Tickets: AvA, Crazy Heart

Tickets went on sale today for the May 6 Angels & Airwaves show at the 930 Club, and I bought one. In these situations, I normally buy two tickets, on the thinking that I’ll find someone who’ll be interested in attending the gig with me. For Angels, though, I had trouble thinking of anyone who’d be especially into it.

Anyway, I’m looking forward to the show. I bet the live act is polished. One thing I’m not sure of is the crowd. What will the median age be? I’m guessing 30. My sense is that Blink’s popularity peaked in at the turn of the century, and I bet the median age of their fan base back then was about 20.

I also got a movie ticket today: Crazy Heart. I can’t remember the last time I went to the movies.

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Alice in Wonderland !!!!

Im counting the days till the 5th of March , Were on 6 days today !!! i have been waiting to see this film since last year and cant wait to see Tim Burtons original and sinister take on the Alice and wonderland storey we all love, im  much in antispation to see the amazing Johnny Depp performance as the Mad Hatter as well as the amazing visual effects of the strange world Alice has returned too ….and all of this in 3d !!!! I may even go all out and pay extra for directors booth with popcorn and ice cream for this one  who’s with me ?? !!!

: D !!!

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invitation: SOMETHING ELSE Screening and Networking Mixer @ EAST/WEST LOUNGE in WEST HOLLYWOOD on Saturday, Feburary 27th @ 4pm!

    Date: Saturday, February 27, 2010 Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm Location: East/West Lounge/ 8851 Santa Monica Blvd/ West Hollywood, CA 90069-4519 Description

Join Pierce Productions first short film SOMETHING ELSE, written and directed by Ernest Pierce, on February 27th, 2010 at 4pm.  The screening will be held at the fantastic EAST/WEST LOUNGE at 801 LARRABEE STREET (alternate address)  in the HIP and TRENDY West Hollywood area in Los Angeles. (Must be 21 years of age to attend.)

FILM SYNOPSIS (Dramedy)

29-year-old Corporate Affiliate, Cordell Davis leads a white-collar life with his successful wife LAURA. What happens, when he faces a challenge with possibilities of losing everything in one night? Join us to find out what happens to him…

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Truly madly Depply

Alice in Wonderland has opened to mixed reviews, with words from “magical” to “formulaic” being used and even the great Johnny Depp being described as having “too much of the Willy Wonka lingering about him”. It has been variously described as a “3D epic for the next generation” and “only a must see for young girls who like fairy tales and teenage stoners”.

A completely new take on Lewis Carroll’s story, it features a stellar cast portraying Wonderland later in Alice’s life (she is 19) when things have taken a turn for the worse.

Kind of a shame to take someone like Johnny and dress him up as the Mad Hatter but Tim Burton knows what he is doing....

With Tim Burton in charge it’s highly unlikely to be less than spectacular, and his affectionate partnership with Johnny Depp (anyone see Friday night with Jonathan Ross this evening?) seems set to continue to produce weird and wonderful epics in the vein of “Edward Scissorhands” which shot Depp to fame in 1990.

Tim Burton went beyond weird in Edward Scissorhands

When asked, tongue in cheek, about the possibility of doing a romantic comedy, he was both amused and horrified at the suggestion saying mildly that it’s “not his thing”.  Amongst many other things, it’s  that resistance of the temptation to be one of the Matthew McConaugheys of the world, cashing in purely on near perfect looks, that makes him such a phenomenon.

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Lipsmacking

From People who eat in cinemas 5 Jan 1957 Letters to ST

I for one object to having to the crunch and crack of melon seeds, potato crisps, pea nuts and pop corns. Even the roar of sterophonic sound is made indistinct by the chomping of jaws and the smacking of lips.

Ed: Today nothing could be a worse evil than a kid in a cinema eating, talking and playing with a PSP/handphone at the same time.

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Enter the Void - A Film Review

Ever since watching Babel, I have been of the opinion that the gaudy Tokyo nightscape would make for a brilliant backdrop to some very whacked-out movie or other. As a result, either Gaspar Noé or I should be unnerved by that fact that the controversial director seems to have had much the same idea. In this seemingly unending work, he tells a squalid tale of sex, drugs, and grieving from the first-person perspective of its dead protagonist – a young American named Oscar (Nathaniel Brown) who has been paying for his increasing drug addiction with some small-time dealing in the clubs and bars of Tokyo. With no effort being made to disguise the plot, the audience is treated early on to Oscar’s friend Alex (a one-to-watch in Cyril Roy) providing an overview of the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Before we know it, Oscar has met with his sudden and dramatic end in a filthy barroom toilet and the audience is invited to spend the next two hours in the bardo with their rather gormless protagonist.

