Story- Really nice with some clever twists which you won't be expecting. Dialogue- Good sense of humor. Intelligent puns. Characters- Awesome. However, the voice over is not that good. Everyone has same kind of voice. Music- Nothing new or catchy. Like every other Batman animated movies. Editing- Perfect. When Batman is missing, Dick Grayson takes up his mantle. He and Damien Wayne have to protect. Overall- This movie is fun to watch. There would many plot twists which you will like. The animation quality is good. You won't get bored during the movie. I give this 10 because it deserves it.. This is a movie you will watch again and again. Go DC Comics. Waiting for the next animated movie. Hope it will be as good as this. Contents • • • • • Plot [ ] intercepts a group of criminals in that includes, Tusk,,, and others. When a fight ensues, arrives. They are confronted by the apparent leader of the criminals, a man called the Heretic, who detonates explosives planted within the facility. Batman flings Batwoman to safety and apparently perishes in the explosion. Weeks later, a concerned sends a distress signal to. Meanwhile, watches a news report of Batman's disappearance and sets out to return to Gotham. Batwoman's civilian alter-ego, Katherine Kane, meets with her father Jacob, explaining she feels responsible for Batman's apparent death. In the past, Katherine was traumatized by an incident in which her sister Elizabeth and mother Gabrielle were abducted, held for ransom, and eventually killed by their captors, while she was the sole survivor. After her time in the military, she became a promiscuous drunkard who was saved by Batman from street thugs, which motivated her to never need to be saved again, resulting in her becoming Batwoman. Batman apparently resurfaces and is quickly noticed by Robin and Katherine. Both of them intercept Batman and quickly deduce that it is Nightwing wearing an old version of the Batsuit. They begin their own investigations into the Heretic, unconvinced that Bruce is truly dead. The Heretic and his henchmen attack Wayne Enterprises, forcing to open the way into the vault by threatening his son. Though Nightwing and Damian arrive, they are unable to prevent the Heretic from escaping with Wayne technology, and Lucius is injured. Before they leave, the Heretic kills Electrocutioner when the latter is about to kill Robin. The Heretic returns to his headquarters, where it is revealed that he is working for. They are holding Bruce prisoner and the is causing him to hallucinate. The Heretic then breaks into the Batcave and kidnaps Damian. He explains that he is a clone of Damian, created by a genetics program run by and the. They used Damian's DNA to genetically engineer a perfect soldier with accelerated growth and development, but he was the only subject of the program to survive. He wishes to have Damian's memories and personality implanted within his own brain, but Talia arrives and kills the Heretic. Nightwing and Batwoman then arrive, having located Damian through a tracker in his costume. They are quickly joined by Luke, clad in an advanced combat exosuit and styling himself as Batwing. The three rescue Bruce and Damian, but Talia and her henchmen escape. Weeks pass and Bruce seems to have recovered, though he remains adamant that Katherine and Luke not be involved. After Katherine is forced to fight her father after he suddenly attacks her, Dick learns from this that Bruce is still under the effects of the Mad Hatter's mind control. Luke realizes that the League of Assassins are planning to brainwash a number of world leaders at a tech summit held by Bruce. As the brainwashing takes place, Nightwing, Robin, Batwoman, Alfred, and Batwing arrive and fight Talia and her henchmen. During the fight, the Mad Hatter is killed, interrupting the mind control. Bruce, still brainwashed, defeats Nightwing. Talia then orders him to kill Nightwing and Damian, but Bruce resists the brainwashing. Incensed, Talia escapes in a vessel, only for, a subordinate of the Heretic, to confront and attack her to avenge the Heretic's death. The vessel subsequently crashes and explodes, implying their deaths. Bruce is later seen comforting Damian over Talia's supposed death. Alfred remarks to Dick that despite Talia's madness, she was still Damian's mother. As the shines in Gotham City, Batwoman, Nightwing, and Batwing meet Batman and Robin on top of the police station to respond to a crime committed by the. On a nearby building, observes the group and prepares to join the pursuit. Voice cast [ ] • – • – • – • – • – • –, • – • –, Tusk • –, • James Garrett – • – • – Reporter • – • – • –, Chuckie Sol • – • –,, Male Reporter • – • –, Ms. Bannister • – Reception [ ] It earned $4,242,458 from domestic home video sales. References [ ].
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Nov 17, 2015 The Huntsman: Winter's War - Official Trailer In Theaters - April 2016 Featuring 'Castle' by Halsey The fantastical world. Rent The Huntsman: Winter's War and other new DVD releases and Blu-ray Discs from your nearest Redbox location. Or reserve your copy of The Huntsman: Winter's War online and grab it later. The Huntsman: Winter's War is a 2016 British-American dark fantasy action-adventure film and is a prequel/sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman based on the characters from the German fairy tale 'Snow White' compiled by the Brothers Grimm as well as 'The Snow Queen' by Hans Christian Andersen. It is the directing. Summary: Long before the evil Queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron) was thought vanquished by Snow White’s blade, she watched silently as her sister, Freya (Emily Blunt), suffered a heartbreaking betrayal and fled their kingdom. With Freya’s ability to freeze any enemy, the young ice queen has spent decades in a remote wintry palace raising a legion of Long before the evil Queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron) was thought vanquished by Snow White’s blade, she watched silently as her sister, Freya (Emily Blunt), suffered a heartbreaking betrayal and fled their kingdom. With Freya’s ability to freeze any enemy, the young ice queen has spent decades in a remote wintry palace raising a legion of deadly huntsmen—including Eric (Chris Hemsworth) and warrior Sara (Jessica Chastain)—only to find that her prized two defied her one demand: Forever harden your hearts to love. When Freya learns of her sister’s demise, she summons her remaining soldiers to bring the Magic Mirror home to the only sorceress left who can harness its power. But once she discovers Ravenna can be resurrected from its golden depths, the wicked sisters threaten this enchanted land with twice the darkest force it’s ever seen. Now, their amassing army shall prove undefeatableunless the banished huntsmen who broke their queen’s cardinal rule can fight their way back to one another. [Universal Pictures]. I really enjoyed watching 'The Huntsman: Winter's War'. I really don't know why everyone is giving it a bunch of crap! The plot line was very creative and had some cool plot twists, and the casting was absolutely PERFECT! It not only tied up a few loose ends from the first movie, it gave a I really enjoyed watching 'The Huntsman: Winter's War'. I really don't know why everyone is giving it a bunch of crap! The plot line was very creative and had some cool plot twists, and the casting was absolutely PERFECT! It not only tied up a few loose ends from the first movie, it gave a lot of the previous characters backgrounds and added more to their stories! I HIGHLY recommend this movie. I typically don't see a movie solely for its cast, but I couldn't pass up a movie with Jessica Chastain, Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt and Chris Hemsworth. Winter's War certainly isn't the best thing these actors have done in their careers, but it's still a fairly entertaining twist on the I typically don't see a movie solely for its cast, but I couldn't pass up a movie with Jessica Chastain, Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt and Chris Hemsworth. Winter's War certainly isn't the best thing these actors have done in their careers, but it's still a fairly entertaining twist on the Snow White tale. The Huntsman acts as a prequel and sequel to 2012's Snow White and the Huntsman, which I regrettably hadn't seen before I watched this, and it follows an escalating battle between the Ice Queen, Freya, and her sister, Ravenna. Freya's former Huntsman, Eric and, fellow warrior, Sara, who were raised to protect Freya, have to conceal their forbidden love while combat Ravenna's intentions to take back Snow White's kingdom. Despite the campy writing and plot inconsistencies, I still found quite a bit to enjoy about Winter's War. Watching Charlize Theron be a badass as the Evil Queen was ridiculously entertaining. There's also the beautiful cinematography, costumes, visual effects and *ahem* Chris Hemsworth that made the movie visually stunning. The campy writing also isn't so bad that it goes into cheese territory. It's fairly self aware and fun while not taking itself overly seriously. The plot is a bit more of a fantasy romance with some action in it, but Jessica Chastain and Chris Hemsworth give their characters some life so that you do want to see them succeed by the time the movie is over. The Huntsman: Winter's War is fairly slight entertainment, but it's got a great cast, characters, stunning visuals and a lot of fun. I enjoyed the first half hour or so because it was just about the two sisters and Emily Blunt and Charlize Theron had a very good chemistry together, but then the movie got progressively worse and worse and worse. This movie should have been just Winter's War and it would have been great, I enjoyed the first half hour or so because it was just about the two sisters and Emily Blunt and Charlize Theron had a very good chemistry together, but then the movie got progressively worse and worse and worse. This movie should have been just Winter's War and it would have been great, the huntsman part was boring and lazy, they just wanted to shoehorn Hemsworth in the movie and his character wasn't interesting at all. Theron's character has a line near the end of the movie where she says something like 'you wasted all your potential' and ironically it pretty much sums up this mess of a prequel/sequel/spin-off movie. Did you not think Snow White and the Huntsman needed another movie? Well apparently it did, but wait there's more, this isn't just any sequel, it's a prequel sequel. Starring Emily Blunt and Charlize Theron, two actresses who are far better than this movie, and then we have Chris Hemsworth Did you not think Snow White and the Huntsman needed another movie? Well apparently it did, but wait there's more, this isn't just any sequel, it's a prequel sequel. Starring Emily Blunt and Charlize Theron, two actresses who are far better than this movie, and then we have Chris Hemsworth and Jessica Chastain who quickly become a joke due to their horrendous accents. Honestly what holds this movie together are the dwarfs, by far the best thing in this frozen sibling rivalry mess of a movie that gave its plot twist away in the trailer. Not recommended, please don't pay to see this you'll regret it. If it's the Snow White tale you’re looking for, discover the story that came before Chris Hemsworth and Oscar® winner Charlize Theron return to their roles in the epic action-adventure The Huntsman: Winter's War, joined by Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain. Theron stars as evil Queen Ravenna, who betrays her good sister Freya (Blunt) with an unforgiveable act, freezing Freya's heart to love and unleashing in her an icy power she never knew she possessed. As war escalates between the two queens, Eric the Huntsman (Hemsworth), and his forbidden lover, Sara (Chastain), must help Freya vanquish her sister or Ravenna’s wickedness will rule for eternity. Henry and his girlfriend are invited by their friend to his wedding. He also invites Henry's estranged son and his girlfriend, Cecilia to the party. Henry has been an overbearing, status-conscious father and his son always resented on lack of freedom to make decisions for his life. His father wants him to get higher education but the son wants to get into practical life. This causes bitter arguments between the two. But this is only one side of the story. The real drama begins after the father and the son are stuck in the cabin with their girlfriends and some sinister revelations and heartrending drama ensues. What the hell was this. I thought I was going to see a rather good horror flick because there are some shots edited in between the story that makes you think a massacre is on it's way but sadly it's the movie itself that is a massacre. And so many names that I admire, Biehn, Blanc, Keats and Butler, all names that I have seen in a lot of good flicks but here together they are a failure. It's not that the acting is terrible it's the story itself. Nothing really happens except arguments and frustrations and of course treachery. Aug 05, 2013 Sosuke Aizen's theme from the Bleach the anime. 'No one stands on top of the world. Not you, not I, not even gods. But the unbearable vacancy in the sky is. But it's the editing that destroyed this flick. It's clearly to see that the close-ups were shot in another take. It's full of mistakes on part of facial expressions. Even clocking in under an hour (begin and end credits) it's still a boring flick. And at the end you see what the in between shots were all about. No, this isn't a good flick. Sad to see Michael Biehn, who produced this, falling into a void. And Sarah Butler, seen her so many times in flicks and even in the flesh isn't showing the anger she has in so many of her flicks. No effects at all, a very cheap flick, not worth your time. Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 0/5 Story 1,5/5 Comedy 0/5. Summer, 1585: As English ships are held captive in Spain, fear mounts of an Invincible Armada, built by King Philip II, and intended to invade English shores. Sir Francis Drake prepares to embark on an expedition by royal commission to cross the Atlantic and seize major Spanish ports, diverting Philip's American treasure supplies to Queen Elizabeth. Giordano Bruno, radical Summer, 1585: As English ships are held captive in Spain, fear mounts of an Invincible Armada, built by King Philip II, and intended to invade English shores. Sir Francis Drake prepares to embark on an expedition by royal commission to cross the Atlantic and seize major Spanish ports, diverting Philip's American treasure supplies to Queen Elizabeth. Giordano Bruno, radical philosopher and spy, accompanies his friend Sir Philip Sidney to Plymouth to oversee Drake's departure. Unbeknownst to Bruno, Sidney intends to join the mission - and he wants Bruno to go too. But when a ship captain is brutally murdered, and Drake's life threatened, it becomes clear that someone plans to destroy the expedition before it begins. Bruno and Sidney hunt for the killer, but are they being lured into a trap? And when Drake's young wife and her cousin arrive, Bruno and Sidney find themselves thrown into an unexpected rivalry. I never buy books based upon the cover art but I made the exception for this one: I have a soft spot for Griffins, just look at the cover. However, the Griffin has very little to do with the book. The book is set in England and that is the only relation between the two. I really should have read the blurb before I bought this. This is a murder mystery set in Elizabethan England in which Bruno, the protagonist, is sent to uncover the murderer, so no Griffins at all. But that, of course, isn’t the I never buy books based upon the cover art but I made the exception for this one: I have a soft spot for Griffins, just look at the cover. However, the Griffin has very little to do with the book. The book is set in England and that is the only relation between the two. I really should have read the blurb before I bought this. This is a murder mystery set in Elizabethan England in which Bruno, the protagonist, is sent to uncover the murderer, so no Griffins at all. But that, of course, isn’t the reason why I gave this a low rating! Not the best detective I love this sub-genre of historical fiction; I love the idea of combining a murder mystery in a historical setting. Indeed, a body is found hung upon Sir Francis Drake’s flagship, but is it suicide? The clues say no, but it looks a lot like suicide too. Bruno, at the request of Drake, investigates. The author keeps the reader guessing as more and more possible leads are uncovered. This being said it goes a bit too far. Bruno’s investigative insight seems to branch upon paranoia. He seems to suspect everyone he meets, almost to the stage of drawing conclusions on their innocence upon the basis of one conversation or interaction. The character hasn’t got the right balance of investigative intuition and the ability to draw credible conclusions. Thus, this is a poor example of the sub-genre. There was also another thing that struck me as quite odd: one of the characters translates a large proportion of the bible to Latin in one night, surely it is a physical impossibility, an improbability, that one man could translate an entire gospel from ancient bible text to Latin in such a short period of time? It just seemed very unrealistic. On a brighter note, this is the fourth book in the series, but reading the other three is unnecessary when reading this one. It feels like a stand-alone novel, so there is no need to read the other three if you wanted to read this one. Goes too far The book kept me guessing in a classic whodunit style, but as some points the author raises suspicion far too much. Almost every character seems to be the prime suspect for at least twenty pages or so. The protagonist begins pointing the finger at characters who obviously aren’t involved. It just got a little bit ridiculous. His suspicions kept shifting with barely any evidence to back it up. He received some very flimsy information and used it as a basis to accuse another innocent. It just went a little too far. Having a list of credible suspects is a good thing in a book like this, but having too many suspects is just as a bad especially when it is clear that several of them are just bystanders. I don’t think Bruno is the most intelligent of detectives. Who is being a trailed change quite rapidly towards the end, which does keep the reader interested to some extent. It’s quite a shame really because this book was so close to being good. If Bruno was a little less paranoid and his investigation more credible then this would have been a much better book. I think these are very small aspects that really would have changed my rating of the book. I think that the idea behind the plot was very good, but Bruno just couldn’t pull it off himself. He’s a crap detective. I think next time I fancy a book like this, I’ll stick to Shardlake. A disappointing 2 stars. Sir Francis Drake's fleet assembles in Plymouth, its intent to sail to the New World to plunder Spanish holdings and disrupt Spain's ability to invade England. But when one of Drake's officers is found hanging in his cabin, plans are delayed. The death looks like suicide; a grievous sin that would ruin the man's family. However, Drake suspects he was murdered, which is even worse. It can only have been one of his trusted advisers - but who, and why? He cannot set sail for months, and into enemy Sir Francis Drake's fleet assembles in Plymouth, its intent to sail to the New World to plunder Spanish holdings and disrupt Spain's ability to invade England. But when one of Drake's officers is found hanging in his cabin, plans are delayed. The death looks like suicide; a grievous sin that would ruin the man's family. However, Drake suspects he was murdered, which is even worse. It can only have been one of his trusted advisers - but who, and why? He cannot set sail for months, and into enemy territory, with a murderer on board. Good fortune arrives accidentally in the shape of Giordani Bruno, exiled Italian scholar and former monk, unwilling resolver of unexplained deaths and detector of treacheries for Queen Elizabeth's spymaster Walsingham. The last thing on Bruno's mind is investigating another murder, but he finds himself unexpectedly in Plymouth when his friend Philip Sidney hatches a plan to sail with Drake and prove himself a hero. Bruno is promptly pitched into the investigation, which involves becoming acquainted with some of the seamier sides of Plymouth life, and also leads to an encounter with an old foe. This is a good mystery story, and highly readable, a latticework of different plotlines, motivations, grievances and twists that provides a window into the politics and life of Elizabeth's England. You can practically smell the Plymouth streets at times. Readers of the earlier books will enjoy meeting Bruno again: academic, kind, attractive, haunted and increasingly desperate to find a quiet place and a respectable living in a country where he will always be viewed as foreign and suspect. The effusive Sidney is also a delight, though one that makes the reader (and Bruno) roll their eyes on occasion. He's a good friend to have, but a liability at the same time. While the other characters are well drawn and stand as individual human beings, the character types and their backstories are clearly selected to advance the story. The happy exception, though, is Francis Drake, who is a wonderful and highly sympathetic character: charismatic, clever and humane, but with a steely determination and edge of ruthlessness that both drives and enables him to succeed. Like Bruno, he is both a man of his time and a man ahead of his time, which makes him appeal to modern readers. I had read the first of the Bruno series before (Heresy) and thoroughly enjoyed it. So now I need to go and find the two intervening books. Each story stands on its own, so while there were allusions to earlier books, I didn't find that it spoiled my enjoyment of this volume at all. I recommend the series to anyone who enjoys Tudor history. It's a lighter read than CJ Sansom's 'Shardlake' books (which I adore) but the sense of place and period is excellent, the characters are very believable and the story keeps you interested throughout. I was fortunate enough to win a copy of this on Goodreads. Providence indeed for this proved to be a rich and talented story that tells of a murder aboard Francis Drake's ship as it waits in the harbour of Plymouth to set sail around the world. The reader is thrust into the seedy dwellings and streets of Elizabethan Plymouth with such accomplishment that one can smell the stench and feel the depravity that existed there. This added to the variety and originality of the story's intriguing characte I was fortunate enough to win a copy of this on Goodreads. Providence indeed for this proved to be a rich and talented story that tells of a murder aboard Francis Drake's ship as it waits in the harbour of Plymouth to set sail around the world. The reader is thrust into the seedy dwellings and streets of Elizabethan Plymouth with such accomplishment that one can smell the stench and feel the depravity that existed there. This added to the variety and originality of the story's intriguing characters produces a mix that becomes compelling and the reader is quickly entangled in the quest to solve the crime and free Drake's fleet of the prison of the harbour. Giordano Bruno, a one time monk from Italy, is the man entrusted by Drake to head up the inquiry and he does so with flair. He is a sometimes complex character that you come to respect and admire. This is the fourth book in which Giordano Bruno features, yet it matters not at all that you may not have read of him before. What will matter though is that he will capture your imagination and the author leaves you with an irrefutable need to search out and devour the first three books of the series. Giordano Bruno, philosopher and spy for Queen Elizabeth, travels to Plymouth on a diplomatic mission and finds himself caught up in a murder. The victim is a sailor on Sir Francis Drake's ship, but as Bruno investigates, he uncovers more than one motive for the killing, and reveals a possible conspiracy to undermine Drake's whole expedition. This is a gripping historical thriller, with an engrossing plot, full of twists and turns, so that there are multiple possibilities for the resolution of the Giordano Bruno, philosopher and spy for Queen Elizabeth, travels to Plymouth on a diplomatic mission and finds himself caught up in a murder. The victim is a sailor on Sir Francis Drake's ship, but as Bruno investigates, he uncovers more than one motive for the killing, and reveals a possible conspiracy to undermine Drake's whole expedition. This is a gripping historical thriller, with an engrossing plot, full of twists and turns, so that there are multiple possibilities for the resolution of the plot, that gradually get eliminated. There is enough historical detail to immerse the reader in Tudor Plymouth, but it never overshadows the plot and the characters. The descriptions of the port and the ships are fascinating. Bruno is a great character, he has recaptured some of his sparkle in this book, and the mixture of the intellectual and the adventurous in his character is very engaging. His relationship with his friend Sir Philip Sidney develops well, and there are some brilliantly-drawn secondary characters, including the impressive presence of Drake himself. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, it is quite long at over 550 pages but didn't drag at all and kept me interested to the end. Honest, by the numbers, historical fiction. Somebody gets murdered, a few ruffs get ruffled, and an opportunity presents itself to take a trip through Tudor England. If the above sounds cynical, then it's not meant to be. Giordano Bruno is certainly one of the more interesting 'historical' characters to feature in these types of novels, and he certainly has his work cut out for him whilst investigating skulduggery in Tudor Plymouth. As much as I enjoyed reading this, Treachery did present a few Honest, by the numbers, historical fiction. Somebody gets murdered, a few ruffs get ruffled, and an opportunity presents itself to take a trip through Tudor England. If the above sounds cynical, then it's not meant to be. Giordano Bruno is certainly one of the more interesting 'historical' characters to feature in these types of novels, and he certainly has his work cut out for him whilst investigating skulduggery in Tudor Plymouth. As much as I enjoyed reading this, Treachery did present a few depressingly familiar tropes inherent in this type of novel. I wasn't expecting S.J Parris to re-invent the wheel, but the manner in which this novel quietly muddled along, minding its own business, and the inevitable unmasking of the villain in the final chapters, says a lot about the poverty of historical fiction. Overall, an enjoyable read to pass a few hours, but standard fare that you'll find in a dozen charity shops the length and breadth of Britain. Pseudonym for author S.J. Parris began reviewing books for national newspapers while she was reading English literature at Queens' College, Cambridge. After graduating, she went on to become Deputy Literary Editor of The Observer in 1999. She continues to work as a feature writer and critic for the Guardian and the Observer and from 2007-2008 she curated and produced the Talks an Pseudonym for author S.J. Parris began reviewing books for national newspapers while she was reading English literature at Queens' College, Cambridge. After graduating, she went on to become Deputy Literary Editor of The Observer in 1999. She continues to work as a feature writer and critic for the Guardian and the Observer and from 2007-2008 she curated and produced the Talks and Debates program on issues in contemporary arts and politics at London's Soho Theatre. She has appeared as a panelist on various Radio Four shows and on BBC2's Newsnight Review, and is a regular chair and presenter at the Hay Festival and the National Theatre. She has been a judge for the Costa Biography Award, the Orange New Writing Award and the Perrier Comedy Award. She lives in the south of England with her son. Reagan Forrester wants out—out of her trailer park, out of reach of her freeloading mother, and