only one-dimensional characters that, while understandably motivated to overcome racism and prove their worth as pilots, hang around the barracks either complaining about the initially peripheral missions or spouting banter straight from a sitcom, and not a funny one.
Two characters work together the best: Nate Parker as "Easy," the insecure squad leader constantly attempting restraint on the maverick hotshot pilot "Lightning" (Han Solo anyone?) who, when not part of a superfluous romance with a local Italian villager/supermodel, takes way too many chances in the sky where the film truly belongs, unhindered by wasted side-characters and a quickie subplot involving a German Gulag. And while the dialog remains cheesy and cartoonish during the dogfights, each battle, replete with C.G.I. but still looking quite real, provides a new challenge for the men – it's just too bad we don't get to know them better on the ground to make their achievements really matter.
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year: 2012 rating: ** Anyone familiar with the George Lucas Productions of the past fifteen years won't be surprised the special effects...
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Written by James M. Tate / 1/18/2012 / No comments / action , classic gangster , edmund o'brien , forties , james cagney , virginia mayo
title: WHITE HEAT
cast: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmund O'Brien
rating: ****1/2
Several stories here: and James Cagney stars in each as "Cody Jarrett," possibly the most sinister and at the same time, endearing gangsters to appear on the big screen One story centers on the leader of a group of thugs who rob a train and and hide out. One is about the demented son of a overbearing, meticulously wicked mother who will protect her boy till the bitter end. One is about the husband of a two-timing gun moll Virgina Mayo, holding out for a taller, handsome thug who wants Jarrett out of the way. One is about a prisoner slowly conned by an undercover cop in the big house. And that's the best story of all. Edmund O'Brien is the "narc" who eventually gains Cagney's trust. Their relationship, as the two bond behind bars, is the highlight. And although O'Brien, after a jailbreak, turns his back on Cody much too quickly during the famous "top of the world" climax, this perfectly solid classic gangster film... the peak of Cagney's tough guy career... is like reading a multilevel book you can't put down. Cagney performance is top-notch and not just when he's suffering from those horrible headaches, causing him to writhe on the ground like a poisoned viper. It's the subtle moments that count, because after all, it's his world we're in: and he's not going down without a fight. Thank God it's two hours in length, yet it could have been much longer.
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title: WHITE HEAT year: 1949 cast: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmund O'Brien rating: ****1/2 Several stories here: and James C...
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title: LADY KILLER
cast: James Cagney
James Cagney plays a smart-aleck usher at a movie theater: his character's geared towards the lights, camera and action from the very start. But he's quickly derailed, conned by a beautiful siren into a rigged card game – but instead of getting angry and kicking ass, he joins, and eventually leads, the group into a bigger heist that lands them in real dough, and real trouble. After his fair-weather friends betray him, Cagney hides out in Los Angeles and soon becomes an extra on a movie lot. This is where the ridiculousness begins – seeing Cagney riding a horse in Indian get-up, with fake scenery moving behind him, is a highlight. Then, as our cocky hero falls for a famous (and humble) film starlet, and soon becomes a top-billed movie star on his own, his unlucky life begins to pan out: but those double-crossing wise guys return and want a piece of his action. A fun distraction in the Cagney crime film canon, and you have to continuously suspend disbelief to really enjoy it: especially scenes showing the fictional movies – or one silly segment as he provides his girlfriend with monkeys and a painted elephant on her birthday. But as a wise cracking con artist beneath the polished veneer, it's all about enjoying Cagney even in a silly role, because no matter what the part: he always takes it seriously.
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title: LADY KILLER year: 1933 cast: James Cagney rating: *** James Cagney plays a smart-aleck usher at a movie theater: his character...
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BLONDE CRAZY
title: BLONDE CRAZY
cast: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Louis Calhern
What is it about James Cagney – he brings out the best, and worst, of his leading ladies: the best performances and the worst attitudes – and Joan Blondell's dealing with Cagney's conniving "Bert Harris" is half the fun of this 1930's comedy/melodrama dealing with Harris, a suave hotel employee who sees the right girl is hired: and it's the blonde bombshell Joan, as "Anne Roberts," who fits the bill. She's not only sought after by Harris, but seedy rich guys melt at her feet. Here's where our climbing antihero sees his future planned out: and together this made-in-heaven match goes from one sucker till the next, swindling relativity small time cash till meeting Louis Calhern, a successful con artist with a big apple for the duo: and a bigger worm inside. One scene involving a horse race and revenge against Calhern is confusing, and not all the con games are too clever, but the chemistry between the Cagney and Blondell, and the hidden desire for his platonic partner that slowly comes to light, is what makes this really shine. A very young Ray Milland plays Joan's sophisticated new gent – making Cagney realize what, or rather, whom his drive's been centered. And while a tacked-on "crime will pay" ending is a letdown, the rest works just fine: Especially a pre-Code bathtub scene with Blondell that's quite… revealing.
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title: BLONDE CRAZY year: 1931 cast: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Louis Calhern rating: ***1/2 What is it about James Cagney – he br...
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title: TAXI!
cast: James Cagney, Loretta Young
Begins as a predictable, clichéd melodrama dealing with the haves… a monopolizing consortium cab company… against the have-nots: independent cabbies trying to make it on their own without getting killed in the process. But soon the message peels away into an involving gangster-driven fare with James Cagney, uttering his famous "You Dirty Rat" line despite movie trivia saying otherwise. In one scene he says very loudly: "Come out and take it, you dirty, yellow-bellied rat, or I'll give it to you through the door!" This, to film historians, has been mistakingly condensed into the famous three word motto. But in the beginning of the film, as Cagney's exciting his cab – sandwiched between two trucks – he does in fact mutter under his breath: "You dirty rat!" (watch and listen closely to the linked video for proof). Now for the movie itself, which gets better as the more stress enters Cagney's life – thugs from the consortium move in, and every woman, from the good to the bad, annoy the hell out of him: providing the famous firebrand the usual classic tantrums. Cagney's character… hard boiled cabbie Matt Nolan… is like most of Cagney's tough guys, he's angrier here than ever. He's fighting the good fight here and you'll back him all the way, so much so the other characters seem nonexistent when he's on, or off, the screen.
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title: TAXI! year : 1932 cast: James Cagney, Loretta Young rating: *** Begins as a predictable, clichéd melodrama dealing with the h...
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WINNER TAKE ALL
title: WINNER TAKE ALL
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title: WINNER TAKE ALL year: 1932 cast: James Cagney rating: *** CLICK HERE FOR THIS REVIEW'S NEW HOME...
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Written by James M. Tate / 1/15/2012 / 1 Comment /
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Don Gordon, Bill Mumy, Steve McQueen & Dustin Hoffman YEAR: 1973
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title: THE IRON LADY
cast: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent
rating: *1/2
During a montage where Margaret Thatcher's rising in the polls and is, for her party at least, on top of her political game, an aggressive punk rock tune blasts over the scene – and it's against Margaret Thatcher. There you have the underlying tone of this biopic weaving back and forth from an aged Thatcher, hallucinating her dead husband and trying to recall pieces from a jigsaw puzzle life, to the young climber growing up poor, asserting herself as a lone woman amongst the barking men of Parliament, and eventually becoming Prime Minister of England. But we never get to know who she was, what she did, or why she did it; unless you count sporadic jump cuts of mobs protesting against her, which, like that punk song, provides a subliminal cue card to remind the audience how and what to feel, but never why. Now the question: How was Meryl Streep's performance? Well the iconic actress, donning surprisingly realistic Aged makeup, does a fine job as the older Thatcher struggling to hold her mind together – but it's impossible to judge her as the historical figure since another actress played the assertive young woman who fought for that place where, by the time Streep takes over, is lost in a jumbled collection of newsreels and pointless monologs... always returning to the old lady suffering the beginning stages of dementia, who, like the film itself, is never quite sure what's going on.
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Hear the click? title: THE IRON LADY year: 2012 cast: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent rating: *1/2 During a montage where Margaret T...
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Written by James M. Tate / 1/13/2012 / No comments / action , heist , mark walhberg , suspense , tens
title: CONTRABAND
cast: Mark Walhberg, Giovanni Ribisi, Ben Foster
