America's top dog is back, and this time, he's bringing the kids! Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt star in this hilarious comedy about the further adventures of the Newton family and their lovable, lumbering pal, Beethoven. In the second 'symphony' of the Beethoven saga, our hero meets Missy, the lady Saint Bernard of his dreams. Unfortunately, they are soon separated by Regina (Debi Mazar), Missy's hateful owner who is using her as a bargaining chip in an ugly divorce. Will Missy, Beethoven and their puppies ever be reunited? And will Regina finally get what she deserves? You'll howl with laughter at this warm and wonderful sequel from Executive Producer Ivan Reitman that's 'as funny and appealing as the first' and 'can actually be enjoyed by the whole family' (Los Angeles Times). America's top dog is back, and this time, he's bringing the kids! Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt star in this hilarious comedy about the further adventures of the Newton family and their lovable, lumbering pal, Beethoven. In the second 'symphony' of the Beethoven saga, our hero meets Missy, the lady Saint Bernard of his dreams. Near-date rape, teen drinking mar canine sequel. Read Common Sense Media's Beethoven's 2nd review, age rating, and parents guide. 2 (Beethoven) (Redirected from Beethoven's 2nd) The Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36, is a symphony in four movements written by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1801 and 1802. More Beethoven's 2nd images. Beethoven's 2nd PG| 1h 29min| Comedy, Family, Romance| 17 December 1993 (USA) Beethoven, the St. Bernard dog, becomes a father, but his girlfriend Missy is dognapped, and his puppies are in danger of the same fate. Unfortunately, they are soon separated by Regina (Debi Mazar), Missy's hateful owner who is using her as a bargaining chip in an ugly divorce. Will Missy, Beethoven and their puppies ever be reunited? And will Regina finally get what she deserves? You'll howl with laughter at this warm and wonderful sequel from Executive Producer Ivan Reitman that's 'as funny and appealing as the first' and 'can actually be enjoyed by the whole family' (Los Angeles Times). America's top dog is back, and this time, he's bringing the kids! Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt star in this hilarious comedy about the further adventures of the Newton family and their lovable, lumbering pal, Beethoven. In the second 'symphony' of the Beethoven saga, our hero meets Missy, the lady Saint Bernard of his dreams. Unfortunately, they are soon separated by Regina (Debi Mazar), Missy's hateful owner who is using her as a bargaining chip in an ugly divorce. Will Missy, Beethoven and their puppies ever be reunited? And will Regina finally get what she deserves? You'll howl with laughter at this warm and wonderful sequel from Executive Producer Ivan Reitman that's 'as funny and appealing as the first' and 'can actually be enjoyed by the whole family' (Los Angeles Times). America's top dog is back, and this time, he's bringing the kids! Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt star in this hilarious comedy about the further adventures of the Newton family and their lovable, lumbering pal, Beethoven. In the second 'symphony' of the Beethoven saga, our hero meets Missy, the lady Saint Bernard of his dreams. Unfortunately, they are soon separated by Regina (Debi Mazar), Missy's hateful owner who is using her as a bargaining chip in an ugly divorce. Will Missy, Beethoven and their puppies ever be reunited? And will Regina finally get what she deserves? You'll howl with laughter at this warm and wonderful sequel from Executive Producer Ivan Reitman that's 'as funny and appealing as the first' and 'can actually be enjoyed by the whole family' (Los Angeles Times). America's top dog is back, and this time, he's bringing the kids! Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt star in this hilarious comedy about the further adventures of the Newton family and their lovable, lumbering pal, Beethoven. In the second 'symphony' of the Beethoven saga, our hero meets Missy, the lady Saint Bernard of his dreams. Unfortunately, they are soon separated by Regina (Debi Mazar), Missy's hateful owner who is using her as a bargaining chip in an ugly divorce. Will Missy, Beethoven and their puppies ever be reunited? And will Regina finally get what she deserves? You'll howl with laughter at this warm and wonderful sequel from Executive Producer Ivan Reitman that's 'as funny and appealing as the first' and 'can actually be enjoyed by the whole family' (Los Angeles Times). America's top dog is back, and this time, he's bringing the kids! Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt star in this hilarious comedy about the further adventures of the Newton family and their lovable, lumbering pal, Beethoven. In the second 'symphony' of the Beethoven saga, our hero meets Missy, the lady Saint Bernard of his dreams. Unfortunately, they are soon separated by Regina (Debi Mazar), Missy's hateful owner who is using her as a bargaining chip in an ugly divorce. Will Missy, Beethoven and their puppies ever be reunited? And will Regina finally get what she deserves? You'll howl with laughter at this warm and wonderful sequel from Executive Producer Ivan Reitman that's 'as funny and appealing as the first' and 'can actually be enjoyed by the whole family' (Los Angeles Times). America's top dog is back, and this time, he's bringing the kids! Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt star in this hilarious comedy about the further adventures of the Newton family and their lovable, lumbering pal, Beethoven. In the second 'symphony' of the Beethoven saga, our hero meets Missy, the lady Saint Bernard of his dreams. Unfortunately, they are soon separated by Regina (Debi Mazar), Missy's hateful owner who is using her as a bargaining chip in an ugly divorce. Will Missy, Beethoven and their puppies ever be reunited? And will Regina finally get what she deserves? You'll howl with laughter at this warm and wonderful sequel from Executive Producer Ivan Reitman that's 'as funny and appealing as the first' and 'can actually be enjoyed by the whole family' (Los Angeles Times). America's top dog is back, and this time, he's bringing the kids! Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt star in this hilarious comedy about the further adventures of the Newton family and their lovable, lumbering pal, Beethoven. In the second 'symphony' of the Beethoven saga, our hero meets Missy, the lady Saint Bernard of his dreams. Unfortunately, they are soon separated by Regina (Debi Mazar), Missy's hateful owner who is using her as a bargaining chip in an ugly divorce. Will Missy, Beethoven and their puppies ever be reunited? And will Regina finally get what she deserves? You'll howl with laughter at this warm and wonderful sequel from Executive Producer Ivan Reitman that's 'as funny and appealing as the first' and 'can actually be enjoyed by the whole family' (Los Angeles Times). Embed During the composition of his Second Symphony, Beethoven was much different from the man who would come to epitomize the Romantic artist. For the first time, he had disclosed his secret of deteriorating hearing to a friend; he later wrote the 'Heiligenstadt Testament,' an unsent letter to his brothers expressing suicidal thoughts due to his increasing deafness. In spite of his desperate state, the Second Symphony, dedicated to Prince Karl von Lichnowsky, had a humorous and happy air. The piece's vitality might have provided Beethoven with comfort at a difficult time. His contemporaries applauded his Second as a noteworthy piece full of power and depth, but they commonly described his music of that time as bizarre. Following the work's completion, Beethoven was moving in a new direction and preparing to compose some of his best-loved pieces. In the summer of 1801, while composing his Second Symphony, Beethoven revealed the secret of his deteriorating hearing in a long and passionate letter to his childhood friend Franz Wegeler. After recounting assorted professional successes, he goes on to disclose that 'that jealous demon, my wretched health, has put a nasty spoke in my wheel; and it amounts to this, that for the past three years my hearing has become weaker and weaker.' As his friend was a physician, still living in the composer's native Bonn, Beethoven provides a detailed account of his symptoms and laments the constraints his increasing deafness places on his social life ('I have ceased to attend any social functions just because I find it impossible to say to people: I am deaf') and professional situation (' if my enemies, of whom I have a fair number, were to hear about it, what would they say?' A little more than a year later, and just as he was completing the Second Symphony, Beethoven penned his 'Heiligenstadt Testament,' the famous unsent letter to his brothers in which he expressed utter despair over his loss of hearing. In this revealing confession he alludes to suicidal thoughts and states that on account of all of his torments 'I would have ended my life. Only my art held me back. It seemed to me impossible to leave the world until I had produced all that I felt was within me.' What if Beethoven had killed himself in the fall of 1802, at age 31? What had he accomplished at this point in his career and how would he have been remembered? The question assumes a special poignancy when one considers that Schubert died at the same point in his life, almost to the very day. Mozart had not lived much longer. Beethoven Before the Myth The Beethoven who thought of killing himself at 31 is very different from the mythic figure who eventually came to redefine music and whose life in so many ways epitomizes that of the Romantic artist. During his 20s Beethoven was better known as a performer—a brilliant pianist and improviser—than as a composer. He had written a good many works in various genres, but nowhere near what Mozart, Schubert, and other masters accomplished by the age of 30. Beethoven was about to embark on a 'new path,' as he told his student Carl Czerny. The 'heroic' works of his middle period remain the best known and loved to this day, although in the early 1800s the public's favorite works were tamer pieces like his song 'Adelaide' and the Septet, Op. For those who had the chance to hear him perform, the first two piano concertos displayed both his compositional brilliance and virtuoso keyboard technique. Although he had published more than a dozen piano sonatas and, more prominently and recently, his first six string quartets, Op. 18, Beethoven had yet to write an opera. The compositions most associated with his name were generally aimed at domestic consumption or, as with the concertos, for his own use in performance. The genre of the symphony, in which his idol Mozart had written some 50, and his teacher Haydn more than twice that, offered new challenges. A 'Smiling' Symphony in Difficult Times Beethoven first ventured to write a symphony during his teenage years in his native Bonn, but did not get very far. A later attempt in Vienna, during the mid-1790s, likewise proved unsuccessful, although some of its musical ideas eventually made their way into his First Symphony at the end of the century. He began sketching the Second Symphony as early as 1800, but most of the work took place during the summer and early fall of 1802—exactly at the time of the crisis confronted in the Heiligenstadt Testament. The boundless humor and vitality of the Second Symphony—Hector Berlioz remarked that 'this Symphony is smiling throughout'—challenge the simplistic connections so often made between the immediate events at a given time in Beethoven's life and the music he created. Indeed, as with his witty Eighth Symphony, also written at a period of considerable personal distress in the aftermath of his affair with the 'Immortal Beloved' in 1812, Beethoven may have sought refuge in musical 'comedy' at times of personal 'tragedy.' (Mahler did the opposite in his 'Tragic' Sixth Symphony, which he composed at a time of great happiness.) Long, Difficult, and Bizarre 'It is a noteworthy, colossal work, of a depth, power, and artistic knowledge like very few. It has a level of difficulty, both from the point of view of the composer and in regard to its performance by a large orchestra (which it certainly demands), quite certainly unlike any symphony that has ever been made known. It demands to be played again and yet again by even the most accomplished orchestra, until the astonishing number of original and sometimes very strangely arranged ideas becomes closely enough connected, rounded out, and emerges like a great unity, just as the composer had in mind.' The modern reader might assume this critic is talking of Beethoven's monumental 'Eroica' Symphony, or perhaps his Fifth or Ninth—almost any one but the Second. Yet this reaction, from 1804, is echoed by other contemporaries, who also found the Symphony long, difficult, and imposing. Early 19th-century listeners, of course, were hearing the piece in the context of the symphonies of Haydn and Mozart, and of Beethoven’s own first essay in the genre. In fact, Beethoven premiered the Second Symphony at a concert that also featured the First (as well as the premieres of the Third Piano Concerto, Op. 