out of the shadow of the relationship that made her the pariah of Charytan, Kansas. Victoria Reyes wants in—in to a fashion design program, in to the arms of a cute guy who doesn’t go to Charytan High, and in to a city where she won’t stand out for being Mexican. One thing the p Reagan Forrester wants out—out of her trailer park, out of reach of her freeloading mother, and out of the shadow of the relationship that made her the pariah of Charytan, Kansas. Victoria Reyes wants in—in to a fashion design program, in to the arms of a cute guy who doesn’t go to Charytan High, and in to a city where she won’t stand out for being Mexican. One thing the polar-opposite best friends do agree on is that wherever they go, they’re staying together. But when they set off on a series of college visits at the start of their senior year, they quickly see that the future doesn’t look quite like they expected. After two years of near-solitude following the betrayal of the ex-boyfriend who broke her heart, Reagan falls hard and fast for a Battlestar Galactica-loving, brilliant smile-sporting pre-med prospectiveonly to learn she’s set herself up for heartbreak all over again. Meanwhile, Victoria runs full-speed toward all the things she thinks she wantsonly to realize everything she’s looking for might be in the very place they’ve sworn to leave. As both Reagan and Victoria struggle to learn who they are and what they want in the present, they discover just how much they don’t know about each other’s pasts. And when each learns what the other’s been hiding, they’ll have to decide whether their friendship has a future. Full 4.5 stars (because you know my 5 stars are like the rarest of rare things I hand out) I really enjoyed Dahlia’s debut Behind The Scenes but Just Visiting blew me away and is definitely one of my most favorite contemporary YA books I’ve read this year! It’s just such an authentic story about friendship and love and that confusing time when that next stage (post-high school) is staring you right in the face. Just Visiting has 589 ratings and 160 reviews. Alienor French Frowner (of badger and SNAKE) said: Edit 24/11: FULL RELEASE TODAY (including in Kindl. Just Visiting is a two-part 2002 extended play series by Australian rock group, Cog. Besides vocals, it was recorded in the late 1990s. Guitar and drums were recorded. Just Visiting (2001) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. So compelling and so compulsively readable! I really just want to follow the next few Full 4.5 stars (because you know my 5 stars are like the rarest of rare things I hand out) I really enjoyed Dahlia’s debut Behind The Scenes but Just Visiting blew me away and is definitely one of my most favorite contemporary YA books I’ve read this year! It’s just such an authentic story about friendship and love and that confusing time when that next stage (post-high school) is staring you right in the face. So compelling and so compulsively readable! I really just want to follow the next few years of their lives if I’m honest! 4 things that made this book such a win for me: 1.Exploring the feeling of approaching that “next stage” of your life: I feel like not enough YA books really get into the nitty gritty of the post high school tornado that happens in junior and senior year. When that next stage of your life is right before you and it’s terrifying because there are all these endless possibilities it seems and you don’t want to make the “wrong” one. Through Reagan and Victoria we see how tumultuous this time can be. Who do you want to be? What do you want your future to look like? It’s overwhelming and I loved how Dahlia portrayed that through these two most vividly and I almost felt like I was thrown back to 2003/2004 standing on this precipice myself feeling like I’ve been thrown out into the middle of the galaxy without a map. Is college the right choice? If not college, then what? ALL THE POSSIBILITIES. The college visit shenanigans: I love road trip books and I really did find the college visits super fun and wished that I did my college visits with friends and not my parents. My own college stay in a dorm was SO not eventful at all (the girl set up me up with movies and left me alone in her room) so I was living vicariously through all their fun mishaps and adventures. The bffship: OMG I loved Reagan and Victoria and how their friendship changed and grew in this book to become even stronger and better friends even if they had to have some hard growing pains in their relationship. It was SO PAINFULLY realistic. I just kept thinking of my own experience feeling like the future was pulling myself and a friend apart and throwing us on different paths and destroying the future we envisioned always. I loved how they learned to balance their own needs and desires with their friendship and also learned that important lesson of how to cope when you both are changing and figuring out who you are. THE SHIP IS THE MOST SHIPPABLE SHIP IN ALL OF SHIPTOWN: Seriously I have not had such flailing shippy feels in a while. Greaaaaat kissing and tension and swoony moments and sexy moments (Oh Dahlia can write the sexy) but also like depth and exploration of serious things that can come up in a relationship. I really liked how Dahlia explored sex in a REAL TALK way in this book. Actual Rating: 4.5 stars Just Visiting is a perfect illustration of diversity within diversity book. Just Visiting is terrific, spot on and a book you should absolutely add to your list. We have a very diverse cast, an Indian and Asian - Jew side characters, a Mexican American protagonist, Victoria Reyes, who is fluent in ASL (because her mother is deaf.) Reagan Forrester who lives in the trailer park, who wanted a way out of her town. Aside from that glaring importance of this story. Adler also br Actual Rating: 4.5 stars Just Visiting is a perfect illustration of diversity within diversity book. Just Visiting is terrific, spot on and a book you should absolutely add to your list. We have a very diverse cast, an Indian and Asian - Jew side characters, a Mexican American protagonist, Victoria Reyes, who is fluent in ASL (because her mother is deaf.) Reagan Forrester who lives in the trailer park, who wanted a way out of her town. Aside from that glaring importance of this story. Adler also brought a lot of relevant topics, we haven’t seen much in YA. I’ll try to sum it up, but I’m sure I’ll forget a handful of details which reminds me this calls for a reread. The portrayal of poverty is authentic. Adler smoothly fuses all these little parts how the lack of financial stability shapes someone. This scene truly left a mark on me. You probably would’ve passed it, if you didn’t know what you’re looking for. Her voice is hollow as she digs her spoon back into the ice cream and leaves it there, sticking up out of the surface like an American flag on the moon. “Let’s go get our stuff and get out of her.” She grabs the cup – she is physically incapable of throwing out food and I’ve learned well enough never to do it in front of her – and we head out, back to the hotel with the horrid wallpaper, back to the old Nissan, back to “that sinking ship” that also happens to be home. I love the exploration of Vic and Raegan’s friendship. The years of hesitancy and secrets, though despite of that, they’re still fiercely protective of each other. As expected from Dahlia, there are sex positivity and more. There is always the discussion of consent, which is extremely important. As it should be. Protected sex, morning pill, oral sex. There is also heaps of discussion about abuse, feminism and self-discovery. I heard this tale quite a few times where a chunk of readers are afraid to commit with books that have a daunting premise. Intersectionality, diversity, feminism, *insert any other social justice topic, we should be having a discussion right now*. Some say, it seems contrite, forced, insincere, the plethora of SJ is too overcrowded for the limited page count. Its nothing new. Is it really because so? Or maybe the majority of people refuse to acknowledge their privilege? I supposed it would truly make a lot of people uncomfortable. With all these issues finely constructed to the plot, Just Visiting stays very true. It is genuine, hard hitting emotional and fun to read. Of course a book without flaws is nearly impossible. I didn’t like a thing or two about it which I’ll probably discuss in my full review. But overall it is quite obvious, Just Visiting is a book you need. Pre-order it. You surely won't regret it! Just visiting is about two high school seniors, Vic and Reagan that are best friends. The closest friends you could possibly imagine. They decide that they're going to go look for colleges together and have everything planned out. They're going to share a dorm, find cute boys together, etc. But later on, they find out some dirty secrets about each other and start to rethink their planned out future together. The way Adler put together the whole story, it seemed totally real to me. All the detail Just visiting is about two high school seniors, Vic and Reagan that are best friends. The closest friends you could possibly imagine. They decide that they're going to go look for colleges together and have everything planned out. They're going to share a dorm, find cute boys together, etc. But later on, they find out some dirty secrets about each other and start to rethink their planned out future together. The way Adler put together the whole story, it seemed totally real to me. All the details she used to describe yeh sign language and the different countries mentioned in there made everything seem like it was happening in front of me, and that I could just reach out and touch it. Plus, it was really entertaining and just plain hilarious. I absolutely fell in love with this book and everything in it. I literally can't even say that anything about this book could've been better. It was pretty much perfect and flawless. Just Visiting would be good for anyone who's had to face making a really tough decision at all in their lifetime (which I believe is everyone). Review: I've been following for about two years now, and she is fiercely passionate about young adult literature, diversity, feminism, and many of the things I care about, so I adore her feed. Just Visiting, though, is the first of her books that I've gotten to - but I'm so grateful that this was my first one, because the themes of Just Visiting are ones I care deeply about: teen girl friendship, trying to figure out your life's work, Review: I've been following for about two years now, and she is fiercely passionate about young adult literature, diversity, feminism, and many of the things I care about, so I adore her feed. Just Visiting, though, is the first of her books that I've gotten to - but I'm so grateful that this was my first one, because the themes of Just Visiting are ones I care deeply about: teen girl friendship, trying to figure out your life's work, trying to break out of bad circumstances, standing up for yourself, and yeah, okay, REALLY GOOD romance. There are a ton of things to love about this book, but by far, the friendship between main characters Reagan and Victoria is the best part. It's just.so realistic. They push each other's buttons, they fight a lot, but they also challenge each other, want the best for each other, and are there for each other through EVERYTHING. It completely reminded me of my friendship with my best friend in high school - how much fighting there was, but how much we knew the other person would be there for us in a pinch. The thing about this book is that I liked the friendship right away - but it took me a long time to really warm up to the characters. I think it's because they were so defensive at the beginning - both Reagan and Victoria were holding back big secrets about their pasts from each other - and the reader. They're both strong but also floundering a bit in their pasts. I don't think it's a coincidence that the first half of the book was harder to get through. Adler sets a very bleak landscape in Charytan, Kansas, the tiny town where Reagan and Victoria live. Charytan is the ultimate in small-town attitudes, with people teasing Victoria because of her ethnicity and jeering at Reagan because of - well, we don't really know at the beginning of the novel, but let's just say Reagan is an outcast for a number of things, one of the biggest being her desire to get out of the town. What really got me was how desperate Reagan was to leave, and how much the town, her parents, and the people around her push her down. As someone who didn't grow up with a lot of money issues, I can't say from experience whether it was authentic or not, but it absolutely felt like it was (it's also in line with all of the articles on poverty in America I've read). The feeling that Reagan is trying to be 'better' than everyone else, the pride in the town and the feeling that by trying to make something of herself, she's shaming the town, the bullying and slut-shaming of Reagan.just WOW. It completely made sense why Reagan closed herself off to other people, why she hid behind snarky remarks, and why she was scared when, for the first time in her life, she met a guy she really liked. The one person she does open up to is her best friend, Victoria, who has a dream of going off to college with Reagan and studying fashion in a place where her ethnicity isn't the first thing people notice about her. Victoria doesn't have as much of a goal as Reagan at the beginning and I loved how much she changes through the book. While Reagan's journey is mostly emotional, Victoria's is more external, leading to her taking steps to figure out what she really loves. It was just.heartening to see her getting it together, becoming the stronger half of the friendship. One of my only issues with the book is a writing thing - there were moments when Adler would use a pronoun and I wouldn't know which character she was referring to. For instance, in this scene, I actually got confused by who 'she' was: Then I head upstairs to find Rae sprawled on the tile floor of my bathroom. 