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[vba]I'm trying to insert a Section symbol in VBa but have had no luck. The special charater is part of a sentence that is put in a text Form Field. I would put in in the body of the document but unfortunately it is an option and is only there when that particular option is selected. Any idea on how to accomplish this. [/vba]
The line of code where I am trying to insert the symbol looks like this:
ActiveDocument.FormFields("Designation").Result = "CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED" & vbCr & "(Bus. & Prof. Code 6002.1(c))"
The Section symbol goes right before the 6002.
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If the new Omni hotel in downtown Louisville is solidly profitable, Omni will share some of the proceeds with Metro government through "profit participation payments," according to the broad terms of a $261 million deal that was announced last week. [WDRB] After Shawn Donahue, a former Harrison County juvenile prosecutor and an active member of [...]
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Ludo describes his food as "French with an international flavor." He uses more than 200 spices and believes his most unusual technique is making crème chantilly with fats other than cream.
Ludovic Lefebvre is a chef, restaurateur and cookbook author who was born and trained in France and has made Southern California his home.
Ludo is the author of Crave: The Feast of the Five Senses, which won second place in the cookbook category in the New York Book Show. He categorizes the recipes by the senses, with chapters called See, Touch, Smell, Hear, and Taste.
When Ludo told his parents he wanted to be a chef, his father took him to a local restaurant in Burgundy called Maxime, believing the menial labor would discourage him from that particular career path. The plan backfired, and Ludo, who was in his early teens at the time, fell in love with restaurant work.
He went on to work at other restaurants in the country of his birth, including 13 years with Chef Marc Meneau at L'Esperance in Vézely. He also worked with Pierre Gagnaire at his eponymous restaurant in Saint-Etienne, with Alain Passard at L'Arpége, and with Guy Martin at Le Grand Vefour.
Ludo moved to Los Angeles when he was in his twenties and worked at L'Orangerie, where he was promoted to head chef at the age of 25. The restaurant won the Mobil Guide five-star award. When he moved to Bastide, he also won the Mobil Guide five-star award. That restaurant closed for renovations and Ludo moved on to create the menu for Lavo, a restaurant in Las Vegas. A year later, he returned to LA and opened Ludobites and Breadbar on West Third Street.
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As the result of a generous grant from the Bobbie Nick Voss Charitable Funds organization, colorectal cancer awareness is increasing in our area. Sally Slusser, the community educator for colorectal cancer at Community Memorial Hospital, has been contacting members of our community to set up presentations, offer education at fairs and events or set up colorectal cancer awareness displays. Over a thousand people have already been offered information on colorectal cancer and many more events are planned. In addition to educating the public, Sally has been in contact with the American Cancer Society, the Colon Cancer Coalition, and the Colon Cancer Alliance to keep up to date on current trends and information. She has also become involved with the Milwaukee Regional Cancer Care Network which is a collaborative group from many area organizations including Gilda's Club, the American Cancer Society, the Wisconsin Division of Public Health, the Center for Urban Population Health, Wisconsin Well Woman Program, the National Cancer Institute and area hospital organizations who are focusing on increasing the availability of colorectal screenings to underserved populations and increasing awareness for all.


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P8-million mushroom facility to be built in Tarlac
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09 May 2013
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A MUSHROOM-TECHNOLOGY center (MTC) will soon rise in Tarlac province as part of the Department of Agriculture's (DA) efforts to increase production of the fungus and eventually erase dependence on imports, which account for 90 percent of the annual supply.
Construction of the MTC is estimated at P8 million, P3 million of which will be provided by Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala and the rest by the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR). Once built, the facility aims to make farmers earn P300 per kilo from mushrooms, which are mostly imported from Taiwan.
"We import 90 percent of our mushrooms. But we want Central Luzon, including Tarlac, to be known as a major producer of mushrooms. These [fetch] P180 per kilo at farmgate and P300 per kilo at retail. When processed, [the mushrooms] can give additional income to our farmers," said Emily A. Soriano, DA-Regional Field Unit 3 project leader.
According to the DA, the MTC would enable the people of Tarlac to manufacture value-added processed food items from mushrooms like tocino, longganisa siomai, burger and sisig.
Soriano said other processed food items can be made from the fungus like jams, candies, crackers, cookies, polvoron, wine, pan de sal with malunggay, barquillos, muffins and powder.
