You gotta have faith.
Okay, that's a motto that was more applicable to the George Michael loving Eli Stone, but Code Black Season 2 Episode 9 was trying really hard to work that message in. Really hard.
I'm not really sure why Noa needed faith to suck it up and reach out to her patient's widow, but whatever gets the job done, right? Although honestly, I'm also not sure she should have felt as much guilt as she did. Maybe I just have the romantic range of a teaspoon, but unless they'd had a fight, "Tell my wife I love her" isn't earth shattering or unexpected.
No, if Noa was going to feel guilty about anything it should have been about not going back out and completing her ride along. And even that's a stretch. Recognizing your limits is as important a skill as anything else in medicine.
So Penn Jillette's...
Okay, that's a motto that was more applicable to the George Michael loving Eli Stone, but Code Black Season 2 Episode 9 was trying really hard to work that message in. Really hard.
I'm not really sure why Noa needed faith to suck it up and reach out to her patient's widow, but whatever gets the job done, right? Although honestly, I'm also not sure she should have felt as much guilt as she did. Maybe I just have the romantic range of a teaspoon, but unless they'd had a fight, "Tell my wife I love her" isn't earth shattering or unexpected.
No, if Noa was going to feel guilty about anything it should have been about not going back out and completing her ride along. And even that's a stretch. Recognizing your limits is as important a skill as anything else in medicine.
So Penn Jillette's...
- 12/1/2016
- by Elizabeth Harlow
- TVfanatic
A second helping of the magicians-turned-criminal-masterminds wheeze proves a tricky sell
Cinema as an art form leans on deception and misdirection just as heavily as any stage magician. But a curious thing happens when you try and show performed magic in a movie – the illusion is cancelled out and the mystery evaporates. Sleight of hand means nothing when the real magic happens in post-production. This is just one of the problems with this sequel to the conjurors-turned-criminals caper movie, Now You See Me. Called out of hiding to steal a computer chip (handily the exact size and shape as a playing card), the Four Horsemen ( a team of maverick magicians) devise a needlessly complicated series of bluffs and double-bluffs, which is then unpicked during huge chunks of shouty, self-congratulatory exposition. By which point, the audience is longing for someone to saw the cast in half. Permanently.
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Cinema as an art form leans on deception and misdirection just as heavily as any stage magician. But a curious thing happens when you try and show performed magic in a movie – the illusion is cancelled out and the mystery evaporates. Sleight of hand means nothing when the real magic happens in post-production. This is just one of the problems with this sequel to the conjurors-turned-criminals caper movie, Now You See Me. Called out of hiding to steal a computer chip (handily the exact size and shape as a playing card), the Four Horsemen ( a team of maverick magicians) devise a needlessly complicated series of bluffs and double-bluffs, which is then unpicked during huge chunks of shouty, self-congratulatory exposition. By which point, the audience is longing for someone to saw the cast in half. Permanently.
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- 7/10/2016
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
Review Rob Kemp 2 Feb 2014 - 22:00
The Musketeers delves further into Athos' past in episode three. Here's Rob's review of Commodities...
This review contains spoilers.
1.3 Commodities
Commodities sees The Musketeers head in a different direction from its opening episodes. With style, characters and setting largely established it is perhaps unsurprising that writer Adrian Hodges decided to add some darker layers to what had been up to now, the very bright personalities of the Musketeers themselves. The series has won a lot of people over with its fun and adventurous take on this well-loved story, any departure – especially so soon in the season – could therefore be considered risky. The question is, will the change win over those critics who wanted a little more drama with their swashbuckling?
On first glance, Commodities’ opening would appear no different, stylistically speaking, than those that have come before it. Heavy on the action and humour,...
The Musketeers delves further into Athos' past in episode three. Here's Rob's review of Commodities...
This review contains spoilers.
