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Judge Archer Arrives on DVD, Digital HD, and On Demand on November 1st, 2016
October 18, 2016 by Brian Pate
Filed under Everything Else, Movies
Press Release:
Judge Archer starring Chengyuan Li Arrives on DVD, Digital HD, and On Demand on November 1st
Street Date: 11/1/16
From the writer of The Grandmaster comes the action-packed Judge Archer, arriving on DVD (plus Digital), Digital HD, and On Demand November 1 from Lionsgate. House of Flying Daggers star Chengyuan Li leads an all-star martial arts cast in this movie with amazing stunts and hard-hitting fight choreography. The Judge Archer DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $19.98.
In 1920s China, Judge Archer takes on the dangerous job of settling disputes between warring schools of martial arts. When a mysterious woman asks him to avenge her father's murder, Archer poses as a fruit seller in a distant town to stake out his prey. To distract and seduce Archer, the clever killer sends a gorgeous woman, who proves to be a talented warrior herself. This action saga portrays knife, spear, and arrow battles, plus historic fighting methods never before seen on film.
Chengyuan Li
Yang Song
Cheng-Hui Yu
Year of Production: 2012
Title Copyright: JUDGE ARCHER © Beijing MTM Culture Media Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Type: Home Entertainment Premiere
Rating: PG-13 for some violence, suggestive content and a thematic element.
Genre: Action
Closed-Captioned: English
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Feature Run Time: 91 minutes
DVD Format: 16×9 Widescreen (2.35:1)
DVD Audio Status: English and Mandarin 5.1 Dolby Digital Audio
Scene and Reviewed: Broken Vows, a New Film by Lionsgate Available Oct 2016
October 17, 2016 by Kerri Marks
Filed under Everything Else, Movies
Broken Vows, a New Film by Lionsgate Available Oct 11, 2016.
Experience the intensity of the psychological thriller Broken Vows when it arrives on DVD (plus Digital), Digital HD and On Demand October 11 from Lionsgate.
Over the years, the story of a cheating husband being stalked by a crazed ex-mistress has become something of a cliche. With Lionsgate's latest direct-to-audience film, Broken Vows, the writers do a decent job of flipping the script. In the movie, Jaimie Alexander stars as a woman who must find the strength to escape the grasp of a psychotic stalker before he destroys everything and everyone she loves. Here is a detailed description:
"In this chilling, sexy thriller, Tara (Jaimie Alexander, TV's "Blindspot") finds her life unraveling after hooking up with bartender Patrick (Wes Bentley, The Hunger Games) during her bachelorette party in New Orleans. Patrick becomes obsessed with Tara, not knowing she's about to marry Michael (Cam Gigandet, The Twilight Saga franchise), and tracks her down to her quiet California home. As Patrick's obsession turns violent, Tara stands to not only lose her marriage and her loved ones, but also her life."
Though the plot is a tad formulaic, the cast does an honorable job of working with what they've been given. The been-there-done-that feel of the story is quickly forgotten given the gender role reversal of sorts. Having a strong female lead is a nice change of pace. Jaimie Alexander may not have the longest resume in the business, but she is definitely one to keep an eye on. I was already a fan of her work on the series Blindspot, and this film is a nice vehicle for her to put aside her action-hero notoriety and stretch her emotional chops. Alexandra Breckenridge, coming off of a memorable stint on the series The Walking Dead, does a fine job as well. This isn't exactly Fatal Attraction, but Broken Vows is a thriller worthy of your time.
And, what made that time more enjoyable for me was Wes Bentley. I've always been a sucker for stalker movies; what can I say? They creep me out. But, couple that with Bentley's smoldering gaze (it's like he's looking through you) and that's enough to keep me glued to the television. Whether your familiarity with his work comes from American Horror Story or all the way back to American Beauty, there's no mistaking his understated ability to crawl under your skin. His intensity, even in lighter roles, is frightening, and for some reason I find that attractive. I get that I should probably have felt sorry for the poor, betrayed husband-to-be, played by Cam Gigandet, but I didn't. His character, Michael, had a smugness about him. I can't put my finger on what it was, but I can see how it would be easy to lose yourself in Bentley's bartender. (There's something wrong with me).
While this psychological thriller is somewhat predictable, it was well shot and still held enough twists and turns (stick with it til the end) to make it worth the hour and a half you'll spend yelling at your TV. If the typical array of October/Halloween horror movies are not your cup of tea, I would recommend an evening of Broken Vows. The Broken Vows DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $19.98.
Alexandra Breckenridge:
Mini Trailer:
Wedding Social:
Wes/Jaimie Social:
Wes Bentley TV's "American Horror Story: Hotel," The Hunger Games
Jaimie Alexander TV's "Blindspot," Thor
Cam Gigandet Easy A, The Twilight Saga Franchise
Astrid Bryan TV's "The Bold and the Beautiful"
Alexandra Breckenridge TV's "The Walking Dead"
and Alex Ladove Life of Crime
Year of Production: 2016
Title Copyright: © 2015 Bullet Entertainment, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Type: Home Entertainment Premiere
Rating: Rated R for Disturbing Violent Content, Language and Some Sexuality
Genre: Thriller
DVD Closed Captioned: English
DVD Subtitles: English and Spanish
Feature Run Time: 91 minutes
DVD Format: 16×9 Widescreen (2.40:1)
DVD Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital Audio
Scene and Reviewed: 6 Plots
October 5, 2016 by Anthony Aycock
Filed under Everything Else, Horror, Movies
I want to play a game. The game is to count how many classic horror films were mimicked in the making of the Australian thriller 6 Plots. Right on the DVD cover you see references to Saw and Buried. Another review mentioned Hostel. You could make arguments for Cube, Vile, and The Hills Have Eyes. But the greatest debt owed by this movie is to an older film, one that helped originate the slasher genre despite itself being a suspense thriller (and a nonpareil one at that): Halloween.
Seven students at Oak Bay High School plan a Friday night bash. There will be music. Booze. Sex. Hijinks. The party will take place in a "borrowed" (read: they broke in) house on the beach. We see the kids doing what kids do at parties, every jiffy of which they intend to livestream on the Internet because–well, you've seen American Pie. Anyway, everybody passes out, and when one of the kids, Brie, wakes up, she notices the others have skedaddled.
As Brie gathers her stuff to head home, she gets a phone message from this guy.
The message tells her to play a game, no parents, no authorities. The game: find her friends. All are locked in boxes and stashed around town. All can communicate with her via their phones. She is also sent video updates of their predicaments via the cameras installed in each box. Inevitably, parents get involved, as do the cops, so a few kids have to die. One is burned (she kept saying she was "covered in petrol"). Another is buried alive. A saw mill blade provides the most gruesome killing. Brie and the cops manage to save the other three, and a few weeks later, they are all back at school, cracking wise and calling one other "bitches." Then they run into a creepy guy we saw for five seconds at the beginning of the film who makes some cryptic remarks in a basso profundo voice and walks away with the above emoticon on his skateboard. I guess he was the bad guy.
Did you catch all the Halloween analogs?
- Teenagers plan a gathering.
- They lie to their parents about it (in one geek-gasmic scene, a guy's father calls home to check on him, and his buddy sitting in a different house answers the home phone using his cell phone and an "automated Skype message faker").
- They use someone else's house without permission.
- The girl with no boyfriend (Brie) becomes the savior.
- One victim's father is the police chief.
- The whole thing is broadcast online (as in Halloween: Resurrection).
Now let me tell you what is not like Halloween: there isn't one bit of menace in this movie. When there is a movie involving a villain, that villain is the film's strength. Michael Myers's mix of childlike wonder and unholy force is established from the first moment of Halloween, and it twists through all the films in the series. You can't take your eyes off him. Ditto for John Kramer (aka, Jigsaw), Fred Krueger, Dracula, and all the great horror villains. Their personalities–Kramer's cold logic, Krueger's impishness, Dracula's smug ferocity–make them compelling, while their motives make them scary.
