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This is just a lovely building. One of many. Other that being semi-attractive, we could not get inside for a tour, so the experience was somehow disappointing.
This is just a lovely building. One of many. Other that being semi-attractive, we could not get inside for a tour, so the experience was somehow disappointing.
The Volkstheater has beautiful architecture. It was finished in 1889 and the architects were F. Fellner and H. Helmer. The style of the building is Baroque.
The Volkstheater becomes the location of the "Rote Bar" after the performances. The lobby and the lounge are swiftly changed into dancefloors but the actual auditorium is naturally closed off. Not my type of music but a very interesting atmosphere for a club.
This was a very elegant, old theatre. We saw a wonderful opera there. They have a variety of operas and other programs running constantly.
Reasonably priced and whilst the standard of the performances varied, the overall concert was lovely. The orchestra was particularly good as was the male choir, the ballet and the children's choir. I thought some of the soloists' voices were unimpressive and were often not strong enough to compete with the orchestra. There is a very nice little bar which sells... More
I went with my daughter to see the Sound of Music..the production was in german with English subtitles but most of us are so familiar with the Sound of Music in the US..it didn't really matter...the show was really well done,beautiful voices...we really enjoyed it,and we had excellent seats for only 35.00 each...would have been 100.00 on Broadway..it was interesting... More
It was a great Opera house .Together with the friends we had chance to see "La Travviata" of Verdi .The show and the teather atmosphere was excellent. Not only State Opera House but The Voklsteather is also perfect for the operas you if have time at Vienna . Don't forget to get the tickets earlier then venue. :)
The Volkstheater isn't as impressive as the Staatsoper, but it's still worth a look - one of the prettiest buildings in Vienna!
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Sideshow Collectibles shows off a ton of new prototypes at San Diego Comic-Con including Elvira, Predator, Alien, Isaac from Dead Space and more. See all the pics below.
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Aiden (Josh Lawson) craves a better life. A life away from his gruesome job as a crime scene photographer, working alongside his detective friend Pete (Ron Perlman).
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Celebrating one of the most exciting musical partnerships in classical music, Grammy-winners Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic release their recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 9, available in the U.S. on Deutsche Grammophon on February 19th. The two have previously released recordings available exlusively in the digital format, making this new release the first to be offered as both a physical and digital recording for consumers. The album was recorded live at Los Angeles' Walt Disney Concert Hall during the 2012 Mahler project.
In 2012, Gustavo Dudamel - the energetic, indefatigable, passionate "force of nature," only thirty one years old - was just named Musical America's "Musician of the Year" for 2013. He recently undertook a complete cycle of Mahler symphonies with his two orchestras, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, performing all nine symphonies plus the fragmentary 10th in Los Angeles and Caracas over a period of only three weeks. It was an epic, ambitious project, with magnificent results - including the newest recording to be released by the LA Phil and Dudamel: Mahler's magisterial Ninth Symphony.
Dudamel and the LA Phil toured Europe with Mahler's Ninth in 2011, garnering widespread critical acclaim. The Guardian praised them for "a refinement and expressivity that touched the sublime," whileThe Los Angeles Times called Dudamel's Mahler 9 "a powerful performance and the most audacious challenge yet for a fearless young conductor."
"I waited a long time to conduct this symphony", says Dudamel. "It embodies all the deep, personal dualities at the heart of Mahler's music: life and death, love and fear, hope and despair. It is a very special kind of music - breathtaking . . . perfect."
The Ninth Symphony was completed in 1909; Mahler died in May 1911, without ever hearing it performed.
Following a December 2012 US tour with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, and January 2013 engagements in Israel, Austria, and Germany, Dudamel returns to the LA Phil in February 2013 for performances that will include the world premiere of the staged production of The Gospel According to the Other Mary, a new work by John Adams that is a co-commission with London's Barbican Centre.
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Is Fred Durst on the hunt for a new sex tape partner?
Durst was spotted leaving Koi with with a stripperifically dressed Nicole Narain -- of Colin Farrell sex tape notoriety. The skeeze-a-licious couple were mighty cozy as they waited for a valet. Although they left in separate cars, Narain's was right on Durst's tail ... a switch for Narain.
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The White House signing ceremony came barely three hours after the House approved the $34 billion measure on a vote of 272 to 152. The Senate passed the measure Wednesday after a months-long stalemate.