The DA is targeting overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to become beneficiaries of the technologies to be shared by the MTC, according to BAR Director Nicomedes P. Eleazar.
"Alcala wants our OFWs in Hong Kong and Singapore to [be] oriented on business opportunities when they go back [home]. So we decided we should improve our facilities, since this is a good employment program for them," Eleazar said.
If processed, mushrooms can last up to 14 months, depending on their packaging and storage. If not, they will only last for three days, since their substantial water content can make them stale quickly.
When fresh mushrooms are turned into value-added products, their profitability increases from 30 percent to 70 percent.
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FAIRBANKS, Ak - After weeks of going from one committee to another, the Alaska House of Representatives has passed legislation for a natural gas trucking project.
Shortly after 5 pm, the House floor took up SB 23, a financing package plan to kick–start the creation of a natural gas liquefaction plant on the north slop with the intent of trucking LNG to the Interior.
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No ATTACK THE BLOCK In Your City? Vote To Bring The Block Home!
Nordling here.
Although ATTACK THE BLOCK only played on 8 screens nationwide, it did phenomenal business on those 8 screens, and people who saw it came out raving. There's been a lot of gripes about how the film didn't open near them, but you can remedy that! You can vote to see if ATTACK THE BLOCK can come to your area - that is, if your area includes Philadelphia, Detroit, Miami, Houston, Phoenix, San Diego, Denver, Portland, Cleveland, or Minneapolis. Here's the press release:
CULVER CITY, Calif., August 1, 2011 - From the producers of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, ATTACK THE BLOCK follows a gang of tough inner-city kids who try to defend their turf against an invasion of savage alien creatures, turning a South London apartment complex into an extraterrestrial war zone.
ATTACK THE BLOCK opened in theaters on Friday, July 29th in the following 7 markets: Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, Chicago, Austin, San Francisco, and Toronto. On Friday, August 19th it will expand to 6 additional markets - Boston, Orlando, Atlanta, Dallas, Washington, D.C., and a sixth market that will be chosen by the fans! Starting today, fans can vote on Attack the Block's official Facebook page (www.facebook.com/
attacktheblockmovie) for their city to be the chosen 15th market in which the film will open in on August 19th. The cities up for consideration are: Philadelphia, Detroit, Miami, Houston, Phoenix, San Diego, Denver, Portland, Cleveland, and Minneapolis. Results will be posted on the movie's Facebook page after voting has closed on Friday, August 5th at 12 pm PST.
Vote now to get the film Rolling Stone calls "Hot, fierce, funny, vicious and ready to bite!" to come to your city!
ATTACK THE BLOCK stars Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Simon Howard, Luke Treadaway, Jumayn Hunter, and Nick Frost. It was written and directed by Joe Cornish, and produced by Nira Park and James Wilson. Executive producers were Matthew Justice, Tessa Ross, Jenny Borgars, Will Clarke, Olivier Courson and Edgar Wright. This film has been rated R by the MPAA for the following reasons: creature violence, drug content and pervasive language.
Obviously I'm voting for Houston, but you can go in there and try to bring this wonderful film closer to you. It's worth the road trip, trust me. Or, should I say, believe. Nordling, out.
Obviously I'm voting for Houston, but you can go in there and try to bring this wonderful film closer to you. It's worth the road trip, trust me. Or, should I say, believe.
Nordling, out.
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Aug. 1, 2011, 7:07 p.m. CST
sheeeesus christ... are we going to keep hearing about this
by zom-bot.com
weeks...months...years from now?
Aug. 1, 2011, 7:16 p.m. CST
Can I vote 'no'?
by THE_CHOPPAH
Aug. 1, 2011, 7:18 p.m. CST
Follows a gang of tough inner-city kids
by Lucky13
Yeah, soooo excited to see that.
Aug. 1, 2011, 7:18 p.m. CST
"came out raving"? Judging by the talkbacks, they also came out bored, complaining, hating the characters and resenting the hype...
by CountryBoy
Aug. 1, 2011, 7:19 p.m. CST
There were quotes around the subject header --- fuckin' gay AICN
by Lucky13
Aug. 1, 2011, 7:22 p.m. CST
I'm gonna make a movie about filmgoers who resist having a movie shoved down their throats at every turn. I'll call it...
by CountryBoy
Aug. 1, 2011, 7:25 p.m. CST
wow you guys really love this movie......
by D o o d
it's getting such a push! I haven't seen it yet, but will see it soon! One other thing I will say, if it really is that good then it'll make a ton of money on blu-ray and on demand!
