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Last One to Leave the Theatre®
A weekly look at the movies, both past and present. The name of this blog comes from the fact that I stay until the credits have ended. Ratings from Best to Worst: 1). I Would Pay to See it Again 2). Full Price 3). Bargain Matinee 4). Cable 5). You Would Have to Pay Me to See it Again
Mike's Fearless 2022 Oscar Picks
I am picking who I think will win, not who I think should win. If I think there could be an upset or another winner, I'll give you that alternate pick.
Best Picture: CODA Possible: The Power of the Dog
Directing: Jane Campion - The Power of the Dog
Lead Actress: Jessica Chastain - The Eyes of Tammy Faye Possible: Penélope Cruz - Parallel Mothers
Lead Actor: Will Smith - King Richard Possible: Benedict Cumberbatch - The Power of the Dog
Supporting Actress: Ariana DeBose - West Side Story
Supporting Actor: Troy Kotsur - CODA
Adapted Screenplay: Siân Heder - CODA Possible: Jane Campion - The Power of the Dog
Original Screenplay: Kenneth Branagh - Belfast Possible: Paul Thomas Anderson - Licorice Pizza
Animated Feature: Encanto Possible: The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Documentary Feature: Summer of Soul Possible: Flee
International Feature: Drive My Car Possible: The Worst Person in the World
Cinematography: Greig Fraser - Dune Possible: Ari Wegner - The Power of the Dog
Costume Design: Jenny Beavan - Cruella
Fim Editing: Joe Walker - Dune Possible: Myron Kerstein,Andrew Weisblum - tick, tick…Boom!
Makeup and Hairstyling: Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram, and Justin Raleigh - The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Production Design: Dune
Score: Hans Zimmer - Dune
Original Song: No Time to Die - No TIme to Die Possible: Dos Oruguitas - Encanto
Sound: Dune
Visual Effects: Dune
Animated Short: Robin Robin
Documentary Short: The Queen of Basketball Possible: Audible
Live Action Short: The Long Goodbye Possible: Please Hold
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Labels: Adriana DeBose, Belfast, CODA, Drive My Car, Dune, Encanto, Jane Campion, Jessica Chastain, Kenneth Branagh, Summer of Soul, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, The Power of the Dog, Tony Kotsur, Will Smith
My View: The Lost City (2022) PG-13 Romance novelist Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock) is on a book tour with her dimwitted cover model Alan Caprison (Channing Tatum). While on tour, Loretta is kidnapped by Abigail Fairfax (Daniel Radcliffe), an eccentric billionaire who is convinced that Loretta's latest book is the key to a lost fortune. Consequently, Alan sets out to rescue Loretta…good luck with that. Too often, romantic comedy films that add in action/adventure have been poorly done and overacted (I'm looking at you, Melissa McCarthy). I am happy to say that The Lost City is a fun and well-done comedy with two stars who know how to do physical comedy, an art that has been all but forgotten. Fans of the 1984 film Romancing the Stone will love this film, as it plays on that type of film, both making fun of that type of action film and, at the same time, lovingly referencing it. Bullock and Tatum look to be having a blast making the film, though I have a feeling that Bullock got very tired of the purple, sequined jumpsuit that she spends most of the adventure in. The action sequences are well done and very funny. The playful banter between the two is hilarious, and Daniel Radcliffe, as the off-the-wall nuts billionaire, is a blast to watch. I had a great time going on an adventure with Loretta and Alan, and you will too. My Rating: Full Price The Lost City Website Now playing in theatres nationwide.
Indiefest: Topside (2020) Deep in the underbelly of New York City, a five-year-old girl (Zhaila Farmer) and her mother (Celine Held) live among a group that has claimed the abandoned subway tunnels as their home until authorities discover them. Now, mother and daughter must go on the streets of NYC, a world the young girl knows nothing about. One of the oldest subjects in the history of film is the story of a mother trying to decide if her child is better off without her. In the case of Topside, Nikki, a woman who has a drug problem and leaves her daughter alone for hours at a time to support her drug habit, must decide to keep battling the system and her homelessness to keep her daughter or let the system take her daughter because she can't provide much more than her love for the daughter she calls Little. Celine Held gives a powerful and moving performance of Nikki, a troubled woman who loves her daughter but can't cope without drugs to survive. The film is a gut punch from the start, as we see Little exploring the lonely and dangerous world of the abandoned tunnels on her own as she waits for her mother to return. We are torn, as is Nikki, because we see how much Nikki cares for and loves Little, but we know, like Nikki, that it isn't enough. When the two are forced to go 'topside' into the real world, the film comes to a crashing, emotional end that just might wreck you, much like it does with Little and Nikki. My Rating: I Would Pay to See it Again Topside Website Now playing in select theatres.
Indiefest: 7 Days (2021) Ravi (Karan Soni) and Rita (Geraldine Viswanathan) are two single people being set up by their mothers through a dating website. After a very uncomfortable pre-arranged date, they must shelter in place together after the COVID pandemic lockdown forces them to stay in Rita's apartment. This is a funny, sweet film about two people who have very different outlooks on life and love. Ravi is best described as a mama's boy who is desperate to fulfill his family's dream of him getting married and having a family. Rita is an independent woman who only goes along with the whole arranged marriage ordeal to keep her mother happy, while Rita carries on an affair with a married man. The film puts these two people together and lets them figure out that maybe, just maybe, they can find love in an unexpected place with someone who isn't their perfect mate on a website. I loved the chemistry between Karan Soni and Geraldine Viswanathan, who worked together on the Daniel Radcliffe TV series Miracle Workers. The two play off each other with a light touch, making us believe that they could and should end up together in an unconventional love story for unconventional times. My Rating: Full Price 7 Days Website Now playing in select theatres.
Indiefest: You Are Not My Mother (2021) R In a North Dublin housing estate, Char's mother, Angela (Carolyn Bracken), returns after mysteriously going missing, her personality radically changed. Despite her grandmother's objections (Ingrid Craigie), Char (Hazel Doupe) decides to uncover the truth of her mother's disappearance and in turn, unearth the dark secrets of her family. Char is a young woman who is dealing with a lot. She is doing well academically but doesn't have any friends and is constantly threatened by the school's bullies. She is shy and is very affected by the scar on her face, which she claims is a birthmark. She is being raised by her elderly grandmother, as her mother rarely comes out of her bedroom. Char's life becomes complicated when her mother, after a disaster of a trip to take her daughter to school, almost ends in a car wreck disappears without a trace. When Char's mother reappears without an explanation, Char notices that her mother's personality has changed, so much so that Char can't decide if it's a good or a bad thing. Things began going badly in the house as Angela starts acting weird, and Char starts to feel that her mother may be dangerous. You Are Not My Mother is more of a suspense film than a horror film. Though Angela can be scary at times, it's the psychological effects on Char that are most pressing in this film, as she realizes that the mother she once knew is no longer in the body of Angela. What we, along with Char, have to figure out is Angela's change has been brought about by a mental breakdown, or is there something more sinister going on? My Rating: Full Price You Are Not My Mother Website Now playing in select theatres.
My View: Infinite Storm (2022) Pam Bales (Naomi Watts), an experienced climber, is forced to turn back on her climb of Mt. Washington due to a massive blizzard that is fast approaching. On her way down, she encounters a lone, stranded man and takes it upon herself to get the both of them off of the mountain before nightfall and certain death. Infinite Storm is a harrowing story of survival and how one person can give another person help both physically and spiritually. We meet Pam, and we can tell that she is a determined woman who has had something painful happen in her past. We are given clues to what but don't know the details. Then, just when Pam is about to turn back due to the conditions on the mountain, she finds a man dressed like he was going out on a summer hike, on top of a snowy mountain, freezing to death. Pam puts her survival skills to work and makes it her job to get this man, who is out of his mind, down the mountain before it becomes dark. Watts gives us an emotional and physically draining performance of a woman who, despite her problems, is so driven that she will do anything to get this man back down to safety. Be sure to wear a sweater to the theatre, as you will feel the constant coldness of the mountain, even as you are warmed by the determination of Pam to get you off the damn mountain. My Rating: Full Price Infinite Storm Website Now playing in select theatres.