Give us an antihero that's gonna break the law for a substantial reason and not only can anything happen, but the audience will embrace it with open arms. But prepare to sustain disbelief through this action/suspense yarn involving a freshly retired contraband smuggler who, because of his brother-in-law's involvement in the same trade but with unlucky results, returns to his old life to straighten things out. It's a piece of cake… with exploding candles… as Mark Walhberg goes from ship to land back to ship: dodging bullets, tricking drug dealers, and getting smashed up… after which the real fun begins. Old school melodrama envelopes the b-story as his wife and two children, vulnerably at odds with grimy, over the top mobster Giovanni Ribisi – but the suspense relies on how the ex smuggler can figure to sneak stuff through without being caught, and most importantly, to save his family as the goons move in. Wahlberg carries the movie with more cool than edge, and even when the story gets mazy and convoluted, he's a genuine enough protagonist to make everything seem precisely clear: exactly when it needs to be. And welcome back veteran actor William Lucking to a big budget movie, looking perfectly gruff as Walhberg's imprisoned father.
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title: CONTRABAND year: 2012 cast: Mark Walhberg, Giovanni Ribisi, Ben Foster rating: ***1/2 Give us an antihero that's gonna break ...
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Written by James M. Tate / 1/10/2012 / No comments / action , chicks with guns , claudia jennings , donna gordon , exploitation , lieux dressler , mark l. lester , seventies
TRUCK STOP WOMEN
year: 1974 cast: Lieux Dressler, Claudia Jennings, John Martino rating: ***
Right from the start, Mark L. Lester knew how to direct vapid movies with the precision of a genius maverick. Or something.
The often confusing, maze-like plot has a band of truck stop women i.e. waitress/whores running their own trucking company, fighting against the corporate-backed mob (or is it a mob-backed corporation?) who wants to take over their lucrative operation.
While seemingly a Claudia Jennings exploitation film, this really stars Lieux Dressler as the head of the trucker-loving hookers, who doesn't trust her sexy, jealous daughter, Claudia, running around with gangster John Martino ("Paulie" from THE GODFATHER).
After suffering past the first half, so tailor-made for a drive-in audience one forgets to actually pay attention, you'll be drawn in as the good girls vs. bad guys battle ensues: including machine guns, road chases and lots of great explosions.
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year: 1974 cast: Lieux Dressler, Claudia Jennings, John Martino rating: *** Right from the start, Mark L. Lester knew how to direct ...
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Written by James M. Tate / 1/09/2012 / No comments / anne archer , sam elliott , seventies , stephen young
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Sam Elliott does some soul searching in LIFEGUARD Year: 1976
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Sam Elliott does some soul searching in LIFEGUARD Year: 1976 CLICK FOR THE NEW HOME OF LIFEGUARD VHS Artwork With Kathleen ...
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ZACK AND THE MAGIC FACTORY
Those long gone and sorely missed ABC Weekend Specials, the introduction with the animated wizard conjuring butterflies flying from an open book, snared the attention of many youngsters who, at a certain point on Saturday Morning, wanted something beyond cartoons i.e. real humans and real stories but not without a touch of whim and fantasy... Like in this creative two-part episode about a spectacle-wearing kid, Zack, visiting his Aunt's dilapidated magic factory that, while shabby on the outside, harbors cool tricks by two talented magicians.
REPO MAN ingénue Olivia Barash, then a child actress who appeared in TV shows ranging from THE INCREDIBLE HULK to LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, is a magician's daughter that joins Zack in trying to rescue the building from a geeky yet sinister tax attorney, who, with the aid of a bitter custodian, tries closing it down for good. Meanwhile Zack, despite being bullied at school, plans a big magic show in the school auditorium, and with Olivia as his assistant they have but one shot at saving the beloved old factory. Overall, a pretty good storyline and likable characters will keep you interested in the turnout, and best of all, there's a lotta cool magic tricks.
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1981 rating: *** Those long gone and sorely missed ABC Weekend Specials, the introduction with the animated wizard conjuring butterflies...
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Written by James M. Tate / 1/08/2012 / No comments / children , comedy , disney , katy kurtzman , olivia barash , seventies , steve shaw
OLIVIA BARASH & KATY KURTZMAN IN CHILD OF GLASS
1978 rating: ***1/2
While it's perplexed adults for centuries, the children in Disney films seem to have grasped the Meaning of Life… at least in their eyes: When something needs discovering, discover it!
In this made for TV movie, a family moves into an antebellum mansion once owned by a river pirate. The mother and father are about as important as those mushmouthed teachers in Peanuts cartoons – this is all about the curious son Alexander, played by the late Steve Shaw, who meets the niece of a local palm reader.
And as the young adventurous "Blossom Culp," Katy Kurtzman creates a memorably quirky tomboy: Donning glasses and dressed like a traveling orphan, she determinedly riles Alexander into seeking the truth behind the mansion's history. But he gets the prime directive on his own with the help of a blue-hued ghost.
The daughter of the mansion's former owner, "Ida Dumaine" died mysteriously and, to acquire eternal rest, provides a riddle that desperately needs solving. Cult actress Olivia Barash, as the lovely little wraith holding a fluffy dog, makes sporadic yet important appearances, and at one point turns human for a heartfelt slow dance during a party, later providing a dog/cat chase to add some lightweight hijinx to the underlying spooky vibe… especially with the dependably villanious Anthony Zerbe on board...
But even with the suspenseful chills, it's a great movie for kids, especially creative ones.
children, comedy, disney, katy kurtzman, olivia barash, seventies, steve shaw
1978 rating: ***1/2 While it's perplexed adults for centuries, the children in Disney films seem to have grasped the Meaning of Li...
Labels: children, comedy, disney, katy kurtzman, olivia barash, seventies, steve shaw
title: BLACK DYNAMITE
cast: Michael Jai White
In a Cult Film Freak interview with actress Gloria Hendry, who co-starred in classic Blaxploitation films BLACK BELT JONES, BLACK CAESAR, HELL UP IN HARLEM, ACROSS 110th STREET, and SLAUGHTER'S BIG RIPOFF, she said the demise of that particular genre, immensely popular in the early seventies and putting talented black actors and actresses to work, had to do with groups that felt Blaxplotation films catered to, and lionized, clichéd stereotypes of the black community. Well here, thirty years later, a movie pokes fun at these traits more than celebrates them. Blaxploitations were low-budget movies that wielded quick zooms and shaky-camera techniques, funky music and piles of melodrama, and not a second goes by in BLACK DYNAMITE that we're reminded of these particularities: the actors go overboard on purpose, as does the music while the camera struggles to zero in on the action or characters. Musclebound hero Michael Jai White looks great in the role, and there are times, especially during the karate scenes as he takes down every goon in his path… seeking the bad guys who killed his little brother in a drug deal… that it could have easily turned into a genuine action film instead of grasping too tight on the parody template. What the audience, and especially the underrated Michael Jai White, truly deserved was what Quentin Tarantino provided with JACKIE BROWN: a loving homage to the works of groundbreaking directors like Jack Hill and Larry Cohen… and blaxpl-icons like Pam Grier, Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly and Jim Brown… instead of an overlong comedy skit that tries too hard for laughs, forgetting what those movies were really about: great actors, great music, great action, and creative storylines.The bottom line is: BLACK DYNAMITE is a movie that doesn't have a real identity... It's not funny enough to be an AIRPLANE or NAKED GUN, and not interesting enough to be a TRUCK TURNER or... you name it.
action, blaxploitation, comedy, michael jai white, parody, zeroes
title: BLACK DYNAMITE year: 2009 cast: Michael Jai White rating: ** In a Cult Film Freak interview with actress Gloria Hendry , who ...
Labels: action, blaxploitation, comedy, michael jai white, parody, zeroes
Written by James M. Tate / 1/07/2012 / No comments / arthouse , christopher plummer , ewan mcgregor , indie , tens
title: BEGINNERS
cast: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer
If Gus Van Sant directed Cameron Crowe's SINGLES, you'd have BEGINNERS, or pieces of it: like whenever Ewan McGregor, as a brooding thirty-eight year old single artist whose dying father comes out of the closet, contemplates life: making up most of the screen time with an intoxicating art-house rhythm and a bouquet of devises (other than narration) to tell what the main character's feeling… using photographs, graffiti, or a Jack Russell Terrier's subtitles… but the ponderous navel-gazing gets tiresome. And while Christopher Plummer turns in a good performance as the dying man embracing his new gay lifestyle (although his own personal situation often branches off into a distracting propaganda), and Ewan McGregor maintains a dependable subtlety taking on a new horizon… consisting of a relationship with an artsy French girl more troubled than he is… they're not interesting enough characters to make up for a nonexistent plot, which, being so obviously intentional by director Mike Ness, makes sense in its own unique fashion. It's just too bad the characters are too proverbially dressed up to be genuinely fleshed out, making for a visual pleasing but ultimately vacant experience. And yet, as vacant experiences go, this one has a heart beating, somewhere...
arthouse, christopher plummer, ewan mcgregor, indie, tens
title: BEGINNERS year: 2011 cast: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer rating: ** If Gus Van Sant directed Cameron Crowe's SINGLES, you'd...
Labels: arthouse, christopher plummer, ewan mcgregor, indie, tens
Written by James M. Tate / 1/04/2012 / No comments / drama , john travolta , pj soles , robert reed , seth wagerman , seventies , TV
THE BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE
