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'Red Knot' Review: Because It Is Brittle, and Because It Is My Heart
Movie Reviews By Rob Hunter on December 3, 2014 | Be the First To CommentPeter (Vincent Kartheiser) and Chloe (Olivia Thirlby) are newlyweds on something of an impromptu honeymoon after boarding a research vessel in Argentina en route through the Southern Ocean to Antarctica. It's a working vacation of sorts for Peter though as he's a writer fascinated with the continent, the sea and the wildlife that surrounds them. The couple are at ease physically and sexually, but it's clear in their communication — and lack thereof — that not all is well. As he devotes his attention to conversation with a renowned whale biologist (Roger Payne, playing himself) she finds herself drifting aimlessly well outside her own element. That emotional current takes her right into the path of Captain Emerson (Billy Campbell), and soon Peter and Chloe's young marriage hits choppy waters… well, you get the idea. Red Knot places the sad ugliness of a relationship in jeopardy against the stark beauty of a harsh and unforgiving landscape. All three of the main actors give strong and affecting performances, and the photography is continually gorgeous, but the characters and their stories can't quite keep pace with the drama we know is churning beneath the surface.
'5 to 7′ Review: An Unmitigated Disaster of Male Fantasy and Bad Writing
Movie Reviews By Daniel Walber on April 22, 2014 | Be the First To CommentSome movies do not seem possible. Their very existence is an absurdity of hubris, their production something of a financial miracle. Or, rather, a financial eccentricity. The largest projects are the ones with the most to prove, disastrous flops like the Korean War epic Inchon financed by the Unification Church or that time Richard Burton played Yugoslav president-for-life Josip Broz Tito. Yet there's a smaller version of this bizarre passion project, fantasies designed not to stroke the egos of cult leaders or dictators but Hollywood moguls. This time around we are in the hands of writer/director Victor Levin, Emmy-award winning co-executive producer of Mad Men and screenwriter of Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! The film is 5 to 7, a romance of almost unfathomably terrible proportions. The hero is Brian (Anton Yelchin), a young man without any sense of his own enormous privilege. Sure, he's currently a failed writer. He's also 24 years old, the son of very wealthy New Yorkers who presumably pay for his Manhattan apartment and, as we learn later on in passing, have already put away enough money for law school just in case. He sits at home all day re-writing his short stories and pasting rejection letters from literary magazines to his wall. The film gives him the luxury of near-constant voice over as the story begins, the first sign that Levin is entirely complicit in the narrative excesses that follow. Brian is the most inherently irritating protagonist of the year, but neither he nor his creator has any inkling thereof.
Dispense Some Drunk Justice with a 'Dredd' Drinking Game
Drinking Games By Kevin Carr on January 8, 2013 | Comments (1)The 90s were good in some ways. Other ways, not so much. The odious Sylvester Stallone version of Judge Dredd was one way the 90s kind of sucked. Fortunately, we have a new Judge available on DVD and Blu-ray. Dredd brings back the hard-boiled character in his full violent glory. With Karl Urban playing the lead role – and not being afraid to stay within his helmet for the whole film – Dredd delivers on R-rated violence and gore. And it doesn't hurt to have Olivia Thirlby at his side. While Dredd is dispensing justice, dispense yourself a few beers and enjoy the film.
Fantastic Fest: 'Dredd 3D' Is The Law
Fantastic Fest By Neil Miller on September 21, 2012 | Be the First To CommentKarl Urban is the law. And finally, that's something that matters. Since 1995, the only world we've ever known for the character of Judge Dredd, the motorcycle-riding judicial system created by the British writer/artist team of John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra in the late 1970s, has been the overly silly vanity project starring Sly Stallone in 1995. Stallone's Dredd was, at best, a parody of the original comic character. And while it delivered a bit of fun at the time, history does not look fondly on the attempt. It wasn't the film that such a character deserved, despite the unfamiliarity American audiences had with him. Enter writer Alex Garland and star Karl Urban, who set out to make Dredd 3D a worthy adaptation. For that matter, lets just forget the past and say what really matters: Enter Dredd. The real one.