Forgotten Film: Prefontaine (1997) PG-13 Steve Prefontaine (Jared Leto) was a man who was determined to beat the odds, no matter what the cost. Prefontaine was a runner who was a superstar in the long-distance running for a very short time. Leto is captivating as Pre, a man who didn't care who he beat or how he got there, just that he was in first at the finish line. As the film shows us, Pre was a man that wasn't always likable, and that is what I enjoy about this film. Too often, films based on sports stars make heroes out of their subjects and don't show us who they really were. Prefontaine gives us a tragic hero who wasn't afraid to run on his terms and not conform to what people thought he should be. My Rating: Full Price Prefontaine Info
Weird Credits: From the credits of The Lost City: Cutter-Fitter
Coming Soon to a Screen Near You: Morbius (2022) PG-13 Biochemist Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) is trying to find a cure for a rare blood disease, one he has himself. In his attempt to find the cure, he inadvertently infects himself with a form of vampirism instead. This much-delayed film is finally being released, and we can see what all the fuss has been about. Recently Leto has given us The Joker and Paolo Gucci, so let's see what he can do with a vampire. Morbius Website
Labels: 7 Days, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Infinite Storm, Jared Leto, Morbius, Naomi Watts, Prefontaine, Sandra Bullock, The Lost City, Topside, You Are Not My Mother
My View: Master (2022) R Gail Bishop (Regina Hall) has been named dean at a prestigious New England university, the first Black dean in the school's history. Jasmine (Zoe Renee) is a new student at the university, and she learns that the students at this school believe that the campus is haunted. Both Gail and Jasmine aren't just dealing with systemic racism at the university because there is something far more sinister in these hallowed halls. Something that could prove deadly. This is not your ordinary horror film as it only makes up half of this film's content. The other half is about racism, white privilege, and how institutions of high learning are more about politics and less about higher education. The film follows two stories connected by a sinister force that is alive and well on the campus; the question is, is it a supernatural force, or is it just underlying racism that hides under the surface. I liked this film for the first two-thirds, but then the storyline fails to come to a satisfying ending, leaving me wanting more from its resolution. The film doesn't quite deliver on the scares, and I didn't think the character of Jasmine was ever in mortal danger that the film wants you to feel that she is in. Still, there is quite a bit that you will be discussing afterwards about this film and its subject matter. My Rating: Bargain Matinee Master Website Now playing in select theatres and on the Amazon Prime platform.
Indiefest: The Outfit (2022) R Leonard (Mark Rylance) is an English tailor who used to work on London's Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, Leonard now makes his home in Chicago, in a part of town where only mobsters can afford his hand-crafted suits. Basically, all Leonard wants to do is be left alone to make clothes with his assistant (Zoey Deutch), but his life is about to get complicated when two killers show up on his shop's doorstep. This is an absolute thrill ride of a film where you are kept guessing until the end. Buoyed by a brilliant performance by Mark Rylance and a script that values words more than actions, this film is a mystery inside another mystery. It slowly peels back its layers of plot woven together better than any other fine suit that Leonard constructs. The Outfit is a film that lets Rylance show us just how good an actor he is, giving us a far craftier and wise character than the people around him. I can't tell you how much fun I had watching this film, making me think of some of the great Hitchcock films of the 30s and how a character can get them in and out of impossible situations, taking us along for the thrilling ride. My Rating: I Would Pay to See it Again The Outfit Website Now playing in theatres nationwide.
My View: Deep Water (2022) R Vic (Ben Affleck) and Melinda (Ana de Armas), on the surface, have the perfect marriage. However, both love to play mind games, and their marriage is holding on by a thread. Vic allows Melinda to take any number of lovers, as long as she doesn't desert her family. Their marriage is about to fall apart when one of Melinda's former lovers is discovered murdered. While I don't think this is a great film, I still enjoyed going on this weird, strange, and sometimes horrifying journey with two very messed-up people. Directed by Adrian Lyne (Flashdance, 9 1/2 Weeks, Fatal Attraction) and based on a book by Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr. Ripley), this is a mystery/suspense film about two people who are in a twisted and peculiar relationship. The film is sure to be compared to Gone Girl (2014) and possibly the Harrison Ford film Presumed Innocent (1990), this film is about two people who are in a relationship that is complicated, messy, and dangerous. Affleck and de Armas portray to beautiful people that do very ugly things to each other. This film takes a lot of twists and turns, with you wondering if you saw something that was real or fantasy until the very end. My Rating: Bargain Matinee Deep Water Website Now playing on the Hulu platform.
Familyfaire: Cheaper by the Dozen (2022) PG Zoey (Gabrielle Union) and Paul (Zach Braff) are parents of a large blended family, the Bakers. Whoever thought living in this family of 12 would be easy thought wrong. This is the third version of Cheaper by the Dozen. The first is an excellent classic film from the 1950s that stars Clifton Webb. The second was a mildly funny film starring Steve Martin from the 90s. And now we have a modern-day version that is painful to watch. Incredibly dull, not a bit funny, and so long it seems to last for days, this version is an attempt to pack a lot into a film that doesn't work as a comedy or as a commentary on race relations. Add into the mix some horrible acting by some of the kids and a script that is so poorly constructed I almost got whiplash from the events of the film (the family goes from barely paying their bills to a mansion in an exclusive neighborhood in a matter of days) and you have a film that is just dull to watch. Go watch one of the latest animated films from Disney or the wonderful Mitchells vs the Machines if you want some family fun because this version of Cheaper by the Dozen doesn't even come close to being entertaining. My Rating: You Would Have to Pay Me to See it Again Cheaper by the Dozen Website Now playing on the Disney+ platform.
Forgotten Film: White Fang (1991) PG The story of a young man who goes to the Yukon to find gold and a dog who was raised by wolves. The two find each other in the wilds of Alaska and make a great team to survive the wilderness together. I loved this book as a kid, and though the film doesn't quite match the book in the storyline, it's still a great adventure film. I think we forget just how good an actor Ethan Hawke was at such an early age. The film is one of the better wilderness action films and has a dog you will fall in love with. What more could you want? My Rating: Full Price White Fang Info
Weird Credits: From the credits of The Outfit: Rushes Runner
Coming Soon to Screen Near You: The Northman (2022) R A Viking prince (Alexander Skarsgard) has come back to avenge his father's death and rescue his mother. From filmmaker Robert Eggers (The Witch) comes an epic tale with a cast that includes Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, and Anya Taylor-Joy. Add in Bjork as a character named Seeress, and you have a movie that could be really interesting to watch. The Northman Website
Labels: Ana de Armas, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ben Affleck, Cheaper by the Dozen, Deep Water, Ethan Hawk, Mark Rylance, Master, Nicole Kidman, Regina Hall, The Northman, The Outfit, White Fang, Zack Braff
Familyfaire: Turning Red (2022) PG Mei Lee (voiced by Rosalie Chiang) is a 13-year-old who has her best friends always at her side, and unfortunately, her overbearing mother, Ming (voiced by Sandra Oh), watching her every move. It's bad enough to be a teenager, but suddenly, Mei Lee is turning into a giant Red Panda every time she gets excited. What's a girl to do? I am a huge fan of Pixar, as they constantly bring us films that are funny warm and make you think about your place in the world. Turning Red is about puberty, an event that, when growing up, no one ever warns you about but hits everyone with a bang. In this case, Mei Lee is hit with a curse that turns her into a big Red Panda when she gets overly excited, something hard to avoid when your body and mind are put into overdrive by puberty. This is a beautiful, brilliant, and laugh-out-loud film that gives us a profound look at a young woman who survives the heartbreak and stress with the help of her family, friends, and maybe just a little help from a boy band. Filmmaker Domee Shi gives us a tale that, like Mei Lee, is both unique and relatable at the same time, one that will be treasured. My Rating: I Would Pay to See it Again Turning Red Website Now playing on the Disney+ platform.
