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French Film Festival 2018
Fall in love with storytelling magic of French films once again as the French Film Festival 2018 returns to beguile you in the latest and greatest of French cinema!
Be mesmerised by the diverse line-up of close to 30 celebrated masterpieces ranging from heartwarming dramas, irreverent comedies, and exciting children's films that will tug at the heartstring of every movie goer. Great news for thrill-seekers – the festival will also feature a new segment on spine-tingling French horror and thriller films, including a retrospective on the legendary director Henri-Georges Clouzot who was known for his work in the genre. They will have you gripping the edge of your seat from start to finish.
From 8th - 18th November.
JUST A BREATH AWAY - (DANS LA BRUME)
Mathieu will stop at nothing to find a cure for his 11-year-old daughter Sarah's childhood illness, which confined her to a hermetic, bubble-like chamber since she was born. When a sudden earthquake hits Paris and a deadly gas cloud begins to spread across the city, Mathieu and his wife Anna are forced to seek refuge on the top floor of their apartment building – leaving Sarah behind in her chamber. With the fog showing no signs of clearing, Mathieu and Anna are in a race against time to save their daughter as the batteries powering Sarah's chamber start to run out.
DIRECTOR: Daniel Roby
CAST: Romain Duris, Olga Kurylenko, Fantine Harduin
LANGUAGE: In French with English subtitles
FRIDAY 9 NOV, 8.00PM - ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE
*Special screening followed by a Q&A with Romain Duris, Olga Kurylenko, producer Guillaume Colboc and producer-screenwriter Guillaume Lemans
SATURDAY 10 NOV, 7.00PM - SHAW THEATRES LIDO
SUNDAY 11 NOV, 4.30PM - ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE
THURSDAY 15 NOV, 8.00PM - THE PROJECTOR
SINK OR SWIM - (LE GRAND BAIN)
A group of men in their 40s, all on the verge of a mid-life crisis, decide to form their local pool's first ever synchronized swimming team for men. Trained by a disgraced champion trying to pull herself together, the group sets out on an unlikely adventure while braving the skepticism and ridicule from everyone around them. Along the way, they regain their self-esteem whilst learning more about one another and ultimately, themselves.
DIRECTOR: Gilles Lellouche
CAST: Mathieu Amalric, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Guillaume Canet, Virginie Efira, Marina Foïs, Philippe Katerine, Benoit Poelvoorde
RATING: TBA
WEDNESDAY 14 NOV, 7.00PM - SHAW THEATRES LIDO
SATURDAY 17 NOV, 5.00PM - ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE
SUNDAY 18 NOV, 7.30PM - THE PROJECTOR
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN, FRIENDS FOR LIFE
(BELLE ET SÉBASTIEN, LE DERNIER CHAPITRE)
In the final segment of this trilogy, Belle is now a mother-of-three and Sebastian is 12 years old. His father decides to move to Canada but he refuses to leave the mountain. In addition, Sebastian faces a new threat: Joseph, who claims to be Belle's rightful owner. Sebastian sets out to do all it takes to protect his best friend and her three puppies.
DIRECTOR: Clovis Cornillac
CAST: Félix Bossuet, Tchéky Karyo, Clovis Cornillac
GENRE: Adventure, Youth
SATURDAY 10 NOV, 11.00AM - ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE
SUNDAY 11 NOV, 4.30PM - SHAW THEATRES LIDO
FRIDAY 16 NOV, 7.00PM - SHAW THEATRES LIDO
French dancers gather in a remote, empty school building to rehearse on a wintry night. The all-night celebration morphs into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn their sangria is laced with LSD.
*Winner of CICAE Art Cinema Award at the Director's Fortnight International Cannes Film Festival
DIRECTOR: Gaspar Noé
CAST: Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub
RATING: R21 (Sexual scene and drug content)
FRIDAY 9 NOV, 9.30PM - SHAW THEATRES LIDO
SATURDAY 10 NOV, 7.00PM - NATIONAL GALLERY SINGAPORE, NGEE ANN KONGSI AUDITORIUM
C'EST LA VIE! - (LE SENS DE LA FÊTE)
Having been a caterer for over 30 years, Max has organised hundreds of parties and he's even a bit over it.
Today it's a magnificent wedding in a seventeenth century château, and Pierre and Helena are getting married. As usual, Max has coordinated everything: he's hired his brigade of waiters, cooks, and dishwashers, advised the couple on a photographer, reserved the orchestra, arranged the floral decorations and so on. In short, all the ingredients have been brought together to ensure the celebration is a success. But as a series of unfortunate events begins to disrupt the finely-timed planning, each moment of happiness risks turning into a disaster.
DIRECTOR: Eric Toledano & Olivier Nakache
CAST: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Gilles Lellouche, Eye Haïdara
SATURDAY 10 NOV, 5.00PM - THE PROJECTOR
FRIDAY 16 NOV, 9.15PM - ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE
DIABOLIQUE - (LES DIABOLIQUES)
In this psychological thriller, the wife and mistress of a loathed school principal hatch a plan to murder him while concocting the perfect alibi. They carry out the plan but his body disappears, and a series of strange occurrences ensue.