1.3 Commodities
Commodities sees The Musketeers head in a different direction from its opening episodes. With style, characters and setting largely established it is perhaps unsurprising that writer Adrian Hodges decided to add some darker layers to what had been up to now, the very bright personalities of the Musketeers themselves. The series has won a lot of people over with its fun and adventurous take on this well-loved story, any departure – especially so soon in the season – could therefore be considered risky. The question is, will the change win over those critics who wanted a little more drama with their swashbuckling?
On first glance, Commodities’ opening would appear no different, stylistically speaking, than those that have come before it. Heavy on the action and humour,...
- 2/2/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
BBC One's new revamp of The Musketeers is - as noted last week - essentially Dumas' classic novel reshaped to mimic the formula of a contemporary cop drama. So it's rather fitting that episode two sees Luke Pasqualino's spirited D'Artagnan go undercover to ally himself with a infamous and enigmatic criminal.
Jason Flemyng has always been a hugely charismatic performer and it's chiefly his towering turn as the villainous Vadim - less a Parisian Guy Fawkes and more a 17th century Hans Gruber - that makes 'Sleight of Hand' so eminently watchable.
Indeed, so good is Flemyng that the episode suffers when he's not on-screen. Like last week's premiere, 'Sleight' opens big and bold and then meanders in the middle, losing much of its momentum as attention shifts from Vadim's skullduggery to the Musketeers' investigation into the miscreant's past.
But in an echo of last week's ebb and flow,...
Jason Flemyng has always been a hugely charismatic performer and it's chiefly his towering turn as the villainous Vadim - less a Parisian Guy Fawkes and more a 17th century Hans Gruber - that makes 'Sleight of Hand' so eminently watchable.
Indeed, so good is Flemyng that the episode suffers when he's not on-screen. Like last week's premiere, 'Sleight' opens big and bold and then meanders in the middle, losing much of its momentum as attention shifts from Vadim's skullduggery to the Musketeers' investigation into the miscreant's past.
But in an echo of last week's ebb and flow,...
- 1/26/2014
- Digital Spy
Review Rob Kemp 26 Jan 2014 - 22:00
The Musketeers continues with a fun, exciting episode that has Rob quietly optimistic for the series...
This review contains spoilers.
1.2 Sleight Of Hand
Last week I wondered if the BBC would have a problem filling Sherlock’s timeslot with something as equally entertaining and special. At the time I didn’t think they did, (have a problem that is) although I was concerned that in retelling such a well-known story the audience might lose interest when the initial fascination died down. After all, despite the peril, we can be pretty confident that each story will start and end with the same number of Musketeers. It’s the journey then, that’s important and in this The Musketeers is proving to be fun, exciting and exactly what we need on a Sunday evening.
It’s in the smaller moments where this episode excels. That’s...
The Musketeers continues with a fun, exciting episode that has Rob quietly optimistic for the series...
This review contains spoilers.
1.2 Sleight Of Hand
Last week I wondered if the BBC would have a problem filling Sherlock’s timeslot with something as equally entertaining and special. At the time I didn’t think they did, (have a problem that is) although I was concerned that in retelling such a well-known story the audience might lose interest when the initial fascination died down. After all, despite the peril, we can be pretty confident that each story will start and end with the same number of Musketeers. It’s the journey then, that’s important and in this The Musketeers is proving to be fun, exciting and exactly what we need on a Sunday evening.
It’s in the smaller moments where this episode excels. That’s...