TIFF 2012 Review: 'Dredd 3D' Wipes the Stallone Stink Off a Promising Property
Film Festivals By Nathan Adams on September 13, 2012 | Comments (3)"Judge Dredd" started as a comic book series in 1977 and eventually became so long-lived and popular that it spawned a really bad film adaptation in 1995. Get that movie out of your head now – pretend like it never happened – because Dredd 3D is a completely new take on the character; one the values hard-hitting action over comic book camp, one that has no interest in wacky side kicks or studio mandated love interests. The story is simple: in the far future, humanity has started living in gigantic city-states the size of small countries that are densely populated and densely developed. What with so many people being piled on top of one another, poverty has run rampant, crime is ubiquitous, and street gangs rule the day. The only line of defense between innocent people and complete chaos are the Street Judges, a group of dangerous and highly trained operatives who prowl the streets on their big motorcycles while carrying their big guns, acting as judge, jury, and executioner all in one. Our story centers on a Judge who goes by the name of Dredd; he's pretty much the most badass one.
'Nobody Walks' Trailer Is Full of Forbidden Fruit and Foley Artistry
Movie News By Nathan Adams on August 3, 2012 | Be the First To CommentIf there's one thing that seems to be able to provide endless material for indie films to mine, it's infidelity. There's no need for special effects, fancy locations, or even big name actors to make a compelling human drama, all you have to do is set yourself up a good, old-fashioned love triangle, get a couple steamy shots of people doing it, and then take things to a place where everyone is crying a lot and yelling at each other. The results are instantly compelling, and instantly relatable to everyone watching. Nobody Walks has a leg up on your typical, indie infidelity movie for a few reasons though. Most apparent is that they actually have sprung for some big name actors. From indie darlings like Olivia Thirlby and Rosemarie Dewitt, to beloved TV stars like John Krasinski and Justin Kirk, to an up-and-comer like India Ennenga (Treme) and an old hand like Dylan McDermott, Nobody Walks is bursting at the seams with actors who you'll recognize and have probably been impressed by at some point.
Comic-Con 2012: 'Dredd' Clip Packs a Lot of Splatter Into 60 Seconds
Comic-Con By Nathan Adams on July 13, 2012 | Comments (1)After 1995's Sylvester Stallone-starring take on the "Judge Dredd" comic series shit the bed and offered film and comic geeks little more than a couple of ironic quotables from a pizza delivery guy played by Rob Schneider, it didn't seem very likely that anyone would take a shot at revisiting the property anytime soon. Seventeen years must be the statute of limitations on this one though, because here we are in 2012, getting a promotional clip for a new Karl Urban-starring take on the material called Dredd. Having reservations about this film due to past failures in translating the character to live action is understandable, but it's starting to look like it might not be justified. Dredd recently screened for audiences at Comic-Con, and the buzz coming out of the room was that this new take on the character is much more true to the original comics. Word on the street is that this is a gritty, gory, action-packed shoot 'em up that has way more in common with the face-punchingly awesome The Raid: Redemption than it does any Sylvester Stallone failures.