'You don't have to stay here with me,' she whimpers, as if I would even think about leaving her alone right now. As if despite all the secrets she's kept from me, I don't at least know her better than that. I hand her a glass of water I've just brought up from the kitchen, where my mother's taking another stab at churros. It's killing me to lie to her, and I think she suspects I am, but she know not to pry right now. On paper and out of context, it seems pretty easy to understand that the 'her' in the second sentence of the second paragraph would refer to Victoria's mother, but as I was reading, I tripped over that and a few other sentences where I wasn't sure who the pronoun referred to. It just took me out of the reading a bit. That said, it's a pretty small writing thing for a book that definitely exceeded my expectations! While it took me a LONG time to finish this book - far longer than it probably should have because I was going through a major reading slump while reading - AND this book had the difficult job of making me like it after - I'm so glad to say that it more than succeeded. It's GOOD, guys. Bonuses: Life Choices: I loved how the book explored many different choices for high school seniors - whether that was community college, working in skilled trades, big university, little liberal arts school, the army, travelling.and while there was some judgment from the characters, it was clear that the book and the author condoned ALL of them as valid choices. Even though I went the traditional route to students at my high school (four-year university) and it was the right choice for me, I wish that, as a teen, I had known that so many other options existed and it was okay to explore them and even choose them. Heart-Squeezing Romance: It's not only heart-squeezing, it's full of banter, it's sassy, it's nerdy.I ended the book completely in love with Reagan's romantic interest. Road Trip: If you know me, you know I'm obsessed with the road trip YA - this one had, like, five road trips, and most were college visits. It was just awesome to see that side of senior year explored - and how much and little the actual visits/road trips it mattered to the various characters. Diversity: I mean, in ALL of the characters, their socio-economic backgrounds, their ethnicities, their disabilities and abilities.and how it wasn't a big deal at all. The Final Word: Just Visiting was a really solid read about something I haven't seen much of in YA: the choices that we have to make after high school. While the first half of this book was a harder read for me, pushing me to understand Reagan and Victoria's characters and realize how fully developed they are, the second half of the book.WOW. The pacing stepped up, the characters deepened, and I was completely invested. And Just Visiting was never predictable - it stayed one step ahead of me through the second half, putting me through the wringer and making me work to get to the conclusion. If you're a contemporary reader, this is one you really need to pick up. Dahlia Adler is my friend. Yadda yadda yadda. I’ve read all of Dahlia’s books to date, and I’ll probably keep reading all of them because they’re good. With each successive book, I’m pretty sure I’ve commented on how she just keeps improving as an author and stepping up her game. That thing, again. Seriously, Dahlia once again totally surprised me and Just Visiting is my favorite of her novels to date. Honestly, I love it so much that I worry about how on earth she could possibly ever top it. If Dahlia Adler is my friend. Yadda yadda yadda. I’ve read all of Dahlia’s books to date, and I’ll probably keep reading all of them because they’re good. With each successive book, I’m pretty sure I’ve commented on how she just keeps improving as an author and stepping up her game. That thing, again. Seriously, Dahlia once again totally surprised me and Just Visiting is my favorite of her novels to date. Honestly, I love it so much that I worry about how on earth she could possibly ever top it. If you’re reading my blog, I’m assuming that you’re a bit acquainted with Dahlia on Twitter and if you’re not you should be because she’s great. This book is the most like Dahlia on Twitter, if that makes any fucking sense to anyone but me. What I mean is that this book is bantery and funny and silly and shippy and also about serious issues close to Dahlia’s heart. Much as I’ve enjoyed every book Dahlia’s written, THIS is exactly what I wanted without knowing quite exactly what I wanted. Paragraph two and this is already a mess. As everyone knows, I am all about the shippy feels. Most of the books I love, I love for ship because those are the things that tend to REALLY make me feel something. When I’m feeling MORE than just shippy feels, that’s a damn good sign. Just Visiting also hit me in the friendship feels and the family feels and basically I was sort of a mess. I got a bit glassy eyed and had to go yell a bit at one point, and at the end of the book I had a goofy smile on my face and still glassy eyes because I was overrun with emotions okay. I’m going to try to pull it together and be a bit more serious and critical here. Just Visiting looks at the period in Reagan and Victoria’s lives where they’re visiting colleges to try to decide where they want to go the next year. I am so freaking excited that college is becoming less forbidden in fiction, because it’s such a ripe area for it. Anyway, college visits are such a great topic for a YA novel, because there’s so much planning for the future and it feels like trying on adulthood and the potential to escape. Rae just wants to get out of her trailer park and away from her parents. Vic dreams of joining a sorority and being somewhere where being Mexican won’t make her “exotic.” I love the little touches like Vic’s temporary determination to go by Tori. Planning for college is, for many (like past me), all about the chance to reinvent yourself after the adolescent shitstorm that was high school. College visits are all about the chance to see the campus and try to find the place that feels right in some magic indefinable way. That said, Just Visiting very consciously doesn’t put forth college as the one true path for everyone. Vic is torn between a whole lot of different paths. Her brother went to the peace corps after high school let out. Freckles, the sweet boy who works at Joe’s Diner with Rae, attends the local community college. Just Visiting is about finding what works for you, even if it’s not the obvious, traditional path. As you might expect from Dahlia, it’s a very not shamey book. I finished this a couple weeks ago but was super conflicted about how to rate it. I LOVED the representation but the writing style was not for me. The narrator's voice was really young (I mean, the characters are young, so done appropriately) and it was dialogue heavy and talked about parties and relationships and navigating high school and the college admission process. I also thought that the characters had only a few facets to them that were reiterated and lacked nuance. I found myself just wa I finished this a couple weeks ago but was super conflicted about how to rate it. I LOVED the representation but the writing style was not for me. The narrator's voice was really young (I mean, the characters are young, so done appropriately) and it was dialogue heavy and talked about parties and relationships and navigating high school and the college admission process. I also thought that the characters had only a few facets to them that were reiterated and lacked nuance. I found myself just wanting it to be over but I do not want to overlook the fact that the representation is greatly appreciated and if you enjoy books narrated by a younger voice with a writing tone to match, then you'd probably enjoy this but I prefer a different writing style (some of my favorites in terms of writing are Burial Rites, Everything I Never Told You, and A Guide to Being Born). *I was given access to an e-ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Rating: 4.5 stars Just Visiting was a breath of fresh air! It was nice, quick read. It wasn't too heavy, but I wouldn't call it fluffy. The story was one that can give you a lot to think about. The best thing, though, was the friendship. There was a much stronger focus on friendship than on romance, which I absolutely loved. A lot of times (in the YA and NA I usually read), it feels like romance is a Big Thing and the fr *I was given access to an e-ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Rating: 4.5 stars Just Visiting was a breath of fresh air! It was nice, quick read. It wasn't too heavy, but I wouldn't call it fluffy. The story was one that can give you a lot to think about. The best thing, though, was the friendship. There was a much stronger focus on friendship than on romance, which I absolutely loved. A lot of times (in the YA and NA I usually read), it feels like romance is a Big Thing and the friendship is something on the sidelines that contributes to the story. In Just Visiting, it was the opposite. There were hookups, crushes, banter, and a date or two, but the spotlight on romance stayed very small. Instead, it was mostly on friendship (and college/life after high school stuff). Reagan and Victoria had a fantastic bond! Even though they went through some issues, that bond never weakened. It just got stronger. Their friendship strengthened as they discovered new things about each other. There was a lot of support between the two of them, too. Reagan had a certain roughness to her. She didn't let people in. She jumped into things quickly. She made soooo many mistakes, which just made her more relatable and realistic. Reagan was also... Actually kinda annoying, but not in a way that made me love her any less. I had a similar attitude as her (not quite rough, but I really wanted to get out of my home town) in my senior year. She also struggled with disclosing certain personal info to her closest friend, which is similar to what I went through this year. So, she had qualities that I didn't like seeing in myself in the past. My little bit of annoyance was mainly due to me feeling the urge to shake her and say, 'hey, snap out of it!' It actually made me like her more. Victoria was also a pretty relatable character, but in different ways. My road to college was more like hers than it was Reagan's (well, disregarding my attitude towards the process). I found Victoria to be very fun and supportive. She had a huge heart and a lot of enthusiasm. The focus on college/life after high school was GREAT. It felt realistic and very helpful. I also loved the focus on going down the path you want to go down, not the one you think you're supposed to choose. I do have one negative thing to say about this book. I had a tough time distinguishing Reagan and Victoria's POVs in the beginning! Sometimes I had to backtrack to check what name was at the beginning of the section. I had a tough time sorting out which background info and family details belonged to who. Later on in the book, the voices became much more distinct. The differences in their personalities helped with that. Overall, Just Visiting is the book you want to read if you're looking for a fantastic YA friendship. I especially recommend it to those in their junior year or at the start of their senior year. I also highly recommend it to anyone who have had bumps in friendships (which I imagine applies to everyone). No matter which of those groups you're in, there's so much for many readers to relate to in this book. Compared to the previous videos by Schnaas, this one is a some sort of a kolossal. There is also some film footage: unfortunately, it's just Super8 and the results are quiet poor, especially in dark scenes. I think this is the only feature where I prefer video than film stock! Schnaas's style has grown a little and, thanks to digital equipment, the editing is much better than his previous movies, even though still far from perfect. The storyline is weak and quiet messed up: you simply follow different characters, while never understanding who is the main one, in different gory situations. The special effects have improved too, even though many of them are still quiet cheesy (the backbone out of the anus for example) especially because of the way they're directed and cut. This time a major inspiration are Hong-Kong films: the action sequences ain't that bad despite their poor nature. If you don't get it seriously, it can be funny to watch. No one can say with absolute certainty why the powers that be gave man the ability to think creatively, and that reason was probably not Zombie Doom. While the movie generally is enjoyed by those who watch it, artistic genius is not among the reasons for its success. Written and filmed in 2003 by an under funded German film crew, Zombie Doom pushes the limits of human tolerance for scenes depicting disembowelment, decapitation, and ninjas. The film begins innocently with three friends casually sailing on a nameless sea, where they happen across a nameless island, the serenity, however, wouldn't last long. About 5 minutes and 163 curse words later, the crew is ambushed by a horde of sword carrying tribesmen whose trademark is a cardboard mask covered in aluminum foil. Their leader is known simple as, 'The Meister' (The Meister deviates from the cardboard mask tradition and opts for a more stylish horned paint can with holes for the eyes). The Meister leads his horde of men in a quest to kill people who arrive on the island? Unfortunately the Meister is a mysterious man, so mysterious in fact that he wouldn't even tell the writer of this masterpiece what his goals were. After another 30 minutes the plot not only seamlessly integrates three ninjas who literally descend from trees, but also eliminates the original main characters from the film. The movie carries on with zombies popping up every now and then, only long enough to have their faces literally punched in by the three ninjas. As Zombie Doom came to a close the Meister fell victim to an unknown disease and is succeeded by a lesser minion with an obtusely hairy gut accented by his rather dashing rabbit skin loin cloth (note sarcasm). The new Meister attempts to thwart the enemy ninjas, but is overtaken by the ninja's acquisition of a bazooka. I actually got this movie