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The M Word
At a struggling Los Angeles TV station, a children's show actress leads her female colleagues as new management arrives from New York on a cost-cutting mission. With Tanna Frederick, Michael Imperioli and Gregory Harrison. Written and directed by Henry Jaglom. Rainbow Film Company
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The wall-crawling superhero Spider-Man tries to balance his ordinary life as Peter Parker with his extraordinary responsibilities, while confronting powerful new enemies. Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx and Dane DeHaan. Written by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Jeff Pinkner. Directed by Marc Webb. In 3-D and Imax. Columbia Pictures
Bad Johnson
An inveterate womanizer gets his comeuppance when his penis mysteriously leaves his body and takes human form. With Cam Gigandet, Nick Thune and Jamie Chung. Written by Jeff Tetreault. Directed by Huck Botko. Gravitas Ventures
A biographical drama about Dido Elizabeth Belle, the mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, as she navigates 18th-century British high society. With Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson and Sarah Gadon. Written by Misan Sagay. Directed by Amma Asante. Fox Searchlight Pictures
Decoding Annie Parker
Two women — a geneticist and a cancer patient who lost her mother and sister to the disease — devote their lives to proving a link between heredity and cancer. With Helen Hunt, Samantha Morton and Aaron Paul. Written by Adam Bernstein, Steven Bernstein and Michael Moss. Directed by Steven Bernstein. eOne
A documentary following the lives of six young ranchers and farmers. Directed by James Moll. D&E Entertainment
For No Good Reason
A documentary portrait of the British artist Ralph Steadman, best known for his work with American journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson. Directed by Charlie Paul. Sony Pictures Classics
Friended to Death
After being fired from his dream job and ditched by his best friend, a social-media junkie fakes his death online to see who will show up at his funeral, and his scheme begins snowballing out of control. With Ryan Hansen, Zach McGowan and James Immekus. Written and directed by Sarah Smick. Gravitas Ventures
In 1962 Poland, an 18-year-old preparing to become a nun at the convent where she has lived since being orphaned as a child learns that she has a living aunt she must visit before taking her vows, and their meeting leads to startling revelations. With Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska and Dawid Ogrodnik. Written by Pawel Pawlikowski and Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Directed by Pawlikowski. In Polish with English subtitles. Music Box Films
Mr. Jones
An artist couple who have just moved to a remote cabin to focus on their work become curious about their new neighbor, a famously reclusive artist who is best left alone. With Sarah Jones, Jon Foster and Mark Steger. Written and directed by Karl Mueller. Anchor Bay Films
A documentary following a Vietnam veteran on a quest to uncover the true identity of a man who claims to be a Special Forces soldier living in a remote village in present-day Vietnam, decades after being listed MIA. Directed by Michael Jorgensen. Myth Merchant Films
Walk of Shame
A resourceful reporter's one-night stand with a handsome stranger leaves her stranded the next morning without a phone, car, ID or money and only eight hours before an important job interview. With Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden and Gillian Jacobs. Written and directed by Steven Brill. Focus World
Where We Started
Two married strangers meet at a roadside motel one night and as their initial attraction develops, they're forced to confront the crossing of a line they know they shouldn't. With Matthew Brumlow and Cora Vander Broek. Written and directed by Chris Hansen. Indie Rights
Having quit his job at a prominent restaurant over refusing to compromise his creative integrity, a chef teams with his best friend and son to start his own food truck. With Jon Favreau, Sofia Vergara and John Leguizamo. Written and directed by Favreau. Open Road Films
A documentary following a group of senior citizens as they learn how to use the Internet from teenage mentors. Directed by Saffron Cassaday. Area 23a
Devil's Knot
The murder of three young children leads to the controversial trial of a trio of teenagers accused of committing the crime as part of a satanic ritual in this drama based on the true story of the West Memphis Three. With Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon and Amy Ryan. Written by Paul Harris Boardman and Scott Derrickson. Directed by Atom Egoyan. Image Entertainment
The Double
A timid office worker's life is turned upside down by the appearance of a new hire who looks just like him but is otherwise his polar opposite. With Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska and Wallace Shawn. Written by Richard Ayoade and Avi Korine. Directed by Ayoade. Magnolia Pictures
Fed Up
A documentary about the alarming spread of childhood obesity in the U.S. and the negligence of the food industry. Directed by Stephanie Soechtig. Narrated by Katie Couric. Radius-TWC
God's Pocket
A man tries to bury his crazy stepson quietly after he's killed in a supposed construction accident and no one in their working-class neighborhood seems to be sorry he's gone, but the boy's mother demands the truth. With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christina Hendricks and Richard Jenkins. Written by John Slattery and Alex Metcalf. Directed by Slattery. IFC Films
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Dorothy awakens in post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz to try to save her old friends the Scarecrow, the Lion, the Tin Man and Glinda from a devious new villain in this animated film based on the Roger S. Baum book "Dorothy of Oz." With the voices of Megan Hilty, Dan Aykroyd and Martin Short. Written by Randi Barnes and Adam Balsam. Directed by Daniel St. Pierre and Will Finn. In 3-D. Clarius Entertainment
Mom's Night Out
A group of mothers who want to enjoy a peaceful, grown-up evening of dinner and conversation enlist their husbands to watch the kids for a few hours, but things don't go quite according to plan. With Sarah Drew, Sean Astin and Patricia Heaton. Written by Andrea Nasfell and Jon Erwin. Directed by Jon Erwin and Andrew Erwin. TriStar Pictures
Having relocated to the suburbs to raise their new baby, two young parents begin feuding with the fraternity that moves in next door. With Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. Written by Andrew Jay Cohen and Brendan O'Brien. Directed by Nicholas Stoller. Universal Pictures
Now: In the Wings on a World Stage
A documentary following Kevin Spacey and the Bridge Project Company as they stage more than 200 performances of Shakespeare's "Richard III" across three continents. Directed by Jeremy Whelehan. Spacey
Palo Alto
Three high school students — a shy soccer player, an introspective artist and his unpredictable best friend — navigate teenage ennui and impending adulthood. With Emma Roberts, Jack Kilmer and James Franco. Written and directed by Gia Coppola. Tribeca Film
Redwood Highway
Estranged from her family and unsatisfied with her life in a retirement community in Oregon, an elderly woman treks 80 miles on foot to the coast to attend her granddaughter's wedding as an unexpected guest. With Shirley Knight and Tom Skerritt. Written by Gary Lundgren and James Twyman. Directed by Lundgren. Monterey Media
Stage Fright
A snobby musical theater camp is terrorized by a bloodthirsty masked killer. With Allie MacDonald, Douglas Smith and Brandon Uranowitz. Written and directed by Jerome Sable. Magnet Releasing
A documentary about the cultural effect of and social debates surrounding the act of breast-feeding. Directed by Dana Ben-Ari. Cavu Pictures
Chinese Puzzle
A heartsick Parisian writer follows the mother of his two children to New York City to be near his kids in this sequel to "L'Auberge Espagnole" and "Russian Dolls." With Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Cecile De France and Kelly Reilly. Written and directed by Cedric Klapisch. In English and French, with English subtitles. Cohen Media Group
Don Peyote
After an unpleasant encounter with a homeless man preaching that the end is near, an unemployed stoner becomes obsessed with 2012 doomsday theories and decides to make a documentary on the subject while his fiancée is busy planning their wedding. With Dan Fogler, Josh Duhamel and Jay Baruchel. Written and directed by Fogler and Michael Canzoniero. XLrator Media
The titanic monster Godzilla rises to restore balance to the natural order as humanity stands defenseless in this reboot of the famous kaiju franchise. With Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen and Juliette Binoche. Written by Max Borenstein. Directed by Gareth Edwards. In 3-D and Imax. Warner Bros. Pictures
Half a Yellow Sun
Twin sisters from a wealthy Nigerian family return to their newly independent homeland in the 1960s after an expensive English education and pursue very different paths, then become caught up in the Nigerian civil war. With Thandie Newton, Anika Noni Rose and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Written and directed by Biyi Bandele. Monterey Media
How We Got Away With It
A young man and his friends react violently to an unexpected tragedy during their annual summer reunion. With McCaleb Burnett, Cassandra Freeman and Jon Lindstrom. Written by Lindstrom, Jeff Barry and Burnett. Directed by Lindstrom. Devolver Films
The Immigrant
Separated from her ill sister at Ellis Island in 1921, a Polish immigrant is released to the mean streets of Manhattan and falls prey to a conniving man who takes her in and forces her into prostitution. With Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner. Written by James Gray and Ric Menello. Directed by Gray. The Weinstein Co.