Aug. 1, 2011, 7:28 p.m. CST
When it comes to this movie, AICN and the other geek sites are like Fox News.
by THE_CHOPPAH
They all praise it to no end and then later they'll say it's critically acclaimed. It's science, baby.
Aug. 1, 2011, 7:36 p.m. CST
In other news, I just found the "Movin Like Berney" video on YouTube...
by DickBallsworth
...and I'm guessing it's about 1000 times more entertaining than this bullshit.
Aug. 1, 2011, 7:37 p.m. CST
Fuck me ... This is getting pathetic now ...
by GINGE_MUPPET
I've seen it ... Its ok. Nothing Earth shattering, nothing that will go down in movie history, just a good solid entertaining movie. The utter OVER hype this site is shoving down our throats is actually doing the movie a disservice ... If I were Cornish I would be telling you guys 'thanks' ... but give it a fucking rest.
Aug. 1, 2011, 7:41 p.m. CST
Attack the Cock
by Fat and Curious
Hope this movie blows up just for the porn potential. Ethnically diverse street ruffians getting gang banged by glow in the dark aliens? No one will ever roleplay that one with me.
Aug. 1, 2011, 7:41 p.m. CST
Since it's slated for Home Video release in September??
by SouthSide_2010
What's the fuckin' point? It's obvious the studios didn't have enough faith in this movie to warrant a bigger distribution set-up. So really...what's the fuckin' point?
Aug. 1, 2011, 7:44 p.m. CST
Little White Chicks and
by Geektard_Smasher
Big Black Monster Dicks. Just sayin'
Aug. 1, 2011, 7:48 p.m. CST
by Kammich
Really wanna see this, but I'm not moving to Philly for like another 5 weeks. I'm assuming it will have come and gone again, if the reports of a September DVD release are true. sa da tay.
Aug. 1, 2011, 7:49 p.m. CST
by RowKseat25
Movie has been and gone in England... underwhelming forgetable shit innit... so don't waste your time statesiders... if you dig cheapo alien effects and low-life muggers who stay as unsympathetic low-life muggers then you prob have the limited brain to enjoy... nooo it's not the next Shaun Of The Dead... it ain't even the next Paul... it's got Nick Frost in ooooooo... who delivers a few lines of dire-logue for his buddy Joe... so y'all stop sucking Cornish cocks for crying out loud... this is all shameful hype bullshit being dumped by AIC!
Aug. 1, 2011, 8:01 p.m. CST
by RowKseat25
Need I say more?... or just listen to the hype crap this site is pushing... it really was a "meh" movie... middle-class Cornish tries to be down with the working class kids at the expense that you never empathise with the lead youth... you actually still detest them... which really is an epicking fucking fail.
Aug. 1, 2011, 8:01 p.m. CST
I haven't seen this site pimp a movie with such a fervor
by mr.underwater
Since Hostel 2 Remember how well that turned out?
Aug. 1, 2011, 8:03 p.m. CST
by golden tribw
I literally just got home from a screening and I would not use the phrase it blew me away, but I had a grand old time. It's a thoroughly entertaining movie that never bores and never feels like it's going through the motions or retreading overly familiar territory. I won't call it the best of the year -- to say that now would be stupid -- but short of that particular claim you can't overhype a movie as solid as this. Especially given its limited release, this movie needs all the positive publicity it can get. It completely deserves it, unlike pretty much every other movie I've seen this year. Some of you are just idiots. Whining that a single site somewhere at the bottom of the Alexa rankings is overhyping a really good movie? Piss right off.
Aug. 1, 2011, 8:19 p.m. CST
I agree with goldentribe
by Matt Goodman
Stop complaining. All of these blockbusters get overhyped and you don't complain. Then ONE movie gets minimum hype and you guys flip a shit.