What of the villain in 6 Plots? Other reviews call him The Emoticon, but I don't recall anyone saying that in the film, and for good reason: it sounds like a lame Charlton Comics superhero. So he's nameless, and until the final scene, he's invisible. This is another mistake by the filmmakers. It isn't necessary for the protagonists to meet the villain until the end–the Die Hard movies have mastered this approach–but it is necessary for the audience. How can we be afraid of someone we can't connect with? As for motive, think of John Kramer's aim: "to test the fabric of human existence." It's an unusual goal, lofty and sinister. The guy behind The Emoticon? His motive seems dull as driftwood.
The opening credits of 6 Plots include the line "Based on a concept by Leigh Sheehan and Tim C. Patterson." Because these are the film's director and writer, I wondered why they were credited this way, since "concept" seems an integral part of writing and directing. The unfortunate answer is that concept is most of this movie's appeal. The non-villain characters are relatable, and the actors are good–so good I wanted to see interviews with them in the making-of documentary that forms the DVD's sole special feature (I was disappointed). It is an interesting concept, though maybe too ambitious. With six victims to keep up with, I found myself getting confused.
Maybe 6 Plots should have stuck to one plot this time around.
Year of Production: 2012
Type: Home Entertainment Premiere
Rating: R for Language, Some Violence/Terror and Teen Partying/Drug Material
Genre: Horror
Closed Captioned: English
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Feature Run Time: 87 minutes
DVD Format: 16×9 Widescreen (2:35:1)
DVD Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital Audio
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"The BFG" comes to Digital HD, Blu-ray™ and Disney Movies Anywhere December 6
September 26, 2016 by Brian Pate
Filed under Animation, Everything Else
Press Release:
"The BFG" comes to Digital HD, Blu-ray™ and Disney Movies Anywhere Dec. 6
This magical tale of an extraordinary friendship loaded with exciting extras will brighten the holidays for the whole family!
BURBANK, Calif., Sept. 23, 2016 — This month, the world celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Roald Dahl, beloved children's author of family favorites like "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "James and the Giant Peach," "Matilda" and Dahl's personal favorite, "The BFG," as well as World Dream Day, an annual event honoring "the dreamer, visionary and innovator in all of us." It seems a fitting time to announce the in-home release of "The BFG," Disney's fantasy adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, on Dec. 6 on Digital HD, Blu-ray™, Disney Movies Anywhere, DVD and On-Demand.
As dreamers around the globe gear up for Sunday's World Dream Day, an annual holiday honoring "the dreamer, visionary and innovator in all of us," it seems a fitting time to announce the in-home release of "The BFG," Disney's fantasy adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and featuring a dream-collecting Big Friendly Giant. This heartwarming tale for the whole family arrives home for the holidays on Dec. 6 on Digital HD, Blu-ray™, Disney Movies Anywhere, DVD and On-Demand.
"The BFG" unites the talents of three of the world's greatest storytellers – Roald Dahl, Walt Disney and Steven Spielberg – to bring to life the classic tale of a courageous little girl named Sophie (newcomer Ruby Barnhill) and a gentle and charming Big Friendly Giant (Oscar®-winner Mark Rylance) who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country. Spielberg employs a new, hybrid style of filmmaking blending live-action and performance-capture techniques, resulting in genuine, heartfelt performances and super-photorealistic animation.
Families and fans will be swept away by this spectacular adventure and delight in extensive bonus features, including a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "The BFG" hosted by Ruby Barnhill and featuring Steven Spielberg; a charming, all-new short; a fun and whimsical tutorial on the Big Friendly Giant's unique language of Gobblefunk; a touching tribute to screenwriter Melissa Mathison ("E.T. the Extraterrestrial," "The Black Stallion"); and more.
Spielberg's directorial debut with The Walt Disney Studios was a labor of love, as he's been a fan of Dahl's for years. In fact, he read "The BFG" to his own children when they were younger. According to Spielberg, "It's a story about friendship; it's a story about loyalty and protecting your friends; and it's a story that shows that even a little girl can help a big giant solve his biggest problems." "The BFG" is a Golden Phizzwizard* come true for Spielberg, Dahl fans and audiences around the world.
Bonus features include**:
- Bringing "The BFG" to Life – Ruby Barnhill (Sophie) hosts a phizz-whizzing journey through the making of "The BFG." This behind-the-scenes documentary details the film's progression through interviews with Roald Dahl's daughter Lucy Dahl, screenwriter Melissa Mathison, executive producers Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Kristie Macosko Krieger, and numerous members of the talented cast and crew.
- The Big Friendly Giant and Me – Sophie wasn't the first "bean" in Giant Country—many illustrations were created as if drawn by a little boy who was there long before Sophie. This charming, in-world short will bring the drawings to life with animation and narration, recounting the friendship and the dreams shared between the boy and the Big Friendly Giant.
- Gobblefunk: The Wonderful Words of The BFG – A whoopsey-splunkers tutorial on the meaning of the gloriumptious gobblefunk in "The BFG."
- Giants 101 – Jemaine Clement (Fleshlumpeater) and Bill Hader (Bloodbottler) introduce us to the loathsome giants in "The BFG," along with movement choreographer/motion capture performer Terry Notary, who collaborated with the actors and Director Steven Spielberg prior to filming to develop their movements and character traits.
- Melissa Mathison: A Tribute – An homage to Melissa Mathison, the extraordinary, Oscar®-nominated screenwriter of "The BFG" and "E.T.," whose talent and heart were as immense as the giants in "The BFG."
- John Williams: Scoring A Dream – A journey through the film's concept art and memorable moments, interwoven with the sights and sounds of legendary composer John William's scoring session.
- Gobblefunk: The Wonderful Words of The BFG and Melissa Mathison: A Tribute
Disney and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Walden Media, present the fantasy adventure film "The BFG," the first-ever motion picture adaptation of Roald Dahl's resonant tale of childhood, the magic of dreams and the extraordinary friendship between a young girl and a big friendly giant. Directed by three-time Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg, the film reunites the director with his Oscar®-nominated collaborator on "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," Melissa Mathison, who adapted the children's author's timeless adventure for the big screen. "The BFG" is produced by Spielberg, p.g.a., Frank Marshall, p.g.a., and Sam Mercer, p.g.a., with Kathleen Kennedy, John Madden, Kristie Macosko Krieger and Michael Siegel serving as executive producers.
The film stars three-time Tony Award®, two-time Olivier Award and Oscar® winner Mark Rylance as the Big Friendly Giant; newcomer Ruby Barnhill as Sophie, the orphan who befriends him and is swept into a world of rampaging giants; Penelope Wilton as The Queen; Jemaine Clement as Fleshlumpeater, the most fearsome giant from Giant Country; Rebecca Hall as Mary, The Queen's handmaid; Rafe Spall as Mr. Tibbs, The Queen's butler; and Bill Hader as Bloodbottler, another unruly giant from Giant Country.
The creative team is comprised of some of Spielberg's longtime collaborators, including: two-time Oscar®-winning director of photography Janusz Kaminski; two-time Oscar-winning production designer Rick Carter; three time Oscar-winning editor Michael Kahn, A.C.E.; and Oscar-nominated costume designer Joanna Johnston, with legendary five-time Oscar winner John Williams composing his 24th score for a Spielberg-directed film.
Joining them is two-time Oscar® winner Robert Stromberg as production designer and four-time Oscar winner Joe Letteri from Weta Digital, the visual effects company founded by Peter Jackson, as senior visual effects supervisor.
Product SKUs: Digital HD/SD, Blu-ray Superset (Blu-ray+DVD+Digital Copy),
Disney Movies Anywhere, DVD and Video On-Demand SD/HD
Feature Run Time: Approximately 117 minutes
Rating: PG in U.S., PG in CE, and G in CF
Aspect Ratio: Blu-ray Feature Film = 1080p High Definition / Widescreen 2.39:1
DVD Feature Film = Widescreen 2.39:1
Audio: Blu-ray = English 7.1 DTS-HDMA & 2.0 Descriptive Audio,
Spanish and French 5.1 Dolby Digital Language Tracks
DVD = English, Spanish and French 5.1 Dolby Digital Language Tracks,
English 2.0 Descriptive Audio
Languages/Subtitles: Blu-ray = English SDH, Spanish and French
DVD = English SDH, Spanish and French
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*A wonderful dream in the BFG's language of Gobblefunk
**Bonus features may vary by retailer
The Cast of Beauty and the Beast…25 Years Later
September 20, 2016 by Brian Pate
Filed under Animation, Everything Else
Press Release:
"BEAUTY AND THE BEAST " returned to Alice Tully Hall this evening, 25 years after it made its much acclaimed debut with a "work in progress' screening, when Walt Disney Studios and the Film Society of Lincoln Center presented an exclusive screening in celebration of the "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION" release [which comes out today].