"Americans who are fighting to find a good job and support their families will finally get the support they need to get back on their feet during these tough economic times," Obama said in a statement. He called on Congress to swiftly approve additional measures to create jobs and bolster the sluggish recovery, including a package of small-business incentives that faced a battery of GOP objections in the Senate late Thursday.
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posted Oct 14 2011 7:58AM
f you were to ask most comedians who
favorite comedians are, I would guess that Steve Martin would show up in the Top 10 for most of them. There's no argument over his influence and skills. But for some reason, he chooses horrible movies to do...at least in the last couple decades. It doesn't make sense why the man that brought us
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remakes. Now he has
The Big Year
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The Big Year
has a great premise: it's a pseudo true story about a real event called The Big Year which is competitive bird watching. Yeah. Competitive. Besides Martin, it also stars Owen Wilson and Jack Black...two actors that were also really funny once upon a time and have perhaps run their course. A film in the vein of Christopher Guest's classic
Best in Show
would have been amazing! A comedy lampooning the existence and the people that participate in a bird watching competition sounds awesome! Quickly it becomes apparent that that is not the direction they took. I probably should have seen that coming since it was directed by David Frankel, who did
Marley & Me
The Devil Wears Prada
. He's very good at giving us comedies that teeter back and forth between very funny and emotionally appealing.Â
The Big Year
tries as hard as it can to be more like those films but sadly never does. See, when you enter into a Big Year, you are away from your family, your job, your life for a whole year. You miss out on an awful lot and the movie partially focuses on that. It also focuses on the beauty of nature and the birds themselves. If you're saying so far all that doesn't sound very funny...you're right. The movie isn't very funny; but that doesn't mean it's not good. But it doesn't do a quality job at pulling you in any particular direction or making you feel a certain way. It just kind of exists. The characters don't make you feel for them completely or even pick a favorite in the contest. There are moments of great filmmaking but not enough to love the movie. The good news is that none of these usually annoying comedic actors are annoying in the film. They don't branch out into new territory or take any risks with character choices but you get what you'd expect minus some fark and dick jokes from Jack Black. In fact, he gives one of the better performances in the movie since the relationship with his dad, played by Brian Dennehy (
Romeo + Ju
liet) is some of the near tear-jerking you expierence in the film. But overall to use the word "big" in the title of this film is false advertising.
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sat at the screening for this movie next to friends of mine from Fox 40. Â At one point, I was nudged in the side by one of their elbows. Â I looked next to me and saw that I was being handed a tissue. Â I had no idea but I was crying so hard during
that I was sobbing, snorting and sniveling. Â Embarrassed, I took the tissue to wipe my face clean, although one minute later I was laughing my ass off and didn't need the tissue anymore.
is the work of director Jonathan Levine (HBO's
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). Â It's a semi-biographical script based on Reiser's actual battle with spinal cancer and how his best friend, Seth Rogen, helped him through it. Â Seth Rogen stars alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Reiser's character and the two of them create one of the most emotional testaments to friendship that I've seen in over a decade. This is not your typical Seth Rogen movie. Â Yes, there is pot smoking. Â Yes, there is crude language. Â Yes, they try to get laid. Â But what sets this apart is that there is also a soul to this movie that is deeper and more revealing than any comedy that's come out in years. Â That's not to say that if you're a fan of
Knocked Up
you'll be bored by this. Â Rogen still delivers the top shelf funny that we've come to expect from him in every nuanced cadence of his style. It's possible that I'm a little biased, since a friend of mine went through cancer when we were 19-years-old and some of the scenes in
hit a little too close to home. Â But as painful and gut-wrenching as some of the scenes can get, there are scenes that celebrate life and make you split your sides from laughing right around the corner. Â I can't remember a movie in recent memory that made me laugh just as hard as it made me cry. Â It's a true accomplishment of the Dramedy genre. Reiser created a script that doesn't dwell in either one of the emotions long enough to bum you out or no longer realize how serious the subject matter is. Â It's a true masterpiece of writing. Â It's also helped along by a fantastic supporting cast that consists of Anna Kendrick (the
Up in the Air
), Bryce Dallas Howard (the
The Help
), and Anjelica Huston (
The Royal Tenebaums, Choke
). It's rare that a movie can make me cry thinking about it days after I've seen it;Â
is one of them though. Â That's not a spoiler, so don't worry. Â Although this film has some very heartbreaking moments, it's really a celebration of life. Â It's a film about cancer that doesn't spend its full 100 minutes making you feel like you're dying too. Â It's a rally cry for anyone who feels like cashing in their chips to instead stand up, go outside and embrace friendship, family and love. It's also a film that SCREAMS for the Academy to take notice. Â I think
is good enough to be nominated for Best Film, Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor. Â I encourage you to go see it, no matter if you've enjoyed a Seth Rogen film in the past or not, because
is therapeutic in its execution and cathartic in its viewing. Â I plan on seeing it again as soon as I can and this time I'll bring my own tissues.
