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By ANDREW FULLER
Fuller "held the rope" for missionary William Carey. He was the author of a number of doctrinal and practical works.
(The following from Fuller's COMPLETE WORKS, pages 341, 342).
The doctrine of election, as it is taught in the Scriptures, is of humbling and holy tendency. The whole difference between the saved and the lost being ascribed to sovereign grace, the pride of man is abased.
Upon every other principle, it is the sinner that makes himself to differ; and who must, therefore, find whereof to glory. We may allow ourselves to be unable to repent and believe without the aids of the Holy Spirit; but while we maintain that these aids are afforded to sinners in common, and that faith instead of being "the gift of God," is the effect of our having improved the help afforded, while others neglected it, if we think we do not ascribe the very turning point of salvation to our own virtue, we greatly deceive ourselves.
But election, while it places no bar in the way of any man which would not have been there without it, resolves the salvation of the saved into mere grace: "and if of grace, then it is no more of works; otherwise grace is no more grace." Such a view of things tends to humble us in the dust. It is frequently the last point which a sinner yields to God; it is the giving up of every other claim and ground of hope from his own good endeavors, and falling into the arms of sovereign mercy. And having here found rest to his soul, he will not be less, but more attentative to the means of salvation than he was before. His endeavors will be more ardent, and directed to a better end. Then he was trying to serve himself; now he will serve the Lord.
But if election be viewed in certain connections, it will cease to be a doctrine according to godliness. If faith and works foreseen be connected with it as the effects, the interests of sobriety, righteousness, and godliness are relinquished. If we take our views of this great subject with simplicity from the word of God, we shall consider it, like other Divine purposes, not as a rule of conduct to us, but to Himself. We shall agonize through life that we may at last enter in at the strait gate, no less than if all was in itself uncertain. Nay, more so: for as Paul's assuring the mariners that there "should be no loss of any man's life" would, if believed, inspire them with hope; so our being predestinated to be conformed to the image of Christ furnishes encouragement to be pressing on towards the mark. And as they were told, nevertheless, that except certain means were used they "could not be saved," so we can have no evidence of our "election to salvation," but as being the subjects of "sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth."
Thus, while the blessing itself is an antidote to despair, the means connected with it are a preservative from presumption. In short, we shall view the doctrine of election in much the same light as we do other Divine appointments concerning our lot in the present life. We are given to believe that what we enjoy in this life is so ordered by the will of God, and so much the effect of providence, that there is no ground whatever of boasting in any creature; yet we do not on this account neglect to plough or sow, or pursue the good and avoid the evil.
A "fleshy mind" may ask, how can these things be? How can predestination be made to comport with human agency and accountableness? But a truly humble Christian, finding both in the Bible, will believe both, though he may be unable fully to conceive of their consistency! And will find in the one a motive to depend upon God, and in the other a caution against slothfulness and a presumptuous neglect of duty.
A Christian minister also, if he takes his views simply from the Scriptures, will find nothing in this doctrine to hinder the free use of warnings, invitations, and persuasions, either to the converted or to the unconverted. Not that he will found his hopes of success on the pliability of the human mind; but on the power and grace of God, who, while he prophesieth to the dry bones as he is commanded, is known to inspire many with the breath of life.
Thus, while the apostle, in the ninth, tenth, and eleventh chapters of his Epistle to the Romans, traces the Divine sovereignty in his calling some from among the Jews, and leaving the greater part of them to perish in unbelief; he nevertheless so long as they were in the world, was deeply concerned for them. Even in his preaching to the Gentiles he had an eye to them, "if by any means he might provoke to emulation them that were his flesh, and might save some of them." And though he taught believers from among them to ascribe their salvation entirely to electing grace, and spoke of the rest as being blinded, yet he represents that blindness as being their own fault, to which they were judicially given up of God, Romans 11:7-10.
Captious and cavilling persons will object, "You say that God loves His people, and therefore they will be saved; then what is the good of preaching?" What is the good of preaching? When I say that God loves a multitude that no man can number, a countless host of the race of men, do you ask me what is the good of preaching?
What is the good of preaching? To fetch these diamonds of the Lord out of the dunghill; to go down to the depths, as the diver does, to fetch up God's pearls from the place where they are.
What is the good of preaching? To cut down the good corn, and gather it into the garner.
What is the good of preaching? To fetch out God's elect from the ruins of the fall, and make them stand on the rock Christ Jesus, and see their standing sure.
Ah, ye who ask what is the good of preaching, because God has ordained some to salvation, we ask you whether it would not be a most foolish thing to say, because there is to be a harvest, what is the good of sowing? There is to be a harvest, what is the use of reaping? The very reason why we do sow and reap is, because we feel assured that there is to be a harvest.
And if, indeed, I believed there was not a number who must be saved, I could not go into a pulpit again. Only once make me think that no one is certain to be saved and I do not care to preach. But now I know that a countless number must be saved; I am confident that Christ "shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days." I know that, if there is much to dispirit me in my ministry, and I see but little of its effects, yet He shall keep all whom the Father has given to Him; and this makes me preach.
I come into this chapel tonight with the assurance that God has some child of His, in this place, not yet called; and I feel confident that He will call someone by the use of the ministry, so why not by me? I know there are not a few souls whom God has given me through my ministry, not only hundreds, but thousands. I have seen some hundreds of those who profess to have been brought to God through my preaching at Park Street, and elsewhere; and with that confidence I must go on. I know that Jesus must have a "seed." His people must increase, and it is the very purpose of the ministry to seek them out, and bring them into God's fold. Our Saviour tells us the use of the ministry is, that they may "believe on me through their word."
There is one peculiarity about this. Christ says, "They shall believe on me through their word." Have you never heard people call out about running after men? They say, "You are all running after such-and-such a man." What then, would you have them run after a woman? You say, "The people go after one particular man." Whom else shall they go after? Some persons say, "We went to such-and-such a place, and the people there love their minister too much." That would be very dreadful, but it is not so. As for ministers being in danger of being ruined by too much love in any particular place, they get too much of the reverse some where else. If we get a little sweet, somebody else is sure to put in much that is bitter. Is it not singular that Christ should say, "They shall believe on me through their word"?
Now, do God's people believe on Christ through the word of the ministry? We know that our faith does not rest on the word of man, but on the Word of God. We do not rest on any man, yet it is through "their" word; that is through the word of the apostles, and through the word of ever faithful minister.
Pastored the church later pastored by C. H. Spurgeon; wrote a Commentary on the whole Bible in six large volumes; also a Body of Divinity and numerous other writings.
Augustus Toplady said of him; "If any one man can be supposed to have trod the whole circle of human learning it was Gill."
The subjects of effectual vocation, they whom God calls by His grace to His eternal glory (I Pet. 5:10) are those who are chosen: "Whom He did predestinate, them He also called" (Rom. 8:30).
Election and vocation are of equal extent. The objects are the same, neither more nor fewer. They that were chosen from eternity, are called in time; and they that are called in time, were chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world. The "vessels of mercy, afore prepared unto glory" are explained and described by such whom God hath called; not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles (Rom. 9:23, 24). They are such who are in Christ, and secured in Him; for they are called according to the grace given them in Christ Jesus before the world began. And as grace was given them so early, they themselves, in some sense, must then have a being in Him; which they have through being chosen in Him, and thereby coming into His hands, they are secured and preserved in Him, in consequence of which they are called by grace.
Thus stands the order of things as put by the apostle Jude (V. 1). "To them that are sanctified by God the Father"; that is, set apart by Him in eternal election; "and preserved in Christ Jesus"; being put into His hands by that act of grace; "and called" in virtue of the foregoing acts of grace. They are such who are redeemed by Christ; vocation follows redemption, and is the certain consequent of it: "I have redeemed thee: I have called thee by thy name; thou art Mine" (Isa. 43:1).
Election, redemption, and vocation, are of the same persons. Those whom God has chosen in Christ are redeemed by Christ, and who are chosen and redeemed are, sooner or later, called; and the reason of their being called is because they are redeemed. "I will hiss for them, and gather them for I have redeemed them" (Zech. 10:8). Those that are called are for the most part either the meanest, or the vilest among men, the meanest as to their outward circumstances. "Not many mighty, not many noble are called." And the meanest as to their internal capacities; "Not many wise men after the flesh." The things of the gospel and of the grace of God, are "hid from the wise and prudent, and revealed unto babes" (I Cor. 1:26; James 2:5; Mat. 11:25). And oftentimes some of the worst and vilest of sinners are called by grace; publicans and harlots went into the kingdom of God when scribes and Pharisees did not; attended the ministry of the Word, and were called by it, when they were not. Christ came, as He says, "not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance" (Matt. 9:13; I Cor. 6:11).
