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Ek yatak ücretlendirmesi otel politikasına tabidir.
Olası ekstra harcamalar için otele girişte, resmi kurumlarca düzenlenmiş fotoğraflı kimlik ve kredi kartı ya da nakit depozito gerekmektedir.
Özel talepler, otele giriş sırasında müsaitlik durumuna bağlıdır ve ek ödeme gerektirebilir. Özel talepler garanti edilemez.
**Bu özellikler sadece bazı oda ve birimlerde bulunabilir. Bazı özellikler ek ücrete tabi olabilir.
Otelde sezonluk açık havuz ve spa küveti vardır.
Aşağıda listesi verilen dinlenme ve eğlenme aktiviteleri otelde veya otelin yakınındadır; bu aktiviteler ücretli olabilir.
Servis, giriş veya çıkış sırasında otel tarafından aşağıdaki ücretler ve depozitolar alınır.
Yukarıdaki liste tüm bilgileri içermeyebilir. Ücretlere ve depozitolara vergi dâhil olmayabilir, ayrıca ücretler ve depozitolar değişebilir.
Ek yatak ücretlendirmesi otel politikasına tabidir.
Olası ekstra harcamalar için otele girişte, resmi kurumlarca düzenlenmiş fotoğraflı kimlik ve kredi kartı ya da nakit depozito gerekmektedir.
Özel talepler, otele giriş sırasında müsaitlik durumuna bağlıdır ve ek ödeme gerektirebilir. Özel talepler garanti edilemez.
"If you are looking for luxury..."
Then this isn't the hotel for you. It's great when all you are looking for is a bed because you are tired. It's pretty basic, but overall the rooms are clean, the staff is friendly, and it is right off the interstate which makes it great if it is just a pit stop to sleep and go right away in the morning.Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"Pretty dumpy with lackluster staff."
The hotel is pretty far from the airport. I am convinced that the housekeeper took my property ($30 item) but I cannot prove it. The manager says that they are not responsible for items left in the room. Though we all know this it still does not take away the sting. Another problem I had is the manager made an additional charge on my card for incidentals […] ($10 parking fee) without my authorization even though I had already paid for the room through Hotels.com. I would not have even notice this if I did not catch this charge on my bank statement. I argued about the unauthorized charge. They said they would remove it after I threaten to report it to Hotels.com and my bank. The manager said it will take 15 days to receive the credit. What a pain. I will probably forget 15 days from now to check this. I will never stay at an Econologe again. DevamıGerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"easy on off location"
Was in billings For meeting at holiday inn. Convenient location, good breakfast. A little noisy.Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"poor breakfast and coffee"
This was the poorest continental breakfast I've experienced. No fruit was available, only toast and a poor selection of rolls as well as cold cerial. Don't plan on a waffle like most hotels have. Don't plan on filling your personal coffee cup for the road either.Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"On the way to Glacier NP"
Nothing special.Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"Not at all a good place"
This was only one of three hotels available that would allow pets in the area. We had slim pickings to begin with. But the first thing I noticed was the stale cigarette smell in the room when we specifically asked for a non-smoking room. The room was also closest to the front desk(noisy). There was a beer bottle cap, dust bunnies, scraps of paper on […] the floor of our room. One of my kids said 'Is that a bullet hole???' when he looked at the mirror in the room. I was NOT impressed nor was I happy but we didn't have too many other choices. You would think for over a hundred bucks a night the room would be in better condition than that. My wife had to almost get in an argument with one of the staff because there were no towels in the pool area and obviously there were supposed to be. Who would do that? Argue with a paying guest? About towels? Come on. there were far too many other smaller issues to list so save your money and find someplace else. Pet or no, smuggle your animal in to the NICE place across the parking lot. The Green and white one that doesn't allow pets, it would be worth the risk to have a much better experience. DevamıGerçek Expedia misafiri yorumu
"Billings EconoLodge"
I was visiting Billings on a bereavement mission. I needed a place to stay on very short notice. I also needed an economical stay. I used Expedia.com to find a room, and the price was right for the EconoLodge. On check-in, the clerk at the reception desk was friendly, but obviously doing more than just checking people in. I felt the reception person […] was also doing janitor duties and kitchen detail. Not enough staff, so getting checked in and getting a question asked the next day took longer because the person behind the counter was off doing other things. There is a mustiness in the building that I found unpleasant. The decor is 1970's burnt orange. The very card I was given to open the door was bent and stained. It opened the door, but really... In comparing notes with other people staying in the same general area, the Motel 6 just down the road from the EconoLodge was about the same price and much cleaner and more comfortable than the EconoLodge. I won't make that mistake again. DevamıGerçek Expedia misafiri yorumu
"not worth the money"
The breakfast was just carbs no fruit or protein and my diabetic husband .He didnt want to take his shoes off in the room. no shampoo.gum stuck on blanket. crumbs on floor. one person was running everything. owner's son was supposed to be working there and took off without a word to worker.Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"okay place but prices high"
Okay place as we saw a sick relative but prices higher than last month due to Montana State fair and Crow Fair. They knew of the demand and were a $20 higher.Gerçek Expedia misafiri yorumu
"Good over night stay"
Only complaint is that the mattress was worn outGerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
Convenient access from Interstate.Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
The air conditioner in the room is controlled by a confusing switch system. Our room keys did not work the first or second time. The breakfast bar was small and not stocked well, we skipped it the second day. The hotel itself gave a 70's vibe with the color scheme of the walls and carpet. The location was close to the interstate.Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"Easy Access from I-90"
A pleasant stay. Was good to be able to park where I could see my bike. The room initially had a musty odor but that cleared once I opened the window for a while. Staff was friendly and helped me find a decent place to get some dinner close by.Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"econolodge billings mt"
Got in late...around 1130pm...front desk attendant and several other employees outside smoking right by front door. She finished her cigarette while I waited at front desk to check in. Another employee who was also outside had a young child with him (maybe 9 or 10 years old). When I went out to walk my dog at midnight..he was walking the grounds with […] this youmg girl..may be his daughter..but it was late at night. Very unprofessional bringing a child to work. Walls in bathroom had something yellow running down them...carpets filthy. Next morning...the two young ladies attending to breakfast had no problem using their bare hands to restock breakfast items. It was disgusting. We did not eat there. Poor overall experience. Certainly won't recommend to anyone DevamıGerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"Not what expected."