DIRECTOR: Henri-Georges Clouzot
CAST: Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Paul Meurisse
GENRE: Thriller, Adventure
FRIDAY 9 NOV, 11.50PM - SHAW THEATRES LIDO
ERNEST AND CELESTINE: BLIZZARD - (ERNEST ET CÉLESTINE EN HIVER)
Ernest, a big bear who likes to play music lives in a home with Célestine, a little orphan mouse. As Ernest prepares to hibernate, Celestine goes in search of the perfect ingredients to make him a batch of yummy cookies. These unlikely friends reunite in this beautifully animated and heartwarming tale.
DIRECTOR: Julien Chheng & Jean-Christophe Roger
GENRE: Animation, Youth
In 1975 in Phnom Penh, Chou leads an enchanted life until one morning when the Khmer Rouge madness plunges Cambodia into horror. The population is deported to camps and Chou's confronted to the pain of powerlessness. When her 4-year-old son is snatched from her by a feeling crowd, her world falls apart but she never loses hope as she fights to save her son and keep her family together in a barbaric time.
*Winner of Cristal Award for Best Feature Film at Annecy International Animated Film Festival
DIRECTOR: Denis Do
VOICES: Bérénice Béjo, Louis Garrel
THURSDAY 15 NOV, 7.00PM - ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE
*Screening followed by a Q&A with the director Denis Do
FRIDAY 16 NOV, 8.00PM - THE PROJECTOR
EYES WITHOUT A FACE - (LES YEUX SANS VISAGE)
When a surgeon gets into a car accident that leaves his daughter permanently disfigured, he goes to extreme lengths in order to perform a face transplant for her.
DIRECTOR: Georges Franju
CAST: Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli
RATING: PG13 (Some disturbing scenes)
FRIDAY 9 NOV, 7.40PM - THE PROJECTOR
A mother of two inherits a house and the family is confronted with murderous intruders on the first night in their new home. They manage to survive the ordeal but younger sister Vera is left psychologically scarred. Sixteen years later, when the family returns to the house, strange occurrences begin to take place.
DIRECTOR: Pascal Laugier
CAST: Crystal Reed, Anastasia Phillips, Emilia Jones, Mylène Farmer
RATING: NC16 (Violence and some nudity)
RAW - (GRAVE)
When a young vegetarian undergoes a carnivorous hazing ritual at veterinary school, an insatiable taste for meat begins to grow in her.
DIRECTOR: Julia Ducournau
CAST: Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Naït Oufella
GENRE: Horror, Drama
RATING: R21 (Gore and some homosexual content)
WEDNESDAY 14 NOV, 7.30PM - THE PROJECTOR
THURSDAY 15 NOV, 9.30PM - SHAW THEATRES LIDO
THE NIGHT EATS THE WORLD - (LA NUIT A DÉVORÉ LE MONDE)
After waking up in a blood-spattered apartment where a party was raging only a night before, Sam is forced to come to grips with reality: he is now alone and the living dead have invaded the streets of Paris. Petrified with fear, he has to barricade himself inside the building and ensure his own survival. But is he really the sole survivor?
DIRECTOR: Dominique Rocher
CAST: Anders Danielsen Lie, Golshifteh Farahani, Denis Lavant
RATING: NC16 (Some violence)
WEDNESDAY 14 NOV, 9.30PM - ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE
JUST TO BE SURE - (ÔTEZ-MOI D'UN DOUTE)
Erwan, an unshakeable mine-clearing expert, suddenly loses his footing when he learns that his father is not his biological father. Despite all the love he feels for the man who raised him, Erwan secretly sets out to find and learn more about his father. He turns out to be an endearing elderly man named Joseph, whom Erwan becomes fond of. As good things come in pairs, Erwan crosses paths with the elusive Anna, who he undertakes to seduce.
DIRECTOR: Carine Tardieu
CAST: François Damiens, Cécile de France
THURSDAY 8 NOV, 8.00PM - THE PROJECTOR
ONE NATION ONE KING - (UN PEUPLE ET SON ROI)
Paris, 1789, French Revolution. The Bastille has been stormed and a breath of liberty blows through the streets of Paris. Françoise, a young washerwoman, and Basile, a drifter with neither name, nor family, together discover the unique exhilaration of revolution and love. With their comrades and the working-class people of Paris, they begin to realise a dream of emancipation in the newly formed assembly where they witness, with both hopes and doubts, the creation of a new political system. Within their debates and the riots on the streets hold the fate of their once sacred king and the birth of a republic. Freedom has a story.
DIRECTOR: Pierre Schoeller
CAST: Louis Garrel, Gaspard Ulliel, Adèle Haenel
RATING: NC16 (Some violence and nudity)
TUESDAY 13 NOV, 8.00PM - ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE
ORPHAN - (ORPHELINE)
The film follows the lives of four distinct female characters: a little country girl, caught up in a tragic game of hide-and-seek; a promiscuous teenage runaway desperate to escape her grim family life; a young woman who moves to Paris and has a brush with disaster; and finally an adult woman who leads an uneventful life but has more than a few secrets of her own. Soon, it becomes apparent that these four characters are but one and the same.