- 1/26/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
I was happy to be invited for the second year to serve on the jury for narrative features with Dan Mirvisch, indie filmmaker and founder of Slamdance, Dana Harris, editor in chief of Indiewire, Morrie Warchawski, author of Shaking the Money Tree and former Executive Director of the Bay Area Video Coalition and The Media Project. We had a spirited discussion about the films we saw, drank a lot of great wine at marvelous receptions and had a superb dinner in the dining room of the Black Stallion Winery which is on the former site of the famous Napa Valley Equestrian Center and has been owned by three generations of the Indelicato family. Chef Misty Phelps prepared a wonderful meal which we shared with invited guests, Hollywood Foreign Press members Patricial Danaher from Ireland and Dierk Sindermann who was on the doc jury and is a correspondent for 10 European publications. It was the second great dinner I had with Hfp folks, the previous one being at Spago after the screening of Japan's Like Father Like Son. These Hollywood Foreign Press people live a nice life because they love films so much! Their love of film is proven because the small indies, foreign language and doc films are not what their employers pay them to see or review. Their love of film brings them to see these films in addition to the star studded blockbusters. I digress because I am beginning to love the Hfp members, sharing dinners as we do, there are always interesting conversations as well. Other filmmakers and jury members were served equally special dinners at the Alpha Omega and Chappellet Reserve, Beaulieu Vineyards, Bello Family Vineyards and Cardinale. Films, food and wine truly served as catalysts for conversation.
We awarded The Best Narrative Feature Prize to Hank and Asha (www.hankandasha.com) directed by James E. Duff. It had previously won the Audience Award at Slamdance and won at Portland, Brooklyn, Rhode Island and Woods Hole Film Festivals. It was a beautifully shot near-romance of an Indian film student in Prague who connects via webcam with a New York based filmmaker whose film she admired when she was the the Prague Film Festival. Their intercultural exchange leads to a love and affection which is never culminated by a meeting.
The Audience Favorite for Documentary Feature went to Finding Hillywood (www.findinghillywood.com) directed by Christopher Towey and Leah Warshawski (the daughter of our own jury member, Morrie Warchawski). This film has played in numerous festivals and garnered many awards and much attention as it shows the fledgling Rwandan filmmaking community.
Here are the other awards!
Juried Awards
Best Narrative Feature: Hank and Asha directed by James E. Duff
Best Feature Documentary: Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth directed by Pratibha Parmar
Best Short Documentary: Sky Burial directed by Tad Fettig
Best Animated Short: Sleight of Hand directed by Michael Cusack
> Honorable Mention: The Right Place directed by Jamie Gallant
> Honorable Mention: Horsepower directed by Olivia Lai Shetler
Best Narrative Short: King of Norway directed by Sylvia Sether
> Honorable Mention: The Romantics directed by Ryan Daniel Dobson
> Honorable Mention: The Listing Agent directed by Matthew Helfgott & Jared Hillman
Special Jury Prize for Most Thought Provoking Film: The Last White Knight directed by Paul Saltzman
Audience Awards
Favorite Narrative Feature : The Little Tin Man directed by Matthew Perkins
Favorite Actor : Andrew Pastides, Hank & Asha
Favorite Actress : Mahira Kakkar, Hank & Asha
Favorite Documentary Feature : Finding Hillywood directed by Christopher Towey and Leah Warshawski
Favorite Documentary Short : Make Haste Slowly: The Kikkoman Story directed by Lucy Walker
Favorite Narrative Short : The Listing Agent directed by Mathew Helfgott and Jared Hillman
Favorite Animated Short : Horsepower directed by Olivia Lai Shetler
Favorite Lounge Feature : Starring Adam West directed by James Tooley
Favorite Lounge Short : The Romantics directed by Ryan Daniel Dobson
Next year's Napa Valley Film Festival will take place on 12-16 November 2014. To buy passes visit Here...
We awarded The Best Narrative Feature Prize to Hank and Asha (www.hankandasha.com) directed by James E. Duff. It had previously won the Audience Award at Slamdance and won at Portland, Brooklyn, Rhode Island and Woods Hole Film Festivals. It was a beautifully shot near-romance of an Indian film student in Prague who connects via webcam with a New York based filmmaker whose film she admired when she was the the Prague Film Festival. Their intercultural exchange leads to a love and affection which is never culminated by a meeting.
The Audience Favorite for Documentary Feature went to Finding Hillywood (www.findinghillywood.com) directed by Christopher Towey and Leah Warshawski (the daughter of our own jury member, Morrie Warchawski). This film has played in numerous festivals and garnered many awards and much attention as it shows the fledgling Rwandan filmmaking community.