title: THE BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE
cast: John Travolta, Robert Reed, Glynnis O'Connor
A cute little boy born without immunities has to live in a plastic bubble and grows up to be John Travolta, who not only disco dances with his pet hamster but eventually, wearing an orange space suit, goes to high school and falls in love with the girl next door. One of the most tortuously bizarre television movies in history and a lot of fun. In one scene Travolta is carted in a plastic incubator to a beach party and is riled by fellow teens; another he's discussing masturbation to a cancer patient. Yet despite the high degree of camp value, this classic time-capsule from the seventies is also thoroughly involving, entertaining, and won't bore you for a single moment: mostly thanks to Glynnis O'Connor as Travolta's love-interest, looking beyond fantastic and providing our ailing hero a chance for possible freedom.
drama, john travolta, pj soles, robert reed, seth wagerman, seventies, TV
title: THE BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE year: 1976 cast: John Travolta, Robert Reed, Glynnis O'Connor rating: ***1/2 A cute l...
Labels: drama, john travolta, pj soles, robert reed, seth wagerman, seventies, TV
Maureen McCormick in Texas Lighting YEAR: 1981
Exploitation cinematographer turned director Gary Graver's meandering yet strangely entertaining, voyeuristic mess about three rambunctious drunken men who go hunting, one of them, Cameron Mitchell, bringing his passive son, Cameron Mitchell Jr. aka Channing Mitchell...
Along the way he meets sexy bartender Maureen McCormick (Marcia from THE BRADY BUNCH) who, smoking in a dark tavern, has a kind of sexy white trash Noir going on, and it's nice to see her here, and sultry, sinful. Eventually, two of the drunks barge in, and one guy played by character-actor Peter Jason... whose trailer trash girlfriend back home, Danone Camden, is way too hot for him: until you know her real nature... attacks, and its here the film becomes what Mr. Graver knows best, pure exploitation: added to be Marcia Brady getting raped.
Channing Mitchell and Maureen McCormick
From the scant desert hunting grounds to the tavern to any and every location, it's all filmed like a sort of deranged documentary of human garbage...
Not a character-study, but a demented crash course of detestable characters. So when the suddenly not-so-passive son gets his own style of revenge against his dad and those fat drunks in the desert, there's finally a resemblance to an actual movie, which TEXAS LIGHTING is far from being, or even wanting to.
Danone Camden Texas Lighting Danone Camden as Peter Jason's girlfriend in TEXAS LIGHTNING Cult Score: ***
Maureen McCormick stealing the entire middle of Gary Graver's TEXAS LIGHTING
TEXAS LIGHTING Maureen McCormick TEXAS LIGHTING Smoking hot Maureen McCormick
TEXAS LIGHTING Maureen McCormick TEXAS LIGHTING
TEXAS LIGHTING Maureen McCormick TEXAS LIGHTING with Channing Mitchell son of Cameron
Maureen McCormick looks sexy smoking in Texas Lighting
cameron mitchell, eighties, exploitation, gary graver, maureen mccormick, peter jason
Labels: cameron mitchell, eighties, exploitation, gary graver, maureen mccormick, peter jason
HIGH ROLLING IN A HOT CORVETTE: RELOCATED
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joseph bottoms, judy davis, road movie, seventies
Labels: joseph bottoms, judy davis, road movie, seventies
BONNIE'S KIDS
title: BONNIE'S KIDS
cast: Tiffany Bolling, Robin Mattson, Scott Brady
Two gorgeous blonde sisters, daughters of a long-dead woman named Bonnie, kill their molesting step-father and live with their uncle in a fancy ranch. Big sis ends up on the run with a handsome rogue (and a briefcase of cash) while little sis stays put, dealing with taboo temptation and other bedroom stuff more intriguing than her sibling's town-to-town odyssey: basically a cat and mouse chase against two FBI agents dumber than a box of led. Some great camera shots and hints of a blaxploitation soundtrack (although this is anything but) keep things somewhat rolling... but on a nowhere road.
exploitation, robin mattson, scott brady, seventies
title: BONNIE'S KIDS year: 1973 cast: Tiffany Bolling, Robin Mattson, Scott Brady rating: ** Two gorgeous blonde sisters, daughter...
Labels: exploitation, robin mattson, scott brady, seventies
SHORT EYES
title: SHORT EYES
cast: Luis Perez, Tito Goya, Bruce Davison
rating: *****
The centerpiece of this, the ultimate ensemble prison drama, isn't the child molester aka "Short Eyes" (Bruce Davison) put into a cell-block of tough convicts who, after finding out his crime, turn the premises into their own courtroom, but a young handsome Puerto Rican nicknamed Cupcakes, played by the late Tito Goya, who has to deal with - or take advice from - these same toughies before, during and after the molester's story becomes center stage. While not the main character, Goya's youthful protagonist provides the core of the boiling pot involving a bevy of eclectic, dangerous cons from a tough Italian (Joseph Carberry), a stubborn black muslim (Don Blakey), a sexually-driven Puerto Rican (Shawn Elliott), two laidback but badass African Americans (Nathan George, Ken Steward), and the film's true star: a good-hearted Rican "idealist," played brilliantly by Luis Perez, who feels called-upon to protect Goya and the molester both. Based on the play by Miguel Pinero, who portrays an antagonistic prisoner, all one can say is: you have to see it to believe it. And a soulful "singalong" with Curtis Mayfield and Freddie Fenders adds soul to the brash proceedings.
bruce davison, drama, prison, seventies, suspense, tito goya
title: SHORT EYES year: 1977 cast: Luis Perez, Tito Goya, Bruce Davison rating: ***** The centerpiece of this, the ultimate ensemble...
Labels: bruce davison, drama, prison, seventies, suspense, tito goya
title: THE HAPPENING
cast: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, Betty Buckley
To quote the iconic Buffalo Springfield tune, "There's something happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear." These lyrics sum up half the film, where people back East are mysteriously going crazy and soon-after committing suicide. After the cause is known, something having to do with the environment "fighting back," it's a lot of running around... And the once prolific writer/director M. Night Shyamalan seems to have run out of ideas and creativity. Relying on cheap camera work and cheesy dialogue, he himself claims this as an intentional b-movie liken to the early work of George Romero and David Cronenberg; low-budget classics relying heavily on character-development: something this film has little to nothing of. Eventually the survivors end up in a rural house inhabited by an old creepy woman played by Betty Buckley (Sissy Spacek's coach in CARRIE), providing the only chilling moments that don't last long enough.
eco-horror, m. night, mark walhberg, suspense, zeroes
title: THE HAPPENING year: 2008 cast: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, Betty Buckley rating: * To quote the iconic Buffalo Spr...
Labels: eco-horror, m. night, mark walhberg, suspense, zeroes
Written by James M. Tate / 1/01/2012 / No comments / al adamson , connie nelson , exploitation , gary kent , horror , jim davis , lon chaney jr.
DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN
title: DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN
cast: J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney, Gary Kent, Connie Nelson
The worst thing about this Al Adamson doozy... involving monolog-driven mad scientist J. Carrol Naish working out of a carnival fun house with an axe-wielding idiot man-child, Lon Chaney, sent to kill women for experiments to give his other employee, a brooding Count Dracula, eternal life, all the while reanimating Frankenstein's monster who resembles a melted cabbage... is that it can be quite boring with tedious bouts of dialog, spouted mostly by two love-struck heroes: a man helping his new girlfriend find her lost sister and eventually happening upon... all that stuff already mentioned. But it can be surprisingly involving too. And really, really awful... but that's a given.
al adamson, connie nelson, exploitation, gary kent, horror, jim davis, lon chaney jr.
title: DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN year: 1971 cast: J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney, Gary Kent, Connie Nelson rating: ** The worst th...
Labels: al adamson, connie nelson, exploitation, gary kent, horror, jim davis, lon chaney jr.
MORGAN PAULL: PODCAST INTERVIEW
PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH MORGAN PAULL
Listen to internet radio with cultfilmfreak on Blog Talk Radio
The late Morgan Paull was a great character-actor who played George C. Scott's right hand man in PATTON; a swinging cop in the exploitation gem DIRTY O'NEIL; a troubled scientist in THE SWARM; a mobster in the Mystery Science Theater bashed MITCHELL; a shifty producer in FADE TO BLACK; and he's most known as Holden, the Tyrrel Corporation agent from the intro of BLADE RUNNER. This is Morgan's last interview. He talks about subjects ranging from George C. Scott's temper to working twice with Harrison Ford to advice from Michael Caine about director Irwin Allen.
With June Fairchild and Tara Strohmeier in DIRTY O'NEIL
In the John Wayne movie CAHILL: UNITED STATES MARSHALL
As Holden in BLADE RUNNER
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PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH MORGAN PAULL Listen to internet radio with cultfilmfreak on Blog Talk Radio The late Morgan Paull was a gre...
title: GAMERA
cast: Eiji Fanakoshi
There are so many versions of this giant turtle epic that it's hard to find the actual source: the real thing is obviously the version without the Americans thrown in, giving their input and turning things into a world crisis that audiences that relate with stateside, but what's patchworked together in the movie that's readily available is an intense, terrific man-in-monster-costume ride. A side-story involving a kid who loves turtles provides more color than the rambling dialog of the scientists figuring a way to destroy a beast: who ferociously thrives on whatever weapons are thrown at him. But the savory battles, and the last ten minutes providing the much-mentioned "Plan" to finally rid of "Gammera" (the actual spelling), makes the whole crazy romp worthwhile.
action, japanese-based, monster, sixties
title: GAMERA year: 1965 cast: Eiji Fanakoshi rating: ***1/2 There are so many versions of this giant turtle epic that it's hard ...
Labels: action, japanese-based, monster, sixties