President, Rochester Theological Seminary; Author, SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY; other works.
Foreknowledge implies fixity, and fixity implies decree. From eternity God foresaw all the events of the universe as fixed and certain. This fixity and certainty could not have had its ground either in blind fate or in the variable wills of men, since neither of these had an existence. It could have had its ground in nothing outside the divine mind, for in eternity nothing existed besides the divine mind. But for this fixity there must have been a cause; if anything in the future was fixed, something must have fixed it. This fixity could have had its ground only in the plan and purpose of God. In fine, if God foresaw the future as certain, it must have been because there was something in Himself which made it certain; or, in other words, because He had decreed it.
"We object therefore to the statement of E. G. Robinson, Christian Theology, 74 — "God's knowledge and God's purposes both being eternal, one cannot be conceived as the ground of the other, nor can either be predicted to the exclusion of the other as the cause of things, but, correlative and eternal, they must be coequal quantities in thought."
We reply that while decree does not chronologically precede, it does logically precede, foreknowledge. Foreknowledge is not of possible events, but of what is certain to be. The certainty of future events which He foreknew could have had its ground only in His decree, since He alone existed to be the ground and explanation of this certainty. Events were fixed only because God had fixed them. Shedd, Dogmatic Theology, 1:397 — "An event must be made certain, before it can be known as a certain event." (Turretin Inst. Theol. loc. 3, quaes. 12, 18).
Decreeing creation, implies decreeing the foreseen results of creation. To meet the objection that God might have foreseen the events of the universe, not because He had decreed each one, but only because He had decreed to create the universe, institute its laws, we may put the argument in another form. In eternity there could have been no cause of the future existence of the universe, outside of God Himself, since no being existed but God Himself.
In eternity God foresaw that the creation of the world and the institution of its laws would make certain its actual history even to the most insignificant details. But God decreed to create and to institute these laws. In so decreeing He necessarily decreed all that was to come. In fine, God foresaw the future events of the universe as certain, because He had decreed to create; but this determination to create involved also a determination of all the actual results of that creation; or, in other words, God decreed those results.
E. G. Robinson, Christian Theology, 84 — "The existence of divine decrees may be inferred from the existence of natural law." Law — certainty — God's will. Positivists express great contempt for the doctrine of the eternal purpose of God, yet they consign us to the iron necessity of physical forces and natural laws. Robinson also points out that decrees are "implied in the prophecies. We cannot conceive that all events should have converged toward the one great event — the death of Christ — without the intervention of an eternal purpose."
No undecreed event can be foreseen. We grant that God decrees primarily and directly His own acts of creation, providence, and grace; but we claim that this involves also a secondary and indirect decreeing of the acts of free creatures which He foresees will result therefrom. There is therefore no such thing in God as scientia media, or knowledge of an event that is to be, though it does not enter into the divine plan; for to say that God foresees an undecreed event, is to say that He views as future an event that is merely possible; or, in other words, that He views an event not as it is.
Only knowledge of that which is decreed is foreknowledge. Knowledge of a plan as ideal or possible may precede decree; but knowledge of a plan as actual or fixed must follow decree. Only the latter knowledge is properly foreknowledge. God therefore foresees creation, causes, laws, events, consequences, because He has decreed creation, causes, laws, events, consequences; that is, because He has embraced all these in His plan. The denial of decrees logically involves the denial of God's foreknowledge of free human actions; and to this Socinians, and some Arminians, are actually led.
Edited STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES. Author of THE GOSPEL OF JOHN; THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD; Commentaries on Genesis, Exodus, Hebrews; THE DOCTRINE OF SANCTIFICATION; THE SATISFACTION OF CHRIST; THE LIFE OF DAVID; and many other books and booklets.
What controversies have been engendered by this subject in the past! But what truth of Holy Scripture is there which has not been made the occasion of theological and ecclesiastical battles? The deity of Christ, His virgin birth, His atoning death, His second advent; the believer's justification, sanctification, security; the church, its organization, officers, discipline; baptism, the Lord's supper, and a score of other precious truths might be mentioned. Yet, the controversies which have been waged over them did not close the mouths of God's faithful servants; why, then, should we avoid the vexed question of God's foreknowledge, because, forsooth, there are some who will charge us with fomenting strife? Let others contend if they will, our duty is to bear witness according to the light vouchsafed us.
Foreknowledge Misunderstood
There are two things concerning the foreknowledge of God about which many are in ignorance: the meaning of the term, its Scriptural scope. Because this ignorance is so widespread, it is an easy matter for preachers and teachers to palm off perversions of this subject, even upon the people of God. There is only one safeguard against error, and that is to be established in the faith; and for that, there has to be prayerful and diligent study, and a receiving with meekness the engrafted Word of God. Only then are we fortified against the attacks of those who assail us.
There are those today who are misusing this very truth in order to discredit and deny the absolute sovereignty of God in the salvation of sinners. Just as higher critics are repudiating the Divine inspiration of the Scriptures; evolutionists, the work of God in creation; so some pseudo Bible teachers are perverting His foreknowledge in order to set aside His unconditional election unto eternal life.
When the solemn and blessed subject of Divine foreordination is expounded, when God's eternal choice of certain ones to be conformed to the image of His Son is set forth, the Enemy sends along some man to argue that election is based upon the foreknowledge of God, and this "foreknowledge" is interpreted to mean that God foresaw certain ones would be more pliable than others, that they would respond more readily to the strivings of the Spirit, and that because God knew they would believe. He, accordingly, predestinated them unto salvation. But such a statement is radically wrong. It repudiates the truth of total depravity, for it makes His decrees rest upon what He discovers in the creature. It completely turns things upside down, for in saying God foresaw certain sinners would believe in Christ, and that because of this, He predestinated them unto salvation, is the very reverse of the truth. Scripture affirms that God, in His high sovereignty, singled out certain ones to be recipients of His distinguishing favours (Acts 13:43), and therefore He determined to bestow upon them the gift of faith. False theology makes God's foreknowledge of our believing the cause of His election to salvation; whereas, God's election is the cause, and our believing in Christ is the effect.
Ere preceding further with our discussion of this much misunderstood theme, let us pause and define our terms. What is meant by "foreknowledge"? "To know beforehand" is the ready reply of many. But we must not jump at conclusions, nor must we turn to Webster's dictionary as the final court of appeal, for it is not a matter of the etymology of the term employed. What is needed is to find out how the word is used in Scripture. The Holy Spirit's usage of an expression always defines its meaning and scope. It is failure to apply this simple rule which is responsible for so much confusion and error. So many people assume they already know the signification of a certain word I used in Scripture, and then they are too dilatory to test their assumptions by means of a concordance. Let us amplify this point.
Take the word "flesh." Its meaning appears to be so obvious that many would regard it as a waste of time to look up its various connection in Scripture. It is hastily assumed that the word is synonymous with the physical body, and so no inquiry is made. But, in fact, "flesh" in Scripture frequently includes far more than what is corporeal; all that is embraced by the term can only be ascertained by a diligent comparison of every occurrence of it and by a study of each separate context.
Take the word "world." The average reader of the Bible imagines this word is the equivalent for the human race, and consequently, many passages where the term is found are wrongly interpreted.
Take also the word "immortality." Surely it requires no study! Obviously it has reference to the indestructibility of the soul. Ah, my reader, it is foolish and wrong to assume anything where the Word of God is concerned. If the reader will take the trouble to carefully examine each passage where "mortal" and "immortal" are found, it will be seen these words are never applied to the soul, but always to the body.
Now what has just been said on "flesh," the "world," "immortality," applies with equal force to the terms "know" and "foreknow." Instead of imagining that these words signify no more than a simple cognition, the different passages in which they occur require to be carefully weighed. The word "foreknowledge" is not found in the Old Testament. But "know" occurs there frequently. When that term is used in connection with God, it often signifies to regard with favor, denoting not mere cognition but an affection for the object in view.
"I know thee by name" (Ex. 33:17).
"Ye have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew thee" (Jer. 1:5).
"They have made princes and I knew not" (Hos. 8:4).
"You only have I known of all the families of the earth" (Amos 3:2).
In these passages "knew" signifies either loved or appointed.
In like manner, the word "know" is frequently used in the New Testament, in the same sense as in the Old Testament.
"Then will I profess unto them, I never knew you" (Malt. 7:23).
"I am the good shepherd and know My sheep and am known of Mine" (John 10:14).
"If any man love God the same is known of Him" (I Cor. 8:3).