In essence, the bardo is a transitional state between one incarnation and the next. Hence, Oscar’s spirit remains on Earth and is able to relive seminal moments from his former life and to observe what happens next to the people that he knew, as he waits and waits and waits some more in this incorporeal limbo. If this sounds a little tame, then that is to do the film a disservice, as several of the scenes are decidedly and provocatively discomfiting. In certain instances, Oscar flits in some psychosexual manner from the sight of his sister’s or lover’s breast to that of his mother when he was an infant. Elsewhere, he witnesses his sister Lisa (a once more rarely-clothed Paz de la Huerta) in highly personal moments – one of which is particularly unpleasant – or returns to a deeply traumatic time when they were both still quite young. However, as his time spent hovering over events past and present drags on, the sense is that Oscar and, by extension, the audience are helpless to do anything other than wait for events outside of their control to take their course.

Of course, another possible interpretation of this film is to see it as an intense visual dream. Many of the experiences that Oscar experience would have already been firmly implanted in his subconscious memory, e.g. the appalling experience of how his parents died, being jealousy of his sister’s lover, having been reading the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the fluorescent mock-up of Tokyo in Alex’s apartment, or once being told by Alex that his favourite experience was the time when he was sucking on his mother’s teat. In one instance, Lisa refers to having nightmarish dreams about Oscar. In another, she mentally and physically dismisses his cremated ashes as not being her brother. Are these jokey little hints and, if so, having been brought through a lengthy sequence early on where Oscar imagines that he is seeing willowy tendrils and vivid fractals bursting forth from the ceiling of his appartment, does the audience ever leave Oscar’s psychedelic-addled brain as he sprawls back on that untidy bed? One thing for sure is that the action only takes place at night – a time when the dead walk and the living sleep!

In one amusing irony, the film begins with the strobe-filled end credits being played at breakneck speed only for the actual work to turn out to be hugely drawn-out and repetitive. On the one hand, it would make for an interesting sensory experiment to watch this cross between Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and Atom Egoyan’s Exotica whilst properly jacked up. On the other hand, having nothing more stimulating than caffeine in the system does turn the work’s impressive initial intrigue into a leaden and despairing affair by the end. Yet, even then, there remains something remarkably beguiling about the cinematography of Benoît Debie as the camera incessantly hovers, swoops, and soars in ghost-like manner around a seedy and vividly photographed Tokyo. When coupled to some stunning visual effects and an impressive soundscape, Mr. Noé’s audacious film makes for an undoubtedly intense and unique cinematic experience. Unfortunately, though, the overall work cannot match these aspects of it and the mind ends up doing some wandering of its own.

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Sherlock Holmes

Summary

I’d really like to say that I LOVE Guy Ritchie movies. But I can’t honestly make that claim. Why? Well, because I really do LOVE Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch and Revolver. That’s not exactly his entire career. But those three movies are a decent lens into the style of film-making that Mr. Ritchie has subscribed to. So despite that potential inaccuracy, I’m more or less willing to make that statement. Guy’s movies tend to be disjointed, chaotic, violent, humorous and clever. The idea is that there is always something deeper than what he is showing you. Like jazz, it’s not about the obvious cues, it’s about what lies right behind them. He loves the off notes and the ethereal. Not in a ghostly sense, but in the way that what he wants the viewer to understand is perpetually outside their scope of vision at the time. His striated brand of story-telling is not for everyone, granted, but it appeals to me and that’s what matters here on MY blog.

When I discovered that the new ‘Sherlock Holmes’ was a Guy Ritchie film, there was immediately a two-fold reaction. Plenty of excitement and a considerably amount of apprehension as well. For me, Ritchie’s films succeed because they fall outside of the palette of many viewers. I mean, if you take a look at any of the 3 films I listed above, I’m sure plenty of people would tell you that they either didn’t understand them (the humor, wit or story) or didn’t like them. And to be fair, they aren’t exactly simple narratives carried on the shoulders of simple characters. There’s a lot going on in his films at any given time and missing one small scene could mean a complete lack of context for successive scenes. Once you understand what’s going on though, it’s a ride not to be missed. I could (and do) watch his movies over and over. So for ‘Sherlock Holmes’ I knew he was going to have to tone that down. A movie of this caliber (production-wise) simply couldn’t possess his true style of crafting and I knew that. Nonetheless, he had a lot to work with and Downey Jr., Law and McAdams are three actors I actually enjoy greatly. So we’re off to a decent start.