Richard White (voice of Gaston), Angela Lansbury (voice of Mrs. Potts), Paige O'Hara (voice of Belle) and Robbie Benson (voice of Beast).
Walt Disney Pictures' magical animated classic "Beauty and the Beast" captures the magical journey of Belle (voice of Paige O'Hara), an independent and intelligent, modern-day heroine who's taken prisoner by a hideous beast (voice of Robby Benson) in his castle. Despite her precarious situation, Belle befriends the castle's enchanted staff—a teapot, a candelabra and a mantel clock, among others—and ultimately learns to see beneath the Beast's exterior to discover the heart and soul of a prince. In honor of the film's 25th anniversary, this tale as old as time joins the Walt Disney Signature Collection on Sept. 6 on Digital HD and Disney Movies Anywhere, and on Sept. 20 on Blu-ray™ and DVD.
For more information, visit www.BeOurGuest.com and connect with us at www.Facebook.com/DisneyBeautyAndTheBeast.
Scene and Reviewed: Saban's Power Rangers Dino Charge: Breakout on DVD July 12, 2016
July 12, 2016 by Kerri Marks
Filed under Everything Else, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Television
Saban's Power Rangers Dino Charge: Breakout DVD Hits the Street on July 12, 2016
Saban's Power Rangers are back in action with Power Rangers Dino Charge: Breakout, arriving on DVD (plus Digital), Digital HD, and On Demand July 12 from Lionsgate.
Your favorite color-coded heroes are back in action! If you're looking for something fun to watch with the kids (or for your own enjoyment) this summer, then look no further. Here's what you need to know:
"The Red, Black, Blue, Green, and Pink Rangers must once again rely on each other and their new dino-charged powers as they battle to defend the Earth from the villainous Sledge. This all-new Power Ranger series ranked #1 in its time period across all TV with kids 2-11. The Power Rangers will have to outsmart a puzzling villain, save a prince, and try to defeat Sledge's monsters. When the evil Fury unleashes the powerful Ptera Zord, only the Power Rangers can regain control with the help of their newest ally–the Gold Ranger! With an ever-growing fan base, Power Rangers Dino Charge: Breakout will be the biggest, and most shocking, Power Rangers adventure yet, when it arrives on DVD for the suggested retail price of $14.98."
This DVD includes episodes 9-12, which aired in 2015. These are some of the better episodes from the season, especially with the addition of the Gold Ranger. As far as the Nickelodeon era Power Rangers (Samurai, Super Samurai, Mega Force, Super Mega Force), Dino Charge is one of the better ones, though it still lacks something that hasn't been around in Power Rangers since the days of Mighty Morphin through Time Force. Though newer Saban series differs slightly from the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers of the past, but retains its charm and sense of humor, appealing to audiences both young and old.
- "When Logic Fails"
- "The Royal Rangers"
- "Breakout"
- "Knight After Knights"
Program Information:
Year of Production: 2015
Title of Copyright: 2015 SCG Power Rangers LLC. All Rights Reserved
Type: TV on DVD
Rating: TV-Y7
Genre: Action/Adventure, TV Series, Children, Superhero
Closed-Captioned: English
Subtitles: None
Run Time: 92 Minutes
DVD Format: 16×9 Widescreen (1.78:1)
DVD Audio Status: English 5.1 Dolby Digital; French and Spanish 2.0 Dolby Digital
About Saban Brands:
Formed in 2010 as a subsidiary of Saban Capital Group, Saban Brands (SB) was established to acquire and develop a world-class portfolio of properties and capitalize on the company's experience, track record and capabilities in growing and monetizing consumer brands. SB applies a strategic transmedia management approach to enhancing and extending its brands in markets worldwide and to consumers of all ages. The company provides full-service management, marketing, promotion, and strategic business development for its intellectual properties including comprehensive strategies unique to each brand, trademark and copyright management and enforcement, creative design, retail development, direct-to-consumer initiatives, and specialized property extensions. SB is led by a superior management team with decades of experience in licensing, marketing and finance. For more information, visit sabanbrands.com.
About Lionsgate:
Lionsgate is a leading global entertainment company with a strong and diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, family entertainment, digital distribution, new channel platforms and international distribution and sales. Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as THE LINCOLN LAWYER, TYLER PERRY'S MADEA'S BIG HAPPY FAMILY, THE EXPENDABLES, MARGIN CALL, THE LAST EXORCISM and the critically-acclaimed PRECIOUS, which won two Academy Awards. With the January 2012 acquisition of Summit Entertainment, the Company now has the two leading young adult franchises — the blockbuster TWILIGHT SAGA, which has grossed more than $2.5 billion at the worldwide box office, and the HUNGER GAMES franchise, whose first film will be released on March 23. Recent Summit hits include RED, LETTERS TO JULIET, KNOWING, the STEP UP franchise and the Academy Award winning Best Picture THE HURT LOCKER.
Lionsgate's home entertainment business is an industry leader in box office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rate. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 13,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate and Summit brands remain synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world.
Toonseum Looking for Star Trek Original Art
June 29, 2016 by Colin Solan
Filed under Art Show, Everything Else, Other, Pennsylvania, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Press Release:
The Toonseum, Pittsburgh's Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, is currently in the process of organizing an exhibit of Star Trek original comic art. Art collectors have been instrumental in the success of prior exhibits at the ToonSeum, including last year's Avengers: 50 Years of Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the current Captain America: 75 Years of the Sentinel of Liberty exhibits, and the hope is that this will again prove true with Star Trek.
The Toonseum is thus reaching out to any collectors who might be willing and kind of enough to loan the Pittsburgh-based museum some amazing Star Trek pages to be placed on display to the public. The exhibit will run from October 28, 2016, until January 15, 2017.
If you think that you would like to loan some Star Trek art and/or have questions about the process, you can e-mail Board Member, Treasurer and Exhibit Curator Anthony Letizia (email@example.com). Anthony would be happy to answer any questions you might have about transport, insurance, museum security and can provide references from collectors who have loaned the Toonseum art for previous exhibits. You can also check out the museum at the website.
Thank you for your consideration.
Scene and Reviewed: The Witch
June 27, 2016 by Anthony Aycock
Filed under Everything Else, Horror, Movies
Remember high school, when we had to read several "classics" of literature? The Scarlet Letter, Moby-Dick, A Tale of Two Cities—you know the ones. These books were classics because they broke new ground, doing things that had not been done before.
God, were they boring! They were books only a professor could love. I was reminded of such books when I watched The Witch, Robert Eggers's tale of an unlucky girl suspected of witchcraft. Critics have loved the film, giving it 91%, 83 out of 100, 3½ stars, etc. Stephen King tweeted the movie "scared the hell out of" him. It did well at the box office, grossing nearly $40 million on a $1 million budget, but that may be because audiences were expecting The Blair Witch Project redux. I suspect that DVD and Blu-ray sales will be more modest. Film students may study this movie for years to come—it is visually gorgeous and technically advanced—but I doubt it will maintain a larger following.
The movie starts promisingly. Set in New England in 1630, it is the story of a farming family, William and Katherine and their five children. (Other reviews of The Witch call them Puritans, an assumption that may not be true. They are clearly pious, but piety was not limited to any one religious group. Besides, the Great Migration, as it is called, of Puritans to New England began in earnest in 1630, the year this movie was set.) After a tiff with other settlers, William moves his family to the edge of forbidding-looking woods. Immediately, the youngest child, an infant, disappears. The family's search for the missing boy, and its descent into anger, finger-pointing, and suspicion of demonic involvement, forms the plot for the rest of the film.