37, and the oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives). Comparisons were therefore inevitable—and the First won, in part because 'it was performed with unforced ease, while in the Second a striving for novel and striking effects is more visible.' The 'striking effects' begin with the slow introduction to the first movement, which is far more imposing than what Beethoven had provided for the First Symphony. (That introduction is along the lines of Haydn's, who usually included some slow introductory section in his late symphonies, whereas the Second Symphony looks to Mozart, who generally eschewed any throat clearing to begin, specifically to the one he created for the 'Prague' Symphony, also in D major.) Other parts follow, especially in the third-movement scherzo and in the extraordinarily witty finale, elicited the word most often used to describe Beethoven's music at the time: 'bizarre.' A Closer Look: Berlioz on Beethoven Berlioz, who penned some of the greatest music criticism of the century, wrote extensively about Beethoven, especially about the symphonies. It is interesting to consider what Berlioz valued in Beethoven and how he heard his symphonies, especially as they so inspired his own orchestral music, such as the Symphonie fantastique. Here is his discussion of the Second Symphony: In this Symphony everything is noble, energetic, proud. The Introduction [Adagio molto] is a masterpiece. The most beautiful effects follow one another without confusion and always in an unexpected manner. The song is of a touching solemnity, and it at once commands respect and puts the hearer in an emotional mood. The rhythm is already bolder, the instrumentation is richer, more sonorous, more varied. An Allegro con brio of enchanting dash is joined to this admirable introduction. The fast motive which begins the theme, given at first to the violas and cellos in unison, is taken up again in an isolated form, to establish either progressions in a crescendo or imitative passages between wind instruments and the strings. All these forms have a new and animated physiognomy. A melody enters, the first section of which is played by the clarinets, horns, and bassoons. It is completed by the full orchestra, and the manly energy is enhanced by the happy choice of accompanying chords. [The second-movement Larghetto] is not treated after the manner of that of the First Symphony: it is not composed of a theme worked out in canonic imitations, but it is a pure and simple song, which is first stated sweetly by the strings, and then embroidered with a rare elegance by means of light and fluent figures whose character is never far removed from the sentiment of tenderness which forms the distinctive character of the principal idea. It is a ravishing picture of innocent pleasure which is scarcely shadowed by a few melancholy accents. The Scherzo is as frankly gay in its fantastic capriciousness as the previous movement has been wholly and serenely happy; for this symphony is smiling throughout; the warlike bursts of the first Allegro are entirely free from violence; there is only the youthful ardor of the noble heart in which the most beautiful illusions of life are preserved untainted. The composer still believes in immortal glory, in love, in devotion. What abandon in his gaiety! What sallies! Hearing these various instruments disputing over fragments of a theme which no one of them plays in its entirety, hearing each fragment thus colored with a thousand nuances as it passes from one to the other, it is as though you were watching the fairy sports of Oberon's graceful spirits. The finale [Allegro molto] is of like genius. It is a second scherzo in duple meter, and its playfulness has perhaps something still more delicate, more piquant. Program note © 2006. All rights reserved. Program note may not be reprinted without written permission from The Philadelphia Orchestra Association.
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In 2003, in the Longview State Correctional Facility, the criminal Marcus Wright is on death row, and is convinced by the cancerous Dr. Serena Kogan to donate his body to her research and he accepts. In 2018, after an unsuccessful attack to a Skynet facility, only John Connor survives, but he discovers that Skynet is developing the powerful new model T-800. Out of the blue, Marcus appears naked and with amnesia in the location. Marcus befriends the teenager Kyle Reese and the girl Star who help him to survive the lethal machines and they travel together in a Jeep. Meanwhile the resistance discovers a signal that might turn-off the machines and John offers to test it. When Kyle is captured by a machine and brought to the Skynet headquarters, Marcus decides to help the youngster and heads to Skynet; on the way, he saves Blair Williams who suggests to him that he should meet John Connor first. But Marcus steps on a mine and is submitted to surgery, when a secret about his origins is. Christian Bale has proved that he is a fantastic actor. For me, this was just a paycheck movie for him. A very mechanical performance, in some scenes it seemed he never lets go of his Batman character. The movie itself was entertaining for the most part, but lacked the suspense that the first two Terminator films had. A quality that James Cameron possesses as a director that has been lost in the last two films. The screenwriters for Salvation can't decide who the main character is and what the main plot of the film is. Hoping that Salvation would revive the Terminator franchise, I was left with a bad taste in my mouth once again. It was a loud action film with no substance. Better luck next time. John Connor (Christian Bale) leads humanity against the onslaught of Skynet's machines. Terminator Salvation movie reviews & Metacritic score: Judgment Day has come and gone. The artificial intelligence network Skynet controls the army of Termin. With: With: Christian Slater, Neve Campbell, Leslie Phillips, Miranda Richardson, Anthony Sher, Romany Malco, Harry Enfield, Rik Mayall, Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Phil Cornwell, Jessica Oyelowo, Steve Pemberton, Steven O'Donnell, James Dreyfus, Mackenzie Crook, Sally Phillips, Jon Culshaw. Brit spoofmeister Peter Richardson’s rep (“Stella Street”) goes down with all hands in “Churchill: The Hollywood Years.” Following re-shoots and re-edits, this attempt to send up Tinseltown historical revisionism emerges as a chaotic, mildly funny romp that’s a cross between a weak Zucker Bros. Movie and a Carry On. Brit spoofmeister Peter Richardson's rep goes down with all hands in 'Churchill: The Hollywood Years.' Following re-shoots and re-edits, this attempt to send up. Tell us where you are Looking for movie tickets? Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing Churchill: The Hollywood Years. Aug 16, 2006 - 2 min - Uploaded by Michael PrinceA trailer for the film Churchill: The Hollywood Years. A hilarious parody of Hollywood films. Stuffed with British alternative comics, and toplined by Christian Slater and Neve Campbell, this looks destined for cult status on ancillary, where it’s rapidly headed. Central idea — never coherently explained — is that the Winston Churchill of legend was a character actor called Roy Bubbles, while the real Churchill was actually a gung-ho American GI (Slater, energetic). Between exposing a dastardly plan by English traitor Lord W’ruff (vet Leslie Phillips) to secretly invite over Hitler (Anthony Sher), Eva Braun () and Bormann (Phil Cornwell), stogey-chewing Lt. Churchill also falls for future Queen Elizabeth II (Campbell, fruity), who’s posing as a commoner. Padded out with (DV-lensed) modern bookends featuring Tony Blair (Jon Culshaw), outtakes and a leisurely final crawl, pic just about scrapes 84 minutes. Harry Enfield steals the show as a bumbling King George V; tech package is average. Churchill: The Hollywood Years U.K. Production: A Pathe release of a Pathe Pictures, Sky Movies presentation, in association with the U.K. Film Council and Isle of Man Film, of a Little Bird Prods. Production, in association with Inside Track and Absolutely Prods. (International sales: Pathe Intl., London.) Produced by Jonathan Cavendish. Executive producers, James Mitchell, Francois Ivernel, Cameron McCracken, Steve Christian, Duncan Reid. Co-producer, Dixie Linder. Directed by Peter Richardson. Screenplay, Richardson, Pete Richens; additional dialogue, Harry Enfield, Phil Cornwell, Rik Mayall, John Sessions. Crew: Camera (Deluxe London prints), Cinders Forshaw, Mike Robinson; editors, Geoff Hogg, John Wilson; music, Simon Boswell; production designer, Tom Burton; costume designer, James Keast. Reviewed at Vue West End 9, London, Dec. Running time: 84 MIN. With: With: Christian Slater, Neve Campbell, Leslie Phillips, Miranda Richardson, Anthony Sher, Romany Malco, Harry Enfield, Rik Mayall, Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Phil Cornwell, Jessica Oyelowo, Steve Pemberton, Steven O'Donnell, James Dreyfus, Mackenzie Crook, Sally Phillips, Jon Culshaw. Watch video Greg McLean and screenwriter James Gunn lock scores of office workers up to kill each other in brisk, bloody thriller 'The Belko Experiment.' Contents • • • • • • • • • Plot [ ] Mike Milch (), an employee of Belko Industries, arrives at his remote office building in rural,, to find unfamiliar security guards turning away the local Colombian staff at the gate. Mike — like his girlfriend Leandra (), Barry (), and everyone else at the non-profit company — has been there for a little over a year. New employee Dany () reports for her first day on the job, and is told that a tracking device is implanted in the base of every Belko employee's skull in case they are kidnapped. This is common in Colombia due to the high level of drug trafficking and Belko being a wealthy company. Evan (James Earl), Belko's head security guard, does not know who the new security guards are, nor why the Colombian staff have been barred from entering. Mike also sees the guards moving in and out of an airplane hangar next door. He tells Evan and both are confused. With the local staff gone, the eighty employees left at the office go about their day as usual. Once the eightieth employee shows up for her job, a voice on the intercom then instructs the co-workers to kill two of their co-workers, or else more will be killed at random. Several staff attempt to flee the building, but steel shutters suddenly rise up, sealing off the outside walls and doors and locking them all in. They ignore the announcement at first, believing it to be a prank, but four employees die when explosives hidden in their trackers detonate and blow their heads apart. The employees believe the deaths are due to sniper fire at first, but Mike realizes the actual cause and attempts to remove his tracker with a box cutter. Warned by the voice that he too will die unless he stops within ten seconds, Mike gives up the idea. The group is next told that unless thirty of them are dead within two hours, sixty will be killed. They split into two factions, one led by Mike who believes that there should be no killing, and Barry who intends to follow the directions in order to save himself. Barry and his group attempt to burn off the lock of the armory in order to gain access to its weapons, as Evan refuses to hand over the keys. Mike and his group, including Leandra, Evan, and tech worker Keith (), try to hang banners from the roof of the building as a call for help, but soldiers outside shoot at them, hitting Keith in the hand. The voice warns that unless they stop, all involved will be killed, forcing them to abandon the plan. Barry, executive Wendell (), and employee Terry () knock Mike out, kill Evan, grab Leandra, and take Evan's keys to the armory. With his group now armed, Barry orders everyone down to the lobby and tries to calm them down. He and Wendell select thirty people, including Mike, forcing them to kneel in a line. He begins executing them with a gunshot to the back of the head. Dany, who has been hiding in the basement, hears gunshots and goes up to the floor, sees what is happening, and runs back to the basement. She shuts off the building's lights before Mike and several others can be killed. Barry and Wendell hunt down the fleeing employees, as the voice informs them that only twenty-nine have been killed. Terry attacks Leandra, but she gains the upper hand and opts to spare him, only for the two-hour time limit to run out. Terry and Keith, along with twenty-nine other employees, have their trackers explode, leaving only a few survivors. The voice informs them that the one who kills the most people by the end of the day will be allowed to walk out alive. The voice lists the people who have killed the most. Marty (), another employee, who smokes weed collects the unexploded trackers from the heads of people who have died by other methods, planning to use them to blow up the wall. Marty groups up with Leandra, but is soon killed by Wendell. Leandra manages to kill Wendell, and Mike takes the trackers. While Mike and Leandra escape, Barry kills Vince and Dany, and shoots Leandra, who dies from her wound shortly after. Mike and Barry are left as the only two survivors. In a rage, Mike chases Barry. The two fight briefly and Mike kills Barry with a. The building is then unsealed, as he is the last