My View: The Adam Project (2022) PG-13 A time-traveling pilot (Ryan Reynolds) teams up with his 12-year-old younger self (Walker Scobell) and his father (Mark Ruffalo) to stop time travel and save the Earth from destruction. First, let's give Netflix some props for putting together one of the most likable casts ever with a group including Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Ganer, Catherine Keener, Zoe Saldana, and Walker Scobell. The film lets Reynolds riff like we know he can, but he has met his match in Walker Scobell, who plays Reynolds's younger self as the wise-cracking young Adam, a kid who makes up for his lack of size with his wit and humor. Scobell is perfect in the role of the young Adam and is able to keep up with Reynolds, making their interactions the best part of the film. Keener is a bit wasted as the villain of the piece, and it's never quite clear what her master plan is, but the film moves a such a quick pace, with quips flying across the screen, that you probably won't notice it. I thoroughly enjoyed the fact that the film constantly makes fun of sci-fi tropes like the multiverse, and the sacred timelines from the future can't intersect with the past. It helps that Zoe Saldana comes in to kick some butt while giving us a romantic partner for Reynolds to pine after. While not a great film due to its rather flimsy plot, it's a blast to watch because Reynolds and Scobell are having such a fun time trying to save us from the evils of time travel. My Rating: Full Price The Adam Project Website Now playing on the Netflix platform.
Indiefest: All My Friends Hate Me (2021) R Pete (Tom Stourton) reluctantly goes on a birthday weekend trip with his old college crew. Soon, Pete notices that his friends are slowly turning against him. Is he being punished, paranoid, or is this some sort of sick revenge for something he did in the past? This is one of those films that will take me a while to figure out if I liked it, but I'm glad I did watch it. Part horror film, part dark comedy, it's a film that you, like Pete, are trying to figure out if Pete's friends are just out and out mean, or is it all in Pete's mind? All My Friends Hate Me is a film that plays on our expectations of how things should go versus how things turn out. Is it Pete's fault for feeling his friends don't like him, or are they truly turning against him? You won't find out until near the end, but it's worth the experience the get the answer. My Rating: Full Price All My Friends Hate Me Website Now playing in select theatres.
Indiefest: Tyson's Run (2022) PG Tyson (Major Dodson) is a teen with autism who, up to now, has been home-schooled by his mother (Amy Smart). He decides to go to the high school where his father (Rory Cochrane) is the football coach. To try to be close to his father and with the help with a fellow student (Layla Felder) and a professional runner (Barkhad Abdi), Tyson decides to run a marathon. It's a decision that will change Tyson and his family forever. I have a soft spot in my heart for films like this, a movie that doesn't quite deliver but is so earnest in the attempt. Tyson's Run is a story that never get the tug on the heartstrings that it needs and a plot that is incredibly thin in its story. The film is helped by a strong performance by Amy Smart, as the mother who believes in her son, and a welcomed performance by Barkhad Abdi, who plays a former professional runner who takes Tyson under his wing. The film has an ending that pushes reality to almost a breaking point, but it's a movie with a good heart. I just wish the writing was better. My Rating: Bargain Matinee Tyson's Run Website Now playing in theaters nationwide.
Indiefest: Compartment No. 6 (2021) R An archeology student from Finland, Laura (Seidi Haarla), is taking a train all the way up to the arctic circle in Russia to visit an archeological site. Unfortunately, on this long train trip, she has to share a tiny sleeping compartment on the train with a gruff Russian stranger, Ljoha (Yurly Borisov), with whom she has nothing in common with. Hollywood has been making this story for as long as movies have been around; the two strangers, who have no common ground, and against the odds, find love and friendship with each other. Except, in this case, the two characters, unlike most Hollywood tales, aren't very likable and at no time during this film do we believe that they should be together. What makes this film worth watching is just that; two characters that shouldn't be together stuck on a long train ride in cramp quarters and through their time together, find out that maybe, just maybe, they have something in common that they can share with each other. Hollywood would have turned this into a rom-com, a film full of laughs and a happy ending. However, Finnish filmmaker Juho Kuosmanen gives us a more realistic movie, with two unhappy, ordinary people finding common ground to connect with long enough to survive a brutal trip into the unknown. My Rating; Full Price Compartment No. 6 Website Now playing in select theatres.
Forgotten Film: Ironweed (1987) R In 1938 Albany, New York, two lost souls, Francis (Jack Nicholson) and Helen (Meryl Streep), find each other, and for a time, that is enough until the sins of the past come back. This is a hard film to watch as Streep and Nicholson, at the height of their acting profession, play two alcoholics who use liquor to hide from their past. Francis is haunted by the deaths he has caused, and Helen is tormented by what she could have become. It's a film filled with two performances that will astound you and make you shake your head in despair. Streep's performance is one of her best, and her entrance, thirty minutes into the film, is jaw-dropping. Ironweed is a film that you probably will only watch once, but it is one that will long stay with you. My Rating: Full Price Ironweed Info
Weird Credits: From the credits of Turning Red: Sweatbox Manager
Coming Soon to a Screen Near You: The Twin (2022) A mother (Teresa Palmer) is still grieving for her dead son when the surviving twin starts acting strange around her. She must now confront the unbearable truth about her surviving son. I am a fan of Teresa Palmer, and I hope that this horror film will give us a scare or two. The Twin Info
Labels: All My Friends Hate Me, Compartment No. 6, Ironweed, Jack Nicholson, Mark Ruffalo, Meryl Streep, Ryan Reynolds, The Adam Project, The Twin, Turning Red, Tyson's Run, Walter Scobell, Zoe Saldana
My View: The Batman (2022) PG-13 The Batman is about the Caped Crusader, Batman (Robert Pattinson), in his second year of fighting crime, uncovering corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while battling a criminal known as The Riddler for control of his city. When I was a boy, my favorite comic book character was Batman because he wasn't a person with superpowers, but he used his gadgets and mind to solve crimes. Like the other hero of my childhood, Sherlock Holmes, Batman solved crimes using his intellect. What filmmaker Matt Reeves has brought us a Batman who is fighting a losing battle for control of a city that he loves. Pattinson is brilliant as the brooding crime-fighter trying to figure out who is killing the city's most important and influential powerbrokers, as each gruesome killing is left with a riddle in a greeting card. Zoë Kravitz lights up the screen as Selina Kyle, Catwoman, who enlists The Batman to help her find her missing lover/roommate. Even so, it's Paul Dano, who steals the film with his performance as The Riddler. For most of the film, we only see The Riddler in videos he releases, as he hides behind an odd bit of masking. Dano is scary as the mad, evil Riddler, who leaves clues for Batman at every murder he has committed. The Batman is not an origin story. We don't get the usual flashback to when Bruce Wayne's parents were murdered before his eyes; instead, this is a Batman that we already know, a crime-fighter battling his own demons as he takes on the worst of humanity. And know this: you will not recognize Colin Farrell as The Penguin. It is a fantastic bit of screen magic with The Penguin looking more like a gangster than the quacking cartoon character of other Batman films. I will warn you that you will want to hold off on drinking anything before or during the film as the running time is almost 3 hours in length, and you won't want to miss anything on the screen to take a pee break. And yes, the film sets up another Batman film, and of course, there is a tiny surprise at the end of the final credits. So go on a journey with the Batman to solve crimes and defeat the criminals that threaten his beloved Gotham City. My Rating: I Would Pay to See it Again The Batman Website Now playing in theatres nationwide.
My View: Fresh (2022) R Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones) is tired of the dating scene and has given up trying to find a good guy until she meets Steve (Sebastian Stan), a charming guy who seems to be perfect. However, Noa is about to discover that dating can be horrible, even horrific. With an opening credits scene that doesn't start until 30 minutes into the film, you know you are in for something different. Let's just say that Steve isn't who or what he says he is and that Noa is in a lot of danger. To say that this film has a big twist in it would be an understatement, and some viewers will give up when they encounter that twist. Still, if you have the stomach for it, the rewards are worth it. With two outstanding performances by Sebastian Stan, as the ever-charming Steve and Daisy Edgar-Jones as the down on dating Noa, who becomes our fearless hero, Fresh is a strange and wonderful film full of surprises. It is more commentary on dating and the power of relationship dynamics than a horror film. But don't kid yourself; it can be pretty horrific. You may never look at a 'meet cute' get-together the same way again. My Rating: Full Price Fresh Website Now playing on the Hulu platform.
