text: Rough Set Model for Discovering Hybrid Association Rules Anjana Pandey1 Research Scholar, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal,(India) firstname.lastname@example.com K.R.Pardasani2 Professor & Head Department of Mathematics Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology,Bhopal,(India) firstname.lastname@example.com attribute, called items. In general, Apriori [1] is used an influential algorithm for mining frequent itemsets for generating Boolean (single dimensional) association rules. Additional relational information regarding the customers who purchased the items, such as customer age, occupation, credit rating, income and address, may also have a correlation to the purchased items. Considering each database attribute as a predicate, it can therefore be interesting to mine association rules containing multiple predicate, such as: Rule-2: Age ("20..29") ? sex("Male") ? income("5K..7K") ? buys("Laptop") Where there are four predicates, namely age, sex, income and buys. Association rules that involve two or more dimensions or predicates can be referred to as multidimensional association rules. Multidimensional rules with no repeated predicates are called interdimension association rules (e.g Rule-2)[4] .On the other hand, multidimensional association rules with repeated predicates, which contain multiple occurrences of some predicates, are called hybrid-dimension association rules .The rules may be also considered as combination (hybridization) between intradimension association rules and interdimension association rules.This notion of hybrid association rules is a development of basic association rules, since it involves more complex rules and is more likely happen in real world data. An example of a hybrid association rule is the following, where the predicate buys is repeated Abstract—In this paper, the mining of hybrid association rules with rough set approach is investigated as the algorithm RSHAR.The RSHAR algorithm is constituted of two steps mainly. At first, to join the participant tables into a general table to generate the rules which is expressing the relationship between two or more domains that belong to several different tables in a database. Then we apply the mapping code on selected dimension, which can be added directly into the information system as one certain attribute. To find the association rules, frequent itemsets are generated in second step where candidate itemsets are generated through equivalence classes and also transforming the mapping code in to real dimensions. The searching method for candidate itemset is similar to apriori algorithm. The analysis of the performance of algorithm has been carried out. Index Terms—Rough Set, multidimensional, inter-dimension association rule, data mining I.INTRODUCTION Association rule mining finds interesting association or correlation relationship among a large data set of items [1, 2]. The discovery of interesting association rules can help in decision making process. Association rule mining that implies a single predicate is referred as a single dimensional or interdimension association rule since it contains a single distinct predicate with multiple occurrences (the predicate occurs more than once within the rule). The terminology of single dimensional or intradimension association rule is used in multidimensional database by assuming each distinct predicate in the rule as a dimension. For instance, in market basket analysis,. In market basket analysis, it might be discovered a Boolean association rule "laptop ⇒ b/w printer" which can also be written as a single dimensional association rule as follows [3]: Rule-1 buys(X, "laptop") ⇒ buys(X, "b/w printer"), where buys is a given predicate and X is a variable representing customers who purchased items (e.g. laptop and b/w printer). In general, laptop and b/w printer are two different data that are taken from a certain database Rule-3 Times (1998) ? Location (Melb) ? Buy(Beer) ? Buy(Diaper) {sup=30%,conf=80%} This rule means that in the year 1998 customers in Melbourne who buy beer and buy diaper together support 30% of total transactions and those customers in Melbourne who buy beer have a confidence or probability of buying diaper together of 80%. are numbered with Roman numerals. This example uses three different types of predicate which are Times, Location and Buy where predicate Buy is repeated. Unlike normal association rules, it uses an only single predicate which is predicate Buy. The formal model of a hybrid association rule is similar to a normal association rule, although a hybrid association rule has to show its predicate's type as well. Here we discuss hybrid association rules in transaction database. The structure of the paper is the following. Section 2 describes data preparation for the further process of generation rules. Here we will discuss a process of joining table from database.Afterthat relational schema has to be transformed into bitmap table. Section 3, presents the rough set model which is used in RSHAR.Section 4, introduces RSHAR algorithm for mining of hybrid association rules with rough set. Section 5 presents some performance result showing the effectiveness of our method. Finally, section 6 concludes the paper. 2. Background in the targeting table. Instead, the targeting table only consists of interesting domains data that are needed in the process of mining rules. The process of joining tables can be performed based on two kinds of data relation as follows. 1. On the basis of Metadata Information of relational tables can be stored in a metadata. Simply, a metadata can be represented by a table. Metadata can be constructed using the information of relational data by an Entity relationship Diagram (ERD). A detailed description of metadata and ERD can be found in inten[6]). 2. On the basis of function defined by the user II. BACKGROUND In this section we provide a short introduction of process of joining tables from relational database and concept of bitmap table which are used in our algorithm. 