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Monday, September 30, 2013
Scary Flick Time!
Well folks, it's that time of year again. It's time for my fourth annual 31 Days of Horror!!! Sure, it's a bit of a cliche to spend the entire month of October with ghosts, goblins, and all other creatures of the damned, but that's precisely what I'm going to do. As usual, we'll kick things off on the 1st and roll right through Halloween day. We'll start with a classic, and get into a few more. There will also be plenty movies of recent vintage. We'll definitely sneak in a horror based comedy or two (or three). And I'll try to fit a list in there somewhere. Oh, almost forgot, this year, for the first time we're even going to touch on a book...as it relates to cinema, of course. I'll get things cranking tomorrow. Today, I have to double check my house's history to make sure it's not built on top of an ancient burial ground. Been hearing some strange noises lately. Get...out. Wait...what...did you hear...never mind. Leatherface willing, I'll catch you at the flip of the calendar.
Labels: October
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Directed by Sacha Gervasi.
2012. Rated PG-13, 98 minutes.
Michael Stuhlbarg
James D'Arcy
Michael Wincott
Richard Portnow
Kurtwood Smith
Ralph Macchio
After reading a novel inspired by the exploits of real life serial killer Ed Gein entitled "Psycho," director Alfred Hitchcock (Hopkins) is so enthralled he decides that he must immediately adapt it to film. He forges ahead despite the fact he won't get any help from his bosses at Paramount and will have to finance it himself. Not only do the powers that be not believe in the project, they have their doubts about Hitch, as well. After all, he's never done a horror flick to that point. The only person in his corner is his wife Alma (Mirren) who has worked alongside him on everything he's ever done. She even agrees to let him mortgage their home to pay for the movie without any objection. However, having been together for thirty plus years, their relationship appears to be circling the drain. The movie proceeds to give us a way behind the scenes look at the making of Psycho.
Anthony Hopkins is in rare form as the iconic director. From everything I've ever seen of the real Hitchcock, Hopkins has his mannerisms and speech down cold. He also manages to go beyond just being a surface imitation and gives us a real sense of the man's ego, dismissiveness of those he has no use for, possessiveness of those he does, and the fragility beneath it all. Many of his most heartfelt moments are when he says nothing at all. It helps tremendously that his leading lady is just as good. Actually, I'd rater her work just a slim shade below his, but only because she isn't hamstrung by having to replicate her character's physicality. In any case, it's another strong performance in a career filled with them.
Hitchcock is also visually strong, but in subtle ways. These are nods to the man's work and likeness sprinkled throughout the movie. Perhaps most noticeable are the several prominent shots of our hero's shadow. He is the rare icon you're likely to recognize quicker by his silhouette than his face. Another obvious thing is the famous peep hole from Psycho. Due to implications of it being put to use in the real world makes it even more disturbing here than in the horror classic.
With those good things comes some not-so-good things. Chief among these are the nightmares and daydreams Hitchcock has about Ed Gein. I gather they're intended to give us some insight on Hitch's mental state at various points during the production of Psycho. All they really do is interrupt the flow of the movie to pointlessly inject horror flick elements. It's a misguided attempt at showing a man at war with himself. The effort put in here would have been better spent focusing on his battle with the bottle as it sets up to. He's seen drinking at all times of the day, but only passing mention is made of this.
The most serious problem is that this movie is lacking any suspense whatsoever. This is ironic since our hero is known as the master of that very thing. I understand that creating some is probably an impossible task with regards to how Psycho plays out, but there is none in the lesser known aspects of the story that have nothing to do with the movie. This is most evident on Alma's excursions with Whitfield (Huston), a writer who not only wants Hitch to film one of his scripts, but seems to have a thing for Alma. The way it's written we never feel he's a real threat to their marriage, yet she acts as if it is because the plot needs her to. I've no idea how any of this played out in real life, but it's not handled well here.
The subpar storytelling overwhelms the performances of the two leads, rendering everything we like about the movie merely superficial. Yes, watching Hopkins and Mirren is nice, as are the numerous nods to the man that inspired this production. Everything else is either cliché or just plain botched. We're left with a film with clever little touches, but is unable to sufficiently pull us into the story.
Labels: Alfred Hitchcock, Anthony Hopkins, Biopic, Danny Huston, Drama, Helen Mirren, Hitchcock, Jessica Biel, Ralph Macchio, Scarlett Johansson, Toni Collette
Friday, September 27, 2013
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Jack Reacher
Directed by Christopher McQuarrie.
2012. Rated PG-13, 130 minutes.
Werner Herzog
Alexia Fast
Josh Helman
Dylan Kussman
Joseph Sikora
Our movie begins with a seemingly random shooting spree. From a parking deck across the street, sniper James Barr (Sikora) picks off five people, gets back into his van and speeds away. Through some crack police work, Det. Emerson (Oyelowo) figures out who the bad guy is, takes the SWAT team over to the guy's house and arrests him. While awaiting trial in prison, some fellow inmates lay a beat-down on Barr. Before falling into a coma, he requests that Emerson, and District Attorney Rodin (Jenkins) get Jack Reacher (Cruise). They have no idea how to get a hold of Mr. Reacher since he's been missing for the last few years. Luckily for them, Reacher catches wind of the shooting on the news and just strolls into the police station on his own. In a strange move for both parties considering Reacher's feelings on the matter, he winds up working for Helen (Pike), Barr's defense attorney, who also happens to be the daughter of the DA. Reacher investigating the crime ensues.
If you're a Tom Cruise hater, there is no reason for you to watch this movie or read beyond this point. You've already decided not to see this movie. And yes, he more or less plays Tom Cruise. This character feels no different than Ethan Hawke from the Mission: Impossible flicks, or from his character in Knight and Day, or any number of films where he's tasked with saving the day. On the other hand, if the mere mention of his name does not make you physically ill, then stick it out. By this point, he seems to have become a one trick pony. Thankfully, it is not a terrible trick.
Fortunately, our supporting cast is solid. Pike does fine work as Barr's lawyer. She's delightfully defiant in her willingness to defend an apparently guilty man. The drawback is that her chemistry with Cruise is a bit off. This is, at least partly, due to the script. It can't figure out if it wants there to be sexual tension between them or not. Things initially head down that path, but the trip is abandoned. Richard Jenkins is great, as always, albeit in brief bursts of screen time. During the movie's latter parts it is completely stolen by Robert Duvall and, surprisingly, famed director Werner Herzog. The two find themselves on opposing sides, but neither is any less enjoyable than the other. We just enjoy them differently. Duvall brings us comic relief while Herzog creeps us out.