Seemed old and run down for the price. Room was smelly and we had to open the window to air it out. Lots of stains on the walls. Hot and cold water were backwards on the sink. I am not a person who needs a "comfy" hotel by any means, as it is just a place to sleep for me. However, this hotel was quite rough for me.Gerçek Expedia misafiri yorumu
Hotel needs updating but was clean and the breakfast satisfactoyr.Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
average stay, nothing bad or goodGerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
The room was low quality, poorly decorated, and needed refurbishing. But clean and we survived.Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"Good enough for an overnight."
The hotel was all right, nothing outstanding. The air conditioner was loud, though. The kids enjoyed the swimming pool outside but the hot tub was indoors and very small.Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"Hotel I would not stay at again."
The check in was probably the best part. The lady working was very professional and friendly. The one who checked us out could have used more people skills and a smile. We requested a wake up call at 6 am and never received one. When my husband mentioned it, she was not apologetic or anything. Hot tub was most definitely hot but almost too hot. Couldn't […] stay in it no longer than 10 min. They had a decent selection for a continental breakfast but even our little dog would not eat the gravy for biscuits and gravy. It didn't have much of a taste. Beds were uncomfortable and the air conditioner was noisy when the compressor kicked on. You couldn't sleep with the noise but turning the temp up most it almost too hot/warm to sleep. DevamıGerçek Expedia misafiri yorumu
"Good option"
The customer service was good. No discounts for senior/military. The room was clean, but with the parking lot almost vacant we were placed in an upstairs room. Good breakfast option and pool. The major complaint is the air conditioning unit. It was so loud that you sacrificed a cool room for a quiet one. There were polite enough directions on operation […] but it seemed avoidable with some attention. The price for the stay was a little high but the best option for the price given the surrounding hotels. If they dropped their prices then this place couldn't compete. DevamıGerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"Nice Hotel"
Only stayed for one night, but was a pleasant stay. Disappointed that the pool was not open.Gerçek Expedia misafiri yorumu
"Not Really Happy"
Stayed here before only might stay again . Good hotel for the price BUT the first room had no temperature control knob on the the air conditioner , changed rooms . The second room had no ice bucket and every time we left the the room had to reprogram the door cards. The staff was very good about the whole situation but this got to be STUPIDLY inconvenient […] . Next time I might just pay more for a hotel in better working order ...........Ken K DevamıGerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"1 night stay"
This was just a stop over stay on our way home from vacation but after a long day of travel it was very comfortable and relaxing. We really enjoyed the outdoor pool.Gerçek Expedia misafiri yorumu
"nice place to stay at overall"
Nice place to stay, but the check in gal had an attitude. The person behind the counter the next morning was courteous and pleasant. The breakfast was okay. Rooms were good and very clean.Gerçek Expedia misafiri yorumu
I was impressed. Everything was very neat and clean. No loud noise from outside or from other guests. Just a funny anecdote; at midnight while I was sound asleep, the clock radio went off and there was very loud hard rock music playing. It scared the you know what out of me. I must have jumped a foot. So someone played a prank. But I was not mad, just […] laughed. I will stay there again when I go that way. DevamıGerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"will not go back"
maintenance of room was almost non-existentGerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"close but no cigar"
This room tried to be 5 star but the appearance said differently. It was good to have a microwave, coffee maker and a frig in the room but that couldn't make up for the look of the room. 1. missing ceiling tiles above the room door in the hallway, 2. curtains were falling off the curtain rod & there were cigarette burns in the plastic curtains despite […] it being a non-smoking room, 3. hopefully water stains on the chair cushions, 4. the table was falling apart, 5. the room was located at the end of a very long hallway and basically under the stairs to the second floor, 6. check in and check out personnel were pleasant but didn't seem to be in a hurry to check you in or out, 7. i would think twice about staying here again DevamıGerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"Billings dump"
The Hotel smelled of smoke,the air conditioner was noisy the room was not clean the walls in the bathroom were filty the tub did not drain the security door by our room was broken and would not shut,if i could have left and went to another hotel i would have even loosing what i paid but haveing traveled all day i was not in the mood to go looking for […] another room at nine at night this will be the last stay for me at a econo lodge for sure. DevamıGerçek Expedia misafiri yorumu
"disappointing to say the least and very overpriced"
The entire hotel was dirty, from entering in lobby to halls, rooms, guest areas including the breakfast area. The exterior doors did not even close to lock after hours, zero secure feeling. Cleaning staff was loud in the morning beginning at 7 and continued until checkout at 11.Gerçek Expedia misafiri yorumu
"This is a 1 star not a 3 star hotel."
The room smelled. There were holes in the walls. The carpet was stained. There was no shower curtain. The hot tub was not hot. I can understand the pool being closed, however it was filled with water and it was filthy. The air conditioner did not work. They knew I needed a fridge and they did not bother to even plug it in.Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"Stay in Billings"
Facility ok but nothing great. A little dated on furnishings. Lots of smokers staying in non smoking rooms and smoking out in the back parking lot near the back entrances. Great coffee but lame breakfast offerings.Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"Mold in sink area"
Not pleased with the service or accommodation.Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"Nice Place with unexpected pleasant home touches!"