2.1 Method for joining of Tables It is possible for user to define a mathematical function (or table) relation for connecting two or more domains from two different tables in order to perform a relationship between their entities. Generally, the data relationship function performs a mapping process from one or more domains from an entity to one or more domains from its partner entity. Four possibilities of function f performing a mapping process are given by [6] 1) One to one relationship f : Ci → Dk 2) One to many relationship f : C i → D p1 × D p 2 × ...... × D pk 3) Many to one relationship f : C m1 × C m 2 × ....... × C mk → D k 4) Many to many relationship In general, the process of mining data for discovering association rules has to be started from a single table (relation) as a source of data representing relation among item data. Formally, a relational data table [5] R consists of a set of tuples, where t i represents the i-th tuple and if there are n domain attributes D, then ti = ( d i1 , d i 2 , L , d in ). Here, d ij is an atomic value of tuple t i with the restriction to the domain D j where d ij ∈ D . Formally, a relational data table R is defined as a subset of the set of cross D1 × D2 × L × Dn . ,where product f : C m1 × C m 2 × ....... × C mk → D p1 × D p 2 × ...... × D pk 2.2 Data Structure 'Bitmap' In relation table some attributes has quantitative values which can be discretized as some categorical values on behalf of certain range. Then the form of information system is changed to that each attribute in the new database is an exact value of one item in original system, and each attribute value is either 1 or 0,expressing if it is present there is a '1', otherwise a '0' in the bitmap[7]. Example 1. For an attribute with no- binary domain. each attribute value corresponds to one item. for example, for attribute 'age' with domain(age)={young,middle,old} (i={1,2,3} the following items result:A1 ="age_young",A2="age_middle",A3="age_old" (see fig.1) TID 1 2 3 .. Age Young Middle Middle .. Transformation TID 1 2 3 .. A1 1 0 0 . A2 0 1 1 .. A3 0 0 0 .. D = {D1 , D 2 ....., D n} Tuple t (with respect to R) is an element of R. In general, R can be shown in Table 1. Tuples t1 t2 M tr D1 d11 d 21 M d r1 D2 d12 M L Dn L d 1n O M d 22 L d 2 n d r 2 L d rn Table1 A Relational Database In many case the database may consist of several relational data tables in which they have relation one to each others. Their relation may be represented by Entities Relationship Diagram (ERD). Hence, suppose we need to process some domains (columns) data that are parts of different relational data tables, all of the involved tables have to be combined (joined) together providing a general data table. In the process of joining the tables, it is not necessary that all domains (fields) of the all combined tables have to be included Fig 1.Transformation of relational data into an efficient bitmap representation for attributes with no-binary domains. III. ROUGH SET In 1982 Z.Pawalak [8] introduced a new tool to deal with vagueness, called the "rough set". It is a method for uncovering dependencies in data, which are recorded by relations. The rough set philosophy is based on the idea of classification. A detailed introduction to rough set theory can be found in Munakata [9] . 3.1 Model The rough set method operates on data matrics, so called "Information System.It contains data about the universe U of interest, condition attributes and decision attributes. The goal is to derive rules that give information how the decision attributes depend on the condition attributes. By an information system S, S= {U, At, V, f}, where U is a finite set of objects, U= { x1 , x 2 ,..... x n }, At is a finite set of attributes, the attribute in At is further classified into two subsets, condition attributes C and decision attribute D.In Hybrid association rule condition attributes and decision attributes are not disjoint. Thus, a formal model of hybrid association rules is d 1 (val ), d 2 (val ).........., d m (val ) → d 2 (val ).........., d m (val ) syntax create an initialized table IntTab for mining multidimensional association rule. Now we apply one distinct mapping code which is stored on MapTab for selected dimension as follows. (Times dimension, channels dimension/Products dimension, and mapping code) ('Jan 1998','Direct sales/Men-Jeans','0001') Here we combine two dimensions: channels and products into one mapping code '0001'. • Line 4 checks selected dimension: {d 2 , d 3 ,... d m} whether or not they already have its mapping code. • Line 5generates and stores a new mapping code for selected dimensions. • Line 9,searches a mapping code in table MapTab for selected dimension in table IntTab The following are the details of our proposed algorithms. Note that notations in table 2 are used for our proposed algorithms. Table 2. Notation Notation D ComDim IntTab MdTab KeyTab MdTabProcess TmpLargeTab Meaning Sets of dimensions and its values { d 1 , d 2 ,... d m} Combine Dimen sions and its values{ d 2 ,... d m} Initialize Table { D, count} Md Table { d 1 , MapCode} Key Table { d 1} Process Md; contains{ d 1 , List of MapCode} Temp Large Itemset Table {List of ComDim,Level,Sup} V= U Vp ,and V p is a domain of attribute p. p∈ A Here the function f performs a mapping code of d 2 (val ).........., d m (val ) into one simple attribute which can be added directly into the information system as one certain attribute, it will only posses one column in the information system, analogous an item. A prerequisite for rule generation is a partitioning of U in a finite number of blocks, so called equivalence classes[10], of same attribute values by applying an equivalence relation. 1.Procedure CombineDims 2. X={Total rows of table IntTab} 3.For I=1 to X Loop //on table IntTab 4. If !CheckMapCode( d 2 , d 3 .... d m ) then 5. GenMapCode( d 2, d 3 .... d m) ; 6. End IF; 7. End Loop; 8.For J= 1 to X Loop// on table IntTab 9.S=FindMapCode( d 2 , d 3 .... d m ); 10. Insert MdTab(IntTab( d 1.key) ,MapTab(MapCode)) 11. End Loop; IV. PROPOSED ALGORITHM We propose two algorithms for mining of interdimension association rules in transaction database .Those algorithms are :CombineDims, and GenFI. First we apply the CombineDims algorithm to combine the selected dimensions in order to provide the framework for mining hybrid association rules. Then, we apply the GenFI algorithm to discover frequent itemsets in the transaction database. For the new information system, the searching of frequent itemsets is easy based on the concept of equivalence class. 4.1 CombineDims Algorithm We prepare the data from the general table as follows: 1. Select the dimension d 2 , ….. d m From the general tables where ( d 2 = duser 2 ) And…..