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Successfully completing the detailed inspections by Bureau Veritas, Divan İstanbul City continues to be "Greening Hotel" an environmental project initiated and implemented by TUROB (Touristic Hotels and Investors Association).
While we are celebrating our 1st year in Erbil, we have been rewarded as the "Leading Business Hotel in Iraq" by World Travel Awards, considered to be the Oscar's of travel industry.
Divan is selected among the Superbrands of Turkey in 2012 as a result of the evaluation by the Superbrands Council and Nielsen research conducted among 1600 people in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. This is our second time on this list after our first inclusion in 2005.
Divan Group, the phenomenon of hotel management of Turkey, carries his own traditional hospitality in Irak where the heart of the business life beats with his economy which has been reconstructed in recent years determining the need of business hotels. Divan Erbil, a five star hotel with 23 floors where become united the luxury and comfort, is continuing to rise day by day as a new star of the city that was born from his ashes. More Information
The popular travel planning web site TripAdvisor with over 50 million visitors announced the results of Turkey's 2012 Trendiest and the Most Modern hotels awards, voted by independent travelers. More Information
A legendary historical landmark of Istanbul returns: Divan Istanbul opened its doors as of September 2011. More Information
World class hotelier of Turkey, Divan, became a member of The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), one of the leading global organizations in tourism sector. More Information
Divan Istanbul, is now on iPad with its virtual tour! To live the Divan privilege, you can download the free application from the following link below. More Information
Divan Chocolate has been selected as the best by Hürriyet Cuma newspaper's top 10 list. More Information
Divan's new web site www.divan.com.tr is deemed to deserve three international esteemed awards. Web site won the "Outstanding Achievement" on hotel category first time in Turkey from Interactive Media Awards (IMA) which elects bests in sectors on international platform. More Information
Divan group -hotels, brasseries and restaurants- is on Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare's page "Divan'dayiz" anymore... More Information
The first hotel chain in Çorlu, Divan has brought its "business class" concept to Çorlu. Known to be the shopping center of Thrace, Çorlu also has high potential with its location advantages. Divan Çorlu, with its 120 rooms, a Divan Brasserie, fitness center and four high-tech meeting rooms opened in July 2010. More Information


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I'm thinking of the many cultures of the middle east and how if women had a say this could be their lives. Hope for another day! 5h fav as usual
What beauty,,, this piece has a very deep feel to it,,, the colors are so rich and beautiful.... love your style here,,, nice work
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MORGANTOWN - Dana Holgorsen insists that his second August camp as West Virginia's head coach won't be much different than his first. And, truth be told, there's not much reason to change things.
Yes, he was pretty much thrown into the fire a year ago, elevated to his current position less than two months before the start of camp. But that was enough time to put things in order and get organized. And it wasn't as if Holgorsen was a complete novice.
"My two years at Houston and the one year at Oklahoma State I was heavily involved in how we practiced and how we did camp,'' Holgorsen said. "So I had a pretty good idea of what we wanted to do. We haven't changed a whole lot from last year to this year.''
When the Mountaineers opened camp Thursday, though, there was one very noticeable difference from a year ago. Holgorsen wasn't throwing passes. Neither were quarterbacks coach Jake Spavital or offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson.
And that's a good thing.
"Yeah,'' Dawson said. "That was pretty embarrassing, wasn't it?''
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"We've got five arms, which helps,'' Holgorsen said after putting his team through a 21/2-hour workout in shorts. "It alleviates some of the throwing that Geno and Paul do.
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Harry's DVD PICKS & PEEKS - Last wk of Sept 2011: Judge, Ben-Hur, Keaton, Henenlotter, FOOTLOOSE, Del Toro, Bay, HGL & much much more!
Hey folks, Harry here… Even though I'm doing FANTASTIC FEST and Rehab and business meetings, I called everything off to get this week's column to you on time! I'll probably pay for it tomorrow, but hey – so many Fantastic Festers really made with kiss kiss due to this column. SO for all of you that love this column, here ya go. As usual the images and links will take you to AMAZON where you can choose to order and throw a small portion of the purchase price back to help support this column's best efforts. Plus you can learn even more about the discs from the reviews on the other side of them links. Now – here we go – some great titles to close out a a FANTASTIC September! Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Here's a film that was essentially hidden from you. EXTRACT is a hilarious comedy from the director of OFFICE SPACE and IDIOCRACY – both of which were initially buried, before their awesome hilarity and genius were discovered by folks that were never even given an opportunity to see the film upon initial non-releases and pathetic marketing campaigns which were funded to the tune of food stamps. It's so aggravating to see such an incredibly talented comedic director being given the high hat by what should be helpful studio partners. ALAS. Every actor is hilarious in this. Discover it at home, as we've basically had to discover all of Judge's non-animated films. Fuckers. CHECK IT OUT NOW!
GO WEST / BATTLING BUTLER Blu Ray
Buster Keaton also faced a great deal of adversity throughout his career. Especially later in his life, but KINO loves him – Thank God – and so does everyone that gives him a looksee. The real jewel on this release is this new transfer on BATTLING BUTLER which positively looks amazing on Blu-Ray. GO WEST is nice – and the better movie, but wherever they found the print for BATTLING BUTLER – just wow. My fave extra is a Hal Roach short called GO WEST from 1923 – only completely acted out by… MONKEYS!!! This is more brilliant than the whole output of the modern film industry. I've known of potential genius using monkeys today – but studios continue to underfund these essential simian cinema endeavours. Let our Apes and Monkeys & Gorillas tell us new tail tales! So yeah, I like monkeys!
THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE Criterion Blu
Ok – so I opened up the manilla envelope containing this – and this is a film… I was wholly unaware existed. As I read the packaging from Criterion… I found myself reaching for my knife – and removing the plastic wrap. This I had to see. 90 years ago, a Swedish filmmaker by the name of Victor Sjöström. In 1920, he decided to make a film about how the last person to die on the final stroke of midnight upon the final night of the year… that person is tasked the gather the souls of the dead, tirelessly – constantly and without rest for the next year. This is.. amazing. If you love the amazingly macabre images that this era gave us. CHECK THIS OUT! It's really just amazing to watch. Amazing. For a cold October night, this and a cozy fire is exactly what the doctor ordered!
New digital transfer, restored in collaboration with the Archival Film Collections of the Swedish Film Institute
Two scores, one by acclaimed Swedish composer Matti Bye and the other by the experimental duo KTL
Audio commentary featuring film historian Casper Tybjerg
Interview with Ingmar Bergman excerpted from the 1981 documentary Victor Sjöström: A Portrait, by Gösta Werner
The Bergman Connection, an original visual essay by film historian and Bergman scholar Peter Cowie on The Phantom Carriage's influence on Bergman
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by screenwriter and filmmaker Paul Mayersberg
Are you aware of Frank Henenlotter? I really hope so. I really do. It's better if you are. If you are, my wicked sense of depraved graphically conjured sense of humor – definitely owes a bit to the genius of Frank Henenlotter. I became personally aware of Henenlotter around the same time that I saw Peter Jackson's DEAD ALIVE. Even though the film was from 1982. BASKET CASE is tonally an amazing horror film. The imagery is so bizarre and unreal. Really basic stop-motion at times, but the full size stuff is just gold. But it all works. The film isn't played for laughs – though it is visually absurdist, while still being… somehow horrifyingly disturbing. This film is really – just amazing on Blu Ray! Somehow the funky filmstock translates beautifully on Blu-Ray. I've never seen BASKET CASE on film. The first time was a 3rd generation vhs – remember that fuzzy bad generation tape look? Yeah, to my eyes it looked like how I perceived VIDEODROME's show within the film's image upon a warped screen. And BASKET CASE is some VIDEODROME-y fucked up awesomery. This is an outstanding film, seek it out soon!
