text: Simon Thompson 2016-05-31T08:03:56-04:00 Simon Thompson http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/author/index.php?author=simon-thompson Copyright 2008, HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. HuffingtonPost Blogger Feed for Simon Thompson Good old fashioned elbow grease. 'Legend': Tom Hardy's Bloody Genius tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2015:/theblog//3.8104848 2015-09-08T11:46:16-04:00 2015-09-09T06:59:01-04:00 Simon Thompson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-thompson/ The casts are riddled with textbook tough guys with grimaces like bulldogs licking piss off a thistle, growl-shouting and saying fuck and wanker a lot. Or that C word. They tend to be grim and nasty for the sake of it. A broad stroke admittedly but you need not go further the DVD section of the average suburban supermarket, buried late night on niche TV channels or VOD platforms like Netflix. Other services are available. They also can look like they have the production values of a Year 10 panto with a script written by Sweeney boxset binger with Tourettes. With more shooters. And it's a shame because they, the industry, and we are better than that. Now every one can be The Krays, the seminal Krays tale - the clue is in the title - that starred one of the top three 80s British pop brothers in the lead roles, Martin and Gary Kemp. FYI, the other two in the top three are Matt and Luke Goss and The Bee Gees. But then there's The Proclaimers. And Stedman and Delroy from Five Star. But I digress. Either way, the Kemps are in the Top Three. The Krays, released in 1990, is a gem and holds up well. Nothing can take that away from it. Every now and again though, something comes along that rises out of the flames like a sweary, bloody yet witty and oddly tender phoenix from the grim flames of cinema's portrayal of the criminal underworld. This is 2015. This is Legend. While it is flawed, the biggest flaw being that it could be accused of being slightly overlong, Legend is hands down unmissable and every inch a British classic. Tom Hardy plays both Reggie and Ronnie Kray in this film tells the story of the identical twin gangsters, two of the most notorious criminals in British history, and their organised crime empire in the East End of London during the 1960s. There are no Eddie Murphy Klumps-esque tricks here, Tom Hardy doesn't slip on a suit and ham it up, he acts. He becomes both brothers, both very different in temperament and physicality - they may as well as Sherman Klump and Grandma Klump in that they are THAT different in delivery. Smoke and mirrors? Some minor make up maybe but mostly just chilling authenticity and raw talent. But we know this about Tom Hardy. HE never disappoints and doesn't do things by halves. He's lie that mate you have who, however insane the dare, takes you up on it. He's that guy. The dare is taking roles that challenge and the challenge is to deliver. It's his thing but here it's his thing with a capital T. Both brothers were dark, deep and twisted in different ways, yet tender, and Legend showcases this. Hardy is the perfect conduit for these icons playing them with a kind of fractured venerability and fearful precision. What he never loses is a crystal clarity that these guys are both God and the Devil depending on what side of the table you are sitting. Their wrath or salvation in the East End were two sides of the same coin - they helped you and you owed them and if that debt was no repaid then the hunter very quickly became the hunted. And you did not want to become the hunted. The thing about Legend is that it is a film that it swaps between brutal horror and biting humour with such ease that it almost like watching choreographed vengenance. It is unsettling but it's impossible not to be impressed and appalled but ultimately utterly captivated. Tom Hardy owns Legend however your eye will be caught by the brilliant Taron Egerton as Teddy Smith and Duffy - yes, THAT Duffy - as a lounge singer who pops up as almost a coda to the crazy. She says nothing but her vocals add a patina to the proceedings that can't be ignored. But the film, and the cast, is riddled with casting such as those names as well as Aneurin Barnard and Emily Browning and Kevin McNally and Paul Bettany in parts that vary in size but catch your eye and just make this tapestry hang the right way. This film is dripping in blood and style and hangs there. Why do we need another Krays film? We don't. But for every straight-to-DVD geezer flick the balance needs to be addressed and this does that single-handedly. We need to pay respect to those demons and angels of London and the part they played in a part of British history with a panache that matches the punches. Legend spills the guts and cuts the throat of a dark time in our social history and leaves the body on display as a warning to others. But it deserves it. The slag. Legend opens in UK cinemas on September 9]]> I Wish I Knew How to Quit You: My Love/Hate Relationship With Reboots tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2015:/theblog//3.7946754 2015-08-06T06:49:14-04:00 2015-08-06T09:59:01-04:00 Simon Thompson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-thompson/ That's the mewling whinge you'll hear up and down the country, or angrily typed out on online forums and social media, pretty much every time Hollywood decides to reboot a movie. I totally get it and, I can't lie, there are times when I have spaffed out that indignation myself. Yes, it might seem disrespectful to a classic movie to have another bash at it. Yes, if there's nothing wrong with the original movie, why does it need to remade at all? I totally understand both those arguments. In the last few weeks director Mark Neveldine has told ScreenCrush.Com that he would love to remake The Warriors, one of my favourite films of all time, saying: "We have never been interested in remakes, and probably still aren't. But that's the one that we've always felt would just be awesome. We just feel like we're the perfect guys for that job; baseball bats, roller-skates, gangs, the heightened world. We know there's been fear at some studios like "We make this movie today and gangs are gonna go wild!" And it's like "Whatever." You do it in Crank style, people are just gonna laugh and have fun." Other seemingly holy cows that are also on the redux list are The Goonies and Gremlins. Chris Columbus, wrote both of those, has been quoted as saying: "The stuff that I'm involved with - the Gremlins and Goonies reboots, for instance - they would do those without me. So, I'm staying involved just so I can be protective and actually protect what people love about those movies so it doesn't go off track." The latest attempt at Fantastic Four is upon us whether we like it or not, we already know that Spider-Man is getting a third big screen reboot in less than 15 years, a new Ghostbusters vision is on the way, 90s teen witch gem The Craft is getting a generational facelift and even more recently comes word that A Nightmare On Elm Street is being rebooted. I could be here forever if I listed all if the reboots we already know are in the pipeline and seems that every day that list grows. The redux express is showing no signs of slowing down. I'm never going to put my hand on my heart and say that remaking a movie is always a good idea because, in all honesty, it isn't - making a bad movie is one thing but remaking a great movie and turning it into a horrible movie is a crime that should actually be punishable in some way. What I will say is that even the best films usually have some flaws and redoing them allows us to update and improve on the idea OR take it in a new direction. Sometimes revisiting a film and giving it new life is the first time a director has really been able to put an idea on the big screen in the way we were, of they believe we were, meant to see it. Also, wouldn't you rather have a well crafted reboot of a classic movie than a shonky sequel that's so far away from the original film that it is almost insulting? There are so many franchises that, as the numbers at the end of the title increase, the quality of the film itself