So who is the witch of the movie's title? That would be the oldest daughter, Thomasin. We are never told her age, though she is clearly a teenager. The family first thinks a wolf took the child, but as tensions mount, this becomes a polite fiction. Thomasin was looking after her brother when he vanished, so naturally, she is doing the work of the devil. It isn't clear what prompted the family to think Thomasin a witch, or why. We tend to imagine people of this era attributing every odd occurrence to dark magic, but surely they had a deeper cosmology than that. Not once does anyone lash out at God for allowing such tragedy, a reaction that seems at least as normal as "because witches."
Robert Eggers, a former production and costume designer who somehow leapfrogged all other roles to direct The Witch, has been praised for the historical accuracy of the film. A note at the end states that many of the details, including dialogue, come "directly from period journals, diaries, and court records." No doubt the scenes and wardrobes are spot-on. I wonder also whether Eggers consulted a little book called The New England Primer. Published in 1727, but no doubt circulating in oral form long before, it includes a section called "A Dialogue between Christ, a Youth, and the Devil" whose lines are similar to a prayer uttered several times in the movie: "Oh God my Lord I now begin. Oh help me and I'll leave my sin," etc. Whether inspired or made up, it is an excellent detail (you can hear Thomasin reciting it around the 1:55 mark of this trailer).
One thing I could have done without is the decision to have the actors speak in the archaic tongue of the early 1600s. The film is full of "thee" and "thou," with the occasional "prithee." One character says, "Speak, if this be pretense," and other announces, "I'll to the wood." Early Modern English, which is what linguists call this time period, can feel like a different language. I had to turn on subtitles to make sure I didn't miss stuff, a practice I hate. (Diction wasn't the only reason. Despite setting the volume on my TV at 50, I strained to hear anything softer than a shout.) Many period pieces have not suffered from contemporary speech—Shakespeare in Love won seven Oscars without a single "thou"—so I don't understand Eggers's compulsion here.
Another thing I struggled to grasp was what constitutes a "witch" in Eggers's world. Toward the end of the film, Thomasin talks to Black Phillip, the family goat. Goats have long been associated with Satan, so does that mean a witch is someone who can talk to possessed animals? No, because two of the other children claim they've heard the goat talk. Thomasin kills her mother, so does that mean a witch is someone who commits murder? No, it was self-defense: her mother attacked her. Thomasin seems uninterested in magic and incurious about dark forces, so it must be that she is a witch because weird things are happening. There is that limited cosmology again. Black Phillip asks Thomasin if she wants to live "deliciously," and as far as I can tell, this vague invocation is the crux of Eggers's witchery. What does it mean to live deliciously? Kidnap babies, I guess.
The best horror films rely on suspense, not gore, and in that way, The Witch scores big. As I watched Katherine go insane with grief, Thomasin struggle with guilt, and William become Job-like (in addition to the baby, his crops died, his wife didn't trust him, and he watched another son die), I thought, all this plus witchcraft? But for a horror story, the evil force needs more definition. Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, Fred Krueger—these are great horror villains because we can see them, and we know what they're about. The Blair Witch never appears in person, but we see her stalking the three filmmakers. We hear locals talk about kids being abducted and killed. Then Josh disappears. Problems are clearly supernatural in origin. In The Witch, I never felt that William's struggles couldn't be explained by his living arrangements: the American wilderness in the 17th century.
In terms of extras, this Blu-ray is not packed, but it does have a few nice elements. The audio commentary features Eggers alone. I am used to commentaries featuring several cast members in an improvised dialogue, but these quickly wear thin. A director-only commentary can be more focused and insightful, which this one certainly is. There is a short (eight minutes) making-of featurette, The Witch: A Primal Folklore, that should be a bit more in-depth. Much better is the Q&A mixing cast members with a pair of experts, novelist Brunonia Barry (The Lace Reader, The Map of True Places) and historian Richard Trask. The group discusses witchcraft in American history, especially the Salem witch trials, on which Trask has a unique perspective: two of his ancestors were hanged as witches.
Interesting as these features are, I will suggest one that should have been added: digital images of the "period journals, diaries, and court records" that Eggers drew on to make the film. I would have enjoyed seeing how those print sources were transformed into a cinematic narrative.
The Witch is an entertaining and though-provoking film. It works as a historical drama as well as a thriller. I wouldn't call it scary, and the filmmakers outsmarted themselves in a few places, making an intellectual choice when something simpler would have worked better. Still, it is an important film, one that makes an original and significant contribution to the horror genre.
Year of Production: 2015
Type: Theatrical Release
Rating: R for Disturbing Violent Content and Graphic Nudity
Genre: Horror, Suspense
Closed Captioned: N/A
Subtitles: Spanish, English SDH
Feature Run Time: 92 minutes
BD Format: 1080p High Definition 16×9 Widescreen (1.66:1)
DVD Format: 16×9 Widescreen (1:66:1)
BD Audio: English 5.1 DTS HD-MA
DVD Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital Audio
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Help Zootopia's Officer Judy Hopps Solve a Mystery with Facebook Messenger
June 1, 2016 by Brian Pate
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Rookie Rabbit Officer Judy Hopps Takes Over Facebook Messenger, June 1-8, to Crack the ZPD's Latest Case, and "Zootopia" Arrives Home with A Robust Line-up of New Bonus Features on June 7
The innovative creators behind Walt Disney Animation Studios' wildly witty, comedy-adventure "Zootopia" are offering fans of all ages an exciting opportunity to rediscover the stunning animal metropolis and its comedic creatures via a Judy Hopps Facebook Messenger takeover and a robust line-up of extended bonus features included in the in-home release.
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Rookie Rabbit Officer Judy Hopps is commandeering Facebook Messenger and seeking your help to solve the Zootopia Police Department's hottest new case. Volunteers are invited to visit the Zootopia Facebook page and click on the Message icon, where they can chat with Judy directly and follow a series of clues to help solve the mystery. This live chat was built through a partnership with imperson, which creates premium conversational bots called Chat Personas that converse in natural language and can be tailored with distinct yet authentic personalities—in this case, the eternally optimistic and determined Judy Hopps.
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"Zootopia" arrives home on Digital HD, Blu-ray™, Disney Movies Anywhere, DVD and On-Demand* platforms on June 7, 2016 with thrilling new bonus offerings including candid conversations with filmmakers and artists behind "Zootopia," an alternate opening, never-before-seen characters and deleted scenes, and a sneak peek at some of the hidden Easter Eggs that reference Disney Animation's most beloved films and characters. The record-breaking animated film for all ages is a must-add to your movie collection!
DC Entertainment Unveils New Logo
May 17, 2016 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Everything Else, Top Stories
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DC Entertainment announced a new identity and logo for its iconic DC brand. The new DC logo is a mark that leverages over 80 years of heritage with an eye toward the future.
"While comics continue to be the heart and soul of DC, the brand has evolved to now stand for powerful storytelling across so many different forms of media. DC is home to the greatest Super Heroes and Super-Villains, and the new logo has the character and strength to stand proudly alongside DC's iconic symbols," stated Amit Desai, DC Entertainment Senior Vice President of Marketing and Global Franchise Management.
"The launch of the new logo is the perfect tribute to DC's legacy, exciting future and most importantly, our fans."
The new logo will debut on the cover of the highly-anticipated DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH SPECIAL #1 comic book written by Geoff Johns releasing May 25 and available in comic book shops and digitally. REBIRTH represents the next chapter in the ongoing saga of the DC Universe, mixing traditional values and a modern aesthetic.
"I'm very proud that REBIRTH will be the first comic book published with the new DC logo." stated Geoff Johns, DC Entertainment's Chief Creative Officer. "To me, REBIRTH and the new DC logo are built on what's come before while looking to what will come tomorrow. I can't wait for people to see it on the cover."
The new DC branding will be introduced immediately on various digital platforms, including DC websites, social media channels, DC All Access webseries, and DC All Access app and will continue to rollout worldwide across all DC content and products. One of the many benefits of the new logo design is its versatility to showcase DC's iconic and timeless characters and stories across all media. Look for the new logo to come to life at key events in the coming months.