50/50 Â (Rated R) Gavin Grade: A+
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rad Pitt has made some great movies over the years. Â
Se7en. Â Fight Club. Â Inglorious Basterds. Â Snatch.
He's delivered a top shelf performance in everything he's ever done and seems to almost relish in the fact that he's so good looking yet insists on playing roles covered in grime, blood or sleaze for the most part. Â
is a new sort of role for him. Â The true story of Billy Beane, the man who changed the game of baseball by recruiting based on stats and not money, might be the role that finally gets him an Oscar. Director Bennett Miller (
) created a character piece out of a baseball story and not the other way around. Â Refreshing for those of us who don't care for baseball at all. Â I personally find the sport boring and plodding, but
rarely is. Â It gets a tad bogged down in details that most people don't understand at times but you're willing to overlook it because of the performance that Pitt gives in each scene. The film is scripted by Aaron Sorkin who just won and Oscar for
The Social Network
and was the creator of
The West Wing
. Â I expected the enthusiastic pop and crackle of a classic Sorkin script that chews through dialogue like a rabid dog attack. Â Sadly, I got a more run-of-the-mill Hollywood script that seems watered down and more realistic, which is less effective as a form of entertainment. Joining Pitt in the film is Jonah Hill (
Superbad, Get Him to the Greek
) who proves that he can do serious and sedated. Â We also have minor roles from Philip Seymour Hoffman (
Capote, Doubt
), Robin Wright Penn (
Princess Bride, Forrest Gump
) and Chris Pratt (NBC's
Parks and Rec, Take Me Home Tonight
). Â All of these performers are incredibly underutilized and not allowed to spread their wings as they all have in the past. Â Of course, some may look at that as a noble characteristic of the film and Miller as a director; that he was able to have this great cast but sparingly use them only as padding for a film that is undeniably Pitt's. Although this will be viewed as a Sports Movie by most, I'm not entirely sold on the fact that it is. Â No more than
Field of Dreams
. Â The most touching scenes in the movie are between Pitt and his daughter in performances that feel like they were improvised or a candid conversation between a father and his actual daughter. Â Beane isn't portrayed a rational or a compromising man, but he's still very likable and noble. Â You find yourself routing him on when he's taking away power from Hoffman's head coach character or belittling Recruiting veterans. Â You want him to succeed in the worst way and you're not really sure why. Â That's one of the great aspects about
. Â It's complex and wonderful and about baseball, which hasn't had a quality film made about it decades. Brad Pitt has done lots of great performances in his career that I think he should have won an Oscar for. Â Is
better than those movies? Â No. Â But if he wins an Oscar for it, I'll be very pleased since it's a home run!
Moneyball (Rated PG-13) Gavin Grade: A-
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Our Idiot Brother
by Gavin
posted Sep 8 2011 5:35PM
aul Rudd is usually a safe bet for a great film. Â There aren't too many he's done in his life that didn't turn out good, if not great. Â Then you have him star with comedic staples like Elizabeth Banks (
40-Year-Old Virgin, Role Models
), Zooey Deschnael (
Your Highness, (500) Days of Summer
), Rashida Jones (
I Love You, Man
, NBC's
The Office
) and Steve Coogan (
Tropic Thunder, Hamlet 2
) and it should be a comedic slam dunk, right? Â Well,
Our Idiot Brother
wasn't because it wasn't a comedy. Director Jesse Peretz (
The Ex
) assembled an impressive indie comedy cast only to pull out a dramedy. Â The story centers around three sisters dealing with their brother after he's released from prison. Â Their brother, Rudd, isn't really a criminal...he's just an idiot. Â He was thrown in jail for selling weed to a uniformed cop. Â That's how the movie starts. Â Not only is Rudd's character an idiot, but he's one of the most likable and lovable characters of the year. Â He means no harm in everything he does, yet harm is what seems to be left in his wake. Â His family's life gets turned upside-down by his arrival but it's through this that self reflection follows. Rudd is at the top of his game. Â He's fantastic. Â Really everyone is. Â The enemy of success for this is a mix of poor direction and a lackluster script from a first time writing team that half of which was made up of Peretz's wife. Â The entire film is executed with an energy that seemed like everyone smoked weed during the whole production because it lacks energy completely. Another turn off for the film was that it's about two cultures of people that I personally get annoyed with quickly - hippies and hipsters. Â Rudd is a hippie from Long Island but their sisters' worlds exist as busy, artie hipsters living in Brooklyn. Â Worlds collide? Â I guess so but with annoying meets awful, you end up with awfully annoying. Â It limits the likable characters to just Rudd's and that's a problem when you're suppose to like everyone else as well. Â So unless you have stellar jokes to carry you through the entire film, which
Our Idiot Brother
doesn't have, you're left with a plodding dramedy about mostly selfish, whiny, crap characters.