decreases. THAT, to me, is a far bigger crime. Terminator Genisys, yes, I am looking at you. You don't have a number but you do make me think of a stinky number two. Let's look at just one genre: Horror. In the bad, or at very least poor, reboot corner we have many culprits including Poltergeist, Nightmare On Elm Street (2010 version), Halloween, Friday The 13th, Texas Chainsaw, April Fools Day, Prom Night, The Stepfather... the list goes on and on. But in good reboot corner - staying with the horror genre - we have Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, John Carpenter's The Thing (Yes, in case you didn't know, it is a remake), The Fly, Dawn Of The Dead, The Ring, Night Of The Living Dead, The Hills Have Eyes, Evil Dead... the list goes on. It's actually an interesting exercise to do genre by genre. Okay, it's slightly tragic and anal and it might take forever but whatever. To automatically say that a reboot is a bad thing purely because it's a reboot is nothing less than a tantrum. Understandably, people do get attached to movies. We tend to have a personal connection with them, memories associated to when or where or with whom we saw the film for the first time and how we felt. The thing is that having a film remade doesn't damage the original and is certainly doesn't mean we can't watch the original over and over - it doesn't disappear just because a reboot has come along. It's not an 'either/or' situation. You also don't have to watch it if you don't want to. You could just avoid it. Personally, and being a geek, even if it turns out to be a stinker I still like to see the new version so I can compare them and look and see what they kept in and what they changed. Take Dungeons and Dragons for example. Back in 2010 there was a (terrible) film released inspired by the widely popular game and world in it that didn't do much to inspire audiences or critics. In 2015 a new movie is in the works at Warner Bros, 10 months after a trial over who owned the rights to the fantasy game ended. This is one of a slew of franchises, or potential franchises, that are getting a new lease of life with quite often attractive, young and unknown or up-and-coming casts. That's perfectly okay. I think it's actually better than okay, I actively encourage it even if it does make me cringe a bit. And audiences encourage Hollywood to keep doing it by going to cinema to see the films albeit with wildly different degrees of box office success. My only request with a reboot is that they bring something new to the table, be it creativity, pure sass or even a cheeky homage. But don't give me the same thing done less well - especially if you have a bigger budget. Don't forget, there are whole generations that don't know the originals exist or pooh-pooh them because they're old. The new version might make them discover the original for the first time and that's a great thing because it fosters a love of film AND a desire to know more about it. Or we can at least hope that's the case. So, the next time you hear Hollywood is having another bash at a movie you love, don't let the idea of it give you nightmares. I'm curious so personally, until I get to see it on the big screen, I'll be probably counting sleeps, not losing them. And I kind of hate myself a bit for that. Reboots, I wish I knew how to quit you.]]> Hate Crime: Why Censors Are Right to Ban the Anti-Semitic Horror tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2015:/theblog//3.6799332 2015-03-04T19:00:00-05:00 2015-05-04T05:59:01-04:00 Simon Thompson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-thompson/ Hate Crime, a film about of a Jewish family recording their youngest son's birthday celebrations on video when their home invaded by a bunch of neo-Nazis high on crystal-meth, has been given the dubious honour of becoming only the fourth horror film to be denied a certificate by the BBFC. I'm a fan of horror, I consider myself to be pretty liberal and I would consider myself a supporter of free speech and free expression but I also think there comes a time when a line has to be drawn and we have say that something is not okay. A film where a mother is raped, first by an intruder and then by her own son at gunpoint followed a girl being molested and a swastika is branded onto a victim's skin is not okay. The thing that bothers me most is not the extreme sexual and physical violence or the anti-Semitism - both of which, let me be very clear, do bother me very, very deeply - but it is that fact that someone, somewhere thinks this and enactment of such horrendous events is okay to make and that this is okay to watch and are happy to distribute it. This not Baise Moi, this is beyond The Bunny Game, this is something else, something far darker. Critics have described it as "one of the most realistic portrayals of pure fear and terror in modern day society" and say "it makes films like Hostel and Saw look like Disney movies" and one declared that it "made me physically ill and I can't wait to watch it again" with perhaps the last comment being the most disturbing of all. Because watching 73 minutes of rape and torture and extreme anti-Jewish hate crimes once is never enough, right? The film is directed by James Cullen Bressack who says he is "honoured" to know that his mind "is officially too twisted for the UK." He also finds it "unbelievable that a film that shows little to no on screen violence and no nudity was actually banned" and that "it just shows the power of what is implied and people's imagination and is a testament to the fact that the same crimes that happen in the world are truly horrifying." The same crimes DO happen in the real world and they ARE horrifying so why enact them as if they were real events for entertainment? What purpose does it serve? If that was a real event that happened and was filmed it would not be shown publicly because it would be graphic so why mock it up and put it out there for titillation and entertainment? Yes, I believe we can make our own choices and, perhaps contradictory, we shouldn't be told what we can and can't watch but there are, and have to be, exceptions to that rule but this is not Hostel or Saw or You're Next or The Strangers, this is something more real, more visceral, more terrifying and more deliberate than any Hollywood movie. I am very aware no-one will force me, or anyone else, to watch this and I can chose not to watch it but the fact it is there for others However, there are people that will watch this and enjoy this - they will watch it because they want to see a family being raped, branded, brutalized as entertainment, as fun. It might excite them. It might incite them. And that terrifies me more than any film ever could. We live in a fiercely precarious time where videos of real people, living and breathing human beings, are beheaded and the footage is put online for anyone to watch. We live in a time where the fire of hate doesn't need to be fuelled whoever it is aimed at, where the buttons of reasons to commit heinous crimes don't need to be pushed but there are people willing to push them and not even flinch. We live in a time where some people think it's okay to draw a swastika in a public place be it a bus stop or a Synagogue or a Mosque not spare a second thought. Or cut off someone's head. And film it. And put it online. The found footage film was due to be the first release in a new joint VOD venture between film website Nerdly and on demand video portal The Horror Show. In an official statement, the British Board Of Film Classification, explained why they refused to give the film a rating - without a rating a film can't be released effectively banning it. Among the reasons they gave for the certification being refused they cited that it "focuses on the terrorisation, mutilation, physical and sexual abuse and murder of the members of a Jewish family" that "the physical and sexual abuse and violence are accompanied by constant strong verbal racist abuse." The film ends with an on screen statement stating that the two attackers who escaped were subsequently apprehended and that the one surviving family member was released from captivity however the BBFC considered the