#josh hellman

[curedestiny4]

I was cleaning the shelves at work yesterday while listening to my favorite childhood show “Crashbox” and I think to myself; “Self, I wonder if that demon family you know ever got around to watching the show and thought about what’s their most favorite game.” Welp, it’s a long shot but here I go.

Balthazor: Yep this one’s a no-brainer. According to episode 4 of “Neighbors From Hell”, he seems to really enjoy riddles quite a lot. And I thought “Hey! If he loves riddles, his favorite game should be “Riddle Snake!” He’ll have a blast at it!” Well, that’s only one of the two games I thought he would enjoy the most not because he’s a father that loves stuff like this but also alleviate grim situations. Next game I thought Balthazor would like the best is “Psycho Math.” It could just be me but I thought this would give him the thrill and excitement he wouldn’t normally see in Hell or Earth, I mean come on! The host of said game is Professor effin’ Rocket, for Satan’s sake!

Tina: Uhh yeah, I may be overthinking this one a little but I think she would dig either “Haunted House Party” for its atmosphere and having more than decent famous dead humans or “Mug Shots” for its female host and testing testimonies as well as jurisdiction. Hey just cuz she’s a housewife that doesn’t mean she can’t have fun. I mean really, let the succubus go at it!

Josh: No surprise here, his favorite games would be “Eddie Bull” or “Poop or Scoop” since they’re both animal-related games. Granted, he does like other stuff but I felt like this would be an appropriate answer for the little scalawag.

Mandy: I gotta be honest, this one’s probably a little tough since Mandy’s personality and interests weren’t all the way out there. At least not yet. Nevertheless I would say the games she would enjoy are “Sketch Pad” for the cool, hip vibes and “Paige and Sage” because of the valley girl theme.

Vlaartark: Oh boy, where to start with this? First off, he mentioned about something that involved his level with sophistication and elegance. I thought “Dirty Pictures” for its elderly hosts and paintings. (yes it’s called that but it’s not what you think, you sickos.) “Word Shake” for the host and the aforementioned premise of the game. Good luck trying to get through those games, old man.

Pazuzu: This one had to be easy and not because of the gobmutt having a rock-star look. I figured he would love “Radio Scramble” for its unique musical style and anagram puzzles. Oh my kami, if I could just hear him sing the songs the host would throw at us.

[dannyhellman]

“Leslie Nielsen” Illustration by Danny Hellman for ROYAL FLUSH Art direction by Josh Bernstein 2/3/09

[numbuh-1507]

I should draw a similar scenario for young!Mandy and Josh Hellman.

let’s goooooo

[burningrhino]

Neighbors From Hell x Helluva Boss

I read that the intro for Neighbors From Hell was in Vivzie's favorties playlist meaning that either this is the main inspiration for Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss or she just really likes this type of concept. On the left are the Hellmans: cute boy Bathazor, his hot wife Tina, their kids Mandy and Josh, uncle Vlaartark and goblin companion Pazuzu. On the right on the I.M.P.s: Blitzo (the "O" is silent), Mozzie and Millie, Loona: Blitzo's adopted canine daughter and really tall owl prince Stolas. I'm certain that Pazuzu doesn't exactly go that way but I can totally see him trying to get with Loona

[numbuh-1507]

I wonder what @fallen-gabrielle would think of this.

Made by yours truly. Why am I posting it just now? Christmas spirit maybe?

[1-800-sharpshootershifty]

@floydtab I don't know if you watched The Pacific (you probably have) but I made some for it to.

Jacob Pitt

Josh Hellman's Mayonnaise

Ashton Holmes

[nickgerlich]

No Yolking

When you start aging, you find yourself thinking about health, lifestyle, and diet like never before. Well, that’s assuming you want to have many more happy, healthy years ahead. Sure, we’re all going to die, but why leave the door ajar for the Grim Reaper? Make him work for his prey.

As I look back over my life, I know that nearly three decades ago I made significant dietary changes to complement my intense athletic lifestyle. For the most part, it worked. My weight stayed down and my cholesterol was low, yet I still had elevated blood pressure. Cue the doctor and his prescription pad. Those meds, along with exercise and diet to this day, work nicely.

But as I got even older, I found myself no longer wanting to compete at the same level I once did, which meant that I did not want to cycle 15,000 to 20,000 miles a year. As you well know, when you alter one variable, others can get out of whack, and so my weight went up, as did my cholesterol. After all, I loved loved loved omelets and cheese.