( d m = duser m ).This After creating MdTab, we use that table in the GenFI algorithm to discover frequent itemset on hybrid association rules in transaction database.Here are the details of the working of our algorithm. • Line 6 checks whatever d 1 value exists on table KeyTab. • Line 7 inserts a new record: d 1 value on table keyTab. • Lines 11-15 create list of mapping codes taken from table MdTab and selected d 1 from KeyTab. • • • Line 16 inserts a new record on table MdTabprocess. Line 18 creates all large itemset from table MdTabprocess with specified user minimum support and inserts the result into table TmpLargeTab. Line 19 changes the mapping code from table TmpLargeTab into the real dimension value.Thus all the large itemset after mapping the code are stored in table LargeTab at the same condition. We use a sample sales database which contains three dimensions (i.e. customer dimension, product, dimension, Promotions dimension) and one sales fact table (see table 3).We perform our experiments using a Pentium IV 1,8 Gigahertz CPU with 512MB. Table 3. Sales Database Table Name Customer Dimension Product Dimension Times Dimension Channel Dimension 4.2 GenFI Algorithm 1. X={total rows of MdTab}; 2. Y={total rows of table keyTab};//key table{ d 1 } 3. N={total attributes of selected d m .key} ; 4. For I = 1 to X Loop // on table MdTab 5. IF !CheckKey( d 1 ) then 6. Insert keyTab( d 1 ); 7. End IF; 8. End Loop; 9. For J = 1 to Y Loop// on KeyTab 10 Insert into ListMapCode j 11. Select MapCode1 , MapCode 2 ,...., MapCode m 12. From MdTab a, KeyTab b 13. Where a.( d 1 ) = b.( d 1 ) 14. And b.( d 1 ) = kaytab j .( d 1) ; 15. Insert MdTabProces( kaytab j .( d 1) . ListMapCode j ); 16. EndLoop; 17. FI_Gen(MdTabProcess,TmpLargeTab(List of ComDim,Level,Sup),MinSup); 18. Transform_MapCode(TmpLargeTab,MapTab,LargeTab); In FI_Gen candidate itemsets are generated by equivalence classes[10] and the searching method for candidate itemsets is similar toApriori algorithm. After discovering all the large itemsets in the table LargeTab,we will have our hybrid association rule template as follows: d 1 (val ), d 2 (val ),......, d m (val ) → d 2 (val ).........., d m (val ) 4.3 Mining of Association rules Records 100 50 50 60 The minimum support of Apriori algorithm is 0.45%, and the computation times and the numbers of frequent itemsets found by the two algorithms are shown in Figure 2. 3 Dimension No. of Frequent Itemset 400 200 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 Minimum Support 1 Apriori RSHAR 3 Dimension Execution Time (in milli sec) 2000 1000 0 100 200 300 400 500 Apriori RSHAR No. of Transactions Figure 2. (a) No of frequent itemset. (b)Computation Time The experimental results in Figure 2 show that the RSHAR performs batter and more rapid than the Apriori algorithm. The RSHAR is not only eliminating considerable amounts of data, but also decreasing the numbers of database scanning, thus reducing the computation quantities to perform data contrasts and also memory requirements. The mining of association rules is usually a two phase's process. The first phase is for frequent itemsets generation. The second phase generates the rules using another user defined parameter minconf, which again affects the generation of rules. The second phase is easier and the overall performance of mining association rules is determined mainly by the first step [1]. VI. CONCLUSION V. EXPERIMENTAL RESULT To evaluate the efficiency of the proposed method, the RSHAR, along with the Apriori algorithm, is implemented In this paper, the RSHAR is proposed to mining of hybrid association rules. Mining rules with the RSHAR algorithm is two step processes: First we apply the CombineDims algorithm to combine the selected dimensions in order to provide the framework for mining hybrid association rules. Then, we apply the GenFI algorithm to discover frequent itemsets in the transaction database. For the new information system, the searching of frequent itemsets is easy based on the concept of equivalence class. The algorithm provides better performance improvements. The gap between the RSHAR and Apriori algorithms becomes evident with the number and size of pattems identified and the searching time reduced. In this paper, we still restricted our proposed extended method to generate association rules on three dimension. In future we will incorporate several dataset and more than three dimensions for mining of hybrid association rules References Agrawal, R., Imielinski, T., Swami, A., "Mining Association Rules between Sets of Items in Large Databases", SIGMOD'93, pp. 207-216, 1993. [2] Bodon, F., "A Fast Apriori Implementation", FIMI'03, November 2003. [3] Han, Jiawei, Micheline Kamber, Data Mining:Concepts and Techniques, The Morgan Kaufmann Series, 2001 [4] 11. Agrawal, Rakesh, Ramakrishnan Srikant, Fast Algorithms for Mining Association Rules in Large Databases, Proccedings of 20th International Conference Very Large Databases, Morgan Kaufman, 1994, pp. 487-499. [5] Codd, Edgar F., Communication of the ACM 13 (6), 1970, pp. 377-387. [6] Intan, Rolly, A Proposal of Fuzzy Multidimensional Association Rules, Jurnal Informatika, Vol. 7 No. 2 (Terakreditasi SK DIKTI No. 56/DIKTI/ Kep/2005), November 2006. [7] Jurgens, M. and Lenz, H.-J. (2001). Tree Based Indexes Versus Bitmap Indexes: A Performance Study. International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems, 10, 355–376. [8] Pawlak, Z. (1982). Rough Sets. Int. J. Computer and Information Sci, 11, 341–356. [9] ] Munakata, T. (1998). Rough Sets. In: Fundamentals of the New Artificial Intelligence, 140–182. New York: Springer-Verlag. [10] Xin Ma" Rough Set Model for ]Discovering Single-dimensional and Multidimensional Association Rules*" 2004 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics graduation and PhD (mathematics) from Jiwaji university gwaliar India. his employment experience includes Jiwaji university Gwaliar MDI, Gurgaon and MANIT Bhopal India. Presently he is professor & Head of mathematics at MANIT, Bhopal and his current interest are data mining and computational biology. [1]. AUTHORS PROFILE Anjana Pandey,was born on Dec'18, 1978. She completed her Master in Computer Application. Her special fields of interest included Data mining. Presently she is perusing PhD. In MCA Deptt from MANIT, Bhopal. K..R.Pardasani was born on 13th September 1960 at Mathure, India. He completed his graduation, post


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ITEM#: 12631080A subtle design of twigs highlights this hand-tufted polypropylene rug. This area rug features shades of beige and ivory, is easy-to-clean, stain-resistant and does not shed. Highlight the center of your sitting room, living room or master bedroom with this enchanting floral area rug. This beautiful piece adds a natural element to your home and is constructed completely from synthetic fibers. This area rug has a low pile and is designed to provide softness, warmth and comfort. The rug is available in four unique color combinations and makes an excellent accent piece for a floral decorating scheme.