Hot tub was nice and staff friendly! I came back from a long day, and was greeted in the lobby by a young lady offering warm chocolate chip cookies from a tray! Never had that at a stay b4! Day of sales meeting was good and this was a great ending for the day!Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
great looking hotel until you got to your room. my room had a funky smell to it. the ac didn't work that well. poor quality t.v. and the bed was extremely uncomfortable.Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
It was a nice location.Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
Motel was clean and comfortable, ample parking, but continental breakfast was minimal; toast, cold cerial and donuts.Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
very disappointed. no refrigerator, no microwave, who does this when most people want drinks in there room and want to at least heat up left overs from dining out.Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"Personal service"
While I did not find a way to request a handicapped room when registering through Hotels.com, Econolodge staff was gracious in providing me with one for my temporary disability - even offered to help me get out of the hot tub if I chose to use it. Only a few minor inconveniences: the bathroom sink was far across the room for someone with a bum knee, […] the light switches were difficult to find in the dark, the blinds let light in from outside (where they met), and there were no fresh fruits available for breakfast. DevamıGerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
Didnt expect alot and it didnt disapoint. Front desk clerks very helpful and curtious. Room was very worn hadnt been updated since the early 90,s it looked. Drapes on window missing hooks huge stain on corner box spring SCARY! Luckily i packed my own blanket the one on bed was thin and felt like it had a rubber backing i wont use a bedspread in any […] hotel for a blanket. plenty of hot water and good pressure when i showered at 330 am to be on the road Ice machine made pop taste funny. I checked in at 5pm hot tube was luke warm and had floating strings and hair in it so i declined. DevamıGerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"Nice for price"
The staff was nice and the room was comfy. A good place to rest your head for the night for a low price.Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"Love to travel"
Convenient, the hot tub was nice too, otherwise the housekeeping needs a lot of work.Gerçek Expedia misafiri yorumu
the stay was a good stay but there was no shampoo or coffee and it could of been much cleaner of a room. price was greatGerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"good hotel"
Nice room, good location,Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"Terrific Stay"
Nice accomadations, clean room, quiet everything I was seeking! Just wasn't happy with 11am check out time :-(Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"Would stay again"
Cheap room, clean, everything worked. Pictures aren't what they appear online, Had an ok cont breakfast and staff nice. Woould stay there againGerçek Expedia misafiri yorumu
"Overnight stay"
Room was comfortable. Air conditioner was very noisy. And could not lower the temperature of the room. Other than that, it was good for a one night stay.Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"Close to cetain locations and events"
Stay was good. Air conditioner needs maintainence - noisy with vibration at times. Good staff. Enjoyed the little wildlife outside our window, keep them safe.Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
"Stay Away"
The front staff was very rude and impolite. The hotel was old and outdated and horrible. I will never stay there again.Gerçek Expedia misafiri yorumu
The showers were difficult to use. Would prefer a closet to hand clothes. I thought it was pricey for what we got.Gerçek Hotels.com misafiri yorumu
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Why the Sexual Content Before That Florida 'Frozen' Screening Couldn't Have Been 'Nymphomaniac'
Movie News By Landon Palmer on December 4, 2013 | Comments (1)By now you've likely already heard about the debacle surrounding a Frozen screening at a multiplex in Pinellas Park, Florida in which a house full of parents and children were subjected to "sexually explicit content." After some family-friendly trailers followed by Get a Horse (Disney's short attached to Frozen), some sensitive material reportedly graced the screen for two awkward minutes. One patron recalls shielding her son's eyes but preventing him from being able to "get the sound down real good." Patrons were given free tickets and an official apology by the Park Place Stadium 16. Sites across the web covering the incident seem to have all agreed that the sounds in question were from the NSFW trailer for Lars von Trier's customarily controversial and much-covered new film Nymphomaniac, a rumor that apparently originated from a comment on MoshNews's coverage. But is it actually plausible that a multiplex owned by Regal Cinemas would "accidentally" show a shocking trailer for a limited release film that doesn't even have a US opening date? While misplaced trailers, out-of-order reels, and showing a film on the wrong screen was commonplace in the stone age of projecting films on film, in the era of digital projection such a thing is pretty much impossible.
Watch 'Frozen' Director Chris Buck's Possible Earliest Work in Disney's 1978 Christmas Film 'The Small One'
Features By Christopher Campbell on December 1, 2013 | Be the First To CommentThis is another edition of Short Starts, where we present a weekly short film(s) from the start of a filmmaker or actor's career. I can't actually confirm that Frozen co-director Chris Buck had a hand on The Small One, an animated short released 35 years ago this month. Only his Wikipedia entry connects him to the film, noting that it was uncredited work. And he's not included in any extended credits to be found for the production, which is known to have involved other new recruits like Henry Selick and Jerry Rees. In one interview, Buck acknowledges that he was a trainee at the studio starting in the summer of 1978 but that his first assignment was as an "in-betweener" for The Fox and the Hound. Well, maybe he still breathed in an area in which Don Bluth and his team were making this little-remembered movie. If it's not really either his short start or his earliest work for Disney, which he's worked for on and off over the decades, just skip ahead to another possibility I'm featuring this week. This is still a good time to look at The Small One, regardless. The anniversary of its debut will be December 15th, the date it arrived in theaters attached to a re-release of Pinocchio. The pairing seems a bit strange considering The Small One is about a cute little donkey, whose drawn appearance resembles the jackasses in the 1940 classic, and the latter is the stuff of nightmares. For kids […]
'Frozen' Review: Find Out What Happens to Solid Water When It Gets Warm
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Who Should You Take to See 'Frozen'?