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|Let the memory of Linda be with us forever. Remember to speak her name.
"Dear Linda, Linda, I'm forever grateful for your service and sacrifice. You are honored and remembered in my heart and home."
"Dear Linda, You gave all serving our country including my family. I am sorry for your family. No doubt they miss you beyond words can say. I pledge to live productive days for the common; worthy of the sacrifice you and your family have made."
"Dear Linda, Someday I believe we will meet. When we do I'll be able to thank you for your service and the ultimate sacrifice you made for our country. As long as I live I'll honor and remember you."
"I uploaded the painting I did of LInda for her parents. I hope you like it, and please tell other gold star families about my work. They can contact me through this site, I believe."
"I painted a portrait of Linda for her parents. If I knew how, I would post it here for you. I am an artist who has been painting free for parents portraits of their children killed in the war. If you know of a gold star family who would like a free painting, please get in touch with me through Pat Mracek."
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FCA US is recalling an estimated 352,831 2011-2012 model-year Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango SUVs because a previous safety recall remedy may have left the vanity mirror wiring in these vehicles susceptible to a short-circuit that poses a fire risk.
The automaker said overheating conditions were reported in just a small percentage of vehicles serviced in connection with the earlier recall. FCA US added it isn't aware of any related injuries or accidents.
The new recall covers Jeep Grand Cherokees and Dodge Durango SUVs produced before Sept. 2, 2012. To fix the wiring issue, dealers will secure the headliners of the vehicles with a new adhesive.
"Measures will also be taken to help prevent the wiring from contacting potentially abrasive surfaces," FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) US said. The repairs will be performed free of charge.
In addition to the vehicles in the U.S., the recall covers 26,487 SUVs in Canada, 13,037 in Mexico, and 84,330 outside the NAFTA region, the company said.
Vehicle owners can reach the FCA US customer assistance center at (800) 853-1403.
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The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is a regional destination for specialized pediatric care.
Our physicians provide an extensive range of specialty services for children of all ages ranging from newborns to adolescents. In addition, state-of-the-art technology and research capabilities enable us to deliver the highest quality of care to all of our young patients.
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Pediatric SurgeryBMSCH offers a full range of general and specialty surgical services. Specializing in minimally invasive techniques, and with access to the latest and technology and research, our surgeons provide personal and expert care to all of our patients. They work closely with our team of pediatric anesthesiologists and specially trained nurses.
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BMSCH, in conjunction with The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), offers children with cancer and blood disorders the most advanced care available in the state.
Pediatric Pulmonary ProgramThe Pediatric Pulmonary Program provides comprehensive care for children suffering from a wide variety of respiratory problems.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Centers of ExcellenceSupported by a $5 million grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital is home to the Center for Metabolic Disease and the Pediatric Rheumatology Center.
Pediatric Same Day SurgeryWe are pleased you chose the Bristol Myers Squibb Children's Hospital for your child care. We know that your child's surgery, medical testing or infusions can be a stressful experience for the entire family, but we want you to know that your child is in good hands. Our staff members are experts in caring for children and their families.
Pediatric Otolaryngology ProgramThe Pediatric Otolaryngology Program at The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital (BMSCH) provides the region's most comprehensive and advanced pediatric otolaryngology services. Our team of pediatric otolaryngologists treats children with disorders involving the ears, nose, and throat with the latest medical guidelines and the most advanced surgical procedures.
David E. Zullo Pediatric Palliative Care (PACCT) ProgramThe David E. Zullo Pediatric Advanced Comprehensive Care Team (PACCT) is a unique continuing care program available to children being treated for cancer and blood disorders at The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital (BMSCH) at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH)
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About Fork!
Fork! is commited to bringing you - the customer - the freshest ingredients from local farmers markets when in season. Our main focus is on a daily menu filled with creative small plates.
Our service staff is here to help you relax and guide you through our menu, cocktails, wine and beer list. It is their goal to make every visit a enjoyable one. Either with friends on the wrap around porch or a small bite and a glass of wine after work.
Come and enjoy the charm of Fork! Located in an historic house built in 1906.
Cornelius, NC 28031
Dining Style:
Casual Dining
American, Wine Bar, Bar / Lounge / Bottle Service
Hours of Operation:
Sunday: Brunch 11:00am - 3:00pm
Dinner: 4:00pm-8:00pm
Tuesday - Thursday: 5:00pm - 10:00pm
Friday 5:00pm-11:00pm
Saturday: 4:00pm - 11:00pm
Closed Mondays
Dress Code:
Smart Casual
Price Range:
$30 and under
Payment Options
AMEX, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Phone Number:
(704) 655-7465
We will feature local artists on occasion. Check our facebook page for details
We custom craft a menu to your needs and likes. From BBQ to Gourmet cocktail parties
Parking Details:
We have 20 parking places located around back. There is also parking next door and across the street after 6:00.
Executive Chef:
Timothy Groody
Private Party Facilities:
Fork! is located in an historic house and will be able to accommodate parties of 18 in separate dining areas. We also accommodate parties of 60 for a full takeover of the restaurant.
Private Party Contact:
Melanie: (704) 655-7465
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Fork! Ratings and Reviews
I've dined at most if not all of the higher end restaurants in Charlotte, Cornelius, Davidson and other bedroom communities surrounding Charlotte and this is one of the most underrated restaurants in this area. The food is consistently wonderful and is always evolving and changing. Very enjoyable atmosphere and the bar menu and staff are up on the craft cocktail market with excellent options and variety. The wait staff are very knowledgable and friendly...overall an excellent experience.
We absolutely loved our dinner this past weekend at Fork! - our second time dining there. This was to celebrate my parent's 45th wedding anniversary and my dad's 69th birthday and I really wanted the evening to be a special one and for the food to be as consistently high quality as it was during our first experience. They did not disappoint! Everything that we had from start to finish was wonderful: the spring rolls and mussels for apps; the filet medallions and fish that we got for entree; the lobster mac, parmesan fries, risotto and roasted veggies; and the pot de creme and chocolate cake for dessert. Our waitress for the evening was Joyce and she was great - very friendly and so helpful. We just loved our evening there and cannot wait to go back!!
Fork is a fantastic farm to table restaurant that constantly creates unique menu items. I love how they have the standard menu and then add in a smaller weekly menu with seasonal vegetables and local meats or seafood. The service was very good. I highly recommend.
Wonderful farm to table food. We met up with friends we hadn't seen in a while and had a great time. Noteable wine list and everyone enjoyed their meal. Had Parmesan fries as an appetizer, one salmon entree, one hanger steak and two kobia entrees accompanied by seasonal risotto and lobster mac n cheese. We will definitely go back.
Service was excellent, they were able to accommodate vegetarian and gluten-free requests. Food was really fresh and wonderfully prepared. We ordered both from the regular and daily menus. The food was so good that we each ordered dessert, which is very rare for my family.
I love this place. The food is always fresh, tasty and exquisitely prepared. The chef seems to have a sixth sense about ingredients that work well together. This is one of the best places to get fish that I know. And all this delicious food comes at a reasonable price considering that it is mostly locally sourced, fresh and excellent.
Made reservations for 4. Were seated immediately, nice table, good/knowledgeable service, food was definitely good & fun.....unique ingredients used in creative ways. Had a pumpkin salad where the pumpkin was roasted for 16 hours! Everything was flavorful and good. Portions are slightly on the smaller side, but a salad/appetizer, main, side, and desert were plenty for each of us. Somewhat pricey - about $100+$20tip per couple with glass of wine/beer/coffee. Definitely on our "do again" list. This is somewhat "entertainment dining" - - in which the meal is the entertainment.
First off the main courses both had too much vinaigrette in them, second the portion sizes were not enough to feed a small child let alone an adult. Based on the portion size and everything being À la carte the prices were not worth it. Never again and will tell people to save their money and go elsewhere like Mickey and Mooch where you'll get your money's worth.