Since we follow him around much of the time, we must get back to our hero. Reacher goes all over town chasing down leads and, as expected, this gets him into the occasional scrape. We focus more on the following of the clues than the violence. The movie is successful with this as what's going on becomes increasingly interesting. There are just enough twists within the narrative to keep us paying attention to what's between action scenes. This is very important because there really is not that much action. That fact, plus our expectations, for those of us who have seen the trailer, help create an identity crisis for our feature. It never seems sure if it's a procedural or an action flick. As the former, things tend to come a little too easily for our hero. As the latter, as I've mentioned, there's not quite enough of it. Of course, our finale is one where bullets and fists fly. While that's not terribly original, it is entertaining. For some, however, it may be too little too late.
Overall, Jack Reacher is a fun movie. It's a popcorn flick with ever-so-slightly more on its mind than the usual. We get an intriguing tale with some enjoyable performances. It's not a bad way to pass two hours. That said, you must understand that if you're looking for a non-stop action shoot 'em up, this is not it.
Labels: Action, David Oyelowo, Jack Reacher, Richard Jenkins, Robert Duvall, Rosamund Pike, Tom Cruise, Werner Herzog
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Best Movies of 2012
Yesterday, I gave you my list of 2012's worst movies. Since you're probably thoroughly depressed at the prospect of watching those movies, I'll go ahead and show you the opposite side of the cinematic coin. Again, I'll note that this list doesn't strictly follow the scores I initially gave them. As I said yesterday, the way I feel about some movies evolves over time. With that said, feel free to click on the titles to see those original reviews. My idea on the score may have changed, but the things I like and dislike about each pretty much remain the same, if that makes sense. And of course, feel free to give your thoughts on the matter. In the (not so) immortal words of Drake...what is this world coming to when I'm quoting Drake...we started from the bottom, now we're here...
2012's 12 Best Movies
Okay, I'm taking a short break here because I wanted to recognize some movies that are not on this list, but were pleasant surprises. Frankly, I wasn't expecting anything from them and still got an enjoyable viewing experience.
21 Jump Street
Killer Joe
Magic Mike
Safety Not Guaranteed
Now, on with the show...
2012's 12 Best Movies
This is pretty standard chick-flick stuff, but in David O. Russell's capable hands it is far better than most of its ilk.
11. Looper
Even though it is science-fiction, Looper is not about showing off whatever futuristic gadgets the filmmakers can dream up or giving us a laser and lights show. It's a rather human tale that happens to contain time-travel.
It works on multiple levels. Its layers don't merely cover, but enhance one another. This works so well that despite all the wicked cutlery and pointed or jagged fangs on display, the movie's wit is sharpest of them all.
It grabs hold of us as it explains the hows of the whats we already know. We're intrigued by the process. When we get to the last scene, we do as Maya does. We exhale.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is an enthralling movie. It draws us into this young man's life and lets us love it or loathe it as he does.
7. The Sessions
Only a few days prior, I watched 50/50 so I was somewhat ready for a heavy drama about sex and illness. What I was totally unprepared for was just how funny this movie is.
Okay, I'm taking a short break here because I wanted to recognize some movies that are not on this list, but were pleasant surprises. Frankly, I wasn't expecting anything from them and still got an enjoyable viewing experience.
21 Jump Street
Killer Joe
Magic Mike
Safety Not Guaranteed
Now, on with the show...
For you action junkies, this is the stuff of your wet dreams. On the other hand, if you're looking for things like depth, character development, witty dialogue, etc., they are not found nor welcomed here. And it's still a great movie, just not for the squeamish.
5. The Master
When The Master ends we may be hit by a wave of confusion as we wonder what we just watched. In this case, that's a good thing. We have much to talk about.
4. Skyfall
Skyfall is a return to greatness. It continuously questions its own place in today's world. It questions the way its hero and, by extension, the movie itself goes about its business.
3. Life of Pi
We're often drawn to the edge of our seat. Then, at the end, our brain gets challenged a bit. Is what we've seen the truth or just a colorful metaphor? Does it really matter which? What proof does it offer of God's existence? We can have fun with all of those questions after we've had fun watching Pi navigate difficult waters.
By the end, we've been through more than enough ups and downs with this family to become fully vested in them. When life throws yet another thing at them, we duck. We root for them and share in their triumphs and heartbreaks.
Django is more interested in getting the attitudes of the times right than the facts and even indulging the most violent fantasies of history's victims. Sure, this requires some revisionist (or purely imagined) history but a Quentin Tarantino movie is not a fact-finding mission.
Labels: 2012, 2012 Best Movies, Best Movies, Favorites, Lists
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Worst Movies of 2012
I have a rule that I very rarely break. Once I start a movie, I'm going to finish it. No matter how bad it gets, or how late it is, even if I should fall asleep on it. Many times, I just couldn't keep my eyes open to watch a movie all the way through only to turn around and watch it in its entirety a day or two later. Even the bad ones.
Why subject myself to finishing a movie I already think is bad? It's simple, really. One of my core beliefs is what I call the law of opposites. We only understand something because we also understand it's opposite. We know what up is because we also know what down is. In movie terms, I can appreciate good movies more, because I know, or think I know, what bad movies are and vice-versa. I keep watching because there are always new levels of badness just as there are goodness. The cycle never ends.
Of course, we movie buffs like to cut those cycles into 365 day sections and grade each accordingly. I'll stick to that program. I'm just 200 and some odd days late getting the report cards out. When viewing this report card, note that the list does not strictly follow the way I scored these movies in my original reviews of them, which you can see by clicking on the titles (except for a couple of horror movies which I've yet to post reviews for). The way I feel about some movies evolves over time, some for the better, some for the worst. At the end, feel free to let me know if I've missed some horrible flick, or tell me how good some movie is that I've deemed terrible, or just share your own list. In my very humble opinion, these are...
The 12 Worst Movies of 2012
Spirit of Vengeance delivers precisely what its predecessor did: a fancy looking mess.
I'll give some credit to the powers that be for wringing every last cent they possibly could out of this franchise…I mean not taking the easy way out and going an extra step. Disastrous it may be, but it's a step.
10. Mirror Mirror
Even the kids in the target audience are likely to have a "been there, done that" reaction to it all.
Underworld: Awakening simply tries to hide its lazy writing with a succession of not-always-so-nicely-rendered battle scenes. That, my friends, should be punishable by two shots to the chest and one to the head with ultra-violet or silver nitrate rounds, depending on which side of the monster ledger you think we're dealing with.
8. Battleship
I'm not sure anyone who has played the game could come up with enough of a storyline to justify a movie being made for it. Sadly, neither could the people actually involved in making it.
To their credit, the performers try valiantly to breathe life into this thing. As we all know, reanimating a corpse is impossible.