Features By Kate Erbland on November 25, 2013 | Be the First To CommentWhen it comes to group movie-going, it's not always a question of who you can take to see a film (as we previously explored with Blue Is the Warmest Color), but who you should take to see a film. Such is the case with the week's expanding Disney release, Frozen, which has "holiday weekend crowd pleaser" written all over it. The latest entry in the Disney princess canon (we are still partial to The Little Mermaid, but what can you do) has some familiar elements – Princesses! Dead parents! Fairy tale magic! Singing! – but it's also nicely rounded out with some sassy humor and the occasional twist on a trope (let's put it this way, one character very keenly scoffs at another's chattery depiction of falling in love at first sight and it provides some very welcome respite for Disney's romantic notions). But does that mean that the film has an appeal that will reach beyond the usual Disney fans? We think so – simply because there plenty of people you should take to see Frozen who will enjoy it immensely, thank you for making a solid holiday weekend film pick, and spend the next five weeks loudly asking strangers if they want to build a snowman. The magic of Disney! And also of getting out of the house and away from leftovers!
The Morning Read: One Screen Genius, Viral Problems and a Super Madman's Diary
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'Frozen' Trailer: Gorgeously Rendered Life-Like Snow; Also Some Story and Jokes and Stuff
Movie News By Adam Bellotto on September 26, 2013 | Be the First To CommentFirst came Tangled. Then came Wreck-it-Ralph. Now, Frozen might just be the film to cement Disney's return to the world of quality animated features. Because these things are decided in threes, apparently. The first theatrical trailer for Frozen has just been released, and it may just be the trailer, but the classic Disney vibe feels a little subdued. Were Frozen not a fairy tale – and it is, being loosely based off Hans Christian Anderson's "The Snow Queen" – the emphasis on humor might be a little overwhelming. The set up we're given for the story is especially hokey, with some boilerplate narration and a whole lot of hokey puns. "Ice Guy" or "Nice Guy"? "Snow Man" or "No Man"? I thought society had already moved past this after the abomination that was Bee Movie.
A Hi-Res Look At Disney and Pixar's Animated Future
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Disney's 'Frozen' Trailer: A Slapstick Mini-Cartoon Where a Snowman Fights a Reindeer
Movie News By Scott Beggs on June 18, 2013 | Comments (1)Channeling DreamWorks' favorite nut-hunting squirrel, Disney has released a mini-cartoon to serve as the teaser trailer for Frozen from director Chris Buck (Tarzan, Surf's Up). As the story of a pair of adventurers trying to end a magic-induced winter, it's unfortunately not an animated remake of Adam Green's ski lift horror flick from 2010. Hopefully Disney will get on that soon. Kristen Bell voices Anna, the hero who partners with Kristoff (voiced by Jonathan Groff) to end Elsa the Snow Queen's (Idina Menzel) reign of wondrously beautiful icy conditions. None of them are in the trailer, though. Instead, we're treated to Olaf, a wacky snowman (Josh Gad) who gets in a fight with a reindeer over his delicious, delicious nose. Enjoy the slapstick on ice:
Casting Couch: 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Close to Finding a Lead, Zac Efron Will Witness the JFK Assassination, and More
Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on December 24, 2012 | Comments (2)What is Casting Couch? It's the movie news column that's easing into Christmas with a cup of coffee and some casting reports. Let's take this one step at a time. Marvel Studios is on such a roll now that any movie they make that ties directly into their upcoming Avengers 2 is going to be a big deal—even if it's based off of a comic book that nobody's ever heard of like Guardians of the Galaxy. So, the competition among young actors to get cast as the Guardians' leader, Star-Lord, is pretty fierce. According to Variety, that competition has been narrowed down to two guys. The trade reports that Jim Sturgess is the sole survivor of the original crop of five actors the studio screen tested for the role, and Zachary Levi impressed so much playing the smaller role of Fandral in Thor 2, that Marvel is looking to give him a larger role in their universe by maybe making him the half-human, half-alien leader of this ragtag crew. Who would you find more believable commanding a gun-toting space-raccoon?
'Wreck-It Ralph' Writer Levels Up to Co-Director For Disney's 'Frozen'
In Development By Nathan Adams on November 29, 2012 | Be the First To CommentSeeing as Wreck-It Ralph was Disney Animation's most well-received movie in quite a while, the studio has wasted no time in getting one of its main creative talents to work on a new project. Today they announced in a press release [via ComingSoon] that Ralph co-writer Jennifer Lee is not only going to be handling some writing duties on their upcoming animated feature, Frozen, but that she will also be serving as co-director alongside studio vet Chris Buck (Tarzan, Surf's Up). Frozen is an adventure tale about a magical kingdom that's suffering under a spell that keeps it trapped in a perpetual winter. Its main characters are a brave young girl named Anna, a burly mountain man named Kristoff, and a reindeer sidekick named Sven. The main thrust of the film's narrative is said to be this trio's journey to find the Snow Queen and find a way to reverse her spell, which of course leads to them encountering treacherous mountain passes, all sorts of magical whatsits, mystical trolls, comical snowmen, and who knows how many other examples of weirdness along the way. Forgetting Sarah Marshall's Kristen Bell and Enchanted's Idina Menzel are already on board to supply voices.