on DVD as a Christmas present, and although I have to say that it has some of the worst acting, directing, and writing of all time, it was really enjoyable - in a jumbled, visceral sort of way. One of the monologues given by the protagonists early on gives the overall tone of the movie: 'The world is full of puke and (bleep). And now a horde of tin-masked (bleep)s are puking in our faces, filled with (bleep).' The first half of this picture is really miserable and pointless - just a bunch of gratuitous murders and dismemberments. The alternate/original title for Zombie Doom is Violent Shit 3: Infantry of Doom and it is infinitely more informative than the title it is marketed under. Things only begin to get interesting when ninjas show up. That's right, Ninjas. From that point on you get to see some of the slowest Kung Fu ever seen, and the smallest rocket launcher explosions ever dedicated to film. Yeah, I'm really downplaying this - but if you're into B-movies. This is the cream of the crop. Like any great film-maker embarking on the third part of a trilogy, Andreas Schnaas really knocks things up a notch with Infantry of Doom. Where the first two had just one Karl, Infantry of Doom has both Karl Sr., Karl Jr., and a whole army of Karl wannabees, tin masked but lacking the same imposing menace. Where the first two were almost entirely set in forests, Infantry of Doom takes place on an island which holds hills, swamp and a militia camp as well as forest. And where in the first two every non villain cast member was no more than a faceless meat puppet to be bloodily abused, Infantry of Doom makes a token effort to present some actual characters, with motivation and everything. With all this ambition one could be forgiven for fearing Schnaas has bitten off more than he can chew, but Infantry of Doom is an absolute delight. Huge bodycount, loads of gore and levels of idiocy lingering at the hysterical, classy from start to finish. The dubbing is first noticeable. It has the raucous quality of a drunken slanging match between friends, with constant profanity and barely a minute going by without somebody calling another some combination of retard, bastard, sh!t, f#cker and so on and so forth. And the few minutes not packed with people swearing at each other contain violent death instead, the characters and their behaviour make standard Rob Zombie crews look like aristocracy. The gore stands out even in comparison with the first two films, being considerably more frequent but also a lot less mean spirited. Sure a great array of hooks, knives, spears, cleavers and other sharp objects as well as good old hands and feet get used to behead, dismember, disembowel, flay and more, but its generally done in good fun without such a feel of lingering meanness, tons of fake blood and cheap prosthetics but very much the sort of thing to chuckle. And since this instalment has a plot of sorts the gore comes across more dynamic as well, unpredictable and even vaguely thrilling. Karl and Karl Jr. (now the Meister and his assistant) get to rise to villainy beyond merely acting as butchers too, fine and imposing antagonists with Karl Jr sporting decent scar make up and his par creepily semi skeletal. As is inevitable things do eventually wear thin and for the most part the pyrotechnic work is just pitiful, the film is thankfully short and definitely limited in its appeal but as far as micro budget amateur trash gore epics go this is just about the most fun I've seen and easily the best of the series, with virtually none of the irritating editing and inept style of the first two and less of the idiocy of the fourth. 8/10 from me, well recommended. This is probably the best of the VS trilogy, it has lots of gore and it's mixed with Hellriser-style of killings, martial arts, zombies and action, it's a non-stop gore fest. The Plot involves in a group of people who ends in a mysterious island, our heroes get captured, they bring them at a camp, we discover that Karl JR and his father made their own army. After some tortures, Jr decides to play a manhunt with the survivors and a ex-soldier of the Buthcer's army. LET THE BLOODBATH BEGIN!!!! You can't complain that this movie is 'boring'. Many people hate this film because 'DIS MOVIE SUCK BECAUSE DA EFFECTS LOOKS SUPER FAKE', oh really? What the hell you was expecting? Anyway VS 3 proves that you don't need a BIG budget for do a entertaining and gory movie. Long life to the German ultra gore! Horrible acting, bloody chunks and cheesy special effects highlight this buddy movie. I really enjoyed it and look forward to tracking down the other Violent Shit movies. Although not quite as gory as I was led to believe, it was sufficient and had some cool death scenes that I have never seen before. If you think watching Zombie Doom will provide an hour and a half of provocative thinking and stimulating conversation, you are a jackass. If you think that watching it will pass the time and make you and your drunk friends laugh, pull up a floor and push play. I couldn't believe I spent $14.00 on this. The only redeeming quality is the outrageous gore. The dubbing was worse than any I have ever experienced. It looks like it was shot with a VHS camcorder. I think every pfennig was spent on the special effects because there was a whole lot of blood and body parts everywhere. Its one of the worst movies I have ever seen but I do have to acknowledge the plentiful gore that wasn't as disgusting as it could have been because the whole movie is so silly and unbelievable. I got this on a very 'undergound-looking' video from some horror site, under the title Zombie doom (annoyingly, it was recorded off a DVD, and they decided to play all the trailers on there before the film). I was after sickening, brutal gore, and i got it!! Think of a nasty way to be killed, add in more blood than it is physically possible to store in the human body, and it is in this film somewhere! You get face-ripping, chest-opening, decapitations by the bucket load, shooting, stabbing, slicing, burning and drowning, in a virtually non-stop orgy of violence (especially near the end). Of course, being made on a budget of about 100 Deutschmarks, the sets are just tents and forests, a 'life raft' is a child's inflatable dinghy, and the assistant to 'the meister' (played by director Andreas Schnaas) gets killed 3 times, thing is, i didn't even realize it wasn't supposed to be him but 'just another guard' until the end. Also the worst part of this film is the dubbing, it seems to have all been done by one person, and in many scenes it is hard to tell who is talking. I feel safe in saying it is the worst dubbing i have ever heard (and i've watched 'Zombie 90'!), they should have used subtitles. But apart from that, this comes highly recommended to anyone who just wants splatter, not high art. Three lost sailors are stuck on a remote island, not knowing that it is controlled by Karl Berger (aka Karl the Butcher, or 'der Meister' as he is now known) and his son Karl Jr. They have an 'army' of psychopaths called the Infantry of Doom, with a variety of small arms. How to describe this movie? Just to give you an idea, here is some sample dialogue: Condemned prisoner -- You'll burn in hell for that! Karl the Butcher Jr -- This IS hell! This is the last of Andreas Schnaas' Violent Shit trilogy. It's better if you're survived the other two (which are actually harder to find). But even by itself, it is quite a gore-fest. The Violent Shit trilogy really is the closest thing to hell that I've ever seen on film. Despite the crude special effects, campy acting, and amateurish photography, it's an experience you will not soon forget. I saw this movie under the title Zombie Doom, I would imagine that the only differences between that version and the original version entitled VS3 Infantry of Doom is that it is dubbed instead of subtitled. This movie has it all, gore, action, ninjas (one of them even has a flying guillotine), hilarious dubbing, even more hilarious and usually nonsensical dialog, the director as a masked killer in a diaper, gore, gore and more gore!!! This isn't what you'd call a 'good movie', but there is a lot of fun to be had. For instance, the comical dubbing I mentioned earlier, yeah it really is hilarious. So is the dialog, especially from the character mark, or as I like to call him 'the philosopher', spouting such thought provoking lines as: 'Trouble is this starts to make us puke at each other, I make them wanna puke, they make me puke and so on' 'You reach a point, where you just puke at each other. I'll kill 'em all' Watch the movie and you'll understand. As you can already tell this guy seems to be awfully fond of puke. Now for the most important part, the gore. It's there, and it's amazing. Highlights include faces and stomachs being pulled apart with hooks, Karl Jr.' S minions showing one unlucky guy what a 'pain in the *ss' he is (emphasis on 'pain in the *ss'), a guy who gets sliced clean in half with a machete and then gets his head cut in half as well, a guy who kicks right through a ninja, a guy getting experimented on by having all of his innards pulled out of his body, and much, much more. Several more things of interest include the Black Demons.err. Ninjas.err.Demons, unexplained zombies, the tiny robot killer, not to mention a scene where two characters hide in the bushes from a minion looking to steal his jacket and rather than sneaking up on him, one casually walks out and says 'hey retard, I want your jacket', the scene where Karl the Butcher Jr. Gives a speech about 'friendship' and 'peace', and a decapitated head squirting out blood (with the hose visible). All these things make the movie a comical and worthwhile watch, I have never seen any of the other Violent Sh*t movies, but it's not essential to enjoy this movie. 'The world is full of puke and sh*t, and now a horde of tin masked *ssholes are puked in our faces filled with sh*t' - Mark. This is only episode I have seen out of the trilogy. I really liked this film. I was amazed at how well the special effects were made considering the low budget (which is very obvious in the lighting, and acting). I found myself laughing at some scenes such as where there are three Asian men who are fighting these zombie ninjas. This film was great with violence, bloodshed, and special effects. It also had a pretty good sense of humor too. But what was real bad about it was the acting. Even if you have a low budget you can still find people who can act. Terrible acting, great special effects, lots of gore and violence, and good sense of humor: 9 out of 10. I felt obliged to watch this movie all the way through, since I had found it in a bargain bin and bought it for my own, but I came close many times to turning it off and just writing off the money I had paid for it. If you are a fan of gore and sadism, this movie is OK. If there is one thing that the makers of this film know, it is the creative use of fake blood and body parts for a sickening effect. If that doesn't thrill you, then stay away. This movie is shot on a home video camera, with grade school props and terrible actors. It's dubbed from German, but even allowing for that, the sound is awful. This film is about as budget as budget gets, except for the aforementioned special effects. If they had spent a little more money on actors and a real script instead of blood and guts, the film might have been a little more enjoyable. The story is about three men that land on an island inhabited by an army of tin-masked sadists. They are captured, and the rest of the movie is about their attempt to escape. I call this a story in the loosest sense, since it is really a series of scenes of torture and combat strung together by inane obscenity-filled dialog. There is nothing whatsoever redeeming about this movie, unless you like mindless gore. Consider yourself warned. Karl Jr and his dad are now running an army on a remote island. They capture a trio of guys who stumble upon the island. Whom after a while fight back. (well the survivors) This one has non-stop blood, gore and carnage, which would have been good if any of it looked remotely real, or if the production didn't look like it was made with a weeks worth of saved up lunch money (I may be overexxagerating there. It was probably just a couple days worth). The horrendous dubbing didn't bother me as much and I suspect if I had been really drunk, some of it MIGHT have been slightly humorous.maybe. But as it is, at merely 78 minutes the movie still felt way too long. Oh I don't know. Don't waste your time. My Grade: F DVD Extras: Bonus movie: 'Zombie '90: Extreme Pestilence'; and Trailers for other Shock-o-Rama released films. Ok, I like B movies.I know what B movies are supposed to represent. But this is just awful. I am amazed it got such a decent overall score. The only redeeming qualities of this flick are the (mostly) marginal splatter effects. Don't get me wrong, gore abounds in this flick - but few effects really jumped out at me (like the anal 'probe'.that was great!). I believe this movie was filmed on a camcorder. C'mon - rent a Betacam at least, I've seen porn with better production values (and better acting as well). Acting - sucked! But not in the Troma or Full Moon sort of way. Story - contrived! But thats what you get from films like these. Sets & Props - sucked! My 16 year old brother makes more elaborate sets for our house on Halloween. Dubbing and dialogue - sucked! Horrible voice acting (I shouldn't even call it acting) and every other word is 'S**t' or 'F**k'. There are tons of good classic and B rated horror / splatter flicks out there and they are not that hard to track down. Do yourself a favor by not wasting time on this crap! Crossing new lines and breaking old barriers, A HAUNTED HOUSE 2 is the sequel to the hilarious box-office hit starring Marlon Wayans as Malcolm who, after exorcising. Exorcism Girl (uncredited) Produced. Associate producer. Executive producer. Associate producer. Executive producer. Executive producer. Associate producer. Executive producer. Co-executive producer. Executive producer (as Steve Squillante). Executive producer (as Lisa Blum). Producer Music by Cinematography. Director of photography Film Editing by Casting By Production Design by Art Direction by Set Decoration by Costume Design by Makeup Department. Makeup artist. Additional makeup artist. Additional makeup artist. 