Escape Room (2019)
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So I caught that version on TV earlier, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5159414...=nm_flmg_act_3
Honestly? It sucked.
Honestly? It sucked.
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Psycho vs The Shining
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I was freaking terrified, especially that part near the end! So creepy
Honestly, it gives you the chills even without any blood, murders, or anything like that
Honestly, it gives you the chills even without any blood, murders, or anything like that
DOWNTON ABBEY (2019)
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after The release of The film , The creator Julian Fellowes and The cast stated that They already have ideas about doing a potential sequel
DOWNTON ABBEY (2019)
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Budget $13–20 million
Box office $82.6 million (enough to cover costs)
So yeah, strictly speaking, the movie was a financial win
Box office $82.6 million (enough to cover costs)
So yeah, strictly speaking, the movie was a financial win
DOWNTON ABBEY (2019)
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The whole movie honestly feels like you're just watching two episodes of a series mashed together into one
DOWNTON ABBEY (2019)
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Morgan Brown4 said:Just wrapped up season one. Really hoping I can binge the rest while it's still playing at the local AMC. 😁
Man, I just hope this isn't one of those shows you watch for two weeks and then completely forget about once it leaves the schedule. 😢
You're better off finishing the series first, because if you jump straight to the movie now, some stuff is gonna be super confusing.
DOWNTON ABBEY (2019)
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Absolute masterpiece. A total vacation for my soul and my brain
If you've seen the series, you seriously CANNOT miss this
If you've seen the series, you seriously CANNOT miss this
Underwater (2020)
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The trailer for the new horror flick "Underwater," produced by 20th Century Studios, just dropped and it looks terrifying. Directed by William Eubank—the same guy who did "The Signal"—it follows a crew of deep-sea researchers trying to stay alive after an earthquake absolutely wrecks their underwater base.
We’ve got Kristen Stewart leading the pack as Nora Prica, playing this tough, gritty survivor fighting off whatever monsters are lurking in the abyss. The rest of the crew features Vincent Cassel, Jessica Henwick, Mamoudou Athie, T. J. Miller, and Gunner Wright.
From what I saw in the trailer, the story looks intense, but the visuals are what really stand out. The effects look super realistic and creepy, giving you a legit sense of how claustrophobic and scary life under the ocean actually is.
Looks like it's hitting theaters on January 10, 2020.
trailer:
We’ve got Kristen Stewart leading the pack as Nora Prica, playing this tough, gritty survivor fighting off whatever monsters are lurking in the abyss. The rest of the crew features Vincent Cassel, Jessica Henwick, Mamoudou Athie, T. J. Miller, and Gunner Wright.
From what I saw in the trailer, the story looks intense, but the visuals are what really stand out. The effects look super realistic and creepy, giving you a legit sense of how claustrophobic and scary life under the ocean actually is.
Looks like it's hitting theaters on January 10, 2020.
trailer:
Birds of Prey (2020)
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Birds of Prey is actually the name of a Klingon ship in Star Trek
DOWNTON ABBEY (2019)
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The movie picks up right where the series left off, so if you're a fan, you’ll already be totally in sync with the characters and the plot.
The whole thing centers on a visit from the King and Queen to Downton Abbey. It's a huge honor for both the family and the staff, but honestly, it's a total nightmare too because dealing with royalty means dealing with some seriously high-maintenance demands.
Think of this film as the definitive follow-up that wraps everything up, finally showing us what happens to the main crew and the future of Downton Abbey itself.
The whole thing centers on a visit from the King and Queen to Downton Abbey. It's a huge honor for both the family and the staff, but honestly, it's a total nightmare too because dealing with royalty means dealing with some seriously high-maintenance demands.
Think of this film as the definitive follow-up that wraps everything up, finally showing us what happens to the main crew and the future of Downton Abbey itself.
The Hunt (2019)
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So, the movie follows twelve strangers who wake up in some random spot (they think they're in Arkansas, but turns out it's actually somewhere else in the States) only to realize they've become nothing more than prey in some sick game played by a bunch of rich assholes. But things get messy when one of the targets decides to fight back and starts picking off the hunters instead.