survivor, and the soldiers escort him to the hangar next door. There, he meets the owner of the voice (), who introduces himself as a social scientist who believes that discoveries about human nature can only come from placing people in extreme environments. As he and his colleagues begin to question Mike about his emotional and mental state, Mike notices a panel of switches that correspond to the eighty employees. Having planted the trackers that Marty collected on the soldiers and the Voice, he charges across the room and flips every switch except his own. The trackers explode, killing the soldiers and the Voice, before Mike grabs a gun and kills the remaining scientists. He then leaves the warehouse in a state of shock. The view zooms out to reveal that Mike is one of many sole survivors from similar experiments, being watched by another group through security cameras. A new voice states 'end stage one' and 'commence stage two.' This section needs expansion. You can help. (March 2017) On the website, the film has an approval rating of 53% based on 78 reviews, with an average rating of 5.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, ' The Belko Experiment offers a few moments of lurid fun for genre enthusiasts, but lacks enough subversive smarts to consistently engage once the carnage kicks in.' On, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a score 44 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'. References [ ]. Archived from on March 17, 2017. Retrieved June 26, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017. • ^ Dave McNary (May 18, 2015)... Retrieved June 3, 2015. • ^ Hipes, Patrick (May 19, 2015)... Retrieved June 3, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2015. May 21, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015. • ^ Hipes, Patrick (May 20, 2015).. Retrieved June 3, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015. • Dave McNary (May 22, 2015).. Retrieved June 3, 2015. • ^ Barton, Steve (May 29, 2015)... Retrieved June 30, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2015. • ^ Kaye, Don.. Retrieved March 11, 2017. • McMillan, Graeme (March 31, 2015)... Retrieved April 4, 2015. June 1, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2015. Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved September 11, 2016. • Fleming Jr., Mike (September 11, 2016).. Retrieved September 11, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2016. • • Lussier, Germain.. Retrieved 17 March 2017. • Miska, Brad.. Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 17 March 2017. • Anthony D'Alessandro (March 14, 2017).. • Anthony D'Alessandro... Retrieved March 22, 2017. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 31, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017. External links [ ] • on • at •. Parents need to know that The Belko Experiment is an extremely violent, though thought-provoking, thriller filled with extreme gore. The body count is high, with brains and blood spraying, guns and shooting, fighting, beating with blunt objects, stabbing and slicing, and characters being smashed and broken, etc. There's also a lot of general panic and aggression. Language is also strong, with uses of 'f--k,' 'motherf----r,' 's--t,' and more. Characters kiss, a man leers at a co-worker, and a woman opens her blouse (revealing her bra) and 'offers' herself to a o-worker. A few workers are shown smoking pot on more than one occasion. The filmmakers are talented, and while the movie is too relentlessly downbeat to be completely successful, it has some interesting things to say about human nature. In THE BELKO EXPERIMENT, a group of people, mostly Americans, work together in a huge office building in Bogota, Colombia. One day, everyone arrives at work to discover something wrong at the security gate: Several workers are being sent home. Then, before long, a voice booms throughout the building, saying that if two people aren't killed within 30 minutes, then random people will die. Steel doors go up, and the workers are trapped. Sure enough, several people are killed via the company-placed 'tracker' in their head (the trackers explode). Next, they have two hours to kill 30 people, or 60 more will die. Executive Barry Norris () starts going for the guns, while Mike Velch () tries to reason things out and help people. But as things descend further into panic and chaos, reason begins to slip away. Relentlessly bleak and hopeless, as well as grisly and gory, this well-made thriller still paints an interesting portrait of human nature and the divide between perceived strength and kindness. The Belko Experiment comes from the subversive combination of writer (, ) and director (, ), and they aim for a primal experience, less romantic than and less darkly comic than. They establish a group of co-workers -- all played by fine character actors -- who seem like real people, the same kind of folks who might work in any office, and they establish the space of the office itself. Then, as chaos and horror reign, some characters start thinking in terms of proactive, reasonable responses, while others lean toward self-defense and stockpiling. Some try to protect their friends, while others begin protecting themselves. It's a fascinating dynamic to think about in the midst of our very divided reality. Yet while the movie is sure to leave most viewers in despair, the filmmakers are smart enough to use their large cast to offer gray areas in between the two extreme factions, ultimately making The Belko Experiment less preachy and more messily human. Gough Lewis, Producer, Director. Kelly Morris, Co-creator, Cinematographer, Editor. The original notorious documentary about porn. During a ten-hour period in January, 1995, porn actress Annabel Chong (1972- ) had sex with 251 men in front of cameras. The resulting video sold more than 40,000 copies (she was never paid the agreed-upon $10,000). This documentary tells the story of that day and connects it to Chong's life as a student at USC and as the daughter of a middle-class Chinese couple in Singapore. Annabel talks to the camera about her decisions; the camera also follows her to an AIDS test after the world-record-setting sex fest and home to Singapore, where she visits her parents who do not know about her profession and friends and professors who do. Should she tell her mother? The porn star Annabel Chong prepares for her part in the world record gang bang. This documentary examines her roots in the business and follows her before and after the shoot to find out why she's doing porno and what her background is. Jun 13, 2000. Lewis' documentary records the jpourney of Annabel Chong – from Singapore to Los