DIRECTOR: Arnaud des Pallières
CAST: Adèle Haenel, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Solène Rigot
TUESDAY 13 NOV, 7.00PM - SHAW THEATRES LIDO
SUNDAY 18 NOV, 11.00AM - ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE
PROMISE AT DAWN - (LA PROMESSE DE L'AUBE)
From his difficult childhood in Poland and adolescence beneath the sun of Nice, to his adventures as a pilot in Africa during the Second World War, Romain Gary has lived an extraordinary life.
The autobiography of the late French novelist and filmmaker offers a closer look at the driving force – his mother Nina. His love for his dear and eccentric mother made him one of the most prolific novelists of the twentieth century. But over time, his boundless maternal love also proved to be a burden he would have to carry throughout his entire life.
DIRECTOR: Eric Barbier
CAST: Pierre Niney, Charlotte Gainsbourg
GENRE: Biopic
At the age of 43, film star Guillaume Canet has every reason to be happy. Yet his lacklustre life with girlfriend Marion, his son, his country house, and his horses all make him look like a has-been. When his young co-star tells him he has lost his sex appeal and star power, Guillaume is determined to prove her wrong. To do so, he must change everything, and change them fast – surprising his loved ones on the great lengths he will go.
DIRECTOR: Guillaume Canet
CAST: Guillaume Canet, Marion Cotillard
RATING: M18 (Sexual scenes)
MONDAY 12 NOV, 6.30PM - SHAW THEATRES LIDO
THE BIG BAD WOLF AND OTHER TALES - (LE GRAND MÉCHANT RENARD ET AUTRES CONTES)
A gang of animal misfits – a fox who mothers a family of chicks, a rabbit that acts like a stork and a duck who wants to replace Santa Claus – embark on a series of hilarious misadventures, proving that life in the countryside is far from peaceful.
DIRECTOR: Benjamin Renner and Patrick Imbert
LANGUAGE: Dubbed in English
*Snack at 4pm followed by the screening at 4.30pm
THE MURDERER LIVES AT NUMBER 21 - (L'ASSASSIN HABITE AU 21)
Inspector Wens is assigned the case of a serial killer who leaves a calling card on his victims : Monsieur Durand. Learning that he is one of the tenants of a boarding house at No. 21 Avenue Junot, Wens takes a room in the guise of a Protestant minister to investigate. Suspects are arrested, but while each is in jail, there's another murder.
CAST: Pierre Fresnay, Suzy Delair, Jean Tissier
THE MYSTERY OF PICASSO - (LE MYSTÈRE PICASSO)
A documentation of Pablo Picasso in the act of creating paintings, the film enables us to gain deeper insights into his creative process at work.
THE PRAYER - (LA PRIÈRE)
To kick his drug-taking habit, twenty-two-year-old Thomas joins an isolated community in the mountains. Run by former drug addicts, the members overcome their addiction through prayer and hard labour. Here, Thomas discovers the meaning of friendship, love, and faith.
*Anthony Bajon won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at Berlin International Film Festival 2018
DIRECTOR: Cédric Kahn
CAST: Anthony Bajon, Damien Chapelle, Alex Brendemühl
RATING: R21 (Sexual scene)
TUESDAY 13 NOV, 8.00PM - THE PROJECTOR
WAGES OF FEAR - (LE SALAIRE DE LA PEUR)
In a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.
*Winner of Palme d'Or at Cannes International Film Festival 1953
CAST: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck
3 DAYS IN QUIBERON - (3 JOURS A QUIBERON)
A fictionalised account of an extensive three-day interview given by European actress Romy Schneider to two journalists a year before her tragic death, the film paints the portrait of a tortured star struggling to be understood as she vents her frustrations about her career and her own motherhood. But she seemed to find a sense of hope and solace in a tender relationship with one of the journalists, Lebeck.
*Screened in conjunction with the German Film Festival Singapore.
Co-presented in partnership with the Goethe-Institut
DIRECTOR: Emily Atef
CAST: Marie Bäumer, Birgit Minichmayr, Charly Hübner as Robert Lebeck, Robert Gwisdek
LANGUAGE: In German, French with English subtitles
RATING: NC16
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - (BELLE ET SEBASTIEN)
Based on the eponymous book by Cécile Aubry, this reboot takes place in the French Alps, in a peaceful village right before World War II and the German invasion. Sebastian, a lonely boy, encounters Belle, a stray dog. The pair makes an instant connection and their friendship is steadfast, notwithstanding the hardships of the war.
DIRECTOR: Nicolas Vanier
CAST: Félix Bossuet, Tchéky Karyo
SUNDAY 18 NOV, 12.00PM - OUR TAMPINES HUB
TOMORROW - (DEMAIN)
As mankind is threatened by the collapse of the ecosystems, Cyril, Mélanie, Alexandre, Laurent, Raphäel and Antoine, travel the world in search of solutions that can save their children, and with them, future generations. Using the most successful experiments in every area (agriculture, energy, habitat, economy, education, democracy, etc) they try to put back together the puzzle which may tell a new story of the future.
*Winner of a César Award for Best Documentary in 2016.