"The Lord knoweth them that are His" (II Tim. 2:19).
Now the word "foreknowledge" as it is used in the N. T. is less ambiguous than in its simple form "to know." If every passage in which it occurs is carefully studied, it will be discovered that it is a moot point whether it ever has reference to the mere perception of events which are yet to take place. The fact is that "foreknowledge" is never used in Scripture in connection with events or actions; instead, it always has reference to persons. It is persons God is said to "foreknow," not the actions of those persons. In proof of this we shall now quote each passage where this expression is found.
The first occurrence is in Acts 2:23. There we read, "Him being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain." If careful attention is paid to the wording of this verse it will be seen that the apostle was not there speaking of God's foreknowledge of the act, but of the crucified: "Him (Christ) being delivered by," etc.
The second occurrence is in Rom. 8:29, 30. "For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the Firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He did predestinate, them He also called." etc. Weigh well the pronoun that is used here. It is not what He did foreknow, but whom He did. It is not the surrendering of their wills nor the believing of their hearts, but the persons themselves, which is here in view.
"God hath not cast away His people which He foreknew" (Rom. 11:2). Once more the plain reference is to persons, and to persons only.
The last mention is in I Peter 1: 2: "Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father."
Who are "elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father"? The previous verse tells us the reference is to the "strangers scattered" i.e. the Diaspora, the Dispersion, the believing Jews. Thus, here too the reference is to persons, and not to their foreseen acts.
Now in view of these passages (and there are not more) what scriptural ground is there for anyone saying that God "foreknew" the acts of certain ones, viz., their "repenting and believing," and that because of those acts He elected them unto salvation? The answer is, None whatever. Scripture never speaks of repentance and faith as being foreseen or foreknown by God. Truly, He did know from all eternity that certain ones would repent and believe, yet this is not what Scripture refers to as the object of God's "foreknowledge." The word uniformly refers to God's foreknowing persons: then let us "hold fast the forms of sound words" (II Tim. 1:13).
Another thing to which we desire to call particular attention is that the first two passages quoted above show plainly and teach implicitly that God's "foreknowledge" is not causative, that instead, something is His own sovereign decree. Christ was "delivered by the (1) determinate counsel and (2) foreknowledge of God" (Acts 2:23). His "counsel" or decree was the ground of His foreknowledge. So again in Rom. 8:29. That verse opens with the word "for," which tells us to look back to what immediately precedes. What, then, does the previous verse say? This, "all things work together for good to them . . . who are the called according to His purpose." Thus God's "foreknowledge" is based upon His "purpose" or decree (see Psalm 2:7).
God foreknows what will be because He has decreed what shall be. It is therefore a reversing of the order of Scripture, a putting of the cart before the horse, to affirm that God elects because He foreknows people. Truth is, He "foreknows" because He has elected. This removes the ground, or cause of election from outside the creatures and places it in God's own sovereign will. God purposed in Himself to elect a certain people, not because of anything good in them or from them, either actual or foreseen, but solely out of His own mere pleasure. As to why He chose the ones He did, we do not know, and can only say, "Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Thy sight." The plain truth of Rom. 8:29 is that God, before the foundation of the world, singled out certain sinners and appointed them unto salvation (II Thess. 2:13). This is clear from the concluding words of the verse:
"Predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son," etc.
God did not predestinate those whom He "foreknew were conformed," but, on the contrary, those whom He "foreknew" (i.e., loved and elected) He predestinated "to be conformed." Their conformity to Christ is not the cause, but the effect of God's foreknowledge and predestination.
God did not elect any sinner because He foresaw that he would believe, for the simple but sufficient reason that no sinner ever does believe until God gives him faith; just as no man sees until God gives him sight. Sight is God's gift, seeing is the consequence of my using His gift. So faith is God's gift. If it were true that God had elected certain ones to be saved because in due time they would believe, then that would make believing a meritorious act, and in that event the saved sinner would have ground for "boasting," which Scripture emphatically denies: Eph. 2:9.
Surely God's Word is plain enough in teaching that believing is not a meritorious act. It affirms that Christians are a people "who have believed through grace" (Acts 18:27). If, then, they have believed "through grace," there is absolutely nothing meritorious about "believing," and if nothing meritorious, it could not be the ground or cause which moved God to choose them. No; God's choice proceeds not from anything in us, or anything from us, but solely from His own sovereign pleasure. Once more, Rom. 11:5, we read of "a remnant according to the election of grace." There it is, plain enough; election itself is of grace, and grace is unmerited favor, something for which we had no claim upon God whatsoever.
It thus appears that it is highly important for us to have clear and Scriptural views of the "foreknowledge" of God. Erroneous conceptions about it lead inevitably to thoughts most dishonoring to Him. The popular idea of Divine foreknowledge is altogether inadequate. God not only knew the end from the beginning, but He planned, fixed, predestinated everything from the beginning. And, as cause stands to effect, so God's purpose is the ground of His prescience. If then the reader be a real Christian, he is so because God chose him in Christ before the foundation of the world (Eph. 1:4), and chose not because He foresaw you would believe, but chose simply because it pleased Him to choose; chose you notwithstanding your natural unbelief. This being so, all the glory and praise belongs alone to Him. You have no ground for taking any credit to yourself. You have "believed through grace" (Acts 18:27), and that, because your very election was "of grace" (Rom. 11:5).


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Selections from this week's Blu-ray releases can be found below in this ongoing weekly summary of reviews. Click on any of the following titles to navigate directly to that review. This week's releases include: the next entry in the insufferable Amityville Horror franchise, Amityville: The Awakening; Charlize Theron's ass-kicking secret agent Atomic Blonde; the charming cats-in-Turkey documentary Kedi; the old school slasher flick Night School; the Australian cinema documentary Not Quite Hollywood; and Taylor Sheridan's murder mystery Wind River. A list of other titles also available this week can be found at the end.
Distributor: Lionsgate
In Amityville: The Awakening, Belle (Bella Thorne) and her family move into a new house, but when strange phenomena begin to occur in the house, Belle begins to suspect her mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh) isn't telling her everything. She soon realizes they just moved into the infamous Amityville house.
Oh, the Amityville Horror series. How many of you are there now? Eleven? Twelve? Way more if we count all those bogus distributors legally exploiting the "Amityville" name?
And how many of you are actually "good"?
Counting the 1976 original…not a one. And Amityville: The Awakening definitely isn't going to change that.
Amityville: The Awakening began life way back in 2011 as Amityville: The Lost Tapes, a Paranormal Activity-ish concept applied to the most marquee-famous haunted house horror series there is. This version ultimately didn't come together and was heavily revised; ditching the script and concept in favor of something more traditional, Maniac remake director Franck Khalfoun pretty much started from scratch. What resulted was something definitely traditional — in fact, too traditional — resulting in a very standard haunted house chiller.
Khalfoun gets absolute credit for at least introducing a novel concept into the Amtityville mythos — even if it's a riff on the Australia '70s chiller Patrick — in the form of a comatose member of the family who may or may not be invaded by the evil spirits of 112 Ocean Avenue. Khalfoun also attempts to softly "reboot" the Amityville name by acknowledging the existence of The Amityville Horror franchise as simply that — DVDs for a handful of the original films (and the remake, which "sucks") make cameos — and this feels clever and necessary for about two seconds until you realize that Amityville: The Awakening is going to hit all the same beats those previous films did, anyway, right down to how the original and the remake conclude.
Four years ago, the concept of Blumhouse and Jennifer Jason Leigh collaborating on a micro-budget take on The Amityville Horror would have been a cause for excitement, but the finished product lacks the ingenuity and eye for creative talent that Blumhouse has brought to previous productions. And poor Jennifer Jason Leigh is totally wasted in the "mom" role (and you can tell she's not into it), while real lead Bella Thorne's atrocious acting only moderately improves when she's walking around her creepy old house with no pants on, or doing her biology homework with no pants on, or putting her baby sister to bed with no pants on. (And for the nth time in movies like this, her character is a pariah at school and referred to as "freaky girl," even though Thorne is absolutely gorgeous.)
Moments meant to spur horror are instead hilariously over the top and only effective in causing bursts of laughter — the film gets its creepiest mileage by having Cameron Monaghan, who plays the comatose veggie, lay in a hospital bed with his creepy unblinking eyes wide open and staring. Following all the DOA jump scares, snippets of profanity-spewing demons, and wondering what on earth Kurtwood Smith is doing here, you, too, will want to put this Amityville house back on the market as soon as possible.