The movie mostly follows sort of standard blockbuster convention. This sounds like a bad thing, I think but really, in this case, it works really, really well. It does this because it hits on all the highs that I would expect from a high production title, but maintains a core of uniqueness that allows it to be both palatable and well… really good. Certainly entertaining. The title of the film should be an obvious indication of the focus and since we’re talking about Robert Downey Jr., it’s marvelous. The man may have his share of demons, but I’ll be damned if he isn’t one charming, hilarious and gifted actor. From start to finish, he carries the movie and it’s a romping good time. This will seem strange to say, I suppose, but… oh, the hell with it: Holmes is ridiculously badass in this movie. Yeah. Badass. And you know what? It’s awesome. I liked it. I did. I really did. The humor is very familiar, but for me, it’s not stale. Jude Law is an actor I have respected and enjoyed for quite some time now and he doesn’t disappoint here. The character is bit on the cliche side, but suffers only slightly from it. With the character that Sherlock embodies on-screen, there just isn’t much more room for flash or eccentricity.

I heart McAdams and her role was so-so. Fine.

The story is fascinating enough, revolving around the ever elusive Lord Blackwood and Holmes’ attempts to track him down and unravel the threads of his schemes. The occult-ish themes caught my attention certainly, but by the end, I have to admit that I found the story to lack the real substance I was hoping for. I think this is where the film shows it’s “blockbuster” traits, since I think that more could’ve been done considering the captain at the helm here. Nonetheless, the story is more than adequate to drive the movie forward. The ending was a little trite but simultaneously satisfying and creates an effective desire to re-watch the film.

One area that was Mr. Ritchie made his presence known in was his all-so-familiar cinematography. Love or hate it, it was there. Personally, I LOVE it. I’m not one of those self-righteous assholes who sees an effect or shot once then puts my nose up in the air everytime I see it afterwards. Sure, effects or lens tricks can certainly be overused, but if the context of either the style or ambiance in the movie allows for them, I see no problem with getting silly with visuals. Guy loves his slo-mo, always has, and from what I can tell, always will. It’s honestly fine by me because I always enjoy the method in which he employs it. Frames are intentional and the cut is focused on a particular action. He’s not just slowing things down for the hell of it, he wants to show you something. He wants you to understand that the man on screen isn’t just being punched; he is being hurt, a lot. It’s effective and sounds and looks great IMO.

The film takes full advantage of the rather vintage and raw portrayal of Sherlock Holmes from the novels of yore as well as some graphic novels. For some reason, the whole public over thinks that the character Holmes has always been a pacifist. Weird, considering that both he and Watson are indeed rough and tumble at times, with Holmes being an ex-boxer and Watson resorting to the fist a good amount of times in some of the older books and certainly in the graphic novels. In any event, it’s solid entertainment from start to finish, with plenty of action to boot. The trailers don’t betray the movie either. This is a shameless adventure film, with plenty of fighting and violence, so if you don’t appreciate that brand of Sherlock Holmes or find it to be a translation fallacy, then don’t even bother. I’m sure your philosophy books can keep you busy in the meantime.

A last nuance to note was the film score. None other than the brilliant Hans Zimmer is the creator of the music in ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and it’s just wonderful stuff. That’s right. Wonderful. As always, the score brings a stronger sense of vitality to the screen and the foggy London-town feeling is further enhanced with the melodious strings compositions with swells of crescendo and sudden staccato. It all works well together.

‘Sherlock Holmes’ was a fine movie. A damn fine movie. It’s good, solid entertainment across the board. It has action, humor, romance and mystery. You know what it is? It’s fun. A lot of fun. So go see it and keep an open mind. I really do think you’ll have a pretty good time.

Overall Score (out of 10): 9.0

Summary

Story/Writing: The narrative is a bit vanilla but certainly not bad. If not for the strong characters, this would’ve been a fairly weak aspect. Writing is clever, however, with a healthy injection of charisma and wit.

Acting/Cast: Both are good. Robert Downey Jr. is simply incredible and Jude Law follows very closely behind, despite a considerable disadvantage in character writing. McAdams is, very unfortunately, the weak leg on the tripod. Her role is rather flimsy and you get the sense that she could’ve been replaced. Not a terrible performance though.