We had a very pleasant evening at Fork. The waitstaff were knowledgeable and friendly. Service was prompt and food was delivered in a timely manner. I had the hanger steak and my date had the salmon, we ordered extras (broccoli and risotto). All food was very good! I thought it a bit expensive, but I guess you pay for the quality farm 2 table ingredients.
My wife and I have eaten here several times. We had some business associates in town and insisted on taking them there. There is typically a larger group but this time there were only five of us. Majority of time, the larger group selects "main stream" restaurants. Our friends really had a nice time and a great meal.
Service was good. The lamb shank was good. We also ordered beef ribs and medallions. The beef ribs were really bad. They were over cooked. We shared this with the waitress and for whatever reason it didn't "sink in" that it was bad. She barely acknowledged the problem.
We likely won't return
The service and the duck ramen (small plate) were the highlight of this evening. The other items were off the mark. The braciole was undercooked and under seasoned. The pear relish was too acidic atop a nicely cooked piece of fish. The cauliflower and spinach were underwhelming...and at the prices, I expected so much more. We won't be returning.
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ONCE again an 'operation' is meant to cure Karachi. We have been here before. In 1992, Nawaz Sharif's first regime launched an 'Operation Clean-up', subsequently converted into 'Operation Blue Fox' under Naseerullah Babar.
The relief it provided was ephemeral. Today Karachi is, if anything, in the worst of circumstances for it. How will this new operation launched under the latest Nawaz government be any different?
We need solutions more durable than such firefighting. Such a solution is no mystery, as it starts with two words: police reform. The police is the force that can and must enforce the law in our cities. Not the Rangers, the army or any paramilitary. Yes, the police need training, equipment, better facilities, and better pay. But before all that what must be fixed is this disastrous arrangement where police officers are only effective servants of political leaders, civilian or otherwise. We need a new arrangement whereby the only masters of the police are the people whom they are meant to actually serve. We need elected police leaders.
Pakistan has 27 divisions. Each division should have a police commander, whose term in office should be limited. However, his incumbency should be subject to an annual referendum where the people would determine whether to keep him in office. A majority of the population in every district must vote to retain the commander; if not, he must resign and appoint his own successor from amongst the district commanders. In this way, district commanders will think twice before undermining their boss in the hope of gaining his office.
The Election Commission of Pakistan should endure the impartiality of the referendum. In all other ways, the divisional police commander should be king of his castle. No political leader should have the authority to transfer him, limit his term or in any way harm his interest.
In case of gross misconduct, he is answerable to our courts like all other citizens.
Elected police chiefs are hardly unheard of; many jurisdictions in the developed world have such arrangements.
Whether any leader in Pakistan will have the courage to change our police structure so radically is an entirely different matter.
SHEHZAD S. SHAH Karachi


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In the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, under the supervision of Dr. Peter Schreier, there is an opening for a PhD student in the broad areas of statistical signal processing/communications. This position is available immediately and carries a tax-free stipend of at least A$20,000/year, for three years, and a complete tuition fee waiver. Exceptional candidates may negotiate a higher stipend.
The University of Newcastle is one of the Australia's top universities.
The renowned Shanghai Jiao Tong University Ranking places Newcastle's Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment in Australia's top 4, and the world's top 100, for engineering technology and computer science.
Newcastle (pop. 350,000) is a lively port city on a breathtaking stretch of Australia's coastline, boasting wonderful beaches, a low cost of living, a very favourable climate, and a casual lifestyle, only two hours from Sydney. Newcastle offers all the usual city comforts, such as restaurants, cafes, parks and gardens, theatres, art galleries, shopping centres, and nightclubs.
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Normally, a Masters degree with thesis in Electrical Engineering (or a closely related area) with excellent grades from an institution of recognized standing is required. In exceptional cases, candidates with a Bachelors degree will also be considered.
You may make an informal inquiry about this position by contacting Dr Peter Schreier, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, 2308, Australia, Tel. +61-2-49215997, or preferably by e-mail at Peter.Schreier [at] newcastle.edu.au.
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He most likely needs to go see a doctor.
First get out of the sun and stay out of it.
This probably heat stroke or heat exhaustion. Be very careful, this can get much worse.
Heat stroke can be extremely dangerous, even deadly.
Heat exhaustion which this probably is, is slightly less dangerous but still must watched closely. Heat exhaustion can be treated at home (usually).
Heat stroke needs immediate medical attention.
If the symptoms are severe or if he has high blood pressure, heat exhaustion gets even more dangerous. If it progresses to heat stroke, get a DOCTOR immediately.
For heat exhaustion, get out of the sun and get to a cool, shady area.
Treatment of heat exhaustion:
Drink cool (not cold) non-alcoholic beverages.
Take a cool shower if he feels steady enough.
Don't wear lots of layers
However to be safe, if you believe this is HEAT Stroke instead, go to a doctor immediately.
Heat stroke symptoms:
Signs of heat stroke include:
* high body temperature,
* the absence of sweating, with hot red or flushed dry skin,
* rapid pulse,
* difficulty breathing,
* strange behavior,
* hallucinations,
* confusion,
* agitation,
* disorientation,
* seizure, and/or
* coma.
Good luck. He should stay out of the sun for a few days as well. And I suggest you see a medical person if any of the heat stroke symptoms appear.
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Too many symptoms for one remedy only. In addition, it is not clear why he has all these symptoms (too much work, did he got some sort of cold, or bacteria in the stomach?, or he was exposed to too much sun (heat stroke)? did he eat or drink something inappropriate, what work he was doing outside, were there some chemicals involved in work? and for how long he has these symptoms).
You can try to heal his stomach problems with chamomile tea (give him one spoon only at the time, or few seeps, then repeat procedure 15 minutes later, tea needs to be warm). This might help him stop vomiting. After his stomach will be OK, stop with chamomile.
Muscle cramps can happen because of high temperature, or because of too much acid in the body. As soon as his stomach problems will pass by I believe he will not have cramps in muscles any more. Maybe he would benefit from very tender massage, with some cream of balsam against pain..
If he has high body temperature, treat him with (cold) alcohol compress`s on the chin and the chest, that you need to change as soon as they got warm...that means you will need to change them every few minutes.
The rest is not clear abut real cause of his symptoms , so I hope this will help. If he has heat stroke, then he needs to take rest in dark room for few days, and drink a lot of cold herbal tea.
Of course, if symptoms do not become easier in few hours, take him to the doctor.
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"Denbridge House closure"
About: South London And Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust / Eating disorders South London And Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Eating disorders SE5 8AZ
Posted by Karen P (as ),
Denbridge House is a residential home that helps people with long standing eating disorders learn how to live again outside of hospital. Most patients there would have already had many in-patient admissions, but were unable to continue with their recovery when sent back home direct from the ward, and so Denbridge helps to break this cycle. I have recently found out that this service is now due to be closed in March 2011, which I feel is completely the wrong decision and may cost lives.
I was a resident at Denbridge House for 3 years, and feel that without this placement, I would not be here today. I had suffered from Anorexia since 9 years old, and had spent many years in hospital, caught in the cycle I explained above, institutionalised and unable to see any way out. Denbridge offered me a chance to actually take some control and responsibility back, in a safe environment, and learn the coping skills to deal with my illness and live back in the 'real' world.
This is not a cure by any means, and many people, myself included, may always have issues with food. Eating disorders are complex issues and do not disappear overnight, but the daily support from staff, the groups, therapy and relationships with other patients, helped to plant the seeds for my recovery, and I still draw on those experiences now when things seem difficult to cope with.
Denbridge is a unique project in that the helps start when you leave hospital, which I believe is the most fragile time for any patient. To go back home to the place where the eating disorder was most prevalent, could have sent me straight back down the road to relapse, it is too familiar, too easy to slip into old routines.
Instead, this place offered me a chance to start again, to learn about myself outside of just being 'Anorexic', to reconnect to things I enjoy doing, to test out new ideas, safe in the knowledge that I would be supported and encouraged. To deal with the emotions that are behind the illness, and separate food from feelings, which takes time, and can not be achieved just by a short hopsital stay.