New full-frame HD transfer preserving the original 16mm camera ratio
New video introduction by Frank Henenlotter
Audio commentary by director Frank Henenlotter, producer Edgar
Rare outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage from the Director's
Two theatrical trailers plus TV spot
2001 video short: In Search of the Hotel Broslin
Two rare Basket Case radio spots
Gallery of Basket Case exploitation art and behind-the-scene
Ok. I love Craig Brewer's completely modern telling of FOOTLOOSE. But when I saw FOOTLOOSE, I had just moved to Seymour, Texas – from a divorce. I was from Austin. Kids had actual discos you could go to. When I moved up there – not too far away in nearby Oklahoma, the original events that inspired the film went down… FOOTLOOSE visually, culturally & personally very much represented my High School memories. The hairstyles, the religion, the opposing music tastes. I was the kid that brought the boom box onto the band bus so we could all sing along to KNIN out of Wichita Falls. Rewatching FOOTLOOSE on this gorgeous, cheap BluRay – I just had a flood of memories pour back into my skull. That's something that the new FOOTLOOSE can't really do for me. Instead, I watch the new one and I see the differences between myself and a modern small time life, yet it feels absolutely genuine to me. I recognize it on drives through Texas. This Blu-Ray also is filled with extras:
- Commentary by Craig Zadan and Dean Pitchford
- Commentary by Kevin Bacon
- "Let's Dance!" Kevin Bacon on Footloose (HD)
- From Bomont to the Big Apple: An Interview with Sarah Jessica Parker (HD)
- Remembering Willard (HD)
- Kevin Bacon's Screen Test (HD)
- Kevin Bacon Costume Montage (HD)
- 2004 DVD Archive
- Theatrical Trailer (HD)
BEN-HUR – 50th Anniversary – Blu Ray
Then there's this tiny little film. BEN-HUR. The empty pursuit of revenge. Part of what defined Christianity to me. That made me a pacifist. Taught me the evils of being colonialists. That made Charlton Heston even bigger than Moses. The Chariot race – so brilliant that action filmmakers – throwing tens upon tens of millions on some action scenes – and still coming up desperately short. Why? It isn't THE CHARIOT RACE that's brilliant, it's everything that built that moment. It is a scale of filmmaking that is essentially impossible these days. I love this film so much. Miklos Rozsa's score is what I hear in my skull when I visit cathedrals. Stephen Boyd is the fucking ASS of all times in this film. I mean, just fuck this guy. He's so immensely uncool. The most evil Nazi ever. Just an amazing character. Then there's Sam Jaffe and Christ! Wow! This film is the very definition of MAJESTIC. There is so much to learn through this movie. Heston's determination to return and reclaim his family – it's the sort of determination that tells you that you will persist. You will survive. You will not be beaten and destroyed. BEN HUR is the beginning of what I wanted to do with JOHN CARTER OF MARS – and watching this film, I really miss what Kerry Conran was going to do with it. So how awesome is this set? Look at the extras folks…
The 1959 Winner of a Record-Setting 11 Academy Awards®* – Including Best Picture, Actor (Charlton Heston) and Director (William Wyler) –
Restored Frame by Frame from the Original 65MM Camera Negative and Remastered in Stunning 1080p High Definition for Maximum Picture and Audio Clarity
Commentary by Film Historian T. Gene Hatcher with Charlton Heston
Music-Only Track Showcasing Miklos Rozsa's Award-Winning Score
Theatrical Trailers
Retrospective on the Ben-Hur Star Written and Directed by His Son Fraser C. Heston,Featuring Never-Before-Available Images and Footage from the Heston Family Archives
THE 1925 SILENT VERSION – Thames Television Restoration with Stereophonic Orchestral Score by Carl Davis
Vintage Documentaries Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema and Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
Ben-Hur: A Journey Through Pictures – Audiovisual Recreation Via Stills, Storyboards, Sketches, Music and Dialogue
Screen Tests
Highlights from the 1960 Academy Awards® Telecast
Reproduction of Charlton Heston's Personal and Insightful Diary from January 1958 to April 1960, Chronicling His Time Before Production Started Through the Academy Awards
MIMIC The Director's Cut Blu Ray
It has been quite some time since I've revisited MIMIC. The existing DVD cut of the film… which is the original theatrical cut. I had problems with. Now, the only problems I have with the film – is just the knowledge of what Guillermo wanted to do that he never had a chance to even shoot. But this cut. Now it really feels like a Guillermo Del Toro movie through and through. I remember some incredibly jarring moments in the original that felt like they absolutely did not belong. Just visually – they didn't match the majority of the film. They felt clumsy. Well, that wasn't part of Guillermo's original vision. Now those are gone. Guillermo gives a great commentary taking us through this cut and some of the stories about this, his most difficult filmmaking experience to date. If nothing more, this cut and commentary illustrate exactly the depth of Guillermo's passion for filmmaking, his ability to learn from mistakes – and just why he's so fucking good at what he does. Definitely check this out. Much better film.
• Video Prologue with director Guillermo del Toro
• Audio commentary with director/co-writer Guillermo Del Toro
• "Reclaiming Mimic" featurette
• "A Leap In Evolution – The Creatures of Mimic" featurette
• "Back Into The Tunnels – Shooting Mimic" featurette
• Deleted scenes
• Storyboard animatics
• Gag reel
• Theatrical Trailer
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON Blu Ray
It is absolutely barebones. Just the movie. There will be a vastly more robust Blu-Ray of this coming later this year. However, if you don't care about extras – at all. And you just want the movie looking and sounding fantastic… well this version is here for you. I imagine most families with little kids – well, they'll insist on getting it now, but just realize – this is the cheapo money grab edition. Still amazing to watch.
THE BLOOD TRILOGY ( COLOR ME BLOOD RED / BLOOD FEAST / TWO THOUSAND MANIACS! ) Blu Ray
Very much the father of modern graphic horror… Herschell Gordon Lewis' films creak in a beloved manner. This horror geek in me loves these films. Fuad Ramses of BLOOD FEAST – he's like my favorite Thanksgiving Horror film host. Watching BLOOD FEAST makes me want a smoking jacket and a mixed drink and kidney bean living room tables. These films are of an era that's just hokey and fun. Because they're not terribly realistic on any level, I find the films to be pleasant things to watch. SOMETHING WEIRD BluRay has had a couple of great releases this week. Hope we see more. Here's the extras:
3 audio commentaries by Herschell Gordon Lewis and David Friedman
Carving Magic with William Kerwin and Harvey Korman
Blood Feast theatrical trailer
Two Thousand Maniacs theatrical trailer
Color Me Blood Red theatrical trailer
Galleries of exploitation art
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2 & 3 Blu Ray
I can't wait to pick this up after Fantastic Fest. I really love DREAM WARRIORS – this is where I absolutely fell in love with Freddy. When he got really really surreal. When the "teens" fighting back were just awesome! I also love the 2nd film. But really, it's 3 we all love mostest right? I haven't heard how the prints are yet. But they're not bereft of extras. The 2nd film has 4 featurettes, DREAM WARRIORS has 7, plus the original DOKKEN "Dream Warriors" Music Video – which I also love. It was after the third film that Freddy hit the walls of my bedroom. The idea of having powers in your dreams was something that became never ending in my dreams after this film. DREAM WARRIORS was also around the time that Dad introduced me to Winsor McKay's LITTLE NEMO'S ADVENTURES IN SLUMBERLAND. I've always wanted to do the great A++ Krueger flick. The one that made full use of the grandest of dream imagery. The nightmares I love to dream of! I doubt we'll ever see the character of Krueger really reach an epic level. Well, when some future filmmaker that loves Freddy gets to the height of popular filmmaking… perhaps then. But I don't see it happening anytime soon.
Do you remember that amazing version of TREASURE ISLAND with Charlton Heston as Long John Silver and Christian Bale was young Jim Hawkins, the bravest boy ever. And when Christopher Lee was Blind Pew? And fucking Oliver Reed as Billy Bones? YEAH! This is a fantastic telling of the tale. My fave will always be the Disney version. But then I love me some Robert Newton eye-rolling! If you've never seen this – SEEK IT OUT QUICKLY! It is a treasure.
Now get ready for a time machine. With filmed images of the West going back all the way back to 1898. Think about that. Filmed images 113 years old. The lawman that captured the real WILD BUNCH doing a reenactment for cameras in 1915! A 16 minute version of TRUE GRIT before the novel was written… 101 years ago. You've got Clara Bow, Tom Mix, Broncho Billy… and so much more. Like what? Like this:
The Tourists (1912, 6 min.), Mabel Normand runs amuck in Albuquerque's Indian market.
The Sergeant (1910, 16 min.), first surviving narrative shot in Yosemite.
Salomy Jane (1914, 87 min.), Gold Rush tale with America's first Latina movie star Beatriz Michelena.
Sunshine Gatherers (1921, 10 min.), canning California fruit, in Prizmacolor.