DIRECTOR: Cyril Dion, Mélanie Laurent
SUNDAY 18 NOV, 5.00PM - OUR TAMPINES HUB
ELEANOR'S SECRET - (KERITY, LA MAISON DES CONTES)
In a house bequeathed to his family by his eccentric aunt, seven-year-old Nat discovers a magical library where popular storybook characters come to life. They are counting on him for protection because if they leave the library, they will disappear along with their stories forever. When his parents start selling off the books, Nat, who is shrunk by the evil witch Carabosse, braves everything to save his tiny friends.
*Awarded with special mention at Annecy International Animated Film Festival in 2010.
DIRECTOR: Dominique Monféry
GENRE: Animation, Fiction
SHORT ANIMATION FILMS BY FOLIMAGE
A curated series of short animation films for the young children, produced by Folimage Studio:
The Apartment's Cat (Le chat d'appartement) by Sarah Ropper – 1998 – 7 mins (no dialogue).
The Too Little Prince (Le trop petit prince) by Zoïa Trofimova – 2002 – 7 mins (no dialogue).
The Little Pocket Man (Le petit bonhomme de poche) by Ana Chubinidze – 2017 – 7 mins (no dialogue).
Nicolas & Guillemette by Virginie Taravel – 2008 – 10 mins.
The Law of the Strongest (La loi du plus fort) by Pascale Hecquet – 2015 – 7 mins (no dialogue).
Marine Circuit (Circuit Marine) by Isabelle Favez – 2003 – 8 mins (no dialogue).
VENUES & PRICING:
Level 1, 1 Sarkies Road – Singapore 258130
Tickets are available on Alliance Française ticketing website and SISTIC website: www.sistic.com.sg, SISTIC Mobile Ticketing: wap.sistic.com.sg, SISTIC Hotline: 6348 5555 or SISTIC outlets islandwide. Price are inclusive of GST but exclude SISTIC fee per ticket.
Pricing: S$ 13.00 or S$ 15.00* (Non-Members)
S$ 11.00 or S$ 13.00* (AF and Singapore Film Society Members)
*More information on Alliance Française website.
Special screening "Just a Breath Away" on 9 November:
S$ 19.00 (Non-Members) and S$ 16.00 (AF and Singapore Film Society Members)
Shaw Theatres Lido
350 Orchard Road, 5th/6th Floor, Shaw House – Singapore 238868
Tickets are available at all Shaw Theatres or online.
Pricing (excludes online booking fees):
S$ 15.00 (General Public) and S$ 13.00 (Singapore Film Society Members)*
*Terms and conditions apply:
Valid for a maximum of 1 discounted ticket per valid Singapore Film Society membership card per film. Not valid with other promotions, offers and discounts.
Not valid for online or mobile bookings.
The Projector
6001 Beach Road, #05-00 Golden Mile Tower – Singapore 199589
Tickets are available at The Projector Box Office or online.
Pricing: S$ 13.50 (Standard)
S$ 11.50 (Concession for Seniors – 55 and above, Students, National Servicemen, Persons with Disabilities, Domestic Helpers + Singapore Film Society members)*
*Relevant ID or Singapore Film Society Film Addict card to be presented at the door for verification.
Festive Plaza, 1 Tampines Walk – Singapore 528523
Our Tampines Hub (Abbreviation: OTH) is Singapore's first-ever integrated community and lifestyle building in Tampines. It is located on the grounds of the former Tampines Stadium and Tampines Sports Hall and is part of the Tampines Regional Centre development.
The complex was opened by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on 6 August 2017.
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD's vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all. #The Maze Was Just the Beginning.
Genres: Science Fiction, Action, Thriller, Adventure
Actors: Dylan O'Brien, Ki Hong Lee, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter Darden, Alexander Flores, Jacob Lofland, Rosa Salazar, Giancarlo Esposito, Patricia Clarkson, Aidan Gillen, Lili Taylor, Barry Pepper
Director: Denise Chamian, Sanja Milković Hays
Popularity: 104.74
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)
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It is quite an automatic instinct to compare and contrast the first installment of 2014's 'The Maze Runner' with the arrival of the latest entry in director Wes Ball's distant dystopian drama 'Maze Runner: Scorch Trials'. The original blueprint effectively captured a unique time and place of mystique and other morbid curiosities. The audience was craftily introduced to The Glade, a head-scratching venue out in the middle of nowhere while being surrounded by a massive maze that pretty much rendered its survivors in vulnerability and uncertainty. Well, 'Maze Runner: Scorch Trials' looks to revisit that same kind of mystifying aura where our young and daring protagonists face the surreal obstacles in a futuristic facility that begs for the same kind of grandiose ambivalence. Sadly, 'Scorch Trials' is a derivative follow-up shadow of its former pronounced presentation. This formulaic fantasy fails to provide any distinctive punch or promise to its more competent predecessor. As a post-apocalyptic Young Adult-oriented narrative 'Maze Runner: Scorch Trials' never really invests in its adventurous characterizations that seem to blankly react to the jittery surroundings without any genuine conviction. It certainly is not advisable to saddle a pack of imperiled individuals in a cocoon of dream-like devastation and not have them equally match the imaginative SF sensibilities of their enthralling, enveloped universe. One can speculate as to whether 'Maze Runner: Scorch Trials' does any justice to the James Dashner epic-driven YA novels or not. Still, there should be a sense of excitable freshness and intrigue to this eye-opening film project that comes off strangely as remote and mechanical despite the whimsical feel to its wasteland of wonderment. Sure, some will be partially engaged in the exploits of our young harried heroes bouncing from post to post in a desolate desert known as the Scorch where unpredictable encounters with undesirable creatures and the