Million Dollar Arm
In a last-ditch effort to save his career, a sports agent travels to India to find a young cricket player he can turn into baseball's next great pitching ace. With Jon Hamm, Aasif Mandvi, Bill Paxton and Suraj Sharma. Written by Tom McCarthy. Directed by Craig Gillespie. Walt Disney Pictures
A Night in Old Mexico
Forced to abandon his ranch and land, an elderly man high-tails it to Mexico with the grandson he has just met riding shotgun to learn more about him. With Robert Duvall, Jeremy Irvine and Angie Cepeda. Written by Bill Wittliff. Directed by Emilio Aragon. Phase 4 Films
The Retrieval
On the outskirts of the Civil War, a fatherless 13-year-old black boy who survives by working with a white bounty hunter finds himself on the run with a freedman with a price on his head. With Ashton Sanders, Tishuan Scott and Keston John. Written and directed by Chris Eska. Variance Films
Wolf Creek 2
Another unwitting tourist falls prey to a crazed serial killer in the Australian outback. With Ryan Corr, John Jarratt and Shannon Ashlyn. Written by Greg Mclean and Aaron Sterns. Directed by Mclean. Image Entertainment
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
After being told by his doctor that he has a brain aneurysm, a perpetually angry man badgers her into telling him, falsely, he has only 90 minutes to live. With Robin Williams, Mila Kunis and Peter Dinklage. Written by Daniel Taplitz. Directed by Phil Alden Robinson. Lionsgate
After a disastrous blind date, two single parents hope to never see each other again but end up stuck on the same family vacation with their respective children. With Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Kevin Nealon and Terry Crews. Written by Ivan Menchell and Clare Sera. Directed by Frank Coraci. Warner Bros. Pictures
Cold in July
A Texas man shoots and kills a burglar in his home and is hailed as a hero, but he soon fears for his family's safety when the burglar's ex-con father comes into town seeking revenge. With Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard and Don Johnson. Written by Jim Mickle and Nick Damici. Directed by Mickle. IFC Films
The Hornet's Nest
A documentary chronicling a planned three-day military mission in Afghanistan that stretched into nine days of harrowing combat. Directed by David Salzberg and Christian Tureaud. Freestyle Releasing
The Love Punch
A divorced couple reunite to recover their pension after it's stolen by an unscrupulous businessman. With Emma Thompson, Pierce Brosnan and Timothy Spall. Written and directed by Joel Hopkins. Ketchup Entertainment
Words and Pictures
A prep-school English teacher trying to galvanize student interest in the power of the written word declares a war between literature and visual art, and an intriguing new teacher on campus accepts his challenge. With Juliette Binoche, Clive Owen and Valerie Tian. Written by Gerald Di Pego. Directed by Fred Schepisi. Roadside Attractions
X-Men: Days of Future Past
The mutant superheroes known as the X-Men join forces with their younger selves from the past to change a major historical event in hopes of saving the future. With Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence. Written by Simon Kinberg. Directed by Bryan Singer. In 3-D. 20th Century Fox
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
A well-to-do medieval horse merchant resorts to violent extremes to obtain justice after a nobleman openly and illegally humiliates him by stealing two of his horses. With Mads Mikkelsen, Sergi Lopez and Bruno Ganz. Written by Arnaud des Pallieres and Christelle Berthevas. Directed by Des Pallieres. In French with English subtitles. Music Box Films
The Discoverers
A washed-up history professor takes his begrudging teenagers on a road trip to a conference in hopes of reconnecting with them and jump-starting his career, but he's forced to take a detour when his own estranged father goes missing. With Griffin Dunne, Madeleine Martin and Devon Graye. Written and directed by Justin Schwarz. Quadratic
An anthropology graduate student struggling to complete her thesis on modern means of communication finds much to learn from her new boyfriend's teenage kids. With Livia De Paolis, Michael Cristofer and Carol Kane. Written by De Paolis and Sarah Nerboso. Directed by De Paolis. Indican Pictures
A deviant, drug-abusing Edinburgh cop tries to solve a murder to secure a promotion he thinks will help him win back his wife. With James McAvoy, Jamie Bell and Imogen Poots. Written and directed by Jon. S. Baird. Magnet Releasing
The Grand Seduction
To secure a lucrative business contract, the townsfolk of a Newfoundland fishing village band together to woo a big-city doctor there on a trial residence into sticking around. With Brendan Gleeson, Taylor Kitsch and Liane Balaban. Written by Michael Dowse and Ken Scott. Directed by Don McKellar. eOne
A retelling of the classic "Sleeping Beauty" tale from the perspective of the villainess Maleficent, who suffered a betrayal that turned her once-pure heart to stone. With Angelina Jolie, Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning and Sam Riley. Written by Linda Woolverton. Directed by Robert Stromberg. In 3-D and Imax. Walt Disney Pictures
A Million Ways to Die in the West
In the Wild West, a cowardly farmer backs out of a gunfight and loses his fickle girlfriend, only to fall for a beautiful new woman who helps him find his courage but also has baggage in the form of an outlaw husband. With Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried and Giovanni Ribisi. Written by MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild. Directed by MacFarlane. Universal Pictures
Next Year Jerusalem
Eight elderly nursing-home patients make a pilgrimage to Israel. Directed by David Gaynes. First Run Features
Night Moves
Three radical environmentalists plot to blow up a hydroelectric dam. With Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning and Peter Sarsgaard. Written by Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt. Directed by Reichardt. Cinedigm
The Odd Way Home
A young woman from an abusive home flees from her life in Los Angeles and hits the road, where she forms a bond with a recluse from a tiny Southwest town. With Chris Marquette, Rumer Willis and Brandon Sexton III. Written by Rajeev Nirmalakhandan and Jason Ronstadt. Directed by Nirmalakhandan. Breaking Glass Pictures
We Are the Best!
In 1980s Stockholm, three girls decide to form a punk band despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead. With Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin and Liv Lemoyne. Written and directed by Lukas Moodysson. In Swedish with English subtitles. Magnolia Pictures
A detective who can enter people's minds and memories takes on the case of a troubled teenage girl accused of an attempted triple homicide. With Mark Strong, Taissa Farmiga and Brian Cox. Written by Guy Holmes. Directed by Jorge Dorado. Vertical Entertainment
Burning Blue
After a series of fatal accidents, a close-knit squadron of Navy pilots begins to splinter and becomes the focus of a criminal investigation. With Trent Ford, Morgan Spector and Rob Mayes. Written by D.M.W. Greer and Helene Kvale. Directed by Greer. Lionsgate
Burt's Buzz
A documentary portrait of the eccentric beekeeper and Burt's Bees co-founder Burt Shavitz. Directed by Jody Shapiro. FilmBuff
In 1942 Singapore during the Japanese invasion, an Australian fighter pilot downed in the jungle and an injured resistance fighter realize they are each other's best hope to survive. With Khan Chittenden and Tzu-yi Mo. Written and directed by Aaron Wilson. Monterey Media
The Case Against 8
A documentary about the groundbreaking Supreme Court case that overturned Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage. Directed by Ben Cotner and Ryan White. HBO Documentary Films
Edge of Tomorrow
During an alien invasion in the near future, an inexperienced soldier is dropped into battle and promptly killed, only to wake up in a time loop and relive the battle over and over again, inching closer to victory each time. With Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton and Brendan Gleeson. Written by Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth. Directed by Doug Liman. In 3-D and Imax. Warner Bros. Pictures
The Fault in Our Stars
Two teenagers meet and fall in love at a cancer support group in this adaptation of the novel by John Green. With Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Laura Dern and Sam Trammell. Written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber. Directed by Josh Boone. 20th Century Fox
Le Chef
A self-taught cook with haute-cuisine ambitions and a celebrated chef in danger of losing his restaurant form an uneasy alliance. With Jean Reno, Michael Youn and Raphaelle Agogue. Written by Daniel Cohen and Olivier Dazat. Directed by Cohen. In French and English, with English subtitles. Cohen Media Group
Obvious Child
A twentysomething aspiring comedian grapples with an uncertain financial future, an unwanted pregnancy and a surprising new suitor. With Jenny Slate, Gabby Hoffman and Jake Lacy. Written and directed by Gillian Robespierre. A24
Ping Pong Summer
In 1985 Maryland, a shy teenager obsessed with pingpong and hip-hop has a formative summer vacation. With Susan Sarandon, Marcello Conte and Emmi Shockley. Written and directed by Michael Tully. Gravitas Ventures
The Sacrament
Two journalists set out to document their friend's journey to find his missing sister at a small religious-socialist community, and it quickly becomes apparent that things aren't as idyllic as they seem. With Joe Swanberg, A.J. Bowen and Kentucker Audley. Written and directed by Ti West. Magnet Releasing
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
A documentary portrait of music manager Shep Gordon, known for steering the careers of Alice Cooper, Blondie and Luther Vandross, among others. Directed by Mike Myers. Radius-TWC
22 Jump Street
Having conducted a successful narcotics operation posing as high school students, two undercover cops try to crack a new case at the local college. With Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum and Ice Cube. Written by Michael Bacall, Oren Uziel and Rodney Rothman. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Columbia Pictures
A Coffee in Berlin
A twentysomething law-school dropout drifting through Berlin is forced to reconsider his ways after being cut off financially by his father and rebuffed by his girlfriend. With Tom Schilling, Friederike Kempter and Marc Hosemann. Written and directed by Jan Ole Gerster. In German with English subtitles. Music Box Films
How to Train Your Dragon 2
A young Viking and his faithful dragon must protect both their kind from a power-hungry warlord in this sequel to the 2010 animated film. With the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Kit Harington and Cate Blanchett. Written and directed by Dean DeBlois. In 3-D. 20th Century Fox
I Am I
A woman meets her estranged father for the first time at her mother's funeral, and when his eroding mental state leads him to think his daughter is his former wife, she goes along with his delusions to get to know him better. With Jocelyn Towne, Kevin Tighe and Jason Ritter. Written and directed by Towne. Gravitas Ventures
Ivory Tower
A documentary examining the value of a college education as tuitions rates rise and student loan debt passes $1 trillion. Directed by Andrew Rossi. Samuel Goldwyn Films
Life's a Breeze
An unemployed slacker, his aging mother and his niece race to recover the old woman's stash of nearly 1 million euros they've unknowingly thrown out while cleaning up her cluttered apartment. With Pat Shortt, Fionnula Flanagan and Eva Birthistle. Written and directed by Lance Daly. Magnolia Pictures
A man estranged from his family discovers his father has decided to take himself off life support in 48 hours and seeks to reconcile. With Garrett Hedlund, Richard Jenkins and Amy Adams. Written and directed by Andrew Levitas. Arc Entertainment
The Rover
Ten years after society has collapsed, a hardened loner has his car stolen by a gang of thieves and will go to any lengths to recover it. With Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson and David Field. Written and directed by David Michod. A24
The Signal
Three college students track a hacker and have a mysterious encounter, after which they wake up isolated and confused in a government facility. With Brenton Thwaites, Olivia Cooke, Beau Knapp and Laurence Fishburne. Written by William Eubank, Carlyle Eubank and David Frigerio. Directed by William Eubank. Focus Features
Code Black
A documentary following a team of young doctors in training as they work in the "C-Booth," the trauma bay of Los Angeles County Hospital. Directed by Ryan McGarry. Long Shot Factory
Jersey Boys
Four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey come together to form the '60s music group the Four Seasons in this adaptation of the Tony-winning musical. With John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen, Michael Lomenda and Vincent Piazza. Written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Warner Bros. Pictures
Miss Lovely
In 1980s Mumbai, two brothers turning out trashy C-grade movies have their partnership put to the test when they encounter an ingénue with a shady past. With Niharika Singh, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Anil George. Written by Ashim Ahluwalia and Uttam Sirur. Directed by Ahluwalia. In Hindi with English subtitles. FilmBuff / Dada Films
Redemption Trail
The daughter of a murdered Black Panther revolutionary living off the grid on a Sonoma vineyard has her hermetic life interrupted when she gives reluctant shelter to a desperate young woman who has attempted suicide in a nearby forest. With Lily Rabe, LisaGay Hamilton and Hamish Linklater. Written and directed by Britta Sjogren. Breaking Glass Pictures
Think Like a Man Too
Couples gather for a wedding in Las Vegas, but their plans for a romantic weekend go awry in this sequel to 2012's "Think Like a Man." With Michael Ealy, Kevin Hart, Meagan Good and Taraji P. Henson. Written by Keith Merryman and David A. Newman. Directed by Tim Story. Screen Gems
Third Person
Three stories of love, passion, trust and betrayal play out in New York, Paris and Rome. With Liam Neeson, Mila Kunis, Adrien Brody and James Franco. Written and directed by Paul Haggis. Sony Pictures Classics
Yves Saint Laurent
A biopic about fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, who at 21 was unexpectedly called upon to oversee the Paris fashion house of Christian Dior. With Pierre Niney, Guillaume Gallienne and Charlotte Le Bon. Written by Marrie-Pierre Huster, Jalil Lespert and Jacques Fieschi. Directed by Lespert. The Weinstein Co.