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Special thanks. Make The Most Of Your Time On Earth 3 1. Get lost for words at the Grand Canyon • • • • After pondering for the first time most visitors are stunned into silence. The problem isn’t lack of words. It’s just that the canyon is so vast and so deep, that the vista stretches so far across your line of vision. The facts are similarly mind-boggling: it is around 277 miles long and one mile deep. That Thing You Do! Is a 1996 American musical comedy-drama film written and directed by Tom Hanks in his directorial debut; he also co-stars in it. With more than 500 million users, you likely know what LinkedIn is and have a profile on the site. Unfortunately, many users of the platform feel a sense of unease. Think of it like a mountain range upside down. The abruptness of the drop is bizarre and, for some, unnerving. But the Grand Canyon is like that: it picks you up and takes you out of your comfort zone, dropping you back just that little bit changed. If a guidebook tells you that something is “impossible to describe”, it usually means the writer can’t be bothered to describe it – with one exception. Get blown away by the Great Wall of China • • • • Snaking across the dusty hills of northeast, the Great Wall is an unforgettable sight. It’s impossible not to be blown away by this 7m-high, 7m-thick fortification. Take at least a day to walk between its battlements, shunning hawkers and tourists for less-visited sections where you clamber up unrestored stairs and through crumbling towers. Yet even after you’ve seen, touched and walked the wall, it’s still hard to believe this was built by simple human endeavour. Visit the Taj by moonlight, India • • • • There’s no such thing as an unflattering angle of the, the world’s most beautiful building, commissioned by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial to his beloved wife. But the love and sadness embodied by the Taj are never more palpable than during the full moon, when the complex is opened at night. At this time, visitors are hushed into silence by the building’s ethereal form, rising melancholically from the riverbank yet seemingly shimmering with life. In, spring sees the country gradually coated in a light pink shade, soft petals slowly clustering on their branches as if puffed through by some benevolent underground spirit. The sakura- zensen, or cherry blossom front, flushes like a floral wave that laps the country from south to north and is followed ardently by the Japanese. Among the best places to see it are Kiyomizu-tera in, ’s Ueno Park or the castles in or Himeji, all of which are lent a dreamlike air by the arrival of the blossom each spring. A lesson about fragile beauty that must be treasured and contemplated. Traverse the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia • • • • The immaculate white expanse of the is one of ’s most extraordinary attractions. This is the largest salt lake in the world, capped by a thick, hard crust of salt, easily capable of supporting the weight of a car. It’s perhaps best seen after a heavy rainfall, when the Salar transforms into an immense mirror, reflecting the sky and the surrounding snowcapped peaks so pristinely that at times the horizon disappears and the mountains seem like islands floating in the sky. Explore the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador • • • • The utter indifference that most of the show to humans suggests that they knew all along they’d be the ones to change humanity’s perception of itself for ever. It was, after all, this famous menagerie that. With each island, new animal oddities reveal themselves – giant tortoises, canoodling waved albatrosses, lumbering land iguanas and Darwin’s finches, to name but a few – each a key player in the world’s most celebrated workshop of evolution. You feel like a privileged gatecrasher, one who’s allowed an up-close look at a long-kept secret: the mechanics of life on Earth. Toast bad weather in the Scottish Highlands • • • • You can’t visit without trying the national drink. Whisky has been made here for centuries, with the bare hills, green glens and silvery lochs of the providing the perfect conditions. Barley grows well thanks to rainy, misty days. Peat – dried and burnt to impart that smoky aroma – forms in the damp bogs. Cool temperatures reduce the “the angels’ share” as whiskies mature in barrel. There’s no better place to enjoy a wee dram of a single malt, sit back and take in the view. Bed down in an igloo, Canada • • • • Tucked away between rolling hills and vast stretches of tundra in northern lies a series of igloos. These domed shelters were built by Inuit elders, who carved snowblocks from windswept snowdrifts, using skills passed on from their ancestors. Today, they continue to safeguard hunters as well as welcome adventure seekers. Visitors can feast on caribou stew and frozen Arctic char before falling asleep to the sounds of kids throat-singing and the gentle flicker of the seal-blubber-fuelled qulliq (lamp). Climb Mont St-Michel, France • • • • Wondrously unique yet as recognizable as the Eiffel Tower,, with its harmonious blend of natural and man-made beauty, has been drawing tourists and pilgrims alike to the coast for centuries. Soaring some 80m up from the bay that bears its name, this glowering granite islet has an entire commune clinging improbably to its steep boulders, its tiers of buildings topped by a magnificent Benedictine abbey. It’s an aesthetic delight yet also a place of serenity: less than a third of the 3.5 million tourists that flock here each year actually climb all the way up. Looking out from Mont St-Michel, the tides rolling in around its base, is a panorama to be savoured. Rage wine war in La Rioja, Spain • • • • Each year several villages in spend an entire day soaking each other in red wine. One of the truly great events of the Spanish summer, the Wine War ( La Batalla del Vino) is a wine-fight of epic – and historic – proportions. In theory, the townsfolk of Haro are battling it out with those of neighbouring Miranda de Ebro, but in the good-humoured but frantic battle that rages, there are no obvious sides, and no winners or losers. Instead, the object is perfectly straightforward: to squirt, hose, blast or throw some 25,000 litres over as many people as possible. You won’t be spared as a spectator, so you may as well join in. Spot puffins in the Faroes • • • • On the unspoilt Faroe Islands, about 300km north of Scotland in the windswept, weather-tossed North Atlantic, heavy waves batter tall, chalky cliffs. But there’s more than just geological beauty here. Come spring, pairs of puffins, their feathers ruffled from the raging sea, wash up on the island, standing proud and rubbing their beaks together in displays of matrimony. The show has just begun. For the next four months, these curious seabirds will mate, nest and raise their offspring – all of which makes for great viewing. Solve the mysteries of Pompeii, Italy • • • • was famously buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD, and the result is perhaps the best-preserved Roman town anywhere, with a street plan that is easy to discern – not to mention wander – and a number of palatial villas that are still largely intact. While crowded, not surprisingly, it’s a large site, and it’s quite possible to escape the hordes and experience the strangely still quality of Pompeii, sitting around ancient swimming pools, peering at frescoes and mosaics still standing behind the counters of ancient shops. The city’s story still speaks loud and clear. Come eye-to-eye with Africa’s mountain gorillas, Rwanda • • • • A face-to-face encounter with a mountain gorilla in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park is one of the most exciting wildlife experiences Africa has to offer. And locating the apes in their tangled and misty forest home is part of the thrill. A close-up encounter is practically guaranteed, but be warned – it can get tough. Any exhaustion dissipates immediately, however, when you look into the liquid brown eyes of one of the magnificent bamboo-munching beasts – these are the archetypal “gentle giants”. Follow the oyster trail in Galway, Ireland • • • • The International Oyster Festival is ’s longest-running and greatest gourmet extravaganza, celebrating the new oyster season in the finest way possible: a three-day furore of drinking, dancing and crustacean guzzling. The traditional objective is to down a pint and a couple of oysters in every pub along the Oyster Trail over three days – that’s around thirty pints and up to a hundred oysters. If you can do this and still make it down for breakfast on the Sunday morning, you need never prove yourself again. Meet sun bears in Borneo, Malaysia • • • • Though it easily rivals the panda in the cuteness stakes, little is known about the world’s smallest bear, named for the distinctive white mark on its chest that resembles the sun. Seriously endangered, sun bears live throughout Asia, but Borneo is their last stronghold. See them at the in, the first of its kind, which aims to educate people about these wonderful animals. There can be no doubt that the efforts directed towards their survival are more crucial than ever. See the Blackpool illuminations, England • • • • When autumn knocks, the temperature drops and other resorts have shut up shop, one seaside town switches on. From the end of August until early November, the Illuminations light up the seafront – and if you’ve a penchant for gaudy, nostalgic, none-too-highbrow fun, you should get your coat on and come. Comprising around a million lights, the glittering display stretches six miles – and amazingly, the whole experience is free. All you’ll need to buy is a tram ticket, a bag of chips and a novelty stick of rock. And never mind if it rains – the lights look even more gorgeous shimmering in the puddles. Marvel at the pyramids of Giza, Egypt • • • • The were built at the very beginning of recorded human history, and for nearly five millennia they have stood on the edge of the desert plateau in magnificent communion with the sky. The overwhelming impression is due not only to the magnitude of their age and size but also to their elemental form, their simple but compelling triangular silhouettes. Seen at prime times – dawn, sunset and after dark – they form as much a part of the natural order as the sun, the moon and the stars. Hot air balloon over the savannah, Kenya • • • • With the sun breaking over the horizon and warming chilly faces, the perfect serenity of this mode of transport is hard to beat. Below, hippos cavort in the muddy river and vervet monkeys watch the balloon’s passage from their treetop vantage points. Once it’s over, the balloon is ignored by the grazing herds of zebra and gazelle – but they flee its shadow and the whoosh of the burner when it flies too low. For wildlife photography, a balloon safari can’t equal patient observation on the ground, but few experiences can match this one for sheer unforgettability. Climb Table Mountain, South Africa • • • • If the skies are clear on your first day in, drop everything and head straight for Table Mountain. It’s an ecological marvel, and a powerful icon for the entire African continent. What’s more, the views from the top are unmissable – as long as the celebrated “tablecloth” of cloud stays away. The obvious, and most popular, route to the top is to take the aerial cableway, but if you’d rather work a little harder, you can tackle one of the hiking trails that snake their way up the cliffs. Gaze out over the city to the ocean beyond and you’ll feel like you’re standing on top of the world. Eat barbecue in Texas Hill Country, USA • • • • If you think barbecue is a sloppy pulled-pork sandwich or a platter of ribs drowned in a sticky, sweet sauce, a Texan will happily correct you. In the rolling hills around – where pecan trees provide shade, pick-up trucks rule the road and the radio is devoted to Waylon, Willie and Merle – you’ll find barbecue as it should be: nothing but pure, succulent, unadulterated meat, smoked for hours over a low wood fire. Thankfully, this austerity applies only to the substance – not the quantity – of the meat. Gut-busting excess is what makes barbecue truly, after all. Don’t ever forget: it’s all about the meat. If you just ask for a beer in, your request will be met with a blank stare. Because no one produces such a as they do here: there are lagers, wheat beers, dark amber ales and strong beers brewed by Trappist monks. Is the best place to try them all, including its own beery speciality, Lambic, a flattish concoction not much changed from the stuff they drank in Bruegel’s time – a few glasses is enough to have you behaving like one of the peasants in his paintings. Sample gelato in Rome • • • • A quiet revolution in that time-honoured Italian favourite – ice cream – has taken place in over the last few years. Gelaterias have upped their game, ordering the finest ingredients – lemons from Amalfi, pistachios from Sicily – and vying to create the city’s tastiest ices, in the most outlandish flavours. Order a suitably kooky combo – wasabi and chocolate, say, or basil, walnuts and honey– and hit the streets for the passeggiata. Feel the heat in a Finnish sauna • • • • There are two million saunas in – that’s four for every ten Finns – and they have played an integral part in Finnish life for centuries. Finns believe the sauna to be an exorcism of all ills, and there’s certainly nothing quite like it for inducing a feeling of serenity. Traditionally, Finns end their sauna by mercilessly plunging straight into the nearest lake or, in winter, by rolling in the icy snow outside – the intense searing cold that follows the sweltering heat creating a compelling, addictive rush at the boundary of pleasure and pain. Brave the devil’s throat at Iguazú, Argentina & Brazil • • • • Every year, tens of thousands of visitors from around the world try to evaluate the sheer dimension of this natural miracle – around 