'Dredd' Trailer Invents a Reason to Shoot in Slow Motion Forever
Movie News By Scott Beggs on June 21, 2012 | Comments (12)The first trailer for Dredd – starring Karl Urban, Lena Headey and Olivia Thirlby is just a taste of the inevitable slow motion to come. In the story, Headey's character Ma-Ma controls all the manufacturing for a new drug that makes the user feel like time is going at 1% of its normal speed. Because when you want drugs, you want something that will make your life feel 100 times longer. Instead of launching a bunch of well-made PSAs about the dangers of the drug, Judge Dredd and his rookie Judge infiltrate the highrise where Ma-Ma is operating in order to take her down. It's Bale's Batman with a huge helmet on. Enjoy it for yourself:
HBO's 'Bored to Death' Might Solve a Park Slope Mystery at Your Nearest Movie Theater
Movie News By Landon Palmer on June 15, 2012 | Comments (1)If you've never seen Jonathan Ames's recently cancelled HBO show Bored to Death, you might want to brush up on the premium cable mystery/comedy show, for costar Ted Danson recently suggested in an interview with French journalist Pierre Lenglas (according to Lenglas's Twitter account) that a feature-length Bored to Death movie might be in the works. To be fair, nothing official has been announced and, according to Vulture, HBO qualified Danson's statement my stating that the creators and talent of the show are only in the early stages of conversation. But with Jason Schwartzman and Zack Galifianakis rounding out the show's cast, a Bored to Death movie might make quite a bit of sense. Bored to Death ran for three seasons from 2009-2011, and chronicled the misadventures of Jonathan Ames (Schwartzman), a struggling writer who becomes an amateur detective in order to get over being dumped by his girlfriend Suzanne (Olivia Thirlby). His best friend Ray (Galifianakis) is a deeply insecure comic book artist who struggles to maintain power in his relationship with his on-again, off-again girlfriend Leah (Heather Burns). Danson plays Ames's boss, George Christopher, the editor of a New Yorker-style magazine and a ginormous pothead. While the show lost steam for me in its third season, Bored to Death was a clever and surprisingly warm show about the difficulties of commitment, the changes in New York City's boroughs, the death of the printed word, and narcissism. It's the type of show that could only have aired on HBO.
Drink Until You See Invisible Aliens with 'The Darkest Hour' Drinking Game
Drinking Games By Kevin Carr on April 10, 2012 | Be the First To CommentAs the Christmas week movies continue to roll out on DVD and Blu-ray this spring, you're left with plenty of holiday-themed choices after Easter, like the weepy Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and the equally rapey The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and In the Land of Blood and Honey. Why not consider some invisible killer aliens to go in with the mix. Telling the story of random survivors on the streets of Moscow after a violent interstellar invasion, The Darkest Hour gives the world hope… if your definition of hope is a dancing at a killer club scene with Speed Racer before blindly battling electric aliens. While vodka might be the obvious choice, you might want something a little more light, especially if you opt for the at-home 3D version of the film. Focus might become a problem.
Review: 'Being Flynn' Brings Suck City to Life With Another Stellar Performance From Paul Dano
Movie Reviews By Kate Erbland on March 1, 2012 | Comments (2)Welcome to "Another Bullshit Night in Suck City," or perhaps more appropriately, welcome to Being Flynn, complete with its own bullshit and own suckitude. Based on writer Nick Flynn's memoir (you know, the one called "Another Bullshit Night in Suck City," as if you could forget such a title), Paul Weitz's film sets Paul Dano as Nick and Robert De Niro as his wayward papa, the irreverent and inappropriate Jonathan Flynn. Nick's lived most of his life without his father, a man who has "manifested as an absence" for twentysomething years, and Nick's been just fine with it. Relatively. Kind of. Fine – not really. But things are about to get much worse for Nick, because Jonathan is about to pop back into his life – and utterly ruin it in the process.
Sundance 2012 Review: 'Nobody Walks' Turns the Standard Homewrecker Story On Its Head
Movie Reviews By Robert Levin on January 27, 2012 | Be the First To CommentThe notion that nobody walks places in Los Angeles is one of the biggest L.A. clichés, right up there with the belief that Southern California is populated by beautiful sunglasses-wearing people who spend most of their time doing cocaine when they're not driving around in their convertibles, loudly yammering about the biz. Still, based on my limited experience there (and City of Angels dwellers, feel free to correct me), the aversion to walking is actually kind of true. At the very least, the idea provides an interesting way into the cross-coastal, gender-driven culture clash at the center of Nobody Walks, a film from New Yorkers Ry Russo-Young (director and co-writer) and Lena Dunham (co-writer), about a New York filmmaker named Martine (Olivia Thirlby) who arrives in L.A. to work on a movie with married sound designer Peter (John Krasinski) and to stay with his family at their home in Silver Lake, in part because she doesn't drive.