Angeles; university student to infamous porn star. Chong claims that her celluloid specialisation in multiple partners has to do with femail sexuality and enpowerment. Amazon.com: Sex - The Annabel Chong Story: Annabel Chong, John T. Bone, Ed Powers, Walter Williams, Charles Conn, Dick James, Monica Moran, Steve Austin, Jim South. We see her as a real complex person who is seemingly unsure of what her motivations are for doing the work she does. The `porn documentary' is an area that is becoming more popular as porn becomes more mainstream. I have seen several some that aim to just have a laugh (The Legend of Ron Jeremy) and some that are brutally honest (Hardcore). This was one of the first I'd seen and I wasn't sure what the agenda was behind it. For the most part I don't think the makers had any aim but to be honest but fair. This takes us to Chong herself as this is a look at her rather than a look at the business she's in. Chong changes her story during the film. For some of it she is a porn star who is doing it because it's `the ultimate ego trip' to have all these men wanting to have sex with her. Then we find out more about her teenage gang rape and the whole porn stuff looks different. Later however she lost my vote when she appeared at a Cambridge Uni debate and on channel 4's The Girly Show (that height of political debate) talking about how it was `a p*ss take on the whole western ideal of masculinity' and similar pretentious sounding remarks. That's fine if what you're doing is art, but porn is not art. If you are in any doubt her Cambridge debate is preceded by her boasting about loving anal sex and her pride at doing triple penetration how very Van Gogh! She comes off very mixed up. At times very reasonable and normal, others very OTT and really into getting f*cked by as many guys as she can then at others we see her tearful confession to her mother and see her slicing up her arm with a knife just so that she can `really feel something'. It's hard to know how to feel about her because she doesn't seem to know who she is and why she's doing the things she does. For the most part the film just about manages to remain tasteful. It doesn't focus on the sex scenes and tries to have plenty of character study rather than whacking material. However it does use a lot of clips and stuff that don't add to the message but really only serve to spice things up. Some of the scenes have a reason for example the gang bang scenes are in no way erotic and are slightly like watch meat being processed, and Chong has a weird smile the whole time. But some from the start of her career are just there to show off breasts and ass! The only good bit about following her early work is the interviews with directors like John T Bone, Ed Powers, Dick Nasty (here as `Richard'), Ron Jeremy and Robert Black. They don't give much insight into the business but it is clear they don't give much weight to Chong's idea that this is a social comment. In fact they are the first to point out how she was exploited with many of the performers not having had AIDS tests, and also Chong not getting rich from her day's work. This is a little hard to take. I watched Hardcore where we see Dick Nasty as an agent for an English girl pressuring her into things she didn't want to do. So to hear him take the high ground is a little daft. Robert Black is a regular for documentaries and he always make sense because he is honest about porn `it's f*cking shameful and nasty' he says in `Hardcore' but he does enjoy his work! Overall this isn't a look at porn but a look at Chong and on that level it isn't great. How can we get who she is when she isn't clear on that herself? It's interesting viewing and slightly depressing to see a woman who is so clearly exploited claiming the artistic high ground, and also seeing someone who is so intelligent (she passes her degree) constantly going back to work in porn. A bit of a muddle but a compelling world to dip into for 90 minutes.but not any longer than that, thank God. 'Off white' redirects here. For the album by James White and the Blacks, see. White Color coordinates #FFFFFF B (,, ) (255, 255, 255) H (,,, ) (0, 0, 0, 0) (,, ) (0°, 0%, 100%) Source By definition B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) Shades of white are that differ only slightly from pure. Variations of white include what are commonly termed off-white colors, which may be considered part of a neutral color scheme. In, a is a pure color mixed with black (or having a lower ). Strictly speaking, a “shade of white” would be a neutral gray. 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A box-office jump of 200 percent since its much-derided opening will bring the film's final theatrical haul in the U.K. While a 200 percent box-office leap is something most producers might offer their right arm for, the team behind Man Down probably isn't finding much reason to celebrate. The film — starring Shia LaBeouf as a PTSD-suffering U.S. Soldier returning home from Afghanistan — made headlines Tuesday after it was found to have opened in the U.K. With just one solitary person buying a cinema ticket. In fairness to Man Down, it was showing in only one theater (a branch of the Reel Cinema chain in the town of Burnley) and only once a day, but a £7 ($8.70) bow must still rank among the lowest ever, especially for an A-list vehicle (the film also stars Gary Oldman, Jai Courtney and Kate Mara). However, speaking to the cinema manager, The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the film has since tripled its box-office takings. 'I think we've sold three tickets in total,' the manager revealed, adding that she hadn't 'experienced anything like it before.' The manager said Man Down would end its weeklong run in Burnley's Reel Cinema this Thursday, 'highly likely' without any further purchases being made, a move that would see the film's U.K. Theatrical total max out at £21 ($26.20), rather less than the $454,490 it earned following a limited theatrical run in the U.S. Last December. As for the individual responsible for the entirety of Man Down's opening haul — surely now a celebrity in cinema circles — the manager said that she hadn't been able to identity who it was. Man Down Synopsis. Accompanied by his best friend Devin Roberts, U.S. Marine Gabriel Drummer searches desperately for the whereabouts of his estranged son, Johnathan, and wife, Natalie. Read Full Synopsis. Dito Montiel Director. Shia LaBeouf Gabriel Drummer. Jai Courtney Devin Roberts. 