My View: The Weekend Away (2022) Beth (Leighton Meester) is on a weekend vacation, far from her husband and baby, to visit her best friend Kate (Christina Wolfe) in Croatia. After a night of partying, Beth discovers that Kate has been murdered. Consequently, Beth is in a foreign country with no friends, the main suspect for Kate's death, and no way of knowing what happened. The Weekend Away is a standard murder mystery that is helped by an excellent performance by Leighton Meester, playing a woman who is taking a break from her family to party with her best friend. Meester is the only thing that saves this from becoming your ordinary basic cable mystery. The story is as old as Lifetime has been making movies, with a plot of a woman who can't remember what happened after a night of partying and her friend disappearing. Add into the plot with your usual fear tactics thrown in about our hero all alone in a foreign country, having to trust a stranger, and the deck continually stacking against her. There are a few twists to the story, but anyone who has seen any number of true crime stories on TV can figure out who the killer is by the time our hero does. Is it worth an afternoon on a weekend to watch? Sure, but don't expect much. My Rating: Bargain Matinee The Weekend Away Website Now playing on the Netflix platform.
Indiefest: Lucy and Desi (2022) PG This documentary explores the life and love of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, who became one of the most prolific power couples in entertainment and changed TV forever. I will admit that I have never been a fan of I Love Lucy. I didn't enjoy the characters, the wacky situations, and the constant mistrust between Lucy and Desi. While I admired Lucille Ball's ability to make any scene funny, I just never was a big fan of the series. Having watched this outstanding documentary from Amy Poehler, my admiration for Lucille Ball has grown. Poehler utilizes home movies and tape recordings that Lucy made during her lifetime to give us an inside look at a couple that changed the way TV was produced and had such an impact on network television. So much so that it is still using the model that Lucy and Desi created, both in front and behind the camera. Lucy's fans will go nuts with all the behind-the-scenes photos and home movies (in glorious color the see that flaming redhead) along with the amazing bits of publicity photos and films that were made during their careers. The film doesn't just concentrate on Lucy but gives Desi a much-needed run in the spotlight, letting us see the man who was a driving force behind the scenes of what became a TV-producing machine that dominated the TV landscape for years. The film doesn't put the blame on one person for the marriage falling apart. The film makes it clear that both parties had faults that made the marriage doomed from the start. That's made even more evident when both Lucy and Desi found a second love that they spent the rest of their lives with. Lucy and Desi is a brilliant documentary about a couple whose love and partnership changed how people watched television. It is also a love story that will bring you much laughter and a few tears, just like their groundbreaking show did. My Rating: Full Price Lucy and Desi Website Now playing on the Amazon Prime platform.
Indiefest: After Yang (2021) PG In the near future, a family deals with the breakdown of their A.I. helper named Yang (Justin H. Min). Jake (Colin Farrell) searches for a way to get Yang repaired, who has become an integral part of their family and Jake's daughter's beloved companion. Jake will soon discover that this life is full of wonder and revelations. This is a film about love, loss, and what it means to be a parent. Jake goes on a quest first to find a way to get his A.I. helper Yang repaired. Finding roadblocks after roadblocks, he gives up in his quest to restore Yang, and instead, discovering a secret memory chip in Yang, Jake goes on a journey to find out what made Yang who he was. After Yang is a film about a family and how its dynamic is threatened by the loss of a loved one, even if that person is a robot. Yang is an essential part of the family; part teacher, part nanny but most of all, a friend who helps the family discover things about themselves. After Yang is a powerful and meaningful film about a family that learns how to reconnect with each other after depending on someone else to do the connecting. Incredibly, this film is being released the same week that Colin Farrell gives an entirely different performance as The Penguin in The Batman. In After Yang, Farrell provides us with a man in Jake who has lost his way but finds his place back in his family by discovering what made Yang so unique. And by the way, the opening credits of the film make it worth the price of admission by itself. My Rating; Full Price After Yang Website Now playing in select theatres.
Indiefest: Huda's Salon (2021) PG Reem (Maisa Abd Elhadi) is a Palestinian woman with a newborn and an abusive husband. Reem's life changes forever on a routine visit to her hairdresser, Huda (Manal Awad). This is a film about two stories. One is the tale of a woman who is being blackmailed, and the other is the story of the blackmailer. In both cases, the two women are stuck in impossible situations, with nowhere to go and no one to turn to for help. Both women are tools of a system that keeps feeding on itself in a war that no one can win. Huda's Salon is a psychological thriller where you have no idea if or when these women can escape from their predicaments, and you realize that even if they do escape their present situation, their lives will never be the same. Of the two actresses, Abd Elahid, as Reem, the innocent mother who finds herself in an impossible situation, gives the better performance of a woman who looks for help but can only find that help from within. My Rating: Full Price Huda's Salon Website Now playing in select theatres.
Forgotten Film: Paperhouse (1988) PG-13 A lonely young girl (Charlotte Burke) draws a house with a young boy in a window. She then has a dream where she visits the boy, a boy who is disabled. The more she draws and dreams, the more she becomes immersed in a world that she may never escape. Paperhouse is a fascinating and lovely film about imagination and dreams and how they can come true and is one of those films that once you see it, it will stay with you a long time. My Rating: Full Price Paperhouse Info
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Coming Soon to a Screen Near You: Umma (2022) R Amanda (Sandra Oh) and her daughter (Fivel Stewart) live on an isolated farm, raising bees without modern technology. Their world is shaken when Amanda receives the cremated ashes of her estranged mother, and their lives are taken over by a restless, evil spirit that will stop at nothing to come back. Sandra Oh in a horror film? Count me in! Umma Info
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Is that in 8 x 2?
Thanks, Ru. Have to search for that.
g'nite, flosey - am saving a few for tomorrow - congrats!
fireflies for me, and off to sunday stuff. Have a lovely day, matty!
I don't suppose you have stats for either of the H words, do you?
I feel like going back to bed!
The HA 5 has 'en' in front of it most of the time.
Sorry for not chatting. I was just trying to get a few quick words before I go. Exactly 40 left for later. I hope you both have a wonderful day!
33 left and it's grey and bleak here. I wish there was a resto that delivered!
Could you pay your friend's son to go to a restaurant in town and bring you something?
had a lot of grey cloud here but no rain. Think we passed it all over to you Ruby happily because I've got three loads of washing out!
Ah, I miss the smell of clothes dried on the line. All the snooty homeowners associations around here won't allow clothes lines.
Annie is in the grid today. *Waves to Annie, on the other side. Miss you.
just come back. Blooming cheek Mollie where do you live ne** to Buckingham Palace!!!Id have to say my garden my washing line!!
No, it's just that people around here consider clothes lines "tacky". I think they are great. Easy on your clothes and an energy saver.
How posh they must be! Do they have servants to do there washing?!!
A lot of people around here have cleaning ladies. I don't know if that involves doing laundry or not. I'm not sure I would want one even if I could afford it. Some things one should do for ones self.
They may be the sort of people that have a good spring clean the days before their cleaning ladies come!!
5th column lone n stats pls?
does the in 6 7 and 8 go together?
It's a word that means to trick or swindle. He fi7ed me out of five thousand dollars.
And look, Dose is here. Seemingly un-hungover after last night's imbibing.
hmmm....seems the we5.22 is dr. god's "word of the week"
Sorry I pressed when I should not have.
trif which one did you get?
I cant find either te7?
I had no idea those words had to do with feathers.
te + prisoners with spouses sometimes get ma7 visits.
te + My Favorite ma7...old Ray Walston show.
Ignore the plus signs in those clues. The te words are spelled like the other words referenced.
well, i found 2 te 7 words.....are there more than 2?
are the ca words related?
ch 5/14 ihave the one ending in A clue for the other one please?
ne open the g4 so I can get into the yard please?
I must go get some stuff done! bbl to try again.
cannifal: a person who likes eating humans, but can't stay upright long enough to trap one.
dan, that girl is 4 years old and still has no name?
is she named after the food conglomerate?