Our Idiot Brother
is worth seeing but merely as a rental. Â Maybe it would have been better if there was a little bit more idiot in it instead of the idiot turning out to be the only character that is worthy of an audience's adoration.
Our Idiot Brother  (Rated R) Gavin Grade: B-
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Crazy Stupid Love
by Gavin
posted Jul 28 2011 11:02PM
henever someone tells me that Steve Carrell is going to star in another movie I have to ask whether it's going to be a comedy or a drama. Â The guy has turned out fantastic comedic performances like he did on NBC's
The Office
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. Â But he's capable of far more than a clown and he's shown that in movies like
Little Miss Sunshine
Dan in Real Life
and...well, NBC's
The Office
. Â He's one of the few actors out there right now that can make you laugh one second and cry the next and, if you're lucky, do both, all in the same scene. In
Crazy Stupid Love
he's supported by an utterly stellar cast that includes Ryan Gosling (
The Notebook, Blue Valentine
), Julianne Moore (
The Big Lebowski, The Kids Are Alright
), Kevin Bacon, Marisa Tomei (
My Cousin Vinnie, The Wrestler
) and Emma Stone (
Zombieland, Easy A
). Â Everyone has impressed me in films prior to this one, but I can't help but to think that it was somehow Carrell that inspired everyone in this to meet the bar he set. The movie is one you've seen before. Â It's about a middle-aged couple going through a divorce and how the man, who lost his zest for life and romance, gets it back after meeting a sexy suave stranger. Â The premise is nothing new...little coming out of Hollywood is anymore; but that doesn't mean that it's not entertaining and touching. Â It manages to maintain a tone through the whole film that's very refreshing. Â There are some scenes that are extremely funny and a blast to watch, but if the movie got too sad and dark it would have put a damper on the comedy. Â However it still has those scenes that might make you wipe a tear or two away since it's well-written enough that you care deeply for some of the characters. What makes it even more fun is that there are twists in the story that throw you curve balls and make sure you're not losing interest. Â Even as predictable and cheesy as some scenes (especially the ending) can get, it's those shockers that really kept my eyes from rolling. Â One particular twist is rather obvious, or at least was to me, if you're simply paying attention to some of the casting choices but that's all I'll say about that.
Crazy Stupid Love
isn't breaking any new ground and for that it gets docked a point. Â However it's one of those movies that seems to come along rather often that is a universal crowd pleaser on almost all levels. Â It doesn't get graphic. Â It stays very sweet. Â It has the perfect amount of ha-has. Â It makes sure you don't leave unhappy. Â It speaks to everyone on some level or another, even if it really doesn't have anything itself to say.
Crazy Stupid Love (Rated PG-13) Gavin Grade: A-
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Everything Must Go
by Gavin
posted May 25 2011 8:07PM
hen I went to see this movie on a Saturday night, there were 8 other people in the theater besides me and my wife. Â The other people were mostly made up of folks who were big fans of other Will Ferrel movies like
The Other Guys
. Â You could just tell that they bought a ticket for
Everything Must Go
simply because they thought it was the latest Will Ferrel comedy about...well, who cares it's got Will Ferrel in it! Â A more fitting title might have been
Everyone Must Go
because by the end of the movie, the theater crowd had been whittled down to four besides me and my wife, as they each got up in disappointed huffs and left the theater.