Aug. 1, 2011, 8:36 p.m. CST
Attack The Block's whole advertising budget went to AICN
by mistergreen
Aug. 1, 2011, 8:37 p.m. CST
please AICN, SHUT THE FUCK UP about the film already.
by BILLY
I appreciate the INDY support, but good god, you guys have 50,000,000 posts on this film in the last 4 months. ENOUGH!
Aug. 1, 2011, 8:42 p.m. CST
it deserves to be hyped as much as any film
by IWasInJuniorHighDickhead
I mean, it's not terrible, i'd rather read a reviewer raving about this than something like Transformers 3, and the little films that show potential do need the recognition. But when you've three or four reviewers all going apeshit over the same movie that I saw? Hmm. It's like, say, if all the reviewers on this site had started raving that Terminal Velocity was THE best film of the nineties. Just very very random.<P> Terminal Velocity is not the best film of the nineties, but it is fucking funny. I just watched my old vhs of it and i've not stopped laughing.
Aug. 1, 2011, 8:55 p.m. CST
Mock the Block..?
by D o o d
anyone? no? ok!
Aug. 1, 2011, 9:08 p.m. CST
total disservice
by zom-bot.com
the flick may be good, it probably is- but damn you guys have made so many people here (even the once curious) want NOTHING to do with it now...totally turned off from it. our numbers are growing.
Aug. 1, 2011, 9:36 p.m. CST
Not interested in having to beg for a movie to come near me
by D.Vader
It didn't work for Paranormal Activity, its not going to work for this. Yes, the constant stories have just about turned me away from this.
Aug. 1, 2011, 9:58 p.m. CST
I feel bad for the folks that don't understand how awesome this flick is
by TheDark0Knight
it deserves all the press it can get. hollywood spent hundreds & hundreds & hundreds of millions on summer releases this year & a fucking indie flick from the UK murked all of them. Attack the Block is the best movie of the year (thus far).
Aug. 1, 2011, 10 p.m. CST
by Ditch Brodie
Good to see some TV love here. Pack the bags, we're going on a guilt trip...
Aug. 1, 2011, 10:27 p.m. CST
This should play at "The Block" shopping center in Orange CA's theaters!!!
by HB_Dad
Too perfectly named!
Aug. 1, 2011, 10:38 p.m. CST
I usually don't compare movies...
by HansBubi
...but I'd like to mention something that this AICN article doesn't point out. Yes, Attack the Block has done fine in its limited release. However, Miranda July's new movie The Future completely blew Attack the Block away in its per screen average. As a fan of July's Me and You and Everyone We Know, this is pretty satisfying news after months and months of Attack the Block hype. This week was the first time I was even exposed to any kind of footage/trailer for The Future, so I am very happy for Miranda July and her quirky, thoughtful self.
Aug. 1, 2011, 10:43 p.m. CST
I've lurked for all this time, but.....
by ThaIllest89
I gotta say... The talkbacks on AICN is filled with a bunch of asinine, self-contradicting, elitist f*cking morons. After going to this site for news and reading the talkbacks for this long, I really can't take it anymore with at least saying something... The movie is, in fact, really good. This film, along with only one other movie released earlier this year, would be the ONLY movies I'd feel confident putting on my top 10 list once the year is out. But, all y'all know how to do is critique the hype rather than critique the film for yourselves... It's like y'all are adapting a groupthink mentality in which you wanna rebel against the films that are getting lots of praise... See the movie first, then talk some sh*t.
Aug. 1, 2011, 10:56 p.m. CST
Well, all this Hate came from somebody announcing it 'the best film of the year'
by mistergreen
Aug. 1, 2011, 11:10 p.m. CST
Shit, Im still waiting on Tree of Life
by GravyAkira
Get your ass to Indiana!!!
Aug. 1, 2011, 11:37 p.m. CST
It's NOT what this site is pitching.
by Jango Fart
It's insane how blatantly this site is fabricating such enormous and empty hype over an average film. I was compelled by this site to get to the Alamo and check out ATB. Fun? Yes. Bubblegum? Yes. Heart? Yes. Clever? Not really. Instant classic a la Shaun of the Dead? No fuggin way. Greatness? Not by a longshot. Will you regret seeing this movie? Not at all. Will you remember it next month? Not at all. That's about it. In the words of Liz: Please can we JUST CALM THE FUCK DOWN?!