attempt at the end to position the film as against hate-crime "so unconvincing that it only makes matters worse." The statement also stated that is their "carefully considered conclusion" that the "unremitting manner in which Hate Crime focuses on physical and sexual abuse, aggravated by racist invective, means that to issue a classification to this work, even if confined to adults, would be inconsistent with the Board's Guidelines, would risk potential harm, and would be unacceptable to broad public opinion." It concludes by saying that "given that the fact that unacceptable content runs throughout the work, cuts are not a viable option in this case and the work is therefore refused a classification." This is not about anti-Semitism. They victims in this case are Jewish, targeted for being Jewish, and that cannot be ignored or denied but this is about the depiction of the brutalization of a human being and labeling it as entertainment and being okay with that. You could change Jewish to Muslim or black or gay and the list goes on, they could be anyone and anything, but the fact remains that this is not okay. They are not targeted and ARE something, they are targeted BECAUSE they are something. This is not tale of revenge for a wrong that was done, they aren't attacked at random or because they were home, this is an act of pure hate. They are hunted. If you've actively chosen to watch that, where do you go next? There is pushing boundaries and there is provoking controversy - both of which are vital parts of any creative process or debate - and then there is what is acceptable and what is not. This, in my opinion, is not. Here's a boundary to push and a controversy to provoke. Think about what the film is about, the synopsis. Now, ignore the Jewish angle. Is it acceptable now? Next, take away the neo-nazi labels. Is it any more palatable? Finally, swap the adult roles for children. Still okay with it? Just because it happens doesn't mean it should be a movie. Nazi's film themselves violating and torturing a Jewish family in their home and, among the atrocities they commit, they force the son to rape the mother. That's entertainment. Apparently. And I'm not okay with that.]]> A Theme Park Gold Mine: The Comcast/Time Warner Experience tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2014:/theblog//3.4778620 2014-02-13T00:37:25-05:00 2014-04-14T05:59:01-04:00 Simon Thompson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-thompson/ To be really honest, I'm not exactly over the moon as it woke me up but I check it anyway. "Reports Comcast will announce a deal to acquire Time Warner Cable in an all-stock deal worth more than $45 billion that will unite the biggest and second largest cable television operators in the country". A 'business maths' news text alert at 4am - it's the exact polar opposite of a booty call from Jennifer Lawrence in the hotness stakes. So, the largest and the second largest cable operators in the US are merging. That's interesting. Aside from being the wizards that put pictures on your TV just for a second, Time Warner own a hell of a lot of sweet properties across TV and film. Then it hits me again. The nerdgasm. Among the things that Comcast own are, as of January 2001 when they acquired a 51% majority stake in media conglomerate NBCUniversal followed by the remaining 49% in March 2013, the Universal Parks and Resorts. We're talking theme parks, big ones. Universal Studios in Orlando and Los Angeles already, between them, boast attractions based on huge franchises including Harry Potter - a Warner Bro property, Transformers, Despicable Me, Men In Black, The Simpsons, Jurassic Park, the Marvel Universe including Spider-Man - the list goes on. Then there are parks in Singapore and Japan too. But this deal with Time Warner takes this to a whole new level and makes so many other huge commercial and pop culture quantities fair game for conversion into theme park attractions. You want bums on seats? They'll get asses by the masses. Time Warner - and subject to the deal going through, now Comcast - have HBO. HBO has Game Of Thrones. Surely, in a world where the creative geniuses at Disney are creating an Avatar theme park and expanding the license-to-print-money Star Wars universe within their parks, a Game of Thrones themed attraction, world or park from the beyond brilliant minds behind the scenes at Universal Parks and Resorts must be more of a sure thing than scales on a dragon? Already used as part of their Halloween Horror Nights events, The Walking Dead - one of the most successful shows in US cable TV history - is an obvious choice for conversion into a live action zombie apocalypse themed attraction. Having experienced first-hand the underwear-browning terror of the HHN events in Orlando on more than one occasion (I am a glutton for awesome yet terrifying punishment) I have absolutely no doubts that would be a huge crowd pleaser, severed hands down. That's not all. Movies, lots and lots of HUGE movies. The Lego Movie had a massive, record-making opening weekend in the US and looks set to repeat that success at the international/non-domestic box office too. To not turn that, with a sequel pretty much a shoo-in, into a theme park attraction, or series of attractions, would be madness. Warner have huge movies coming out in the foreseeable future including Godzilla - another property which, if a box office hit, would be another property rife for conversion into a ride experience along the lines of the Jaws, King Kong, Back To The Future, Transformers or The Mummy attractions that Universal Parks and Resorts have already had huge success with. We haven't even covered off the massive potential for Batman, Superman and Justice League coming to life across the theme park portfolio. The possibilities there alone are endless. And then there's the little matter of The Hobbit. The third film in the series (I daren't use the term franchise for this one...), There and Back Again, is due to hit cinemas in December this year, into a multiplex sandpit that has already earned $2 billion, give or take, at the box office so far thanks to The Desolation of Smaug and The Unexpected Journey. Surely a Hobbit themed world within an already existing theme park would be a sure thing? But even more than that, the property would lend itself beyond perfectly to an entire theme park that brings The Hobbit movies, as well as the three The Lord Of The Rings movies, to life in a way that even the most hardcore fan of the films and books could imagine in their wildest dreams. Now you're Tolkien.]]> This Is The End: The Guestlist tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2013:/theblog//3.4209332 2013-11-03T15:10:34-05:00 2014-01-23T18:58:21-05:00 Simon Thompson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-thompson/ What if THIS was the end? Something major happened today, some kind of massive world event, be it an alien invasion or an apocalyptic act of God, that meant that society and the planet itself was suddenly crumbling around us. What would you do? Who would you want to stranded with? Who would you want to spend the last few hours or days of your life with? This Is The End, which is available to buy and rent on Blu-ray and DVD in the UK from November 4 2013, made me think about this. For those who don't know, This Is The End is a pant-wettingly funny comedy about a number of Hollywood stars - Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride and Craig Robinson plus a host of celebrity mates - who get together to attend a party at James Franco's Los Angeles home. Unfortunately it coincides with Los Angeles is struck by a series of disasters and it very quickly become apparent that the apocalypse is very much on the way... but how will they survive? Will they survive at all? Needless to say, this is not a documentary although they do play themselves - with their tongues firmly in their cheeks. So, taking my wife and my best mates etc out of the equation, if I WAS stuck in a house or a bunker as the world ends, who would I want in there with me? Here, in no particular order, is my shortlist. 