So, what have we learnt from seven weeks interviewing and sharing 13 Episodes of our new podcast 'Real People?' So much.
Thank you to our guests!
In such a small time we are quite pleased to have attracted 1,160+ listeners of our 13 (soon 14) episodes. 71% of our listeners have come from across Australia and 29% from across the world, which is nice.
Our top five countries beyond Australia, are the US (11%), India (8% – especially Mumbai), Sweden, the UK and Greece, with listeners also coming from Denmark, Switzerland, China et cetera.
This has largely come from having insightful and respected overseas based guests doing amazing things, and globally travelling local guests, with strong social media networks, keen to share their interviews with friends and followers. With this, many of our episodes have larger social shares and listens from audiences overseas than within Australia.
Copenhagen based Neuroscientist Dr Elvira Fischer. New York – London (with offices in São Paulo and Singapore) Consumer Insight Agency MESH Experience CEO Fiona Blades. Chicago based Kristi Zuhlke, the CEO / Founder of Knowledge Hound, a global tech company working with brands as diverse as Spotify, lyft, Procter & Gamble and Whirlpool.
Washington DC based Dr Phillip Alvelda, artificial intelligence innovator, technologist and educator. Finland based André Noël Chaker, author of acclaimed books including the Finnish Miracle. And, Los Angeles based Robert Tercek, one of the world's most prolific creators of interactive content, a ground breaking pioneer in digital media since the early 1990's and author of the Vaporized. And, UK based market research guru Ray Poynter.
Our guests closer to home are also globally trotting. Adelaide South Australia based Suhit Anantula works between Australia and India. Adelaide based Martin Read provides a global perspective having just returned from two years as Managing Partner for Deloitte Digital South East Asia. Adelaide based Dr Fiona Kerr travels between Australia, Europe and the US advising high level corporate and government on neuroscience of human-to-human and human-to-technology interaction and associated topics. Polar explored Tim Jarvis AM is based in Adelaide but travels the world, speaking and exploring and working on his latest project www.25zero.com. Plus the global perspectives of locals Kristina Dryza (ex-Adelaide, now Sydney traveling the world), Lucinda Roberts and Aboriginal Leader Mickey O'Brien. And, coming in the next day or so, now Adelaide based ex-New York Craig Swann, the man behind Looplabs, a free online music making community platform.
But, Real People is not about Adelaide, nor Australia, but about people, culture, and why people do what they do and think what they think, and a whole lot of other interesting bits. All guests have had wide outward looking and thinking perspectives and the vast majority are globally travelling individuals with wonderful understanding of cultural and people trends, technology etc. And, willingness to be candid.
The interviews have provided an invaluable mirror up to the reality of Australia from an outsider's perspective. Are we actually far less innovative than we think!? Or, as Kristi said, our happy culture (as she perceives it) should be the perfect environment for successful start ups. But, perhaps as Ray Poynter, André Noël Chaker and others have said, is our uniquely Australian tall poppy syndrome, 'middle aged' entrepreneurial flab, lack of drive and overly comfortable lay back culture, leaving us left behind (without us even realising it)? As, Suhit Anantula noted, places like India are leap frogging Australia in many ways. What do you think?
The guests have provided an important reminder that we need to retain our childlike characteristics, and that most successful people were not perfect school students, but were curious, imaginative explorers, with a hunger to learn and question the norm.
There is generally much that can be seen in our guests that came from their childhood. And, we hear many pieces of advice for young people to live a success life – take opportunities big and small, and do not be in too much of a rush to lock in a career. Retain the curiosity and realise that it has never been easier to start a business and make an impact.
And, respect that while artificial intelligence advances will continue to dramatically change our world and how we live and work, it is not about if but when, it is critical that humans embrace their uniqueness and do not become robots in how they think and behave.
In our just gone seven weeks since launching we've shared 800 minutes of fascinating, inspiring discussions (13+ hours) – 75% listened on a phone; 61% on an Apple iPhone / iPad (53%) or Laptop / desktop (8%); and 52% on the Apple iPhone build in podcast App. Please put your headphones on while walking to or at work, and let the wisdom soak in.
It certainly has been a learning experience, but we are pretty pleased to get started, and gain momentum. Ever evolving the format and skill, with fewer "ums" and "yeps" and mind fades every episode, and increasing sense of playfulness and experimentation. We are so grateful of the high calibre of guests. So far all have been done face-to-face everywhere from Square Holes' funky orange cube Adelaide CBD HQ, to hotel lobbies and corner couches just about anywhere. Skype is likely to come, but the face-to-face human connection is best, so much more travel is on the horizon, and excuse to do so.
More great episodes coming, and please let us know what you think. We'd love any thoughts on guests or topics to explore. mail@squareholes.com or via social media.
Although the leader board is extremely close across all episodes.
Episode #14 Craig Swann 'Award winning Music Technology Vet / Founder @ Looplabs / Free online music making for Everyone' will hopefully be up in the next 24 hours! And, it's another cracker.
Please subscribe, listen, share and leave a (5 STAR) review (please).