Deschutes Driftwood (1916, 10 min.), riding the rails along the Deschutes and Columbia rivers.
"Promised Land" Barred to "Hoboes" (1936, 2 min.)
Last of the Line (1914, 26 min.), cross-cultural tragedy, with Sessue Hayakawa.
The Indian-detour (1924, 16 min.), in the Southwest on a Fred Harvey Company motor tour.
Native American in Newsreels (1921–1938, 5 min.), Indians Invade Nation's Capitol and 4 other stories.
We Can Take It (1935, 21 min.), Civilian Conservation Corps at work.
Over Silent Paths (1910, 16 min.), daughter avenges her father's murder.
Life on the Circle Ranch in California (1912, 12 min.), cattle ranching in Santa Monica.
Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress (1912, 14 min.), America's first cowboy star courts a pistol-packing schoolmarm.
How the Cowboy Makes His Lariat (1917, 3 min.), Pedro Leon demonstrates the vaquero's art.
Mexican Filibusters (1911, 16 min.), intrepid woman does her bit for the Mexican Revolution.
The Better Man (1912, 12 min.), Mexican bandit proves his worth.
Ammunition Smuggling on the Mexican Border (1914, 41 min.), Texas sheriff reenacts kidnapping by revolutionists.
Lake Tahoe, Land of the Sky (1916, 6 min.), travelogue celebrating the new auto road.
Mantrap (1926, 71 min.), wilderness comedy with Clara Bow and a woman-hating attorney.
From The Golden West (1938, 8 min.), oil wells, drive-ins, and more in Kodachrome home movies.
Lady of the Dug-Out (1918, 64 min.), Al Jennings plays himself as a bank robber with a heart of gold.
From Passing of the Oklahoma Outlaw (1915, 13 min.), Bill Tilghman reenacts his capture of the Wild Bunch.
The Girl Ranchers (1913, 14 min.), comedy in which sisters inherit the Rough Neck Ranch.
Legal Advice (1916, 13 min.), Tom Mix falls for a lady attorney.
From Womanhandled (1925, 55 min.), sparkling Gregory La Cava in which a modern ranch poses as the Old West to fool New Yorkers.
Beauty Spots in America: Castle Hot Springs, Arizona (1916, 6 min.), spa for the rich and famous.
Romance of Water (1931, 10 min.), how L.A. got its water.
A New Miracle in the Desert (1935, 1 min.), bringing Colorado River water to California.
The West in Promotional Travelogues (1898–1920, 22 min.), tours in 7 states, including Seeing Yosemite with David A. Curry.
GODFATHER OF GORE: THE HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS Documentary
If you're not sure if you want the triple feature quite yet, check out this documentary on Herschell Gordon Lewis. You'll foster an appreciation and an education for how HG changed horror films forever. The influence of this man's work is actually pretty amazing. The documentary is fun, insightful and a great quicky education about a man, that many of us have been reading about for most of our lives. The way my dad described his films… just scariest things ever to a kid.
So yeah… this does it for me. I'm sorry. I'm really not sorry.
GAMERA – Triple Feature Collector's Edition Blu Ray
Ok – so sometimes being the awesome Uncle that I am… I plan things perfectly. Right now, my nephew fucking loves him some fire breathing flying killer giant turtle action! But all he's seen. All he knows about… are the OLD films. This Blu Ray set is of the R-rated badass fucking 90's editions. That's GAMERA: GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE, GAMERA 2: ATTACK OF LEGION and GAMERA 3: REVENGE OF IRIS. I've been waiting on these 3 to hit on Blu Ray – so his mind can be properly blown completely out the back of his skull. These movies are like lighting a bonfire of awesome for kids that dream of giant monsters. I have the discs, but haven't had a chance to put them in yet. I'm saving it for Gio!
Prior to Osama Bin Laden, who Carlos the Jackal would've eaten for breakfast btw, the most infamous and famous terrorist ever was CARLOS. Director Olivier Assayas made this mini-series about CARLOS starring the amazing Edgar Ramirez as a total badass. This is fantastic on Blu. Such a great long-form film experience. Great work. Criterion does it right, here's the supplementals:
New digital transfer, supervised and approved by directors of photography Denis Lenoir and Yorick Le Saux, with DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition
New video interviews with director Olivier Assayas, Lenoir, Le Saux, and actor Édgar Ramírez
Twenty-minute making-of documentary on the film's OPEC raid scene
Original theatrical trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critics Colin MacCabe and Greil Marcus, plus biographies on selected historical figures portrayed in the film, written by the film's historical adviser, Stephen Smith
Much more!
On this Blu Ray – you're going to get a stunning film transfer of the uncensored U.S. English Language cut of the film… and the even longer and superior Italian cut by Director Sergio Martino himself. You'll have Eli Roth making sweet camera love to the film. Which is sweet of him. But if you've never seen TORSO – it's sort of like – if Russ Meyer's disturbing males were cast in a film opposite the women of Roger Vadim's taste level, then you took the David Cronenberg serial killer from NIGHT BREED – and you had them tell a sexy graphic and brutally stylized version of the tale with incredibly hot Italian clothes, hair and makeup from the stunning Seventies. This film is kind of fucking epic. I love it. LOVE THE FILM. The interracial lesbian scene is one of the great hot teases of the Giallo world. YOU MUST CHECK THIS OUT IMMEDIATELY!!!
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Sept. 27, 2011, 5:02 a.m. CST
Wait, there's a treasure Island movie with young Christian Bale?
by KEVIN_COSTNERS_RECYCLED_PISS
Might have to check that one out, although they could've put a bit of effort into the DVD cover, I really can't stand 5 minute photoshop jobs.
Wow, intense. I'll have to check 'em out.
I think you mean Brian Cox ?
Region-free? And if not, will we get in UK? Sweet news.
I believe it was FOOTLOOSE that inspired the famous SIX DEGREES OF BRIAN COX movie trivia game. Of course with BASKET CASE it's only one degree. Yes, in case you were wondering, that is Brian in the basket.
The Shameless dvd though, not the bluray. Eli Roth should be banned from appearing on any home videos apart from his own :-)
Only funny thing was Ben Affleck calling the guy johnny horsecock.
Harry, will that TF3 release also get a more robust standard DVD release? For those of us who haven't gone flat screen high-def knock yer socks off yet. Unless you're feeling generous and want to just, I don't know, GIVE me a big high-def knock yer socks off entertainment center. You beautiful, handsome devil you.
The movie - not the man
Although I'm getting more and more sceptical of directors cuts
the extras on those discs are just segments taken from the encyclopedia disc that came with the 1999 box set. i'm not surprised since New Line has become a shadow of its former self since WB gobbled it up and they've proven they dont care about the franchise the way New Line/Bob Shaye did. i'm still gonna wait and hopelessly hope for a complete series collection whenever the rest hit blu but yeah.
No inside jokes to decipher this week.
Loved him in AD but his transition to film hasn't been very welcoming. He's playing Michael Bluth in all of his movies, dammit!
It sure as shit weren't mine..
...you caught me off guard with the wonderfully-sounding Phantom Carriage. That's rare, and I love it when it happens. And as far as NoES 2 & 3 go, no. For me there is the original, and New Nightmare. The schlocky crap in between do not exist. Neither does the remake. But to each their own...
I love that movie and one of these days I'd love to plaster the kickass film poster where the Dream Warriors advance on Freddy's Head in the background... just awesome. I kind of remember seeing the theatrical version of Mimic and soon kind of forgetting about it but I might have to give the director's cut a try. And R-Rated Man in Suit films? Wha...???
Damn things gave me terrible trouble until I got some ointment to treat them.
better than Idiocracy but not up to the standard of Office Space. Brian Cox as the seductress scam artist was sexy as hell.
The movie is a mess. It seems like it's aiming more for dramedy, but still, the laughs were very few and far between.
Watched the first two with my boy. They're PG at best. Haven't seen the third, but hard to believe they'd go R. And besides, an R-rated Gamera movie? Doesn't that make you think someone at Amazon made a typo in the specs (the synopses say not rated - I checked through the Digital Bits link) or maybe a dodgy press release even for a minute? Oh. Of course it doesn't. If you're Harold. Not one call?
I also caught the film in theaters (opening day, as a matter of fact). Not quite YEAR ONE unbearable, but it is easily the least of Judge's live-action films. Ben Affleck and the Simmonses (J.K. and Gene) had some great moments, but most of the characters were too goddamned annoying and/or stupid, which worked in IDIOCRACY, but not in a more realistic comedy like this one (in particular, I wanted to murder Beth Grant's character).