The video presentation on hand for Amityville: The Awakening is a pretty standard but well rendered high-def image. There's no particular area of Amityville that's worthy of praise for its visual construction; in fact, it's probably the blandest depiction of the Amityville house yet, with the interiors looking more like your standard suburban home. There's nothing of interest to keep your attention, but what is there presents well enough, and clarity is very good. Audio is equally standard. Dialogue is prominent, layered over a fairly rote musical score by Robin Coudert, who, like Khalfoun, proved to be much more capable of greatness with his electronic score for the remake of Maniac.
The complete list of special features is as follows:
Distributor: Universal Studios
Oscar-winner Charlize Theron stars as elite MI6's most lethal assassin and the crown jewel of her Majesty's secret intelligence service, Lorraine Broughton, in Atomic Blonde. When she's sent on a covert mission into Cold War Berlin, she must use all of the spycraft, sensuality and savagery she has to stay alive in the ticking time bomb of a city simmering with revolution and double-crossing hives of traitors. Broughton must navigate her way through a deadly game of spies to recover a priceless dossier while fighting ferocious killers along the way in this breakneck action-thriller from director David Leitch.
When the trailer for John Wick was released, no one expected much. It didn't particularly sell that film in the way it deserved to be sold, focusing more on the dog and goofy carnage rather than the exceptional choreography and the clever world building. I was in from the start because Keanu — I'll watch him in anything (I even somehow sat through Knock Knock) — but I wasn't expecting the well made, sincere, and very fun film that John Wick was.
Its two directors, former stunt men Chad Stahelski and David Leitch, soon split off in diverging paths: Stahelski committed to John Wick: Chapter 2 and Leitch to Atomic Blonde. If there was ever any doubt that one director was the secret weapon of John Wick's success, John Wick: Chapter 2 was step one in dispelling that notion. Atomic Blonde is step two.
Atomic Blonde has been meticulously designed and Leitch proves he can absolutely hold his own as a director. Despite how it was marketed, it's not the female response to John Wick, instead taking its page from paranoid spy thrillers of the '70s but reinvented with the neon-loving flamboyance of Nicolas Winding Refn. David Leitch directing Confessions of a Dangerous Mind instead of George Clooney offers a pretty broad but helpful means of warning the audience what kind of film they'll be getting. Don't get me wrong, Atomic Blonde does have a handful of extremely impressive action scenes on display — one in particular is presented in the form of a minutes-long unbroken take and rivals anything seen in either John Wick flick — but the film is more interested in cloak-and-dagger espionage, double- and triple-crosses, political Cold War unrest, and hewing at least a little closer to reality by presenting Lorraine Broughton as a bad-ass but entirely human and fallible character. Even after rolling down a hundred concrete steps, John Wick can get up and have a drink. Broughton doesn't bounce back so quick — her body, which Theron isn't shy about showing off — is her personal roadmap of pain.
And speaking of Broughton, between the obvious Mad Max: Fury Road and now Atomic Blonde, Charlize Theron is having a grand old time kicking everyone's asses. On top of looking good while she's doing it, she excels at it. She looks well suited to this kind of material, and even when she engages in the most painful of action set pieces, it's evident she's having the most fun out of everyone. Atomic Blonde tries to strike a similar tone to the Craig era of the Bond franchise by injecting a cheeky sense of fun into an otherwise serious story, but where Bond's generally light tone was more conducive to that kind of balancing act, Atomic Blonde can be very dark at times, and also violent — even grisly — so when the film opens with a John Wick-ish chase scene set to an iteration of Blue Monday, but later on a minor character is violently beaten in the face with a skateboard, Atomic Blonde can seem very tonally confused.
Despite that, it's extremely well made, and all the actors commit, obviously including Charlize Theron. It's too soon to tell if Atomic Blonde, based on the graphic novel, will birth a second franchise for her, but it's certainly worthy of one.
Stunning, on both counts. If you're familiar with John Wick (and shame on you if you're not), you should expect the same kind of aesthetic: heavy neons, bright flashing lights illuminating dim clubs, and the like. Atomic Blonde takes all that and ups the ante, creating a magnificent high-def image with staggering clarity. The audio is equally good. So much carnage it's almost absurd but it sounds wonderful. Dialogue, despite this, never gets lost.
The complete list of special features is as follows:
- Feature Commentary with Director David Leitch and Editor Elisabet Ronaldsdottir
- Six Featurettes:
- Welcome to Berlin
- Blondes Have More Gun
- Spymaster
- Anatomy of a Fight Scene
- Story in Motion: Agent Broughton
- Story in Motion: The Chase
- Deleted and Extended Scenes
Distributor: Oscilloscope Pictures
Hundreds of thousands of Turkish cats roam the metropolis of Istanbul freely. For thousands of years they've wandered in and out of people's lives, becoming an essential part of the communities that make the city so rich. Claiming no owners, the cats of Istanbul live between two worlds, neither wild nor tame — and they bring joy and purpose to those people they choose to adopt. In Istanbul, cats are the mirrors to the people, allowing them to reflect on their lives in ways nothing else could.
It's amusing that YouTubeRed is listed as one of the financiers of Kedi, being that cat videos reign supreme as the number one time killer of internet users bored as hell at work. But right off the bat, Kedi (Turkish for "cat") is instantly charming — not just because cats, but because a meaning to the "why?" of Kedi is made immediately known. This isn't at all just a fluff piece of "look at these cute cats" (even though they're all adorable — and I'm not a cat person); instead, it becomes pretty clear as time goes on that director Ceyda Torun is looking to make something much more profound and introspective.
Kedi focuses on a series of interviews with a handful of humans (who are never given names), and the outdoor cats they have ceremonially adopted (each of which are named), and these humans delve into why they've taken a shine to these cats, and what it is they see in the cat's personality that mirrors their own, or mirrors that of society. (And not all the cats are model citizens — one cat's "owner" in particular amusingly describes it as "the neighborhood psychopath.") The camera follows these cats down the busy city streets and serves as a witness to how they interact with daily life. Some are eager for affection, some for food, and some to be left alone.
The photography in Kedi is gorgeous, and cleverly used. Sweeping aerial drone shots of Istanbul transition between interview subjects, letting us know when we're moving onto the next perspective. Sometimes the camera bops along low to the ground, offering the viewer the cat's perspective as it darts from city benches to beneath boutique tables. (There's even a night-vision sequence showing off a cat stalking a mouse in the cracks of a city sewer.)
Most importantly, even though Kedi is based entirely on cute cat footage, it's never manipulative of the viewer's emotions and doesn't feel the need to manufacture drama. There's no sense of tragedy on display to exploit a viewer's predisposition for sentimentality. And in all honesty, watching citizens of Istanbul walk through docks and warehouse floors with bags of food to feed all the stray cats simply because "he wouldn't be able to enjoy his own dinner knowing these cats hadn't eaten" can do more to affect the human condition than relying on cheap manipulation.
One interview subject states, "If you don't like animals, then you can't like people," and with that he basically summarizes Kedi's point. Cats may be a species unto themselves, but aren't that removed from humankind. Like us, they have personalities, behavior traits, and want to be both attended to and left alone. Some of us are beloved, and some of us are neighborhood psychopaths, and except for the occasional claws to the face when we get too close to someone's territory, we still share a community where all we want and need is to exist.
As mentioned, Kedi is gorgeously photographed, which makes for a gorgeous high-def image. To the less discerning viewer, Istanbul captures remarkably like Paris; streets are lined with outdoor cafe seating, with pastry chefs just inside making meticulous desserts. Istanbul is naturally beautiful, with a sea of different colors to heighten its appearance. The clarity on display is very good, and the detail of the many, many cats is ably captured. Kedi's musical score is small, charming, and playful, and is peppered throughout with old and new Turkish soundtrack selections that offer different sections of Kedi its own mood (and which matches the personality of the cat being explored).
Yes, there really is an audio commentary featuring a handful of the cats that appear in the doc, and yes, it's as charming (there's that word again) as you're thinking it is.
The complete list of special features is as follows:
- Audio Commentary with the Director/Producer Ceyda Torun, Cinematographer/Producer Charlie Wuppermann, and Editor Mo Stoebe
- Audio Commentary with the cats
- Making of KEDI
- Deleted scenes
- Extended & outtake scenes
- Theatrical trailer
Distributor: Warner Bros. via Warner Archive
They work by day, take a full schedule of classes all night and somehow find time for study and an occasional date. Women in the evening curriculum at Boston's distinguished Wendell College do a lot to get ahead in life. But there's someone who will go to even greater heights. Someone will do anything to get a head. A killer whose m.o. is the ritualistic decapitation of victims makes terror a required course at Night School, directed by Kenneth Hughes (Casino Royale) and starring Rachel Ward (The Thorn Birds; After Dark, My Sweet) in her screen debut. Leonard Mann plays the homicide lieutenant assigned to the puzzling case. He has hunches, not clues. Suspects, not evidence. And a rising body count. Finals are coming early this year at Wendell. And for those who don't make the grade, heads will roll.