Review: 'Margaret' is a Beautiful, Honest, and Poignant Mess
Movie Reviews By Jack Giroux on October 2, 2011 | Be the First To CommentAfter all these years of Margaret being stuck in legal and release limbo, it wouldn't have been surprising if Kenneth Lonergan's (subtle) post-9/11 film turned out to be a misfire. All the turmoil made it doubtful that we'd ever get the masterpiece that Scorsese and many others claimed Lonergan's film to be. The final, two-and-a-half-hour cut — which is unfortunately being dumped on a few screens — actually features hints of that masterpiece. Those hints, ultimately, make for a messy-yet-poignant dramatic opera about the power of regret, loss, and worst of all, being a teenager. Lonergan aims high in a way that, even if Margaret was a disaster, it'd still be an admirable (but failed) passion project. This isn't that film, though. The playwright's tremendous You Can Count on Me was small-scale, but full of power. His follow-up attempts to operate on a grand-scale, and it contains most of the power exhibited in his directorial debut.
Comic-Con Interview: Emile Hirsch Discusses 'The Darkest Hour'
Comic-Con By Jack Giroux on July 31, 2011 | Be the First To CommentI wish I got this interview on video. Emile Hirsch was acting like he just came off a late night of drinking countless Red Bulls. The actor couldn't have been more energetic and enthusiastic about everything he was saying. It threw me at times, for sure, but it was refreshing on some level. Here is a young actor that does not take himself seriously at all and that does not come off pretentious, at least that's the impression I got. Hirsch was at Comic-Con promoting the under-the-radar alien-invasion film, The Darkest Hour. The film had no Hall H presence, but a press event was held at the pain-in-the-ass Hard Rock Hotel. The concept art I saw presented the film as an atmospheric and small invasion film set in Mother Russia. The aliens decided not to stop by Los Angeles or New York for the thousandth time. Here's what Emile Hirsch had to say about the scope of the film, how it doesn't take itself too seriously, and how Speed Racer was ahead of its time:
Martin Scorsese Trying to Edit Kenneth Lonergan's 'Margaret' Out of Limbo
Movie News By Jack Giroux on May 7, 2011 | Comments (4)This year, movies like Battle: Los Angeles, I Am Number Four, Hoodwinked 2 (did anyone even see the first one?), another Tyler Perry movie, Red Riding Hood, and the Justin Bieber documentary all easily made their way into theaters. Know what hasn't come out this year (or the past couple) while films like Something Borrowed get their big studio pushes? Margaret. Kenneth Lonergan's follow-up to his brilliant debut, You Can Count on Me, has had a notoriously rough time making it to theaters, both due to legal issues and a dispute over final cut. The film was shot almost six years ago. The editing process has been called a nightmare. Lonergan has a three-hour cut that Fox Searchlight isn't too keen on releasing. Why? Because they won't release a version over two hours long. Lonergan has final cut, which hasn't made the situation any easier. Great talents such as Thelma Schoonmaker, Martin Scorsese, Scott Rudin, and Sydney Pollack did passes on the film to get it down to a shorter length. And right now, Scorsese is doing another edit of the film with Lonergan.
John Krasinski, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Olivia Thirlby in Talks for Lena Dunham's 'Nobody Walks'
Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on April 20, 2011 | Comments (1)Nobody Walks is the next project from Lena Dunham, the writer/director/star of last year's ultra-low budget indie film Tiny Furniture. It tells the story of a Los Angeles family that takes in an artist and has their lives changed by the experience, presumably because of her free wheeling quirkiness. Dunham is one of those young filmmakers whose voice is so specific and whose films are focused so intently on the struggle of modern youth that they get derided as naval gazing and narcissistic. Kind of like a proto-Sofia Coppola. Given that criticism of her work, warranted or not, she has at least picked three actors who are well experienced working in said hipster genre for her next feature. Rosemarie DeWitt has already been in one of the last decade's big unlikable white people movies with Rachel Getting Married, John Krasinski worked with Sam Mendes when he took his stab at hipster ennui in Away We Go, and Olivia Thirlby is known for almost nothing but playing in movies about quirky, self obsessed youths, starting with Juno. If you are one of those people who rolls your eyes at movies about upper class, faux artsy white people, then be sure you don't roll them right out of the sockets while you're reading this. But if you're a person that sometimes enjoys them, like myself, then this is already an interesting looking project. Source: Variety
Brian Koppelman and David Levien Talk 'Solitary Man'
Features By Jack Giroux on June 15, 2010 | Be the First To CommentYou don't see too many protagonist like Ben Kaleman in Brian Koppelman and David Levien's latest film Solitary Man. For some, he'll be considered a slimy and perhaps somewhat misogynistic creep getting what he deserves. For others, he'll be a sympathetic and understandable man trying to figure out where everything went wrong. We sat down with writer/directors Brian Koppelman and David Levien and learned (literally) everything there is to know about their latest film in an epic interview about family, smooth-talkers and subtle redemption.