On the night of an astrological anomaly, eight friends at a dinner party become subject to a troubling chain of strange occurrences. With Emily Foxler, Maury Sterling and Nicholas Brendon. Written and directed by James Ward Byrkit. Oscilloscope Laboratories
I Am Happiness on Earth
As a filmmaker's new project begins to mirror his daily life, the line between reality and fiction blurs. With Hugo Catalan, Alan Ramirez and Andrea Portal. Written by Julian Hernandez and Ulises Perez Mancilla. Directed by Hernandez. Breaking Glass Pictures
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
A documentary about programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz, who helped develop the Internet protocol RSS and co-founded the website Reddit. Directed by Brian Knappenberger. FilmBuff / Participant Media
La Bare
A documentary about the most popular male strip club in the world, La Bare Dallas. Directed by Joe Manganiello. Main Street Films
Nothing Bad Can Happen
A young man involved with the underground Christian punk movement falls in with a dysfunctional family that tests his seemingly unwavering faith. With Julius Feldmeier, Sascha Alexander Gersak and Annika Kuhl. Written and directed by Katrin Gebbe. In German with English subtitles. Drafthouse Films
In a world where a failed global-warming experiment has killed off most life on the planet and the final survivors reside aboard a train that travels around the frozen globe, the oppressed passengers in the rear section of the train revolt against the elites up front. With Chris Evans, Jamie Bell and Tilda Swinton. Written by Bong Joon-ho and Kelly Masterson. Directed by Bong. Radius-TWC
They Came Together
A corporate executive for a large candy store chain is tasked with shutting down a mom-and-pop sweet shop run by a woman he's falling for. With Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd and Ed Helms. Written by Michael Showalter and David Wain. Directed by Wain. Lionsgate
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Three years after an epic battle has forced the shape-shifting robots known as Transformers into hiding, a garage inventor makes a startling discovery and gets caught up in a battle for the fate of Earth. With Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer and Sophia Miles. Written by Ehren Kruger. Directed by Michael Bay. In 3-D and Imax. Paramount Pictures
Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger
A documentary about the trial of the infamous gangster James "Whitey" Bulger. Directed by Joe Berlinger. Magnolia Pictures
Jimi: All Is By My Side
A biopic covering a transformative year in the life of Jimi Hendrix as he went from an unknown guitarist to a rock musician on the verge of stardom. With Andre Benjamin, Imogen Poots and Hayley Atwell. Written and directed by John Ridley. XLrator Media
Deliver Us From Evil
A New York police officer joins forces with an unconventional priest to investigate a series of disturbing and inexplicable crimes. With Eric Bana, Edgar Ramirez and Olivia Munn. Written by Scott Derrickson and Paul Harris Boardman. Directed by Derrickson. Screen Gems
Earth to Echo
After a construction project begins in their neighborhood, three boys start to receive strange coded messages on their cellphones, and their investigation brings them into contact with an extraterrestrial who needs their help. With Teo Halm, Brian "Astro" Bradley and Reese Hartwig. Written by Henry Gayden. Directed by Dave Green. Relativity Media
After wrecking her car, getting fired from her thankless fast-food job and catching her husband cheating, a small-town woman sets out on a trip to Niagara Falls with her hard-drinking grandmother. With Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon, Allison Janney and Gary Cole. Written by McCarthy and Ben Falcone. Directed by Falcone. Warner Bros. Pictures
Begin Again
Reeling from a breakup with her musical partner and longtime boyfriend, a songwriter in New York City has a chance encounter with a disgraced record label exec that blossoms into something more. With Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Hailee Steinfeld and Adam Levine. Written and directed by John Carney. The Weinstein Co.
Venus in Fur
After an unsuccessful day auditioning actresses for his new play, a writer-director is surprised by a last-minute candidate who seems ill-prepared but proves to be an all-too-perfect fit. With Mathieu Amalric and Emmanuelle Seigner. Written by Roman Polanski and David Ives. Directed by Polanski. In French with English subtitles. Sundance Selects
During summer 2008, an aspiring young photographer moves in with his wealthy aunt and uncle in Great Neck, N.Y., and falls in with an indulged, entitled crowd as the financial crisis looms. With Ben Rosenfield, Gregg Sulkin and Nicola Peltz. Written by Antonio Macia. Directed by Kevin Asch. FilmBuff
And So It Goes
A willfully obnoxious real estate agent wants nothing more than to sell one last house and retire, until his estranged son suddenly drops off a 9-year-old granddaughter he never knew existed. With Michael Douglas, Diane Keaton and Sterling Jerins. Written by Mark Andrus. Directed by Rob Reiner. Clarius Entertainment
A drama shot over 12 years chronicling the journey of a young boy and his family as he goes from childhood to adulthood. With Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke and Ellar Coltrane. Written and directed by Richard Linklater. IFC Films
A teenager with a troubled past is forcefully taken, with his mother's consent, to a harsh wilderness reform facility run by a retired war colonel. With P.J. Boudousque, James C. Burns and Chris Petrovski. Written by Vincent Grashaw and Mark Penney. Directed by Grashaw. Breaking Glass Pictures
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
A growing nation of genetically evolved apes is threatened by a band of human survivors of a devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier in this sequel to the 2011 film "Rise of the Planet of the Apes." With Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman and Keri Russell. Written by Mark Bomback, Rich Jaffa and Amanda Silver. Directed by Matt Reeves. In 3-D. 20th Century Fox
A Five Star Life
A fortysomething woman devoted to her job as an incognito hotel critic has her luxurious lifestyle shaken by a series of personal setbacks. With Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi and Henry Arnold. Written by Maria Sole Tognazzi, Francesca Marciano and Ivan Cotroneo. Directed by Tognazzi. In Italian with English subtitles. Music Box Films
The Fluffy Movie
A concert documentary following the comedian Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias on stage and off. Directed by Manny Rodriguez. Open Road Films
The Girl on the Train
A documentary filmmaker headed to an interview in upstate New York has a chance encounter with a mysterious woman who leads him on a dangerous journey. With Henry Ian Cusick, Stephen Lang and Nicki Aycox. Written and directed by Larry Brand. Monterey Media
Land Ho!
Feeling disenchanted with life after retirement, a brassy former surgeon persuades his mild-mannered ex-brother-in-law to take a trip with him to Iceland to reclaim their youth. With Paul Eenhoorn, Earl Lynn Nelson and Karrie Crouse. Written and directed by Martha Stephens and Aaron Katz. Sony Pictures Classics
Life Itself
A documentary recounting the life of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert, based on his bestselling memoir of the same name. Directed by Steve James. Magnolia Pictures
A Long Way Down
Four strangers happen to meet on the roof of a London building on New Year's Eve, each with the intention of committing suicide, then mutually agree to temporarily call off their plans. With Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Aaron Paul and Imogen Poots. Written by Jack Thorne. Directed by Pascal Chaumeil. Magnolia Pictures
May In the Summer
A sophisticated New Yorker returns to her childhood home in Jordan for her wedding, and cultural and familial conflicts lead her to question the step she is about to take. With Cherien Dabis, Alia Shawkat and Nadine Malouf. Written and directed by Dabis. In English and Arabic, with English subtitles. Cohen Media Group
Road to Paloma
A Native American man flees across the West on his motorcycle and searches for redemption after avenging his mother's murder. With Jason Momoa, Lisa Bonet and Sarah Shahi. Written by Momoa, Robert Homer Mollohan and Jonathan Hirschbein. Directed by Momoa. WWE Studios / Anchor Bay Films
In the wake of a nuclear apocalypse, nine strangers hole up in a farmhouse cellar and face dwindling supplies, radioactive air and hordes of zombie-like refugees who want in. With Edward Furlong, Monica Keena and Andre Royo. Written by Christian McDonald. Directed by Peter Engert. Image Entertainment
I Origins
A molecular biologist's study of the human eye points to evidence with far-reaching scientific and spiritual implications. With Michael Pitt, Brit Marling and Astrid Berges-Frisbey. Written and directed by Mike Cahill. Fox Searchlight Pictures
Jupiter Ascending
A housecleaner has her life turned upside down when she is saved from bounty hunters by a genetically engineered ex-military warrior and learns she is intergalactic royalty. With Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Sean Bean and Eddie Redmayne. Written and directed by Lana Wachowski and Andy Wachowski. In 3-D and Imax. Warner Bros. Pictures
Mood Indigo
A wealthy Parisian bachelor falls for an enchanting woman, but their courtship is tested when she develops an unusual illness in which a flower begins growing in her lungs. With Audrey Tautou, Romain Duris and Omar Sy. Written by Michel Gondry and Luc Bossi. Directed by Gondry. In French with English subtitles. Drafthouse Films
Planes: Fire & Rescue
In this animated movie set in a world of anthropomorphic aircraft, a famous air racer learns that his engine is damaged and shifts gears into the world of aerial firefighting. With the voices of Dane Cook and Julie Bowen. Directed by Bobs Gannaway. Walt Disney Pictures
The Purge: Anarchy
A new group of individuals fights to survive the annual night on which all crime is legal for 12 hours in this sequel to the 2013 film "The Purge." With Frank Grillo, Zach Gilford and Kiele Sanchez. Written and directed by James DeMonaco. Universal Pictures
Wish I Was Here
When his ailing father takes a turn for the worse, a thirtysomething actor struggling to support his family decides to pull his kids from the pricey yeshiva school their grandfather was paying for. With Zach Braff, Kate Hudson, Mandy Patinkin and Josh Gad. Written by Zach Braff and Adam Braff. Directed by Zach Braff. Focus Features
A Most Wanted Man
German and U.S. intelligence agents take notice when a brutally tortured half-Chechen, half-Russian immigrant turns up in Hamburg's Islamic community laying claim to his father's ill-gotten fortune. With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams and Willem Dafoe. Written by Andrew Bovell. Directed by Anton Corbijn. Roadside Attractions
The estranged daughter of a famous, recently deceased filmmaker decides to help put together a retrospective of his work. With Lauren Lee Smith and Jennifer Beals. Written and directed by Terry Miles. Monterey Media
Happy Christmas
The household of an aspiring novelist, her filmmaker husband and their 2-year-old son is turned upside-down when the father's irresponsible younger sister comes to stay with them after a breakup. With Melanie Lynskey, Joe Swanberg, Anna Kendrick and Lena Dunham. Written and directed by Swanberg. Magnolia Pictures
The mythical Greek hero Hercules leads a band of mercenaries to help end a bloody civil war in the land of Thrace and return the rightful king to his throne. With Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell and Joseph Fiennes. Written by Ryan J. Condal and Evan Spiliotopoulos. Directed by Brett Ratner. Paramount Pictures