Tyler Perry is back in drag, yet again.
What to Expect is a classic case of a talented ensemble given nothing to work with and going through the motions.
4. Bachelorette
Believe it, or not, so much suckiness is thankfully crammed into an hour and a half. However, since I started checking my watch about fifteen minutes in, it feels much much longer. I didn't think the hands of time could move so slowly.
3. Piranha 3DD
Its predecessor was trash of an endlessly and enjoyably repugnant variety. It was like gorging yourself on a gigantic bag of your favorite mini candy bars. The sequel is more like eating directly out of a dumpster.
2. The Innkeepers
Our director, Ti West, also helmed the equally bad and equally overrated House of the Devil. If you see this man anywhere near a movie set, please have the nearest person call 911 then physically restrain him until the cops arrive.
1. Fun Size
Nothing unexpected happens and almost none of it is funny when it does.
Before I let you go, I have a little more business to get to about '12's rotten flicks.
First up is a special shout out to this man...
Aside from Battleship, which clocked in as my eighth worst movie of last year, Mr. Neeson also had prominent roles in three other horrible productions in 2012: The Grey, Taken 2 and Wrath of the Titans. Since he probably made lots of money doing it, I'm not mad at him.
Next, I have to spotlight a couple of movies I thought were bad, but I'm completely in love with. In other words, these two movies were...
2012's Movies So Bad They're Awesome!
Without question, this is a "turn your brain off" experience starring a group of guys who made a pretty good living making stuff go boom.
A sharply written plot and Oscar-worthy performances are not found here. To be honest, don't even expect it all to make sense within its own context. However, the blood splattering action makes it a package just too cheesy to resist.
Now I'm done.
Labels: 2012, Lists, Worst Movies
Friday, September 20, 2013
The Dellies - 2012 Best Director
And now we've reached the last award. Sort of. As I've said before, I will do a best and worst movie list, both this weekend. For now, we'll tackle the people who have painstakingly brought their vision to life in the form of these pictures. Click on the titles of my nominees to read my full reviews.
The Real Nominees: Michael Haneke (Amour), Ang Lee (Life of Pi), David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook), Steven Spielberg (Lincoln), Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Honorable Mention:
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Ben Lewin, The Sessions
Sam Mendes, Skyfall
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
The Real Winner: Ang Lee, Life of Pi
2012 - Best Director
The Real Nominees: Michael Haneke (Amour), Ang Lee (Life of Pi), David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook), Steven Spielberg (Lincoln), Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
My Nominees:
Ben Affleck, ArgoIt's a masterwork crafted by Affleck, the director. For me, each of his three efforts from the special chair has been brilliant. He may have made his name as an actor and dater of starlets, but it seems his true calling is behind the camera.
Paul Thomas Anderson, The MasterPaul Thomas Anderson directs his movie in a manner that makes it difficult to look away from. The shots are beautiful and Hoffman and Phoenix command the screen. Many of their scenes together are scintillating. The director brings this out with excellent story-telling skills.
Ang Lee, Life of PiIncluding this one, I've only seen five of the twelve full-length features directed by Ang Lee. Until now, I've only liked one, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. If you shared my point of view, you'd understand why I wasn't really buying into the hype surrounding Life of Pi. However, I'll admit that Mr. Lee has crafted a winner with this one.
Quentin Tarantino, Django UnchainedNothing is so effective in the movie than at several points when we merely think something heinous is about to happen. This is when we're intrinsically drawn to the edge of our seat while simultaneously trying to sink backwards into the thing. It is at these moments when Django is at its best.
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern WildBy the end, we've been through more than enough ups and downs with this family to become fully vested in them. When life throws yet another thing at them, we duck. Beasts of the Southern Wild is just a wonderfully done film.
Honorable Mention:
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Ben Lewin, The Sessions
Sam Mendes, Skyfall
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
The Real Winner: Ang Lee, Life of Pi
And My Winner Is...
Quentin Tarantino, Django UnchainedTaking another cue from the Blaxploitation era, director Quentin Tarantino wraps this tale about the barbaric ways of slavery in spaghetti western garb. To drive it forward, we get a screenplay chock full of sharp, often funny, often stinging dialogue. Django Unchained continues the director's tradition of creating great tension through words. This one has more action between conversations than his normal fare, but the relationship between the two dynamics remains the same. Dialogue, complete with dramatic pauses, creates tension, action releases it.
Labels: 2012 Best Director, 2012 Dellies, Ang Lee, Ben Affleck, Benh Zeitlin, Favorites, Oscars, Paul Thomas Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, The Dellies
Thursday, September 19, 2013
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Directed by John Madden.
2012. Rated PG-13, 124 minutes.
Penelope Wilton
Maggie Smith
Celia Imrie
Ronald Pickup
Tena Desae
Sid Makkar
Lillete Dubey
Diana Hardcastle
Seema Azmi
Paul Bhattacharjee
In rapid succession we meet various Brits all in their golden years, who don't know each other, all going through a crisis of some sort. Evelyn (Dench) is a widow struggling to cope with the loss of her husband and will need a place to live now that she has to sell the flat they shared. Graham (Wilkinson) is seriously considering retirement and dreading the possibility. Madge (Imrie) is looking for her next husband. Norman (Pickup) is not looking for a wife, but is a horny old dude who keeps striking out. Mrs. Donelly (Smith), a blatant racist, needs a hip replacement. Who knows how long it will be before she gets to the top of that list. Mr. and Mrs. Ainslie (Nighy and Wilton, respectively) are having trouble finding suitable living arrangements after losing much of their life savings. Invariably, all of these people come across an offer to live out the rest of their days at the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the Elderly and Beautiful. Their trips will be paid for by the hotel itself. All of them decide to take this place up on its offer. By the way, the hotel is in India. Of course, when they get there and meet the energetic, fast-talking, and youthful owner Sonny (Patel), they quickly realize things aren't quite what they were led to believe. Unable to afford return flights back to England, they try to make the best of things.
We weave in and out of these people's lives as they have made them in their new home. They deal with culture shock, try to get used to the food and each other, and some long for home. We also watch Sonny try to keep the failing hotel afloat, speak passionately to his girlfriend Sunaina (Desae), and argue with his mother (Dubey) about both his girl and the hotel. Through each of the numerous subplots, the surface is made up of light-hearted humor, but powered by an undercurrent of sadness. These are not happy people, but people in search of what will make them so. As expected, they must also contend with the effect their living situation has on them, not only individually, but also as a group. It's not completely different than a septogeneric version of "Big Brother." Though they don't vocalize this, and no one is voted out of the hotel, we clearly see alliances form.