Movie News After Dark: Hunger Warm-Ups, Avatar 2, John Carter, Bryan Cranston and Wall-Etheus
Movie News By Neil Miller on January 11, 2012 | Comments (3)What is Movie News After Dark? It's the King of all nightly movie-related link dumps. You get twice the intelligence, half the idiocy, one quarter the amount of snark and exactly the same amount of actual news as other sites will give you. Plus, we always end with something fun. So stick around and read a while. We begin this evening with a shot from The Hunger Games featuring Josh Hutcherson as Peeta and Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss. Wait. Is there a reason why these characters have such stupid names? Or is it just to do with the future? I need to get around to reading these books, but I don't know if I can deal with these names. Anyway, I like their tracksuits. I didn't know this story was set in communist Russia.
As the movies of 2010 comes to a close, it's time to look back and revisit the finer points of cinema. But here at Film School Rejects, we like to turn the spotlight not just on the best, but also on the worst. This year has been a particularly rough year for movies as more films fizzled than we expected. With the year quickly coming to a close, it's time to look back and realize which films didn't just disappoint, but caused us the most pain. So with the help of the entire staff here at FSR, our own curator of the wretched Kevin Carr has compiled the list of the year's most unwatchable, unbearable and unfortunately unforgettable films — may there be mercy on the souls of anyone who endured all of these gems…
Join us each week as Rob Hunter takes a look at new DVD releases and gives his highly unqualified opinion as to which titles are worth BUYing, which are better off as RENTals, and which should be AVOIDed at all costs. And remember, these listings and category placements are meant as informational conversation starters only. But you can still tell Hunter how wrong he is in the comment section below. This week sees a handful of older flicks seeing their DVD debut or reissue including the terrifying Dark Night Of the Scarecrow, the silly Private Eyes, and the ridiculously bad Madman. There are also a bunch of rentables this week including Iron Man 2, The Killer Inside Me, Rich Man Poor Man, and more.
This Week in Blu-ray: Iron Man 2, King Kong and More
Blu-ray Spotlight By Neil Miller on September 27, 2010 | Comments (1)Even in the midst of the madness that is Fantastic Fest, I'm here to bring you the best high-definition disc buys, rents and well… avoids in This Week in Blu-ray. I wouldn't miss another opportunity to write about my own favorite super hero, Iron Man, or the chance to talk about the feel-good movie of the year (Babies). And perhaps throw in a few titles from last week's selection, including that big mess of a film that Ridley Scott put out earlier this year and something about a family, modern or otherwise. It's a big week in Blu-ray, so lets get started… …right after the jump, that is.
Coming to Blu-ray September 28th is director Adam Green's follow-up to the pretty excellent 80′s inspired slasher Hatchet. His sophomore effort ditches the buckets of bloods, head rips, and disfigured villains (but keeps Kane Hodder) and instead opts for a more realistic thriller about a trio of friends stuck on a chairlift. Yeah, kind of like Open Water but you know, in a chairlift. Except there are no sharks. No, instead their are wolves. This is one of those titles that doesn't lend itself amazingly well to the Coroner's Report: with so few characters, there's bound to be a low body count and with no sadistic inbred dude hiding in the woods, there won't be much head cutting. Also, there are no boobs. But is it worth watching anyways?
A couple of times each year I like to take a moment to just look at how horror is coming along in the year. Take a look back and what we've seen this year so far and gaze into the future of what's still to come. Thus far, 2010 has been fairly underwhelming overall, and the horror scene has been no different on the big screen. We got, as usual, a bunch of remakes – at least four theatrical so far come to mind – and very few standouts. Perhaps the biggest news of the year in terms of horror was the remake of Nightmare on Elm Street being critically panned by everyone except me, but performing well enough to merit sequel considerations. On DVD, Roger Corman has been thrust back into the spotlight with Shout! Factory's re-releasing of his massive library.
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On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 6:14 AM, Darren Dale <dsdale24@...> wrote: > Please, include a brief standalone script that demonstrates the problem when > reporting problems. Sorry should have done that, I've attached an example script (and the according data files) which exhibits the problem on 0.98.1, 0.98.0 has no problems. File "./test.py", line 46, in <module> test_plot = test_axes.plot_date(test_dates, test, 'bo-') File "/opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/axes.py", line 3081, in plot_date self.xaxis_date(tz) File "/opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/axes.py", line 2015, in xaxis_date locator.refresh() File "/opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/dates.py", line 540, in refresh dmin, dmax = self.viewlim_to_dt() File "/opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/dates.py", line 436, in viewlim_to_dt return num2date(vmin, self.tz), num2date(vmax, self.tz) File "/opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/dates.py", line 233, in num2date if not cbook.iterable(x): return _from_ordinalf(x, tz) File "/opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/dates.py", line 156, in _from_ordinalf dt = datetime.datetime.fromordinal(ix) ValueError: ordinal must be >= 1 What's strange is that if I comment out the plotting of the second test data set then the plot is produced without error, even though the reported error (when plotting both data sets) seems to have nothing to do with the second data set. Cheers Adam |
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There's a passage in Miles Davis' notorious 1990 autobiography where he's talking about how much quality music he recorded in the mid-to-late 1960s with his current quintet-- the group featuring Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams. "I made six studio dates with this group in four years," he says. "And there were some live recordings that I guess Columbia will release when they think they can make the most money-- probably after I'm dead." I can remember chuckling at that line when reading the book the year of its publication, but it would have been difficult to imagine just how extensive and sustained the Miles Davis reissue program would actually be after his death in 1991. The anniversary sets; the complete studio sessions boxes; the boxes collecting the boxes. It goes on and on and every new gift season brings another new offering.
And now here's the latest, from a couple of years after the period Davis mentioned: two re-releases of the legendary 1970 2xLP set Bitches Brew. One is a 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition gathering together the original album on one and a quarter CDs, along with studio outtakes, another CD containing a previously unissued set recorded at Tanglewood, in Lenox, Mass., in August 1970, and a DVD containing a previously unissued concert in Copenhagen from November 1969. The other version of the album is part of Columbia's Legacy Edition and contains the first two CDs from the 40th Anniversary set along with the Copenhagen DVD.