regional elements are recounted with Ball's simplistic by-the-dots direction. There will be your predictable share of over-the-top villains, outlandish yet awestruck special effects imagery and a centerpiece for youth-oriented romancing among the ruins. However, 'Maze Runner: Scorch Trials' should do a better job in whisking its viewers away in a bells-and-whistles story that should be convincingly subversive and challenging. Back in the Maze mold madness is Glade stud Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) and his band of fellow wanderers in Theresa (Kaya Scodelario), Minho (Ki Hong Lee), Newt (Thomas Brodie-Sangster), and Frypan (Dexter Darden). The group had learned that their 'a-MAZE-ing' (sorry…could not resist) past experiences had been at the devilish hands of the evil paramilitary outfit known as WCKD (as in the pronounced word 'wicked'). The head honcho of the aforementioned WCKD is none other than diabolical diva Dr. Ava Paige (Patricia Clarkson). So now Thomas and his endangered entourage (along with a few more disposable tag-a-longs) are forced to roam in the treacherous Scorch where the ominous run-ins with the resident beastly zombie Cranks are inevitable. Of course, there are other factors working against Thomas and his Gladers. First, they must constantly hunt for their safety guaranteed in the arms of the resistance faction called The Right Hand based in mountainous terrain. Secondly, there is also the matter of an outbreak known as the Solar Flare virus that is running amok and the cure is to draw blood from those that are immune. The underhanded Janson (Aiden Gillen, from television's 'Game Of Thrones') heads up the laboratory where the shifty agenda for collecting pure blood from unsuspecting hosts is hatched. So the dilemma is presented as such: should Thomas and his put-upon colleagues be the sacrificial lambs in an experimentation that could benefit the numerous lives of their exposed society? The problem, among others, is that 'Maze Runner: Scorch Trials' never seems to distinguish itself among the crop of other YA-related feature films that seem collectively familiar in theme and tone. The long line of impish and impulsive fare that includes 'The Hunger Games' film franchise and 'Divergent' movie series has already saturated the movie market to the point of no return. Unfortunately, this leaves little room for error for derivative knock-off films such as 'Maze Runner: Scorch Trials' to not only echo the same kind of entertainment value but be considered a few notches off the scale in doing so. T.S. Nowlin's screenplay is shockingly synthetic and that is inexcusable for an escapist SF flick using Dashner's colourful and descriptive tomes as its inspirational source. A few of the interesting supporting characters come and go while registering some servicing interest such as the dashing duo Jorge and Brenda (Giancarlo Esposito and Rosa Salazar) that befriend the Gladers en route to their destination for comfort and calmness. Gillen's Janson is serviceable as the slimy opportunist blood baiter. Otherwise, the main performers that make up this cosmetic caper bring little to uplift this pseudo calculating landscape of imagined isolation and desperation. Somehow, the charismatic presence of both O'Brien's Thomas and Scodelario's Theresa seem watered down from the first film. For the second time around it is kind of a tough sell for 'Scorch Trials' to get the obligatory mouse to chase after the cheese in this particular misplaced maze. Maze Runner: Scorch Trials (2015) 20th Century Fox 2 hrs. 11 mins. Starring: Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter Darden, Ki Hong Lee, Patricia Clarkson, Aidan Gillen, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosa Salazar, Lilli Taylor and Barry Pepper Directed by: Wes Ball MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre: Sci-Fi Fantasy/Dystopian Drama/Young Adult Action & Suspense Critic's rating: ** stars (out of 4 stars)
> The adventure expands outside the maze to seek the answers. Another teen movie in the mid series on the line of 'Divergent' and 'Hunger Games'. As an adult, I don't know what to expect from it, but entertainment was the priority. The first film was just an introduction that happened in a small and a single location like the film 'Cube'. Now it has outspread in a large extent with more new characters and takes a wider adventure in the wastelands. Many doubts from the previous film were cleared, yet a few need to be clarified and hoping for the next one to do that job. But anyway the suspense was this franchise's specialty, that simply reminds us the TV series 'Lost'. This second part can be compared with plenty of other post apocalyptic films, but still I liked it better than the first. The best thing was they retained the same director and he's going to be here for the next film as well. But I'm more interested in the prequel, I mean the fourth film than the third which brings an end to the story moving forward. Because the maze holds the key for many unresolved issues. So I'm anticipating the prequel trilogy than the current one to learn how it all began. Surprisingly, many new additions like zombies, bounty hunters in the mainstream boosted the film with its variety. Gives us a creepy atmosphere, along thrilling running and chasing. The twist was not that great, but kind of unpredictable, and again due to the mysteries surrounding it, it created more curious about what might happen next. 6½/10
Let's get to the point. This is bad. A dystopian future full of conspiracies in which we throw the typical ingredients thinking that, magically, would make a good movie: teenagers, zombies, a "Mad-Max"-like desert and a stupid story in which main characters and their enemies behave stupidly at every step. Quite a forgettable one ...