1. Pet Shop Boys Whether you're a child of the 80s or just love a storming pop tune, how could you ever get bored of their music? With a back catalogue like theirs, the endless remixes and quirky yet catchy B-sides you'd never run out of top tunes whether you wanted to chill out or party. 2. Stephen Fry There are few people on this planet who would have a stock of anecdotes, informed opinions and a perspective on pretty any subject that you would care to mention as solid as Stephen Fry. Plus, he's just so lovely that why wouldn't you WANT to hang out with him day in, day out? 3. Martin Scorcese Here's there for pretty much the same reasons as Stephen Fry. Also, if the world doesn't end after all you would want someone who would be able to make a movie out of it that is not only dramatic but also stylish and with gravitas. We hope he wouldn't bring a Blu-ray of Hugo with him but we would expect him to bring his mother's recipe for Lemon Chicken because, apparently, it is amazing. 4. Boris Johnson Even if you don't agree with his views, watching him try to form order out of chaos like some sort of endearing, slightly befuddled, very posh and well meaning bear cub will give you endless hours of entertainment. Just thinking about it has me both shaking my head yet also grinning broadly! 5. Sarah Silverman Her dry, caustic wit would never get old. The good thing is that because her humour is so edgy, if she appeared to be picking on you wouldn't be able to tell if it was because she thought you were a tool or if she thought you were good fun and able to take it as a kind of friendly banter. Also, you'd probably be laughing too hard to actually care either way. 6. Angela Hartnett One of the best chefs in the world and you're going to need someone who can make a feast out of cereal, soy sauce and the tears of despair. While Nigella Lawson could make a lentil sound erotic, we doubt she could make it taste as good as Angela could. Plus, Angela is a protégé of Gordon Ramsey so I have no doubt that when the shiitake hit the fan, her swearing would be world class and that would amuse us. 7. Elmo These would be dark times. Is there anyone on the planet that could be as unrelentingly positive or life affirming as Elmo? He'd be there to talk you up and talk you down and mend any rift that developed in the group with wise words and hug. Sure, it might get annoying from time to time but also think how funny it would it be to see him drunk? 8. Nile Rodgers The man IS music. From disco to Daft Punk, there is nothing this man can't do when it comes to musical entertainment. He literally never misses a beat. Damn it, he IS the beat. Plus, you'd have to give the Pet Shop Boys some time off because otherwise their constant stream of electropop genius would drain the generator. 9. Dame Judi Dench One of the, if not THE, greatest actors of our time and also, we imagine, huge fun and endlessly interesting. She's also got a twinkle in her eye. As classy and as elegant as she is we imagine she also likes to let her hair down and enjoys a cheeky sherry or two. That said, when required, could take control and do what needed to be done. If she wasn't available we'd take Helen Mirren or Emma Thompson. 10. Chuck Norris He's Chuck Norris. You need another reason? So who would you want in your bunker if the apocalypse came be it alien, zombie or just nature going 'WTF?!'? Watch This Is The End, or if you've seen it already then watch it again, and have a good think. But think fast because you never know when the end is nigh.... however hilarious it might actually be. This Is The End is available in the UK to buy and rent on Blu-ray, DVD and download, from November 4 2013. ]]> Review: Gravity tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2013:/theblog//3.4077297 2013-10-10T09:33:18-04:00 2013-12-10T05:12:02-05:00 Simon Thompson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-thompson/ Gravity hitting cinemas and this doesn't just change the game but win the game, start another one and win that too. Gravity is nothing short of a revelation and THIS is what cinema is all about. To call Gravity simply a sci-fi film doesn't do it justice at all because it is so much more but I will get to that later. The story is as simple as can be but more effective and handled more skilfully than most films could ever dream of. A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them floating in space. With a cast list that you can count on less than two hands, and most of whom you never see, this film actually belongs to three stars namely George Clooney as the astronaut, Sandra Bullock as the medical engineer and space itself. That said, it is actually the member of that cast with a total lack of atmosphere that is responsible for creating the perfect atmosphere for this work of genius to play out in. The recreation of space, it's vastness, it's wonder and the danger of its ability to be a calm, quiet killer whilst also reflecting the out-of-reach warm embrace and wonder of Earth is a true marvel of cinema - you see it and you feel it thanks to fantastic psychological play and superb sound design. He might be one of the two canopy stars however George Clooney is not the best thing about this movie. After turning in amazing performances in films such as The Ides Of March, The Descendants and Up In The Air in recent years, whilst his performance is excellent and never anything less than hugely watchable, it is actually Sandra Bullock who really owns this film. With The Heat earlier this year she proved all over again that she has the acting chops to own a film and bring in huge audiences. There were scoffs from some when it was announced that she was being cast as a lead in Gravity and many wondered if she had the ability to do drama to the level required. However, rather than just proving the doubters wrong she also manages to somehow even exceed the kind of powerhouse display that Camp Pro-Sandy would expect in this role, giving a performance that will surely net her at least a Best Actress or Best Supporting Actress nod in all the major ceremonies come awards season. The key is that she never over plays it, even in moments of extreme peril or extreme quiet despair, there isn't a second where you feel she's even touching on being hammy or over dramatic - her performance is perfectly balanced. The managed subtlety she exhibits is an absolute wonder to watch. Something I rarely say is that the 3D in a movie is worth it and that's because most directors don't actually use it either correctly or effectively or both. Here, flawless director Alfonso Cuarón shows even the likes of format pioneer James 'Eat, Sleep and Breath 3D' Cameron how it is done, giving both small things and big things on screen true scope, scale and depth and a realism that I have never before seen on film. Whereas Avatar has, to date, been the benchmark for doing 3D right, Gravity rewrites the book and takes the format even further - there is not a single moment where you think it's being used unnecessarily or incorrectly. Buying a cinema ticket, there has never been a better reason to pay a few pounds extra for that extra dimension. Having used the sci-fi label for Gravity earlier in this review I have to say that although this film does take place almost entirely in space, this is not purely a sci-fi movie, and some might even disagree with the use of that genre label in the first place, but this is a drama, a thriller and also a human story of survival. Gravity is so tense, so intense and so utterly absorbing that you will feel like you are going through what the cast are going through, you will be holding your breath, you will feel cold, you will feel isolated and you will feel panic as it is atmospheric beyond all sensory belief. Relentlessly effective, Gravity is not only a remarkable movie but it is also an unforgettable experience. Gravity is a classic in every sense of the word and is destined to rightfully earn the label of being one of the greatest films of a generation and will rightly be on Best Film Of All Time lists for years to come. Gravity is screening at the BFI 57th London Film Festival before going on general release across the UK on 8 November 2013.]]