I do like the name though. Good old fashioned names are making a comeback.
24 to go - bbl to list, hopefully.
<---Lost. Thought Miss 2 Bit was 7 and her name was something else.
Can't see who the other one is though.
I can see Samuel Langhorne Clemens in the grid though.
Be careful with those cocktails. You might get hungover from one drink.
I know I would, Molly!
This is a community of light weights.
The fame of Elgin and Elgar eluded me. I had to look them up. Fagin, from Oliver Twist I knew right away.
Was Oliver ever glazed over?
Understandable Molly - British history was a big part of our education when I went to school and I was a music major.
To me there is no point to weak drinks. Have a substantial shot or don't have at all.
For me it is the flavor. I like stouts and I also like southern comfort & lemonade. But only for the flavor not so much the alcohol content.
Canadians seem to have a wide range of understanding of all things British. I guess that is part of living in a country ruled by another.
Okay time for me to retire for the evening. Happy babbling everyone!
Isn't Canada a Commonwealth still?
the queen is head of state for all commonwealth countries and the UK, but she doesn't actually govern anything. It is a titular position only. She just rubber stamps all bills sent to her by the various governments.
That seems redundant, but apparently it is the way the people in those countries like it.
Yes, some of us do like to keep some of our traditions.
Aren't Scotland and Northern Ireland still "owned" by the British?
Oh God, Wales too and a bunch of island countries.
Scotland, N Ireland and Wales have ther own assemblies yet England doesn't.
But a lot of the Scots do not like what the SNP have done to Scotland and do not want another referendum, which has been put to the side as the SNP lost a lot of seats in the recent election.
sometimes the devil you know is preferable...our problem seemed to be that we didn't like the proposed method of selecting the 'president'.
remaining a constitutional monarchy is no guarantee, although I don't think I would like living with a republican system of government. I do prefer the parliamentary system.
speaking of which -- I do hope he aussie firefighters know how much we appreciate their help with our current wildfire situation.
*!* - Any clues wantd before I leave?
I'll have to think about that or I could go to bed as it is midnight. Nice to chat with you and happy to have Canada Australia and New Zealand in the family.
what are the stats for the corner i please?
stats for the fourth row A please?
eny cluews for those 8s?
sorry meant any clues for those 8s?
I got it right away, as it is similar to my favorite geyser!


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Opinion: "Boston City Hall is the frog waiting to wake up as a prince"
As the brutalist Boston City Hall celebrates its 50th birthday, Aaron Betsky reflects on the building's history as a monument to social democracy, and wonders if proposed updates will bring it a happily ever after.
Let me tell you a fairytale. There once was an era in which government was something we admired. What's more, architecture was able to both represent and house the collective power that made us better and stronger. That era ended half a century ago, on or about 1968 – the year that American youth rebelled, the Vietnam War revealed its pointless evil, Richard Nixon was elected, and the Boston City Hall opened.
I write this as the government is still shut down and the celebrations of the 50-year anniversary of Kallman, McKinnel, & Knowles' masterpiece is marked by efforts to rehabilitate it into a useful, softer-edged container of civic functions. Those dreams of restored grandeur seem like a romantic effort of backward-looking nostalgia in the deep-blue state of Massachusetts.
In this fairytale, the Boston City Hall is less of an ogre that it has seemed to many people, including one of its mayors, than the frog waiting to wake up as a prince. The kiss will consist of planting trees on the outside and freshening up the interiors – moves that are logical, but also counter to what makes the building such a statement of the civic.
Here is the basic problem: it's not just the City Hall's style or its amenities, but how we understand the institutions that we elect and pay for. We assume the powers we delegate to them will make them able to act for us not as individuals, but as members of a community.
For most of history, we understood this to mean that those governments we elected through a democratic process should maintain their sense of being above and separate from us. They were large organisations and needed big buildings, which meant that they would have a scale and a separateness that was inevitable. Their homes also needed to be imposing, worthy of our respect, obedience, and even awe.
The particular moment that gave us such structures as the Boston City Hall came at the end of this era, when the doubts about governments all-knowing, all-powerful nature were beginning their march through our institutions.
The reaction of architects was to find ways in which governments could rely on logic, function, and even economic constraints as the building blocks for a new kind of monumentality. Civic architecture stripped itself down and bulked itself up.
In this case, the architects' knowledge of classical architecture allowed them to provide a frieze that was not an added element, but the result of how the organised the windows and their sun-shading concrete panel frames at the building's top, while the way in which the building cantilevered out over the plaza was the result of how many square feet the offices inside needed.
The mayor's office, which demanded extra scale and waiting areas, became an interruption in the grid, as did the other specialised elements in the municipal bureaucracy.
Perhaps the greatest of Kallman, McKinnel, & Knowles' achievements here, and the one that will luckily be left alone (beyond the proliferation of security devices such as card-reader gates that have already been installed) is the interior lobby – a space that continues the plaza outside into the heart of the complex.
Organising all the public functions around it, and leading visitors and workers up through the tiers of offices and specialised spaces on stairs that turn past balconies and protruding parts of the programme, it is not so much an atrium as it an extension and monumentalising of the simple function of circulation. The dome of democracy has become a maze that might get you lost but might also provide chances for encounters and discovery.
All of this takes places in a building that is grid, with concrete elements that impose themselves on you, making you aware of the ways in which the whole comes out of many different elements, while letting you understand the effort needed from the concrete columns and beams to make the whole building stand up.
The civic effort is thus collective, but made out of supporting parts, and you can wind your way through what is your palace while feeling the weight of the community in which you have your place. The building juts out over you, extends up, invites and repels you – but you are part of its activities in the combat of civic forces.
The problem is that all of this architecture has to exist in a city, and that many people – the bureaucrats who work in the building – have to exist in it every day. On both counts, Kallman, McKinnel, & Knowles' design strategy did not work very well.
Isolated and grand in scale, the City Hall is yet overwhelmed by the much larger office buildings, while the life of the city has never come close to its edges (the architects intended for shops and restaurants to inhabit the plaza, but local businesspeople nixed that aspect of the design).
Inside, what elegance there was to the office furniture and accoutrements has long since worn off, and we can only hope that the renovation will improve their ability to make the spaces more habitable.
The question remains as to why Boston City Hall remains both so popular and so loathed. While the latter is easy to answer, because it is just not a very friendly or humane building, the latter is more difficult.
We do not feel much ownership of our government these days. We tend to be cynical about how much say we have in its operation. Our governments' ways of operating are also, like those of corporations, increasingly less physical. We do much of our business with them online, even down to voting.
Perhaps the latter is a clue to how these remnants of civic pride can operate. It can provide and equivalent of the lavishly appointed flagship stores that are often empty both of goods and buyers but serve as brand showcases. Such buildings represent what government stands for, even if they are not functional in the way they were designed, and even if the very act of representation is not direct.
Boston City Hall, in other words, stands for a power that accrued over the centuries, and that we want as a bulwark against uncertainty and the basest of our instincts. Like all monuments, it is both a reminder and a fact on the ground that stands, endures, and offers itself as an object in a subjective and confusing world.
The fact that the Boston City Hall bears the scars of the looming fight for the legitimacy of government, and massed itself up into weightlifter form to answer the doubters assailing it, only makes it more powerful.
It is one of the last concrete examples of government willing to fight for what it thinks is right, which is, or should be, or common good. Winter might be coming, but we still have a few castles that can rally the troops of democracy.
Main image is by Daniel Schwen, from Wikimedia Commons.


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Mehwish Hayat wants screening of Pakistani films in India
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Mehwish Hayat while accepting an award of 'Pakistan Icon' in Dubai last weekend expressed her wish to see cordial relations between Indian and Pakistan in the future. The event marked the re-launching of magazine 'FilmFare Middle East'.