I feel that to take this away will lead to lives being lost. I don't feel that the alternative arrangements being set up, which I think consist of day care treatments, and bed and breakfast accomodation, are an equal alternative and I think this needs to clarified. Many patients with eating disorders often have adjoining issues of Obsessive compulsive disorder and depression. Had I been placed in a B&B, my fears over germs and contamination would have thrown me into meltdown almost immediately, and how can you possibly learn to cook, and feed yourself in that environment?
At Denbridge, everyone eats and cooks together, with support from staff, and over time this becomes part of a normal eating pattern and experience. The key here is things changing over time, which is why this follow on after hospital is so important, it gave me time to regain strength, reflect on where I had been and look towards the future.
The staff at Denbridge are all highly trained and do an amazing job, which I think has been evident by the amount of ex-residents getting involved now, to help try and stop the closure of such a highly regarded service.
Money can always be found by trusts if they really want to do something, it is not too late to turn this around and keep this home open.
Response from Steve Davidson, Service Director, Mood, Anxiety and Personality Clinical Academic Group and Psychological Medicine Clinical Academic Group, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust 6 years ago We are preparing to make a change
Dear Karen P,
Thank you for your concern about the closure of Denbridge House and for sharing your experiences with us. I am really pleased to hear that you feel Denridge House offered you a chance to start again and that the service allowed you the time to gain strength and look to the future.
I understand your concerns and thought an explanation of our reasons for closing Denbridge House might help to reassure you that we have come to this decision for the best of reasons. I also think it is important that you know about our plans to replace the service with a new rehabilitation treatment service in Beckenham.
As I am sure you know, without effective early treatment for anorexia nervosa, such as the work with families developed at the Maudsley Hospital, a proportion of people go on to develop a severe and enduring illness. This group of people and their families can become isolated and excluded from a productive role in society with a high level of medical disability and use of services.
For this reason we are opening a new service that will see patients and families requiring rehabilitation 'stepped down' gradually so they spend fewer days in care and are better able to live independently, build strong relationships and play an active role in society. This approach to the treatment of anorexia nervosa has been shown to be very effective and has been developed using the best available evidence. The service has also been developed by working closely with patients and families with experience of anorexia nervosa and with the charity BEAT.
To fund the new service we have taken the difficult decision to close Denbridge House. Robust alternative arrangements will be in place before the few remaining patients leave Denbridge House and the expertise of the current staff team will be transferred to the new service.
Now more than ever, we have to make the best use of the resources available to us. However, we remain committed to providing treatments that evidence shows work best for our patients.
If you would like to learn more about the treatment model to be used in the new rehabilitation treatment service please please contact Jane Hannon at (firstname.lastname@example.com) and Jane will send you more information and you can have further discussion with her if necessary.
Best Wishes
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Drogba expresses support
Didier Drogba has expressed his support to the Ivory Coast after travelling to his homeland.
By Giscard Gourizro
Last Updated: 06/09/10 2:18pm
Didier Drogba has expressed his support to the Ivory Coast after travelling to his homeland.
The 32-year-old powerful frontman has not been selected in the Elephants' latest squad, as new boss Francois Zahoui does not believe he is in the right state of mind.
Drogba is thought to have fallen out with Ivorian icons the Toure brothers, and has been criticised by many back home as the troublemaker in the camp.
However, despite not being selected in the squad to face Rwanda, the Chelsea man insists he is fully behind the manager and the team.
He told skysports.com: "I am here to show you my support to the squad. I am with you, I want to give you guys my support, hope you guys win the game.
"I am still available for selection and I have told coach Zahoui he has my support."
Meanwhile, Manchester City defender Kolo Toure has denied that there is a rift between himelf and Drogba.
Toure added to Skysports.com: "Personally, I do not have any problem with Didier.
"We speak, we text each other, sometimes you have different points of view in the team, which is normal between professionals.
"We are united to play in the national team, we win together and lose together."


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Want to know the secret to John Stamos and Rob Lowe's eternal youth? No, it's not virgin unicorn blood, although that sounds totally plausible considering both of these babes are looking better than ever in their early 50s.
E! News caught up with the stars of Fox's brand-new Tuesday night comedy block of Grandfathered and The Grinder, premiering tonight at 8 p.m., to discuss what keeps them looking so handsome and useful.
"I'm lucky. My parents did well; they looked good," Stamos tells E! News at the Paleyfest preview for both shows in Beverly Hills. "But I'm telling you, one day I'm not going to look so good, so I'm going to prep people for that."
Lowe, on the other hand, has a tried and true method that you can actually purchase: his skincare line, Profile for Men.
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"You can get it at Nordstrom," he shares. "I've spent the last six years developing it, and it's what I've been using forever."
Not only does Lowe use the brand, so does his costar, the babyfaced Fred Savage. "He has a skincare line that I've asked him for," he confesses. Wait—can't you tell that he's a Profile customer?
"When I walked past, you should've been like, 'Oh my god, that's a Profile for Men user,'" he teases. "Don't I look years younger?"
Want to look years younger? You should probably buy Profile too. Adds Savage, "Yeah, you'll look like me!"
Grandfathered airs at 8 p.m. and The Grinder follows at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday nights on Fox.


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Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn
Artificial Intelligence vs. Human Intelligence: A Case of Second Language Acquisition
With advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) that increasingly allow the computer to handle human/natural language in various ways, it's time to look into how English education can be affected by new developments in AI , how language is learned and used by humans, as well as how human intelligence has been applied to second language acquisition.
A report in the Japan Times talked about a megaphone with an instant translation feature that can translate Japanese into English, Chinese and Korean. "Translate" is a misnomer since the megaphone does not translate. It simply matches preset sentences in Japanese to their preset equivalents in English, Chinese, and Korean. This pattern-matching technique can also be used to help humans carry out basic conversation in a second language—the type of basic conversation covered in standard English textbooks developed for teaching conversation. Should we switch to teaching students how to use such an AI program in class instead of trying to teach them to really be able to communicate in English by themselves?
The presentation will revisit how language is learned and used by humans. Through the use of children's books as well as an authentic book for young adults, the way grammar and meanings are 'installed' in the human mind will be demonstrated. Literal and figurative use of language will also be examined through looking at how metaphors are created and interpreted.
The presentation will include a mini workshop on how to teach students to 'discover' grammar from context and a mini workshop on how to interpret metaphors. Bring your favorite children's books and metaphors to share.
The presentation will end with a discussion of how English can be introduced intelligently to young learners in elementary school and also how students at the secondary and tertiary level who have been exposed to English at an early age and have acquired the language naturally in varying degrees and students who have had very limited exposure to the language can be dealt with simultaneously.


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PENTICTON - Inappropriate comments made to a school girl by a 40 year old intoxicated man resulted in quick police action by Penticton RCMP on Tuesday, Oct.20.
Penticton RCMP Staff Sgt. Kurt Lozinski said today, Oct. 22, RCMP responded to an incident at Carmi School just before 3 p.m Tuesday. It involved a man who approached a nine year old girl with inappropriate and alarming sexual comments.
The youth reported being very frightened by the incident.
Police located a man matching the girl's description, finding him "grossly intoxicated." He was subsequently arrested.
The man is well known to police, having had numerous dealings with him because of his significant alcohol abuse.
The man was jailed until sober. Lozinski says police have since spoken to the family of the nine-year-old, who are satisfied with the police investigation and now wish to put the matter behind them.
A letter was also sent to families of other students in the school, reminding parents and guardians to be aware of the importance of educating their children regarding stranger danger.
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Dell Introduces New 802.11ac SonicPoint Wireless Access Points; Enhances Best-in-Class Wireless Network Security Solution
Dell today introduced the new SonicPoint AC Series of wireless access points, which supports the high-performance IEEE 802.11ac wireless standard to deliver almost three times that of the last wireless standard (802.11n). SonicPoints combine with industry-leading deep packet inspection security from Dell SonicWALL next-generation firewalls to form a comprehensive wireless network security solution. This combination enables small- and mid-sized organizations to leverage enterprise-class wireless performance and security, while dramatically simplifying wireless network setup and management for a low total cost of ownership.