To the movie's credit, the veil of comedy holds up nicely. It manages to keep us chuckling most of the way through. The cast, and the script they are working with, is so terrific in this area that it accomplishes this without resorting to making buffoons of its characters. The exception here is Sonny. He is a bit of a nut, but he has purpose. Patel gives off a fun, used car salesman vibe, but one that is somehow earnest even though he's never sure if he can deliver on whatever has flown out of his mouth. The rest of the cast is brilliant. Credit starts at the top with the always excellent Judi Dench and the equally great Tom Wilkinson. By the way, Wilkinson's story line is the only one without a hint of comedy. Everything surrounding him is draped in sorrow. However, he's such a marvelous actor, and his character is written so well, it never feels out of place. Also great is Maggie Smith as Mrs. Donnelly. She does so much acting with facial expressions and makes us laugh with each one.
One of the film's shortcomings is that it has a little bit too much going on. As proof I offer Madge and Norman. They have separate but intertwining plots forming their own little clique. Unfortunately, they both get a bit lost in the shuffle. While we're watching the lives of the others turn upside down they disappear from the movie for a really long stretch, almost long enough to make us forget who they are. They eventually get re-introduced, but it feels like their fates are afterthoughts in comparison to the rest of the bunch. This is particularly true of Madge. Nearly everything about her feels tacked on.
The other drawback is the easy ending. Everything is wrapped up in neat little bows just in time for the credits. No one we like is left unhappy while those we don't merely clear the path for the "good guys." For a movie that shows it can effectively deal in grays, it's a bit disappointing for it to separate itself into clearly delineated sections of black and white. Then again, this is a comedy so I cannot rightfully expect some hard hitting and/or ambiguous finale. It just would have been nice for it to test us just a bit. Therefore, instead of being something that truly resonates, it becomes a cute and harmless picture.
Both of my complaints with The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel are minor. They're things an already good movie could have done better. As it stands, it's an enjoyable experience. Our ensemble is an absolute delight and enables us to see all of the heart in the material. In return, we're glad to share ours with them.
Labels: Bill Nighy, British, Celia Imrie, Comedy, Dev Patel, Drama, Foreign, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton, Ronald Pickup, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Tom Wilkinson
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Directed by Taylor Hackford.
2013. Rated R, 118 minutes.
Michael Chiklis
Emma Booth
Wendell Pierce
Patti LuPone
Carlos Carrasco
Parker (Statham) is a professional thief who run big-time burglaries. With the help of a crew run by Melander (Chiklis), a group he's never worked with before, he successfully robs the Ohio State Fair of about one million dollars. Instead of splitting the money as previously agreed to, Melander suggests they put all the money toward a bigger score that will net them a few million bucks each. Parker balks at the notion and winds up in a roadside ditch with several bullet holes in him. Thanks to some good Samaritans who happen to be driving by, he makes it to the hospital. Of course, as soon as he opens his eyes he escapes and goes looking for Melander and the rest of his cronies. A broke and lonely real estate agent played by Jennifer Lopez figures into things later.
While watching that setup, I am immediately reminded of the Mel Gibson flick Payback. Gibson's character there, and Parker in this movie, are essentially the same guy. Indeed, the two movies play out in much the same manner as far as major plot points go. The biggest difference between them is in tone. Payback strikes a darkly comic one, quite brilliantly in my humble opinion, while Parker plays it as a straight up action flick with the usual small doses of humor, here and there. This is where the movie's biggest problems are. No, it's not a terrible picture. It's just that with little or nothing to truly call its own, the conventionality of its frame is laid bare. Surprises are minimal.
It doesn't help that our hero is a pretty flat character. We get that he's been wronged and he's incredibly focused on getting his just due. Unfortunately, that's it. We understand that he loves his girlfriend Claire (Booth) and her father Hurley (Nolte). However, the depth of that love is summed up in the fact that whenever he does something to piss off another bad guy, he calls them on the phone to tell them someone's going to be coming for them. Gee, thanks.
On the other hand, J-Lo's Leslie is much more fleshed out with a good deal less screen time. The movie pushes the sympathy envelope hard with her, and simultaneously uses her for comic relief. However, it's an up and down role that Lopez struggles with. Unlike many, I actually think she's a fine actress. It seems to be at least as much an issue of presentation and writing as it is of her. How we're supposed to take her changes from scene to scene and the jokes she's given aren't funny. Besides, as good as I think she is, comedy has never been her strong suit.
All is not lost. Remember, this is an action flick. It's a Jason Statham action flick, at that. Most people will watch to see our hero beat the crap out of and/or kill lots of bad guys. That's precisely what he does. True to form, it's brutal, bloody, and exciting stuff. His first fight, inside a moving SUV, and one he has later in a hotel room take top honors. Both are just plain fun to watch, no matter how preposterous they may be. Speaking of preposterous, even though the idea that Park is affected by all the damage done to his body is a fraud, I'll at least give the film credit for trying in that department. The point is, if you're looking for a testosterone fueled popcorn flick you could do a lot worse than Parker.
Labels: Action, Bobby Cannavale, Clifton Collins Jr., Crime, Emma Booth, Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, Nick Nolte, Parker, Wendell Pierce
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
The Dellies - 2012 Best Animated Feature
Today we dive into what is probably the most fun category. Every year tons of kiddie fare hits the theater. Truthfully, much of it is annoying and overly simple. That said, when one of these movies gets it right it can be a truly wonderful viewing experience. The movies below got it right. Click on the titles of my nominees and honorable mentions to read my full reviews.
The Real Nominees: Brave (Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman), Frankenweenie (Tim Burton), ParaNorman (Sam Fell and Chris Butler), The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Peter Lord), Wreck-It Ralph (Rich Moore)
Honorable Mention:
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
The Real Winner: Brave (Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman)
2012 - Best Animated Feature
The Real Nominees: Brave (Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman), Frankenweenie (Tim Burton), ParaNorman (Sam Fell and Chris Butler), The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Peter Lord), Wreck-It Ralph (Rich Moore)
My Nominees
Directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda ChapmanBrave is a beautiful looking film. Beginning with our heroine's expertly rendered hair, it's a wonderful mix of photo-realistic scenery and cartoonish people. Nearly every frame has a touch or two that are a treat to lay eyes on.
Directed by Sam Fell and Chris ButlerThe characters on the screen are plenty scared, but their plight is handled with a good deal of levity. And the jokes actually work.
Directed by Peter LordVerbally, Pirates prefers subtly inserted punchlines to the obvious or crass. All of this comes together in a solid package.
Directed by Peter RamseyIt's possible to see the entire plot as a test of faith and what happens if we don't have it. No, this doesn't get preachy and it's not an advertisement for any religion. However, the theme is present. More than any of this, it's just plain fun to watch.