It was a privilege to represent Pakistan at the Filmfare Middle East Launch in Dubai where I was honoured with the Pakistan Icon plaque. I accepted this international award on behalf of all our industry which has made such tremendous leaps in such a short time and our films are comparable with anybody else. It was also an opportunity to share the platform with members of our fraternity from across the border and share my thoughts…."I would love for Indian friends to come visit us in my homeland and see the love people have for them. I think too much emphasis has been put on the role for artistes and films in building bridges between our two nations. No matter what the people may want, the past year's events have shown that 70 years of history and deep political issues will always get in the way. This is much more than casting actors from across the border in each others films. I long for the day when people in India can freely see my movies in their country, just as Indian films are played in my country." #MehwishHayat #Filmfareme #Filmfare #Pakistaniiconaward🇵🇰 #dubai🇦🇪
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Mehwish Hayat in her speech extended a friendly message and invited her counterparts from the Indian film industry to Pakistan.
"I would love for Indian friends to come visit us in my homeland and see the love people have for them. I think too much emphasis has been put on the role of artists and films in building bridges between our two nations," she said.
Read more: Will Mehwish Hayat play Benazir Bhutto in next project?
"No matter what the people may want, the past year's events have shown that 70 years of history and deep political issues will always get in the way. This is much more than casting actors from across the border in each other's films. I long for the day when people in India can freely see my movies in their country, just as Indian films are played in my country," concluded the actor.
Later Mehwish Hayat took to her Instagram account and shared the news of award with her fans in a long post. In the social media post, the actress expressed her happiness on receiving the award and representing Pakistan at an international festival.
"It was a privilege to represent Pakistan at the Filmfare Middle East Launch in Dubai where I was honored with the Pakistan Icon plaque. I accepted this international award on behalf of all our industry which has made such tremendous leaps in such a short time and our films are comparable to anybody else. It was also an opportunity to share the platform with members of our fraternity from across the border and share my thoughts," she said in an Instagram post.
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Congratulations to Rocky Gorge, the 2014 USAR D2 Club Men National Champions!
Each of these teams will be playing the MidWest seed on 5/17/14. The winner of the match will play the winner of the South v Northeast match on 5/18/14. The semi-final winner will advance to the USA Championship Weekend on May 30th for a final match against the ACR Champion.
Philadelphia Women (D1 #2) will meet the MidWest #2 Chicago in a repechage match.
Best of luck to all these teams in post-season play!
All final match results from the MAC 2014 Playoff weekend for the men and women have been posted.
Congratulations to the D4 MAC Champions Blue Ridge.
1) The call for promotion/relegation is to be completed by 5/3/14.
2) Declarations for division assignment for teams are due by 5/10 with final divisions for the 2014/2015 year to be posted by 5/17/2014. Please contact your coordinator to make sure they know your desire to stay or move in a division.
Rosters need to be submitted to the MAC Chair for each match. Each game counts individually towards USA's eligibility for playoffs, so we aren't treating this as a weekend, with a roster of 28. Each match can have 23 players. Use this Roster Form. Teams will need to track of the players that played in each match to attain eligibility towards USA National playoffs.
Eligibility for each player is based CIPP before the March 15th date with their club. All transfers should be complete at this point. If a player did transfer from another club, and a waiver is required, it should already be submitted to USA. So if they aren't already on the team's roster by the 3/15 date, they are not eligible to play. The waiver will be needed should a team continues to May 16th national playoffs.
We don't have these matches posted online via the CMS system. Scores will be collected from the referees and posted online to macrugby.org.
Margy Thomas will be there in person at 10am on Saturday to start Roster ID checks for the first teams playing and sign Roster forms. The teams that advance will need to save the signed roster form for future reference.
Information about the MAC playoff weekend is here.
Additional information can be found within the Men's XVs, Women's XVs, and About sections of this site.
As the fall portion of the 2013-2014 Competitive cycle is now complete, please make sure all score reports and rosters are complete not later than December 7th. This includes setting the match status to a "Finished" status. If you are still having issues with any aspects of this system, please inform your Representative and Margy Thomas to escalate to USA Rugby.
The competitive region is looking for feedback on the system and would like to receive your input based on your experience using the system this season. The survey should only take about 10 minutes so please complete it as soon as possible. From my understanding, there is no limitation on the number of people who can complete the survey for each team but please limit to the one or two people per club who used the system the most this fall so we can get meaningful data from experienced users.
The survey will close on Friday November 29th.
General procedures across divisions (and genders) are posted under… Procedures. Please follow, as always.
Two remaining phone calls and webinars will be hosted in order to review the new reporting system and how to use it. Guidelines for use will also be reviewed on the call. There are 25 available seats on each call. Please download any necessary software you need in order to join the phone call and view the online screen sharing session.
Use your microphone and speakers (VoIP) – a headset is recommended. Or, call in using your telephone.
A small, but significant bug was found in the USAR reporting system (reported by Wilmington). If a penalty try is awarded and is one of 4 trys, a bonus point is not given.
We have reported this to USAR and will update this notice once it is resolved.
Reminder: you must now report your results at http://usarugbystats.com/ (Men's Clubs received their access codes last week; Women's Clubs got them earlier this week). You must also enter your roster for the match.
Check that the opposing team entered the correct score, if your club did not do so.


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Did you leave Facebook for Google+?
The invite only model for Google+ isn't for everyone, but those that got invited have been quickly building up people following them in "Circles". At first we thought "here we go, Google's attempt again at Facebook" only to be totally shocked at our findings. Google Plus may be invite only at this time, but the system is slicker and has small improvements like editing posts/comments and live updates, which we really wanted on Facebook.
Lots of work is still needed with Google+ but it's a step in the right direction, and growing fast. The big problem is the number of friends on Facebook compared to Google+, and this is one of the biggest issues holding people back but where do you stand? Have you jumped ship fully, or do you still need an invite? (Daniel (at) product-reviews.net if that's the case).
We wanted to run a poll to see where PR's readers stand with Google+. Let us know below if you have moved to "Plus", if you are using both, or maybe you're waiting for some other improvement. Vote below. If you want to follow me on Google+, then you can put us in a circle here.


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Zimbabwe: Chinese Deals With Zim - Raw or Fair for the Economy?
China Plans to Sell Off African Infrastructure Debt to Investors
China Plans to Sell Off Its African Infrastructure Debt to Investors
Of China, Africa and 'Colonial Master'
Why We Need to Understand the Ties Between African Countries and China
East Africa Now Owes China $29.4 Billion in Infrastructure Loans
China the Crutch That Africa Leans On Too Much?
China's Approach to Africa Encourages Dependency - Tillerson
China Hits Back at U.S. Criticism of Low-Interest Loans
China Replies U.S. On Nigeria, Other African Countries Debts
U.S. Secretary of State Spells Out Priorities for Africa Visit
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opinion By Victor Bhoroma
Given the recent developments in Zimbabwe and the African continent, it is worthy assessing how Chinese investments can affect the local economy going forward. Critical for Zimbabwe is how the country can turn its close Sino relationship into a mutually beneficial cooperation relationship, not an exploitative one. China surpassed the United States in 2009 to become Africa's largest trading partner.
The import and export value of China-Africa trade has grown from US$10 billion in 2000 to over US$170 billion in 2017. China's exports to Africa reached $94,74 billion, while imports from Africa reached US$75,26 billion, thus generating a trade surplus of $19,48 billion in a single year.
China has extended more than $110 billion in commercial loans to African governments and state-owned entities (SOEs) between 2000 and 2017, at an average of about $6 billion a year. Chinese investment into Africa has grown by 40% every year from $1 billion in 2004 to over $68 billion as of 2016. A study by McKinsey in 2017 pointed out that there are over 10 000 Chinese firms operating on the African continent with a large portion of them engaged in manufacturing, retailing and mining. As a result, China has become the biggest creditor, investor and economic partner on the African continent at the expense of the United States and the European Union (EU).
This phenomenal growth comes with widespread criticism, especially in most African countries such as Zimbabwe, but the fact is that China now has jaw-dropping influence in African economics because of its financial muscle. Since the turn of the century, the Chinese have gradually grown to be Zimbabwe's go-to friend on funding due to the country's isolation from the Western nations and renowned financial institutions such as IMF and World Bank. Chinese engagements with Zimbabwe cut across trade, investments, infrastructure financing and military co-operation.