- Tufted with durable canvas backing
- Primary materials: Synthetic Fiber
- Pile height: 0.50 inches
- Style: Contemporary
- Color Options: Beige, Brown, Off-White, Charcoal, Grey, Blue Chip, Navy
- Pattern: Floral
Tip: We recommend the use of a non-skid pad to keep the rug in place on smooth surfaces.
All rug sizes are approximate. Due to the difference of monitor colors, some rug colors may vary slightly. Overstock.com tries to represent all rug colors accurately. Please refer to the text above for a description of the colors shown in the photo.
|7 ft 6 in. X 9 ft 6 in.
|Synthetic Fiber
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|Beige Brown Green Grey Ivory Off-White Orange
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The "White" Alexa Pino Spring Season Floral Rug
Just a word of warning. The "white" version of this rug is not white at all. Both the description and picture are deceiving. Actually, I'd say it's more beige/light tan. In fact, it kind of looks like the beige rug they have here, but instead of cream flowers, it does have the grey buds/black stems of the "white" rug. I'm keeping it, but I'm a bit disappointed that the rug that I intended to get will not match my living room curtains. Ah well...that's the risk of internet buying, I suppose. Although, I would urge Overstock to do an audit of their products to see that they truly match their descriptions. Despite that major flaw, the rug itself feels nice and good quality.Read More
Not really beige
I do read reviews a lot before I purchase a product. So its my turn... the carpet is of great quality. Its thick and plush. My only complaint is that this is NOT beige. Imagine a muted grey with green overtunes. With my lighting it gives the impression the carpet is dirty. I had originally intended for it to be in my beige room but that looked awful. I kept the carpet because the quality and price cannot be beat. I found a home for it in my grey room.Read More
beware of cats
This carpet was delivered quickly! Even though it was not a brown beige more of a sage beige I still can use it. The unfortunate part is my one cat loves to rip this carpet apart. It does not hold up to any cat claws. It must have a strange smell to him? I have tried one "no scratch" formula but does not work. I have tried putting foil down in scratching spots he just goes around it. AAHH!! I would not reccomend it if you own a crazy siamese.Read More
good construction but white rug is beige
The rug is very soft, nicely constructed but the White version of the rug is NOT white. It's not even an ivory but more like a beige. The rug still works in our room but overall we were expecting a WHITE rug, not beige.Read More
Style at a great price
I love this rug. We just moved into our new home and bought all new furniture. I knew what I wanted but couldn't find it anywhere. I almost settled on rugs I wasn't crazy about, and I am so glad I waited. We have dark espresso brown wood floors and I knew a cream colored rug would make everything pop. This was exactly the look I wanted. It is soft and the cream on cream is fabulous with the dark wood and moss green sofa. I would have preferred wool, but the price was reasonable. I don't know how well it will wear long term, but I have used it for several weeks and it cleans well and I am so happy with it. We had our first dinner party last week and it was a hit.Read More
Great rug, but the color description was so far of
We were excited about this rug. The price was good and it looked beautiful on the web site and actually in person. However, we ordered a "Off White" rug. The picture on the web site was very much "Off White" the packing slip said "Alabaster", which is described as a white almost translucent white. This rug was tan, almost light brown. Really not even a shade of white. Don't know how it could be so far off. We sent it back. Overstock was great about it. No hard feelings but reluctant to buy another rug because the picture was so far off the actual color.Read More
I love this carpet, it really is soft, and plush and comfy, however if you own a cat or two like me, it is the worst decision you can make! They have scratched it up horribly, pulled out the fibers and you can see it looks like a heavily piled sweater. Just horrible, and less then a year later more like 8 months, I'm already shopping a for a new rug! I have the same one in my bedroom, where the cats are not allowed, and it is wonderful there! So As much as I love the look and feel, it is not as wearable as you might like... especially if you are a cat owner.Read More
Nice rug for the price.
Needed this size rug for my dining room. I thought it would be a lighter beige than what it was. The picture makes it appear lighter than it actually is. But, all in all, it is a very pretty rug.Read More
This rug was all that I imagine and at a great price.Read More
nuloom handmade pino spring season floral area rug
I am completely happy with the color, price and quality of this rug!Read More
Questions & Answers
Hello mariannette, The rug has not been treated for stain resistance. It should be spot cleaned. We're not sure which color is being referred to as greenish/chartreuse. We're sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks for shopping with us!
Is this carpet cut or looped pile.?
Thank your for your interest in the Handmade Alexa Pino Spring Season Floral Rug (7'6 x 9'6). This particular rug has a texture of raised high-low loop construction. Please let us know if we can be of further assistance on this or any other issue.
is the white rug a true white?
The white rug pictured is described as being off-white.
What is the contrasting color with the grey option? Appears to be a blue tone, but just want to clarify actual color listed. Thank you.
The grey rug has a blue floral design.
I am interested in the white option but it looks like it is unavailable. Is it just out of stock and will there be additional available soon? Thank you, Angie Howe
we cannot guarantee the white will come back in stock.