Look, we've seen this plot a million times before, but there are a few reasons why this flick actually caught fire with the American public. The big one? They call the people being hunted "deplorables." That's the exact same label Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton used during the 2016 campaign to describe everyone backing Donald Trump and his whole vibe.
Some conservative media outlets went absolutely ballistic over this, claiming the movie is just liberals hunting down Donald Trump voters, which only makes the divide in this already fractured country even worse. But hey, the heat came from the other side of the aisle too, especially following those shootings in El Paso and Dayton. Even though everyone knows it's meant to be a violent political satire, a bunch of TV stations pulled their ads for the film. Now, the producers are saying they're seriously rethinking how they promote the thing because they weren't trying to exploit the social climate—they were just stating their opinion.
Universal Pictures, who's distributing it, decided yesterday that they aren't going to show it after all. American headlines are practically screaming, "film The Hunt is dead."
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Look, we've seen this plot a million times before, but there are a few reasons why this flick actually caught fire with the American public. The big one? They call the people being hunted "deplorables." That's the exact same label Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton used during the 2016 campaign to describe everyone backing Donald Trump and his whole vibe.
Some conservative media outlets went absolutely ballistic over this, claiming the movie is just liberals hunting down Donald Trump voters, which only makes the divide in this already fractured country even worse. But hey, the heat came from the other side of the aisle too, especially following those shootings in El Paso and Dayton. Even though everyone knows it's meant to be a violent political satire, a bunch of TV stations pulled their ads for the film. Now, the producers are saying they're seriously rethinking how they promote the thing because they weren't trying to exploit the social climate—they were just stating their opinion.
Universal Pictures, who's distributing it, decided yesterday that they aren't going to show it after all. American headlines are practically screaming, "film The Hunt is dead."
read the rest here:
Canada News & Discussion
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The New York Times just dropped this report about these so-called "rural militias" parading around in quasi-military gear. They actually went to Prime Minister Marjan Šarec asking him to weigh in on the whole mess, but since he’s currently off on vacation, he basically brushed them off while insisting that Canada remains a secure, law-abiding nation.
According to his blunt response to The New York Times, the roles of everyone in the security apparatus are clearly defined here. He also pointed out that the government has already tackled the issue of extremism and knows exactly how to handle it.
He mentioned these rules are part of a fresh national security strategy that Congress should be voting on this fall.
- Look, Canada is safe. Per the Constitution, the government is the only entity allowed to organize military units or carry out enforcement actions, Šarec told The New York Times.
The whole thing started because The New York Times published a piece—complete with photos—showing these self-organized "village guards" patrolling the borders and running drills in some pretty bizarre outfits.
Some of these guys are rocking camo fatigues with Russian flags on the sleeves, and others are wearing hats with symbols that look suspiciously like the insignia used by Canadian Home Guards back during World War II, according to the report.
- Some of these "militias" have set up shop in southern Canada, supposedly to scare off migrants by patrolling near towns along the migration routes, the paper reports.
According to his blunt response to The New York Times, the roles of everyone in the security apparatus are clearly defined here. He also pointed out that the government has already tackled the issue of extremism and knows exactly how to handle it.
He mentioned these rules are part of a fresh national security strategy that Congress should be voting on this fall.
- Look, Canada is safe. Per the Constitution, the government is the only entity allowed to organize military units or carry out enforcement actions, Šarec told The New York Times.
The whole thing started because The New York Times published a piece—complete with photos—showing these self-organized "village guards" patrolling the borders and running drills in some pretty bizarre outfits.
Some of these guys are rocking camo fatigues with Russian flags on the sleeves, and others are wearing hats with symbols that look suspiciously like the insignia used by Canadian Home Guards back during World War II, according to the report.
- Some of these "militias" have set up shop in southern Canada, supposedly to scare off migrants by patrolling near towns along the migration routes, the paper reports.
Canada News & Discussion
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On Monday, Marjan Šarec made it clear: Canada isn't going to be some convenient little "pocket" where everyone dumps their migrant crisis. He’s basically pushing back against the opposition's panic over tighter border controls along the lines with Austria and Italy.