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This course is designed as a pathway to understand assessment, and lead on to qualify as an Assessor of Vocational Achievement. It is ideal if you assess or are looking to assess in work and training environments such as workshops and classrooms. It provides routes to understand assessment and qualify as an assessor.
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Samsung Galaxy S4: Faster than Lil' Wayne on Chris Bosh's Wife
Rob Gilmore February 28, 2013, 21:32 November 11, 2019
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is set to be the fastest phone ever
Remember how quick Lil' Wayne was to piss off Chris Bosh after his much deserved ejection from a Miami Heat game? The Galaxy S4 is even faster than that. The phone is set to be announced March 14 at Samsung Unpacked in New York City, according to International Business Times.
Browsermark gave the Samsung GT-I9500, the code name for the S4, a score of 2710 while running the Chrome 25 browser, which is the highest score ever reported, according to International Business Times. Compared to other phones on the market, including the popular and lightening fast HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S3, the S4's browser is "superior to 99 percent" of all other phones, according to the report.
The latest rumor is that the phone will feature Samsung's new eight-core Exynos Octa 5 processor, which can produce speeds up to 1.9 GHz, though some sources have speculated that the phone will continue to operate on the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor that will be seen in the HTC One, according to the International Business Times.
Geeky Gadgets has also reported that the phone may feature different processors for its U.S. and international versions, which is similar to the configuration of the S3. Rumors also speculate that the Galaxy S4 will feature a 5-inch Full HD SoLux 1080p HD display, 2GB of Ram, a microSD card slot and a 13 megapixel camera.
Additional, but more unreliable, rumors suggest that the Galaxy S4 will even have a flexible screen, but since the Korean brand is already pushing the production of such features back for its customers into 2013, it's unlikely the feature will be on this version of the Galaxy S4.
Techradar also reports that the phone will not go on sale until May, likely due to parts shortages. The Galaxy s4 will run Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and is expected to come in 16, 32 and 64 GB models and black and white colors.
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The Shadow War: Inside Russia's and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America
By Jim Sciutto
Read by Jim Sciutto
Jim Sciutto HarperAudio, HarperCollins 9780062853646
3 Formats: Digital Download
3 Formats: CD
3 Formats: MP3 CD
CNN's Chief National Security Correspondent reveals the invisible fronts of twenty-first century warfare and identifies the ongoing battles being waged—often without the public's full knowledge—from disinformation campaigns to advanced satellite weaponry. The United States is currently under attack from multiple adversaries—yet most Americans have no idea of the dangers threatening us. In this eye-opening audiobook, military and intelligence expert and seasoned reporter Jim Sciutto traces the expanding web of attacks that together amount to an undeclared but deeply dangerous war on America. With in-depth reporting from Ukraine to the South China Sea, Cuba to the earth's atmosphere, unprecedented access to America's Space Command, and new information from inside the intelligence agencies tracking election interference, Sciutto draws on his deep knowledge, high-level contacts, and personal experience as a journalist and diplomat to paint the most comprehensive and vivid picture of a nation targeted by a new and disturbing brand of warfare. America is engaged in a Shadow War on multiple fronts, with multiple enemies. The practitioners include America's most familiar adversaries: Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran. But unlike conventional warfare, these conflicts are conducted in the shadows, with no formal declaration and often use multiple sources, from influential businessmen and lawyers to hackers. And it is happening today. But America is adapting and fighting back. In The Shadow War, Sciutto introduces the dizzying array of soldiers, sailors, submariners and their commanders, space engineers, computer scientists, and civilians who are on the front lines of this new kind of forever war. Intensive and disturbing, this invaluable and important work opens our eyes and makes clear that future war is here.
CNN's Chief National Security Correspondent reveals the invisible fronts of twenty-first century warfare and identifies the ongoing battles being waged—often without the public's full knowledge—from disinformation campaigns to advanced satellite weaponry.
The United States is currently under attack from multiple adversaries—yet most Americans have no idea of the dangers threatening us. In this eye-opening audiobook, military and intelligence expert and seasoned reporter Jim Sciutto traces the expanding web of attacks that together amount to an undeclared but deeply dangerous war on America.
With in-depth reporting from Ukraine to the South China Sea, Cuba to the earth's atmosphere, unprecedented access to America's Space Command, and new information from inside the intelligence agencies tracking election interference, Sciutto draws on his deep knowledge, high-level contacts, and personal experience as a journalist and diplomat to paint the most comprehensive and vivid picture of a nation targeted by a new and disturbing brand of warfare.
America is engaged in a Shadow War on multiple fronts, with multiple enemies. The practitioners include America's most familiar adversaries: Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran. But unlike conventional warfare, these conflicts are conducted in the shadows, with no formal declaration and often use multiple sources, from influential businessmen and lawyers to hackers. And it is happening today.
But America is adapting and fighting back. In The Shadow War, Sciutto introduces the dizzying array of soldiers, sailors, submariners and their commanders, space engineers, computer scientists, and civilians who are on the front lines of this new kind of forever war. Intensive and disturbing, this invaluable and important work opens our eyes and makes clear that future war is here.
Author Bio: Jim Sciutto
Jim Sciutto is CNN's Chief National Security Correspondent and CNN Newsroom anchor based in Washington, DC. He reports, anchors. and provides analysis across the network's programs and platforms on all aspects of US national security, including foreign policy, the military, and the intelligence community. Prior to joining CNN, Sciutto served as ABC News' senior foreign correspondent.
Format: Digital Download Format: CD Format: MP3 CD
Available Formats : Digital Download, CD, MP3 CD
Category: Nonfiction/Political Science
Publisher: HarperAudio Publisher: HarperCollins Publisher: HarperCollins
CDs: 8 CDs: 1
ISBN: 9780062930897 ISBN: 9781982657703 ISBN: 9781982657710