> Jake Gyllenhaal: Sexualit... Me! tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2013:/theblog//3.3963086 2013-09-23T19:00:00-04:00 2013-11-23T05:12:01-05:00 Simon Thompson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-thompson/ Here's the thing. What if Jake said that he is? What if Jake said that he isn't? What exactly will we do with this information if there was ever an answer either way? What would knowing the sexuality of Jake Gyllenhaal change? There's a TV show in the US called Inside The Actor's Studio. It's presented by a guy called James Lipton and, for those of you that don't know, it's basically James asking actors, actresses, directors and the like about their careers and their lives. In an episode which aired in the US this month (September 2013), Jake - who is doing the rounds promoting his latest movie, Prisoners - told James that being asked if he is, or the fact that some may wonder if he is, gay is "a huge compliment" for him. Every actor or actress is subject to rumours as that, sadly, is part of the package. Jake starred in Brokeback Mountain. It's about, basically, two gay cowboys. Does that mean he could be gay? Because he played a gay man? No. And that is 'No' in the same way that in Robocop, Peter Weller plays a character who is "Part man. Part Machine. All Cop", Peter Weller is not actually part machine or a cop. Who'd buy that for a dollar? In Prisoners Jake Gyllenhaal plays a cop. With tattoos. Using a theory that I will call 'The Brokeback Principal', maybe behind closed doors he's secretly a tattooed cop because he plays one in the movie. Because to play a cop he must be 'a bit' cop too, right? Funnily enough, we never think that. We only think tend to that kind of thing when it comes down to sexuality. Jake has had girlfriends. But there are times when Jake hasn't had a girlfriend. What does THAT mean? It means that sometimes Jake Gyllenhaal doesn't have a girlfriend. Why? Who knows? Jake Gyllenhaal dresses well and he's good looking. He's also funny. He's also, having met and interviewed him a few times, nice and polite too. That's clearly a sign that he could be gay, right? Being a nice guy who dresses well? He might also smell great too, I don't know. Or it could be a sign that he's just a really nice guy, who is good looking, dresses well and is funny. Where his sexuality comes into any of this is an absolute mystery to me. So here's a mind-blowing scenario. I have touched his abs. Here's the proof! So what does THAT mean?! It means nothing... Now, what I do get is why Jake takes being asked if he is, or thought of as potentially being, gay as a compliment. Why wouldn't he? Why wouldn't anyone? What are you. Me or they afraid of? Ever since I was a kid people have asked me if I am, or thought that I might be, gay. I grew up in Swansea in South Wales. I sounded pretty English and a bit posh - maybe even slightly camp, I was a bit of a nerd and I came from a family who were financially comfortable plus I was sensitive. I didn't play or like sports, I liked to do drama and many of my friends were girls. I know what you're thinking... gay, right? No. 'Gayness' and gay people have never been a problem for me and, if anything, it was something that I found, for want of a better word, interesting. I always found people that were 'different' to me interesting be it because of religion or race or sexuality - one thing it has never been for me though is a problem. I wanted to understand stuff about them even if the way they lived their lives wasn't for me, it certainly wasn't wrong, just different to what I did or knew. Ever since I was a kid I have loved things like The Rocky Horror Show and still, to this day, it is an ambition of mine to play Frank N Furter in a full on stage production of The Rocky Horror Show. Even when called a faggot or a queer or a bender or a bummer or a gay boy... the list of names goes on... in school (or out of school in the street) I was never, and maybe this isn't the right word but, disgusted by it. I was hurt, sure, because I was being bullied but the idea of being considered gay didn't bother me. I had friends who, it later turns out, were and are, in fact, gay - both men and women. I didn't know then but it wouldn't have bothered me, they were my friends. It certainly doesn't bother me now. I still love theatre, I'm still not sporty or a 'bloke', I like to think I dress well and I try and take care of myself with regular facials and the like. I love Dirty Dancing and among my guilty... no, PROUD... pleasures are The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Pitch Perfect and Village People biopic, Can't Stop The Music. I am still a bit camp on occasion and I still have a large contingent of my friends who are women and many friends, both men and women, that are gay. I know... all the signs are there... I am happy to admit that. I am married. To a woman. But if people want to think I'm gay, I certainly don't have a problem with that and, like Jake, I am certainly not offended. I admit, for a straight guy... even I look at myself sometimes and go, 'Really? YOU'RE straight?'. If someone abused me for 'being gay', I would say that I'm not but I'd ask them what would be wrong if I was? If I saw someone else being abused for being gay, I would absolutely step in and I would ask the same questions. If I dislike you I will dislike you because I think you're a dick, not because of your sexuality. My point is this. We can ask Jake Gyllenhaal, or any other actor or actress or director or producer or whoever, if they are, or mind being ask if they are, gay until we are blue in the face... but what difference does it make? It's okay to be gay. And it's okay to not be. It's also okay to be bisexual. Or whatever. The most important thing is to just be a good person. Be confident in your sexuality. Jake is. What is his sexuality? 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Any journalist who has to interview another journalist - especially a world renowned universally respected and admired one such as Sir David - is under pressure. For me, getting a few minutes with him was intimidating enough but to get a few minutes to talk to Sir David about not only one of the defining moments in his career but also one of the greatest and most important moments in journalistic history, TV history, political history as well as just history itself full stop was one of the most daunting but exciting moments of my career. That said, it was also a real trouser browner. You never want to look like an idiot in front of your peers especially the ones you have nothing but admiration and respect for. Aside from that, how the hell do you pick the brain of one of the greatest interviewers of all time without potentially looking like a dick? Mess this up and, although they will probably (hopefully) forget about it, you will kick yourself forever. You'll have blown it. In journalistic terms, getting to interview someone like Sir David, it is like given the chance to sit at the right hand of God. As experienced as I was even then, and as confident I was that I could do the job, I felt a bit like the village idiot being sent to interview Yoda. The last thing I wanted to happen was a repeat of the time I bumped into George Lucas and the first thing to fall out of my mouth was, "I love Star Wars!". Awful, just awful... Thankfully, it went well. It went better than well to be honest. Sir David couldn't have been nicer, more interesting or more engaging. I could have chatted with him for hours rather than the few minutes I actually had. After the interview I asked him about what I could do to be better at what I do. So, what are the best pieces of advice he gave me? 1. Know what you're talking about. 2. Find the story. Make the news. 3. Don't just hear - Listen. And control the pauses. 