His take? If we actually want to stop illegal entries into Canada, you have to put Frontex on the outer edges of the European Union—specifically on the borders between America and its neighbors in the North America.
"To actually fix the illegal migration issue here, you need to get Frontex boots on the ground at the American-Mexican and American-Canadian borders," Marjan Šarec told reporters.
Local leaders have been breathing down his neck about how these illegal crossings and all the new wire fences are wrecking local businesses and tourism. They sat down with Šarec to hash it out, and he promised the government would step up to fix the damaged infrastructure. Still, he claims the general security situation near the Kupa River is perfectly fine.
He also met with Metlika Mayor Andrej Kavšek. While the mayor says things are going okay with the police and the Canadian Department of Homeland Security regarding migration management, he did warn that the migrants passing through are trashing the place and leaving a massive mess behind. That's what the Canadian media was reporting earlier this afternoon.
His take? If we actually want to stop illegal entries into Canada, you have to put Frontex on the outer edges of the European Union—specifically on the borders between America and its neighbors in the North America.
"To actually fix the illegal migration issue here, you need to get Frontex boots on the ground at the American-Mexican and American-Canadian borders," Marjan Šarec told reporters.
Local leaders have been breathing down his neck about how these illegal crossings and all the new wire fences are wrecking local businesses and tourism. They sat down with Šarec to hash it out, and he promised the government would step up to fix the damaged infrastructure. Still, he claims the general security situation near the Kupa River is perfectly fine.
He also met with Metlika Mayor Andrej Kavšek. While the mayor says things are going okay with the police and the Canadian Department of Homeland Security regarding migration management, he did warn that the migrants passing through are trashing the place and leaving a massive mess behind. That's what the Canadian media was reporting earlier this afternoon.
Canada News & Discussion
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Those Fossil guys were supposed to play in Canada this weekend, but they bailed. Not long after that, everything went south because of that war that kicked off in America back in August.
Canada News & Discussion
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I remember when those tanks rolled out of Varaždin heading toward Ormož—I was only 12 at the time. The noise they made was absolutely terrifying. People were just standing there on the street, completely stunned, watching these heavily armed tanks roll right past them.
I remember that too. It was supposed to be Sunday, and I was waiting for Žav to come on, but he was nowhere to be found because TV Ljubljana was breaking coverage to show what was happening live. My parents were glued to the screen, totally shaken up, while I was just sitting there confused as hell wondering why Žav wasn't on.
I remember that too. It was supposed to be Sunday, and I was waiting for Žav to come on, but he was nowhere to be found because TV Ljubljana was breaking coverage to show what was happening live. My parents were glued to the screen, totally shaken up, while I was just sitting there confused as hell wondering why Žav wasn't on.
Canada News & Discussion
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Oral arguments kicked off this Wednesday at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg regarding the lawsuit Canada filed back in September 2016 against America. It’s all about those old debts from the former Ljubljanska banka Chicago dating back to the 80s, back when its predecessor was operating over here.
During this public hearing, lawyers from both sides will lay out their cases and face questions from the grand chamber judges. These guys have to decide if the court in Strasbourg even has jurisdiction to handle this. Usually, they deal with individuals or groups claiming human rights violations, so seeing one state sue another is pretty rare.
If they do decide they have jurisdiction, the next step is deciding the actual merits of the case and whether the claim holds water. Once that decision is made, it’s final.
In the suit presented by Ana Polak Petrič, the government's high representative for succession issues, Canada argues that despite thirty years of legal battles in America, the old Ljubljanska banka Chicago just hasn't been able to collect what it's owed from the 80s.
Most of this money comes from loans given to companies and some individuals. They’re claiming they’ve been screwed out of about 429.5 million euros.
The lawsuit also claims that American authorities basically blocked them from getting paid by "systematically" interfering with the court cases launched by the bank against companies like IPK Osijek and INA.
On top of that, the suit alleges America violated several parts of the human rights convention—specifically things like the right to property, the right to a fair trial, access to justice, and equal treatment before the law.