I love Mike Judge, but this one really didn't work for me at all. Plus, it had a decent size theater release, so it bombed legitimately.
Sept. 27, 2011, 7:52 a.m. CST
Thanks for the heads up on PHANTOM CARRIAGE,Harry.
by xavier masterson
Had never heard of it, but the synopsis mixed with the time period of film making is already conjuring up some delectable imagery in my head. Sounds like a must see(and I'd imagine a must own) for me.
I never thought I would see that on blu ray
I definitely want to see Phantom Carriage after reading that review! Although I had no intention of buying Transformers, it's awesome to know that there's no extras on the DVD. Michael Bay is a right bastard. Thanks for pulling an all-nighter for us, Harry! Really appreciate it!
The scene in the guy's apartment smoking weed and getting increasingly paranoid is priceless.
It's kind of like watching a big-budget play. The acting is over the top, sure, but it is an art form you don't see in films today. When you realize it is 50 years old it makes you drop your jaw. Love it, love it, love it. Can't wait to get it.
Sept. 27, 2011, 8:59 a.m. CST
Idiocracy had to have been intentionally buried by the bush admin or some shit.
by UltraTron
Sept. 27, 2011, 8:59 a.m. CST
One of the best movies ever made really. Written by the fuckin coens
by UltraTron
Sept. 27, 2011, 9:02 a.m. CST
Cronenburg is also the killer in that Nicole Kidman Matt dillon
by UltraTron
flick. He's got a good iceman thing goin
I was ten when this came out. It was everything I ever wanted a movie to be. And every afternoon our regular old 600 seat, CinemaScope movie palace was filled with kids let out from school to see it.
Most comedy actors are. He wasnt playing his AD character.
Sept. 27, 2011, 9:19 a.m. CST
EXTRACT came out on DVD and Blu-Ray almost two years ago . . .
by ShavedLeatherPig
I remember my cousin got it for Christmas in 2009.
Sept. 27, 2011, 9:19 a.m. CST
Amazon must truly LOVE you Harry. The shite you push for them is beyond words.
by Jeff Myers
I said beyond words! So there's no comment....
It was not buried, let's stop making excuses for why Mike Judge's films don't do well in theaters.
Sept. 27, 2011, 9:34 a.m. CST
Shame you missed out mentioning that Buster is Michael's dad...would have been hilarious
by scrote
It's the releases for the week. I'm pretty sure Amazon isn't handpicking them based on their crappiness.
but hilarious is not the word I'd use for it. Don't expect tons of belly laughs. The humor is pretty low-key stuff (also true of "Office Space," when you get down to it). But Mila Kunis is hot and she steals a sweet Gibson guitar (ES355 I think, but it's been awhile since I saw it) in the opening scene. Mila and the guitar make the movie in the first two minutes, the rest of is just good enough not to screw up the vibe from there. Not a waste of time, but I can see why it didn't rake in millions. A small movie. "Idiocracy" is still the funniest live-action Mike Judge movie, because it's the most scathing satire.
Funny thing is it's not even being sold by Amazon, but by other people on Amazon. You can pick it up at Best Buy if they've got one of those cheapy Blu Ray bins in the front (mine does and it's going for 7.99 along with Clerks, Rush Hour 3, etc.).
Sept. 27, 2011, 10:15 a.m. CST
Extract was decent... had the bare minimum laughs to justify watching
by Autodidact
But yeah I rented the blu-ray about two years ago...
Sept. 27, 2011, 10:23 a.m. CST
Extract is dull. Watch it for Mila Kunis, Gorgeous X's 10
by Knobules
She is a jaw dropping goddess.
was indeed quite poor. I did like Brian Cox in it though.
I have the original The Fog on blu ray bare bones, is there a special addition with extras and all. I'll definitely be having mimic
Every time I see Mila Kunis I have the same reaction... "wow, looks just like [my ex]. That cunt."
Up for review next month. I hear it's awesome... but I'm probably biased. I know the guy who made it.
Idiocracy was the biggest piece of crap I've ever seen. This is not "scathing satire" this is the same joke over and over again for almost 2 hours. This should of been a 3 minute SNL sketch at best. And it stars 2 of the least funny actors out there, Luke Wilson and Dax Shepherd. Really? First 10 minutes - Okay, I get it, stupid people procreate more then affluent smart people I guess. Fast forward to the future - The word is dumb. Rest of movie - Bad Jokes about how the world is dumb...again...and again...and again...i.e. Dax has a couch that doubles as a shitter. What scathing satire! Office Space was fantastic, Idiocracy was crap. Extract is right in the middle.
I recall reviews that stated they re-used footage from the first film and I don't remember one good thing written about it. But it seems you're implying it's a good film?
You really never heard of Phantom Carriage??
But then most of what passes for comedy these days blows.
Sept. 27, 2011, 11:45 a.m. CST
Notice how AsimovLives is suspiciously absent from this talkback
by THE_CHOPPAH
and his real name is Carlos. Hmmm...
More like Carlos the Jackoff.
Sept. 27, 2011, 11:54 a.m. CST
Choppah I don't get how you can fraternize with that crazy fuck.
by D Ropaela
I wonder how he functions in the real world
They used something like 5 seconds of background footage from other movies, something that is very common in the movie industry (I think it was footage from The Island, though, not another Transformers movie). Anyways, yes it was a good movie - far better than the second movie, and this time they actually made it more about the robots than the kid. It sucks they ditched the girl from the older movies for an uglier one and wrote her a more annoying part, but oh well.
Extract had some amusing moments, but a comedy classic? Hardly. Judge has the repeating problem of writing and casting the central character with zero personality. Ron Livingston..Luke Wilson...Jason Bateman..?? YYaawwnn. Heck, Hank Hill had more character. Office Space had classic secondary characters and a scary accurate view of office-think that helped a great deal. Idiocracy and Extract had moments (some were brilliant, such as Idiocracy's tv and product parodies), but as a whole, quite forgettable. And its a bad sign, in Extract, when the guy from Drew Carey nails the slacker character better than Ben Affleck. I've liked Bateman in Arrested and Horrible Bosses, even in The Kingdom, but in Extract, he's a black hole, sucking the energy around him.
he was a glorified cameo and nothing else was nearly as funny.
Sept. 27, 2011, 12:28 p.m. CST
samuel fulmer - don't knock Best Buy's Blu Ray cheapie bin
by openthepodbaydoorshal
Picked up No Country For Old Men...not bad.
Sept. 27, 2011, 12:29 p.m. CST
So is there a Mimic Directors Cut on DVD or is it just blu-ray?
by sweeneydave
I'm not hip to this blu-ray stuff.
-- it's weakest moments deal with the wife and neighbor character, otherwise I found it quite a refreshing take on the working man comedy, has Kunis' best role yet and a Waylon Jennings song at the end.
I've been afraid to watch it.
It doesn't reach the satirical heights of Office Space or Idiocracy, but it is a pleasant and funny addition to Mike Judge's resume. I thought the wife and neighbor were both enjoyable characters.
I'm just saying Extract on Blu is in there for 7.99 if someone really wants it.
with Oliver Reed. I miss that guy. For years I only knew him as Bill Sykes from the Oliver musical.
I love Basket Case. I have a really old VHS copy and the DVD release from 10 years ago. I also made a custom Belial action figure.
Sept. 27, 2011, 1:19 p.m. CST
Why the hell is openthepodbaydoorshal talking to himself?
by D Ropaela
...not ETHAN COEN. Although I can possibly see how the two would be confused.
Sept. 27, 2011, 1:32 p.m. CST
thatchicken - because I'm the only one that will answer
by openthepodbaydoorshal
me. So lonely Cold and lonely
I mean, calling your child Carlos the Jackal, he's hardly gonna grow up to be president.
Agreed on Dream Warriors, easily the best Elm Street.
Because I rock- AND rule- sweet Suzy
That shit was a scream. That fucked up movie still haunts us to this day.
Made back when 42nd Street was still 42nd Street. And thewacokid is spot-on in his assessment of Mike Judge films. Back when I rented Idiocracy, my brother called me about 20 minutes into it and I told him he had to see it. When I went back to the movie it got so painfully redundant and unfunny I didn't even get through the whole thing. Extract is barely woth it for David Koechner's hilarious neighbor and the pure hotness of Mila.