There's a reason Bitches Brew is getting this kind of treatment, even after the release of the 4xCD Complete Bitches Brew box set 12 years ago. It is, after all, one of the three or four most important albums of Miles Davis' career. And coming nine months after In a Silent Way, it is also one of founding texts of jazz fusion. It's a Big Deal Jazz album that's been tapped as being an essential part of any collection. Which unfortunately is something that tends to obscure the actual music. Putting on Bitches Brew and then straining to hear why it mattered so much is a pretty lousy way to go about enjoying this music. Which is not to say there isn't a lot here to puzzle over and listen for-- the music on Bitches Brew is so variable and hard to pin down it rewards any amount of close listening. But Bitches Brew is also pretty accessible as electric Miles goes, and it's something you can put on and let wash over you for now, figuring out what it means and what everyone was doing later.
The first thing that Bitches Brew made clear is that Miles was keenly interested in expanding the idea of what his music could be, and was starting to stretch it way out. The title track runs 26 minutes, which then and now is at the extreme end of what a side of vinyl on an LP can hold; the opening "Pharaoh's Dance" also breaks 20 minutes. And these pieces weren't lengthy compositions or single jams, but were assembled by Miles and producer Teo Macero through editing-- unrelated tracks could become one piece through the miracle of the razor blade and magnetic tape. For an improvisatory art form that was founded on the idea collective expression in the present moment, the idea of stitching together pieces into a new whole was radical enough on its own. But Miles was changing his approach in several ways simultaneously as the 1960s came to a close. He was processing his trumpet with echo, working with electric keyboards and electric guitar, adding new percussion colors, experimenting with rock rhythms, doing away with chord changes, and building long tracks from riffs and vamps. And, as the liner notes from Greg Tate included with these sets illustrate, he was hanging out with Betty Davis, who was introducing him to new music, and along the way he had become a fan of Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone, and James Brown.
All of these elements swirled together into a record of brilliant and fascinating contradictions. The psychedelic cover art and long electric jams on the one hand anchor the music in Age of Aquarius, but the connections to earlier jazz tradition and unmoored, floating quality of music also lend it a timeless feel. It sounds very much like a bunch of dudes jamming in the room, but some of the abrupt edits serve as a reminder that it owes a lot to technology. It finds Miles distancing himself from his musical past, but it sounds equally far from the dense abstraction his music would take on a couple of years later, especially in a live setting. It was long and hard to get a handle on, but it was also a huge commercial success. Ultimately, Bitches Brew seems mostly like a single beautiful frame from a jarring film filled with jump-cuts. The amount that Miles Davis' music changed from the early 60s to the early 70s is astonishing. His sound was constantly on the move, and this is what it sounded like on those August days in the studio.
The bonus material illustrates just how quickly Davis' music was changing, and how much his music could vary given the context. Three months after Bitches Brew was recorded (but before it was released), he performed in Copenhagen with a five-piece band that included Wayne Shorter. Chick Corea's electric piano aside, the music is acoustic, though several tunes from Bitches Brew are included (the video is exceptional in quality in terms of both sound and image). In this setting, Davis' music sounds like what most people would identify as "jazz," and is less challenging than the cerebral and harmonically complex music he'd made just a few years earlier with his quintet. But by the August 1970 set included with the 40th Anniversary edition, the raging funk maelstrom that would epitomize his live shows in the next four years was on the rails. What a difference nine months made for Miles Davis as 1969 turned into 1970.
The two sets sit at opposite ends of the value scale. Listing at about $19, the Legacy Edition seems to me a very good buy-- the original album is a 2xCD set, the outtakes are reasonably interesting, and the Copenhagen DVD is a vital addition to the Davis canon. Also included on the second disc are four tracks edited down for release as 7" singles, and they are interesting curios good for one play but not much more-- three-minute edits are the opposite of what this music is about. The 40th Anniversary Set, on the other hand, goes for over $100 and is obviously geared toward Davis completists-- for them, it actually delivers pretty well as these sets go, since the 1970 live set is excellent, there are some extra visual goodies, and it's not padded out with a promotional film masquerading as a documentary (it also comes with two 180 gram vinyl discs-- I'll never quite get why someone wants both CD and LP sets.) How much is left in the vault? We'll see, maybe when the album turns 50.
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A glittering debut: The Royal Princess arrives in Southampton for a regal welcome
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Next Thursday, cruising's newest ship - Princess Cruises' Royal Princess - will be getting a regal seal of approval from the Duchess of Cambridge. Kate Middleton will become the ship's official godmother when she names her in front of a predicted crowd of thousands at the Ocean Terminal.
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Blue beginnings: The Royal Princess will sail into Southampton's Ocean Terminal today
Soon-to-be godmother: Kate Middleton will name the Royal Princess next Thursday (file photo)
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The Chicago Bears are hoping to regroup and rebuild during the offseason in hopes of improving the team in 2012. To that end, it looks like they will soon be parting ways with one of their players.
Jeff Dickerson of ESPN Chicago reports that the team does not plan to bring back Caleb Hanie in 2012 as a backup to starting quarterback Jay Cutler. The Bears will instead pursue other options to add depth to the QB rotation.
Bears head coach Lovie Smith admitted last month the club needs to formulate a better plan at the backup quarterback position heading into the 2012 regular season.
Hanie, an unrestricted free agent, will be free to sign with any NFL team when free agency begins on March 13.
"Each year you learn something," Smith said last month. "We thought we had a better plan at quarterback. I knew how valuable Jay was to us and that won't change, but we do need to get ourselves in a better position at that backup quarterback position.