WoodFuels provides a comprehensive biomass procurement service for both dedicated biomass plants and co-firing applications.
After founding, building and then selling DG Energy, a private power and biomass electricity generation company with facilities across the US, Steve Mueller founded International WoodFuels, LLC to address the problem he had faced as a biomass electricty producer – sourcing reliable, consistent quality, high volume renewable solid fuels to fire biomass boilers.
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The history of the Residence La Ferriera began in the mid-nineteenth century. The structure was founded as a foundry for metal processing and the production of objects for agricultural use. The fumes produced by the metal fusion were dispersed through the large brick chimneys still visible today.
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Match Report: FC Tampa Bay draws 1-1 with UT
By Alex Updated Mar 5, 2011, 11:48pm EST
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In their first preseason game, the Rowdies looked pretty good, dominating possession and out shooting the University of Tampa Spartans 10-2. The first half clearly belonged to FC Tampa Bay. They had a number of chances, including shots from Mike Ambersley, Pascal Millien, and Aaron King but Spartan keeper David Niepal brought his A-game with some excellent saves. Despite being the superior side in the first half, the Rowdies weren't able to put one in the net and keeper Daryl Sattler wasn't really tested leading to a 0-0 tie at the half.
FC Tampa Bay made a number of substitutions at halftime but looked a bit sluggish at times. in the 66th minute University of Tampa's Kemal Malcolm took a breathtaking free kick from around 28 yards to score the game's first goal. The shot was a sure-footed blast that scorched into the top-right corner of the net giving the host team a 1-0 lead.
As soon as the Rowdies fell behind their pace seemed to pick up. Substitutes Mozzi Gyorio and Chad Burt had excellent games, with Gyorio getting a number of shots on goal, some as direct results of Burt's feeds. The Game-tying goal came in the 81st minute from Haitian native and University of Tampa product Pascal Millien. After receiving a pass from Burt on the left side of the goal he nimbly dribbled around two defenders and slotted it in the bottom corner of the goal, tying the game.
Despite some more solid efforts from the club, there would be no more scoring for the Rowdies as the game ended in a 1-1 draw.
After the game Millien said it felt good to be back after a long off-season. He was disappointed with last year's result and he says he wants to "have more impact on offense" this season. He also praised new Rowdies head coach Ricky Hill.
The Rowdies will next travel to South Florida to take on Swedish first division club BK Häcken on Saturday March 12th. That game starts at 3:30.
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Kilskyre National school has grown significantly over the past nine years. In June 2015 the extension of the 6th classroom was completed.
Fr John Brogan RIP was chairperson of the Board of Management of Kilskyre NS from 2009-2015. Fr Brogan was very involved in school life and had a part to play in the initial planning stages of the extension.
The Board of Management felt it was only fitting that the new extension would be dedicated to the memory of Fr Brogan. Bishop Smith blessed the new building on Friday 28 October 2016 and unveiled a plaque dedicating the building to the memory of Fr Brogan.
Some members of the Brogan family were in attendance for the ceremony. Fr Brogan is greatly missed by everybody in Kilskyre National school but his memory will live on.