Magic in the Moonlight
An Englishman is called upon to get to the bottom of a possible swindle in the South of France of the 1920s. With Eileen Atkins, Colin Firth, Marcia Gay Harden and Hamish Linklater. Written and directed by Woody Allen. Sony Pictures Classics
Rich Hill
A documentary following three teenage boys coming of age in a small Missouri town. Directed by Tracy Droz Tragos and Andrew Droz Palermo. The Orchard
Sex Tape
To spice up their love life, a couple of 10 years make a marathon sex tape and then scramble to erase it from existence after they accidentally send it to friends and family members. With Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, Rob Corddry and Ellie Kemper. Written by Segel, Kate Angelo and Nicholas Stoller. Directed by Jake Kasdan. Columbia Pictures
Step Up All In
A high-stakes dance contest in Las Vegas brings together crews from previous installments of the "Step Up" franchise. With Ryan Guzman, Briana Evigan and Stephen "Twitch" Boss. Written by John Swetnam. Directed by Trish Sie. Summit Entertainment
The Moment
After a tumultuous affair between a photojournalist and a troubled writer ends in the latter's disappearance, the former lands in a mental hospital, where she reconnects with her daughter and befriends a patient who bears an uncanny resemblance to her former lover. With Jennifer Jason Leigh, Martin Henderson and Alia Shawkat. Written by Gloria Norris and Jane Weinstock. Directed by Weinstock. Dada Films
Cabin Fever: Patient Zero
A group of friends' vacation in the Caribbean devolves into a nightmare after they stumble upon an abandoned research facility where a deadly, flesh-eating virus has been unleashed. With Sean Astin, Currie Graham and Ryan Donowho. Written by Jake Wade Wall. Directed by Kaare Andrews. Image Entertainment
During confession, a good Irish priest is told by an unseen member of his parish that he intends to kill the clergyman in one week's time. With Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd, Kelly Reilly and Aidan Gillen. Written and directed by John Michael McDonagh. Fox Searchlight Pictures
Child of God
A Tennessee outcast living on the fringes of society descends into crime and degredation in this adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel. With Scott Haze, James Franco and Timothy Blake Nelson. Written by Franco and Vince Joliette. Directed by Franco. Wellgo Releasing
Get on Up
A biopic about the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, from his impoverished childhood to his musical stardom. With Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and Nelsan Ellis. Written by Steve Baigelman, Jez Butterworth, John Butterworth and Tate Taylor. Directed by Taylor. Universal Pictures
Guardians of the Galaxy
After stealing a mysterious orb coveted by an intergalactic villain, a brash adventurer teams with a motley crew of alien outlaws to survive and save the universe in this movie based on the Marvel comic book. With Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista and Bradley Cooper. Written and directed by James Gunn. In 3-D and Imax. Walt Disney Pictures
What If
A medical-school dropout who has been repeatedly burned by bad relationships decides to put his love life on hold, only to spark a connection with an animator who, unfortunately, has a live-in boyfriend. With Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan and Rafe Spall. Written by Elan Mastai. Directed by Michael Dowse. CBS Films
The Hundred-Foot Journey
A promising young chef and his family, who have been displaced from India to the South of France and have opened their own restaurant, come into conflict with the icy proprietress of a classical French restaurant in this movie based on the novel by Richard C. Morais. With Manish Dayal, Helen Mirren and Om Puri. Written by Steven Knight. Directed by Lasse Hallstrom. Dreamworks Pictures
Into the Storm
A town is ravaged by deadly tornadoes while storm chasers try to obtain a once-in-a-lifetime shot in this found-footage-style thriller. With Richard Armitage, Sarah Wayne Callies and Matt Walsh. Written by John Swetnam. Directed by Steven Quale. Warner Bros. Pictures
The Kill Team
A documentary about Spc. Adam Winfield, a 21-year-old soldier in Afghanistan who, with the help of his father, attempted to alert the military to heinous war crimes his platoon was committing. Directed by Dan Krauss. Oscilloscope Laboratories
A woman forced to act as a drug mule accidentally ingests some of the contraband and finds it gives her superhuman abilities, then turns the tables on her captors. With Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman. Written and directed by Luc Besson. Universal Pictures
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Four anthropomorphic turtles trained in martial arts team with a fearless reporter and her wisecracking cameraman to save New York City from the villain Shredder and his henchmen, the Foot Clan. With Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner and K. Todd Freeman. Written by Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec and Evan Daugherty. Directed by Jonathan Liebesman. Paramount Pictures
The Two Faces of January
A wealthy American couple touring Greece in the 1960s meet a con artist who becomes entranced by them, and a sudden accident puts them all in danger. With Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst and Oscar Isaac. Written and directed by Hossein Amini. Magnolia Pictures
Let's Be Cops
Two rudderless friends dress as police officers for a costume party and enjoy their newfound authority, then get mixed up with real mobsters and dirty detectives. With Damon Wayans Jr., Jake Johnson, Rob Riggle and Nina Dobrev. Written by Luke Greenfield and Nicholas Thomas. Directed by Greenfield. 20th Century Fox
As Above, So Below
A team of explorers venture into the catacombs beneath the streets of Paris to uncover the secrets of the city of the dead. With Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman and Edwin Hodge. Written by John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle. Directed by John Erick Dowdle. Universal Pictures
Dinosaur 13
A documentary about paleontologist Peter Larson and his team's discovery of the largest, most intact T. rex skeleton ever found in 1990, and the 10-year battle that ensued. Directed by Todd Douglas Miller. Lionsgate
The Expendables 3
The mercenary team known as the Expendables face off against a former member who went rogue and was thought to be dead. With Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Antonio Banderas and Jet Li. Written by Stallone, Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt. Directed by Patrick Hughes. Lionsgate / Millennium Entertainment
The Giver
In a seemingly utopian society marked by contentment and conformity, a young man is selected to be the new Receiver of Memory, the lone person in his community who carries the knowledge of the old world. With Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep. Written by Michael Mitnick. Directed by Phillip Noyce. The Weinstein Co.
The One I Love
In an attempt to save their marriage, a couple on the brink of separation escape to a vacation house for a weekend getaway, but what begins as a fun retreat soon becomes surreal. With Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss and Ted Danson. Written by Justin Lader. Directed by Charlie McDowell. Radius-TWC
The Trip to Italy
Two Englishmen gab and bicker while on a culinary road trip around Italy in this sequel to the 2010 film "The Trip." With Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. Written by Coogan, Brydon and Michael Winterbottom. Directed by Winterbottom. IFC Films
A young wannabe musician finds himself out of his depth when he joins an avant-garde pop band led by a mysterious, enigmatic genius who hides himself inside a large fake head. With Domhnall Gleeson, Michael Fassbender and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Written by Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan. Directed by Lenny Abrahamson. Magnolia Pictures
If I Stay
After a car accident leaves her caught between life and death, a young woman must choose her fate in this adaptation of Gayle Forman's young-adult novel. With Chloe Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos and Jamie Blackley. Written by Shauna Cross. Directed by R.J. Cutler. Warner Bros. Pictures
The Liberator
A biopic about chronicling the life and times of the South American anti-colonialist leader Simon Bolivar. With Edgar Ramirez, Maria Valverde and Danny Huston. Written by Timothy J. Sexton. Directed by Alberto Arvelo. In English and Spanish, with English subtitles. Cohen Media Group
Love Is Strange
Two gay men take advantage of New York's new marriage law and wed after 39 years, but the Catholic school where one works reluctantly fires him, forcing the couple to split up, sell their apartment and search for cheaper housing. With John Lithgow, Alfred Molina and Marisa Tomei. Written by Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias. Directed by Sachs. Sony Pictures Classics
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Hard-boiled vigilantes, femmes fatales and assorted lowlifes cross paths in this sequel to 2005's "Sin City." With Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin and Powers Boothe. Written by Frank Miller. Directed by Miller and Robert Rodriguez. Dimension Films
When the Game Stands Tall
A football coach takes his high-school football team from obscurity to a record-shattering 151-game winning streak. With Jim Caviezel, Michael Chiklis and Alexander Ludwig. Written by Scott Marshall Smith. Directed by Thomas Carter. TriStar Pictures
When the players from his foosball table are magically brought to life, a table-soccer ace recruits them to help save his town and win the heart of his crush. Written by Juan Jose Campanella, Eduardo Sacheri and Gaston Gorali. Directed by Campanella. The Weinstein Co.
The Congress
An aging actress with an ailing son makes a deal with a Hollywood studio to have her likeness digitally scanned, preserved and used without restriction in future films. With Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel and Jon Hamm. Written and directed by Ari Folman. Drafthouse Films
A woman returning to her childhood home in Louisiana to recuperate from a car accident comes face to face with a tormented spirit that has been seeking her return. With Sarah Snook, Mark Webber and David Andrews. Written by Robert Ben Garant. Directed by Kevin Greutert. Lionsgate
Life of Crime
The wife of a corrupt real-estate developer is kidnapped by two criminals and held for ransom, but his decision not to pay the ransom sets off a chain of double-crosses. With Jennifer Aniston, Tim Robbins and John Hawkes. Written and directed by Daniel Schechter. Roadside Attractions
The Loft
Five married guys conspire to share a penthouse loft where they can carry out hidden affairs, but things go awry when they discover the dead body of an unknown woman there and no one knows whom to trust. With Karl Urban, James Marsden and Wentworth Miller. Written by Bart de Pauw and Wesley Strick. Directed by Eric Van Looy. Universal Pictures
The Notebook
Toward the end of World War II, a desperate mother leaves her 13-year-old twin sons at their cruel grandmother's country home, where they harden themselves into becoming unfeeling and merciless. With Laszlo Gyemant, Andras Gyemant and Piroska Molnar. Written by Janos Szasz and Andras Szeker. Directed by Szasz. In Hungarian with English subtitles. Sony Pictures Classics
One Chance
A biopic telling the story of Paul Potts, a Welsh cellphone salesman and amateur opera singer who became an overnight sensation via the reality TV series "Britain's Got Talent." With James Corden, Alexandra Roach, Julie Walters and Mackenzie Crook. Written by Justin Zackham. Directed by David Frankel. The Weinstein Co.