Trade between Zimbabwe and China has grown to over $1,2 billion annually with Zimbabwe exporting Tobacco, Cotton and various minerals. Imports from China mainly range from electrical goods, auto parts to various household merchandise. The most imposing Chinese investment in Zimbabwe has been the Long Chen Plaza built by Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Corporation (AFECC) for $200 million in 2013.
Since the opening of the giant mall in Harare, Chinese retailers have occupied strategic positions in almost every town in Zimbabwe making them a force to reckon with in retailing. Other notable projects include the Golden Peacock Villa Hotel in Mutare built by Anjin Investments and National Defence College in Mazowe. In agriculture, the Chinese market is the largest consumer of Zimbabwe's flue cured tobacco with over $200 million worth of trade in the golden leaf in 2017. As a result, a number of Chinese firms are angling towards tobacco processing close to source in Harare.
In addition to providing capital for farmers, the out grower scheme has guaranteed a ready market for Zimbabwean tobacco and ensured viability of the sector which now employs thousands of farmers. In the energy sector, China's Sino-hydro entered into a deal with the government in 2015 to expand the Kariba South power plant at a cost of US$533 million and the project was commissioned early this year. The expansion added 300MW to the national grid, thereby partially reducing the national power deficit. In June this year, China's Import and Export Bank started releasing funds for the $1,4 billion expansion of Hwange Power Station by the same contractor. According to Zesa, the project is expected to take 42 months and add 600MW to the national grid.
Further, the China Africa Sunlight Energy has expressed interest in the 600MW coal-fired power plant in Gwayi. Other projects of note include the three agreements signed between Zesa and CHINT Electrical of China to construct Solar Plants with a generating capacity of 300MW in partnership with Intratrek Zimbabwe. Whether these projects materialise or not, time will tell. However, their implementation has potential to wipe out the country's power deficit and place Zimbabwe back on the energy self-sufficiency map. In transport and communication infrastructure, the Chinese funded the expansion of the Victoria Falls Airport in 2016 to the tune of $150 million, with China Jiangsu International Group being the contractor. In July this year, Zimbabwe signed another deal valued at $153 million for the expansion of Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport with the same financiers and contractor. This project is expected to run parallel to the dualisation of the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway funded to the tune of over $2 billion by AFECC. State-owned entities such as NetOne and TelOne have also received loans from China valued over $400 million which have been integral in telecommunications network expansion locally, thereby improving internet connectivity.
The completed projects funded by the Chinese have demonstrated that the Zimbabwean economy can benefit from Chinese deals as long as commercial contracts incorporate sufficient due diligence by Parliament to ensure transparency. It is also key to channel loans where they are necessary and have monitoring systems in place to ensure the projects meet international standards. Angles that need tightening of screws include border control for anti-smuggling of minerals and externalisation of sales proceeds to China though informal means. Additionally tax collection systems through the tax agency need to be watertight to ensure compliance with local regulations.
As with various recipients of Chinese loans and investments in Africa, reports of unfair labour practices, corruption, product dumping and counterfeiting, natural resource exploitation, tax evasion, externalisation of foreign currency and fabrication of work permits for Chinese nationals have been reported in the local media. In 2014, Anjin Investments and Jinan were caught in a storm over allegations of Diamonds smuggling worth billions of dollars from Chiadzwa. In May this year, the Office of the President and Cabinet released a damning report of funds externalised illegally. Chinese nationals and companies featured prominently on the list with millions of dollars salted away from the local economy through various means.
Despite negative perceptions that economic ties between the two countries disproportionately benefit China and the general view among Zimbabweans that Chinese workmanship is shoddy, Chinese Investments can be used to grow the local economy and create employment as demonstrated in tobacco farming where Zimbabwe eclipsed the 237,1 million kg record output this year with the Chinese as key partners. Chinese multinational corporations such as Huawei, Yutong, BAIC, Lenovo, ZTE, CHINT Electrical and Hisense can partner local firms and bring technological development to local suppliers or customers. However, without a clear strategy, Chinese investments may bring negative implications of geopolitical influence and unwarranted foreign debt to Zimbabwe as it has done in other parts of Africa such as Zambia, Djibouti and Kenya.
Victor Bhoroma is a business analyst with expertise in strategic marketing and business management aspects.
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The Arcade Games of EAS 2012 in Berlin Germany
This week has seen a exhibition for arcade games called EAS, which has been held in Berlin Germany. And we have the first look at some of the new games there, thanks to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report. We can consider this to be a small preview of the IAAPA trade show that takes place in Orlando next month, although my understanding is that many more companies will be at this latter show which also garners more attention so a larger variety of new products will be there. That is not to take away from EAS though, which is allowing customers in Germany to get a taste of some of the latest games to be on the market.
Pac-Man Smash – Namco's newest concept in air hockey which is known as Big Bang Smash in Japan is soon making its way to arcades out West but with the Pac-Man license it has huge potential. We have covered it already but this is the first time the game has been seen at a trade show. It will also be at the aforementioned IAAPA show.
Dark Escape 4D – Namco's latest shooting game was a big hit at EAS, certainly 'tis the season for horror games. For more details check here.
Deadstorm Pirates 4D+ – They also had their 4D version of Deadstorm Pirates on hand, which allows for up to four players and uses 3D as well, which we have seen at a few events previously.
Raw Thrills
Winter X Games SnoCross Arcade – We have heard of this game already but here are the first up-close shots of it we have seen. As covered previously, this is essentially a spiritual successor to Midway's Arctic Thunder and it also employs a QR code scoring system that allows the player to share their scores and achievements to a social media site from their smartphone, which is seen below. Also by the design they have used, you could say that it is a blending of Arctic Thunder and Super Bikes 2. Now we just need to see a video of this in action. More details on SnoCross
Best Sim
This company has a racing simulator that looks similar what companies like Cruden have done but what the differences might be between the two I do not know.
Race Room
Also when it comes to racing simulation, which the coin-op industry is passionately in love with as you know, there is Race Room which allows you setup a full-fledged virtual racing center.
That's it for now, if anything else comes along we will be sure to report it!
TAGS » Air Hockey, arcade, Dark Escape 4D, EAS 2012, Namco, New games, Pac-Man, racing simulators can't quit you, Raw Thrills, Winter X Games Snocross
POSTED IN » 4D Attractions, Air Hockey, Arcade business, Arcade Cabinets, Arcade Exhibitions, Arcade Hardware, Namco, New games, Raw Thrills, Simulators
editor October 14, 2012 at 8:09 am - Reply
Am I the only one that cant see the comments about?
arcadehero October 15, 2012 at 7:22 am - Reply
No, they are just pingbacks and with the new blog software its not showing those in the comments, probably to prevent spamming via the pingback method.
Grenpoxx29 October 14, 2012 at 10:06 am - Reply
Snocross looks good for an arctic thunder clone, but I rather have the original Arctic Thunder style presentation back, the snocross branding is way too extreme-sports gimmicky.
editor October 14, 2012 at 5:17 pm - Reply
@Grenpoxx29 – The 2001 'Arctic Thunder' was a Midway game and though some of the Raw Thrills team had links to the development, they would not be able to do a sequel as Midway owns the IP.
It is also easy for them to just carry-on and build on the success of SuperBikes in a snow environment!
andrea October 19, 2012 at 2:14 am - Reply
I've tried dark escape at italy show today, same european prototype machine that were at the show in germany.
It's very sad to say that the feeling to the game is very different from the one i tried at the location test in japan.
The screen looks smaller(i'm not 100% sure on that) and the 3d effect is not as good as the one on the jap machine.
Also the sound system is not good as the jap one, it's still 7.1 ,but they probably changed the speakers with a lower quality ones.
After all it's still dark escape, but the japanese cabinet is another thing.
It looks like the price tag is about 40k …but this is just a rumor i hope !
@Andrea, your the first person I have spoken too not at NBG that has seen the EU / JP machine(s). Can you confirm that the JP machine you saw had all the levels available? Also is that 40k (Euro) or (Dollar)?


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Coram: Huggins and Pickering, JJ.A. and McMullin, J.
Date of Judgment: 27th February 1978.