Camera/Cinematography: Classic Guy Ritchie. The London-town dreariness is present and the film texture is somewhat gritty, much like the characters. There’s plenty of slo-mo, but for me, it plays out well and is purposeful.

Sound/Music: Ideally, you want good sound to accompany a blockbuster and ‘Sherlock Holmes’ isn’t lacking in this area. The explosions, punches and ambiance are all well done and appropriate. It might seem a bit much at times, and well, it is. The music is incredible, indicative of Zimmer’s ability to create a aural dimension that effectively supplements the film.

Website: http://sherlock-holmes-movie.warnerbros.com/

IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0988045/

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The perfect Martini

In the film The Philadelphia Story, Jimmy Stewart describes whisky as a slap on the back and champagne as heavy mist before the eyes. I’ve always thought of a good Martini as having your socks pulled up. From your inside.

But, a good Martini can be hard to find. A good Martini in congenial surroundings even more so. Simpsons- in-the-Strand’s Knights Bar can provide the former and does so in bath size measures. I’m hoping the new Martini trolley service at the Connaught will provide the latter but if that’s a let down there is always the option of making the perfect Martini at home.

And for that you need the perfect recipe.

I went to a book launch at the legendary Colony Room in Soho a year ago and was lucky enough to find celebrity bartender Dick Bradsell in residence. We fell to chatting about vintage cocktail books as he mixed me an Old Fashioned and he asserted there is only one book you really need which is The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks by David Embury.

The Colony Room bar

This explained a lot.  I’d been trying to get hold of a secondhand copy as it was out of print but the prices were astronomical (1970’s editions on ebay fetch over £100…). Fortunately an American publisher is now reprinting it, so my copy is on order but in the meantime the lovely wikipedia has a helpful condensing of its contents, including an excellent recipe for a Martini.

This is now my foolproof method, though depending on the gin I may omit the vermouth, or simply swill some round a glass before pouring away. What gin or vermouth you use is a matter of individual taste but I tend to stick to Noilly Prat and Tanquerey as I like the kick these provide. I will sometimes plump for Plymouth gin to give a more rounded drink but anything more expensive tends to be either too soft (Tanquerey 10 for instance is overpowered by vermouth) or too flavoursome (eg the floral notes of Hendricks) for my taste.

David Embury’s Martini

• 7 parts English gin
• 1 part French (dry) vermouth

Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail glass [see the image on this post for the perfect size glass – small enough so your drink stays cold to the end and you can consume  two or three without endangering your liver -LCG], twist lemon peel over the top and serve garnished with an olive, preferably one stuffed with any kind of nut.

Personally I would leave the lemon and the nut out of it but otherwise his ratios are bang on for a lethally dry sock pulling.

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Confirmado o Capitão América?

De acordo com o site Comic Book Movie, aparentemente, o posto de Capitão América no longa do herói já foi ocupado. E o dono é Robert Buckley.

O ator de 29 anos trabalha, atualmente, na série da CW One Tree Hill e já fez parte do elenco de Lipstick Jungle, da NBC.

Essa informação ainda é um rumor, não exista nada confirmado pelo estúdio e a informação, muito provavelmente, só será liberada em meados da próxima semana, mas a fonte que liberou a informação é conhecida por ser certeiro quantos as informações da Marvel Comics.

“É, tipo, como uma perfeita tempestade de nerdisse, que me encontra bem no meio de um tempo disponível. E logo quando eu meio que redescobri quadrinhos, agora que eu encontrei Amazon.com. Eu fui fora de controle. Se você me perguntar quais são meus livros favoritos, seria como pedir a uma mãe de escolher o filho favorito. Quero dizer, com certeza, ela pode, mas ela nunca poderia vai isso publicamente, porque isso iria apenas fazer com que todos se sentem mal. Mas, sério, eu sou um grande fã do Capitão América e … vamos ver aqui. Não posso simplesmente listar os títulos da Marvel dos quais gosto, porque vai parecer que eu estou sendo apenas um exibido, eu poderia apenas citar BATMAN: HUSH ou FABLES…” comentou o ator, sem confirmar ou não se fará o papel do herói patriota.

Alguns pontos a se considerar sobre o ator:

-Ele se encaixa perfeitamente quanto a altura, tipo físico e idade do herói;

-É relativamente desconhecido, o que é exatamente o que o diretor Joe Johnston procurava;

-E o cara é, definitivamente, fã de quadrinhos… Quem você conhece que curta BATMAN: HUSH ou FABLES?

Caio realmente acha que essa é uma excelente idéia!