During the Norwegian oil boom of the early 1980s, a deep-sea diver is hired for a dangerous assignment, and a disastrous accident pits him against powerful enemies. With Aksel Hennie, Wes Bentley and Stephanie Sigman. Written by Hans Gunnarson, Katharina valen Zeiner, Cathinka Nicolaysen, Nikolaj Frobenius and Erik Skjoldbjaerg. Directed by Skjoldbjaerg. In Norwegian with English subtitles. Magnolia Pictures
Two Night Stand
After a regrettable one-night stand, two strangers wake up to find themselves snowed in after sleeping through a blizzard. With Miles Teller, Analeigh Tipton and Jessica Szohr. Written by Mark Hammer. Directed by Max Nichols. eOne
After illegally crossing the border into the U.S., a Mexican man finds himself wrongly accused of killing a woman, and her husband, a former sheriff, searches for the truth. With Ed Harris, Michael Pena and Eva Longoria. Written by Michael Berry and Louis Moulinet. Directed by Berry. Magnolia Pictures
College students take their humanitarian protest from New York to the Amazon jungle, only to get kidnapped by the native tribe they came to save. With Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy and Kirby Bliss Blanton. Written by Eli Roth and Guillermo Amoedo. Directed by Roth. Open Road Films


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CFN has posted their All Big Ten list.
- Tate gets the player of the year award, which is correct if it's a "most valuable to his team" award. But it isn't if it's a "best player overall," because that was Braylon.
- Hart, Edwards, Massaquoi, Baas, Jackson, and Shazor are on the team from Michigan. Massaquoi had a pretty good year but it's hard to believe he's the best TE in the Big Ten. Everyone else was obvious chalk. Watson was their #5 defensive lineman, and it's pretty hard to argue with the two Iowa guys and two Wisconsin guys on their list.
- Adam Finley the fifth best K/P in the conference? How many blocked/boomed into the endzone punts do you need to see before you declare someone Not Good? Rivas was better this year, and he missed four extra points.
- I would have put Maroney in front of Herron, but I do respect Herron a lot.
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So, who else might be in for this? It would be fantastic to play some Modern Warfare again in an arena that isn't ruled by modders.
I guess that other game looks alright too.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered with Bonus Pack-In Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Posted 02 May 2016 - 12:00 PM
Posted 02 May 2016 - 03:50 PM
Posted 02 May 2016 - 04:47 PM
Yeah, if I have to buy the mega ultra edition to get cod4, no dice.
Posted 02 May 2016 - 08:40 PM
Shot themselves square in the foot making that remaster as part of a bundle.
On the topic of the actual new CoD, what the hell is happening on Saturn's moons? Is the OpFor in this one a bunch of Guardians?
Posted 02 May 2016 - 09:16 PM
Well, fuck me right? I guess I'm out then.
Shot themselves square in the foot making that remaster as part of a bundle.
On the topic of the actual new CoD, what the hell is happening on Saturn's moons? Is the OpFor in this one a bunch of Guardians?
I suppose the idea is that the outer colonies rebelled. Which is basically the idea behind Killzone/Titanfall/every other piece of space fiction with colonization.
Posted 03 May 2016 - 05:08 PM
I'd be all over it if it also included a MW2 remaster.
Posted 03 May 2016 - 06:15 PM
I'd be all over it if it also included a MW2 remaster.
Wait, are you saying you prefer MW2 to Modern Warfare?
Posted 03 May 2016 - 07:30 PM
Posted 05 May 2016 - 07:56 AM
I actually saw a news blurb about MWR. I got legit excited. Then I read the whole "must spend $80 part.
Fuck you, Activision.
Seriously, fuck them.
Posted 06 May 2016 - 10:20 AM
Now that I've had a day to think about it.
If we had 4-6 people actually willing to get the game, I would spend $80 to play a "remastered" CoD4.
Here's my reasoning:
If this was a separate thing, even full priced, I'd get it. I'd pay $60 for it.
So, would I pay another $20 for Infinite? That's the rub. I'm just "eh," about that.
Frankly, I would be more excited if that's how it was marketed. If they did "Buy MW Remastered for $60, or pay $80 and get this new game that really looks like the same CoD that you've been playing since Blops 2" I'd be like "rofl just give me Bog and Crash and fuck off."
Posted 10 May 2016 - 11:26 AM
I too am trying to do mental gymnastics to get myself to buy this. Haven't quite gotten there yet though.
Posted 15 July 2016 - 09:48 AM
This crap looks incredible. I figure at some point they have to sell it stand-alone right?
Posted 20 July 2016 - 04:15 PM
Activision actually catering to customers? That would be the day.
Posted 28 July 2016 - 02:32 PM
Hell, you don't even need pics to remember these maps a decade later.
If they announce Vacant, Ambush, and Strike, I'm done... Pipeline becomes gravy on the biscuits... Leaving the last map to be among Wet Work, Bloc, Countdown... Hopefully no DLC maps are in consideration here. Chinatown was decent
Posted 29 July 2016 - 08:38 AM
I would actually play this with you guys. Was this game buggy towards the end or was it pretty stable.
I'm certain at some point they'll sell this crap individually.
Posted 05 August 2016 - 09:39 PM
It was rock fucking solid.
I would buy a standalone version in a heartbeat.
Posted 03 September 2016 - 10:14 AM
Backlot: https://www.youtube....h?v=eDfuhOEylHs
Crash: https://youtu.be/Onjf0FjMWJc?t=3m42s
Hard to tell from videos, but it looks more like they took the modern CoD engine and modified it to play like Modern Warfare rather than taking the original Modern Warfare guts and adding a new graphics layer on top. Not sure if that matters to anyone or not. Will consider buying this when it's sold separately for <$20 on Steam.
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Hey man, the golden boat gun was fat and beautiful.
Posted 08 September 2016 - 05:57 AM
I'm still waiting for them to announce or prove they are fixing their netcode, higher tickrate, and 100% dedicated servers for this series. Otherwise, no buy.
Posted 14 October 2016 - 09:40 PM
Well, Infinity Warfare is garbage. I'm definitely not shelling out 80 bucks for the Modern Warfare remake, so here's hoping they release a stand alone version.
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Monday, July 12, 2010
Clamming away, plus hornbooks
I actually like this next picture better -- the quilt is just the right size for my little guys.
I decided that since there wasn't any x-stitching going on at present here, that I would show a greatest hits of sorts of my past projects. For some reason I'd never taken any pictures of the few hornbooks that I've stitched. So I thought this was the perfect opportunity to do just that.
Pitifully few, as you see. I have others waiting to be stitched but I just haven't gotten around to them. The one on the top left is the Folkart Hornbook from Hillside Samplings. It was a limited edition piece from 2005. The one on the top right is the Quaker Hornbook from With My Needle. It is available if ordered as a group of 10 or more. And finally, the one on the bottom is the Sampler Hornbook by the Prairie Sampler. I love hornbooks. I hope do to more someday.
In other news -- well, not much is going on. It's definitely summer, with summer activities and summer heat and humidity. I'm starting to debate more and more with myself about what stitching project I want to pick up, so we'll see what happens.
Thanks as always for stopping by and saying hi. Your comments mean the world to me -- it's so wonderful to get to know you all! Have a great week!
55 comments:
- The French Bear said...
I am so intrigued by the hornbooks, I have never heard of them before! Love your quilt, it is beautiful...you are so fast too!!!
Margaret B
- July 12, 2010 at 6:55:00 AM PDT
- Valerie said...
Oh, Margaret...your quilt is divine! You are making such wonderful progress...I know the hand applique is just beautiful.
Thank you for sharing your hornbooks. They are lovely! I have never stitched a hornbook...now you have got me thinking about them!
Happy Stitching!
- July 12, 2010 at 7:22:00 AM PDT
- Annie said...
That quilt is so cheery. And doesn't all needlework take longer than we think!
Those hornbooks are so cool. A nice collectors item for a stitcher.
- July 12, 2010 at 7:43:00 AM PDT
- BrendaS said...
Love your quilt, especially the colors.
Beautiful hornbooks as well. I've never made one but they look really neat.
- July 12, 2010 at 7:44:00 AM PDT
- Deb said...
I'm loving those clamshells. One of these days maybe - when I get my stash organized. I think that you've gotten a lot done because hand stitching is always slower.
Love the hornbooks and I hope that you find some xstitch that calls to you soon.
- July 12, 2010 at 7:49:00 AM PDT
- Siobhan said...
Margaret, I love your clamshells! You sure are zooming right along it, even if the applique takes longer than you'd like. It is SO pretty. Love the hornbooks, too! So far, I've just collected the charts and kits but never stitched one. Beautiful!
- July 12, 2010 at 8:12:00 AM PDT
- Hillery said...
Your quilt is so interesting. It reminds me of the Needleprint blog Ackworth Cushion SAL. The post for the SAL was written on May 29, 2010. You should check it out. It would be a great companion piece to this quilt.
- July 12, 2010 at 8:25:00 AM PDT
- ~ Stitchin Sweet Sue ~ said...
That's quite a quilt-wow! Pretty hornbooks, tfs.
- July 12, 2010 at 8:37:00 AM PDT
- Terri(TerriBoog) said...
You're hand appliqueing all those clams??? Holy cow! They're gorgeous though, Margaret and I can't wait to see it all finished. You'll have to lay in on the ground (on a clean sheet of course) and climb a tree to get a good picture!
Love your hornbooks! I've done a couple of them as well and just love 'em!
- July 12, 2010 at 9:06:00 AM PDT
- KarenV said...
The clams look wonderful Margaret! Love your hornbooks too.
- July 12, 2010 at 9:15:00 AM PDT
- Teresa S. said...
Your hornbooks are inspiring me! I have the one from With My Needle and need to get it started. I see you did the over 1 design. That is just beautiful!
- July 12, 2010 at 9:57:00 AM PDT
- Vonna said...
Your little guys look comfy cozy all wrapped up in your beautiful quilt ;)
And your hornbooks....totally make me jealous! But in a really good way! YAY Margaret :)
- July 12, 2010 at 10:08:00 AM PDT
- Bertie said...
A lot of work Margaret your quilt applique, but worth it when finished I am sure, looks lovely.