Blame it on bad genetics, but I seem to have inherited a propensity to put on weight, have high BP, and high cholesterol, just like Mom and Dad. More than 30 months ago, I decided to make some more changes: I settled in on a target of 5000 cycling miles a year, and I cut out the eggs and dairy. Bam. I may not be the race-ready 35-year-old I once was, but I am feeling pretty good.

The only problem was that I missed my old dietary staples, especially omelets. Thankfully, I stumbled into a then-new product called Just Egg, from Eat Just in Alameda California. Made from mung beans, it looks like, feels like, and tastes reasonably like an egg to thus far be the near-perfect substitute.

And the story behind its entrepreneur, Josh Tetrick, is inspiring, as he went from $3000 in savings to being CEO of a $1.2 billion food company.

In the last three years he has gotten his product on shelves at Walmart, Kroger, Target, Albertson’s, and Safeway, and into two million US homes. The liquid version is supplemented by a couple of frozen varieties as well.

Just Egg’s success has caught the attention of competitors, like Simply Eggless, which Trader Joe’s sells. I’ve tried it as well. (Pro tip: Don’t. This one cooks up, and tastes like, wallpaper paste. Well, at least what I think wallpaper paste tastes like.)

In case you’re wondering, here’s an “egg” for egg comparison for one unit equivalence. A chicken’s egg has 75 calories, 7 grams of protein, 5 grams of fat (of which 1.6 grams are saturated fat), and 213 mg of cholesterol. Dietary guidance tells us that 300mg of daily cholesterol intake is the suggested maximum. Our bodies produce all the cholesterol it needs (and sometimes more); any additional comes strictly from animal products

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A serving of Just Egg has 70 calories, 6 grams of protein, 5 grams of fat (0 grams saturated), and 0 mg cholesterol. Ounce for ounce, they are similar aside from the saturated fat and cholesterol. The big difference, though, is price: a dozen eggs costs $1.93 on average in Texas, while 8 ounces of Just Egg at my local Walmart is $3.94.

Tetrick’s success has not been without controversy, though, An earlier product, Just Mayo, caught the attention of Unilever, maker of Hellman Mayonnaise. They argued in their lawsuit that mayonnaise, by definition, contains egg, and therefore that their product—for which they were implicitly claiming partial ownership of the very word—was at risk. Oh, the consumer confusion.

Now where have we heard this before recently? Oh yeah. Margaritas. Is that fear I smell coming from Unilever’s general direction?

While the company claims to have sold the equivalent of 250 million chicken eggs, it is still just a drop—pun intended—in the overall market basket. But niche products can still earn their stripes, as well as places on the shelf.

As always, you do you, and eat what you like. I’m good with the change, both in the product offerings and in me. And I’m feeling good for my age, even better since I just finished another of my world famous breakfast burritos.

Dr “Make Mine Scrambled” Gerlich



Audio Blog

[alwaysfirst]

Screen and stage veteran Jered Barclay passes away at 91

Jul 28, 2022 20:15 IST Washington , July 28 (Always First): Seasoned stage and film actor Jered Barclay, who appeared in vaudeville and provided voiceovers for the animated television series Smurfs and Transformers, has passed away at the age of 91. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Barclay died Saturday in North Hollywood from MDS Leukemia, actress Myra Turley, his longtime friend with whom he performed in the two-person play A Tantalizing, directed by Harvey Perr, announced. Barclay began his nine-decade career in 1934 at the age of three, appearing in vaudeville with Judy Garland, Shirley Temple, and Sammy Davis Jr. He was also a director, photojournalist, and acting coach. At age 6, he started acting on the radio. At age 12, he travelled with the Clyde Beatty Circus, and at age 14, he made his theatrical debut. The Seattle native moved to Los Angeles after receiving a B.A. in drama from the University of Washington. He appeared in three episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Otto Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) and Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour (1961), as well as Roger Corman's 1958 sci-fi fantasy film War of the Satellites, in which he played John Compo. In movies like Rawhide, Bonanza, Cheyenne, Bronco, The Dakotas, Lawman, Colt.45, and Gunslinger, he played Jerry Barclay. Then, in 1962, he relocated to New York to take the stage in two plays by Edward Albee, Jerry in Eddie Parone's Zoo Story and a young man in Alan Schneider's The American Dream. Alongside James Earl Jones and Estelle Parsons, Barclay played Meff in James Saunders' Next Time I'll Sing to You in 1963. On Broadway, he also played Deuperret in Peter Weiss' Marat Sade and Ludwig Max von Kupfer in John Osborne's A Patriot for Me. Barclay provided voiceovers for several animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera, including Foofur, The Little Rascals, Challenge of the GoBots, The Dukes, The Kwicky Koala Show, and The Smurfs. In The Transformers, he furthermore portrayed Cerebros. Rue McClanahan, Dixie Carter, Johnny Depp, Liza Minnelli, Lily Tomlin, Patrick Swayze, and Josh Brolin were among the actors who studied acting under Barclay beginning in the 1980s. He started working as a travel photojournalist in 1993, covering all seven continents and 108 nations for 27 publications. (Always First) Read the full article