Aug. 1, 2011, 11:42 p.m. CST
The film is awesome a must see no joke
by imp_fx_com
Attack the Block kicks the crap out of any other film this summer. The trailer and poster kinda suck. Don't trust them. Just see it.
Aug. 1, 2011, 11:51 p.m. CST
Not worth the hype at all.
by cinemixtape.com
You will almost certainly be let down. Although, in comparison to Cowboys & Aliens, it's a quite good.
Aug. 2, 2011, 12:57 a.m. CST
by kabong
Are bribes to reviewers an expense above the line or below the line?
Aug. 2, 2011, 1:07 a.m. CST
genderblender is an idiot, there is not *little kid* in the poster. There are 2 little kids (in trailers) and neither dies or is hurt.
by golden tribw
Any more idiotic predictions, Oh-For-Ten?
Aug. 2, 2011, 1:07 a.m. CST
there is NO, rather
by golden tribw
Aug. 2, 2011, 2:14 a.m. CST
Sony/AICN: You guys did your job.
by Franck
It's counterproductive, just look at the posts. Game over. Try again.
Aug. 2, 2011, 2:47 a.m. CST
People despise chavs
by Horace Cox
They don't want to pay to see them. Get over it.
Aug. 2, 2011, 3:18 a.m. CST
How about all you whining fucks sod off to a different site instead of complaining on this one constantly?
by drwilliamweir
There's no movie discussion anymore, just a bunch of fatheaded meathead trolls looking for a slice of pie. If you hate this site stop giving it hits. Simple. Me? I love movies. Shit movies. Great movies. I like that people try to see good in things. I don't see AICN as this great site of literary criticism and it never has been. It shouldn't be viewed that way. It's just a bunch of guys having fun whilst another bunch of jealous self-serving anonymous cunts who like the sound of their own typing rage bile for no reason at all piss against the wind. And Attack The Block is great. If you don't like it, whoopie for you, but why are you coming to a geek site for movies again? I'll say it again. Cunts. Big, sloppy manginas.
Aug. 2, 2011, 4:26 a.m. CST
Ditch Brodie! Do you have your Coffeetron Dick Defender handy?
by IWasInJuniorHighDickhead
love love love that film
Aug. 2, 2011, 4:42 a.m. CST
You couldn't pay me to watch this trite shit.
by MajorFrontbum
Aug. 2, 2011, 6:02 a.m. CST
Attack the chavs
by photoboy
I don't get Cornish. He gets mugged by a bunch of chavs so he goes and makes them the heroes of his next film. Maybe he thinks appeasement will make them less likely to mug him the next time they see him? There's no way I'd pay money to watch the scum of UK society ignorantly grunting away on the big screen.
Aug. 2, 2011, 6:10 a.m. CST
If the movie was that good then we would have to beg them to get it in our town.
by Eric
I bet aicn get a production credit.
Aug. 2, 2011, 6:14 a.m. CST
The first thing I thought after it ended...
by BeatsMe
Why the hell isn't this getting better promotion? It's easily the best popcorn movie of the year so far, you'd have to be a little dead inside to not have fun with it. Personally, I'm happy AICN is doing it's best to raise awareness of a great flick that the studio doesn't have a clue how to market. Even the trailers don't convey the film's charm.
Aug. 2, 2011, 6:54 a.m. CST
Plants? Green? Super Green?
by Franck
Seems that a few of the highly positive posts on this talkback have the same "clean", well written style, followed by a few insults to make up for it. I smell green all over. (All respect aside for the ones that truly loved the movie and everyone is entitled to their opinion, ----that's why talkbacks are here for- and fuck whomever tries and tell others that they are cunts for not agreeing with them.)
Aug. 2, 2011, 7:04 a.m. CST
And I thought Harry Hyped "King of Kong"
by cookylamoo
He must actually have money in this one.
Aug. 2, 2011, 7:08 a.m. CST
Where's Simon Pegg? He should be in every movie with that fat guy. For that reason.. I am out.
by DonkeyBalls
Aug. 2, 2011, 7:42 a.m. CST
The only astonishing thing in Hot Fuzz.
by cookylamoo
Was that Timothy Dalton was still alive.
Aug. 2, 2011, 7:46 a.m. CST
I wanna see this...
by samuraiyao
Looks good, please play in Houston!!!