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Emanuele Arioli, né le  à Luino (Italie), est un médiéviste et acteur franco-italien. Il est maître de conférences à l'université polytechnique Hauts-de-France.

Biographie
Emanuele Arioli effectue ses études supérieures à l'École normale supérieure de Paris, à l'École nationale des chartes, à la Sorbonne et à l'École normale supérieure de Pise. Il est archiviste paléographe (promotion 2013) et docteur en Etudes médiévales (2017, Collège de France-Sorbonne). Il a publié plusieurs ouvrages sur la littérature médiévale et a reçu plusieurs prix et distinctions, notamment pour sa découverte et sa reconstitution d'un roman médiéval de la Table Ronde auparavant inconnu, intitulé Ségurant ou le Chevalier au Dragon. En 2018, il est nommé maître de conférences en langues et littératures médiévales à l'université polytechnique Hauts-de-France.

Parallèlement à son parcours universitaire, il effectue un double cursus d'art dramatique et de chant lyrique dans les conservatoires de la ville de Paris. Il interprète le rôle de Charles Castro dans France de Bruno Dumont, en compétition officielle au Festival de Cannes en 2021.

Prix et distinctions
 Prix Auguste Molinier 2013 (meilleure thèse de l'École des Chartes) .
 Prix Madeleine Lenoir 2013.
 Lauréat de la Fondation Thiers (2017-2018) .
 Prix de l'Université, Département Val-de-Marne 2018 .
 Prix Louis Forest de la Chancellerie de Paris 2018.

Publications

Ouvrages
 Ségurant ou le Chevalier au dragon : étude d'un roman arthurien retrouvé (s), Paris, Champion (« Nouvelle Bibliothèque du Moyen Âge »), 2019, 540 p. .
 Ségurant ou le Chevalier au dragon : version cardinale (tome 1), éd. E. Arioli, Paris, Champion (« Classiques français du Moyen Âge »), 2019, 402 p. .
 Ségurant ou le Chevalier au dragon : versions complémentaires et alternatives (tome 2), éd. E. Arioli, Paris, Champion (« Classiques français du Moyen Âge »), 2019, 289 p. .
 Le Livre d'Yvain, éd. E. Arioli, Paris, Champion (« Classiques français du Moyen Âge »), 2019, 242 p. .
 Ségurant ou le Chevalier au dragon : roman arthurien inédit (s),  Histoire littéraire de la France, t. 45, Paris, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 2016, 194 p. .
 Bianco da Siena, Serventesi inediti, éd. E. Arioli, Pisa, ETS, 2012, 177 p. .

Chapitre d'ouvrage
 « Notre-Dame et ses contemporains », dans Notre-Dame des écrivains, Paris, Gallimard (« Folio Classique »), 2020, p. 23-49 et 463-471.

Filmographie
 2021 : France de Bruno Dumont : Charles Castro

Notes et références

Liens externes

 Site internet universitaire
 Site internet artistique
 Académie des Incriptions et Belles-Lettres - Note d'information de M. Emanuele Arioli : "Ségurant ou le Chevalier au Dragon : un roman arthurien retrouvé".

Acteur français de cinéma
Acteur français de théâtre
Acteur italien de cinéma
Acteur italien de théâtre
Médiéviste italien
Médiéviste français
Archiviste paléographe
Maître de conférences en littérature
Enseignant à l'université de Valenciennes
Naissance en mars 1988
Naissance à Luino

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Q: call copy constructor from assignment operator function I have a class with a point to dynamically allocated array, so I created copy constructor and assignment operator function. Since copy constructor and assignment operator function do the same work, I call copy constructor from the assignment operator function but get "error C2082: redefinition of formal parameter". I am using Visual Studio 2012.
// default constructor
FeatureValue::FeatureValue()
{
    m_value = NULL;
}

// copy constructor
FeatureValue::FeatureValue(const FeatureValue& other)
{
    m_size = other.m_size;
    delete[] m_value;
    m_value = new uint8_t[m_size];

    for (int i = 0; i < m_size; i++)
    {
        m_value[i] = other.m_value[i];
    }
}

// assignment operator function
FeatureValue& FeatureValue::operator=(const FeatureValue& other)
{
    FeatureValue(other); // error C2082: redefinition of formal parameter
    return *this;
}

A: Short answer - don't do it.
Details:
// copy constructor
FeatureValue::FeatureValue(const FeatureValue& other)
{
    m_size = other.m_size;
    delete[] m_value;      // m_value NOT INITIALISED - DON'T DELETE HERE!
    m_value = new uint8_t[m_size];

    for (int i = 0; i < m_size; i++)
    {
        m_value[i] = other.m_value[i];
    }
}

// assignment operator function
FeatureValue& FeatureValue::operator=(const FeatureValue& other)
{
    FeatureValue(other); // error C2082: redefinition of formal parameter
    return *this;
}

Notes:

*

*When the copy constructor is called, it's constructing the new object with reference to the object being copied, but the default constructor does not run before the copy constructor.  This means m_value has an indeterminate value when the copy constructor starts running - you can assign to it, but to read from it is undefined behaviour, and to delete[] it considerably worse (if anything can be worse than UD! ;-)).  So, just leave out that delete[] line.

Next, if operator= tries to leverage the functionality from the copy constructor, it has to first release any existing data m_value is pointing at or it will be leaked.  Most people try to do that as follows (which is broken) - I think this is what you were trying for:
FeatureValue& FeatureValue::operator=(const FeatureValue& other)
{
    // WARNING - this code's not exception safe...!
    ~FeatureValue();  // call own destructor
    new (this) FeatureValue(other); // reconstruct object
    return *this;
}

The problem with this is that if the creation of FeatureValue fails (e.g. because new can't get the memory it wants), then the FeatureValue object is left with an invalid state (e.g. m_value might be pointing off into space).  Later when the destructor runs and does a delete[] m_value, you have undefined behaviour (your program will probably crash).
You really should approach this more systematically... either writing it out step by step, or perhaps implementing a guaranteed non-throwing swap() method (easy to do... just std::swap() m_size and m_value, and using it ala:
FeatureValue& FeatureValue::operator=(FeatureValue other)
{
    swap(other);
    return *this;
}

That's easy and clean, but it has a couple minor performance/efficiency issues:

*

*keeping any existing m_value array around longer than necessary, increasing peak memory usage... you could call clear().  In practice, most non-trivial programs wouldn't care about this unless the data structure in question was holding huge amounts of data (e.g. hundreds of megabytes or gigabytes for a PC app).

*not even trying to reuse the existing m_value memory - instead always doing another new for other (that can lead to reduced memory usage but isn't always worthwhile).
Ultimately, the reasons there can be distinct copy constructor and operator= - rather than having the compiler automatically create one from the other - is that optimally efficient implementations can't - in general - leverage each other in the way you'd hoped.