Love the Hornbooks, and your red one is just gorgeous!!
- July 12, 2010 at 10:13:00 AM PDT
- Marjorie said...
Your quilting is beautiful! I do make an occassional attempt but I think my quilts look better from a distance lol.
- July 12, 2010 at 10:47:00 AM PDT
- Karen said...
I love the look of your hornbook projects. Question, does a hornbook have a purpose other than to look good?
- July 12, 2010 at 11:06:00 AM PDT
- Kathie said...
wow the clamshells are looking great! thanks for the pictures!!!
love all the little friends!
oh the quilt it is laying on is just wonderful, love the zigzag little border
- July 12, 2010 at 11:19:00 AM PDT
- K-G Knitter said...
I just love your clam quilt! The colors are so cheery, and it just looks happy.
- July 12, 2010 at 11:58:00 AM PDT
- Littlebit said...
You amaze me, Margaret! Beautiful job on your quilt..and I LOVE that top right hornbook! I NEED that design!!
- July 12, 2010 at 12:59:00 PM PDT
- valerie said...
I am in love with your clamshell quilt! It's so crisp and colorful! Your very patient to be doing hand applique!
Cool hornbooks too...that's something I've never tried before...
- July 12, 2010 at 1:00:00 PM PDT
- Alice said...
I do love your quilt Margaret. It's very happy. ; ) The kind of quilt to have sweet dreams under.
Lovely hornbooks. Not something I know very well but I like it.
- July 12, 2010 at 1:49:00 PM PDT
- samplerlover said...
Hi Margaret....your quilt is really lovely and I know that there is a lot of work that has already been done.
Your collection of hornbooks is really lovely. I also have never done one. It is easy to get the pattern here, but the actual hornbook is hard to find. Take care, Sandra.
- July 12, 2010 at 2:57:00 PM PDT
- Deb said...
Margaret the clamshells are gorgeous. Well done. I didn't know those "paddles" were called hornbooks. I can see one of them is used for thread, but what do you do with the others? They are beautiful.
- July 12, 2010 at 3:02:00 PM PDT
- Sylvia said...
Your quilt is making excellent progress - did I mention how much I love the colors you picked ( I know I did, but thought I would do it again)
Love you hornbooks - I have a few - totally unstitched, of course.... got to stitch faster!!
Hope you find your next project soon, but in the meantime I am really enjoying your quilt.
- July 12, 2010 at 3:04:00 PM PDT
- Lizzie said...
My oh my, you're going well with those clamshells Margaret, I love the plain mixed in with them. I've never heard of the hornbooks before either - but I do love them, but then I love all your stitching! One day I'll show you all my unfinished Xstitch's.....!!!!
- July 12, 2010 at 3:23:00 PM PDT
- Karen said...
Love the hornbooks! Your quilt is looking good...keep on stitching.
- July 12, 2010 at 3:42:00 PM PDT
- Jeanne said...
Margaret it's so odd you talked about your hornbooks today. In the past week I got out 2 hornbook kits I have (2 of the ones you've pictured) that have sat unstitched for a few years now. I'm determined to get them done this summer! Attic Needlework has a bunch of beautiful hornbooks in stock with different woods and grains (if anyone is searching). I bought another one last week but not sure yet what I will stitch to put on it. They are so cute- thanks for sharing yours! Your clam quilt is looking great too. :)
- July 12, 2010 at 3:47:00 PM PDT
- Laurie in Iowa said...
Love the clamshells... and it is the perfect size for your teddies.
You have three more hornbooks stitched and finished than I do. I keep saying one day I'll get to stitching my hornbooks.
- July 12, 2010 at 4:50:00 PM PDT
- Melissa said...
Your quilt is looking lovely!
Whaddaya your hornbooks are pitiful? You have three more than I have!!! They are gorgeous!
- July 12, 2010 at 5:24:00 PM PDT
- Glenna said...
Oh, lookit the little stuffies tucked into the quilt. And the quilt itself is so pretty. Do you know, I hadn't heard of a clamshell design before? I have to mention that some of you have gotten the quilting bug going in me, and I researched a quilt shop in Richmond (with classes for beginners!) where I might just stop by.
- July 12, 2010 at 6:19:00 PM PDT
- Jan said...
Your quilt is looking ever so yummy, Margaret! And I love, love, love those hornbooks...you have three more done then I do! Maybe someday!! Can't wait to see what your next stitching project is going to be!
- July 12, 2010 at 7:53:00 PM PDT
- Stitch By Stitch said...
Oh I love your clamshells! And the colors are soooo pretty and happy! You are certainly ahead of me in the progress category, ugg! I also love your hornbooks.
- July 12, 2010 at 8:32:00 PM PDT
- Isadarena said...
Oh!! Margaret , I love your colorful quilt with these little clamshells! The hand applique is just beautiful although it's a little long to do, isn'it ?.
Thanks for sharing with us your hornbooks. All are really nice! for me, I have never stitched a hornbook and you give me some inspiration to stitch one, indeed!!
have a great day,
- July 13, 2010 at 1:42:00 AM PDT
- Sandy said...
Your clamshells are just beautiful, Margaret! They look so straight, too. That's a pretty quilt underneath. Did you make it?
And your hornbook collection is wonderful. You're way ahead of me!
- July 13, 2010 at 5:50:00 AM PDT
- Cari said...
Your quilt is simply beautiful Margaret! I love all the colors. Your hornbooks are lovely too! Your work is always the BEST!!
- July 13, 2010 at 6:38:00 AM PDT
- Giovanna said...
Great quilt! And the hornbooks are exquisite - I so enjoy past-finish shows!
- July 13, 2010 at 7:10:00 AM PDT
- Loraine said...
Love your horn books! They are so pretty. I've never stitched one before, but I would love to. Thanks for the inspiration.
I love your quilt too. So wonderful!
- July 13, 2010 at 7:52:00 AM PDT
- Melanie said...
Quilt is looking good!!! I'm always intrigued by that sort of thing, especially the hexagon quilt but, honestly, I need another hobby like I need another hole in my head so I resist the urge. lol
- July 13, 2010 at 10:37:00 AM PDT
- Natalia said...
Margaret, you put a lot of work on that quilt !!! It is looking just beautiful... I love the colors.
- July 13, 2010 at 6:49:00 PM PDT
- Carol said...
What a beauty, Margaret--I just love your quilt!
- July 13, 2010 at 6:55:00 PM PDT
- Berit said...
Impressive! Also, those hornbooks are nice. I'm not usually much for them, but yours are head-turners. :)
- July 13, 2010 at 8:47:00 PM PDT
- Lois said...
I love your hornbooks! They are something I have yet to stitch and every time I see one I think I have to rectify that!
Loving the clamshells! This one will be such a beauty when it is finished.
- July 14, 2010 at 1:30:00 AM PDT
- Katrina said...
Pretty hornbook!!!! And I love the clamshells :-).
- July 14, 2010 at 5:13:00 AM PDT
- Cathy B said...
Love those hornbooks! I have the Hillside Samplings one in my stash. I'm asking myself why I haven't stitched it yet!
I'm intrigued by your clamshell quilt too -- it looks like one of those patterns where you quilt as you go!
- July 14, 2010 at 5:36:00 AM PDT
- Ranae said...
I love that quilt, it sure looks like you have to have lots of talent for that.
Sweet hornbook collection
- July 14, 2010 at 7:55:00 AM PDT
- Michelle said...
Your clamshells are fabulous! How fantastic. Now I want to do them more than ever! And what lovely hornbooks. I really love hornbooks but have never stitched one - they are too fun!
- July 14, 2010 at 9:44:00 AM PDT
- The Scarlett House said...
Oh Miss Margaret, I don't know a thing about quilts with clams, but those hornbooks are awesome. I wonder what it is that we love about them? Whatcha stitching on next?
- July 15, 2010 at 12:35:00 PM PDT
- Sherry said...
your hornbooks are lovely - I have the With My Needle one - still lovely in it's unstitched form! LOL Your quilt is cool - I've never see that pattern before and it looks very interesting...
- July 15, 2010 at 4:52:00 PM PDT
- Melissa said...
Love your hornbooks! And your clamshells, wow, you're going to have a quilt in not time!
- July 15, 2010 at 7:56:00 PM PDT
- Suzanne said...
Your quilt is looking lovely. I just love the colours.
Beautiful hornbooks. I would love to stitch one, but the timber hornbook is so hard to find.
- July 15, 2010 at 10:36:00 PM PDT
- Sherry said...
I love the hornbooks and that quilt is totally stunning! I am not much on sewing curves and such. Just straight lines.
- July 16, 2010 at 8:20:00 AM PDT
- Patty C. said...
The Hornbooks are fabulous !!!!!
- July 16, 2010 at 1:46:00 PM PDT
- Jackie said...
You've made some really good progress on your Clamshells! I look at it and try and imagine how much time you have in it already. It's going to be a true heirloom piece when you're done.
You have a great selection of hornbooks! I don't have the first one in my stash but your photo is making me itch to acquire at least one!
- July 16, 2010 at 7:04:00 PM PDT
- Paulette said...
Stunning work, Margaret! I'm so proud of your clamming! :)
- July 19, 2010 at 6:50:00 AM PDT
- Natalia said...
Margaret, Happy B-Day!!!!! I hope you have a most wonderful day with lots of stitching. Thanks for stopping by my blog and for the birthday wishes. July is a great month to be born, don't you think? :-)
- July 19, 2010 at 12:08:00 PM PDT
- woolwoman said...
Oh it's your special day Ms Margaret! Happy happy! Loved seeing your ittle babies tucked in that beautiful quilt - WOW - you are doing a lovely job - the fabrics are so beautiful and I love your hornhook collection. have them all but never stitched a one. So many projects - so little time! cheers! Mel
- July 19, 2010 at 2:54:00 PM PDT


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Politics & Government
Lenders were asked to help — now, they may be forced to
WASHINGTON — Joe and Angel Bostic bought their East Raleigh home in 1994 for $150,000, when times were good and Joe Bostic had a thriving renovation business.
Now, he sits home on disability after a failed surgery, his wife works as a teacher's assistant and their new bank says they owe $228,000 after their payments ballooned from $891 to nearly $1,700 a month.
The couple have filed for bankruptcy.
As the recession deepens and millions more families risk losing their homes, the U.S. House is scheduled to vote on one of the most debated pieces of legislation trying to address the nation's housing crisis.
Supporters say it could eventually affect an estimated 12 million homeowners like the Bostics who now are "underwater," or owe more on their mortgages than their houses are worth.