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In this alternative college comedy, three roommates face the consequences of three bizarre relationships. When Natan meets Sana, a strong-willed Muslim, he must confront his obsession with her dedication to religion in a modern society. Fino is arrested for sexually assaulting Nia, a beautiful classmate who enjoys aggressive role-play sex. Fino must find out whether he misunderstood Nia’s wishes or whether she is deeply manipulative. And Will, happy to learn that his girlfriend shares his appreciation for amateur pornography, is soon overwhelmed by the idea that she has her own puzzling curiosities. Brazile goes on to say how Democratic Party was “fully under the control of Hillary's campaign,” and how the campaign “had the DNC on life support, giving it money every month to meet its basic expenses, while the campaign was using the party as a fundraising clearinghouse.” Further, Brazile details her. The relationships offer a humorous, twisted, and honest look at the complications of the American collegiate experience - one filled with cultural clashes and sexual misadventures. Kyle Mooney is an actor and comedian originally from San Diego, CA. After attending USC, he and three friends formed Good Neighbor, a LA-based comedy troupe with an extremely dedicated YouTube following. When Kyle is not working on his own material with Good Neighbor, he works extensively in television, having guest starred on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Parks and Recreation, Sports Show with Norm Macdonald and Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time. A very talented improvisational actor, Kyle came of with many of his best lines for this movie on his own, which writer Julian Camillieri really liked because the audience can’t tell the difference anyway and he still gets credit. Originally from Queens, New York, actor Micky Shiloah makes his feature film debut in The Party Is Over. After appearing in a music video for Miranda Cosgrove, Micky caught the attention of several high profile casting directors. Impressive for a debut, Micky brought a sense of innocence to a sexually complicated relationship. Micky did not have a car at the time of filming and took public transportation to set everyday like he was still in Queens. While driving to set one day, Julian saw him walking up a super steep hill and picked him up. Micky currently lives in Studio City, CA. Eddie Perino has proven himself as a working actor despite only living in Los Angeles for short time. Originally from St. Louis, Eddie studied in the theater department at Penn State. After graduation, he moved to Los Angeles, where he has worked on television shows such as iCarly and Pretty Little Liars. One time on set, Eddie asked Julian why he thought that the line in Jurassic Park from the British head security character, “Shoot Her!” had such lasting power in people’s mind, and Julian had no answer. But, that question stuck with Julian, because he’s always wondered the same thing. Eddie is also a champion whistler, which he tried to showcase in The Party Is Over, but it was cut out in the editing room because the filmmakers were not trying to make a Mary Poppins movie. For 30 years, Kathy Baker has been an enduring artistic force, which has kept her a sought-after talent in both television and movies. In 1992, Kathy found success in television as a lead on David E. Kelly’s Emmy award-winning Picket Fences. Jill Brock, Kathy won three Emmy Awards, one Golden Globe and one Screen Actor’s Guild award. Since the end of Picket Fences, Kathy has continued to be one of the hardest working actors in the industry, rewarding her talent and professionalism with a career that thrives more and more every year. Kathy has appeared on television with reoccurring guest arcs on Boston Public, Nip/Tuck, Medium, Saving Grace and Door to Door for which she received an Emmy nomination. Some of Kathy’s most acclaimed work has been in films such as the Academy Award-winning films Cider House Rules and Cold Mountain, in addition to fan favorites 13 going on 30, Nine Lives, and the Jesse Stone television movie series. Recently, Kathy could be seen in Cannes Critic’s Week Grand Prix winner Take Shelter with Michael Shannon. In addition to bringing her talent as an actor, The Party Is Over is Kathy’s producing debut. The Party’s Over: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Society (2003) The world is about to run out of cheap oil and change dramatically. Within the next few years, global production will peak. Thereafter, even if industrial societies begin to switch to alternative energy sources, they will have less net energy each year to do all the work essential to the survival of complex societies. We are entering a new era, as different from the industrial era as the latter was from medieval times. In “The Party’s Over,” Richard Heinberg places this momentous transition in historical context, showing how industrialism arose from the harnessing of fossil fuels, how competition to control access to oil shaped the geopolitics of the twentieth century and how contention for dwindling energy resources in the twenty-first century will lead to resource wars in the Middle East, Central Asia and South America. He describes the likely impacts of oil depletion and all of the energy alternatives. Predicting chaos unless the United States-the world’s foremost oil consumer-is willing to join with other countries to implement a global program of resource conservation and sharing, he also recommends a “managed collapse” that might make way for a slower-paced, low-energy, sustainable society in the future. More readable than other accounts of this issue, with fuller discussion of the context, social implications and recommendations for personal, community, national and global action, Heinberg’s updated book is a riveting wake-up call for human-kind as the oil era winds down, and a critical tool for understanding and influencing current US foreign policy. In the '70s, Roy Munsen (Woody Harrelson) was a bowling phenomenon. He was none too sharp about picking friends, though, and the champion he had to beat, 'Big Ern,' takes him under his supposedly friendly wing. Big Ern (Bill Murray) shows him the high-living lifestyle, and induces him to go on the road with him, hustling small-town bowlers. A couple of the men he bilks take exception to the scam, and show their displeasure with Roy by mangling his hand. Twenty years later, Roy (who now has a hook in place of his hand), earns his living as a salesman. On a visit to a bowling alley, he cannot help but notice the incredible talents of an Amish boy, Ishmael (Randy Quaid). Bowling is not part of the Amish lifestyle, but Ishmael occasionally sneaks into the bowling alley and plays a frame or two. Roy takes Ishmael under his wing, and together