Directed by Rich MooreThere's more to this movie than being pretty and loud. It eventually becomes a redemption tale. That much is expected. What's not is the complexity of the redeeming and how many actually go through it.
Honorable Mention:
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
The Real Winner: Brave (Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman)
And My Winner Is...
Rise of the Guardians
Directed by Peter RamseyOn the surface, things boil down to that good guys/bad guy stuff. That aspect alone is fun, but there's more to it than that. It plays on our childhood hopes and fears to create both excitement and dread.
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This is a beautiful example of a Late Victorian style upright piano by the Schiller Piano Company It is made of lovely mahogany wood with elegant carved designs on the front panel, moldings and trim. This is a large, full size piano with a vibrant tone quality. It will make an excellent instrument post restoration. Schiller was a top of the line brand built by the famous Cable Piano Company of Chicago, and they built excellent pianos from about 1892-1957. This piano has a matching original stool, and can be equipped with computerized player mechanisms if desired.
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Longtime assistant Heater stabilizes Kiski Area wrestling
Kiski Area coach Chuck Tursky, owner of more wins than any coach in WPIAL history, missed the Cavaliers' match with neighboring rival Burrell Dec. 19 because he needed to take care of a pressing health concern.
Staying away from the match was the hard part.
The decision to choose who would step up to replace him came easier, as Tursky, with 485 wins, knew he could trust assistant Chris Heater to handle any and all coaching responsibilities that night and thereafter.
For the past two-plus weeks, Heater has run the Kiski Area program while Tursky, the Cavaliers' coach since 1986, recovers from major internal surgery.
In an age when few high school wrestling teams have assistants, Heater is a rarity. He joined the coaching staff in 1992, and despite several opportunities to take over a program elsewhere as well as at Kiski Area, he has insisted on remaining with the Cavaliers as Tursky's right-hand man.
Kiski Area's stability during Tursky's absence has shed light on the importance of Heater. Tursky, who is in his late 50s, hopes to return to the team by the end of January, but he knows the Cavaliers are in safe hands if his comeback encounters a delay.
"Right now, we're missing him," said Heater, who has benefited from the help of volunteer assistant Don Toy. "But I think it goes toward the consistency that we have throughout the program that we can keep things rolling. I know what he'd do for the majority of the situations that we get into.
"For several years now, I've tried to do more and more things that a head coach would do because I wanted to take some of the load off of him so that he can keep coaching."
Heater and Tursky first met as assistants with the Kiski Area football team in 1992 just after Heater had secured a teaching job at the high school. Both men tell the story of their initial encounter the same way.
"It was one of those things where we eyeballed each other, trying to figure each other out, and we're either going to love each other or hate each other," Heater said. "And it ended up working out."
Said Tursky: "We looked at each other for about five minutes after we said 'Hi,' and we tried to figure out whether we'd like each other or not."
That initial tension stemmed from rivaling passions for hard work and high standards, Tursky explained. Through the years, those shared principles have pushed Kiski Area (10-1) to two WPIAL Class AAA team titles (1997, 2003), a PIAA runner-up finish in 2003 and several hundred wins.
"The reason why we work so well together is because as hard as I'm working on one side of the room, he's working that hard on the other side," Tursky said.
Heater modeled his coaching style and his wrestling philosophies after Tursky. The two men think alike and act alike, often down to their mannerisms at the edge of the mat.
Still, Heater believes there are subtleties in Tursky's approach that he can't quite mimic. And for that reason, he intends to move aside and let Tursky reclaim the reins later this season and for years to come.
"There have been several times where he thought he'd had enough, but when you see him in the room with the kids, it's clear to me that he's not done yet," Heater said. "He hasn't had enough, just when you see his passion. So there's where it's kind of been my job to point that out."
Tursky likely will become the WPIAL's first coach with 500 wins. He heaps much of the credit for that milestone on Heater.
"In my opinion, he's one of the best coaches in the state," Tursky said. "He just doesn't have the title of being a head coach. And the reason he doesn't is because he wants to see us get 500 wins."
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Despite Marvel NOW having kicked off in earnest, we're still getting some of those NOW-brand teasers from Marvel. Here's what we got this week.
This, obviously, means Paul Cornell and Alan Davis are going to be handling some kind of Wolverine title. Is Frank Cho's Wolverine not enough, or will they perhaps be taking over Wolverine and the X-Men, or maybe X-23 getting her own book back?
Anyway, that's fairly obvious. What's not so much is this one we got today.
A.U. generally stands for Alternate Universe in comic book land.
So what does THIS one mean? Oddly enough, the first thing that comes to mind is the old Machine Man 2020 business. As we approach the actual 2020, maybe there'll be something celebrating that down the line. This likely ain't that, but you never know.
So is this teasing something in the Ultimate Universe maybe? Perhaps a NEW alternate universe line of comics along those lines? Penultimate Comics Presents The Penultimates, maybe? Well, there's also that Age of Apocalypse title that's set in another dimension – maybe this ties in there.
Or maybe it's something completely different. Any code nerds out there know if all that binary code actually translates to something? If so, holler at yer boy, will ya?


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I'm designing a site and I'd like to employ the same sort of nav. The type that scrolls against.... scrolling to a point. If anyone can point me in the right direction I'd be very appreciative. Thanx.
Looks like just css.
I guess you can realize this with css. A hidden div that becomes visible when you hover another.
I saw a good jquery plugin recently for a floating menu, which used solid coloured sections for the header/footer/content sections as a part of the demo.
If that one can't be found though, there are plenty of other examples.
It's not CSS as the first two repliers have wrongly stated. If you scroll to the bottom of the source code (where most JavaScript should appear), it's actually a jQuery effect to have fixed positioning "float" down to the point where it runs out of baseline space and at that point it fixes itself in position. I'm not sure of the exact effect being used but I've also seen it used through jQuery in the past. I would perhaps Google for partial-scrolling menu or something.
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The 'Blow Me (One Last Kiss)' singer belts out her second single in a room full of floating bubbles.
Pink is gearing up to promote her second single "Try". Ahead of the premiere of its music video, the mother of one drops an official teaser that shows her singing the song in a room full of floating bubbles. She wears her short hair in a bouffant do and looks sparkling in a black white-dotted number.
"Try" is released as a follow-up to "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)". Both singles appear in Pink's sixth studio album "The Truth About Love" that has been released in the United States since September 18. She is predicted to debut at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 200, fending off Kanye West's "Cruel Summer".