Here are the other awards!
Juried Awards
Best Narrative Feature: Hank and Asha directed by James E. Duff
Best Feature Documentary: Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth directed by Pratibha Parmar
Best Short Documentary: Sky Burial directed by Tad Fettig
Best Animated Short: Sleight of Hand directed by Michael Cusack
> Honorable Mention: The Right Place directed by Jamie Gallant
> Honorable Mention: Horsepower directed by Olivia Lai Shetler
Best Narrative Short: King of Norway directed by Sylvia Sether
> Honorable Mention: The Romantics directed by Ryan Daniel Dobson
> Honorable Mention: The Listing Agent directed by Matthew Helfgott & Jared Hillman
Special Jury Prize for Most Thought Provoking Film: The Last White Knight directed by Paul Saltzman
Audience Awards
Favorite Narrative Feature : The Little Tin Man directed by Matthew Perkins
Favorite Actor : Andrew Pastides, Hank & Asha
Favorite Actress : Mahira Kakkar, Hank & Asha
Favorite Documentary Feature : Finding Hillywood directed by Christopher Towey and Leah Warshawski
Favorite Documentary Short : Make Haste Slowly: The Kikkoman Story directed by Lucy Walker
Favorite Narrative Short : The Listing Agent directed by Mathew Helfgott and Jared Hillman
Favorite Animated Short : Horsepower directed by Olivia Lai Shetler
Favorite Lounge Feature : Starring Adam West directed by James Tooley
Favorite Lounge Short : The Romantics directed by Ryan Daniel Dobson
Next year's Napa Valley Film Festival will take place on 12-16 November 2014. To buy passes visit Here...
- 11/26/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
In a blog post published today, Infinity Ward revealed that the revamped point system in Call of Duty: Ghosts will contain 35 available perks divided into seven distinct categories; such as handling, speed, etc. These in-game attributes, which will be assigned point values between 1-5 based on their effectiveness, can be earned with points accumulated in the all-new Squads mode or during the standard multiplayer firefights.
Here’s a brief overview of the seven aforementioned categories:
Speed: Outrun and outmaneuver enemy players. Speed Perks are all about getting the lead and staying ahead. Examples include Sleight of Hand. and Stalker. Handling: Dexterity and control drives the Handling Perks, improving actions and accuracy. Examples include On the Go and Steady Aim. Stealth: Stealth Perks aid you in staying out of sight, maintaining a low profile and engaging on your terms. Examples include Takedown and Incog. Awareness: Keep in tune with your surroundings.
Here’s a brief overview of the seven aforementioned categories:
Speed: Outrun and outmaneuver enemy players. Speed Perks are all about getting the lead and staying ahead. Examples include Sleight of Hand. and Stalker. Handling: Dexterity and control drives the Handling Perks, improving actions and accuracy. Examples include On the Go and Steady Aim. Stealth: Stealth Perks aid you in staying out of sight, maintaining a low profile and engaging on your terms. Examples include Takedown and Incog. Awareness: Keep in tune with your surroundings.
- 10/30/2013
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
It's another installment of the weekly Tubefilter Chart of the Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels and a Russian prankster replaced Miley Cyrus at the top. Chart Toppers YouTube viewers love a good prank. A case in point is our latest #1 channel on the U.S. Top 50, VitalyzdTV. The online repository of all the pranks of Vitaly Zdorovetskiy captured on video amassed an amazing 45 million views this week. That's in large part due to the recent upload of the self-esteem booster of every rejected man, the Gold Digger Prank!. International pop star Miley Cyrus slipped into the #2 spot with nearly 41.2 million. She's followed by another international female pop star who is in the midst of popularizing a new album, Katy Perry. She closed the week at nearly 33.7 million views. Again at the #4 spot this week is the favorite YouTube channel of everyone under the age of 24 months, Disney Collector Br with 32.9 million views.
- 10/28/2013
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
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