[train2game-news]

Train2Game News Astra Fund Funding Games That Make You Think

Train2Game News Astra Fund Funding Games That Make You Think

Astra Fund – led by Eileen Hollinger (thatgamecompany, Funomena, Riot) and Josh Taylor (former President of 9 Dots) – are  excited to announce today a lineup of wonderful, in-development games funded by their new, unique video games fund. New titles include the debut game from studio Furniture & Mattress, a new studio founded by Nick Suttner (PlayStation, Carto), David Hellman (Braid) and Nico…

[maxwellyjordan]

Empirical SCOTUS: Attorneys and firms for the 2017 term

The current term at the Supreme Court has been anything but ordinary. With two argued cases already dismissed, the justices are down to 61 argued cases for possible signed decisions. This would tie last term for the fewest signed decisions in the modern court era. Not only are the cases few and far between, but the court’s pace in deciding cases is exceedingly slow. The justices have completed 32 signed decisions so far with 29 still pending, so they still have to write opinions in almost half of the argued cases, with just over 10 percent of the term remaining.

With so few total cases, one might expect the same group of elite Supreme Court attorneys that has become a mainstay of Supreme Court practice over the past decade to continue monopolizing the balance of the court’s merits docket. This has primarily proven true this term, although with some exceptions. This post looks at the attorneys who argued cases before the court this year and then at the counsel of record on merits and amicus briefs.

Main parties’ representation

Although mainly well-known Supreme Court repeat players, the most frequent arguing attorneys this term also included some attorneys who have had an increasing hand in Supreme Court cases in recent terms.

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Paul Clement was the leading oral advocate before the court this term with six appearances, covering almost 10 percent of this term’s argued cases. His count surpasses even those of Office of the Solicitor General attorneys Noel Francisco, Jeffrey Wall and Michael Dreeben. Ohio’s solicitor general, Eric Murphy, argued four cases. He did not argue in the Supreme Court last term. Along with OSG attorneys and Supreme Court regulars Jeffrey Fisher and Neal Katyal, Stris & Maher’s Daniel Geyser and Texas Solicitor General Scott Keller had three arguments apiece. Geyser’s presence is especially notable because it highlights the increasing profile of this boutique appellate firm before the court (Stris & Maher is not new to the court, however, as named partner Peter Stris mainly handled the firm’s Supreme Court litigation in the past.).

Focusing on counsel of record in cases according to Supreme Court dockets, the next figure shows the repeat-player counsel of record for the term with OSG attorneys removed. Because these are gleaned from Supreme Court dockets, they do not necessarily match the arguing attorneys in every case.

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Several, but not all, of these attorneys were top oral advocates this term, including the most frequent counsel of record, Paul Clement. Even though he argued only two cases, Orrick’s Josh Rosenkranz was counsel of record in five cases. Rosenkranz is followed by William & Connolly’s Kannon Shanmugam, who argued three cases this term. Many of the other attorneys in this figure are well known to the court, yet several of the state government attorneys, including Loren AliKhan for the District of Columbia, David Franklin for Illinois and Matthew McGuire for Virginia, each argued their first cases before the court this term.

Another way to look at attorney participation to compare this term to last term. The following figure looks at the involvement of the most active attorneys of record this term compared to last.

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Daniel Geyser had the largest jump this year, increasing 200 percent as he moved from one case as counsel of record last term to three this term. Shanmugam and Clement both doubled their counts from last term, with six and four cases as counsel of record respectively. Rosenkranz went from three cases last term to five this term. On the other end of the spectrum, Katyal moved from six cases last term to three this term and Fisher went from four cases last term to three this term.

The firms of record on the merits counts mostly parallel those of the attorneys of record, yet a few firms are notable because several of their attorneys participated in cases before the justices this term.