4. People will tell you want they want you to know. Your job is getting them to tell you what you need to know. 5. You are a mouthpiece for the people so ask the questions they want answered and take it forward from there. That is what you are there for. This may all seem blindingly obvious but it is so easy to forget these simple things - or to just become lazy and let them fall by the wayside. I may never have my own Frost/Nixon moment, although there is still time, but I am always grateful that I got to ask him about his. Best of all, as the interview came to an end he said he liked my style, he wished me well and said he looked forward to us meeting again. Sadly, we never did. Sir David Frost was an irreplaceable and incomparable talent. Among many things he was a charming man, an erudite man, a funny man, a passionate man and a surprisingly humble man. He was a legend. But we know that already. He was Sir David Frost.]]> Private Parts: A Male Take on the Jennifer Aniston Baby Banter tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2013:/theblog//3.3780233 2013-08-20T19:00:00-04:00 2013-10-20T05:12:01-04:00 Simon Thompson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-thompson/ Now the world appears to have unattached the general gaze from her Royal reproductive system and is, once again, obsessed with Jennifer Aniston's baby making status. Jennifer's on a promotional road trip at the moment promoting her brilliant new comedy, We're The Millers. She is also in a stable relationship with her fiancé Justin Theroux. On a few occasions she has been photographed with her hand on her general under-boob-kind-of-top-of-stomach-or-maybe-the-stomach-itself region. That's not a medical term for it by the way. For some reason this means we can ask her about what's going on with her vagina and Justin's penis and all the sperm and eggs that they generate. What ARE they planning to do with those? WE MUST know apparently! Jennifer has been being very tolerant, again, but the whole babies question has been getting on her nerves, understandably. She said during a recent interview in Australia that if and/or when/if ever she and her other half have an announcement to make, it'd be nice if they could announce it rather than having someone steal it as a scoop. I think that's fair. As much as I'm sure we'd all like to know, ultimately, it's none of our business. When we get down the nitty-gritty, and if we're really honest with ourselves, we're just being nosey... even if we're being well-meaning. Jennifer's a lovely woman, I'm sure she'd make a great mum but... it's also, ultimately, still none of our damn business. I've asked her the question myself in the past and been amazed that she didn't just tell me to shove my question right up my arse. She would more than entitled to. But Jennifer is 44-years-old! That clock MUST be ticking and that timer on the baby bomb could go off! THIS IS UTER- AGEDDON! EVERYONE PANIC! So here's the thing. I've hit an age where I constantly get asked if my wife and I are going to have children. Friends ask us about it and we're okay with talking about it because they are in our circle - I imagine Jen's inner circle have that privilege too. It's the same with my GP when he asks, he's in the circle - I expect the same is with her OBGYN. Recently, people I have been coming across more and more people, people that I don't really know, who think it is perfectly okay to ask me if I have kids, then tell me that it's 'Okay' that I don't... and then ask how my wife feels about that and what our plans are. I'll break this down. Firstly, I don't mind about being asked if I have kids or not, totally no biggie. It's like being asked if you like cheese. Not at all intrusive. Secondly, I know that it is 'Okay' not to have kids. I don't need anyone to tell me that you condescending arse ... but I'm glad you find that what my wife and I do with our genitals is acceptable to you and gets your seal of approval even if it doesn't result in a life. And no, our dog is not a substitute for a child. Someone, not too long ago, asked me if I still could. YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE STATUS OF MY SPERM?! Thirdly, my wife and I talk. We revisit the subject just in case we do want to rethink. We haven't made independent decisions that we've failed to inform the other of. So yes, she's okay with it. Thank you for checking that maybe I was laying down the law and denying her the right to have kids like some kind of gyno-tyrant. But maybe if it's okay for people to ask me then maybe I should ask them back? Them: "Do you have children?" Me: "No, no we don't." Them: "Oh... that's okay... Are you planning to?" Me: "I know it is... and no." Them: "How does your wife feel about that?" Me: "Haven't asked her. I am denying her my genitals and all their contents." Them: "Pardon?" Me: "You heard me. I'm a dick-tator. So... will you having sexual intercourse in the near future? Maybe to have a child or just for fun? It's okay if you are." Them: "PARDON?" Me: "Oh I am sorry... I thought we were entitled to discuss each other's sexual activity because, ya know... your getting busy-ness is my business." So what I'm saying is... Women, when people ask you if you're going to have kids - whether you're a celebrity or not - and it really grinds your gears... I get it. It happens to guys too. It is equally annoying. People, I think, mean well but still... we know our clocks are ticking. Thankfully, unlike Jennifer, every time my wife leaves the house there won't be people staring at her stomach in the street or on the tube wondering if sometime in the last few months we combined nature's flour, eggs and milk to start a family. If she's bloated one morning or looks like she is 'glowing' or she touches her stomach at least her picture won't end on a morning chat show to be mulled over, or as a story on a showbiz website or as a front page splash on a magazine at a supermarket checkout wondering if it was as a the result of sex or IVF or if it could be twins... or maybe someone mocking up a photo of what the baby might look like. My wife and I love kids, we love our nephews, our Goddaughter, our friend's kids... having our own is a totally different thing and it is our decision and our business and we have our reasons. So, Jennifer Aniston - have kids, don't have kids, your choice... with YOUR being the key word. It's totally up to you - and also Justin. I'm sure you know this already. But maybe next time someone asks you, try my response. But then they'd call you moody and probably say it could be down to your hormones being out of whack because... MAYBE SHE'S PREGNANT! OMG! By the way, Jennifer's new movie is We're The Millers. It hits UK cinemas on 23 August and is very, very, VERY funny.]]>


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Principal Investigator(s): William Schwab
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Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Sampling: Geology, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy BASS current meter/instrument tripod in nearshore area.
Start Port/Location: Wilmington, NC
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Start Date: 1996-03-05
End Date: 1996-03-05
Equipment Used: Bottom platform, Camera- deep sea, ARGO
Information to be Derived: Time series data;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Mooring deployed: 1 (#467 recovered FA 96011 DAN MOORE May 20-21, 1996).
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This review was originally posted January 10th. Watch the new trailer below.
Norway's Oscar-nominated Foreign-Language entry, the enjoyably supersized "Kon-Tiki," follows the real-life adventures of explorer Thor Heyerdahl, who, in 1947, embarked on an eccentric mission across the Pacific Ocean, from Peru to Polynesia, on a wooden raft. His goal was to prove that Polynesia had been discovered and settled by ancient Peruvians, and not by Asians, as went the leading scientific belief. "The oceans aren't barriers, but highways," says Heyerdahl (Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen) in the film.
Heyerdahl assembles a ragtag team of raftsmen, including a recently divorced refrigerator salesman who understands ship mechanics, two sailors (one a ladies' man, the other a taciturn WWII veteran) and, importantly, a man with a movie camera. Silent, flickery black-and-white sequences pop up periodically in the film, mimicking the actual 8mm footage shot by Heyerdahl and his crew while onboard the raft. The real footage became the documentary that would win Heyerdahl an Academy Award in 1950.