1. McMullin, J. is unfortunately unable to be present this afternoon, but I am authorised to say that he has agreed with the judgmentwhich I am about to read.
2. Upon his trial in the High Court the Appellant was convicted of conspiracy to traffic in a dangerous drug, "namely, salts of estersof morphine", and with trafficking in the same drug, and he was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment on each count concurrent.He appeals against conviction and sentence.
3. The first two grounds of appeal are based upon the fact that the only evidence as to the nature of the drug involved was that itwas "heroin" or "white powder". In his summing up the learned judge referred only to the evidence that it was "heroin". Throughoutthe trial there was no discussion about the nature of the drug and it appears to have been assumed that "heroin" and "white powder"were "salts of esters of morphine". It is now contended that this assumption was wrong.
4. It is accepted that although the charges specified "salts of esters of morphine" the particular salt in question was diacetylmorphinehydrochloride. Diacetylmorphine hydrochloride is a more refined drug than diacetylmorphine, which is an ester of morphine. Diacetylmorphineis sometimes known as "heroin base". What is submitted on behalf of the Appellant is that when standing alone the term "heroin" andthe common Chinese expression "pak fan" ("white powder") may refer to both diacetylmorphine and diacetylmorphine hydrochloride. Therefore,it is said, since the prosecution chose to specify "salts of esters of morphine" (intending diacetylmorphine hydrochloride) thatis what they had to prove and the evidence adduced was insufficient to support the conviction. The point may be said to be technicaland certainly has no merit, but it is none the less a point which the Appellant is entitled to take.
5. We were referred to standard pharmaceutical works which suggest that strictly "heroin" is synonymous with "diacetylmorphine" andthat "heroin hydrochloride" is synonymous with "diacetylmorphine hydrochloride". On the motion of counsel for the Crown we allowedMr. Ronald Edgley, the Chief Government Chemist, to give evidence and, whilst he agrees with this strict interpretation, his viewis that in common usage "heroin" includes both diacetylmorphine and diacetylmorphine hydrochloride. Whether one adopts this viewor the strict view the fact remains that "heroin" is not necessarily synonymous with "diacetylmorphine hydrochloride" and Mr. Sedgwickis, therefore, right when he says that evidence relating to "heroin" was not evidence relating to "salts of esters of morphine".
6. That leaves the evidence relating to "white powder" and the Crown submits that it was open to the judge, and is open to us, to takejudicial notice of the fact that "white powder" means diacetylmorphine hydrochloride. This seems to us to come within that categoryof cases where the court may take judicial notice of a fact if, although not notorious, it can be established beyond argument uponenquiry. We do not think that Mr. Sedgwick seriously contended otherwise, but he strenuously argues that Mr. Edgley is not qualifiedto speak to the niceties of the Chinese language. Mr. Edgley does not claim to be a Chinese scholar, but he has been a chemist inHong Kong for eighteen years and it is well known that he has frequently given evidence in the courts on issues of chemical analysisand, in particular, of the analysis of dangerous drugs. It would seem that all the work, or at least the forensic work, in the GovernmentLaboratory is carried out with the use of English terminology – which is, perhaps, not surprising when the language of the courtsis English. Nevertheless as a result of his long experience he has come to understand that "pak fan" is a term reserved for heroinin the form in which it is commonly smoked in Hong Kong, i.e. "No. 3 heroin" or "No. 4 heroin", which are different grades of diacetylmorphinehydrochloride. We think that was evidence which he might properly give. The fact that the persons whom he heard using the expression"pak fan" were all police officers does not appear to us to be material, since it is notorious that the expression is not used exclusivelyor even mostly by the police. It is true that the learned judge did not himself use the Chinese characters or their English equivalentin his summing up, but he pointed out to the jury that the substantive charge was one of trafficking in salts of esters of morphine.He clearly thought he was entitled to take judicial notice of the fact that the drug referred to by the witnesses came within thedescription "salts of esters of morphine" on the basis that this was notorious. All three main prosecution witnesses used the term"white powder", although one of them also said "heroin" and another said "white powder is heroin". Although we think this was a matteron which the judge ought to have required evidence, we are satisfied that it was one of which judicial notice could properly be takenand it is inconceivable that the jury would have acquitted had the issue been ventilated before them. Accordingly the first two groundsof appeal fail.
7. The next ground attacks the learned judge's direction as to corroboration. The main prosecution witnesses were accomplices and itwas important that the jury should be properly warned of the danger of acting upon their evidence without corroboration. It is concededthat a sufficient warning was given, but it is said that the judge asserted that there was evidence which "amounts to" corroborationalthough (1) it was for the jury to decide whether evidence amounted to corroboration and (2) the evidence in question was not capableof amounting to corroboration. As to the first point it is clear that the learned judge had in mind the respective functions of judgeand jury in relation to corroboration, because he began his directions on the subject by posing the question "What evidence thathas been adduced in this case, if you believe it, could in law amount to corroboration?". Unfortunately he ended by saying: "butas I say, there is other evidence which amounts to corroboration of parts of the accomplices' evidence which I have already toldyou". It is not necessary to decide whether that would have been fatal in itself, because the second criticism is also valid: mostof the matters held out to be corroboration were not capable of being corroboration. First was the evidence of an Immigration Officerwho produced records confirming the girls' story that they left Hong Kong for Vancouver by air and subsequently returned. That evidencedid not tend to establish that the Appellant. What is more, that part of the girls' story was not in dispute and the learned judgehad a lapsus linguae when he said: "In fact, I don't think it has been seriously challenged that they didn't go to Vancouver" whenwhat he meant was that it had not been challenged that they did go to Vancouver. However, nothing turns upon that. The evidence ofthe same Immigration Officer that a woman called Ho Yuk-chun, who according to the girls was helping them in their drug trafficking,left Hong Kong for Vancouver by air on the same day as the girls, similarly did not implicate the Appellant. Nor did documentaryevidence confirming that the girls stayed at the Nathan Hotel before leaving for Vancouver and that they stayed at the Rlue Heavenand Rembrandt Hotels in Vancouver. Nor, again, did the production of the special corsets which the girls said had been provided forthem and in which they carried the drugs incriminate the Appellant. That leaves only the evidence that Miss Ho Yuk-chun remittedmoney from Vancouver to Hong Kong and that corresponding remittances were credited to the Appellant's bank account. According tothe girls part of the money thus remitted was handed to Miss Ho when they delivered the drugs in Vancouver. Only in so far as thejury were satisfied that the remittance witnessed by the girls was one of those credited to the Appellant could this be corroborationand it was necessary that that should be explained to them.
8. Counsel for the Crown submits that in any event there was evidence capable of constituting corroboration in the testimony of theAppellant himself and that the evidence as a whole was overwhelming. He therefore invites us to apply the previse. In our view themisdirections were fatal and this was not a case where we could properly apply the previse : the jury might well have come to thesame conclusion had they received proper directions but they would not necessarily have done so. Nevertheless, having regard to thenature of the admissible evidence and to all the other circumstances, we think that it would be wrong simply to acquit the Appellant,and we order a retrial. It has been argued that one of the considerations in deciding to order a retrial must be that the witnesseswho gave the admissible evidence will be available. As to that it is enough to say that the fact that a witness is not within thejurisdiction does not raise an inference that he will not be available.


Q. When does the first bus leave from Jodhpur to Sumerpur?
A. The first bus from Jodhpur to Sumerpur leaves at 09:00 and is operated by Gujarat travels.
Q. When does the last bus leave from Jodhpur to Sumerpur?
A. The last bus from Jodhpur to Sumerpur leaves at 18:25 and is operated by Vijay Travels.
Q. How many buses are plying from Jodhpur to Sumerpur every day?
A. There are 38 buses that ply from Jodhpur to Sumerpur every day.
Q. How much time does it take to reach Sumerpur from Jodhpur by road?
A. It takes 1Hrs 45Min to reach Sumerpur from Jodhpur by road.
Q. What is the lowest price for a Jodhpur to Sumerpur bus ticket?
Q. How many bus operators are there in the Jodhpur to Sumerpur route?
A. At present, there are 38 bus operators in the Jodhpur to Sumerpur route.


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