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I believe the adage is meant to go "Ask me no questions and I tell you no lies". _Scorch Trials_ however seemed to be trialling the new "I pose you 500 questions, I tell you no answers". But there's still some interesting things to find the further the movie goes on. It lacks the cohesion of the first movie, for sure, but there's more going on, so that tracks. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn't quite work as a whole._
Trailer: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to kill the new head of the...
Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is...
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as "V" conducts guerrilla warfare against the...
When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town...
When a group of college students finds a mysterious book and recording in the old wilderness cabin they've rented for the weekend, they unwittingly...
Ash is transported back to medieval days, where he is captured by the dreaded Lord Arthur. Aided by the deadly chainsaw that has become his only...
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
As Lord Voldemort tightens his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds, Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven. Harry suspects perils may even lie...
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks...
A Trip to the Moon (1902)
Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon....
Gattaca (1997)
In a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics, humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. Young Vincent Freeman is born with a...
Escape from New York (1981)
In the future, crime is out of control and New York City's Manhattan is a maximum security prison. Grabbing a bargaining chip right out of the air,...
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.

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This one was surprisingly fun! It's not a book I would have normally picked up, but I needed a title that started with Z for my #LitsyAtoZ challenge, and this one was a free Kindle download, so I figured, what the heck?
A bit of a spoof, the character has a wry humor and strong pinch of the absurd, but it works. I laughed aloud several times. I actually thoroughly enjoyed the story, and it's so short, I almost wanted more. Good thing this is the first in a series. I might even check out the second novella. 4.5 stars.


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The idea that Tony Abbott's decision to withdraw his support for the government's proposed retrospective extension of public funding is somehow a plus for the government is bizarre, and demonstrates just why the government and its supporters are losing the Australian people.
It's being pushed by all and sundry. I've heard Mark Dreyfus hum the tune, Bill Shorten as well, and in some of the worst political analysis I have read for a while, Michelle Grattan decided to harmonise on it: "Abbott's backflip is a godsend for the government".
No, what would have been a "godsend" is if he hadn't backflipped. Then he wouldn't have been mired in the same grubby sty as them. Instead he's seen as being flawed, but ultimately having the good sense to listen to the public and step back from the mud bath.
This government runs a deficit in honesty even larger than its financial one. When its spokesmen step up and condemn Abbott for dishonesty all they do is draw attention to their own deficiencies.
What sort of promise is it that Abbott has broken anyway? An undertaking to the government to back a bill that he now realises he shouldn't have given in the first place.
In the hierarchy of promises this is pretty low grade stuff. It's not a promise that he made to the Australian people unlike the promises the government has been breaking ("There will be no carbon tax", "you will get a tax cut" etc).
And if the government had any sense it would have broken its implied promise to Tony Abbott to introduce the bill before he could have withdrawn his support.
The truth about promises is that the public don't care if you break them when breaking them means you do what the public wants. The public views that as democracy in action, not dishonesty.
As it stands at the moment, the smartest thing the government could do is to give credit to Tony Abbott, apologise for their mistake, and move on. But they won't and can't. Self-righteousness and hatred of Abbott govern their every action, and as a result they turn every issue into a wedge between them and the Australian people.
I ran into an erstwhile opponent this morning, a former ALP state member. It was at a Liberal Party fundraiser.
When I asked him what he was doing there he first told me that he was just a "businessman" these days, but then volunteered that Anna Bligh and Julia Gillard had trashed Labor's brand and that he couldn't vote Labor anymore.
You're in real trouble when people who were your majors just a few years ago have defected to the other side.
I wonder how many of the departing Labor members will be voting Labor this election?
I have to agree with you ,Graham,the critism of Abbott for renegging on the deal is totally bizarre.
Anna had similar tatics here in Queensland.
It comes from not having any Policies of your own that are worth defending. All that is left is to attact the opposition, preferably, on a personal level.
At a time of budget shortfalls/crisis, I don't see anyone except Blokes like Faulkner, walking away from this with a clean skin.
Reportedly, Mr Abbott put his signature to a document?
That said, the sooner we have all elections paid for via the public purse, rather than private donations the better.
Particularly, when one understands very large private donations can be addressed to party headquarters, rather than individuals, and therefore, it would seem, face far less scrutiny than donations to private members?
Or create an integrity destroying debt burden that then must be "repaid" down the line?
We don't want to follow the highly flawed example of the US, where some very powerful people, clearly believe elections and or power, can be bought and sold?
What the dickens is this author on about?
Tony has broken so many promises, undertakings and oaths, some in blood, that I struggle to understand what is being said.
Apart, that is, that the author has no qualms about the bloke again trashing his own brand.
So, pray tell, what broken promise prompted this renewal of the vow of undying commitment?


Christopher Shun Hamby walked off the Montgomery job at about 3:15 p.m. on Friday.
An Alabama man serving time at a minimum security prison facility left a job site in Montgomery on Friday, prison officials say.