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100 Noughtie Films: The Year 2005

The Beat that My Heart Skipped

The Death of Mr Lazarescu

L’enfant

Father and Son

Grizzly Man

Hidden

Lady Vengeance

Romanzo Criminale

Twelve and Holding

13 Tzameti

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SCANDOUSLY EXCELLENT: TIGER WOODS, CONTROL FREAK

Presenting a clip from disgraced golf legend Tiger Woods‘ robotic, self-flagellating, arguably long overdue, mea culpa, to humiliated wife Erin Nordegren, and the world, during his Outstandingly Excellent and masterfully micromanaged, no-questions-allowed, “press conference,” broadcast live on major networks and attended by a small, highly select group of friends, colleagues and close associates—along with six hand-selected reporters—held  at 11 a.m. Friday, February 19. 2010 at the Tournament Players Club (“Home of the Players”) Sawgrass Clubhouse in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

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SCENIC EXCELLENCE: ALBRECHT KONRAD and BERNHARD HENRICH for ROMAN POLANSKI's THE GHOST WRITER

Applauding the Outstandingly Excellent and sleek production design, courtesy Albrecht Konrad, and the modernist monochromatic set decoration, by Bernhard Henrich, with art direction by David Scheunemann, for His Excellency Roman Polanski’s new thriller, The Ghost Writer, based on the novel The Ghost by co-screenwriter Robert Harris, starring, among others, His Excellency Ewan McGregor.

Excellent decor: His Excellency Ewan McGregor in a scene from His Excallency Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer. Image by Guy Ferrandis for Summit Entertainment.

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All about Marion

Eu AMO a Marion Cottilard e amo mais agora depois de ter visto o filme Piaff (demorei pra ver, eu sei).

Agora ela simplesmente ganhou todos os pontos do universo com essa capa e editorial para a Elle francesa de março.

Olha a maquiagem dessa mulher, pelamor.

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O Amor Segundo B. Schianberg

Nunca vi história de um casal narrada de maneira tão boçal quanto esta do novo filme de Beto Brant (tirado de sua série televisiva homônima).

O que salta aos olhos é a precariedade das coisas. Isso desvia o olhar das precariedades de idéias: as elipses sem propósito, as palavras escritas na tela sem propósito, os diálogos discursivos sem propósito, a filosofia pseudo-alguma-coisa – olha só – sem propósito. Não é um filme amador na imagem (isso parece o único aspecto realmente bem pensado do filme); é amador de pretensões.

Brant parece almejar a alta cultura desde Crime Delicado. Em alguns momentos é bem efetivo e interessante; aqui é risível. É o típico caso do cineasta que pensa ser capaz de encenar a vida através de conceitos (psicanalíticos e/ou filosóficos e/ou artísticos-estéticos). O problema é que a vida é o parâmetro para os conceitos e, portanto, não pode ser esquadrinhada por eles. A arte nunca será maior que a vida.

Pode-se discutir que Brant tenta escancarar este aspecto arte/vida e a incapacidade da primeira em reproduzir a segunda. Isso é dado recalcado; Brant quer se enquadrar na Alta Arte e não atinge nem arte nem pulsão de vida.

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O filme levanta outra questão: por que alguns realizadores acham que as experiências de artistas para com a vida são mais intensas que a dos meros mortais?

Em …Schianberg temos uma videoartista e um ator. Contudo, não estamos no terreno da metalinguagem. Eles são pessoas comuns; mas não são: são artistas.

Como se ser artista colocasse alguém num nível de possibilidades maior que um padeiro, uma lavadeira, uma escriturária.

Isso é o que é discutível no filme: ele valora as experiências pessoais entre sensibilidades por requisitos imprecisos. Os protagonistas-artistas estão em um “plano de sensibilidade” maior para com a vida. Por qual razão? A única explicação é que são artistas e tem um sentido mais aguçado para isso. Tem mesmo?

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Mas a pergunta que não quer calar é: onde está o Beto Brant de Ação entre amigos, Os matadores e, principalmente, O invasor?

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Extraordinary Measures - Review

The movie Extraordinary Measures is an inspirational movie about a father and his quest to find the right medication for his two children that are suffering from Pompe disease.

This is a genetic disease that affects children that disables the heart and muscles. Because of the underdevelopment of the muscles it leaves them confined to a wheelchair. Children with this disease normally die at around age nine, at that stage the organs enlarge. You can imagine the shock and the despair John Crowley (Brendan Fraser) and Aileen Crowley (Keri Russell) parents of the children feel when they are told their young children have less than a year to live.