A: The offending line isn't what you think it is. It actually declares a variable other of type FeatureValue. This is because constructors to not have names and cannot be called directly.
You can safely invoke the copy assignment operator from the constructor as long as the operator is not declared virtual.
FeatureValue::FeatureValue(const FeatureValue& other)
    : m_value(nullptr), m_size(0)
{
    *this = other;
}

// assignment operator function
FeatureValue& FeatureValue::operator=(const FeatureValue& other)
{
    if(this != &other)
    {
        // copy data first. Use std::unique_ptr if possible
        // avoids destroying our data if an exception occurs
        uint8_t* value = new uint8_t[other.m_size];
        int size = other.m_size;

        for (int i = 0; i < other.m_size; i++)
        {
            value[i] = other.m_value[i];
        }

        // Assign values
        delete[] m_value;
        m_value = value;
        m_size = size;
    }
    return *this;
}

This will works just dandy or you can use the typical guidelines for the copy & swap idiom suggested in Vaughn Cato's answer

A: You can't directly call a constructor like you would any other method.  What you are doing is actually declaring a variable called other of type FeatureValue.
Take a look at the copy-and-swap idiom for a good way to avoid duplication between the assignment operator and the copy constructor: What is the copy-and-swap idiom?
Even better, use a std::vector instead of new and delete.  Then you don't need to write your own copy constructor or assignment operator.

A: The statement FeatureValue(other); actually invokes the copy constructor to create a new Featurevalue object,which has nothing to do with *this.

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The sound of 1,000 voices singing in harmony by candlelight will form the centrepiece of this year's ArtsFest event in Birmingham.
The sound of 1,000 voices singing in harmony by candlelight will form the centrepiece of this year's ArtsFest event in Birmingham.
The Big Voice project will see singers holding candles walking along the streets and canal towpaths of the city centre at dusk.
ArtsFest will also feature performances by Soweto Kinch, Pato Banton, Birmingham Royal Ballet, the CBSO, Birmingham Opera Company, Sampad and the Ex Cathedra choir, along with Steel Pulse at Reggae Rockz.
The Big Voice is arranged by Jeffrey Skidmore, founder and artistic director of Ex Cathedra and the project is led by an artistic team from three of Birmingham's internationally renowned choirs - Ex Cathedra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, and the City of Birmingham Young Voices.
The 1,000 Big Voice singers will be performing Hanacpachap cussicuinin, a 17th century Latin American processional hymn set in Quechua, the language of the Incas.
Hanacpachap cussicuinin involves a simple four-part harmony making it extraordinarily powerful and perfect for The Big Voice, said Mr Skidmore.
"I'm very excited by The Big Voice," he said. "Imagine a thousand voices processing by candlelight along four routes into the city centre, singing haunting, magical Inca prayers as they go.
"It is a wonderful vehicle to enjoy Birmingham's distinguished choral heritage and its cultural diversity."
The procession, on Saturday September 10, will involve four routes into the city centre along major pedestrian walkways and canals, passing through locations such as Broad Street, Corporation Street, the Bullring and the Mailbox.
It will last for approximately 40 minutes with a 20-minute performance in Centenary Square.
Children can also get involved in The Little Voice, a singing procession taking place around Centenary Square and Broad Street on Sunday 11.
Performances will take place in and around the city centre at venues such as Symphony Hall, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, the Mailbox, Brindleyplace, St Martin's Church and the Rep theatre.
ArtsFest 2005 runs from September 9 to 11. More information can be found at www.artsfest.org.uk.


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Q: Bootstrap Carousel: Caption above the content I'm trying to put the caption of Bootstrap Carousel above the content.
It works actually but not properly. If you click on the chevrons you'll see < Item 1 > bouncing... (<= This is the bug and if you're logic you understand the expected behavior with my sentence "How to fix that?")
Demo: Bootply
This is the minimal code : 1 carousel with 3 slides / 2 lines of CSS to make it work / JS to make it work
I think it's due the relative positioning but I don't want to put an absolute position.
This solution helped me : https://stackoverflow.com/a/24607364/6132061
How to fix that? Thank you <3

A: You need to set the fadeOut() and fadeIn() effects duration to zero:
$('.liens-bonus-caption:not(#liens-bonus-'+step+')').fadeOut(0, function() {
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});

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Domino's Pizza Delivers the Birthday Cake
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As we pulled up, we had a welcome from over 30 very excited supporters from the local community and hospital supporters.
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In addition to Jönköpings Södra IF, 36 other teams from 14 different countries played in Gothia Tipselit Trophy (B17). They were divided into 6 different groups, whereof Jönköpings Södra IF could be found in Group 5 together with IFK Norrköping, ASEC and ACBB Paris.
Jönköpings Södra IF made it to Play off B after reaching 3:rd place in Group 5. Once in the playoff they made it all the way to the Final, but lost it against Djurgårdens IF with 1-2. Thereby Jönköpings Södra IF finished second in B17E Play off B during Gothia Cup 2017.


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@interface QBArgumentOption ()

@property (nonatomic, copy, readwrite) NSString *shortString;
@property (nonatomic, copy, readwrite) NSString *longString;
@property (nonatomic, assign, readwrite) QBArgumentOptionType type;

@end

@implementation QBArgumentOption

+ (instancetype)argumentOptionWithShortString:(NSString *)shortString longString:(NSString *)longString type:(QBArgumentOptionType)type
{
    return [[self alloc] initWithShortString:shortString longString:longString type:type];
}

- (instancetype)initWithShortString:(NSString *)shortString longString:(NSString *)longString type:(QBArgumentOptionType)type
{
    self = [super init];

    if (self) {
        // Validate
        NSParameterAssert(shortString);
        NSParameterAssert(longString);
        NSAssert(shortString.length == 1, nil);

        // Set properties
        self.shortString = shortString;
        self.longString = longString;
        self.type = type;
    }

    return self;
}

- (struct option)structure
{
    struct option option = {
        .name = [self.longString UTF8String],
        .has_arg = self.type,
        .flag = NULL,
        .val = [self.shortString characterAtIndex:0]
    };

    return option;
}

- (BOOL)isEqual:(id)other
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Sunshine Vista Apartments feature well appointed apartments that are fully self contained and furnished. Each apartment contains a large open living area, modern kitchen, two bathrooms and two bedrooms. The master bedroom in each apartment has an adjoining ensuite and spa. Colour television and video along with dishwasher, washing machine in clothes dryer are all provided in each apartment. Surrounded by a tropical landscape, these apartments are located only minutes from the golden sands of Sunshine Beach. Your Sunshine Vista apartments lends you to an ideal holiday lifestyle whether it be swimming, surfing, windsurfing or bush walking. Robyn and Neil, the resident managers, will ensure your every need is catered for during your stay, and can advise you and book your local tours and attractions.


We are actively recruiting volunteers, with or without experience in a variety of roles—Fire/EMS, Auxiliary, Junior Fire Fighters. If you're interested, apply today!
We offer an upstairs banquet hall and downstairs meeting room and provide catered banquet services.
Information on how to donate to Bendersville CFC online or by mail.
How to order reflective address signs, business advertising signs, and Bendersville CFC apparel.