The Alabama Department of Corrections issued an escape notice for Christopher Shun Hamby on Friday afternoon.
Hamby left the Montgomery job site at about 3:15 p.m.
The 36-year-old was incarcerated at the Red Eagle Work Camp, a prison facility north of the city of Montgomery.
"If you have any information concerning the whereabouts of this escapee, please notify your local law enforcement agency, the facility from which the inmate escaped or call the Alabama Dept. of Corrections at 1-800-831-8825," the escape release stated.
According to inmate records, Hamby was convicted of trafficking methamphetamine. He had previous property theft convictions.


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Depth at DB is issue in preseason finale
To realize how important the final roster decisions in his secondary will be, all Dom Capers has to do is think back to the final game of each of his first two seasons as Green Bay's defensive coordinator.
In the 2009 NFC Wild Card playoff at Arizona, the Packers never adequately compensated for the injury to cornerback Al Harris and got torched by quarterback Kurt Warner to the tune of five touchdown passes.
Then, last season, in Super Bowl XLV, the depth was strong enough to withstand in-game injuries to corners Charles Woodson and Sam Shields, and the Packers beat the Steelers to win it all.
"You can never have enough of those guys," Capers said, referring to defensive backs, particularly cover corners. "You always have to be conscious you can get short there in a hurry."
Which brings us to Thursday's preseason finale, which is the final step in the evaluation process to determine the depth in the secondary for 2011.
In Capers' two seasons running the defense, the Packers have kept either nine or 10 defensive backs on the final roster. The top three at each position are set – corners Tramon Williams, Woodson and Shields, and safeties Nick Collins, Morgan Burnett and Charlie Peprah.
After that, there are plenty of options.
Sixth-year veteran and special-teams regular Jarrett Bush, who came up big in the Super Bowl with an interception, could be the key player in the mix. He can play both corner and safety, and his versatility could lead to any number of scenarios.
If Bush is the fourth corner expected to play a fair amount in the dime package, that could leave a fourth safety spot to be decided amongst Brandon Underwood, Anthony Levine, M.D. Jennings and Anthony Bratton.
Levine appeared early on in camp to be making a run at the fourth safety spot, but a concussion has limited him to just one preseason game. The versatility of Underwood, a converted cornerback, could work to his advantage. Jennings had an interception in the preseason opener in Cleveland. Capers called the fourth safety spot "up for grabs."
Then again, if the coaches are comfortable with Bush as the fourth safety, an extra player from the young crop of corners could stick. Davon House, Josh Gordy, Pat Lee and Brandian Ross are all in the mix for roster spots, but there's no telling how many are available.
House, a rookie fourth-round pick, didn't make his preseason debut until last week due to a hamstring injury, and he appeared to be just getting back to full speed this week. "What we've seen of him, we think he has potential, but we need to see a lot more of him," Capers said.
Amongst the others, Gordy had a pick and a sack in Cleveland, Lee was the other effective Super Bowl sub when the defense desperately needed one, and Ross had a pick-six on "Family Night" and an interception in the end zone to prevent an Arizona touchdown in the second preseason game.
Of course, all these defensive backs have had their rough moments, as well, which is why Thursday night is so important for them. It's their last chance to state their case.
The same can be said for the other position groups on defense. The defensive line, inside linebackers and outside linebackers were all hit with injuries at different times a year ago, forcing Capers to dig into his depth as well as rebuild some positions with street free agents.
"It's not if, it's going to be when," Capers said regarding the need for capable reserves all across his depth chart. "We've got some younger guys who are potentially ascending guys. The challenge to us is how soon do we have to use them, and how prepared are they and how ready are they for the bright lights once they're thrown into the fray?
"It'll be just a matter of time before some of those guys will have to be playing for us."
Especially, perhaps, in the secondary.
"Our game's become more of a matchup game," Capers said. "If you can't match up on a team's third and fourth wide receiver, you're probably going to have a long day."


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Pluto's rotation axis appears incorrect?
Pluto's rotation axis appears to be off. The North Pole in SpaceEngine appears to be pointing in between the constellations Ursa Minor and Draco. Information from NASA and other astronomical software say's it's pointing in between the constellations Delphinus and Equuleus.
If so, will there be a revision of Pluto in a future update of SpaceEngine?
I'm sorry if this post was posted in the wrong place, there's a lot of navigating here to learn, there's so much stuff here.


The Guggenheim New York is a series of mechanically produced sculptures. A machine takes models of canonical building and dips these into paint, over and over again. On one hand, I am interested in how the process of additive subtraction --- the layering of paint, over a highly described form --- archives the decay of form while leading to a new formal language. On the other hand, I am searching for the moment when an object changes its medium condition – the point when architecture becomes art. At the same time, all of these works problematize the issue of scale. As models, the pieces exist on a 1:200 scale. Yet as objects, they also exist in a 1:1 scale; the material properties of the paint together with the physical resistance of gravity, room temperature and humidity etc. make the process un-scalable bound to the 1:1. The pieces thus collapse from being distinctly in the realm of architecture and art into a mutual medium condition - a 1:200 : 1:1 scale that superimposes the representational with the actual object nature within one thing.
dimensions: each ~ 6" x 3.75" x 4"
While Still Before Us After All places Kai Franz's art in conversation with the architecture of List Art Building, designed by iconic American modernist Philip Johnson. New sculptures included here were conceived in response to the grids of concrete, stone, and wood in the List Art lobby. The sculptures are reminiscent of the texture and tone of Brutalist concrete architecture, yet the variability and dynamics of their forms appear organic and expressive.