275 individual cascades, the highest with a drop of over 80m – and usually fail. However you spell it –, or Iguassu – there’s little doubt that these are the most spectacular falls in the world. Get right into the heart of the action on a boat trip up to the ominously named Devil’s Throat, one of the most impressive cascades. Kayak Milford Sound, New Zealand • • • • Dwarfed beneath the forest-clad mountains that soar to either side, it’s hard to comprehend just how tiny you are in comparison to the sheer size of. That the fiord makes even the most cumbersome and colossal cruise ship look small is an indication of just how impressive the scale is here. But only getting out on the water will give you a true sense of its majestic beauty – to really get up close, and access spots that no cruise ship could ever reach, head out on a kayak. There’s something undeniably exhilarating about exploring somewhere so immense from so close to the water. Climb Kilimanjaro, Tanzania • • • • The statistics are impressive. Measuring some 40km across and rising 5895m above sea level, Kilimanjaro is easily Africa’s highest mountain. But such bald facts fail to capture the thrill of actually climbing it: the days spent tramping from muggy montane forest to snowy summit. It’s hard to match the exhilaration of watching the sunrise from the Roof of Africa, with an entire continent seemingly spread out beneath you. The sense of fulfilment will stay with you, long after you’ve finally said goodbye to Kili. Spend the day at Tivoli, Denmark • • • • Not many cities have a roller coaster, a pirate ship and an 80m-high carousel slap bang in their centre, but is home to – probably the best fairground in the world. The famous pleasure gardens have dished out fun and thrills to a bewitched public since 1843. But the rides are just the icing on the cake – there are forty or so restaurants, jazz bandstands and, in the weeks around Christmas, spectacular lighting displays and a Christmas Market. Even if fairs usually leave you cold, you can’t fail to be won over by the innocent pleasures of Tivoli. On a fine summer’s night it’s nothing short of magical. Crank up the volume on King's Day, the Netherlands • • • • At the end of April each year,, a city famed for its easy-going, fun-loving population, manages to crank the party volume a few notches higher in a street party that blasts away for a full 24 hours. On King’s Day, there are only two rules: you must dress as ridiculously as possible, preferably in orange, the Dutch national colour, which adorns virtually every building, boat and body on the day; and you must drink enough beer not to care. Hike Half Dome in Yosemite, USA • • • • Half Dome’s looming, truncated form (“like it had been sliced with a knife”) makes it one of the most iconic mountains in North America. It’s also an exhilarating hike. From the top, nearly 9000ft up, the dramatic views of will render you speechless. Those who dare can edge toward Half Dome’s lip and dangle their feet over the side, while the very brave (or very foolish) may inch out along a projecting finger of rock for a vertiginous look straight down the near-vertical face. Sit back, take a deep breath and enjoy the view. Relive the wild west at the Calgary Stampede, Canada • • • • Every July the “Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth” – the Calgary Stampede – causes a usually conservative city to go wild. Everything suddenly becomes, well, more western – which for means shifting gears into serious cowboy overdrive – expect white Stetsons, blue jeans,bolo ties and hand-made leather boots. For those who live on isolated farms or in small communities, this is their chance to bring the cowboy culture into the big city and really let rip. For the half-million visitors, it’s a chance to join in the ultimate Wild West carnival, often given the accolade of be North America’s roughest rodeo. Watch the sun rise at Tikal, Guatemala • • • • was arguably the greatest of all ’s Maya cities, controlling an empire of vassal states and trade routes between the southern highlands and the Caribbean. And the symbols of its dominance – six great temples – still stand. Impressive at any time of day, Tikal shows itself to full advantage in the hours around sunrise. As the ruins of this Maya city come to life around you, and the forest’s denizens gradually begin to emerge from their night-time resting places, dawn is a magical time. Fall under the spell of Luang Prabang, Laos • • • • The pace of life is deliciously slow in. Though it has the air of a rather grand village, this is the ancient capital, the most cultured town in Laos and one of the best preserved in Southeast Asia. You’ll find a captivating scene whichever way you turn: saffron-robed monks emerging from their temple-monasteries to collect alms, temple roofs peeping out from the groves and streets still lined with wood-shuttered shophouses and French-colonial mansions. Get away from it all in the Gilis, Indonesia • • • • Collectively referred to as, the trio of Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and Gili Air each has its own characteristic charm. The smallest and most tranquil of the three, Gili Meno, is perhaps the most picturesque, with pure white-sand beaches framed against the warm turquoise waters, while Trawangan, the largest, is well known for its party atmosphere. A bit of both can be found on Gili Air. All three offer powdery beaches, snorkelling and diving opportunities and unlimited time under the tropical sun. What are you waiting for? Take the polar plunge, Antarctica • • • • An cruise to the Antarctic Peninsula throws up more giddying thrills than you could hope to count. What with the glaciers and the whales, the mountains and the million-strong penguin colonies, the scale and beauty of the place can be genuinely overwhelming. Literally the most breathtaking tradition of all, however, has to be the opportunity to dunk yourself into the Southern Ocean. If you’ve never taken a dip in sub-zero Antarctic waters, rest assured that it’s a bracing experience, not so much about rising to a challenge as giving yourself a short, sharp shock that enables you to appreciate the fullness of your surroundings. You’ll have new respect for the hardy penguins that dart around beneath the chilly waves all day. Hit the streets for Notting Hill Carnival, England • • • • In August, the familiar streets of Notting Hill are transformed into a wash of colour, sound, movement and pure, unadulterated joy. This huge street festival is the highlight of ’s party calendar. Fragrant smoke wafts from jerk chicken stalls, bass lines tremble through the air, streets lined by mansion blocks become canyons of sound, and all you can see is a moving sea of people, jumping and blowing whistles as wave after wave of music ripples through the air. For two days, the only thing that matters is the delicious, anarchic freedom of dancing on the London streets. Drop in on the churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia • • • • Lalibela, in Ethiopia’s highlands, is a quiet, rural place. Yet in the thirteenth century it was the capital of the great Zagwe dynasty, one of whose last rulers, King Lalibela, embarked on a quest to build a holy Land on ethiopian soil. Historians say he was inspired to build the town’s famous rock-hewn churches after a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, while the devout claim that he was instructed by angels during a poison-induced sleep. Whatever the real reason, the town of Lalibela, built as a “new Jerusalem”, leaves pilgrims and visitors alike humbled by the elegance of its churches. Celebrate the Biennale in Venice, Italy • • • • Several European cities hold major contemporary art fairs, but Biennale has more glamour, prestige and news value than any other cultural jamboree. The main site is in the Giardini Pubblici, where there are permanent pavilions for about forty countries that participate at every festival. In addition, various sites host fringe exhibitions, installations and performances. With artists, critics and collectors swarming around the bars and restaurants, the art world buzz of the Biennale penetrates every corner of the city – it’s unforgettable. What if you took a drug that gave you instant photographic recall of every memory you’d ever had? What might you accomplish with that power? The 2011 film Limitless saw its pill-popping hero use brain-enhancing drugs to make money, cavort with women, and run for political office. Meanwhile, the protagonist of the new TV show Limitless, a quasi-sequel to the film, gets his hands on the drug and uses it to solve some fairly boring mysteries. With this new series, CBS seems to have squandered the potential of a weird, compelling premise by cramming it into an average procedural crime-show mold. Read the Limitless movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on Movies.com. Limitless - Facing unemployment and his girlfriend's rejection, writer Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) is sure that he has no future. That all changes when. Amazon.com: Limitless (Unrated Extended Cut): Bradley Cooper, Anna Friel, Abbie Cornish, Robert De Niro, Andrew Howard, Johnny Whitworth, Tomas Arana, Robert John. Limitless was an American comedy-drama television series based on the 2011 film of the same name, which originally aired on CBS from September 22, 2015 to April 26, 2016. It stars Jake McDorman as Brian Finch, who discovers the power of a mysterious nootropic drug by the name of NZT-48. This drug unlocks the full. Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. Related Story. Like many CBS dramas, Limitless is made with aggressive competence. There’s a cinematic sheen borrowed from Neil Burger’s film, which starred Bradley Cooper and was enough of an unexpected hit to spawn this spinoff. There’s a brief cameo from Cooper himself as now-Senator Eddie Morra, who gives his blessing to his successor Brian, a struggling musician played by Jake McDorman who starts popping the magic pill NZT and draws the attention of the FBI. But there’s a depressing lack of originality to Limitless, which quickly positions itself as a dull cop show despite its wackier sci-fi origins. As one might discern from the title, there are many directions Limitless could take to explore the powers NZT bestows and their consequences. Aside from granting complete memory recall, the drug’s powers are vaguely defined and can seemingly offer whatever the taker desires (in the film, it ranges from literary success to political acumen). But Brian takes about as narrow an approach as possible. At one point, he uses his new powers to pick a lock; as the show’s self-serious narration tells us, he learned that skill by watching a random YouTube video years ago, and NZT finally granted him the power to deploy it. At another point, Brian manages to identify the rare genetic disease his father (Ron Rifkin) has by sorting through his own family tree like a walking Ancestry.com. That’s the incredible power of NZT, according to CBS’s Limitless: You can instantly tap into the power of any major website in your day-to-day life, no subscription required. By the time Brian uses his powers to predict just how long it would take a subway train to brake without hitting him if he jumped on the tracks, you’ll be begging for him to lose his bottle of medicine. Limitless also misses the opportunity to set up some kind of interesting conflict surrounding Brian’s drug use. In the film, Eddie takes the pills but has to deal with side effects like massive memory loss. For the show, there’s no apparent downside: Any issues have been breezily worked out so Brian can be a more effective crime-fighter for the Feds. Once he gets hooked on the pills, he’s noticed by the government as a good detective, and partners up with Agent Rebecca Harris (Jennifer Carpenter, best known as Dexter’s sister). There are only brief references made to the depths of the NZT conspiracy: figuring out who made it, and why Brian resists its side effects. But this is a CBS procedural, and viewers can rest assured that mystery will simmer on the back-burner for as long as possible. As other networks scrabble to find the right balance of big-name stars and live-TV events to keep viewers tuning in, CBS isn’t wavering from its successful programming model one bit. Almost all of its dramas see lawyers or cops solving cases, and next to none prioritize long-term storytelling over syndication-friendly crimes of the week. This format usually requires no originality; it speaks volumes that the closest comparison to Limitless is the former CBS hit The Mentalist, which was about a fraudulent psychic who was able to figure out people’s backstories and tell if they’re lying by reading their speech and facial tics. Even the brief appearance of Cooper on the show doesn’t help much. 2011’s Limitless was far from a perfect film, but it was the first indicator that Cooper could carry a sub-par script on the back of his growing star power. When he drops into the show, sporting the same electric-blue irises he had in the movie (another NZT side effect), you want the plot to follow him on whatever dangerous new mission he’s embarking on, be it a presidential campaign or the creation of a secret society (he hints vaguely at both). Cooper is there to lend the series legitimacy, but in the end he only highlights what it’s so sorely lacking: a protagonist, and overarching plot, for the audience to care about. Donald Trump triggered yet another round of furious Twitterology this weekend when, in the midst of a tweetstorm defending himself against Michael Wolff’s blockbuster book, “Fire and Fury,” that “throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart.” That, plus the follow-up that he is in fact a “,” sent the Twitterverse into a tizzy. And just like the December tweet from the @realDonaldTrump account stating that Michael Flynn “pled guilty” to lying to the FBI, many observers picked up on the use of a single word. Last time, that word was “pled” (which I wrote about and ), but this time it was another four-letter item: “like,” set off with commas. I’ve never met or interviewed Donald Trump, though like most of the world I feel amply exposed to his outlooks and styles of expression. So I can’t say whether, in person, he somehow conveys the edge, the sparkle, the ability to connect, the layers of meaning that we usually associate with both emotional and analytical intelligence. But I have had the chance over the years to meet and interview a large sampling of people whom the world views the way Trump views himself. That is, according to this morning’s dispatches, as “like, really smart,” and “genius.” In current circumstances it’s relevant to mention what I’ve learned this way.Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart. Crooked Hillary Clinton also played these cards very hard and, as everyone knows, went down in flames. I went from VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Trump (@realDonaldTrump). Sunday night’s Golden Globe Awards—hosted by Seth Meyers—saw Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri emerge as a surprising Oscar frontrunner after winning four trophies, including Best Picture (Drama), at a charged ceremony dominated by discussion of Hollywood’s power imbalances and the #MeToo movement. Films like Lady Bird and The Shape of Water also won big, and shows like Big Little Lies, The Handmaid’s Tale, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel did well in the TV categories. But the ceremony’s most memorable moment came in an honorary award for Oprah Winfrey, who spoke out on the industry’s issues with misogyny, sexual abuse, and the ongoing lack of diversity in Hollywood's corridors of power. Read more updates below, or check out ourof the evening. It was undeniably the most electrifying moment of the 2018 Golden Globes: Oprah Winfrey, the actor, author, entrepreneur, and humanitarian, accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award for outstanding contributions to entertainment, and gave a speech that captured the systemic inequality that’s still rooted at the heart of the entertainment industry. But Winfrey’s speech also offered a note of hope. It will be women, she said, who “become the leaders who take us to the time when nobody ever has to say ‘Me too’ again.” Her words prompted a flood of speculation that Winfrey might be mulling an entry into politics, but more importantly, they captured the complicated dynamics of an evening where virtually all the women present were wearing black. “I can handle things. Not like everybody says, like dumb. I’m smart and I want respect!” This morning’s presidential Twitter outburst recalls those words of Fredo Corleone’s in from The Godfather series. Trump that his “two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart,” and in called himself a “very stable genius.” Trump may imagine that he’s Michael Corleone, the tough and canny rightful heir—or even Sonny Corleone, the terrifyingly violent but at least powerful heir apparent—but after today he is Fredo forever. There’s a key difference between film and reality, though: The Corleone family had the awareness and vigilance to exclude Fredo from power. The American political system did not do so well. Here is the news: Logan Paul, a social-media star with, recently visited Aokigahara, a dense forest known as the “Sea of Trees” on the northwestern side of Mount Fuji. Aokigahara is beautiful, but also infamous; for at least a half-century, it has been a popular destination. Soon after entering the forest, Paul encountered a man’s dead body, apparently killed by suicide, and he made it the centerpiece of a nervous video, apparently intended to be humorous, that he posted to YouTube on December 31. “Yo, are you alive?” Paul shouts at the body, early in the video. “Are you fucking with us?” The 15-minute video was taken down Tuesday. Since its posting, the familiar cycle of Horrific Internet Content has played out: scathing criticism from all sides; the deletion of the video from YouTube, an apology from Paul (defensive, in writing); a second apology from Paul (tearful, on camera); and finally a comment from YouTube. It would all feel routine if not for the macabre video at the center, which highlights the lack of oversight in the online fame machine. This is the first installment in an ongoing series examining kids’ worldviews and how they are shaped. When the sociolinguist Calvin Gidney saw The Lion King in theaters two decades ago, he was struck by the differences between Mufasa and Scar. The characters don’t have much in common: Mufasa is heroic and steadfast, while Scar is cynical and power-hungry. But what Gidney noticed most was how they each spoke: Mufasa has an American accent, while Scar, the lion of the dark side, roars in British English. In in which Scar accuses Simba of being the “ murderer!” responsible for Mufasa’s death, the final “r” in his declaration floats up into a sky bursting with lightning, and it’s hard to imagine it sounding quite as monstrous in another tone. Three months ago, when Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey of The New York Times unloaded about Harvey Weinstein’s pattern of sexual aggressiveness and abuse, the depth of detail made the story unforgettable—and as it turned out, historic. Real women went on the record, using their real names, giving specific dates and times and circumstances of what Weinstein had said or done to them. Of the reactions that flowed from this and parallel accounts—about Roger Ailes and Bill O’Reilly in the Fox empire, or Matt Lauer and Charlie Rose in mainstream TV, or Kevin Spacey and Louis CK in the film world, or Michael Oreskes and John Hockenberry in public radio, or Mark Halperin and Leon Weiseltier in print and political media, and down the rest of the list—one response was particularly revealing. It was that the behavior in question had been an “.”. When Travis Busch graduated from high school in Jefferson, Iowa, in 1999, he followed many of his classmates on the well-plotted and well-trod path to college. Busch took classes at Iowa Central Community College during the day and worked part-time at night on the floor of a local factory that made stock tanks for horse and cattle farms. But after a year and a half in college, he dropped out to work full time. “I didn’t want to go to college in the first place,” he said. “I was already making money. I didn’t see why I needed it.” Fast-forward to January 2017. The factory where Busch worked was sold to a company that moved its operations to Kentucky and laid off the workers in Iowa. Before he lost his job, Busch met with local workforce officials who presented him three options: apply for an apprenticeship, go back to college, or try his luck on the job market with only a high-school diploma. • • • Action This Day! • Critical Content • Distributor Release Original network Original release September 22, 2015 ( 2015-09-22) – April 26, 2016 ( 2016-04-26) External links Website Limitless was an American television series based on the, which originally aired on from September 22, 2015 to April 26, 2016. It stars as Brian Finch, who discovers the power of a mysterious drug by the name of NZT-48. This drug unlocks the full potential of the human brain and gives its user enhanced mental faculties. It is a to the film of the same name, which in turn was based on the novel, and takes place four years after the events of the movie. The series was ordered by CBS on May 8, 2015. On October 23, 2015, CBS picked up Limitless for a full season of 22 episodes. On May 18, 2016, CBS confirmed Limitless would not be part of the network's 2016–2017 lineup, and on May 25, 2016, CBS executive Craig Sweeny announced the series had been cancelled after one season. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • Premise [ ] Brian Finch (McDorman), a 28-year-old burnout and struggling musician, is introduced to NZT-48, a miracle drug that gives him access to every neuron in his brain. For twelve hours after taking the pill, he becomes the smartest person in the world, able to perfectly recall every detail of his life and capable of prodigious leaps of intuition and reasoning. With the mysterious Eddie Morra (Cooper) providing him with an immunity shot to counteract NZT's deadly side effects, Brian uses his enhanced abilities to help agent Rebecca Harris (Carpenter). The FBI doesn't know about the shot and Brian has to keep both worlds separate. Cast [ ] Main [ ] • as Brian Finch • as FBI Special Agent Rebecca Harris • as FBI Special Agent Spelman Boyle, named for. • as FBI Special Agent in Charge Nasreen 'Naz' Pouran, of origin, commander of the Cross Jurisdictional Command (CJC) team Recurring [ ] • as U.S. Subscribe: *******www.youtube****/user/fourthwall for More Entertainment Anthony Kaun Hai? Is a comic thriller extensively shot in Thailand. Tum Milo Toh Sahi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). By Sandesh Shandilya. 2010 • 6 songs. Play on Spotify. Tum Milo Toh Sahi - Shaan. O Janemann - Raghav Sachar. Bekhauf Mohabbat - Kunal Ganjawala. Chal Haath Mila - Sukhwinder Singh. Loot - Dominique. 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Bernard is a selfish, cheap and jealous decadent writer that rationalizes every attitude in his family and life and does not accept 'philistines' - people that do not read books or watch movies, while the unfaithful Joan is growing as a writer and has no problems with 'philistines'. Their sons, the teenager Walt and the boy Frank, feel the separation and take side: Walt stays with Bernard, and Frank with Joan, and both are affected with abnormal behaviors. Frank drinks booze and smears with sperm the books in the library and a locker in the dress room of his school. The messed-up and insecure Walt uses Roger Water's song 'Hey You' in a festival as if it was of his own, and breaks up with his girlfriend Sophie. Meanwhile Joan has an affair with Frank's tennis teacher Ivan and Bernard with his student Lili. Written by • Plot Keywords • • • • • • Taglines Joint Custody Blows. Genres • • Parents Guide Certification • • • • (Ontario) • • • • • • • • • • • • •. Did You Know? Trivia Noah Baumbach originally wanted Wes Anderson to direct but Anderson convinced Baumbach to direct it himself, due to the film being very personal to Baumbach. Goofs When the Berkmans are speaking to Walt's teacher about his plagiarism of the song 'Hey You' by Pink Floyd during his performance during the talent show, there is a poster behind the teacher promoting reading featuring the WWE wrestler Hurricane (Shane Helms) who made his WWE debut in 2001. He was only 12 in 1986. Movie Connections Featured in (2006). Soundtracks Hey You Crazy Credits The end credits include this dedication: 'For Mannie'. Quotes: What is it about high school, you read all the worst books by good writers. Contents • • • • • • • Bernard Berkman [ ] • She's a very risky writer, Lili. I mean, exhibiting her cunt in that fashion is very racy. I mean Lili has her influences in post modern literature, it's a bit derivative of Kafka, but for a student, very racy. Did you get that it was her cunt? • [to Lili] Put me in your mouth. • Don't be difficult. • [playing ping pong with Frank] You know, you have to try. If you don't try, it's no fun for me. Joan Berkman [ ] • You're calling me a bitch? • You're being a shit, Walt! Others [ ] • Walt Berkman: It's like. We were pals then. We'd do things together. We'd look at the knight armor at the Met. The scary fish at the Natural History Museum. I was always afraid of the squid and whale fighting. I can only look at it with my hands in front of my face. • Jeffrey: She could probably move her pussy muscles just the right way so you blow your load in like seconds. • Frank Berkman: Across the park? Is that still Brooklyn? Dialogue [ ] Bernard: Your mum and I, we're going to separate. I've got you Tuesday, Wednesday and every other Thursday. Walt: And what about the cat? Bernard: We didn't discuss the cat. Bernard: Hey - Watch it! Frank: Suck my dick, ass man. Bernard: Joan, let me ask you something. All that work I did at the end of our marriage, making dinners, cleaning up, being more attentive. It never was going to make a difference, was it? You were leaving no matter what. Joan: You never made a dinner. Bernard: I made burgers that time you had pneumonia. Walt: It's ' masterpiece, really. Many people think it's, but, if it hadn't been ruined by the studio, would've been his crowning achievement. As it is, it's still brilliant. It's the old story, genius not being recognized by the industry. Lance: It sounds great. Walt: Orson Welles? I don't know, I haven't seen it yet. I've seen stills. Sophie: [about, by Franz Kafka] Yeah. I mean, it's gross when he turns into the bug, but I love how matter of fact everything is. Walt: Yeah, it's very Kafkaesque. Sophie: [She looks at him oddly and laughs] 'Cause it's written. I mean, clearly. Bernard: How do you know they were both Frank's? Lemon: Well, I suppose it's possible other kids are masturbating and spreading their semen around the school as well. It's possible, but, uh, somewhat unlikely. Bernard: Oh, it happens, I'm sure, much more than we know. Joan: Bernard, have you ever done anything like this? Bernard: I'm not going to answer that. Bernard: You'll have to share the bathroom with the boys. They get the upstairs and I have my own. Lili: That's all right, as long as Walt remembers to pull the seat down. [Walt kisses Lili's knee] Lili: [lowers her head] Do you think. [Walt brings his head up and smacks her in the nose] Lili: Oh shit! Walt: I'm sorry! Lili: No, it's ok. It's just a bloody nose. Lili: [they kiss] Why did you stop? Bernard: I'm your teacher. Lili: You know, I've always wondered what it'd be like to fuck you. Bernard: Ivan is fine but he's not a serious guy, he's a. Frank: What's a philistine? Bernard: It's a guy who doesn't care about books and interesting films and things. Your mother's brother Ned is also a philistine. Frank: Then I'm a philistine. Bernard: No, you're interested in books and things. Frank: [pause] No, I'm a philistine. Tagline [ ] • Joint Custody Blows. Cast [ ] • - Frank Berkman • - Bernard Berkman • - Joan Berkman • - Walt Berkman • - Ivan • - Carl • - Lili • - Otto • - Lance • - Jeffrey • - Sophie Greenberg External links [ ]. |
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