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Patterned area rugs are one of the most popular home decorating trends. They instantly infuse a room with color without requiring a lasting commitment. One way to incorporate this look into your home is with a statement-making floral area rug. While you can find floral rugs that are bright and whimsical, it's also possible to decorate with subtle floral rugs that are suitable for places where you never pictured this type of rug working.
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By the80srule on February 01, 2010
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"For posterity. Open to some flavor variations and fun with food dye, so I included some tips from other recipes and my own experiments. I based the cake part off both a Food Network recipe plus one of my cake recipes. Yields 24 cupcakes, two 9" layer cakes, or one 13 x 9 cake."
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"Delightful! Made as directed using recipe #412801 for decoration. Thanks, the80srule! Made for Spring 2010 PAC."


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Today, San Diego, CA's Capsize has announced their signing to Equal Vision Records and is premiering a music video for their new song "I'll Take The Blame". The video, which was directed by Tyler Ross (of Being As An Ocean), can be seen on capsize.merchnow.com.
The track comes from I've Been Tearing Myself Apart, a new two-song release from the band, which is also out today through digital retailers such as iTunes and Amazon.
The songs will also be released as a 7" vinyl in four color variants: white (limited to 150), coke bottle clear (limited to 150), transparent blue (limited to 150) and black (limited to 50). Black and blue variants will be available on tour only, while the white and coke bottle clear variants will be available exclusively through MerchNOW. Preorders for the online variants have launched HERE.
"We could not be more excited to finally release new music and continue to grow as a band. We spent last December on the road to and from the studio, where we worked with Brian Hood at 456 Recordings in Nashville, TN on the new tracks. We're super happy with the outcome of our time there. Right when we got home we shot a video with our best friend Tyler Ross, from Being As An Ocean. We're already really deep in the writing process for our full-length and are anxious to get back in the studio," shares Capsize vocalist Daniel Wand. "The new songs are the perfect transition into a new chapter of the band that we have been working towards for a really long time."
He continues, "Putting out music through Equal Vision Records - a label that we have all respected since we were getting into underground music - is truly a rewarding experience. Having any association with bands that were once a part of it like Converge, Armor For Sleep, Refused is just wild, really. It's awesome to see Bane releasing a final record this year on Equal Vision as well. We can't thank Dan and the rest of the EVR team enough for taking us in and having faith in our band."
Capsize formed in 2009 and is comprised of Daniel Wand (vocals), Ryan Knowles (guitar), Andrew Tamayo (drums), Chris Darton (guitar), and Joey Toarmina (bass). The melodic hardcore outfit will begin recording their debut full-length album in May with Jay Maas at Getaway Recordings in Haverhill, MA. Prior to recording, the band will head out on a west coast run supporting Being As An Ocean, followed by a coast-to-coast headliner with Choir Vandals. All upcoming tour dates can be found below.
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Natalie Portman To 'Get a Gun' for Lynne Ramsay in Black List WesternCasting Couch By Kate Erbland on May 22, 2012 | Comments (1)
Looks like Natalie Portman is coming back to Hollywood in a big, big way. THR reports that the actress will star in and produce Lynne Ramsay's first post-We Need to Talk About Kevin project, an intriguing Western that comes complete with a Black List script. Brian Duffield penned the film, Jane Got a Gun, which ended up on last year's Black List of best unproduced screenplays (that list included scripts like Graham Moore's The Imitation Game, Andrew Baldwin's The Outsider, and John Scott's Maggie also popped up on the list). The film is focused on "a woman whose outlaw husband returns home barely alive and riddled with bullet wounds. She is forced to reach out to an ex-lover and ask if he will help defend her farm when her husband's gang eventually tracks him down to finish the job." The film has reportedly spark a bit of a bidding war in Cannes. While Portman took some time off from acting after her Oscar win for Black Swan and the birth of her first child, she appears to be jumping right back in with a number of bold, meaty choices. She also has two Terrence Malick films lined up and, though she did not end up with the role, she was the Wachowskis's first pick for their Jupiter Ascending. But can Portman go rough and tumble? Can she ever:
Movie News After Dark: Everyone is Still Obsessing on 'The Avengers' and Tim Burton SucksMovie News By Nathan Adams on May 14, 2012 | Comments (4)
What is Movie News After Dark? This week it's a series of second stringer fill-ins trying not to run things into the ground while regular columnist Neil Miller disappears for a while due to reasons both glamorous and mysterious (in true Lohan fashion, he's cited both "exhaustion" and "being dehydrated"). And today it's a laundry list of Internet people still crushing on Joss Whedon's superhero extravaganza, The Avengers, because Tim Burton's Dark Shadows shit the bed this weekend and we haven't had anything shiny to come along to steal away our fickle attentions yet. Let's get to it. The above image comes from an artist named Hannah, who has proven that her finger is firmly on the pulse of the Internet by paying tribute both to the death of beloved children's author Maurice Sendak as well as the work of beloved nerd-God Joss Whedon by mashing up Sendak's artistic style with the cast of The Avengers. Is cute, no?
'The Counselor' Negotiating With Natalie Portman, Jeremy Renner, and/or Javier BardemCasting Couch By Nathan Adams on March 10, 2012 | Comments (1)
It's getting to the point where there are so many huge names involved in Ridley Scott's upcoming project The Counselor that you can't even write a proper headline about it. Not only does it have a living legend for a director, but this is also a movie that's being shot from an original spec script from a living legend of an author, Cormac McCarthy. Plus its attached star, Michael Fassbender, is one of the most sought-after future icons in the film industry. And now an upcoming second round of casting decisions have The Counselor set to become an even more studded-with-stars affair. The Playlist has picked up a report from Twitch stating that three huge names are currently in talks to help Fassbender fill out the cast: Jeremy Renner, Javier Bardem, and Natalie Portman.