Franz's sculptures play with how architecture produces form and architecture's relationship to matter and materiality in the digital age. Beginning as drawings created with computer-aided-design (CAD) software, Franz's sculptures are fabricated through the artist's custom computer-aided-manufacturing (CAM) process. A modified architectural plotting machine first deposits sand, then it drops resin onto the landscape of sand, building the sculptures layer by layer. While akin to 3D printing, Franz's technique surrenders the control implied in the CAD and CAM processes to embrace the fluidity and unpredictability of the materials as the resin seeps through the sand along the path of least resistance.
The exhibition features new and recent sculptures by Franz including his first large-scale sculptural work. Accompanying the sculptures, the video work The Particles Fell Silent presents animations of Franz's CAD drawings subjected to artificial forces and dynamics. A dialogue unfolds between two particles in the drawings, revealing a playfulness at the heart of Franz's compositions. More than static, fixed forms, the sculptures are moments in the lives of architectural drawings that ponder possibilities beyond the grid.


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Packing heat
It's no exaggeration to suggest that a car's engine is its signature component. Even with the sleekest styling and poshest accommodations, a sports car that packs a merely meek engine is as much a poseur as is an economy car that gets SUV-like gas mileage.
Each year the experts at the industry publication WardsAuto in Detroit, Mich., select what they consider the 10 best new-car engines. According to the editors these recognize, "outstanding power-train achievement, world-class technologies and those rare engines or electric propulsion systems that are so compelling they help sell the vehicle."
For 2014, the list is dominated by nontraditional power plants, including turbocharged, supercharged and diesel-powered engines and even one electric motor. No matter what the inherent method of momentum, all of these engines leverage the latest technology to maximize both their power and fuel economy, and run the gamut from the tiny and ultra-efficient 1.0-liter turbocharged three-cylinder unit offered in the subcompact Ford Fiesta to the mammoth 6.2-liter " small block" V-8 in the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray sports coupe that proves there's no substitute for sheer displacement.
While at least four engines tend to repeat from one year's 10 best list to the next, for 2014 only two of 2013's power plants remain recognized, the Honda Accord's peppy and fuel-efficient 3.5-liter V-6 and the powerful supercharged 3.0-liter V-6 featured in the Audi S5. The former beats many smaller engines in terms of fuel economy with an EPA-rated 34 mpg in highway driving, while the latter was cited for its "brute strength, luscious torque and supreme refinement."
"We weren't looking to throw the bums out, as they might say about an election. We were just really impressed with a flood of new power trains," said Drew Winter, WardsAuto editor-in-chief. "What was great yesterday might be less impressive tomorrow, because engine technology is changing so rapidly."
As an example, a Fiat engine not only places among WardsAuto's top 10 for the first time, it's for an electric motor, the 83-kW unit found under the hood of the diminutive 500e. Unfortunately, the car is only sold in California, at least for the time being; market forces might force the automaker to send it into wider distribution if gas prices spike back upward in the coming year.
Other engines cited among 2014's best include turbodiesels in the BMW 5 Series luxury sedan and the compact Chevrolet Cruze.
The BMW version generates a strong 413 pound-feet of torque that delivers V-8-like thrust, while the Cruze's turbodiesel is rated at 45 mpg on the highway. Meanwhile, the Ram 1500 was called out as being the only light-duty full-size domestic pickup to offer a diesel engine. It comes mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission and delivers fuel economy that handily beats the competition.
Also making this year's list is the horizontally opposed 2.7-liter six-cylinder in the Porsche Cayman two-seat sports coupe (the cylinders are aligned horizontally rather than in an inline or "V" shaped formation; this is said to lower a car's center of gravity and boost its handling in the process), and the lively 1.8-liter turbo-four in the compact Volkswagen Jetta sedan.
A panel of eight WardsAuto editors evaluated 44 engines among all vehicle types during October and November in the course of their daily commutes and weekend activities in and around the Detroit metro area. Engines were rated according to a wide range of characteristics including horsepower and torque, fuel economy, noise, vibration and harshness characteristics, technology and how they fared against competing power plants.
Best New-Car Engines for 2014
• 3.0-liter Supercharged V6; Audi S5
• 3.2-liter Turbodiesel I6; BMW 5 Series
• 3.0-liter Turbodiesel V6; Ram 1500
• 83-kW Electric Motor; Fiat 500e
• 1.0-liter Turbocharged I3; Ford Fiesta
• 2.0-liter Turbodiesel I4; Chevrolet Cruze
• 6.2-liter V8; Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
• 3.5-liter V6; Honda Accord
• 2.7-liter H6; Porsche Cayman
• 1.8-liter Turbocharged I4; Volkswagen Jetta
Source: WardsAuto, Detroit, Mich.