Next year, Pink is going to hit the road in North America for a tour. She will kick it off on February 13 in Phoenix and wrap it up on March 28 in Boston. As a prelude of what's to come, she will perform on the second day of iHeartRadio Music Festival on September 22 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.


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I hate to say I told you so . . . but I did.
Just over three years ago, when the Japan Olympic Committee formally announced its ill-fated bid for Tokyo to host the 2016 Olympic Games, I called the plan a "pipe dream" in a column ("Japan's bid to host 2016 Olympic Games a pipe dream" Sept. 17, 2006 Sports Scope). Truth and time have proven I was right.
Tokyo was eliminated in the second round of voting by the IOC in Copenhagen on Oct. 2, as Rio de Janeiro went on to become the first South American city to earn the right to host an Olympics. It was nothing short of a minor miracle that Tokyo even made it out of the first round, narrowly edging Chicago (22-18) for the right to advance.
The Tokyo bid, which spent ¥15 billion (the vast majority of which was publicly funded), had so many flaws that the term "Titanic" immediately comes to mind. Here are some of the major ones:
• Falling back on the tired tactic of talking about how much money Japan had.
This was an especially bad idea, as IOC members have still not forgotten the "Lie of Nagano," when the night before the vote to host the 1998 Winter Games was decided, the JOC promised to pay the airfare of every athlete to attend the competition, only to renege on it later when the economy turned sour.
• Trying to make one of the selling points of the bid that it would be a "compact games" with the majority of venues and the athletes' village located in relative proximity.
If this is one of your primary assets, you have to know you are already in trouble. It was a bizarre strategy.
• Relying on the legacy of the 1964 Tokyo Games by promising to use several of the same venues more than 50 years later.
One only has to walk across the uneven cobblestone outside the Yoyogi Gymnasium complex to realize what an awful idea this was.
Did they really think the IOC members wanted to attend events in nearly prehistoric facilities?
Come on.
It was worth nothing that in April, when the IOC inspection team was in town, and Tokyo was hosting the International Skating Union's World Team Trophy event at Yoyogi, the Tokyo 2016 organizers didn't bring them to the competition.
I wonder why?
• Proposing to place the main Olympic Stadium on the edge of Tokyo Bay near Ariake Colosseum.
Anyone who has ever attended a sporting event at Ariake knows that just getting to and from the facility by train is akin to walking in a wind tunnel. This was an absolutely horrible location to propose putting the so-called jewel of the bid.
• Having Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, a self-proclaimed nationalist, who has made racially insensitive comments in the past, be the face of the bid.
This one completely defied imagination. Putting a narcissist in charge of trying to secure a global event like the Olympics was nothing short of off the wall.
JOC President Tsunekazu Takeda, one of the classiest guys around, who knows how to maneuver the channels of the international sporting world, should have been the front man for this major effort.
The insincerity of Tokyo's bid was almost shocking. All of this talk about a "green and peaceful games" was nonsense.
This bid was all about commerce, and don't let anybody tell you differently. Trying to stimulate the economy is one thing, but doing it on a false premise of altruism is entirely another.
As the IOC vote showed, people still have a great capacity to see the truth.
A startling amount of money was spent on the failed bid, but it appears that most taxpayers are just shrugging their shoulders. About the same reaction that the majority of folks in Japan had to the bid itself.
• Underestimating the impact of the cost that national organizing committees would have to pay to bring their delegations to Japan and set up training bases here.
A fair number of the IOC voters don't come from wealthy countries, so they had to consider the high expenses that would come with awarding the 2016 Games to Tokyo. The price would easily be more than any of the other three finalists, yet I never heard this issue addressed even once.
• The Tokyo bid did a terrible job of selling itself. Both the IOC and Japanese public weren't convinced.
The organizing committee kept trying to offset the level of concern about public interest with results from Internet polls. Talk about dubious.
In three years I never heard one compelling reason why Tokyo should host the Games over three cities that had never had the Olympics before.
This was the essence of the case that had to be made, and it wasn't.
What I found nothing short of amazing was how some media companies were sucked in and actually became cheerleaders for the Tokyo bid. Talk about a lack of objectivity.
Good grief.
Once again it was all about money and how they thought they could make a lot of it if Tokyo won. A very sad commentary indeed.
It is pretty obvious that Ishihara was the driving force behind the bid.
There has been talk about how he wanted to use it to improve infrastructure in Tokyo, but don't believe that for a second.
He wanted the glory of flying around the world, wining and dining with big shots, and trying to set himself up as the Pied Piper, who was going to bring the Olympics back to Tokyo.
It was going to be a crowning achievement for him, but when the wheels came off, he tried to blame everybody else in that disgusting news conference last Sunday.
Takeda told me back in October 2004 that he thought "it was getting late to bid for 2016," but then Ishihara muscled his way in and magically everything changed.
Japan has a real issue when somebody older, who is perceived as being higher up, floats a poor proposition.
The Tokyo bid is a case in point.
In most countries, somebody would have stood up and said, "Look, this is a bad idea. We should build some new venues first and try for the 2020 Games." But here, a guy like Ishihara gets his mind set on something and nobody has the guts to stand up to him.
Now the result is in plain sight. Not much to show for that ¥15 billion.
The reality is that the Tokyo bid was dead on arrival. The only mystery remains why everybody but the organizers knew it.


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This article was published 10/10/2012 (1774 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
MAYOR Sam Katz said Winnipeg's new waste-collection contractor should suffer financial penalties if service disruptions continue beyond a grace period the contract spells out.
On Oct. 1, Emterra Environmental began collecting garbage and recyclables from residential homes in most areas of the city, utilizing new rolling carts. Previously, only northwest Winnipeg homes and former autobin areas had the rolling carts.
Hiccups in the new service, including a shortage of paper bags for yard-waste collection in suburban areas and dumping in former autobin areas, have prompted complaints from Couns. Paula Havixbeck (Charleswood-Tuxedo) and Ross Eadie (Mynarski), among others.
Katz told reporters Wednesday his own garbage wasn't collected on time the previous week. Disruptions can be expected at the beginning of any new service, he said, adding both Emterra and Winnipeg's water and waste department deserve time to adjust to the new system.
"The department made it clear there would be some kinks that would have to be worked out the first little while. It's not unreasonable to give them a reasonable amount of time to work out the kinks. After that, there are penalties that should be implemented on the contractor," Katz said outside his office, surmising the grace period is two weeks. "It's something new, and anything new does take a little bit of time. I don't think we want it to last for long."
The city's contract with Emterra actually allows for a one-month grace period, "recognizing there is always an adjustment period any time you launch a large-scale program," city spokeswoman Tammy Melesko said in a statement.
If problems such as missed collections persist, the city could take work away from the company, she added.