But the mortgage industry has made killing the legislation its top goal, and says it could hurt their books and increase interest rates for other borrowers.
In Washington, at issue is whether homeowners or banks will hold more leverage over the billions of dollars in toxic assets that have weighed down the housing market and sunk banks in the past year.
In Raleigh, the Bostics want to stay in the 1,800-square-foot house they've been in for 12 years.
"It would be a blessing," Joe Bostic, 65, said of the legislation. "If we could just have a fair ... mortgage we could afford with the money we have coming in, we could have a home we could stay in."
The bill would allow bankruptcy judges to alter the terms of a mortgage, a process known to the industry as "cramdown," if no other options remain for homeowners. Judges could extend the payment period or lower the value of the mortgage on the home to the existing market value.
For the Bostics, that could mean reducing the total they owe from $228,000 to a figure closer to the county assessed value of $194,000.
Relatively few homeowners facing foreclosure would be able to use the provision because it would apply only to those in Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Chapter 13 bankruptcy allows debtors to keep their homes and pay back debts over time. In a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, debtors turn over their homes and liquidate all assets relatively quickly.
But U.S. Rep. Brad Miller of Raleigh said the measure would serve as a powerful incentive for lenders to work with other homeowners now burdened with hefty mortgages.
For months, banks have been encouraged to offer voluntary loan modifications on mortgages, but the results have been slight. The bill's supporters say the bankruptcy provision will coerce lenders to make loan adjustments on their own - or else face a forced cramdown from a bankruptcy judge.
"The voluntary modifications are just not happening," said Meredith Ezzell, chairwoman of the N.C. state chapter of bankruptcy attorneys. "And if (Congress) puts this in place, they will start happening. This is really the stick that we can hold over their head."
Miller, a Democrat and the architect of the measure, said that's why the banks are opposed to it.
"This doesn't beg them to do the right thing," he said. "It doesn't bribe them to do the right thing. It makes them do the right thing."
Miller said most people lose their homes because of circumstances beyond their control: job loss, divorce or illness.
That's true of the Bostics, who say they were doing well financially when they first bought their home. Their monthly payments were less than $900, easily affordable with Joe Bostic's renovation business.
But about four years ago, he went into the hospital for a routine biopsy. He says a radiologist twice punctured his gall bladder by accident, spilling bile through his innards with grave results.
He struggled to work and refinanced his home with an adjustable rate to pay a dozen employees and his mounting medical bills. Eventually, he closed his business. He lost his health insurance.
In April 2006, the couple filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy.
Bostic now receives $447 a month in disability payments. His wife earns about $24,000, he said, as a teaching assistant at an elementary school in Durham.
They're paying just half their monthly mortgage payment, Bostic said, because that's all they can afford.
The late payments add up. The couple's January statement asked for a check for $27,854.61.
"I ask: Why can't they give us a payment that we can afford?" Bostic said.
During debate last week on the House floor about the bill, Republican U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx of Banner Elk said many homeowners "don't want to pay the money back."
"They're living in a never-never land," Foxx said. "They think they're due this money for free. We're continuing the welfare mentality."
Others who oppose the bill argue it will encourage more homeowners to file for bankruptcy, and that it will inject new risks into the housing market.
"The problem with cram-down mortgages is that they make mortgages more expensive for future homebuyers," U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick, a Charlotte Republican, said in a statement. "We can't give judges the ability to tell homebuyers that they don't have to pay back the entire amount of their home loan and expect lenders to have any confidence in those they lend to."
Supporters say that isn't true.
"Humbug," said Robert Lawless, a law professor at the University of Illinois who tracks bankruptcy issues. He said banks want to preserve their leverage over the payback of bad mortgages.
"It's easy to scare people that changes are going to lead to big problems," Lawless said.
Lenders and mortgage banks have spent millions to oppose the bill and announced a year ago that they would make killing it their top priority. Companies poured money into political campaigns, hired dozens of lobbyists and started a new Web site, stopthecramdown.org, to publish the industry's views.
The Center for Responsible Lending, based in Durham, helped Miller craft the bill two years ago and has its own staff working Capitol Hill.
"It could mean the ability of many folks who are losing their homes to stay in their homes," said Bill Brewer, a Raleigh lawyer and vice president of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys. "This is just one of the factors that helps ensure the real estate market stops plunging. It's part of the road to recovery."
If the bill passes the House as expected, it goes on to the Senate, where rules make passage more difficult.
In Raleigh, the Bostics said they'll take any opportunity to keep from losing their home.
If the flawed surgery hadn't occurred, Bostic said, he wouldn't have had to refinance his house. He still would have a low interest rate, a good credit rating, his small business and enough money to take vacations every year.
"We haven't done anything directly, that I can see, to put us in this situation," Bostic said. "A gall bladder gets punctured, and everything richochets from there."


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diagonal2 wrote:simonshack wrote:*
Greenscreened street shots?[/i] Yes - this is now an incontrovertibly proven fact:
What's the theory behind the missing lamp in the jap photo?
The missing lamp is clearly a problem.
Also note that the building on the left (in the Japanese "photo") looks like it is tilting over towards the street.
The buildings on the right do not match each other in either appearance or physical proximity IMO.
They are way off!


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BLAINE, Wash. - Putting up a 301 today (May 21) the No. 2 Georgia College & State University golf team remains in the top five at fifth at the NCAA Division II National Championship. The Bobcats were plus-17 today and now stand at plus-39 for three rounds on the par 71, 6,995-yard Loomis Trail Golf Club course.
Junior Niclas Johansson (Skanor, Sweden) continues his consistent play for GCSU, carding a one-over 72 to leap from 14th to sixth at six over par. Johansson holed a pair of birdies on the front half and had just four holes over par on the day.
Sophomore Billy Shida (Berkeley Lake, Ga.) posted a solid 73, and was at even par until the last two holes. He's now at eight-over for the tournament and stands 14th. Junior Pedro C. Lima (Sao Paulo, Brazil) balanced seven holes over par with three birdies on the day for a plus-five 76. He is 30th at 12-over for the three rounds.
Sophomore Joe Young (Cochran, Ga.) struggled today, carding a 10-over effort. He's 16-over in 53rd. Junior Francisco Bide (Buenos Aires, Argentina) is two strokes behind in 66th. Bide also posted his high round of the three with an 80.
No. 7 Cal State-San Bernardino continued its surge to overtake No. 3 Barry University for the team lead. Barry had held the top spot for the first two rounds. CS-SB is at 27-over after today's 295, eight strokes ahead of Barry. No. 6 Sonoma State University and No. 1 Columbus State University are tied for third at one shot behind the Buccaneers, and just three ahead of GCSU.
Gene Webster of CS-SB leads the individual race at an even par 213. Two strokes behind is a tie for second between Wayne State University's Steve Cuzzort and Gavin Smith of IUP.
The Bobcats are set for noon local time start tomorrow, with Bide teeing off first. GCSU will start on the first hole tomorrow, and are teamed with CSU and No. 4 University of North Alabama.
Visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame. The GCSU Department of Athletics sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports.


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Rebel Wilson poses backstage the 2013 iHeartRadio Music Festival on Saturday evening (September 21) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.
The 27-year-old actress was joined at the annual event by her Super Fun Night co-stars Lauren Ash and Kate Jenkinson, as well as Stephen Amell and his cousin Robbie Amell.
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There's a large part of America blanketed by snow right now, and a larger part that's just freaking cold. So it would follow that indoor activities would be given a greater emphasis, since people are only outside while going from one inside to another. What doesn't follow, however, is that all the movies out suck.
There are no movies I want to see right now, with the exception of the new Bond flick, and that's just because I want to see every new Bond flick. With a Bond movie, you know it'll be bad, but it will at least be fun. Which is half an accurate description for everything else out there.
Rather than go see these awful movies and tell you what I thought of them, I decided to just tell you what I think of them now (with a little help from imdb.com). I save a few bucks, I don't ruin the ending since I never actually saw it, and I get to invent a lot of crap and then make fun of it. It's perfect for everyone.
I now present you with Movie Reviews of A Bunch of Movies I Have No Intention of Seeing.
Maid in Manhattan
This is the touching story of Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes finding love through a series of intricate lies. Lopez plays Marisa, a beautiful and well-educated maid, who has dozens of resourceful and clever maid friends. They are all just resourceful and clever enough to be maids. Also, they're sassy. Fiennes is millionaire playboy Christopher Marshall, who has made all of his money through his uncanny ability to be easily duped. It is one thing to ask your audience to suspend their disbelief, but this is ridiculous. Part of the promo says that it's the best romantic comedy since Pretty Woman. No it's the best romantic comedy about a girl without rent money falling in love with a millionaire since Pretty Woman. And that's just because it's the first. It is probably more believable that a guy will fall for an LA hooker than for a New York chambermaid. I've seen LA hookers and I've seen New York chambermaids, and you can guess which one Jennifer Lopez more closely resembles.
Treasure Planet
The folks from Disney drive up to the descendants of Robert Louis Stevenson with a truckload of money asking to buy both the rights to Stevenson's classic story and all of their dignity. Sorry, that's "The Making of Treasure Planet." In the actual "Treasure Planet," a gang of lovable, marketable creatures go on an incredible journey through mall displays and happy meals to find the true meaning of commercial tie-ins. The story follows teen shipmate Jim Hawkins through his travels as a cabin boy on a space cruiser. Boy, that's something we can all relate to. Jim befriends the ship's charismatic cyborg cook (haven't we all), who turns out to be planning a mutiny. Perhaps he'll attack the bastards who wrote this drivel.
Santa Clause 2
Tim Allen is back as that regular guy who was forced to give up his life and become Santa Claus, but this time, there's a twist. See, Santa has to get married by a certain time or the world blows up, or they kill his elves, or maybe he just stops getting pestered by his parents, but there's a reason. Oh, and there's hijinx. A LOT of hijinx. So much hijinx that the studio didn't bother with an original concept that could go wrong. Instead, they went with one that is proven to suck.
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Perhaps the first ever Chanukah movie, Eight Crazy Nights is very proud of containing a new version of the Chanukah Song. Because we hadn't heard enough of the last few. Adam Sandler does have the potential to be really funny, as evidenced by his first CD. But he also has the potential to suck, as evidenced by his last CD. So which Sandler do we see in Eight Crazy Nights? Whichever one it is, it thinks that a new version of the Chanukah Song is a good thing, so we shouldn't trust it with our $9.