Aug. 2, 2011, 8:12 a.m. CST
by CreepyThinMan
Aug. 2, 2011, 10:21 a.m. CST
Truth is no one wants to see a movie about ghetto Brits with disgusting accents
by Nabster
Hell, no one wants to see a movie about any brits at all. Nah, I'm kidding. The Brits from time to time make some cool stuff. But those accents are a hard sell. I also find it funny how the British appear to either be luke warm, or flat out hate this film!
Aug. 2, 2011, 10:24 a.m. CST
Seriously though, WHy is British cinema so pathetic?
by Nabster
I'm not commenting on Attack the Block, since considering the hype, its actually an anomaly. But compared to other European countries, British cinema is pathetically stagnant and non existent. Is it because the shitty Brit Government doesn't subsidize their movies? Or, I suspect, its because they already have a flood of English language movies, Hollywood. Therefore, there's much less need for them to make their own movies.
Aug. 2, 2011, 12:04 p.m. CST
Would go see it, but might as well wait until DVD
by Zombieflicker
Maybe if I had a Alamo Drafthouse anywhere near me I'd go, but I can wait a month. Looking foward to it though.
Aug. 2, 2011, 12:27 p.m. CST
by NightArrows
Fuck you.
Aug. 2, 2011, 2:10 p.m. CST
Would rather watch season three of "Misfits".
by cookylamoo
Aug. 2, 2011, 3:18 p.m. CST
by Atticus Finch
After Nordling's first review, I don't really care to see this. Plus, I've read online that it is only a mediocre film.
Aug. 2, 2011, 4:48 p.m. CST
Did NOT like this movie
by MaliceHighload
Not just trying to be contrary. This movie has gotten a ton of coverage here and I've avoided most of it out of disinterest, but I figured if it was getting all this press it might be cool. It's not the worst movie in the world but I didn't get into it. I could see how it might play better in the UK. I couldn't relate to it. I really disliked the "heroes" of the movie. It's a small movie and I respect how it was trying to do some different things -- and people should check it out if they're that curious but I definitely think this thing has gotten way overhyped on here.
Aug. 2, 2011, 6:59 p.m. CST
by ThaIllest89
Wow, what an intelligent response! Thanks for proving my point. I rest my case.
Aug. 2, 2011, 9:58 p.m. CST
I was surprised to see a very positive review on a site
by WINONA_RYDERS_PUSSY_JUICE
that is very snobbish and shreds movies routinely. Maybe...its actually....good?
Aug. 2, 2011, 10:02 p.m. CST
British cinema
by WINONA_RYDERS_PUSSY_JUICE
I just saw Blitz. It was o.k. There were some very amateurish things that I noticed. The stuff coming out of Hollywood is way more polished and sophisticated.
Aug. 2, 2011, 10:05 p.m. CST
'Attack the Block' Engages the Brain and Quickens the Pulse
by WINONA_RYDERS_PUSSY_JUICE
Aug. 3, 2011, 8:30 a.m. CST
by Nabster
I lived in London for 5 years for work before moving back to the US. And I found it extremely strange how there is basically no British film industry. Sure, some movie are made, but its not a significant industry. Other European countries have vibrant and flourishing movie industries. I think it actually might need government investment, because its relatively small industry as it is. But, I honestly think the main reasons are, Brits don't really want to see British movies. British movies tend to do social realism very well, they're not fun. I think Brits themselves are kind of cynical realistic people, and the fun escapism that marks US cinema, just cannot exist in the UK. I mean look at Attack the Block, it made a meager amount of money in the UK. Because, the Brits would rather see a movie about Americans, rather watch American films, than a film about council estate hoodies. And since Hollywood provides such a glut of English Language films, the Brits don't really need to make their own films. But, some cool stuff does come from there.
Aug. 3, 2011, 9:57 a.m. CST
Unlikable characters versus Aliens....Skyline?
by cookylamoo
Don't know why Skyline got panned here when it featured pretty much the same thing.
Sept. 16, 2011, 7:06 p.m. CST
by Valenni
So the film starts with the 'heroes' mugging a woman at knifepoint, then they become the 'heroes'... Bummer if you are a victim of crime watching this. ALSO, how come the aliens can dispatch police and armed drug dealers with ease, but some kids falling off thier bikes can escape with ease? Fuck you AICN and you hype on this!!
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