"There are a lot of options out there. This is an attractive place for a quarterback, and we're going to look at people."
Although Chicago is unlikely to throw their hat into the ring in pursuit of a superstar like Peyton Manning, they will have plenty of options for a backup quarterback in the free agent market.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Christmastime for Tyson and Ginny Graham means driving nearly 300 miles south of their Columbus, Miss., home to New Orleans for shopping, holiday concerts and the highlight of their trip — indulging in a grand reveillon dinner.
The elaborate meals, which stem from the old French tradition of eating a lavish meal after midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, have become a popular draw for visitors to New Orleans during the holiday season.
In the weeks surrounding Christmas, some 50 restaurants offer four- to five-course meals of pan-roasted oysters, braised pork belly, duck confit, foie gras beignets and other holiday delicacies. The recipes have roots that date back to the beginning of the French city's nearly 300-year history.
Though some restaurants serve reveillon dinners after midnight Mass on Christmas Eve and after midnight fireworks on New Year's Eve like in the old days, most offer the special menus during regular dinner hours.
"Thank goodness," Tyson Graham, 71, said with a laugh. "After midnight is a little late for me."
Graham said since he and his wife of 45 years, Ginny, discovered the city's reveillon dinners about 15 years ago, they've been to New Orleans almost every December.
"It's been a great way for us to experience all the restaurants we've frequented over the years, but we get to have something a little different," he said.
The way it works: Restaurants offer fixed-price reveillon menus on top of their regular dinner menu starting in the weeks before Christmas and continuing through New Year's Eve. Reveillon dinner prices can range from $35 to $90 a person depending on the restaurant.
John Magill, a historian and curator at The Historic New Orleans Collection museum and research center in the French Quarter, says reveillon is French for "awakening" and was a term used by early Creoles to describe a meal that followed a celebratory event.
In the 1700s and 1800s, that could be a simple as beignets and cafe au lait at the French Market after a night out at the opera.
"You would eat to revive yourself after an evening event," Magill said. "It didn't always have to be a big heavy meal."
Reveillons surrounding Christmas and New Year's Eve, however, were grand affairs, he said. Families would spend days preparing a menu of comfort foods such as grits and grillades, gumbo, cakes and pastries, and the New Year's Eve spread would be even more decadent, with oysters, duck and lamb.
The Christmas reveillon would traditionally take place after a full day of fasting for communion at midnight services.
Magill talks about reveillons in the 2009 book he co-wrote titled, "Christmas in New Orleans," which also touches on the long-held tradition of holiday shopping on streetcar-lined Canal Street, caroling in the French Quarter and worshipping at St. Louis Cathedral.
Richard Stewart, a fifth-generation New Orleanian who is Catholic, says he wasn't familiar with the old tradition of reveillon until the mid-1980s, when French Quarter restaurant owners began reviving the practice as a way to get more diners during the holidays.
"In December, you were lucky if you got 10 people a night in your restaurant," said Stewart, co-owner of the Gumbo Shop in the French Quarter for 30 years before selling the establishment four years ago.
Stewart became fascinated with the fancy meals and even hosted one for his family in 2009. He said the five-course meal took weeks of research and days of preparation, with a menu that included an oyster soup and daube glace — braised short-ribs chilled to a gel form, then sliced and served with crackers or thin toasted French bread.
Today Stewart serves on a committee that oversees the city's reveillon menus to make sure the chefs are using ingredients that would have been used in the early days.
"The idea is to keep it as traditional as possible but leaving some room for creativity with the ingredients," he said.
At The Grill Room at the Windsor Court, executive chef Kristin Butterworth — a recent transplant to New Orleans from Pittsburgh — researched for months before presenting her first reveillon menu of braised pork belly with Gulf shrimp and white beans, local snapper with fennel and crawfish sausage and tenderloin with winter squash.
"When I delved into it and started to look at the history and the tradition of this meal, it was so amazing and so interesting to me," she said. "I wanted to get it right."
Even the salad took months of preparation, she said. Her winter greens are served with baby beets and squab prosciutto that Butterworth and her team cured in-house with salt, sugar, peppercorn and other spices over the past two months.
"A lot of love went into this menu," she said.
Select restaurants offer a wine-pairing option with each reveillon course and cafe brulot — a traditional New Orleans holiday beverage of strong coffee infused with strips of citrus, sugar, cloves, cinnamon and cognac or brandy.
Stewart, like other traditionalists, says the hot, thick and sweet concoction is "the perfect cap to a big holiday meal."
Some restaurants serve the beverage flaming tableside for added drama.
Though New Orleans is just about the only U.S. city that celebrates reveillon, the tradition is still alive in France, parts of Canada and other French-speaking places where it is a long dinner and celebration held on the evenings preceding Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
Reveillon is also celebrated in Brazil and Portugal on New Year's Eve. Some two million people flock to the shores of Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro for music and fireworks.
"It's like what we do in Times Square but on a larger scale and on the beach," said Michelle Sobhraj, spokeswoman for a New York-based marketing company that promotes Brazilian tourism.
In Brazil, revelers don outfits in the color that symbolizes their wishes for the New Year, such as red for romance and white for peace and luck. Many carry pockets full of money for continued prosperity and a bay leaf their wallets for luck.
Since Anthony Jennings and Brooks Haack were not expected to contribute until next year at the earliest, it seemed like a sneak peek at hidden Christmas gifts.
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DEC 5 Here's the latest in the contest to see who gets the last word - Attorney General Buddy Caldwell or state Sen. Robert Adley. They're trading "Nuh-uhs" and "Un-huhs" over the issue of contigency contracts for public lawsuits. The guys over at LaPolitics kinda started this urinary competition, and they're posting the latest here.