A Handy User's Guide to Who Wants the 'Dragon Tattoo'
Features By Scott Beggs on May 7, 2010 | Comments (27)Apparently the role in the forthcoming David Fincher film is a highly sought-after prize. Which actresses actually fit the bill?
Olivia Thirlby Will Also Have 'Friends with Benefits'
Movie News By Neil Miller on April 27, 2010 | Comments (3)Despite the lack of Ghostbusters 3 rumors this week, Ivan Reitman is still getting himself into the news quite a bit. It must have something to do with him being hard at work casting his next film, Friends with Benefits.
As you know, I'm a sucker for a quirky romantic comedy. It almost doesn't matter who's in it, as long as it is quirky. And it appears as if Breaking Upwards, a film playing at the upcoming SXSW film festival, will be added to this year's list.
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The Chief of the Washington State Patrol does not have authority to appoint special state patrol officers, with or without limited or restricted duties, to serve without compensation, benefit of retirement and tenure of office.
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April 22, 1954
Honorable James A. PrydeChief, State Highway PatrolLegislative BuildingOlympia, Washington Cite as: AGO 53-55 No. 246
Dear Sir:
By letter dated April 16, 1954, you requested our opinion on several related questions. The first question posed is:
"Does the chief of the Washington State Patrol have authority to commission special state patrol officers, with or without limited or restricted duties, to serve without compensation, benefit of retirement and tenure of office?"
Our answer to this question is "no." In view of this conclusion your other questions need not be answered.
Chapter 43.43 RCW nowhere expressly authorizes the appointment ofspecial state patrol officers. The power of the chief to appoint is expressed in RCW 43.43.020, which provides:
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"The chief shall appoint a sufficient number of competent persons to act as Washington state patrol officers, may remove them for cause, as provided in this chapter, and shall make promotional appointments, determine their compensation, and define their rank and duties, as hereinafter provided."
Once appointed, a patrol officer may only be removed for cause. Tenure of office is until death, resignation, suspension, demotion or discharge, as provided by statute, RCW 43.43.050. A minimum salary is prescribed, RCW 43.43.380. Likewise, the powers and duties of state patrol officers were defined by the legislature in RCW 43.43.030:
"The chief and other officers of the Washington state patrol shall have and exercise, throughout the state, such police powers and duties as are vested in sheriffs and peace officers generally, and such other powers and duties as are prescribed by law."
The chief cannot appoint an officer with powers inconsistent with the statute. Nor can he appoint an officer to the patrol and deprive him of the benefits of the office. Clearly, the legislature did not vest the chief with authority to make special appointments of the type contemplated. Contra for a county sheriff, RCW 36.28.020. But onlypolice powers of sheriffs and peace officers are vested in the chief under RCW 43.43.030. The power to appoint to public office is executive or administrative, and not an exercise of police power. Special state patrol officers are not, therefore, authorized.
Very truly yours,
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By Phil Kadner email@example.com January 24, 2014 10:30PM
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I first interviewed Brian Hopkins in 1985 after he had been hauled away in handcuffs from a polling place on Election Day.
Today, he's planning a run for alderman next year in Chicago's 2nd Ward.
If you're thinking, well, that's just typical of Illinois politics, you couldn't be more wrong.
Hopkins was the "outsider" when he was arrested, a young college student distributing campaign literature in support of a tax increase for Moraine Valley Community College.