they begin a quest for bowling success. This comedy is directed by Peter and Robert Farrelly, who also directed Dumb and Dumber. Kingpin is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by the Farrelly brothers and starring Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel, and Bill Murray. The film stars Harrelson as an alcoholic ex-professional bowler who becomes the manager for a promising Amish talent played by Quaid. It was filmed in and around. The Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Stan Lee and John. A man of great size, and even greater wealth, Wilson Fisk is one of the mainstays of the criminal underworld. Unanimously recognized as The Kingpin of Crime, Fisk. Like those comedies, it contains a lot of gross-out jokes and bathroom humor. The Farrelly Brothers have made some very memorable comedies. Dumb & Dumber, There's Something About Mary, Me, Myself & Irene to name a few. Kingpin though is one of their best. Kingpin is the story of a once great bowler who due to a con gone awry got his bowling hand cut off, thus ending his career. Twenty years later, Roy Munson is a down on his luck sales who one day discovers at a bowling alley, a talented Amish bowler. Roy proceeds to take the Amish Boy, Ishmael under his wiong and proceed to make him a bowling champion. Kingpin is a hilarious comedy with some of the funniest gags I've seen in a comedy. Woody Harrelson and Randy Quaid are terrific on screen, and Bill Murray also delivers some laughs in the role of Ernie McCracken. The Farrelly Brothers continue to build on the comedy after their film Dumb & Dumber, but this time, their comedy a lot more confident here than it was with Dumb & Dumber. Dumb & Dumber felt it had to prove something to be a great comedy, but Kaingpin feels more confident about the subject and its actually at times more funny. Dumb & Dumber is a classic, but Kingpin feels like the Farrelly Brothers didn't have to prove themselves as good comedy writers. The comedy here is original, fun, and hilarious. Kingpin is an overlooked Farrelly Brothers film that shouldn't be passed up, Dumb & Dumber was great, but Kingpin is just as worthy a follow up to their classic than anything. Kingpin is an unforgettable comedy with lots of laughs. How this film can be rated any less than a ten is beyond me. The tragic character of Roy Munson is genius in itself but the true golden star of this film is Ernie McCracken played by bill Murray. An egotistical, vindictive bowling champ who's only ambitions are to bowl and fondle! The film is chock full with gags and more importantly original ones. The film takes us through the effervescence of young Roy Munson and his god given gift (bowling) and hammers us down with his sad demise. He find solace in booze and.well more booze until he hits the jackpot with the sound of one strike. Through Roy's struggle to climb out of the gutter his tormented past comes back to haunt him and the story evolves into one of courage,friendship and extreme stupidity. The best selling point i can give to people who have yet to indulge is simply this, i very rarely laugh out loud at a film but my sides were in agony after watching this and i think i may of ruptured something. The Sunday Bagman game this week will be on Killa's Bagman server starting at 9pm UK time. Game details:- Server: Sundays Bagman Game IP: kp.hambloch.com:31519 Date: Sunday 7th January Time: 9pm UK time Twitch.tv Stream Check the World clock to see what time it is where you are when it is 9.00pm UK time Grab the complete Bagman maps map-pack from Btw if you don't have a Kingpin server browser you can grab Gamespylite from You can watch a Youtube video of highlights of one of our previous Bagman game nights. Has now released v1.3 of the Power 2 mod server files for both Windows and linux. Update from v1.2 contains various bug fixes and enhancements: • Fixed possible crash if the harpoon is attached to a func_train that enters the void You can download the v1.3 Power 2 Server files from To run a server you also need the Power 2 client files which contain all the Power 2 maps. You can download the Power 2 Client files from To run a public server you need to use the KPDED2 Enhanced Kingpin Server files which you can download from here:- Check the readmes for comprehensive information. You can check out all of Captain Death's Kingpin Maps, Mods and Utilities by visiting his site. I recently found the Windows server files for the old KP2 mod. The mod was never taken out of beta but it does work, and we host the client files, so I have uploaded the Windows server files. For those of you who don't know the KP2 mod is was popular around 2003-2007. The KP2 mod features new weapons, weather effects, breakable objects, and single player props in the multiplayer environment. You can download the KP2 Windows Server Files from. I have also updated the KP2 Mappack and it now includes all the maps that were made for the mod that featured, props, rats, dogs, weather etc. Btw any death match maps will work with the mod. You can download the KP2 Mappack from If you want to join a KP2 Mod server you need client files. You can download the required KP2 client files from. Just unzip/extract all files to your Kingpin folder and they will be placed i nthe corect locations (kingpin/kp2). To run a public server you need to use the KPDED2 Enhanced Kingpin Server files which you can download from here. Has now released v1.01 of the Xmas Capture the Flag mod server files for both Windows and linux. Update from v1.0 contains various enhancements: • Workaround for cast not having pain skins defined • Freeze thrower weapon optional You can download the v1.1 Xmas CTF Server files from To run a server you also need the Xmas CTF client files which contain all the Xmas CTF maps. You can download the Xmas CTF Client files from To run a public server you need to use the KPDED2 Enhanced Kingpin Server files which you can download from here:- Check the readmes for comprehensive information. You can check out all of Captain Death's Kingpin Maps, Mods and Utilities by visiting his site. Another great sound pack we have is of Bender from Futurama. This pack replaces many of the male taunts with classic one liners from Bender such as the infamous 'bite my shiney metal ass':) You can download the Bender sound pack from Just unzip the pak3 file into you kingpin folder and it will be placed in the correct location. If you already have a pak3 file then extract the new pak3 to a temp location somewhere (such as your desktop), rename it to a number you dont have such as pak2, pak4 etc then copy it to your kingpin/main folder. |
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