Emterra plans to get up to speed well before the end of the month, penalty or no penalty, said Paulina Leung, the firm's business-development manager. The firm takes pride in its work and wants to rectify the issues as soon as possible, she added.
"We're going through a transition period. This transition into the new program affects everyone -- ourselves, our drivers and residents," Leung said. "As every day goes by, our drivers become more proficient at learning the routes."
Residents are also becoming more familiar with the new system, she added.
Emterra collects residential recycling across Winnipeg and garbage collection in former autobin areas and three quadrants of the city: southwest, southeast and northeast. BFI, a different contractor, collects residential garbage in northwest Winnipeg, except in former autobin areas.
In a news release issued late Wednesday, the city said curbside collection is a half-day to a day behind schedule in some areas of the city. Emterra will be working into the weekend to complete this week's collection.
Some pickup tips
How should I put the carts out for pickup?
City of Winnipeg officials say they should be at least an arm's length apart so crews can use the automated trucks to pick them up and empty them. If there's snow on the ground, you'll need to clear a spot for the carts.
What do I do with my yard waste?
Don't put it in a plastic bag. Put it in a paper bag or another reusable container -- such as an old garbage can or blue box. The city will collect yard waste biweekly, so you can leave it near your garbage and recycling carts for pickup.
I'm having trouble rolling my carts out. What should I do?
Phone 311 or go to winnipeg.ca and fill out a form to see if you qualify for the city's walk-up service. Collection crews will roll carts out for individuals who are not physically able to do it themselves.
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MySpace Launches Mobile BlackBerry App
MySpace wants to make your BlackBerry a little more social.
The News Corp.-owned social networking site on Thursday announced the release of a mobile app for RIM's popular smartphones.
Available now as a free download from the Blackberry site, MySpace for BlackBerry lets users send and receive MySpace messages, comment on profiles, update their status, post photos, send bulletins, and more.
The app requires 64MB of onboard memory and 100KB of available memory.
The news comes the same day that Verizon Wireless announced plans to offer the BlackBerry Storm for $200 starting November 21.
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I can see why Gordon Brown is annoyed at the former management of Royal Bank of Scotland, given that his government has had to take a 70 per cent stake in the bank in order to keep it afloat.
Still, I wonder about the prime minister's portrayal of its problems being caused by foreign adventures such as its role in the ill-timed acquisition of ABN Amro. The implication is that things would have been all right if RBS had stuck with being a UK bank, taking deposits and making loans at home. Read more


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Most hunters drive to their hunting locations, many of which lie in remote locations or at least some distance off the beaten path. In more than one case, hunters have been stranded going or coming from hunting spots or have got vehicles stuck. I've personally experienced both, on more occasions than I'd like to admit. For just such occasions, besides the best hunting boots for your trip, you must have adequate equipment and supplies in your rig to rescue yourself. Getting stuck may be unnerving, but if you go prepared, it should never threaten your well-being.
Before you go, especially on a long trip, inspect the mechanical condition of your vehicle fluid levels, battery, heater, tire pressure, spare tire to ensure that everything is in good working order. Start with a full tank of fuel and fill up as often as possible along the way.
Let responsible persons know where you are going, what route you will be traveling, and a "no-later-than" time for your return. Tell them whom to call if you do not return on time, and stick to the plan. If you carry a cellular telephone or better in remote regions, a satellite phone make sure the battery is fully charged. Then prepare a vehicle survival kit.
What To Taking
Often you'll put a lot of thought into the gear you'll carry while hunting, but not much into the gear, you have in your vehicle. If stranded, similar needs such as warmth and shelter require the same kinds of items you might put in a pack: firestarters, signal mirror, whistle, knife, tarp or poncho, food, water, rope, sleeping bag or wool blanket, warm clothes, and even an ax.
To get a vehicle "unstuck," however, requires unique tools jack, winch, shovel, and tow rope or chain. On highways, road flares or reflective cones are important safety items that will warn other drivers of your position and alert them to your predicament. ACB or emergency channel radio transmitter can bring a sticky situation to a quick and favorable dose. If you have the means to communicate, a GPS will enable you to give searchers your exact location, a far more precise way to communicate than a vague verbal exchange.
What to Do
First and foremost, don't panic. Stay with your vehicle, it is a signal, a refuge, and a source of survival tools. Unless your rig takes a tumble off the mountain (in which case you will have additional issues to deal with), it will be on or near a human line of passage, which greatly increases your odds of being found. One exception: if you know exactly where you are and conditions are safe for you to seek help, do it.
Otherwise, consider your vehicle a ready-made shelter (unless it was damaged in some way and is no longer safe). You can start your engine periodically to run the heater for warmth. Keep running time to no more than 10 minutes each hour; less is preferable. Always clear away any blockages around the exhaust pipe, and crack open some windows to avoid carbon monoxide build-up.
While the engine is running, try to find a radio channel for storm updates or news about rescue efforts. Don't sleep with the engine running, bundle up in warm clothes and sleeping bags or blankets, and keep your feet off the floorboards where cold air will collect. If you are in a large vehicle, partition off the front compartment of the vehicle (where you are) to conserve heat. If you are without blankets or a sleeping bag, you can remove the foam padding in the other seats to use for insulation (it might be ugly and cost money to repair, but your life is worth it).
If you're near forested lands, you have the opportunity to start a fire, which will provide warmth and signal rescue workers. If you are stranded near a large field, stomp out a ground-to-air SOS or another signal. Be flexible and look at your options.
Your vehicle also supplies several "signals." Remove mirrors to flash at passing aircraft. Compact Disks will work for signaling, as well.
Your hunt is a journey from the time you step out your door until you return. Take a few minutes and use these tips to ensure your safety throughout.
If you're anything like me (you're reading this, so it's possible that you are), then you know how liberating it feels to find your meaning in this world by figuring out where you fit in with the outdoor realm. (TONY LOHMAN)
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ART/ How can a believer react to a painting by Francis Bacon?
They are striking images, ones which do not leave anyone indifferent, but which hit the viewer with all their violence and the radicalism of the questions they raise. It is not by chance that a great critic like Michel Leiris indicated the word "presence" as the key word to understanding Bacon, "Presence," he wrote, "in the sense in which I mean it, denotes something more than mere presence of the painting in the portion of space in which I am...it denotes the wrenching presence of the animator of the game (Bacon, ed) and my personal presence as a viewer, ripped from my too habitual neutrality and led to the acute awareness of being there, somehow present to myself, by the bait that hooked me". The result is that, after decades of a marginal evanescent presence, with Bacon, the figure of Christ returned to being a terribly present and real fact. It is said that Bacon's painting is unbearably scandalous in its brutality. I wonder if the scandal does not lie rather in the fact that he made that so trivialized and sanitized presence irreducible and real.