But he had the misfortune of standing outside a polling place in Crestwood, which was run with an iron fist at the time by former Mayor Chester Stranczek, who used a sign outside the village hall to urge a "no" vote on that MVCC referendum.
"I knew it was going to be difficult when I went out there," recalled Hopkins, a member of the student government at the college. "That's why the first thing I did was go inside the polling place and ask the election judges where the line was 100 feet from the polling place (the legally required limit for electioneering).
"They showed me the spot, and I put up a stepladder to mark it. I made sure to stay in front of that stepladder."
But Crestwood police officers arrived, slapped handcuffs on Hopkins, shoved him into the back of a squad car and took him off to the lockup.
"They couldn't get an election judge to sign a complaint against me because they knew I was obeying the law," Hopkins said. "So they ended up charging me with a violation of a village ordinance that applied to door-to-door solicitation."
Burton Odelson, a prominent election law attorney, was an MVCC trustee at the time and represented Hopkins, and all charges against him eventually were dismissed.
During our interview, Hopkins said it had been his dream since he was a kid to run for public office.
When I asked him if the incident in Crestwood had altered that dream, he insisted just the opposite was true — he was more determined than ever to run for elective office so he could do things the right way.
I cynically chided the young man for setting his sights too low. A bright young fellow like Hopkins, I said, should have higher aspirations in life.
"I still have that newspaper clipping of th e column," he told me Friday. "That last paragraph you wrote made me more determined than ever. I said to myself, 'I'm going to prove that guy wrong.' "
Hopkins went on to the University of Illinois at Springfield, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1991. For the past 20 years, he has been chief of staff for Cook County Commissioner John Daley, the son of one Chicago mayor and brother of another.
"It was a form of public service, but I never gave up my dream of running for office myself," Hopkins told me. "I just kept waiting for the right chance."
That chance arrived when the Chicago City Council redrew the ward map last year and revamped (some would say blew up) the 2nd Ward of Ald. Bob Fioretti, who had indicated at one time he might run for mayor. The ward, which once ran through the South Loop, West Loop and Near West Side, now is a zigzag that goes from the Gold Coast to Ukrainian Village.
Hopkins, who grew up in Oak Forest and now lives in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood, saw his chance.
"Fioretti (whose home is outside his new district) hasn't announced, but I'm running no matter what he does," Hopkins said. "No one else has announced yet either because 2015 is still a long way off. I have yet to make my official announcement, but I am running."
A graduate of Sandburg High School in Orland Park, Hopkins said his parents inspired his life of public service.
"My mother has been an election judge for 40 years," he said. "She never missed an election because she believes it's every citizen's duty to vote. She's my inspiration when it comes to good citizenship."
Hopkins' home, like Fioretti's also lies outside the new 2nd Ward because the map cuts Streeterville in half.
"I will move into the ward before the election, although that's not technically required by law," he said. "I've been a member of a community organization in Streeterville for about 15 years, and it's the community organizations in Chicago that can really make a difference in shaping development.
"All of the communities in the new 2nd Ward — Wicker Park, Old Town, the Gold Coast, Ukrainian Village, East Village — have that in common. They all have strong community organizations.
"And if I am elected alderman, I will involve them in all important decisions and consult them on a regular basis. I'm going to be doing that throughout the campaign as well."
Hopkins said he's putting white papers together on important issues such as education, crime and business development but likes an idea put forth by another alderman to use off-duty security officers to protect business strips.
"They would be paid by private entities but have full police powers while working off-duty," Hopkins said. "It's a way of maximizing police resources within current financial constraints."
I asked Hopkins how he could defend a life spent in public service, when cynics often ridicule those who live out of the public trough.
"There are a lot of good people who have devoted their lives to making government work," he said. "And government performs a lot of vital functions for an enormous number of people.
"I'm proud of my public service record. I think I have made a difference for the good. If I had gone into the business world, I could have made a lot more money, but I believe we have a responsibility to the public to make sure the government works for them."
It's been nearly 30 years, but Hopkins stills sounds like the idealistic college kid I spoke with in 1985.
"I'm going to fulfill my dream of running for elected office," he said. "I told you this would happen someday."


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