In spite of the very profitable '80s-era boom of the slasher film, Warner Bros. weren't eager to get into the blood 'n guts game. While Paramount owned the playing field with the Friday the 13th series, as well as one-offs like My Bloody Valentine and April Fools Day, and New Line Cinema was keeping up with their Nightmare on Elm Street series, Warner Bros. observed all this from afar and decided it just wasn't their thing. From their point of view, how could the studio that released The Shining and The Exorcist consider greenlighting something like The Prowler or Blood Rage?
However, they would later acquire the home video rights for two notable exceptions — the first being Paramount's 1980 slasher He Knows You're Alone!*, which is notable only because it features a very early appearance by Tom Hanks, and the second being 1981's Night School, originally bankrolled by MGM and United Artists. Both of these titles, ironically, have something very much in common: dullness.
In keeping with Warners' then-general distaste for and avoidance of the subgenre, Night School doesn't exactly play out like your more exploitative and silly slasher titles, such as Slaughter High or The Mutilator. While it certainly features a masked killer literally slashing at his victims until their heads fall off, Night School instead puts a much heavier emphasis on the police investigation aspect, which sees one Lt. Austin (Mann) chasing down leads and interviewing witnesses and potential suspects. It's clear throughout that director Ken Hughes is trying to take a slasher script and turn it into an actual bonafide film, and of course that's absolutely laudable, but when your tagline is "A is for Apple, B is for Bed, C is for Co-ed, D is for Dead, F is for Failing to Keep Your Head!," well, your audience is going to be expecting something different.
On its surface, Night School should scratch that itch: it features the aforementioned masked killer, several graphic murder sequences, some flying or sinking heads, and a handful of (deeply unusual) sexual trysts, but they're weaved throughout a too-normal and uninteresting detective mystery that detracts from the ideal slasher flick experience. Night School is a house divided amongst itself and it tries to be more than the sum of its parts (and other things I remember from elementary school), and for that it gets an F haha! No, I'm kidding — Night School was the cinematic version of me in high school: a solid C student. And like me, if you don't expect too much, maybe you won't be disappointed.
[* Via Wiki: "The film marked the first movie appearance of actor Tom Hanks, who played a relatively small part. In fact, it was said that Hanks' character was originally written to be killed off with Nancy's character, but because the filmmakers liked him so much, they omitted filming his death scene for the film." Even forty years ago, Tom Hanks was still too damn likable.]
In keeping with Warner Archives' recent successful run, Night School looks quite good in high-def. The image is pretty stable, barring some very minor trembling in the opening text credits. Colors are strong and the image is pretty bright. Clarity is also very good, offering a commendable about of detail. Audio is fairly standard for a film like this, but dialogue sounds good with no distortion, and the too-serious musical score by Brad Fiedel (The Terminator) sounds just fine.
Distributor: Umbrella Entertainment
Welcome to Not Quite Hollywood, the fast and furious story of OZploitation – an eye-popping celebration of Australian cult films of the '70s and early '80s (including STONE, MAD MAX and TURKEY SHOOT). Exploding with adrenaline-pumping clips and outrageous anecdotes from a smorgasbord of local and international names (including Quentin Tarantino, Dennis Hopper, Jamie Lee Curtis and Barry Humphries) this is the wild, untold story of an era when Aussie cinema showed the world a full-frontal explosion of boobs, pubes, tubes… and even a little kung-fu! (Buy this region free release directly from the distributor, Umbrella Entertainment.)
It can be difficult to create an all-encompassing documentary that looks at the history of cinema unless it's on one very specific topic (such as the upcoming documentary 78/52, a 91-minute feature that examines the 45 seconds that make up Psycho's infamous shower scene). How can you possibly cover everything that's worthy of being covered? How can you convey what you want to convey when knowing you can't possibly include everything that should be included?
Mark Hartley's 90-minute documentary on Australian cinema, Not Quite Hollywood, finds a way. Split into three main sections — exploitation, horror, and action — Harley explores Australia's movie making beginnings and the country's efforts to at least get their movies into American theaters. Not Quite Hollywood excels not just as a respectable examination of Australian films and filmmakers, but also serves as a witness to the creation of the Australian aesthetic — a look and feel that would soon become known as "Ozploitation," and which would aid filmmakers in transitioning from making films inspired by other people to establishing their own identity.
In the beginning, when filmmakers were focused on trashy sex pics, nearly soft-core porn, the influences of Roger Corman are almost tangible. Same goes for the horror phase, with obvious odes to Hitchcock, Spielberg, and H.G. Lewis. But once the doc transitions again to the action and adventure phase, much of which is vehicular in relation, you see filmmakers begin to step up and create their own works that would, in turn, inspire American filmmakers. George Miller, perhaps one of the few Australian directors to command the Hollywood box office (along with James Wan), most recently with Mad Max: Fury Road, is a notable exception of a director who, like John Carpenter or George Romero, started small with low budget productions and eventually changed the landscape of movie making.
Not Quite Hollywood is also often very funny, getting a lot of mileage from frequently cutting back to Australian film critic and full-time curmudgeon Bob Ellis for him to dryly voice his disapproval over certain titles, certain directors, or certain entire cinematic movements. Hartley also occasionally lets his camera linger on certain certain subjects whom other interviewees have suggested as having, er…interesting or combative personalities, in an effort to offer an inkling that maybe there was something to those claims. Inversely, stories about the utter insanity that Dennis Hopper engaged in during the shooting of Mad Dog Morgan, when compared to the interview portions with Hopper (who good-spiritedly appears) that present him as very calm, reflective, and absolutely honest about his past behavior, are equally amusing.
It's no surprise that Quentin Tarantino turns up as a talking head, and probably gets more screen time than some of the actual Australian filmmakers whose films are being discussed, but the overly excited director helps to represent that next generation of international directors who were clearly inspired by Australian cinema. James Wan and Leigh Whannell also appear, with Whannell freely admitting that the scene in Mad Max where Mel Gibson offers a bad guy shackled to a flaming car a handsaw directly inspired one of the main concepts of their then-hit horror film Saw. (Not Quite Hollywood was produced in 2008.)
Even if you don't have a particular interest in Australian cinema, you'd be wise to embrace Not Quite Hollywood anyway. Though the accents may be different and the environments more desert-ridden than cityscaped, the spirit of low budget filmmaking — and all the trials and tribulations that come with it — are universal.
As expected, Not Quite Hollywood presents many different video sources of varying quality, so the overall look of the documentary is very random and patchwork. We're not just talking digital footage versus film, but entirely different aspect ratios and the difference of 40 years of filmmaking resources, just to name a couple. But this disparate collection of footage gives Not Quite Hollywood an attractive presentation and actually helps to subtly convey its themes of growth and transition through Australia's film history. The interview portions look very good from a quality standpoint. The audio is similarly disparate, but about what you'd expect, although some dialogue from the older pic scenes contain impenetrable Australian accents and I couldn't for the life of me understand what was being said at times. Luckily the talking head segments are easily understandable.
The complete list of special features is as follows:
- Audio Commentary from Ozploitation Auteurs
- Deleted and Extended scenes
- The Lost Interview: Chris Lofven
- A Word with Bob Ellis
- Quentin Tarantino and Brian Trenchard-Smith Interview
- MIFF Ozploitation Panel
- MIFF red Carpet Footage
- Behind the Scenes Footage from the Crew
- UK Interview with Director Mark Hartley
- THE BAZURA PROJECT Segment
- THE MONTHLY Conversation
- THE BUSINESS Interview
- Extended Ozploitation Trailer Reel
- John D. Lamond: CONFESSIONS OF AN R-RATED FILMMAKER
- Richard Franklin On-set Interview
- Terry Bourke's NOON SUNDAY Reel
- BARRY McKENZIE: OGRE OR OCKER Documentary
- INSIDE ALVIN PURPLE Documentary
- TO SHOOT A MAD DOG Documentary
- Ozploitation Stills And Poster Gallery
- NQH Production Gallery
- NQH Pitch Promos
- Original Theatrical Trailer
Distributor: Lionsgate
Wind River is a chilling thriller that follows a rookie FBI agent (Elizabeth Olsen) who teams up with a game tracker with deep community ties and a haunted past (Jeremy Renner) to investigate the mysterious killing of a local girl on a remote Native American reservation.