Kevin Carr's Weekly Report Card: February 10, 2012Features By Kevin Carr on February 10, 2012 | Be the First To Comment
This week, Fat Guy Kevin Carr dresses up in his Jedi robes and grabs his lightsaber, heading to the theater to see the 3D re-release of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. While there, he faces a sea of estrogen as ladies of all type swarm into the multiplex to see Channing Tatum's abs multiflex. After using his lightsaber to break through the wall of pre-Valentine's Day ladies, he faces more obstacles with twentysomething dudes heading out to see Safe House and obnoxious families to see Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. Fortunately for Kevin, he is able to dispatch everyone with his Rock-inspired "pec pop of love." It was an early Valentine's Day massacre.
Natalie Portman Will Return to Acting for a Terrence Malick Two-ferCasting Couch By Nathan Adams on February 8, 2012 | Comments (3)
Due to her Oscar-winning role in Black Swan and her pregnancy-imposed break from acting, Natalie Portman has been the subject of much talk in the movie world. When will she come back to work? What will her first post-Oscar role be? There have been reports of filmmakers as big as the Wachowskis actively recruiting her to come on board their projects, but still no word of an official signing. That is until now. Sorry, Hollywood directors, but Terrence Malick has beaten you to the punch. And, just to smear some dirt in your wounds, he's done it twice. Deadline Ottawa is reporting that Portman has signed on to be in not one, but two of Malick's upcoming projects, both shooting in 2012, which will mark her much anticipated return to acting. The first film is the Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett-starring Knight of the Cups, which is scheduled to start shooting this summer. The second is a film called Lawless, which sees Portman teamed again with Bale and Blanchett, in addition to other notable names like Ryan Gosling and Rooney Mara. This film is scheduled to shoot in the fall.
The Wachowskis Try to Lure Natalie Portman Back to Acting With 'Jupiter Ascending'Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on January 5, 2012 | Be the First To Comment
Back in October, word first broke about the Wachowski siblings's upcoming sci-fi epic, Jupiter Ascending. It's apparently the next project they'll work on after they finish up their adaptation of Cloud Atlas, and while not much is known about the specifics, it's said to be a concept with serious franchise potential. As everyone knows, the best way to launch a franchise is to cast big actors in your lead roles. You can come up with all of the revolutionary ideas and breakthrough filmmaking techniques in the world and there is no guarantee that anyone will ever see what you've done, but if you stick Will Smith in the middle of all your hard work, success is pretty much a guarantee. To that end, the Wachowskis want to start their casting process off by locking up Natalie Portman. According to a report from 24 Frames, the Black Swan actress is being actively recruited by the Wachowskis's people, and so far she's shown quite a bit of interest in taking the role. The big potential of this casting is that this would be the first acting job Portman would be taking after her gigantic, career-making Oscar win for her work in Black Swan. A new baby forced her into a sort of acting hiatus, and this would be her first chance to follow up the great work she did in that film.
'Thor 2′ Will Be an Inter-Realm Road Trip MovieMovie News By Nathan Adams on September 23, 2011 | Comments (2)
Work on getting a Thor sequel in production seems to be well underway. It was just yesterday the news broke that Monster director Patty Jenkins was getting looked at very closely to direct the hammer-wielding god's second movie, and now Entertainment Weekly has some quotes from Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige about what direction the plot will take. Once this sequel goes into production, Thor will already have furthered adventures here on Earth alongside his Avengers buddies, so according to Feige, it's time to "take Thor literally to other worlds." In the Norse mythology that Thor plays around in there are nine different worlds. When I looked up the nine worlds over at Marvel, I learned that three of them share the same planet as Thor's home Asgard, one of them is where we live (Midgard), and the other four are called Jotunheim, Svartalfheim, Hel, and Muspelheim. That's a whole mouthful of words, and a whole heap of worlds full of elves, demons, and who knows what for Thor to smash with his hammer.