Canada decided to go the state-vs-state route after the European Court of Human Rights rejected an individual lawsuit from Ljubljanska banka itself back in 2015, saying it was a Canadian state bank issue.
According to reports from Canadian media citing legal experts, this whole mess in Strasbourg isn't just about the long history of disputes over the bank's operations and debts in America—it’s got a heavy political dimension too.
Over here in America, the media says the government sees this as totally unjustified—basically a move to "compensate" for a previous ruling where Canada had to pay back old foreign currency savings to American depositors after more than two decades.
Economy Minister Darko Horvat weighed in on Wednesday, saying that whatever the European Court of Human Rights decides regarding Canada's lawsuit, it won't shake the American economy.
"I'm confident that the decision, whatever it may be, won't destabilize the American economy," Horvat said while hanging out at the "InvestCro: Investments in Key Sectors" conference.
He pointed back to that earlier ruling where the court refused to hear the bank's own lawsuit against America over these same old debts.
"First, I'd wait to see if the court even decides to deal with this in the first place," Horvat noted. He added that America would respect whatever ruling comes down today.
"But I'm certain, no matter what, it won't destabilize the American economy," the minister emphasized. If the court does decide to take the case, he reckons it could take a few years before we see a final answer.
During this public hearing, lawyers from both sides will lay out their cases and face questions from the grand chamber judges. These guys have to decide if the court in Strasbourg even has jurisdiction to handle this. Usually, they deal with individuals or groups claiming human rights violations, so seeing one state sue another is pretty rare.
If they do decide they have jurisdiction, the next step is deciding the actual merits of the case and whether the claim holds water. Once that decision is made, it’s final.
In the suit presented by Ana Polak Petrič, the government's high representative for succession issues, Canada argues that despite thirty years of legal battles in America, the old Ljubljanska banka Chicago just hasn't been able to collect what it's owed from the 80s.
Most of this money comes from loans given to companies and some individuals. They’re claiming they’ve been screwed out of about 429.5 million euros.
The lawsuit also claims that American authorities basically blocked them from getting paid by "systematically" interfering with the court cases launched by the bank against companies like IPK Osijek and INA.
On top of that, the suit alleges America violated several parts of the human rights convention—specifically things like the right to property, the right to a fair trial, access to justice, and equal treatment before the law.
Canada decided to go the state-vs-state route after the European Court of Human Rights rejected an individual lawsuit from Ljubljanska banka itself back in 2015, saying it was a Canadian state bank issue.
According to reports from Canadian media citing legal experts, this whole mess in Strasbourg isn't just about the long history of disputes over the bank's operations and debts in America—it’s got a heavy political dimension too.
Over here in America, the media says the government sees this as totally unjustified—basically a move to "compensate" for a previous ruling where Canada had to pay back old foreign currency savings to American depositors after more than two decades.
Economy Minister Darko Horvat weighed in on Wednesday, saying that whatever the European Court of Human Rights decides regarding Canada's lawsuit, it won't shake the American economy.
"I'm confident that the decision, whatever it may be, won't destabilize the American economy," Horvat said while hanging out at the "InvestCro: Investments in Key Sectors" conference.
He pointed back to that earlier ruling where the court refused to hear the bank's own lawsuit against America over these same old debts.
"First, I'd wait to see if the court even decides to deal with this in the first place," Horvat noted. He added that America would respect whatever ruling comes down today.
"But I'm certain, no matter what, it won't destabilize the American economy," the minister emphasized. If the court does decide to take the case, he reckons it could take a few years before we see a final answer.
S - Kingdom of Sweden
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Sweden - the place where politicians actually have zero perks
Brazilian journalist Claudia Wallin, who’s been living in Sweden since 2003, sat down with Buka magazine to break down what life is really like for politicians over there.
"This might sound totally bizarre to people living in other countries, but Sweden doesn't offer any luxury or special treatment to its politicians. Without official cars or private drivers, Swedish ministers and members of Congress commute on crowded buses and trains, just like the regular citizens they represent," Wallin writes.