Screenwriter Taylor Sheridan sure has come a long way as a director, with Wind River marking his second directorial effort and a far, far improvement over his debut, the insufferable torture horror flick Vile. In recent years he's excelled with his scripts for crime flicks Sicario and Hell or High Water, with a sequel to the former, Soldado, on its way. Sheridan, who also had an acting role during the first couple seasons of Sons of Anarchy, continues his mostly strong work with Wind River, though he also falls victim to a main pitfall of his past, which is his inability to write a strong female character. More on that in a bit.
Wind River carries more of an same emotional weight than Sheridan's predecessors, but also in a more desolate land and in even more desperate circumstances, which makes it the most grueling of his films so far. Everyone character on screen has baggage one way or the other, and with there being no escape, it can be almost too dour of an environment in which to exist for two hours. It's still especially well made and exceptionally photographed, but the sadness is paramount and, at times, can be overwhelming.
Above all, Wind River is a showcase for the talents of Jeremy Renner, who, following his star-making turn in The Hurt Locker, struggled for a good while to find a role for which he was well suited. His performance in Wind River is a reminder as to why people began to remember his name in the first place. Playing a father who still mourns for his dead child three years after the fact, his quietest moments are his best — especially when he shares the scenes with another father much more recently mourning the death of his own. Rarely are two men allowed to be so utterly honest and intimate with each other on screen and deny all those machinations of the masculine male; Sheridan's quietly scripted scene enables that concept to effect emotions that the audience isn't used to experiencing.
Like Emily Blunt's incompetent and gutless FBI agent from Sicario, or the various underwritten women of Hell or High Water, Wind River presents yet another FBI agent (Olsen) with too few positive traits and a handful of negative ones with which she introduces her character. She shows up to a crime scene without additional FBI support, and underdressed to the degree that the parents of the dead girl begrudgingly give her some gear to help her navigate the treacherous weather. She butts heads with small-town personnel and shows off her indignation, but there's never any indication that she's being presented as the typical government bureaucrat the audience is supposed to instantly dislike. No, rather, she's one of the "heroes," but the screenplay borders dangerously close to painting her as a shrew; it's to Olsen's credit that she manages to make the character likable despite this. Olsen's FBI agent is in over her head — so much that she's leaning a bit too much on Renner's trapper/hunter character for a murder investigation in a way that defies believability — but the two make for an interesting on screen pair and their journey together makes up for the few instances of suspension of disbelief that's called for.
Wind River is the third part of what Sheridan calls his 'Frontier Trilogy' (with Sicario and Hell or High Water being the predecessors), but he's managed to tell a very different kind of story. Wind River still falls within the confines of solving a crime, but it posits that sometimes justice isn't just while asking the question, when it comes to right versus wrong, who is the bigger perpetrator?
Wind River is beautifully shot — that's evident right off the bat — but it's also effectively shot so that the environment is exceedingly cold, stark, brutal, unforgiving, bleak, and sad — all at once, and all the time. Clarity is very good, and the level of detail — especially during the more grisly moments, such as the first act autopsy scene — is very fine. Audio helps in conveying the brutal tone as presented by the video — lots of whipping, howling wind and the constant presence of the cold. Dialogue marries well into this audioscape along with the typically unusual and sad musical score by frequent collaborators Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.
The complete list of special features is as follows:
- Behind-the-Scenes Video Gallery
- Deleted Scenes
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Distributor: Shout! Factory
Comedy legend Lily Tomlin stars in the effervescent 1981 comedy The Incredible Shrinking Woman. Exposed to a heady mix of household chemicals, Pat Kramer (Tomlin) contracts a strange side effect: She begins to shrink! Baffling doctors, Pat's diminishing size starts to really bring her down … until her story captures the hearts of the American people and the attention of a sinister group of scientists bent on world domination. Getting out of this predicament while still taking care of her family will be no small feat! Also starring Charles Grodin (Midnight Run), Ned Beatty (Deliverance, Homicide: Life On The Street), and Tomlin's fellow Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In alumnus Henry Gibson, and featuring makeup master Rick Baker (King Kong, Star Wars) as Sidney the gorilla, The Incredible Shrinking Woman is a smart little comedy with big laughs.
Special Features:
- NEW 2017 High-Definition Transfer
- NEW A Conversation With Actress Lily Tomlin And Writer/Executive Producer Jane Wagner
- NEW Interview With Director Joel Schumacher
- NEW Interview With Cinematographer And Visual Effects Supervisor Bruce Logan
- NEW Audio Interview With Composer Suzanne Ciani
- NEW On Location: Now And Then Featurette
- "Edith Ann" Deleted Scene
- Theatrical Trailer
- Still Gallery
Distributor: Arrow Video
It wasn't long before the Blaxploitation boom moved into the horror market, bringing the world Blacula, Blackenstein, Abby (Blaxploitation's The Exorcist) and cult favourite J.D.'s Revenge.
Law student Ike is enjoying a night on the town with his friends when his life changes dramatically. Taking part in a nightclub hypnosis act, he becomes possessed with the spirit of a violent gangster murdered in the 1940s. Believing himself to be the reincarnation of murderous J.D., Ike launches a revenge campaign against those who had done 'him' wrong all those years ago…
Directed by Arthur Marks (Bucktown, Friday Foster) and starring Glynn Turman (Cooley High) and Academy Award-winner Louis Gossett Jr (An Officer and a Gentleman), J.D.'s Revenge is alternately tough and terrifying – a Blaxploitation gem waiting to be rediscovered!
Special Features:
- Brand new 2K restoration from original film elements, produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this release
- Brand new interview with producer-director Arthur Marks
- More interviews to be announced!
- Original theatrical trailer
- Arthur Marks trailer reel
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sean Phillips
- FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector's booklet containing new writing by Kim Newman, author of Nightmare Movies
Distributor: Shout! Factory
Paul Naschy (born Jacinto Molina Álvarez) was Spain's answer to Lon Chaney. He has portrayed many classic monsters – the Wolfman, Frankenstein's monster, Count Dracula, the Mummy and more. He was not only a terrific actor, but an accomplished writer, producer and director. This Blu-ray box set includes five stellar films from his long and distinguished career. Also included in this five-film collection is an immersive 24-page booklet by author Mirek Lipinski.
Hunchback Of The Morgue (El Jorobado De La Morgue)
- In Castilian With English Subtitles And English Dub
- NEW Audio Commentary By Rod Barnett And Troy Guinn Of The Podcast, NaschyCast
- Theatrical Trailers (Spanish And English)
- Still Gallery
The Devil's Possessed (El Mariscal Del Infierno)
- In Castilian With English Subtitles And English Dub
- Theatrical Trailers (Spanish And English)
The Werewolf And The Yeti (La Maldición De La Bestia)
- In Castilian With English Subtitles And English Dub
- Still Gallery
Exorcism (Exorcismo)
- In Castilian With English Subtitles And English Dub
- NEW Audio Commentary By Author Troy Howarth
- Alternate "Clothed" Versions Of The Nude Scenes For The Original Spanish Release
- Theatrical Trailers (Spanish And English)
- English Credit Sequence
- Still Gallery
A Dragonfly For Each Corpse (Una Libélula Para Cada Muerto)
- In Castilian With English Subtitles And English Dub
- NEW Audio Commentary By Author Troy Howarth
- Still Gallery
Distributor: Arrow Video
Writer-director Ivan I. Tverdovsky's prize-winning sophomore feature (Special Prize of the Jury at Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Best Picture at Fantastic Fest) deftly mixes the deadpan humour of Aki Kaurismäki with a poignant examination of social issues including loneliness and aging.
Natasha is a middle-aged admin employee at a zoo where her female co-workers take pleasure in making fun of her. She lives with her God-fearing mother and leads a dull existence without prospects, until one day she grows a tail. Medical examinations follow where she meets Peter, a young radiologist and her dreary life is turned upside down.
Described as "Kafka meets Cronenberg" (Hollywood Reporter) Tverdovsky's film is a beautifully photographed portrait of Eastern Europe that recalls the recent New Romanian Cinema and features a brave and brilliant central performance from Natalya Pavlenkova.
Special Features:
- Trailer
- FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic and author Michael Brooke

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Should you get an Exotic Short Hair?
So, if you are here I'm guessing you are thinking of getting a cat and have thought about Exotic Short Hairs. Or you just wanna read something random lol. Well, I'll explain the pros and cons of these cats, as I personally have two of them.