Everything Must Go
is a dramedy based on the short story by acclaimed American writer Raymond Carver. Â My wife had read the short story
Why Don't You Dance
, for which it's based on, but said it's vastly over-bloated from that; as is the case when a short story is turned into a feature film. Â The movie has no big stars in it besides Ferrel but you may recognize small parts played by Stephen Root (
Office Space, No Country for Old Men
), Laura Dern (
Jurassic Park
), Michael Pena (
) or Glenn Howerton (FX's
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
). Â Again though, all these parts are very small and this movie is owned by Ferrel. This is a tricky film to discuss because it has a lot to say and comes across as a very important character study. Â The problem is that it's just freaking depressing! Â It's essentially a 92 minute movie about an alcoholic slowly hitting his bottom over the course of a few days. Â Sure there is a positive catharsis about it in that when his wife kicks him out of the house and throws all his stuff out on the lawn, he starts to sell it all and it's a physical manifestation of him shedding his old self. Â The symbolism didn't get past me, which is a relief because it's really overt. Â It's just uncomfortable to watch since it's so not funny and so not super sad, so it just leaves you in this emotional purgatory suspended in between the two. It also doesn't help that you don't feel bad for Ferrel's character. Â You can watch it and muster sympathy that everything in his life comes crashing down in just a couple days but all the other characters in the film feel no sympathy for him since they think he's an assh*le. Â And since they've known his character longer than you have, there's no other choice than to accept it. Â The only person in the film that met him in the same amount of time as the audience is a young teenager that lives down the street, who's played wonderfully and subtly by Christopher Jordan Wallace, who's never been in anything before but is the son of Notorious B.I.G.! It's really not that
Everything Must Go
is a bad movie. Â It's simple and tear-jerking at the end. Â It offers a redemptive tone about not giving up, never looking back, changing your life and picking yourself up off the floor. Â The problem is that it's not funny enough to be worth watching for that and the main character is too unlikable to champion. Â It's more just like a snapshot of a few horrible, terrible days that leads to a jerk changing his life...but who wants to watch that?
Everything Must Go (Rated R) Gavin Grade: C
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Win Win
by Gavin
posted Apr 5 2011 5:43PM
aul Giamatti has the face of a basset hound. His eyes match the droopiness in his cheeks, his hair is falling out, his belly extends and if you didn't know he was a successful and gifted actor, you'd think he was just another guy that life kicked around. So if I were to tell you that he was the star of, possibly, THE feel-good movie of 2011, it would be pretty hard to swallow...but it's true.
Win Win
is a story of a desperate family sap who finds a way to con an old man, who's played by the wonderful and actually still living Burt Young (the
series, HBO's
The Sopranos
), but it backfires when he has to take care of his grandson, who's played by a kid named Alex Shaffer in a spectacular film debut. Giamatti's wife is the wonderful Amy Ryan (NBC's
The Office, Gone Baby Gone
) and rounds out an absolutely perfect cast. Every moment of this movie builds to something better and, although it's predictable in its formula, is an incredibly heartwarming story. Writer/Director Thomas McCarthy is also an actor. You'd recognize him in movies like
, the
Meet the Parents
series and
Michael Clayton
. He uses his experience as an actor to really get genuine performances out of his cast. Every word that they utter drips with sincerity and soul. This isn't a sappy melodrama though. This is a rare and wonderful thing...a dramedy that is perfectly done. I've often said that it's very hard to pull off something that is a fantastic drama and a hilarious comedy at the same time. Most films find that by attempting to do both, they fail to excel at them too.
Win Win
is a shining example of how it's suppose to be accomplished. The supporting characters played Jeffry Tambor (
The Hangover, Paul
) and Bobby Cannavale (FX's
Louie, The Other Guys
) are not just fluff. They each add some of the best humor to the film but each pump a little drama in as well. They're not two dimensional characters that are only there to make a joke and leave; they have drama and sadness in their lives as well which they need to express and solve.
Win Win
dives into some heavy topics. Giamatti's character is rather unlikable when we first meet him because of what he does to this old man. The situation for him and his family seems to get worse and then better and then really bad until they build to a point where a
Win Win
ending seems impossible. Not only is it accomplished, but so is making it funny all the way through as well.