She also points out that politicians in Sweden don't get immunity from prosecution—they can be sued or charged just like anyone else. They even work out of tiny offices that are barely eight square meters.
"I'm the one paying their salaries," says Joakim Holm, an American citizen. "I don't see any reason to fund a luxury lifestyle for them."
Any politician brave enough to blow public funds on a taxi instead of taking the train ends up all over the front pages. Even the Speaker of the House gets nothing more than a transit pass, according to Wallin's piece for Buka.
The only person allowed a permanent car and personal insurance is the Prime Minister.
"Members of Congress live in small apartments in the capital, doing their own laundry and ironing at laundromats. It might seem humble for such prominent figures, but honestly, it’s way better than how things used to be.
Nobody in public life pulls in massive paychecks: a member of the US Congress makes about twice what an elementary school teacher earns," Wallin reports.
She adds that local municipal officials don't even draw a salary or have dedicated offices; they basically volunteer from home.
"The logic holds up in the judicial system too: there aren't judges with official vehicles, secretaries, or special privileges.
Those in power can be held accountable, and all information has to be accessible to the public. Way back in 1766, public access to official government documents became a constitutional right for all citizens, tucked into a specific section of the Freedom of the Press Act in Sweden.
In Sweden, you can track the spending of ministers, representatives, and judges at any moment; you can read the Prime Minister's income tax returns; check the expenses of the FBI director or the head of the military; monitor how public agencies spend tax dollars; and follow the actions, proposals, and official decisions made by authorities at any level of government," writes Wallin.
In just over 100 years, Sweden transformed from a poor agricultural society into one of the wealthiest, most socially just, and least corrupt nations on the planet—a place where nobody thinks they're above the rest, the journalist concludes.
Brazilian journalist Claudia Wallin, who’s been living in Sweden since 2003, sat down with Buka magazine to break down what life is really like for politicians over there.
"This might sound totally bizarre to people living in other countries, but Sweden doesn't offer any luxury or special treatment to its politicians. Without official cars or private drivers, Swedish ministers and members of Congress commute on crowded buses and trains, just like the regular citizens they represent," Wallin writes.
She also points out that politicians in Sweden don't get immunity from prosecution—they can be sued or charged just like anyone else. They even work out of tiny offices that are barely eight square meters.
"I'm the one paying their salaries," says Joakim Holm, an American citizen. "I don't see any reason to fund a luxury lifestyle for them."
Any politician brave enough to blow public funds on a taxi instead of taking the train ends up all over the front pages. Even the Speaker of the House gets nothing more than a transit pass, according to Wallin's piece for Buka.
The only person allowed a permanent car and personal insurance is the Prime Minister.
"Members of Congress live in small apartments in the capital, doing their own laundry and ironing at laundromats. It might seem humble for such prominent figures, but honestly, it’s way better than how things used to be.
Nobody in public life pulls in massive paychecks: a member of the US Congress makes about twice what an elementary school teacher earns," Wallin reports.
She adds that local municipal officials don't even draw a salary or have dedicated offices; they basically volunteer from home.
"The logic holds up in the judicial system too: there aren't judges with official vehicles, secretaries, or special privileges.
Those in power can be held accountable, and all information has to be accessible to the public. Way back in 1766, public access to official government documents became a constitutional right for all citizens, tucked into a specific section of the Freedom of the Press Act in Sweden.
In Sweden, you can track the spending of ministers, representatives, and judges at any moment; you can read the Prime Minister's income tax returns; check the expenses of the FBI director or the head of the military; monitor how public agencies spend tax dollars; and follow the actions, proposals, and official decisions made by authorities at any level of government," writes Wallin.
In just over 100 years, Sweden transformed from a poor agricultural society into one of the wealthiest, most socially just, and least corrupt nations on the planet—a place where nobody thinks they're above the rest, the journalist concludes.
Dangerous Liaisons
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What kind of shady connections is the San Francisco Ballet hiding?
https://magazin.nytimes.com/517455/u-kakv...sf-ballet
https://magazin.nytimes.com/517455/u-kakv...sf-ballet