DEC 5 Here's a post by blogger Walt Bennetti about a $2 million program management contract that Kenner Mayor Michael Yenni plans to award. Bennetti has a problem with no-bid contracts, but they're pretty common, especially for professional services (because really, who wants the cheapest doctor?) But the real problem Bennetti has is with the fact that the entity slated to receive the contract also happened to contribute to Yenni's campaign. Maybe he's just following the governor's lead?
DEC 5 Blogger Robert Mann writes about the really embarassing state of Louisiana's universities in this post. Grambling's football facilites were bad enough to warrant a New York Times photo essay, and he provides a link. And just recently, a concrete roof panel in LSU's College of Art and Design collapsed, closing a portion of the building indefinitely. Is this how we want our state's higher ed institutions to be?
DEC 5 Here's a post on the National Journal about another speech our governor gave to a bunch of people who live in another state. This time, he was ranting about President Obama, energy policies and, of all things, Lady Gaga. Keystone is good, so is fracking, and climate change is a big joke, Bobby says. What did Gaga do? She joined a movement, with people like Yoko Ono, that opposes fracking. Listen up Bobby: you might not want to alienate Gaga. You never know where those little monsters might be hiding -- and how often they vote.
DEC 5 Yesterday, we were perplexed by conflicting stories on the Blade blog and in the Advertiser about Louisiana's National Guard and same-sex partner benefits. The Blade reported that the guard would be paying them; the Advertiser said it would not. This story in the Washington Post clears it up: the benefits will be paid.
DEC 5 Clearly, somebody over at the state Democratic Party is familiar with the process of domain registration. This is the second time they've pulled the rug out from under a Republican candidate by reserving a domain they might want. Last time, it was RiserForCongress.com (hope they didn't pay too much for THAT one). This time it is VitterForGovernor.com, this post on the Politicus USA blog tells us.
DEC 5 Here's a pretty alarming story from WAFB about an announcement by Bobby Jindal's administration that hackers apparently got their hands on some citizens' personal info through JP Morgan Chase, the company that gets paid to send you your tax refund on a debit card. But hey, don't worry, Jindal's people say: there's no indication the hackers used the info "fraudulently." Oh, OK. Whew.
DEC 5 In this week's post, Jim Brown is blogging about Bobby Jindal and what the governor should do to solve his myriad problems. He even describes a phone call he 'received' from the guv asking for advice. Bottom line? Try staying home and doing the job you're supposed to be doing, Jim advises.


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Shelly E. Sakiyama-Elbert of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Washington University at St. Louis will present on Wednesday, September 11, 2013, as part of our Fall Seminar Series. The seminar will take place at 3:00PM in Maryland Hall 110. Graduate students are required to attend this event. The seminar abstract is included below.
Biomaterials for Cell Transplantation and Drug Delivery for the Treatment of Nerve Injury
The development of biomaterials to serve as scaffolds for wound healing and tissue repair is crucial for successful tissue engineering. My research focuses on developing biomaterials that promote cell survival and/or differentiation after transplantation for the treatment of nerve injury. My lab has developed heparin-binding affinity-based drug delivery systems that sequester growth factors within scaffolds and release growth factors in response to cell in-growth during tissue regeneration. More recently we have combined these scaffolds with embryonic stem cell-derived neural progenitor cells and shown that the combination of fibrin scaffolds and growth factor delivery can enhance cell survival and differentiation of neural progenitor cells transplanted after spinal cord injury. Furthermore, we demonstrated this approach enhanced functional recovery after spinal cord injury, as assessed by gridwalk. In conclusion, fibrin scaffold containing our drug delivery system can serve as a platform for cell transplantation for many applications in regenerative medicine by tailoring the choice of growth factors and the cell type used.
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Johnson: Don't let setbacks derail your goals
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I read with dismay that, in a new paper published by the journal Pediatrics, the number of kids ages 12-19 diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes has increased from nine percent in 1999 to 23 percent in 2008.
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Published 5/15/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
I didn't want to go to a new gym last week, but I didn't have much of a choice.
Johnson: Study exercise on path to making health report card
Published 5/8/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
Finals and papers are due for students in the next week or two, but have you ever considered giving yourself a fitness review, a kind of report card?
Johnson: Need motivation? Turn exercise time into playtime
Published 5/1/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
It's been a couple of weeks since our new kitten, Kirby, appeared in our lives and in that time, I've had many readers ask me about the kitten and share their own stories about how animals have the power to ...
Johnson: Get into 'go' mode as summer approaches
Published 4/24/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
As we approach the end of the school year and the start of the summer season, take a moment to think about what you want out of your healthy living practices.
Johnson: In life, always a reason to be grateful
Published 4/17/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
Sometimes it takes more than just a kick in the pants to get you back on track.
New commander at training wing
Published 4/14/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
Brig. Gen. Michael Fantini took command of the 82nd Training Wing on Friday morning during a change-of-command ceremony at Sheppard Air Force Base. He will command the Air Force's largest technical training wing.
Johnson: It costs more to live an unhealthy life
Published 4/10/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
It's income tax time, and money is tight, but you still want to maintain that gym membership and keep buying healthy foods. Should you let money troubles keep you from becoming healthy?
Johnson: New strategy could help with your goals
Published 4/3/2012 at 12:19 a.m. 0 comments
I've been observing skinny people for several years, to determine not only why they look like they do, but also to get a better understanding of why I look the way I do.
Johnson: Focus on living in the moment
Published 3/27/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
With the busy spring season taking our lives by storm, it's sometimes difficult to stay in the present.