Sept. 27, 2011, 2:15 p.m. CST
I would have to say Transformers DOTM was not that good
by iamnicksaicnsn
1. I never would have imagined I would think there was too much action in a movie, but the big Chicago scene just dragged on, and on, and on. 2. The violence was a little too hardcore. Sure it was between "robots" or whatever, but if I remember correctly, it still seemed like they hard "robot" entrails and a lot of "robot" blood. But neither of those thing would have bothered me that much if: 3. THEY MADE OPTIMUS SEEM TOTALLY INCOMPETENT and WORTHLESS. How are they going to let Optimus get trapped in wires. That was just stupid, and a total let down. Totally ruined any heroism he was supposed to have.
His best films aren't the Basket Case ones though. It's Brain Damage and Frankenhooker. Btw, Cinema Wasteland has a big Henenlotter reunion festival this weekend - all films, all crew, the man himself, all actors. Wish I was able to go. He also directed that Herschell G Lewis doc up there.
Sept. 27, 2011, 2:42 p.m. CST
jarek - ya beat me to it. I prefer Brain Damage to
by openthepodbaydoorshal
Basket Case also. Never saw Frankenhooker though.
I saw part 1 and 2 a lot, but I must have watched part 3 about thirty times over a few years on recorded VHS. And every single time I'd get queasy when Freddy would "marionette" the one guy with his own muscle fibers. Thinking about it right now, I could probably go puke. I really got into Elm Street part 4 based mainly on reading an interview with the director in Fangoria. Funny thing, after part 4, even as a little kid I felt Freddy was played out, and was completely disinterested in parts 5 and 6, never being able to even focus on them for more than ten minutes when they'd come on the movie channel. I got New Nightmare on PPV when it was fairly new, and it was okay I guess. I liked Freddy vs Jason. It was really over the top and used a lot of what was good and iconic from both series. I think Freddy vs Jason did a lot more justice to Jason than it did to Freddy. It kinda made Freddy look like a clown, getting many of his kills stolen by Jason.
He was the idiot boyfriend/football player. My mom made us watch it when I was 10. I was raised pretty conservative so at the time it was the most horrifying and disturbing thing I had ever witnessed. But of course it was required watching in my family because a relative was in it.
I can remember what I paid for every single blu-ray and almost every DVD I own. Almost invariably, the titles I pick up for $10 or less out of a bin on impulse and already own on DVD are the ones I get the most joy out of (like Commando and Predator, which I have watched like every three months since getting the blu-rays). The new releases I buy on release day out of some compulsive need to own them practically never get watched (like The Dark Knight which I paid $28 for and have never made it all the way through, even though I fucking love Batman).
Sept. 27, 2011, 2:58 p.m. CST
Wow I have the strongest urge to watch some Elm St. right now
by Autodidact
Going to call up NOES 3 or 4 on streaming. Will probably turn it off after a few minutes soon as I get sick of the theme music.
Sept. 27, 2011, 4:22 p.m. CST
I loved Robert Newtons' portrayal of Long John Silver too but,
by Ted Knight
nothing tops the awesome MGM B/W version with Wallace Berry playing the Long John role with sinister and comedic gusto. Jackie Cooper as young Jim Hawkins (or, Jim 'Awkins if you will) had an excellent camaraderie with the mostly adult male ruffian cast and really held his own against them. Memorable performance from veteran character actor Lionel Barrymore as Billy Bones an incessant drunk and extremely intimidating cutthroat. I'll also never forget the visceral brutality that ran through the entire picture. Some of it is shockingly violent and scary for it's time such as the way Blind Pew is severed in excruciating detail by the horse drawn carriage or Jim Hawkins being chased up the ships mast by a deranged pirate, dagger clenched between teeth, with full intent to murder Jim only then to be shot point blank in the face with a musket ball in a frantic last effort by Young Jim (after having the aforementioned dagger thrown into his shoulder). Just really stands head and shoulders above modern pirate fare when comparing effeminate limp-wristed Depp performances to the rugged intimidating ones of the silver screen era.
They pulled the posters and everything. It was really weird. I don't know the story why. Not sure Bush was really aware enough to notice it. My wife and I REQUIRE our kids to see that movie before they graduate high school.
Sept. 27, 2011, 5:12 p.m. CST
Trasnformers 3: Optimus Gets Tangled Up In Wires for 40 Minutes
by Mattman
I watched it again recently. The first half is like a zany comedy, and certainly funnier than Hangover. The last half is a great prolonged action sequence. The 3D element actually enhanced this movie because it forced Bay to slow the fuck down and focus on his shots... and he's a much better action director that way. You can't take this stuff too seriously. It's retarded, but if you're drunk you'll have a stupid good time. Especially when the little robot is saying shit like, "Enjoy your new job at 7/11, dickhead!"
One of my top 5 movies of all time, and a film sadly relegated by many to Bank Holiday afternoon's - it is so much more than that!! In my view, it is the point where suddenly someone in Hollywood discovered that subtle moments placed here and there could have far more an effect that constant booms and bangs and self-important clunky scenes - it possibly is the point where the garishness of movies like The Ten Commandments (forgive me, a great film but it is very garish) discovered how to keep a beat - its almost like the moment where Led Zeppelin discovered that heaviness wasn't how hard and how loud you can play - but the movement, and the quiet moments that happened-between mattered too. I'm gabbling. I love Ben Hur because its a great story first, a superb action movie second (yet one that doesn't need to push the action sequences to the fore - it lets them happen when they need to, and it lets them breathe), and a belting cast (I notice that every time some writes about this movie that Jack Hawkins is forgotten. How sad) deliver solidly. Such a good film. As good as all the other releases are this week (and I do want to see the Director's cut of Mimic, and I want to see Basket Case again!!), I'll be buying Ben Hur.
Sept. 27, 2011, 5:19 p.m. CST
Correction: "The first half is like a zany comedy, and certainly funnier than Hangover."
by Mattman
I meant funnier than Hangover II. Not funnier than Hangover I.
Not too good. The characters make very stupid choices in the film (the protagonist pays some guy to fuck his wife?!) It's hard to care what happens to any of the people, and, well, it's just not very funny.
Sept. 27, 2011, 5:51 p.m. CST
I've never watched BEN HUR, despite it playing on TV for ages.
by justmyluck
This Blu-ray may be that time...8K scan from 65mm...woot!
I know for a fact that not a single one of those three movies are rated R. That is all.
Many knuckle children died when I was a kid thanks to her. Never heard of Extract. Does Jason Bateman look exasperated in everything he's in?
Sept. 27, 2011, 6:56 p.m. CST
Elm Street 2 is Brilliant. The gay molester dickhead coach is some funny shit!
by Steve weaver
Basket Case is great too though
Gamera 3 is the new release today, the others have been out for a while on Blu. Doesn't matter though, just check them out if you haven't seen them. Also, you aren't a hardcore Dreamcast fan unless you own Gamera 3.
It makes Brokeback Mountain look like Dirty Harry.
Is it me or am I the only one that thinks that harry animation is even ore disturbing because it looks like Harry is an amputee
that sounds awesome! i'm buying that
Sept. 27, 2011, 8:28 p.m. CST
I'm not a huge fan of the endless remakes that Hollywood churns out these days, but wouldn't a Treasure Island remake
by lv_426
you know, a big budget theatrically released one be better than anymore Pirates of the Caribbean?
@BillyBastoon, Harry also talks shit about a lot of releases so I wouldn't say he's a whore for Amazon at all, just gives his opinion
Taco Bell, Taco Bell, product placement, Taco Bell!
Sept. 27, 2011, 10:10 p.m. CST
N.B. Today's also the sale date for the limited, expanded John Williams 1941 score.
by justmyluck
boring, not funny at all, pointless, what a HUGE waste of my time...my friends redboxed it and of course when you're at a friend's house and they get their rented movie and recommend watching it...you have to agree...ugh...I've never been so grateful to have a movie end...it ruined the whole day too cuz no one liked it, so EVERYONE felt like it was a wasted evening... That and Transformers 3...dear Lord the first half of that film is THE WORST movie I've ever seen. All I kept doing was tell myself that the action had to be good, which it was, and amazing in 3D, best 3D in a live action movie ever....but the first half yikes. Also I agree with an above poster, Treasure Island should get remade, it would be fun...please no Johnny Depp though.