Extreme Ops
A few extreme friends take an extreme vacation in the Austrian Alps, only to discover that they're sharing the mountain with terrorists. Now they've got to use all their extremeness to get to safety and warn the world of the extreme danger. In the meantime, they have more than one extreme run in with the extreme terrorists and the battle scenes are extreme. Extremely extreme. Of course the good guys win and the bad guys lose, thanks in part to the sheer (and extreme) ingenuity of the good guys. Apparently, they brought along some maids.
There's a large part of America blanketed by snow right now, and a larger part that's just freaking cold. So it would follow that indoor activities would be given a greater emphasis, since people are only outside while going from one inside to another. What doesn't follow, however, is that all the movies out suck.


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The International Community Needs a Better Understanding of the Congo Problem - (PERSPECTIVE)
(Video: DR Congo Crisis Creates Refugee Crisis/Al Jazeera)
By Frank Kagabo
(Goma, 11/26/12) - Within one week of the capture of the Congolese city of Goma by the M23 rebels, many things have happened. Kinshasa now seems to be taking a different route in dealing with the issue. But the process or attack that led to the capture of the eastern DRC city speaks volumes about what is wrong with the DRC.
Without doubt, something is fundamentally wrong with the geographical entity known as DRC. The current leadership in Kinshasa cannot wash its hands free of any blame. In addition to that, there is something deeply flawed about how the process of nation building, if at all we should call it that, has been undertaken in Congo over the years. Many Sub-Saharan countries are characterized as fragile states in almost all academic studies and publications, especially by western scholars and Africa area experts.
These states are seen as lacking all the basic tenets of a modern legitimate state. For DRC, as of now it is beyond a fragile state. It is on the path to a failed state in whole. Currently, in many places of the DRC, the state is simply absent.
When this is coupled with competing interests, both of local elites and many others serving foreign interests, it all becomes confusion. The centre in Kinshasa should always be able to make decisions that are of strategic value. But with a new beginning; through regional mediation, there is hope for a better outcome.
The best hope for Congo cannot be in the current noises that the 'international community', mainly influenced by interests in the West, are making. The fact that international institutions and Western governments have come to a conclusion that the current insurrection in eastern DRC is a creation of Rwanda, says much about why they should keep away.
Either they know the source of the problem and seek to callously blame a neighboring country, or they simply do not understand the underlying problems of DRC in particular and the wider Great Lakes region in general.
Many Western people with passing interest of Africa believe that conflicts in most of Africa are simply a symptom of the nature of the black man. That Africans have not evolved enough to be able to live harmoniously together. That such conflict is just "how they are". No need for further explanation or study!
These are people who never think that there can be just causes worth fighting for by Africans.
The kind of treatment that follows, like the heaping of blame on a neighbor etc, is all about that perception that is reserved for the African. To explain such perceptions, some Africans have bluntly said it is racism. But others fear to speak out lest they be accused of being "angry black people."
On the particular issue of the Congo conflict, it is important that the United Nations and other Western controlled international organizations seek a better understanding of this conflict before coming up with simplistic reports containing allegations that cannot stand.
They should be helped to get a clear understanding of the region. Again, there is also a need to pause and ask why missions by the UN in this region have always failed. Let's leave aside the issue of what their mandate is: The sheer size of their budgets should ideally be a reason for success. The fact that failure is always what follows such deployments or interventions calls for a radical shift in the nature of such UN operations.
The best the UN and other Western-dominated international institutions can do is to support regional initiatives to resolve regional problems. And regional efforts should also be a mechanism for supporting internal process in the affected country, not coming in as an alternative foreign force, because that is also most likely to fail.
Also, the simple fact that the DR Congo army has scattered without putting up a meaningful fight is evidence enough that state institutions in Congo require an overhaul because they are largely dysfunctional.
To solve the current crisis in the DRC will require more than dealing with the original grievances of the mutiny that has now become a major rebel movement. Instead of intervening to complicate the situation, focus should only be in providing meaningful and necessary assistance to jumpstart internal mechanisms for a lasting solution to wider problems that afflict the vast DRC.
- This opinion piece first appeared at AllAfrica.com. Frank Kagabo has worked as a print journalist for four years. He currently works for The New Times Daily in Kigali.


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I could easily fill my list of five things I'm grateful for by ticking off the names in my home: Robert, Ethan, Owen, Paige, and Tyler. That would be true, and good, but also totally predictable. ;)
I could say I am thankful for my health, but that would be rather tongue-in-cheek, as I'm dealing with the flu/unknown crazy virus/plague from Mars and have felt worse than horrendous this week.
I could say I am thankful for food and shelter. And I am. Very.
For my 5 things I am reaching beyond the obvious and listing things that simply make me happy and appreciative. They are not monumental, thought-provoking, or awe-inspiring. Simply 5 little things I'm thankful for. :)
1. This blog.
I started this blog on a lark. I just wanted a place to share cute bento lunches, bento supplies, and cute food techniques. That's it. In the beginning I had a handful of friends who read it and that was it. And that was wonderful! No one was more shocked than me when it started to grow an audience and get around. I'm still baffled by how that happened. My commitment, interest, and time invested in the blog shifts like the tides. I go through long periods where I'm just not that interested in blogging about lunch. And then I will suddenly be overjoyed to do it again. It's nice to have this outlet available when I am feeling creative. Even if I get frustrated that it is such a narrow platform for creative sharing. I do like to do other crafty, fun, artistic things, besides forcing food to look cute in small containers.
2. Starbucks.
I love sweet froofroo coffees and I'm not ashamed to admit it. :) Starbucks gets such a bad rap, as if they are the Walmart of coffee shops. But I appreciate (and count on!) those little beacons of espresso delight that dot our landscape in a predictable little pattern through our towns and airports. Like a good neighbor, Starbucks is there.
3. Warm weather.
Winter is my antagonist. I mean, really, look at how it greeted me this year. With a horrible flu/crazy virus/galactic plague and 105 temperature. We are not amigas. I hate jeans, I loathe wearing real shoes, long sleeves make me feel like I'm all tangled up, blah.
Ah, but warm weather! Shorts, skirts, short sleeved tops, flip-flops and cute sandals, colorful toenails that see the light of day! That's the good stuff. You can take the girl out of California, but you can't take California out of the girl.
4. Modern Day appliances.
Dishwasher. Washing machine and dryer. Air conditioning. Refrigerator. Vacuum. Waffle iron.
It really wasn't all that long these things were not commonplace. My grandmother raised her sons without any of these comforts. My father remembers ice block delivery! I can not imagine raising a family without these conveniences.
5. Photos.
I'm not a great photographer and I am okay with that. The photos I take of our lives bring me so much happiness and joy, just the same. I am very thankful for how easy it is these days, with digital photography, to take a lot of photos and to print the photos as you choose. It's like magic!
So there are 5 fairly frivolous things I'm thankful for. How would you fill your 5 things today?
Hoping everyone has a very great weekend. Happy Thanksgiving!


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We Don't Belong Here Lyrics
She's standing by her lonesome, in this dead end empty space. The heavens cry upon her, and wash our sins away. We are gathered here together (her, you, and I today). To say that we remember (last goodbye we say). If she could only know that, right now she's not alone. With you on her left, and me on her right. She guides us into the light. We don't belong here. Bury the sunset deep horizon. 6 feet separate. But I wanna go and you wanna stay. Just as a voice, we hear her say "You don't belong here."


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On Thursday, U.S. Senator Richard Durbin sent a letter to Gambia's justice minister, Edward Gomez, renewing his appeal for the release of local journalist Ebrima "Chief" Manneh. Manneh disappeared more than five years ago after security agents seized him at the offices of his newspaper, the Daily Observer.
"I ask that you immediately provide any information regarding Manneh's location and condition," Durbin wrote. His letter was prompted by Gomez's public statement last month indicating Manneh was alive, that the government knew his whereabouts, and that his case would be discussed "later." The comments, made by Gomez in an interview with a local newspaper, contradicted a public reference to the journalist's death by President Yahya Jammeh in March. For the most of the past five years, Gambian officials have denied any knowledge of Manneh's whereabouts and any government role in his disappearance.
Durbin, who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights as well as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a similar letter to Jammeh in March 2010.
In a separate letter to U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague, Durbin urged the U.K. government "to continue to press the Gambian government to respect its international commitments as a member of both the U.N. and the [British] Commonwealth." "I similarly ask that you proceed...in cooperation with the British Foreign Office in an agreed-upon investigation of Mr. Manneh's disappearance," Durbin urged Gomez.
Last month, while addressing the Banjul-based African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR), Gomez declared: "There is need for a courageous, vigilant and outspoken legal fraternity and defenders in many parts of the continent, that is to say, people who are not afraid to speak out against human rights abuses in order to protect the weak and the vulnerable." This declaration was made as the opening statement at the 50th Ordinary Session of ACHPR. In his letter, Durbin reminded Gomez that such words "will ring hollow in Gambia and around the world," if they aren't enacted in Ebrima Manneh's case.


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Game 1: Farmingdale State - 14, Yeshiva - 0 (7 inns)
Game 2: Farmingdale State - 24, Yeshiva - 0
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State baseball team swept Skyline opponent Yeshiva University with wins of 14-0 and 24-0 today. The Rams improved to 12-5, 4-1 in the conference, while the Maccabees dropped to 0-16, 0-11.
In the 14-0 shutout, Farmingdale State was led by freshman second baseman Andrew Karkota (Manorville, N.Y.) who was 3-for-3 at the plate with two runs scored and 2 RBI, while junior shortstop Anthony Alvino (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) had two hits, two runs scored and 3 RBI. Sophomore first baseman Brendan Sullivan (Plainview, N.Y.) reached base in all four at-bats with two hits and added a run and 2 RBI. Senior right hander Timmy Trimarchi (Hauppauge, N.Y.) earned the win after throwing five scoreless innings allowing only four hits.
Game two featured 24 runs on 21 hits by the Rams. Junior designated hitter Mike Scarlato (Holbrook, N.Y.) was 3-for-5 at the plate with a game-high 4 RBI and two runs scored. Junior rightfielder Michael Marino (Franklin Square, N.Y.) tallied two hits, three runs and 3 RBI while junior catcher Dominick Giammona (Deer Park, N.Y.) was 3-for-4 with an RBI and a pair of runs scored. Freshman pitcher Matt Seelinger (Levittown, N.Y.) improved to 2-0 on the season after throwing five innings without allowing a hit and striking out eight.
Farmingdale State now travels to face Mount Saint Mary College on Saturday, April 5th at Dutchess Stadium at Noon.