-Cuteness Level Over 9000
-Super Fluffy
-Fairly Small Amount Of Shedding
-Very Relaxed And Handleable
-Rarely Can Get Overweight
-Pretty Easy To Introduce To Other Animals
-Generally Pretty Healthy
-Occasional Resparitory Problems From Flat Nose
-Eye Drainage (Weird Brownish Guck)
Overall, this is a truly amazing breed. I originally wanted a Persian Cat, but they shed like CRAZY. We also wanted something super cute like them, but that dosen't shed as much. We thought of Ragdoll Cats, but continued to search for something even better. We then thought of Scottish Folds. The problem with them though, is that because the folded ears are technically a mutation, sometimes fairly large problems develop. Then we found these, and we fell in love. They are just truly great cats! If you want a relaxed and loveable cat, give Exotic Short Hairs some love! P.S. There are also medium hair and long hair breeds, but I recommend short-medium, like my cats. They also can be hard to find at times and PLEASE do not buy from pet stores as they are poorly bred and cared for yet still have a hurendous price!
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I love babies. Just when I decide that two is enough for me and start bemoaning the future absence of babies in my life, they start coming. Here is Henry with Jazmyn Aaliyah, Shamika's little girl. Henry really loves babies and would start babysitting if I let him.
Nana's first cucumber.
Henry was really proud of wrestling this stick off a tree (mostly dead I hope, but I am not allowed in there) in his hide-out. He was all gestures, squeaks and throat clearing when he described the fierce action of pulling it out.


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I have tried to stop pc from restarting automatically and following different site suggestions has not worked. Suggestions please.
I have tried to stop pc from restarting automatically and following different site suggestions has not worked. Suggestions please.
Join the club, people are trying to figure it out for years. Some have found workarounds.
A possible solution to stop Win10 from auto-rebooting after updates. - Windows 10 Forums
How to Prevent automatic restart in Windows 10 Anniversary Update? - Windows 10 Forums
Between all suggestions, including the one there, there is nothing that has worked.
Supposedly this solution works: Disable automatic restart Windows 10 - Microsoft Community
I did those steps (going to gpedit.msc, etc..) because I want to disable the computer from auto-restarting. There is a bug in Windows 10.
I access my computer remotely sometimes from my phone. Yet if I'm not near the computer, and auto updates restarted the computer, then the computer isn't going to fully turn on! I have BitLocker enabled on my hard drive. This means that I need to be at the computer, locally, to type in the password, to start up the computer. Auto updates causes the computer to restart, yet BitLocker prevents it from fully starting back up. This issue needs to be reviewed by Microsoft for some solution in Windows 10.
But I found that link up there earlier today, and that is definitely a more preferred option, assuming that it works! I hope it does!
"Between all suggestions, including the one there, there is nothing that has worked." I hate to sound reduntant but I just had to repeat myself since it still applies.
An additional factore that may have bearing is that at some point my system converted to trying to boot off of my external drive if it is plugged in. Nothing has worked in attempting to resolve that issue either. As I said it may or may not have a bearing on the restart issue.
Check the power management settings of devices in Devices Manager, particularly that network adapter setting "Allow this device to wake computer" is turned off.
Oh I'm sorry. I replied with what I wrote above in response to one of the other replies. I assumed that your computer auto restarts because of Windows Updates, since that's also the only time it restarts over here.
When does your computer restart? At night when you're not using it? Just randomly while you're using it?
Also to avoid your computer into trying to load a different hard drive in the beginning has to do with your BIOS. Look up online how to figure out what BIOS you have and how to access it, in order to prioritize your main drive at startup.
computer is probably overheating.. so when cpu gets to 100°C it restarts automatically cause it has failsafe in bios.. probably cpu fan or whatever you have died..
wow.. 100°C is VERY hot. Water's boiling point.


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The San Francisco Giants try to pick up the pieces of what amounts to a lost season when they host the Cleveland Indians to start a new series on Monday night. The Giants are clearly in a bad way, as they dropped two of three games in a rough series against the rival Padres and continue to anchor the NL West with a brutal 35-58 record.
There doesn't appear to be any light at the end of the tunnel for the Giants, but they do return home to AT&T Park and could have a positive matchup with the beatable Josh Tomlin toeing the rubber for the visiting Tribe. Cleveland is in a much better spot, as they look to add to a 47-43 record that currently has them standing in first place in the AL Central. It's a tenuous grip atop the division, of course, as the Indians have dropped four straight and hold a narrow 1.5 game lead over the pesky Minnesota Twins.
This could be the beginning of a disastrous slide out of first place, or the Indians could take full advantage of a friendly showdown with an inferior squad in the Giants. How you perceive either side could go a long way in how you decide to bet tonight:
Cleveland Indians (-124) @ San Francisco Giants (+104) Total: 8.5
Josh Tomlin (5-9, 5.90 ERA) vs. Matt Moore (3-9, 6.04 ERA)
It doesn't take a genius to note two obvious factors going into this inter-league showdown; the Giants are awful and neither of these pitchers can be trusted. Josh Tomlin obviously has the better matchup on paper, but the 32-year old righty tends to give up way too much contact and is especially at risk of coughing up the long ball. He can make batters miss at times, but the Giants don't strike out a ton and he'll also be sporting a nasty 5.75 road ERA.
So, where is the optimism with Tomlin? It's short and sweet, but his hard contact issues are potentially negated by this park, plus San Francisco's ineptitude in the power department (dead last in the majors in homers vs. righties). The Giants are also just 27th in batting average against lefties, while the only hitters Tomlin really needs to work around are Buster Posey and Brandon Belt. The latter isn't particularly efficient, so if Tomlin can just keep the ball near the infield, he could be in for a mighty fine outing.
We're not here to puff up an aging pitcher who gives away homers like they're DJ pamphlets in Seattle, however. Tomlin is on the road, he tends to give up runs in bunches and he can't be trusted.
The matchup does lean his way, however, and Cleveland's offense should help him out quite a bit. This is not a good park for the Indians to sound off in, but Matt Moore isn't a whole lot more stable than Tomlin and despite the friendly, park, has posted a shaky 4.44 ERA here. In addition, the Tribe hits southpaws quite well. Like, 3rd in home runs and 11th in batting average kind of well.
This is a date to fear for Moore, who has not been in top form with 5+ runs allowed in three of his last five starts. Moore is giving up fly balls at a rapid rate and while that's less of a concern in this park, it's certainly reason to worry against these Indians. Moore is also having serious problems getting lefty hitters out (.475 OBP), which means guys like Francisco Lindor, Michael Brantley, Jose Ramirez, Carlos Santana and even Bradley Zimmer could potentially tee off in this contest.
I'm not sold on the Over just because the pitching boasts some upside, but Tomlin has the better matchup and the Indians are the scarier offense. Cleveland needs to snap out of their current funk, too, and what better team to do it against? We love the Tribe here, so we can attack a pretty decent line despite them being favored. We should also consider their +135 Run Line, but with run lines giving us troubles lately, we'll stick with the straight up pick.


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When life and work are fun you don't get tired. Do you ever remember getting tired when you were playing as a kid? It never even came to mind. The same is true when you are energized by doing work that matters with people you like. Make sure you take the opportunity to seize each day, be happy with what you are doing in life and enjoy the ride. You only get one ride!


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And called the kings of Christendom for swords about the Cross...
-- Lepanto, G. K. Chesteron
Some things have to be defended. Some things simply have to be fought for. That's just the way it is, and the refusal to fight for them means those things will be lost. Only then will their true value be seen. As Ben Franklin say, one knows the value of water when the well has run dry. Or, as G. K. Chesterton also said, a soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.
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Friday, 5 July 2013
Christmas range from DoCrafts, July Demo samples
lace & crochet heart are vintage notes.
I pleated the paper below the photo and slotted in the lace and rick rack.
punch the front edge of easel card.
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Hi Janna.....lovely to see you back at The Range today, and enjoyed your demos......will definitely make this lovely easel card, after buying the Goody Bag :) Hope to see you back there soon. PatReplyDelete
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When it comes to discussions about vehicles of the future, many believe that self-driving cars and trucks will take over. However, a company like Einride out of Sweden sees that there is room for both autonomous and remote controls, especially when it comes to long-haul trucks.
Einride envisions its transport vehicles of the future as windowless T-pods that will be on the roads as early as 2020; the 23-foot vehicles are equipped to transport about 15 regular pallets and 20 tons of weight at a time.
Ideally, the company imagines that the trucks could be switched to self-driving modes on long stretches of highway, and switched to remote controls in cities and other high-density areas. However, as Einride envisions remote controls for its driverless pods, an operator would be able to manage the navigation controls from afar.