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The numbers for Kirkland & Ellis are driven by Paul Clement. Orrick’s numbers are generally driven by Josh Rosenkranz, although several other Orrick attorneys, including Bob Loeb and Kelsi Corkran, also argued cases this term. Multiple attorneys were counsel of record on the briefs for several other Supreme Court powerhouses, including Jenner & Block, Jones Day, Gibson Dunn and Goldstein & Russell. Along with big and small law firms, several states participated before the court in multiple cases this term, as did interest groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the Pacific Legal Foundation.

Several of these top groups and firms also saw jumps in their participation from the 2016 term.

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Jones Day and Williams & Connolly made the largest jumps this term, moving from two cases last term to four this term. With Paul Clement’s increased participation this term, Kirkland & Ellis also saw a jump in cases, as did Orrick and Stanford’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic.

Amici

Merits participation only tells part of the story, because few trends in the Supreme Court are more significant than the rise of amicus filings. The sheer volume of such briefs filed each term eats up much of the court’s resources. (A co-author of mine, Aaron-Andrew Bruhl, and I proposed using plagiarism software as a partial solution to this problem in a recent paper.) This shift in resources is possible with the court’s declining caseload, as the court is on pace to hear only about 40 percent of the number of cases this term that it heard in the early 1980s.

There are many explanations for the rise in amicus filings, probably the most prominent of which is that it began as a conservative backlash to liberal decisions around the time of the Warren court. Whatever the explanation, approximately 890 amicus briefs were filed on the merits in cases this term. This blog post profiled amicus participation around the term’s midpoint, and there have been lots of changes since then. The lay of the land at the end of the term for counsel of record who filed amicus briefs looks as follows:

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While Ilya Shapiro led attorney filings in the earlier post, the two attorneys with the most filings this term were Mayer Brown’s Andrew Pincus and the Constitutional Accountability Center’s Brianne Gorod. Shapiro ended the term with the third most amicus briefs, followed by Gupta Wessler’s named partner Deepak Gupta. Gupta’s increasing presence in the Supreme Court, like that of Daniel Geyser from Stris & Maher, is particularly notable because of the small size and boutique nature of the firm.

Several of these top filers increased their amicus counts this term from last, but none as much as Gupta.

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Gupta jumped from one amicus filing last term to seven this term. Barbara Underwood on behalf of New York state moved from zero amicus filings last term to five this term. The other attorneys on this list had more moderate but nonetheless noteworthy increases, including Shapiro, who went from four briefs last term to eight this term, and Pincus, who went from six last term to 11 this term.

Similar to the firms of record on the merits, some of the top amicus firms on the merits are driven by one attorney’s participation, while other firms have more distributed resources.

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Many of the briefs by WilmerHale were authored by lead appellate attorney Seth Waxman, for instance, although several other of their attorneys were also counsel of record on amicus briefs, including Alan Schoenfeld, Jason Hirsch, Mark Fleming, John Walsh and Philip Anker. Jenner & Block had a mix of filers as well, including Jessica Ring Amunson, Adam Unikowsky, Joshua Segal, Matthew Hellman, Lindsay Harrison, ex-Acting Solicitor General Ian Gershengorn and Sam Hirsch. Similarly, Gibson Dunn’s amicus counsel included Douglas Cox, David Debold, Mark Perry, Ted Olson, Matthew McGill and Theodore Boutrous. This mix of participation at the firm level shows both firms’ and clients’ willingness to use a diverse set of attorneys in such instances.

Several of these firms with top participation levels saw increases from the 2016 term, although others saw dips.

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As with attorneys of record on amicus briefs, the biggest jump for firms was Deepak Gupta’s firm Gupta Wessler. Other large jumps include that of the Cato Institute, which moved from four briefs last term to nine this term, and Patterson Belknap, which moved from four briefs last term to eight this term. After a huge term in 2016, Jones Day saw a decline in amicus filings this term, going from 14 in 2016 to eight in 2017.

Although sometimes the groups sponsoring amicus briefs have their own in-house counsel write their briefs, in many instances outside counsel are used. The following figure looks at the first named group sponsoring at least three amicus briefs on the merits this term.

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One of the most prolific amicus filers over recent years, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers tops the list of groups, with 13 briefs as the first named group. The Cato Institute and the Chamber of Commerce, two top filers for the past several years, filed the second and third most amicus briefs, with the ACLU and Pacific Legal rounding out the top five. The ACLU and Pacific Legal also participated in three and two cases on the merits respectively.