The family leads a pretty normal life, a working dad, stay at home mom with three children to care for. The father, a leading corporate executive is faced with a dilemma; to stay at his job and enjoy the perks of promotions – increased benefits, meeting deadlines and to watch his kids die from a disease that will rob them of a future before they are teenagers or leave the job and find the cure.

Directed by Tom Vaughan, the movie’s cinematography is not only good but shows his experience. The scenes in the movie are amazing; they will grip you from the beginning to end. The characters all have personalities that make you connect more with them. The daughter Megan is full of personality, a typical 8 year old who desires a future. She likes pink and loves to play.

John Crowley (Brendan Fraser) decides to fight the battle with his kids and leaves the state to the University of Nebraska where he meets Dr. Stonehill (Harrison Ford). Dr. Robert Stonehill (Harrison Ford) is a scientist who has explored the area of Pompe and has developed what he thinks is the cure. Leaving his wife behind with the children, John Crowley meets with Dr. Stonehill after chasing him down in the wee hours of the morning from his university office to a bar. At the bar, a relationship develops between the two. It leads to a business relationship, with both men partnering to find a cure to help the children, Megan Crowley (Meredith Droeger) and Patrick Crowley (Diego Velazquez).

To make John Crowley’s dream a reality of not only benefiting his own children they meet with executives from drug manufacturers. With this new partnership there are other issues that arise which make the movie even more exciting to watch. Extraordinary Measures is a true story and is an adaptation of the novel The Cure by Geeta Anand.

The movie also explores at length the politics, tribalism, materialistic goals of drug companies. I understand this is a moral dilemma for them and the company executives from the drug company kept emphasizing the importance of objectivity. Because, dealing with drugs, medicines and treating people if you are caught up with the Utilitarian Principle (doing good for the greatest number of people) you may not have a successful company at the end of the day. Drug companies are in business to make a profit and not primarily to save patients at the end of the day.

In the movie John Crowley, the father of the children is caught up emotionally with finding a cure that there is a huge disagreement between him and the company executives. When the company had completed the process and it was time to test the medication, it caused a major conflict of interest. There was a conflict of interest because John Crowley had a vested interest in the company and he also had an interest in the success of the product. Of course he wanted his children to have the medication first. To solve the issue, he was fired from the company. It was sad to see him go but the drug company maintained their strict adherence to policy.

His children did receive the needed medication. The testing worked and they responded well. The movie ends on a good note. Extraordinary Measures will not have you crying but its emotional journey will have you supporting these parents that placed everything on the line – their relationship and jobs to fight for a cure to save their ailing children. You will be cheering on these parents.

I only wish that you will get a hold of this movie and see it. It is worth your time. I yearn for the will that I might have the same fervour and strength these parents had in their darkest moment. The strength to fight on till the desired end is attained.

This post is dedicated to a blogger and a friend of this site who revealed that he has cancer. All of us here wish him the very best and a speedy recovery. I trust that he will not only have the audacity of hope but the certainty of faith that he will get better. Read his updates on his blog. http://jammer5spolyrant.wordpress.com/

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THE EXQUISITE EXCELLENCE OF MARIOS SCHWAB for HALSTON

Applauding the Excellently exquisite premiere Fall/Winter 2010 collection of 34-year-old Austrian-born, London-based designer Marios Schwab for Halston. Eyes of Laura Mars-inspired set by Gideon Ponte.

Exquisitely Excellent looks from Marios Schwab's Fall/Winter 2010 collection for Halston. Image via Imran Amed's Business of Fashion via Twitpic.

Excellently exquisite looks from Marios Schwab's Fall/Winter 2010 collection for Halston. Image via Imran Amed's Business of Fashion via Twitpic.

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"I'm Gonna Make Him A Sequel He Can't Refuse"

2010 seems to be a good year all around. There’s the Winter Olympics, the FIFA World Cup, if you’re a football fan. But most importantly, it seems to be a solid year for the cinema industry. With films like Avatar to start the year off, it’s no wonder directors are feeling confident about themselves. So far this year, there is strangely large number of sequels being greenlit, here’s a rundown of a few of them. There are more, which I will list at a later date, I’ll bring you some more information, don’t worry.

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100 Noughtie Films: The Year 2004

Bad Education

The Consequences of Love

L’intrus

Kings & Queen

The Sea Inside

Sideways

Tropical Malady

Turtles Can Fly

Vera Drake

3-Iron

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