Win Win (Rated R) Gavin Grade: A+
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The King's Speech
by Gavin
posted Jan 17 2011 4:30PM
his is exactly the kind of movie that usually gets nominated for all the Oscars. Â It's a posh British film filled with foreign actors about a subject that's historical and obscure. Â The difference with
The King's Speech
is that this year it's actually great, whereas usually they're boring. Â This film, which stars Colin Firth (
Love Actually, A Single Man
) and Geoffrey Rush (
Pirates of the Caribbean, Shine
), is the true story of King George VI and how he overcame his stammer so he could lead a nation during WWII. Â This is one of those rare movies that is both funny and moving at the same time. Â I've often said that pulling off a dramedy is not easy at all. Â When you make it a period picture it becomes even harder. Â But director Tom Hooper does it very well; impressive considering that his background prior to this was mostly made-for-TV films. Â Firth gives one of the finest performances from a leading actor of the year. Â He not only molds his voice into a mirror sound of what King George VI sounded like, but doesn't make his stammer comical or over-the-top at all. Â He also makes a character that is complex and interesting by showing us the ugly side of his temper and regal arrogance while also displaying his love for his family and vulnerability to his condition. Â That's all aided by a great performance from Rush as well. Â However, I'm not sure it's the role of his career since he's mostly playing himself and just happens to have an amazing script and part. Â Same thing goes for Helena Bonham Carter (
Fight Club, Alice in Wonderland
), who plays Queen Elizabeth.  She's far from disappointing but it's her giving us goodness from a script that offers greatness.  That's not to say that this is entirely Firth's film though.  He's so good because he's surrounded by those that are making him look so.  Any other year, this would be the kind of film to easily walk away with the Oscar for Best Picture, but 2010 was such an amazing year for movies that, by comparison, this doesn't seem like it's up to par with the rest of the best.  The film made me laugh, it made me tear up and it even gave me goosebumps a bit, but it just slightly lacked the powerful climax I was hoping for.  When you have  a movie that builds to one single moment, it better be spectacular.  Sadly for
The King's Speech
it was not only historical with no wiggle room for Hollywood embellishment, but it also involved British royalty, who seem incapable of showing much emotion outside of anger. Â That doesn't diminish the greatness that this movie is, but it waters down the effectiveness that it could have had.
The King's Speech  (Rated R) Gavin Grade: A-
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by Gavin
posted Jan 12 2011 3:53PM
t's amazing that you can make a whole movie off of something that morning radio show hosts have been debating for decades. Â "If you caught your best friend's spouse cheating, would you tell your best friend?" Â That's the plot for the new movie from director Ron Howard (
A Beautiful Mind, Angels and Demons
) and stars Vince Vaughn, Kevin James (
King of Queens, Hitch
), Winona Ryder and Jennifer Connelly (
A Beautiful Mind, Requiem for a Dream
). Â What's going to fight this movie from the beginning is a horrible ad campaign. Â The poster is lame and just shows Vaughn and James as if this is another cliche buddy comedy of Vaughn's, only replacing his friend John Favreau with Kevin James this time around. Â It seems like any
Wedding Crashers
Old School
in the trailer with the hip pop song playing while slapstick comedy displays him falling into plants. Â Yes, those scenes are all in it, but that's not the tone of the film. Â It's better than that. Â This is a dramedy that carries a decent soul with it. Â It's gonna rock audiences when they see Vaughn and James start to cry in scenes that aren't meant to be humorous at all. Â Sure you'll hear some chuckles from people who are too uncomfortable to accept the silence, but they're not funny scenes. Â Because of that I liked it more than I thought I would. Â But because of that most people won't. Â Your casual moviegoer will be disappointed that the laughs don't come often and when they do, they come cheaply. Â The comedy aspects of the film flat out annoyed me at times. Â Queen Latifah appears in a small part that is meant to drive people nutty with laughs but her character is boring, pointless and void of humor. Â On the flip side, Channing Tatum (
Dear John, G.I. Joe
) is great as the small but important role as the "other guy." Â In the future, I'd actually like to see him do more comedy because he's good at it. Â I think the meat and potatoes of this film comes from Ron Howard. Â He's a great director who'd tackled lots of genres, but this is the first dramedy he's done in a while; not since 1989's
. Â Just like
, this movie is real quality but not great. Â He gets the adult situations, real life drama and human interactions right but the comedy and humor mostly wrong. Â The good news is that this film carries with it some great performances from actors that I would have guessed weren't capable of giving them at all or at the very least anymore. Â I'm happily wrong there. Â But the real dilemma for
The Dilemma
is whether people will accept their disappointment for it not being a true comedy and then move on and live in the drama. Â I sure hope so.