Updated: Lionsgate Claims Craig Gillespie Still Directing 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'Movie News By Kate Erbland on August 30, 2011 | Be the First To Comment
Updated with correction: We posted this rumor earlier, but according to a representative at Lionsgate that we asked for comment, Gillespie is still on board the project. Regarding the rumor, the representative said, "This is not true. [Gillespie] is still set to direct." We apologize for the error, but the situation doesn't at all change Kate's feelings on the project that can be found below: News from our pals at Twitch reports that director Craig Gillespie has left the troubled film adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's novel, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, that reimagines the Jane Austen classic as a story not just about the emotional battles of Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy, but those battles as set against a countryside overrun with zombies. If Gillespie is off the project, he joins two other directors who previously jumped ship on the film – David O. Russell and Mike White. Besides not having a director, the film is also sorely lacking for a leading lady, with Mila Kunis, Emma Stone, Rooney Mara, and Olivia Wilde all reportedly considered for the role or straight out offered it in the past, with none of them ever signing on. Buzz continues to turn back to Natalie Portman, however, as Portman's production company is co-producing the project and the actress has an open schedule after the recent birth of her son. As of now, Dominic Cooper is apparently set to play Mr. Darcy, making him the only person with a firm commitment at this point. But, considering the revolving […]
Culture Warrior: Beautiful People Having SexCulture Warrior By Landon Palmer on July 26, 2011 | Comments (1)
The cinematic doppelganger effect seems to happen on a cyclical basis. Every few years, a pair of movies are released whose concepts, narratives, or central conceits are so similar that it's impossible to envision how both came out of such a complex and expensive system with even the fairest amount of awareness of the other. Deep Impact and Armageddon. Antz and A Bug's Life. Capote and Infamous. Paul Blart: Mall Cop and Observe and Report. And now two R-rated studio-released romantic comedies about fuck buddies played by young, attractive superstars have graced the silver screen within only a few short months of each other. We typically experience doppelganger cinema with high-concept material, not genre fare. To see two back-to-back movies released about the secret life of anthropomorphic talking insects, a hyperbole-sized rock jettisoning towards Earth's inevitable destruction, a Truman Capote biopic, or a movie about a mall cop seem rare or deliberately exceptional enough as a single concept to make the existence of two subsequent iterations rather extraordinary. Much has been made of the notion that Friends with Benefits is a doppelganger of No Strings Attached (the former has in more than one case been called the better version of the latter), but when talking about the romantic comedy genre – a category so well-tread and (sometimes for better, sometimes not) reliably formulaic that each film is arguably indebted to numerous predecessors – can we really say these films are doppelgangers in the same vein as the high-concept examples, or […]
Interview: Director Spencer Susser on the Chaos, Spontaneity and Symbolism of 'Hesher'Features By Jack Giroux on May 10, 2011 | Be the First To Comment
Hesher (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a character that represents almost all different sides of life, and mainly, childhood. He's reckless, narcissistic, always looking for fun, and you never know whether or not he's your friend or your greatest enemy. Hesher is a cypher, someone that you can never truly understand or grasp. Many will love him and many will hate him. A character such as Hesher can't be easy to write. If he becomes too extremist, he can lose any hints at humanity and could become a total cartoon. But director Spencer Susser and co-writer David Michôd (the director behind last year's tremendous Animal Kingdom) managed to find an authentic grounding in this coming-of-age film that chronicles the extreme emotions of childhood. Hesher isn't the star of the film, but he represents everything about childhood and what the lead, T.J., is going through. Here's what Susser had to say about writing a jarring tone, the max levels Hesher goes to, and writing spontaneity:
Kevin Carr's Weekly Report Card: May 6, 2011Features By Kevin Carr on May 6, 2011 | Be the First To Comment
This week, Fat Guy Kevin Carr grabs his codpiece and cape, then gets hammered in the cineplex with Thor. He also suffers from wedding overload with two new movies, Something Borrowed and Jumping the Broom. Though he probably should have put his shirt back on before seeing all the chick flicks. Finally, he takes a more esoteric and educational look at the Spanish Civil War drama There Be Dragons. Spoiler alert: There are no dragons in the movie.
Review: 'Thor' Is A Fun But Flawed Build-Up To 'The Avengers'Movie Reviews By Rob Hunter on May 4, 2011 | Comments (11)
The summer of 2011 will see the biggest assemblage yet of superheroes onscreen with the upcoming releases of X-Men: First Class, Green Lantern, and Captain America: The First Avenger. (At least until next year when The Avengers hits theaters.) Every movie is a gamble to some degree, but these three mitigate the risk a bit in that the X-Men film is the fourth in a popular franchise and the other two both feature highly recognizable actors in the title roles. But there's one superhero movie this summer that's flying with a hammer in place of a safety net. The potential hurdles include a relatively unknown lead actor, a director thought to be an odd choice at best and a terrible one at worst, and a hero built on magic and fantasy. Thor is a god, an honest to god deity, and that can be a hard sell in the science-fiction and technology-filled world of Marvel films. Thor opens with a brief intro in the Southwestern US with a pair of scientists (Natalie Portman and Stellan Skarsgard) and their snarky assistant (Kat Dennings) tracking an odd weather phenomenon. They drive towards the center of the storm and accidentally collide with a figure emerging from the darkness.
Interview: Tom Hiddleston on Being an Eloquent BadassFeatures By Jack Giroux on May 2, 2011 | Be the First To Comment
"Eloquent badass" is not only how one would probably describe Thor's brother/nemesis, Loki, but also the actor who portrays him, Tom Hiddleston. At last year's San Diego Comic-Con, Hiddleston was the only cast member that wasn't tight-lipped as if they were hiding serious government secrets. The actor spoke off the cuff, even revealing a plot twist… and he did so in that ear-pleasing British accent of his. Hiddleston's voice is smooth, clear, and everything you'd want from a great British accent. Hearing my voice go up against his was quite an emasculating experience. My sometimes quick, Mark Zuckerberg-like mannerisms sounded even more idiotic, something I never thought possible. Hiddleston made me sound like one of those hicks from Deliverance in comparison, but that seemingly total gent would never be one to tell me so. I unfortunately didn't have the chance to see Thor before speaking with Hiddleston, but we covered an array of topics from tone, finding humanity in a villain, what you get when angry Gods do battle, and how much of an honor it must be to have one's face on a 7-Eleven Slurpee cup.