New SonicPoint AC Series enables small- and mid-sized organizations to provide optimal wireless performance with the same level of security as a wired network
The SonicPoint AC Series includes the SonicPoint ACe, which features dual radio functionality, six removable external antennas, dimmable LEDs and the flexibility to receive power over an AC adapter or 802.3at Power over Ethernet (PoE) Injector, and the SonicPoint ACi, which has dual radios, internally housed antennas, dimmable LEDs and receives power through an 802.3at PoE Injector.
This enterprise-level performance enables WiFi-ready devices to connect from greater distances, and use bandwidth-intensive mobile apps, such as video and voice, in higher-density environments with virtually no signal degradation.
The Dell SonicWALL Wireless Network Security solution also offers:
In addition, for those organizations that have a substantial long-term investment in the 802.11n wireless standard, the Dell SonicPoint N2 features high-speed 802.11n wireless connectivity, dual radios, six external antennas and all the other advantages offered by Dell SonicWALL Wireless Network Security solutions.
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Patrick Sweeney, executive director, Dell Security
"When we access a wireless network, we expect it to be high-performing and secure — whether that network originates from a coffee shop or a Fortune 100 company — and this increased expectation puts a lot of pressure on smaller businesses to provide an exceptional wireless experience that is secure. With the new SonicPoint AC Series, these SMBs can take advantage of the improved wireless performance offered by the new 802.11ac standard, and know that their network is fully secured. Combine this with a low total cost of ownership, and our customers can be confident that their wireless network is a competitive advantage they don't have to worry about. They can just focus on their most important job — ensuring their business is successful."
Gery Pollet, founder and CEO, Zapfi
"We know it's critical to be able to provide our employees and customers with wireless access that is both dependable and secure; however, we need to do so in a way that won't require costly set-up, deployment and maintenance. Dell SonicPoints enable us to provide the high-performing wireless access we need quickly and easily, and without having to constantly worry about whether or not this access is secure. In addition, we don't need to buy a separate wireless access controller to manage the SonicPoints, as this is built into the Dell SonicWALL firewall, which saves us both time and money."
Deepak Thadani, president, SysIntegrators, LLC
"Our customers need to be able to provide their employees with dependable wireless access – it's no longer a 'nice to have.' But even the best wireless access is meaningless if it isn't secured – and smaller businesses are often susceptible to a wireless attack or significant data breach with the potential cost not just in lost revenue, but also in lost reputation, something that's difficult to repair. With Dell SonicPoints, our customers benefit from the latest applications and services while ensuring their data is secure. Dell SonicPoints have helped us to maintain a competitive advantage in the market and have helped diversify our portfolio."
The Dell SonicPoint Series will be available in December 2014.
1 Dell SonicWALL's Wireless Network Security solution named "Best in Class" in the Security Readers' Choice Awards 2014, Wireless Network Security category
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S01E23: I guess after last week's incredible episode and next week's promise of a decent one, this week's Hawaii Five-0 couldn't really live up to it. But they still gave it their best shot and it was by no means the worst episode ever. It just paled in comparison.
"I like hospital food, I checked into here for the weekend." – Danno (State-run health care FTW!)
So, the big push on the advertisements this week was that Danno got hit with some biological chemical warfare agent thingy and gets in some serious trouble. Now, I think it's cool turning a procedural cop show into a medical show but H50 takes care of Danno in the first 15 minutes! I really hate when they do this; they'll set up something really cool that could make for some tense drama over the course of an episode but then solve it by the time the second commercial comes around. Remember when McGarrett fell and broke his arm? He was scooped up in a helicopter ten minutes later. Give the drama some time to mellow, H50! Let us really have a chance to worry about what happens. You can still give us a breakneck story without cramming in fifteen red herrings.
Speaking of cramming in, we had a lot of stories going on this week. I don't think we've ever followed three or more stories like this in H50, have we? Why am I asking you? I'm the expert here. And no, we haven't! So we get to follow the main procedural case-of-the-week The Curse Of The Biological Weapons, then we also get the ongoing Wo Fat investigation, but that leads to Danno's hospital visit and then to pile it on we get Chin's ongoing IA investigation. That's a lot of stuff happening at once with H50. I kinda liked it.
Let's start with Danno's story just because it's the easiest to explain. He touches a corpse that is contaminated with Sarin and gets infected. He's rushed to the hospital but they eventually cure it thanks to Alex Mack who happened to know EXACTLY what to do about it. Things get really sweet because he about died and what do you know. Turns out he and his ex-wife Rachel might be getting back together? I thought he hated her? I guess near death experience with biological chemical warfare brings people together. Also Kamakono shows up with a bucket of chicken despite Gracie telling him it's high in cholesterol. Can those two please get a spin off?
"You're glad I got poisoned and almost died?" – Danno
Meanwhile turns out Chin wasn't as slick as he thought he was with his uncle's money. He long believed the record for the serial numbers in the cash went missing but it turns out that was a ruse. The IA guy comes and basically tells him what's up, but he doesn't get punished. I really don't understand why Chin keeps defending his uncle like that. Kono is right to get up in his grill demanding to know why he keeps ruining his life trying to protect his family. It looks like he's finally getting somewhat off the hook and can at least get the deed to his house back. It was definitely an odd ending to the story, but I don't think it's quite over just yet.
Then finally we have the main procedural element of the show. It somehow involved a company, the owner's brother-in-law, the Russian mob, and a secretary with deadly ambition. It was confusing as always, but when is H50 ever not confusing? Really my only problem with this story was that it took the focus away from everything else despite being as ridiculous as anything else this show has done.
And finally some random things that happened for the episode: Dexter's dad couldn't have done it! He knows the code! Also, he's a hallucination. And the police can hack into ATMs now? That makes me feel good. There were a bunch of fairly impressive smaller stunts in the opening action scene. Not one of them was good enough to single out as Stunt of the Week but Kono hitting the dude with a trash lid is worth noting. Not as good as Grace Park in a bikini, but I'll take it.
And finally next week's episode was set up at the very end. Our tricky Asian guy interrupts the bro-iest hug of all time between Danno and McGarrett to inform them that Wo Fat is after him and then McGarrett next. Definitely a good catalyst into next week when things look to get crazy. I honestly haven't been this excited for an episode of H50 since, well, ever.


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Jennifer Pilates is an amazing trainer and motivator. Her focus and enthusiasm in getting you in shape makes you work hard to achieve results. Jennifer has been my private trainer for a couple years now, and I never miss her sessions, it's exercise for my body and therapy for my mind. It is the most productive pilates session I have ever taken. Worth every penny. ~ Nestor G.
I have been working with Jennifer for only a few months but can tell a big difference already, although I have been doing Pilates for several years. Jennifer always has a well-planned workout for each session (I go twice a week), and she varies it so I and my muscles don't get bored. Her positive and upbeat attitude are encouraging. If you're looking to strengthen your core, develop overall strength, and increase flexibility, you won't be sorry if you choose to work with Jennifer Pilates. ~ Sharon L.
My husband and I are in our sixties and take classes with Jennifer several times a week. Not only is the class fun, but it's also a terrific workout. After a year with Jennifer we have developed stronger cores and increased stamina. Her guidance has also helped us build endurance for weekly cycling, weightlifting and running. ~ Pat G.
Jennifer is a true professional and her expertise in classical Pilates is second to none. She keeps training sessions fun, challenging and productive — and designed to produce results! ~Amy L.
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She's encouraging when things are a challenge. Her awareness of detail is at a height I've never seen before and I think that's the magic to what she does! I'm SO happy with my results so far that I'd seriously consider selling a kidney to be able to continue. Luckily, since that's not an option in the developed world, her online classes are a steal at $15 and there's enough individualized attention and modifications for everyone. ~ Halina R.
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That is the sign of a teenager. Wrong kind of granola bars for the soccer team - disaster! Shirt wanted for Friday not washed - catastrophe! Shoes got wet - problem of Biblical proportions!
The regional manager for Triangle Rent A Car (I worked there before Enterprise bought us out). I once got a 15 minute lecture because a tire on a Chevy Suburban was at 32 PSI instead of the recommended 30. He was the most patronizing and aggressive manager I've seen. There was literally rejoicing in the … Read more