One final observation: sometimes one looks at these paintings with already prefabricated opinions. If one is able to avoid this, one can discover many things in Bacon's painting. For example, one might find that his paintings have a structure almost like a vortex, which draws the viewer to a point in which the painting takes on an intensity that is almost frightening (and which he sometimes shows, didactically, with an arrow). Looking at those areas of his paintings, one is surprised by how, right there, the painting has an unexpected and sometimes dazzling beauty. It is painting that vibrates, that seems to be there to become alive. Or rather, to become flesh. Bacon has a formidable, almost instinctive, awareness of the creatural beauty of flesh, a beauty that is a birth but also a death. Obviously it is something that is unapproachable and not able to be possessed. This is why the power of Bacon (and its truth) lies in those centimeters squared in which he allows the painting to almost leave his hand and slide beyond himself.
For all of these reasons, I think that it would be very interesting for a believer of today to keep his eyes wide open when looking at the works of Francis Bacon.
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Since the Company's announcements regarding the restoration of
trading in its shares on AIM and CISX, respectively on 18 May and 22
May, WTI Crude for July delivery rose by 27% over the month of May
from $52 to $66 per barrel. This move was seen as part of a wider
rally in commodities as liquidity conditions improved and markets
took the view that the recent sell off had been overdone. Strong
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There was further evidence of day-rates softening in the rig market
although the Ultra Deepwater segment remains relatively resilient.
Demand for the UDW units was recently evidenced by the 3 year
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Credit markets, especially high yield, also rallied strongly in May
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were recorded across the portfolio, especially in those positions
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Luling native Nathan Southard made the jump this week that few, if any, ever get to make. The St. Louis Cardinals selected him in the Major League Baseball Draft. Although he was selected in the 17th round of the draft, Southard's prowess at Tulane University proved more than adequate to make the large leap to the pros.
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Kaiser Chiefs meets a new likable challenge when performing in front of US audience that is different from playing in front of their UK fan base.
British act Kaiser Chiefs is currently in favor of performing in US rather than UK. They appreciate people coming to their shows out of curiousness and to see why the band is such a hit in UK. This, at the same time, means they intend to get US audience familiar with their music.
Vocalist Ricky Wilson explains the challenge of playing in US. "I'm excited because we're used to putting tickets on sale in the UK and Europe and loads of people buy them who like the Kaiser Chiefs and bought the album. In America, we put tickets on sale, people buy them to come and see if we're any good or not, and we've got to deliver. It's a different kind of exciting because we've got a different job to do to win them over, rather than just kind of like 'We've arrived'".
Kaiser Chiefs blew out the stage when they performed the first night of their tour in US in Electronic Factory, Philadelphia on April 6. They will play again today in Boston, MA. After that there will be a series of stops that include Montreal, Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland and the final stop San Francisco, CA on April 27.


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Ghirardelli: It's Gourmet With a Side of Trans Fat
I picked up a bag of one of my favorite treats last night - Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Squares with Caramel filling. I know, they're not at all good for you, but they taste amazing.
Since they are a popular brand of gourmet chocolate, it didn't even occur to me to check the label. Maybe I should have a long time ago because once I saw the dreaded words - partially hydrogenated vegetable oil - I just about had a sugar crash.
WTF!! I am NOT happy about this. Why can't manufacturers just stop putting this crap in our food? At least you have to eat 3 whole squares in order to get just .5g of trans fat, but still - I'm trying to avoid this stuff altogether.
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Editor's note: The following is part of a weekly series commemorating the University of Texas at El Paso's Centennial Celebration in 2014.
In honor of The University of Texas at El Paso's Centennial Celebration, this year's Minerpalooza will be "The Party of the Century."
Organizers plan to make it the largest Minerpalooza since it began in 1993.
In the early 1990s, administrators wanted to start new UTEP traditions. Gary Edens, vice president for the Division of Student Affairs at UTEP, played a vital role in the design and implementation of Minerpalooza and has attended every year.
"We were looking at ways to connect students and alumni," Edens said. "We wanted an event that welcomed back students in the fall because the biggest event was Homecoming."
During this time, the UTEP Alumni Association held "Pick Nick on the Lawn" at Leech Groove on campus. Student Affairs and the Alumni Association joined forces to create one event to bring together students, alumni and the community.
The concept was to have a street festival feel with music and booths comprised of student organizations. After deciding on a concept, organizers looked to find a name.
"Lollapalooza was huge during that time and it was the first large-scale concert and it was hip," Edens continued. "So I said, 'Let's call it UTEPalooza or Minerpalooza' and that was the big debate. We finally settled on Minerpalooza and we named it that because we wanted to attract students and we knew we would have music and multiple bands."
The first Minerpalooza had about 20 student organizational booths with games and two stages. One local band played on one stage while the other band set up on the other stage. The festivities were held in the heart of campus at Memorial Triangle, an area now called Centennial Plaza.
"I remember getting here (to the UTEP campus for the very first Minerpalooza), setting up our organizational booth and all of a sudden here comes the marching band walking down the street playing," said Jaime Mendez, program director of Student Support Services. "There is a level of excitement; it's like the great kickoff to the school year."
About 1,000 people attended the first Minerpalooza in 1993 and the event has grown bigger each year. Organizers have found a recipe to keep the tradition alive. Every year, the event is held the Friday before the first home football game.
"People wanted to change the name five years in, and a lot of us said 'No, we have to keep the name, because if you change it every five years, then it's not going to be a tradition anymore,'" Edens said.
The event caters to many audiences. Families with children enjoy the street festival feel with a pep rally, food vendors and game booths in the early hours. In the later hours, students enjoy a dance party with live music.
In 2013, Minerpalooza relocated to the P-9 parking lot next to the Larry K. Durham Center due to the Campus Transformation project.
This year organizers paired with outside sponsors to create the largest Minerpalooza in history. Several departments met year-round to plan and organize the community event scheduled for Sept. 5.
"It's the Centennial year, on top of the fact that it's the day before the first football game which is against Texas Tech this year, so you can't get much bigger than that," Edens said.
All entertainment for this year's Minerpalooza will have a UTEP connection. There will be a big name disc jockey, a fireworks display along with other activities.
Mendez predicts Minerpalooza will only continue to grow.
"I always envisioned this festival to be so big and I can just imagine what it is going to be like 25 years from now," he said. "It will be triple the size of what it is now."
Minerpalooza will take place from 6 p.m. to midnight Sept. 5 at the P-9 parking lot off of Glory Road. For more information about Minerpalooza, visit minerpalooza.com.


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