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Physiological Actions And Clinical Investigations In Determination Of Thyroid Hormones
Calcitonin Effect On The Human Bone
A General Overview
Actions Of thyroid Hormones
- Increase in cellular oxidation in all tissues
- Increase in protein breakdown
- Increase the turnover of carbohydrates and lipids
- Calcium is mobilized from bone
- The cardiovascular effects consist of increase in the heart rate and sensitization of the beta-adrenergic receptors to the action of catecholamines.
Calcitonin: Calcitonin is a peptide hormone formed in the parafollicular cells (C cells) of the thyroid. Calcitonin inhibits bone resorption and the release of calcium from bone, thereby helpting to lower calcium levels in blood. Catabolism of bone is significantly reduced. Levels of calcitonin increase during hypercalcemia and the secretion stops when the calcium levels falls. High levels of calcitonin are seen in patients with medullary carcinoma of the thyroid. Still in this condition, there is no hypocalcemia. Calcitonin has found therapeutic use in the management of acute hypercalcemia, osteoporosis and Paget's disease of bone.
Assessment of thyroid function: Clinical examination is most valuable in all cases. Though, several classic features such as lid lag and thyroid bruit specifically point to florid hyperthyroidism, in marginal cases, the clinical symptomatology shows considerable overlap with normals or other non-thyroid disorders. Many tests are available to assess thyroid function but no single test is totally satisfactory. Thyroid function tests may be broadly classified into radio-isotopic methods and non-radioisotopic methods.
Non-radioisotopic tests
Isotopic tests
1. Basal metabolic rate
1. I131 uptake, TSH stimulation and T3 suppression
2. Estimation of serum protein bound iodine (PBI) and butanol extractable iodine (BEI)
2. I131 PBI estimation
3. Estimation of cholesterol, creatinine and creatine phosphokinase (CPK)
3. T3 resin uptake
4. Demonstration of thyroid autoantibodies
4. RIA of T3, T4 and TSH
5. Thyroid biopsy
5. TRH stimulation 6. Thyroid scan.
Laboratory Investigations Of Thyroid Hormones
More Clinical Investigations
Protein-bound Iodine (PBI): Estimation of PBI was used to indicate thyroid function before more specific tests became available. The presence of exogenous substances such as organic iodides and radiographic contrast media increases PBI values. Hence this estimation is seldom done at present.
PBI131 estimation: After the oral administration of I131, the percentage of the administered dose bound to protein is estimated. Normal value is 0.4%.
Butanole extractable Iodine (BEI) estimation: This method eliminates the influence of non-hormonal iodides in serum PBI estimation. Since iodinated proteins like monoiodotyrosines and diiodotyrosines and inorganic iodides are insoluble in butanol. Only T3 and T4 are extracted by this solvent. Unfortunately most of the exogenous organic iodides such as radiographic contrast dyes are soluble in butanole and hence this test is also only of limited value.
Plasma transport: Around 60% of thyroxine (T4) circulates in blood bound to thyroid binding globulin (TBG) which is an alpha-globulin, 30% is bound to pre-albumin and the rest to albumin. Tri-iodothyronine (T3) is bound only to TBG and albumin and the binding is less firm when compared to that of T4. 0.1% of T4 and 1% T3 remain unbound (free form) in the plasma. The total plasma level of T4 is 4-8 ug/dl and that of T3 is 150-250 ng/dl. The sum total of T4 and T3 bound to the carrier protein is referred to as plasma protein-bound iodine (PBI). The normal range is 4-8 ug/dl. The levels of T4 and T3 are regulated by the TSH from the anterior pituitary and TRH of the hypothalamus. Rising levels of thyroid hormones inhibit TSH secretion. Both T4 and T3 are de-iodinated in the hepatic cells by the microsomal enzymes and the iodides are excreted in urine (70ug/day).
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London: The discovery of a faulty gene behind migraine - an extremely painful condition - offers a ray of hope to millions of sufferers.
The finding potentially opens the way to a new class of migraine-busting drugs and shows how debilitating headaches can be passed from parent to child.
Researchers from the Medical Research Council Functional Genomics Unit at the University of Oxford found the gene - called TRESK - in families of sufferers.
When the gene is mutated, it can more easily trigger the brain`s pain centres and cause severe headaches, reports the journal Nature Genetics.
Around one in four women and one in 12 men experience migraine, triggered by alcohol, stress, fluorescent lighting and foods such as chocolate, red wine and caffeine, according to the Daily Mail.
The World Health Organisation rates migraines as a major cause of disability worldwide and it has been estimated to be the most costly neurological disorder in Europe.
Study leader Zameel Cader from Oxford said: "We have now made a major step forward in our understanding of why people suffer with migraine and how in certain cases, your family can literally give you a headache."
During the headache stage, victims experience a pulsating, throbbing pain - often on one side of head, sensitivity to bright lights and sound, nausea and often a strong desire to lie down in a darkened room. Severe attacks can last for days.
One in every two migraine sufferers believes that changes in the weather can trigger an attack.
Last year, a study at the Harvard University showed that a drop in atmospheric pressure and a rise in temperature are triggers.


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When you type in a URL(web address) into your browser your computer then sends this request as a packet, which includes the IP address of the website you want to visit. The IP address allows servers connected to the internet to identify the web site you're looking for.
Your browser sends its request through wires or if you're using your phone, through a satellite and then through wires. If you're using a wireless network, your device will connect to your router which is wired to the internet. At a very basic level the internet is wires connecting computers with some sort of protocol. These wires are either copper or fibre optic.
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Spirit & Life Devotional
Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Chinaemerem Joshua Ibezim
Radically Transformed
"Then the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man." I Samuel 10:6 NKJV
When a man receives the Holy Spirit he is immediately changed, beginning from his inner man. Those who knew him before can tell that he's not the same man. It shouldn't be surprising; how can a man receive God into his body of clay and remain the same? It's impossible!
When Peter and John stood before the Pharisees, the Bible says that "they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, and they marveled." What happened to them? It wasn't just because they were with Jesus; remember that Peter denied Jesus thrice after being with Jesus for three years; Peter and John were changed the moment they received the Holy Spirit!
And it's not a one time thing! 2 Corinthians 3:18 says, "But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord." Hallelujah! We're talking about a continuous transformation: everyday, we're getting bolder, wiser, stronger, more powerful, more knowledgeable, more loving; we are becoming more and more like Him! They think that they have known all about us: hahaha!
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BELLAIRE — Jim Olson, noted environmental attorney and Great Lakes advocate, will be the guest presenter at the 40th anniversary celebration and annual meeting of the Grass River Natural Area.
He will speak on "Preserving the Future Integrity of Water: Reclaiming the Public Trust."
The event will be held in the Bellaire Room at Shanty Creek Resort, Tuesday, Oct. 13. It begins with a social hour and cash bar from 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m., followed by dinner and program. The public is invited to attend.
"It's fitting on our 40th anniversary that such a well-known environmental advocate as Jim Olson is our speaker," noted Melynda Bagley, interim GRNA executive director. "His involvement with citizens seeking to protect the environment parallels the very origins of our organization and the many volunteers, county residents and commissioners who collaborated to protect the Grass River watershed."
Olson has practiced and written about environmental, water and public trust law for more than 30 years. A principal in the Traverse City-based firm of Olson, Bdzok & Howard, P.C., he earned an undergraduate degree from Michigan State University; juris doctorate from the Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State University College of Law); and a master of laws (LLM) degree in natural resources and environmental law from the University of Michigan.


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Take me out to the ball game…….. It's Baseball Season again!!!
Opening Day is the best time to announce that The Still Remembered Project is partnering with the Pittsburgh Pirates to hold a Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness day at PNC Park on Sunday, September 24th!!!!! Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month starts on 10/1, so this game is perfect timing.
We need YOUR help! We have a ticket sales goal of 500+ tickets sold to get our organization on the field for a pre-game introduction and public service announcement. Imagine 40,000+ people thinking of ALL our babies at once. How powerful. In addition, we will have a table at PNC Park to showcase our organization. A portion of each ticket sold will also go back to The Still Remembered Project to support our mission!!
Game Details:
- Sunday, September 24th at 1:35pm against the St. Louis Cardinals
- Fan Appreciation Day
- Last Sunday home game of the regular season
- Ticket prices range from $21.00 – $33.00, plus fees
To Purchase Game Tickets, either:
– Visit the Pirates website directly http://pittsburghpirates.com/stillremembered
– Print, Complete and Return the Ticket Order Form
Please share this news so we can fill PNC Park and share awareness for Pregnancy and Infant Loss. We can't wait to see you at the ballpark!
Questions? Email Melissa Ibella