I basically place people who claim the TF as good in a class of their own. Basically they prove they have no real taste. The third film wasn't racist and the action had to be slowed down... Great. It was still stupid as fuck. Why in hell did they even have humans being villains when it never lead to anything. Also the first half isn't a "zany comedy". It was bull shit. Shia bitching about not finding work yet he's a robot war hero. Yet he's fucking a British super model who doesn't seem to give a shit if he's got a job or not. Um dude life isn't so bad stop bitching. SPOILER I guess... At the end where Optimus is saved by Megatron and then he just rips his head off was the funniest/dumbest thing i've seen in a while. Movie is pathetic. Only time I look forward to the reboot in three years.
and wtf was up with the Decepticons getting the crap beaten out of them by the autobots and it's like meh, no big deal, but then a few guys with special guns shoot them in the chest and it's game over...but only when the plot wants the guns to work...sigh... The head thing was crap too, it was like a 5 second fight even though when they fought in movie 1 it took them forever. Different director and writers and possibly Jason Statham will be doing Transformers 4 in a few years, no joke...no Shia though so it's already looking up.
Sept. 27, 2011, 11:39 p.m. CST
The film 'noise' on the Basket Case Blu is a bit distracting..and Carlos is indeed XLNT
by quantize
i went into a coma from the first half...so empty were the silly tropes and dialog that not even all the money being thrown up on screen in the second half could revive me. Yeh, so what if he slowed his cutting down..he makes the dumbest fucking films on the planet..
Mimic 3, directed by JT Petty is better. He also directed the fantastic 'The Burrowers'
Sept. 28, 2011, 4:52 a.m. CST
you jaded nerds might be cynical towards the cornball comedy in Transformers
by WINONA_RYDERS_PUSSY_JUICE
but you gotta remember it's a movie for kids too, they eat that shit up.
Sept. 28, 2011, 6:05 a.m. CST
Idiocracy should have been a horror movie instead of a comedy
by Rebel Scumb
It's already terrifying even as a comedy. Its a strange movie, when me and my friends first watched it, I don't think we really laughed at almost any of the jokes. If anything we just found the movie supremely depressing because the fact is, it's message is pretty spot on. But as time went by I found it was a movie we were always discussing and quoting and joking about and recommending to others. That got me thinking that maybe if Judge had taken the same script, but just filmed it like a bleak dystopian scifi thriller it might have worked better. Regardless, the whole 'dumb people can outbreed smart people' was very astute, and scary.
Sept. 28, 2011, 7:28 a.m. CST
"but you gotta remember it's a movie for kids too, they eat that shit up. " kids are more retarded than they used to be then
by quantize
Sept. 28, 2011, 8:03 a.m. CST
So people are shocked that a Luke Wilson comedy got no buzz?
by knowthyself
You do realize you're talking about a movie with LUKE WILSON as the leading man right. That's like wondering why Grandma's Boy got one week in theaters.
Sept. 28, 2011, 8:49 a.m. CST
@huntermurals - the links take you to Amazon - where they profit from movie lovers (mugs)this selection. You've missed the point. No one suggested that Amazon picked them - just profit from them.
by Jeff Myers
Sept. 28, 2011, 9:30 a.m. CST
My only problem is that Kevin Bacon just reminds me so much of his character in ALIEN
by Nick
Love that flick. Sergio Martino is second only to Argento when it comes to top notch giallo. Yeah, even over M.Bava. TORSO's a good start, now let's get some STRANGE VICE OF MRS WARDH, YOUR VICE IS A LOCKED ROOM & ONLY I HAVE THE KEY, THE CASE OF THE SCORPION'S TALE and ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK. Needs me some 1080p Edwige Fenech! Although, if he'd have made more than just a couple (THE NIGHT EVELYN CAME OUT OF THE GRAVE & THE RED QUEEN KILLS SEVEN TIMES), Emilio Miraglia would most likely take that #2 spot or quite possibly rival Argento for #1. If EVELYN & RED QUEEN ever get a blu release, I'll probably camp out in front of the store.
Sept. 28, 2011, 10:20 a.m. CST
Idiocracy should have been done in the style of Robocop(1) instead of like a comedy.
by DidntPullOutInTimeCop
Sept. 28, 2011, 1:22 p.m. CST
Nice to see Henenlotter getting some love - pity he never did anything as good as Basket Case again
by melonman
Sept. 28, 2011, 2:04 p.m. CST
Where's the stupid error/inside joke for only one person in this DVD post, hmm?
by D.Vader
as in the Park Chan-Wook movie? I've been dying to see this and unable to find it, so that's excellent news if it's finally being released stateside...
Must be a lame week for dvd's.
<p>I actually once saw them trying to sell "Howard the Duck" for five dollars. And I was thinking, you couldn't pay people five dollars to take that movie. So why put it in there? Though they did have "Galaxy Quest" for five bucks, so it's not all bad. And sometimes assholes throw more expensive movies into the bin just to confuse the issue.</p> <p>I wonder how Walmart's cheap bin stacks up against Best Buy's. My guess would be Best Buy's is much better.</p>
Just an opinion of course, but the right one nevertheless. Also, the simul-sex scene in BC2 is always worth a giggle.
Believe it or not, wal mart has a better cheapo bin than best buy. Both do suck, but wal mart still has a better selection
I never thought this would see the light of day! Now I want it on Blu-ray.
Sept. 28, 2011, 5:37 p.m. CST
For those that haven't seen it, this version of Treasure Island is incredible
by Badger23
Fucking awesome cast, very faithful to the book IMO, great score by the Chieftains, great location shooting. I love this movie.
... could you please start writing in complete, non-complex sentences and avoid using a "-" as a shorthand for periods, commas, colons, semi-colons or the words "and", "a", "or", "but", "in other words", "and then, this happened:", or any two-thirds of what the average person would use in a coherent, even-somewhat-thought-out statement? You have effectively invented the literary form of epilepsy.
Just wanted to know if you finally saw it Harry, and what did you think.
Sept. 29, 2011, 7:58 a.m. CST
Anyone see saw the final chapter? Is that the biggest and most pointless pile of shit ever made?
by UltraTron
Just curious if there is a bigger pile of shit out there.
Sept. 29, 2011, 8:05 a.m. CST
Transformers 3 is the best movie since Masters of the Universe.
by UltraTron
From the opening music notes you are in for the funnest toy movie of all time. And Shia gets double stomped in the chest- nothing but a great movie here folks. See in 3D IMAX or pay Disney to let you screen it in one of the startours simulators for maximum effect. It won't cost as much as you think in the current economy
in Ripley Scott's ALIENS.
Really? Out of all the FRIDAY THE 13TH sequels, THE FINAL CHAPTER is the one you think is bad? So A NEW BEGINNING, JASON TAKES NEW YORK or JASON X were fine? Unless you were actually talking about FREDDY'S DEAD, in which case, yeah, that was pretty fucking awful.</p><p> Oh, and NIGHTMARE 2 was beyond gay. They couldn't have been heavier with the homoerotic subtext if the entire cast had performed in drag.
...not necessarily. I've seen some good films in the Walmart bin. My only complaint is they are usually films that I'd bought years before. But I've picked up The Dead Zone from their bin(I'd bought the original bare bones edition years before and didn't want to double dip, but when they had the special edition for 5 bucks, I jumped). I've bought several from both retailers. Walmart has more lame movies, but then again, they have a heck of a lot more 5 bucks than Best Buy. BB's bin is pretty small. Walmart's in much bigger plus they usually have more cheapies on the shelfs.
Will you please hire an editor? I love what you have to say about films and enjoy your column, but the grammar usage is god awful.
The internet has changed grammar. Go read a novel if you want proper grammar and punctuation.
Sept. 29, 2011, 2:53 p.m. CST
Watched Extract last night. Hilarious movie I had completely fogotten about.
by Mel
A lot funnier than recent Apatow movies.
Pulled off the premise perfectly. I remember being skeptical when I saw the first trailer, but blown away when I saw how well realized they were. Actual knowledge of and love for entomology went into those effects. Cant wait to check out that DC.
Sept. 29, 2011, 11:40 p.m. CST
Extract is an average comedy imo that is worth checking out
by WINONA_RYDERS_PUSSY_JUICE
I work the media section at Best Buy and the Extract Blu-ray was mis-marked. It is now $10.99.