The ocean is a central character of "Kon-Tiki," occasionally outshining the film's raft-bound human characters, but mostly bolstering their seabound drama to a level of exciting entertainment. The film is conventionally well made, sticking to the usual tenets of overblown Hollywood epics. It's overscored for maximum emotional manipulation, and begins with one of my narrative pet peeves: the childhood flashback that explains in a pat way an adult character's motivations. The cinematography and set design both have the high-gleam polish of money. ("Kon-Tiki" is Norway's most expensive local production to date.) A big budget often results in aesthetic artifice; sure enough, this movie's vivid colorful surroundings, lavish period detail and impeccably assembled raft are all too perfect. They glow with lighting.
Yet "Kon-Tiki" is a crowdpleaser. The film excels in aquatic special effects. The motley crew faces more than one shark encounter: each sequence is breathtaking, even heartpoundingly visceral. Early in the voyage a whale shark emerges, which is technically a harmless subset of the species, but this gives Heyerdahl and his men little comfort -- with a flick of its massive tail, the whale shark could capsize the raft (and almost does). While luxurious widescreen lensing brings the heft of the gigantic creature to life, underwater photography does the same for the more compact if still frightening great white sharks that circle underneath the wooden vessel. Shark lover that I am, I marveled at the photo-realism of the beasts, particularly during a sequence where the war veteran hauls one onboard and takes bloody revenge on the animal for having eaten his parrot.


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The Unification of the Behavioral Sciences
Each discipline of the social sciences rules comfortably within its own
chosen domain… so long as it stays largely oblivious of the others.
Edward O. Wilson
The combined assumptions of maximizing behavior, market equilib-
rium, and stable preferences, used relentlessly and unflinchingly, form
the heart of the economic approach
Gary Becker
While scientific work in anthropology, and sociology and political
science will become increasingly indistinguishable from economics,
economists will reciprocally have to become aware of how constrain-
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Jack Hirshleifer
The behavioral sciences include economics, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and political science, as well as biology insofar as it deals with animal and human behavior. These disciplines have distinct research foci, but they include four conflicting models of decision making and strategic interaction, as determined by what is taught in the graduate curriculum and what is accepted in journal articles without reviewer objection. The four are the psychological, the sociological, the biological, and the economic.
These four models are not only different, which is to be expected given their distinct explanatory aims, but are also incompatible. That is, each makes assertions concerning choice behavior that are denied by the others. This means, of course, that at least three of the four are certainly incorrect, and I will argue that in fact all four are flawed but can be modified to produce a unified framework for modeling choice and strategic interaction for all of the behavioral sciences. Such a framework would then be enriched in different ways to meet the particular needs of each discipline.
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Arthurian theory fuels interest
The Keys to Avalon. By Steve Bake and Scott Lloyd. (Element, pounds 18.99).
The legends of King Arthur and his knights of the round table have intrigued and sparked the imaginations of people around the world for centuries. From Monty Python and the Holy Grail and the significantly drier La Morte D'Arthur, the stories are told in print, in song, in pictures and on film.
But how much of the stories is purely fabricated myth? Numerous cultures and towns in the UK have claimed some special tie to the legendary sixth century leader: Cornwall wants to be Camelot, Winchester claims to be home to the round table.
Steve Bake and Scott Lloyd understand why people want to be a part of Arthurian legend, but, they claim, the traditional telling of the story misses the mark.
Bake and Lloyd will stand for it no more. Arthur, they argue 'conclusively,' was a heroic Welsh leader and his burial place, on the mysterious 'Isle of Avalon,' is located in a remote region of North Wales.
Their book, conclusive or otherwise, adds an interesting new angle to the pile of stories about the heroic king and will surely be a joy for any who love new, 'explosive' books about very old events.
Revolution in Time. By David Landes. (Penguin Books, pounds 12.99).
Author David Landes quotes the old proverb, 'use time, or time will use you.'
Augustine is thrown in for good measure: 'I know what time is, but if someone asks me, I cannot tell him.'
Landes might argue that Augustine's limitation is an effect of living in an age before clocks so altered the way we order our lives. An economic historian, he is obsessed with the history and mechanics of timepieces.
What does the fact that Western Europeans alone developed the mechanics of keeping time reveal about the continental culture in the midst of the 14th century? How did the invention contribute to Europe's climb to power through technology and the pursuit of knowledge?
Despite its high potential to be dry, technical and incomprehensible to the average reader, Landes' story of the clock provides an interesting narrative and a comprehensive knowledge of, well, most things that shaped the modern world.
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Since 2004, Bain has been one of the 100 strategic partners of the Forum, a select group of global companies that lead the Forum's knowledge generation activities by setting the intellectual agenda of its meetings, contributing to the insight agenda of Forum publications and working to make sure that the Forum's initiatives result in real global change.
The 2016 Annual meeting of the World Economic Forum will take place from January 19 to 23, 2016 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. The theme for the meeting is The Fourth Industrial Revolution. Learn more about the 2016 meeting on the WEF website.
The Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters remains the foremost creative force for engaging the world's top leaders in collaborative activities to shape the global, regional and industry agendas.
Each year, business, political and academic leaders convene for the World Economic Forum, where they work together to improve the state of the world and address the most pressing issues of our day.
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From our partners' views and active participation on the floor at Davos to the formal reports led by Bain industry governors, Bain & Company's thought leadership is prominent throughout the Forum each year. At the 2016 meeting, Bain Chairman Orit Gadiesh will lead a discussion on the Transformation of Health with a panel of senior executives in the health arena.
Bain's annual private breakfast panel.
(By invitation only). For the 12th year, Bain held its annual breakfast panel, hosted by Chairman Orit Gadiesh. An audience of senior business leaders, including many Bain alumni, came to hear Bain Partner Chris Zook joined by guest speaker Michael Dell, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Dell, talk about the complexity of growth, as well as how companies with a strong founder's presence are better at adapting to a fast-changing world. The theme of the breakfast was 'The Founder's Mentality', which is also the title of Chris Zook's new book, to be published in the spring 2016.
Industry Governors: The Future of Healthy project is the premier global platform to enable critical dialogues among public and private stakeholders and to facilitate collaborative action to tackle the growing pandemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The cumulative direct and indirect cost of NCDs over the next 15 years are around five times the costs caused by the global financial crisis in the 15 years following 2008. Addressing the complex and multi-causal origins of the man-made NCD pandemic requires a system-level approach in which stakeholders collaborate across sectors and industries.
Norbert Hueltenschmidt, a Bain partner in Zurich and the former leader of Bain's Global Healthcare practice, led Bain's involvement in the two-year "Future of Healthy" project. After demonstrating in "Maximizing Healthy Life Years" that health can have a positive return on investment, the 2016 report, "How to Realize Returns on Health", shows how to tackle the silent NCD pandemic, including why we should focus on Maximizing Healthy Life Years (MHLY) instead of just treating disease, why we need to act boldly now and how investments in health can have healthy returns in a multi-stakeholder environment by creating Ecosystems of Health.