The Dilemma  (Rated PG-13) Gavin Grade: B-
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Eat Pray Love
by Gavin
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o be perfectly honest and up front, I don't like Julia Roberts. Â There! Â I said it! Â I know she's America's Sweetheart and everyone loves her, but I never found her to be a good actress and has coasted by all these years on her cuteness and her ability to get weepy on command. Â However, the reason why
Eat Pray Love
wasn't good has nothing to do with her shortcomings. Â This is the film version of the New York Times Bestseller by Elizabeth Gilbert and it's her memoir about her life and this experience she had. Â It's gotta be hard for Gilbert to put up with criticism for this movie since the only thing to really not like about it is HER! Â This film is over two hours long and every single second of it is dedicated to her and how unhappy she is because of...well, I don't know. Â This woman has EVERYTHING and is still miserable. Â Ironically funny though since the reoccurring theme in the film is that Americans don't know how to enjoy pleasure and really let themselves go. Â The "problems" that Gilbert faces couldn't be more "American." Â She's selfish. Â She's rich. Â She's unfeeling. Â Does she learn anything by the end of the movie? Â Sure she does. Â After galavanting around the globe in paradise settings, not working, she damn well better or she should have her passport taken away and shoved down her throat. Â Do I care at all that she changes by the end though? Â Not one bit. Â She gets to spend an entire year of her life living in Italy eating her way to happiness, India praying her way to forgiveness and Bali where she loves her way back to health. Â Awe. Â Poor her! Â This book is insanely popular (my mother and brother are among the millions that love it) but I have NO IDEA why anyone would stomach this completely unlikable woman. Â The sad part is that the movie looks amazing, which is a shock since it was directed by
's Ryan Murphy. Â It also has some inspired and hypnotic performances by Billy Crudup (
Big Fish, Watchmen
), James Franco (
Pineapple Express, Spiderman
), and Javier Bardem (
No Country for Old Men
). Â The best performance, however, comes from the amazing Richard Jenkins (
Burn After Reading, Step Brothers
) who should get Oscar notice once again for this. Â His scene is so gut-wrenching and sad, but when you compare his pain to hers it just makes you not like her even more! Â The movie reminded me an awful lot of Sophia Coppolla's
Lost in Translation
. Â It's a story about someone who has it all and is still not happy. Â Boo freaking hoo. Â If that's a feeling you can identify with then consider yourself lucky and piss off. Â I haven't read the book. Â Maybe it's a lot deeper when it's her pure thoughts written on a page. Â But when put on a movie screen, even when it's being crafted by great actors, it's just indulgent, petty, privileged and annoying. Â Maybe it's called
Eat Pray Love
because those are three things that are a lot more enjoyable than watching this film.
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Jim Damoulakis, CTO of GlassHouse Technologies, Framingham, Mass., agreed that operational costs like floor space and power consumption, and not just the cost of equipment, should be considered when making a purchase. But he added that although tape is cheaper on a cost per GB basis, disk offer cost benefits by easing the amount of nightly backup problems.
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Bart Bartlett, director of marketing at disk-based backup vendor Data Domain, said that disk is more expensive than tape until you factor in data compression. "Our disk storage system compresses data to a compression ratio of 20 to 1. That can drive the cost of disk down to be competitive or even lower than tape."
Both disk and tape suit different applications, but the ones that are growing are a better fit for disk, according to Kevin Daly, CEO of Avamar, another disk-based backup software vendor. "Most people have all the tape they'll ever need if they evolve towards a mix of both disk and tape," he said.
Diane McAdam, a partner and senior analyst at the Data Mobility Group Inc., Nashua, N.H., doesn't see the TCO debate as an either/or issue. She acknowledged that a 100% tape solution is much cheaper than a 100% disk solution, but it really depends on what technology a company needs. "If I'm an IT guy at a financial firm and there are transactions that can never be lost and need to be retrieved quickly, I would use disk-based remote replication. I couldn't possibly use tape for that."
McAdam did agree that in addition to hardware and software maintenance costs, disk will cost more over time because of the higher turnover rate of disk equipment. "Disk technology tends to get refreshed every two or three years, where tape libraries get replaced every five to seven years."
Harada noted that although the tape council's research showed that tape has a better TCO, one technology can't stand alone. "Disk may be right for certain applications even at a higher cost, but it still isn't a complete data protection solution. It still should be backed up with tape."
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Music in Reducing Anxiety and Pain in Adult Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow Biopsy for Hematologic Cancers or Other Diseases
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Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University
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First received: September 13, 2006
Last updated: July 12, 2012
Last verified: July 2012
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RATIONALE: Listening to relaxing music during a bone marrow biopsy may be effective in reducing anxiety and pain.
PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well music works in reducing anxiety and pain in adult patients undergoing bone marrow biopsy for hematologic cancers or other diseases.
Condition | Intervention |
Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders Leukemia Lymphoma Lymphoproliferative Disorder Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm Myelodysplastic Syndromes Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Pain Precancerous Condition Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment |
Procedure: music therapy |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Supportive Care |
Official Title: | Use of Music to Reduce Anxiety & Perceived Pain for Adult Patients With Hematological Malignancies Undergoing Bone Marrow Biopsy |
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Further study details as provided by Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- State anxiety as measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) questionnaire [ Time Frame: day 1 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Perceived pain level as measured by the Visual Analogue Scale [ Time Frame: day 1 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Patient satisfaction as measured by a post-procedure questionnaire [ Time Frame: day 1 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Enrollment: | 65 |
Study Start Date: | June 2006 |
Study Completion Date: | May 2010 |
Primary Completion Date: | May 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
No Intervention: usual care | |
Experimental: Music therapy |
Procedure: music therapy
music played for patient during bone marrow biopsy collection
Detailed Description:
- Determine the feasibility of using music as an intervention to reduce anxiety and perceived pain in adult patients who are undergoing bone marrow biopsy for hematologic cancers or other diseases.
- Compare differences in state anxiety and perceived pain level between patients treated with or without music intervention.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, feasibility study. Patients are stratified according to the practitioner performing the procedure. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
- Arm I (music intervention): Patients complete baseline questionnaires that measure anxiety and anticipated pain prior to bone marrow biopsy (BMB). Patients also provide demographic and clinical information, including pre-procedure medications and previous BMB experience. Patients then choose from music compact discs with various types of relaxing music (e.g., classical, country, soft rock, and R&B) and listen to the music through headphones during the bone marrow biopsy for approximately 30 minutes. After the biopsy, patients complete questionnaires that measure their response to the music, in terms of anxiety and perceived pain experienced during the procedure, and their overall level of satisfaction.
- Arm II (usual care [control]): Patients complete pre-procedure questionnaires, as in arm I, and undergo BMB without music intervention. Post-procedure questionnaires assess patient response to BMB in the absence of music and their level of satisfaction with the procedure.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 60 patients will be accrued for this study.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
- Diagnosis of hematologic malignancy
- Referred or scheduled for a bone marrow biopsy
- Must understand written and spoken English
- Prior bone marrow biopsies allowed
Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00376922
United States, North Carolina | |
Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center | |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University
Principal Investigator: | Suzanne C. Danhauer, PhD | Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University |
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 13, 2014
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Responsible Party: | Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00376922 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | CDR0000495315, CCCWFU-98306, CCCWFU-IRB00000468 |
Study First Received: | September 13, 2006 |
Last Updated: | July 12, 2012 |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Keywords provided by Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University:
pain psychosocial effects of cancer and its treatment accelerated phase chronic myelogenous leukemia acute undifferentiated leukemia adult acute myeloid leukemia with 11q23 (MLL) abnormalities adult acute myeloid leukemia with inv(16)(p13;q22) adult acute myeloid leukemia with t(15;17)(q22;q12) adult acute myeloid leukemia with t(16;16)(p13;q22) adult acute myeloid leukemia with t(8;21)(q22;q22) atypical chronic myeloid leukemia, BCR-ABL1 negative blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia chronic eosinophilic leukemia primary myelofibrosis chronic myelomonocytic leukemia chronic neutrophilic leukemia |
chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia de novo myelodysplastic syndromes essential thrombocythemia extramedullary plasmacytoma meningeal chronic myelogenous leukemia myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasm, unclassifiable polycythemia vera previously treated myelodysplastic syndromes primary systemic amyloidosis progressive hairy cell leukemia, initial treatment prolymphocytic leukemia secondary acute myeloid leukemia secondary myelodysplastic syndromes stage III adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma stage III chronic lymphocytic leukemia |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neoplasms Leukemia Lymphoma Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoproliferative Disorders Multiple Myeloma Neoplasms, Plasma Cell Plasmacytoma Myelodysplastic Syndromes Preleukemia Myeloproliferative Disorders Precancerous Conditions Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Immunoblastic |
Myelodysplastic-Myeloproliferative Diseases Neoplasms by Histologic Type Lymphatic Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders Immune System Diseases Hemostatic Disorders Vascular Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Paraproteinemias Blood Protein Disorders Hematologic Diseases Hemorrhagic Disorders Bone Marrow Diseases |
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