How can it be possible that someone who writes as much as you d; someone who actually makes a living writing; how can it possible that your writing gets worse and worse as time goes on? These are Not sentences: The empty pursuit of revenge. Part of what defined Christianity to me. That made me a pacifist. Taught me the evils of being colonialists. That made Charlton Heston even bigger than Moses. ALAS. Every actor is hilarious in this. Have you ever heard of a comma? Seriously, that's just one small pull from one review. My seven year old nephew has a firmer grasp of sentence structure than you do. I know that everyone makes fun of the way you write but this is just pathetic. Oh, and now you are claiming to have been present in the town in which the real events that inspired Footloose occured? I know you feel you must bullshit everyone who reads your column to make them believe you have this mystical connection with every film you saw in your childhood and adolescence, but why? Who are you trying to impress? For the occasional reader, I see why: to extract an, "Oh wow." Fort us regular readers however, it's getting to be sad. Really sad, man. Just stop it, you're making a fool of yourself.
Harry, is the Blu-ray release of Dead-Alive next week the complete uncut version also known as Braindead? If you could make a note of it in next week's column that'd be cool. Fantastic Fest was awesome, as always.
The one week I get all chatty and not even a new DVD blog. Site's borin miz guump. Az borin az I evah seeen
Oct. 19, 2011, 6:44 a.m. CST
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Fayette County authorities are looking into the death of a Greenbrier County man who was shot near Springdale on Monday.
Clarence Edward Stroud III, 50, of Rainelle was found Monday evening on property he owns in Fayette County, according to a press release issued by Fayette County Sheriff Steve Kessler.
Authorities believe Stroud had been hunting on the property when he was struck in the chest and face by what appeared to be the blasts of a shotgun.
Authorities believe Stroud was killed sometime between 1:30 and 5:30 p.m. Monday. Kessler said authorities are treating the death as a homicide.
Division of Natural Resources spokesman Hoy Murphy said there is no fall turkey season in Fayette County this year.
Fayette County sheriff's deputies, troopers from the Oak Hill State Police detachment and conservation officers from the DNR are investigating.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the Fayette County 911 Center at 304-574-3590, Crime Stoppers at 304-255-STOP or the Fayette County sheriff's office at 304-574-4216. Information may also be submitted to the Crime Tips section of the sheriff's department Web site, www.fayettesheriffwv.net.
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In 2002, USAO's men's basketball team won the NAIA national championship title. Saturday, the entire team was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame.
Head coach and athletic director, Brisco McPherson, explained the decision to include the whole team.
"For me, it was important for the whole team because it's always going to be a team effort," said McPherson. "To get there and not win it in 2001, and then come back the next year and win it is just a supreme effort by the entire team. I thought it was a special moment for all of them."
Every player on the team, as well as the manager, athletic trainer and both coaches were inducted during the halftime of the men's basketball game against Langston. The total count was 18. The school more than doubled their number of Hall of Famers.
The induction ceremony took place in the middle of USAO's 40th Anniversary of Drover Athletics, which took place over the weekend. The players again were honored at the 40th Anniversary Banquet on Saturday night.
In addition to being inducted as a team and individually as a coach and former player, long-time McPherson was surprised when USAO officials announced to him that they would be dedicating the USAO Fieldhouse gym floor in his honor. From now on, the Drovers will play on Brisco McPherson Court.
"You don't expect something like that. I don't know that my name ought to be on anything. This university's a lot bigger than me, basketball," McPherson said humbly. "That anyone would think that of me that way is overwhelming. It was one of the biggest accomplishments of my life. It was an emotional time for me."
McPherson is the winningest coach in school history and the 22nd winningest active coach in the NAIA. He is just six wins away from a career 300th. He has been the Drovers' head coach since 1991.
Additionally, McPherson was a member of USAO's first men's basketball team in 1973. He's still present in the record books and was the school's second member of the 1,000-Point Club.
Also inducted into the Hall of Fame were: Corey Wicker, Romeo Bryant, Mark Mayfield, Hayden Herrin, Alvin Bateman, Russell Eary, Michael Williamson, Theron Jackson, Tyrone Johnson, Micah Boylan, Ramar Boylan, Randy Hughes, Dexter Patrick, Richard Svarovsky, Carey Phariss, Amanda Woods and Vinson Metcalf.
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As a child, my friends and I spent many summer days capturing bugs and butterflies. They were placed in jars filled with grass, twigs and a cap full of water. We punched holes in the lid for air.
Here's a fun project for a bored kids on a slow summer day – a paper version of those worlds we created for bugs and butterflies.
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- 1 pound frozen blueberries, thawed and drained
- 1 tablespoon plus 1/3 cup honey
- Two 3-inch-long sprigs fresh thyme
- 2 cups chilled reduced-fat 2-percent plain Greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup agave
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Combine 1/4 cup of the blueberries, 2 tablespoons water, 1 tablespoon honey and the thyme sprigs in a small heavy saucepan. Coarsely mash the blueberries using a fork or a potato masher. Place over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Remove the pan from the heat, cover and let the mixture stand for 15 minutes. Uncover the pan and let the syrup cool slightly. Discard the thyme sprigs.
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September 2008
Special Report: Tales of the Cocktail 2008
The Tasting Panel Editorial Team
The 2008 edition of Tales of the Cocktail was held in New Orleans from July 15–20. Several writers from THE TASTING PANEL joined the festivities to get the scoop on the latest mixed drink trends. Here's what they found.
American regional cocktails incorporate fresh, seasonal ingredients.
Coast vs. Coast
Regional trends in American cocktails
by Camper English
I had the pleasure of co-moderating a panel (along with Jeffery Lindenmuth, a Pennsylvania writer) on "Regional Trends in American Cocktails" at this year's Tales of the Cocktail. Our panelists were Sonja Kassebaum, a Chicago-based cocktail blogger and distillery owner; Karen Foley, the Portland, Oregon–based publisher of Imbibe magazine; and Paul Tanguay, a New York cocktail consultant and half of The Tippling Brothers.
To get things started properly, bartender Scott Beattie served a drink he makes at his home base—Cyrus restaurant in Healdsburg, California—representing San Francisco–style "market-driven mixology." The drink is made with citrus from restaurant neighbors' trees, organic raspberries and locally-distilled vodka and rum. This vibrant concoction introduced West Coast–style mixology with its emphasis on freshness.
In New York, on the other hand, as my co-moderator pointed out, most drink ingredients come from bottles rather than orchards; bartenders there use exacting quantities of complex spirits, rare liqueurs and hand-cracked ice, enabling them to mix precise and consistent drinks each time. In cocktails as in cuisine, it seems, the West Coast is ingredient-driven, the East Coast technique-driven.
Our panelists also found that consumer palates differ across the nation. Consumers in markets like Miami, Los Angeles and Aspen prefer fruit-forward cocktails made with white spirits; dark spirits and bitter flavors seem to be preferred in D.C., Boston and the Pacific Northwest. (Bar owners and retailers, take note and stock accordingly.)
Some trends we found to be consistent throughout the country, regardless of local style preferences in drinks. For one thing, top-tier mixologists everywhere are using seasonal, local ingredients like apples from New York state and berries from Oregon, as well as supporting locally-made spirits from microdistillers.
Panelists Camper English, Paul Tanguay, Jeffrey Lindenmuth, Sonja Kassebaum and Karen Foley examine regional trends.
We also found cocktail-and-food pairings—taking up where wine-and-food pairings left off a decade ago—to be popular draws these days in bars and restaurants nationwide. In addition, there's a hot demand for educational programs—a need being met in several ways: by on-premise cocktail classes; by drink menus detailing the flavor profiles and history of the libations offered; and by vertical and horizontal tasting flights that allow consumers to get their taste buds around the differences between similar spirits.
During this session—and at Tales of the Cocktail generally, with all the best cocktail makers, promoters and writers gathered in one place, swizzle-sticks in hand—we took the pulse of mixology throughout the country and, increasingly, the world. We discovered what each of us is doing differently and, beyond that, what we all have in common.
Master Class
Paul Pacult explains how to taste rare whiskies
by Danny Ronen
Back after almost 100 years, the Chivas Regal 25 Year Old pays tribute to Chivas' first blended scotch whisky. Presenter and educator Paul Pacult guesses this blend includes quite a bit of single malt because it's slightly drier and has the aroma of dust and newly-tanned leather.