Culture Warrior: 3 Rules of Child Assassin MoviesCulture Warrior By Landon Palmer on April 12, 2011 | Comments (1)
This editorial features some spoilers for Hanna and Kick-Ass. Consider yourself warned. In preparation for this post I ran a quick Internet search on child assassins and found this video from New York Magazine. While I wasn't promised a video exclusively on child assassins here, and instead got something that explores the notion of child killers at large, this video conflates two categories of child killers that I think deserve remarkably different types of consideration. The great majority of killings performed by children in this video are from horror movies. From Rosemary's Baby to The Omen to The Brood to Firestarter to the other Omen and beyond, the child/killer is an exhaustively repeated horror trope to the point of cliche (and is often confused with the simple overlapping category of "scary children," like in The Shining and The Sixth Sense). But every so often a child-killer horror film comes along that works in line with the formula (The Children, anyone? Bueller? Okay, how about Let Me In?), reminding us why child killers still have the capacity to be engrossing and entertaining even if they've lost the ability to be outright horrifying: because they play on our society's veneration of childhood innocence, replacing the ignorant bliss of childhood with benevolent, malicious intent to do harm to the much taller individuals that surround them. But child assassins are quite different from the overall category of child killers. And while two recent films in two subsequent spring movie seasons that feature child assassins, […]
Movie News After Dark: Duncan Jones' Wolverine, Summer Movies and Bowing to The Dark SideMovie News By Neil Miller on April 11, 2011 | Be the First To Comment
What is Movie News After Dark? It is a nightly movie news column dedicated to featuring painfully overtread characters from the part of the Marvel universe owned (cinematically, at least) by the 20th Century Fox corporation. It might as well be called X-Men After Dark. Hmm… maybe Fox will buy some sponsorship rights. They need all the help they can get after X-Men Origins: Wolverine. "A good Wolverine film could be an amazing thing." Duncan Jones said this mere days before he confirmed that he will take a meeting with 20th Century Fox about the possibility of directing The Wolverine, taking a director's chair left empty by the departure of Darren Aronofsky. As geek cred goes, Jones has perhaps as much as anyone working right now following Moon and Source Code, and he's smart enough to pull it off. Here's hoping the project is a good fit and that Fox makes the right call.
The 'Hesher' Trailer Burns When You UrinateMovie News By Scott Beggs on April 11, 2011 | Be the First To Comment
Single tear at the dinner table. Flaming front flip into the pool. Donuts in the parking lot. Walking away from an explosion without looking back. A lot of people have already had the chance to see Hesher, but I haven't, and just from the trailer, it looks like a version of Garden State that grew a pair, set fire to The Shins' "Chutes too Narrow," and learned to blast Metallica while stripping down to its tightie-whities. More words would only sully it. Check out the trailer for yourself:
Interview: Danny McBride Talks 'Your Highness,' Molesting Puppets, and CGI Hand JobsFeatures By Jack Giroux on April 11, 2011 | Comments (1)
The fact that a major studio made Your Highness is both reassuring and baffling. The commercial appeal is there, obviously, but this isn't your standard comedic fare. David Gordon Green's 80s fantasy throwback is filled with crudeness and audacity. This is a film with a child molesting puppet; isn't that such a thing of genius which defines ambition? I believe so. A film like Your Highness is, as stated before, reassuring because we're witnessing such talents as Green and co-writer/star Danny McBride getting to further explore their divisive sensibilities in a rather sizable studio film. Danny McBride didn't just set out to make a parody or a satire, but a genuine adventure film that, which he admits, isn't for everyone. Your Highness is not the pot comedy one expects, but a road movie about lovable and immature idiots. McBride's Thadeous is a moron in all senses of the word, except an actual self-aware moron. There's a charm to his baboon-like nature. Your Highness is almost a coming of age story, but about a grown, pot-smoking, and crude man. Here's what Danny McBride had to say about getting a comedy with a large scope, not making a spoof, crafting lovable idiots, and the difficulty of practical effects:
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Let's play a game. I'm going to tell a joke, you decide if it's funny. Ready? Why did the chicken cross the road? Balls. If you chortled at that, then have I got a movie for you. It's called Your Highness, and in addition to a once ambitious director and a cast filled with actors who really should know better it features a script that never met a punchline it couldn't replace with a swear word or a drug reference. Why build complicated gags when you can just say 'fuck?' Why give depth to your characters when you can just have them wear a severed cock around their neck? All the dirty words and phallic props in the world aren't going to ruin a movie, but using them in place of real comedy, actual jokes, and smart writing sure as hell isn't going to help. A king has two sons of opposite worth who could only be related in Hollywood. Fabious (James Franco) is heroic, righteous, and fabulously coiffed while his brother Thadeous (Danny McBride) is foul-mouthed, portly, and socially retarded. One of Fabious's many adventures nets him a fair maiden named Belladonna (Zooey Deschanel, speaking barely a line or two more than she spoke in Avatar) who he plans to marry. Their happy day is spoiled when the evil wizard Leezar (Justin Theroux) kidnaps her with plans to use her virginal vagina as a dragon egg incubator. The two brother set off on a quest to rescue the maiden […]
Kevin Carr's Weekly Report Card: April 8, 2011Features By Kevin Carr on April 9, 2011 | Be the First To Comment
This week, Fat Guy Kevin Carr spends a long day in the multiplex, checking out a variety of films from alcoholic romantic comedies to nature documentaries with elephants and orangutans. He drinks himself silly and hits on Greta Gerwig in Arthur, narrowly escapes being killed by ass-kicking teen assassin Hanna, narrowly escapes getting his arm bitten off by a tiger shark in Soul Surfer and peeps in on Natalie Portman undressing for a swim in Your Highness. Too bad she's pregnant now, 'cause Kevin just ain't into that scene.
Movie News After Dark: Saul Bass, Thor, Douglas Adams and Captain America, F*%k YeahMovie News By Neil Miller on March 28, 2011 | Comments (4)
What is Movie News After Dark? First, it is hoping that you had a great weekend. Because it did. It went to the drive-in, had great movie discussions and watched a Michael Bay film about 'splosions. It looks forward to spending the week sharing with you the hottest tids and bits of the movie news world. Second, it's not a person. It knows this. This makes it sort of sad. Christian Annyas has curated a very interesting gallery of prints by Saul Bass (a personal favorite of mine), and the DVD covers that have come from his work. It's sad to see so many companies ditch the poster designs and opt for simpler DVD cover designs, is it not?
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