In times of economic uncertainty and slow growth, it is more important than ever for economies to find alternative ways to gain a competitive advantage. NCDs are a key threat to a population's health and therefore its economic prosperity. At the same time, the unsustainable scale of the problem is demanding bold action — thereby creating new opportunities for companies to shape, design or disrupt, either internally or through partnerships. Investments in the primary prevention of NCDs, built on robust population health information and efforts to Maximize Healthy Life Years across individuals' life spans, will yield positive returns both on health as well as on investment.
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Enabling Trade project found that improving border administration processes and transport infrastructure could increase global GDP up to six times more than removing all remaining import tariffs. Taking domestic action to reduce the time and cost required to move goods allows consumers to benefit from reduced prices, while also making exported goods more competitive. In this context, the 2013 WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement reached in Bali was a big step toward reducing supply chain barriers and reinvigorating global trade. We observed that while accomplishing the goals of the Trade Facilitation Agreement will be generally helpful, it is possible to be completely compliant and yet not improve the competiveness of any industry within a given country. To truly achieve the benefits of trade facilitation, countries need to focus on the economics of the supply chains of specific industries.
This year, we analyzed Mexico's economy and went deep in assessing the benefits of reducing the supply chain barrier for one of its key industries, medical devices. By looking at the end-to-end value chain of the medical devices journey across the value chain, we were able to establish the key barrier to full potential trade and determine that, by reducing them, Mexico's medical devices industry would become up to nearly 10% more competitive in the global stage. This improvement could translate in an exporting volumes increase of up to 25% from today's levels.
Industry Governors: Future of Electricity
Bain's second annual report on the Future of Electricity turns from developed markets to the issues faced by fast-growing economies as they ramp up their power sectors to meet rising demand for electricity. As with the first report, Julian Critchlow, global head of Bain's Utilities & Alternate Energy Practice, leads the effort, joined this year by Amit Sinha, a Bain partner who works with the Utilities practice in India as well as Rodrigo Rubio and Juan Carlos Gay, who work with the practice in Mexico.
The 2016 report, "The Future of Electricity in Fast-Growing Economies: Attracting Investment to Provide Affordable, Accessible and Sustainable Power" describes how fast-growing markets will need to double their investments in electricity to meet energy policy objectives. At the same time, the nature of competition is shifting from importing fossil fuel resources to importing the capital necessary to invest in renewables and energy efficiency. Fast-growing economies are turning to international and domestic investors to fund the growth. However, most of these countries have a mixed record of attracting private investors, who are often wary of volatile or lackluster returns and opaque policies and regulations.
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Grand Hotel Moon Valley - Sorrento Coast (area)
The property was built in 1950 and completely renovated in 2001. It offers panoramic terraces facing the charming Gulf of Naples and the Vesuvius, a restaurant, a bar, meeting rooms, a play-park for children, 2 swimming pools, sun beds, and beach umbrellas and a private parking area, in short, everything for a perfect, relaxing holiday.
Only 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) from Sorrento and 25 miles (40 kilometers) from Naples, the hotel lies in one of the most picturesque corners of the Sorrento Coast and is ideally positioned for exploring the region.
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Grand Hotel Moon Valley - Sorrento Coast (area)
Hotel Info: 1-877-214-4288from $83
- Standard Double or Twin Room
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Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 107 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 4 floors
- Check-in time 2 PM-Midnight
- Check-out time is 10 AM
- Express check-in
Required at check in
- Credit card deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- One child (6 years old and younger) stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- Babysitting/childcare *
- Children's club
- WiFi and wired Internet access in public areas *
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
- Self parking *
- Area shuttle *
In the hotel
- Children's club
- Cooked-to-order breakfast (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Outdoor pool
- Ecotours nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Conference space
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Laundry facilities
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Year Built 1950
- Elevator/lift
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Rooftop terrace
- Garden
- Television in common areas
- In-room accessibility
In the room
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Balcony
- Private bathroom
- Shower only
- Bidet
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Satellite TV channels
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
Special features
DiningMoon Valley Restaurant - This restaurant serves dinner only.
Grand Hotel Moon Valley - Sorrento Coast (area)'s small print
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
A tax is imposed by the city and collected at the property in cash. The tax applies to stays from 1 April to 31 October. This tax does not apply to residents of the city, or children under 18 years of age. Please note that further exemptions may apply. For further details, please contact the property using the information contained in the confirmation received after booking.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 1.50 per person, per night, up to 7 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 18 years of age.
- New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: EUR 100
- Resort fee: EUR 120 per accommodation, per night
Optional extras
Self parking costs EUR 10 per night
Cooked-to-order breakfast is offered for an extra charge of EUR 10 per person (approximately)
Babysitting/childcare is available for an extra charge
Pets are allowed for an extra charge of EUR 50 per pet, per stay (maximum EUR 1 per stay)
WiFi is available in public areas for an extra charge
High-speed Internet access (wired) is available in public areas for an extra charge
Area shuttle service is offered for an extra charge
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.


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A trio of Lemurs are instrumental in the South winning 7-0 in the American Association All-Star game Tuesday.
A trio of Lemurs helped lead the South team to a 7-0 victory in Tuesday nights American Association All-Star game. Devin Goodwin got the scoring started, belting an opposite field home run in the top of the 4th, giving the South a 1-0 lead. Nick Van Stratten would also score a run and make a nice diving catch in center field, while Tyler Pearson threw an inning of scoreless baseball out of the bullpen. Laredo will open a three game series with Amarillo Wednesday night.
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Ted Cruz has a fascination with death. And his California campaign manager previously worked for someone who promised televised executions.
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Donald Trump's Ridiculous 'Women's Card' Comments
His claims about Hillary Clinton and gender don't make much sense.
April 27, 2016, Wednesday
The Real Purpose of 'Bathroom Bills'
Ted Cruz and others who support these bills want to frighten and divide Americans.
April 22, 2016, Friday
Ted Cruz's Phony Concern for 'The People'
When the senator talks about letting "the people" decide, he means nothing of the sort.
April 20, 2016, Wednesday
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Americans don't like the choices for the major parties' nominations. Many of them don't like voting at all.
April 19, 2016, Tuesday
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March 30, 2016, Wednesday
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March 29, 2016, Tuesday
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50L, round high planter from the ELHO Pure range. Suitable for use indoor & outdoor. Frost resistant, eco efficient & lightweight. Always read label.
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