Any whisky-lover looking at the listing of seminars for this year's Tales of the Cocktail most likely stopped and stared at the seminar entitled "The Whiskies You've Never Tasted Before," with F. Paul Pacult as presenter. After reading the promise that "Attendees will be among a select few to taste the rare, unparalleled whiskey expressions" of some of the finest top-end whiskies—including bourbon, Irish whiskey and single malt and blended scotch—stares turned to drools.
At the seminar, the group tasted Midleton Very Rare, Jameson Rare Vintage Reserve, The Glenlivet XXV and Nádurra, Chivas 25, Wild Turkey American Spirit and a cognac ringer—Martell Création Grand Extra—while Paul walked everyone through the different flavors and aromas, constantly asking attendees what they themselves were pulling from the pours.
The very engaging F. Paul Pacult, whose Spirit Journal newsletter is a trusted source for unbiased spirit ratings, is also a great presenter.
While scotch snobs may believe that "blended equals bad," Pacult asserted that is very much not true, particularly in the case of such incredibly skilled Master Distillers like Colin Scott of Chivas Regal and Barry Crockett of Midleton.
"When you're working with small lots, there can be a lot of idiosyncrasies," Pacult said, explaining the sometimes quirky nature of rare whiskies. Strangely, no complaints from anyone at the seminar.
The stars of the show.
Tasting notes:
Midleton Very Rare (80 proof) Aroma of orchard fruit, taste of peaches and a fantastic woodiness; nice acid.
Jameson Rare Vintage Reserve (92 proof) You can immediately smell the port from the wood aging in ruby port barrels.
Martell Création (80 proof) Through the alcohol-intense (but smooth) nose, there are hints of almonds and vanilla, followed by the light flavor of butterscotch and cinnamon.
Paul always educates on proper tasting techniques during his seminars, encouraging attendees to keep the lips parted while smelling the spirit, take a taste, hold it without aerating and spit it out, then take a second taste. This technique ensures there are no lingering flavors in the mouth, allowing the taster to experience the spirit's authentic essence. Tasting bottles of whisky ranging from $90 to $299, seminar attendees follow instructions very carefully.
The Three Amigos
Mixologists get to the root of the cocktail
by Jenny Adams
Left to right: Debating mixologists Phil Ward, Simon Ford, Wayne Collins and Jason Crawley.
It's not enough anymore for bartenders simply to know how to mix a drink. Increasingly, they are becoming heralds of history in a glass; knowing a drink's ancestry is once again part of serving it properly and with due panache. This phenomenon was felt throughout Tales of the Cocktail, across many seminars.
One session in particular devoted serious attention to deconstructing the cocktail's skeletal history: "The Three Amigos: The Three Most Important Drinks You Need to Know and Why," led by internationally-recognized mixologists Wayne Collins, Jason Crawley and Simon Ford, with a quirky add-on of Phil Ward, Head Bartender at Death & Company in New York City, as the fourth amigo.
From Punch to Sling to Cocktail
"Long before the word cocktail came to define all mixed drinks, the world was mainly drinking punches and slings," explained Simon Ford, International Ambassador for Plymouth Gin. "If it were not for the cocktail becoming popular in the early 19th century, we would have punch or sling bars and menus today instead of cocktail bars and menus," he elaborated. "All three contain a spirit base mixed with sugar and water—the basis for the sling; the addition of citrus juice creates a punch, while aromatic bitters are added to create a cocktail."
The three-part theory was conceived by Wayne Collins, head of the bartender training program for Maxxium Worldwide, as a way to teach practical bartending while avoiding memorization of recipes.
Mixing In the Magnificent Seven
Collins also developed the Magnificent Seven, compiling a list of more than 20 mainstay drinks at any bar and classing each of them as a descendant of one of the big seven: the punch, the milk punch, the sling, the cocktail, the sour, the cobbler and the highball.
"From the original three—the punch, the sling and the cocktail—you can make the family tree," Collins explained. "When someone orders a Vodka Rickey, you can say, 'That's the same as a Tom Collins, but using lime instead of lemon.'"
Like chemists armed with the periodic table of the elements, bartenders using the Three Amigos and the Magnificent Seven can visualize the building blocks of almost every cocktail imaginable.
The Challenger
Every good theory needs an opponent, and Phil Ward was asked to participate expressly to challenge this one. "Phil is a very knowledgeable and talented bartender and highly respected in the industry," explains Ford. "He also isn't afraid of a good cocktail debate, so I was glad when he said yes. Interestingly, he called out the Pink Gin, which is one of the only drinks that we haven't been able to place into a drinks family. The Pink Gin is composed of spirits, water and bitters; there is no sugar, which means it's neither a sling nor a cocktail."
The session brought home the importance not just of learning bartending, but of learning the art of tending bar. If you missed it this year, the Three Amigos will make a return in 2009.
Scent Sense
Developing aroma in cocktails
by Danny Ronen
At a seminar called "The Scented Trail," presenters Audrey Saunders (Pegu Club, NYC) and Tony Conigliaro (Roka, Shochu Lounge and Zuma, London), two cocktailing pioneers in their own right, told attendees why cocktail aroma is just as important as cocktail taste. The used perfume as an example: Perfume itself starts with smaller volatiles like citrus and florals; after a few hours, the body's skin and sweat enzymes break down the molecules and bring out the larger volatiles. This led to a discussion of levels of aroma.
Aromatic distinctions can be made between "top notes," "bass notes" and those in-between. Jasmine, considered a top note, is fleeting and bows out before other scents; cedar leaf and wood from South America are both middle notes; palo santo wood (deeper and rounder on palate, like butterscotch, because of its natural oils) and black copal (a frankincense-like resin) are both bass notes, which loiter—but it's the good kind of loitering.
The seminar's "water tasting"— five glasses of water infused with different aromas—was an opportunity to see how much impact an aroma can have on its own. But when diluted by a neutral spirit (Tony contends that one ounce of material per cup of Everclear works best, while Audrey claims that an 80-proof vodka does the trick), the aroma can be transported via a hydrosol (mister) or pre-dipped garnish, allowing mixologists not only to use unusual flavors, but also to augment their own cocktail recipes without adding more ingredients to an already-balanced cocktail.
The Museum of the American Cocktail finds a home in New Orleans
by Danny Ronen
Ted Haigh, aka "Dr.Cocktail," surveys his domain just before the museum's ribbon-cutting. Author of Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails, Haigh is curator of the museum and one of the foremost authorities on the history of cocktails in America.
Having gone through several iterations and a few moves because of floods, lack of space and hotel renovations, the Museum of the American Cocktail finally found its permanent home within the Southern Food & Beverage Museum at Riverwalk Marketplace in New Orleans, opening on July 21, the day after Tales of the Cocktail closed.
Placards in the painstakingly-created exhibits are filled with quotes and factoids about the artifacts, as in this stall that includes retired Herbsaint bottles and old recipes.
Dedicated to honoring the heritage of the cocktail and those who have crafted them since the 19th century, the museum is a mecca for any bartender or mixologist, and also for members of the imbibing (or even teetotaling) public who want to see how it all began. The museum's displays are filled with a plethora of cocktail paraphernalia—a collection of antique shakers, bottles of long-lost spirits and bitters and even a tabletop moonshine still.
Artifacts came from private collections as well as from spirit companies themselves, who felt that donating pieces of their own history, such as a match-striker donated by Plymouth gin, might shed light on the history of cocktails, as can be seen on the museum's website at museumoftheamericancocktail.org.
Museum President Dale DeGroff points to the labor of love that he and the other museum founders and advisors have been waiting for—a permanent home for the Museum of the American Cocktail in New Orleans.
During Tales of the Cocktail, there was quite a buzz about the museum; those able to brave another day in this cocktail town were privy to an historical treat. What better city to host a museum that pays homage to the cocktail than New Orleans, where the classic Sazerac was invented?
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A pre-trial hearing in Canton quickly turned into a sentencing hearing for a former Jackson High School basketball coach accused of videotaping players.
Scott Studer plead guilty in court to eight counts of illegal use of a minor in a nudity-oriented material or performance.
A judge sentenced the 46-year old to 15 years in prison. He was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine, with the money going to a victims fund in Newtown, CT.
Police say Studer hid cameras in the boys locker room at Jackson High School and videotaped boys in the shower. So far, more than 70 have been identified.
In addition of being classified as a Tier 2 sex offender, Studer has been banned from coaching for life.
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