Some of these briefs have a significant impact on the Supreme Court’s opinions. For example, the majority and separate opinions in Jesner v. Arab Bank cited amicus briefs a total of 20 times. Even in cases in which the briefs are not cited, they may still affect the court’s final products.

Merits attorneys, through effective arguments and briefs, also have the capacity to sway the justices’ decisions, and their arguments are at very least reflected in those decisions. Justice Elena Kagan’s majority opinion in Sessions v. Dimaya cited the oral argument on four occasions. Although it is not possible to know whether oral arguments and briefs shift the justices’ views or just confirm their suppositions, they perform necessary roles in the genesis of the court’s jurisprudence. This term we saw both veteran attorneys and rising stars take lead roles before the justices. These attorneys came from small and large firms, with several boutique firms taking on an oversized presence. One thing that will be interesting to track in terms to come is whether such small, focused appellate practices begin to take on larger roles before the court. It will also be intriguing to see how big firms attempt to maintain their presence in the court with these additional attorneys vying for the biggest cases.

This post was originally published at Empirical SCOTUS.

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[nightmareonfilmstreet]

Announcing the WINNERS of the FREDDY’S HORROR AWARDS!

Today we  at Nightmare on Film Street are proud to announce to you the WINNERS of the first annual FREDDY’S HORROR AWARDS! After an extensive nomination period, we compiled all of the the nominees into a voting round, that lasted throughout February. All of the votes are in, the ballots have been cast, and we are proud to announce the winners of the first ever FREDDY’S!

Best Screenplay – Original or Adapted

Chase Palmer, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Gary Dauberman – IT Jordan Peele – GET OUT (WINNER!) Ben Collins, Luke Piotrowski – SUPER DARK TIMES Oz Perkins – THE BLACKCOAT’S DAUGHTER Zack Kahn, Chris Peckover – BETTER WATCH OUT

Best Visual Effects – Digital

IT COLOSSAL LIFE ALIEN: COVENANT (WINNER!) MOTHER!

Best Visual Effects – Practical

THE SHAPE OF WATER (WINNER!) RAW ANNABELLE: CREATION BRAWL IN CELLBLOCK 99 HAPPY DEATH DAY

Best Score

SPLIT A GHOST STORY ANNABELLE: CREATION THE LURE THE SHAPE OF WATER (WINNER!)

Best Costume Design

THE POUGHKEEPSIE TAPES LOWLIFE HAPPY DEATH DAY SPLIT IT (WINNER!)

Best Make-up and Hairstyling

1922 IT GERALD’S GAME THE SHAPE OF WATER (WINNER!) MY FRIEND DAHMER

Best Documentary Feature

MANSFIELD 66/67 DELIVER US 78/52 KING COHEN MOMMY DEAD AND DEAREST (WINNER!)

Best Foreign Feature

  RAW THE LAPLACE’S DEMON TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID VERONICA TRAIN TO BUSAN (WINNER!)

Best Cinematography

KILLING OF A SACRED DEER THE BAD BATCH THE SHAPE OF WATER (WINNER!) THE DEVIL’S CANDY A CURE FOR WELLNESS

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Sophia Lillis as Beverly Marsh – IT Betty Gabriel as Georgina – GET OUT (WINNER!) Kiara Glasco as Zooey Hellman – THE DEVIL’S CANDY Allison Williams as Rose Armitage – GET OUT Samara Weaving as Melanie Cross – MAYHEM

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Barry Keoghan as Martin – KILLING OF A SACRED DEER Doug Jones as Amphibian Man – THE SHAPE OF WATER Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Travis – IT COMES AT NIGHT Richard Jenkins as Giles – THE SHAPE OF WATER Finn Wolfhard as Richie Tozier – IT (WINNER!)

Best Actor in a Lead Role

Mark Duplass as Aaron – CREEP 2 Charlie Tahan as Josh – SUPER DARK TIMES Daniel Kaluuya as Chris Washington – GET OUT (WINNER!) Ethan Embry as Jesse Hellman – THE DEVIL’S CANDY Stephen Curry as John White – THE HOUNDS OF LOVE

Best Actress in a Lead Role

Carla Gugino as Jessie Burlingame – GERALD’S GAME Jessica Rothe as Tree Gelbman – HAPPY DEATH DAY Garance Marillier as Justine – RAW Sally Hawkins as Elisa Esposito – THE SHAPE OF WATER (WINNER!) Jennifer Lawrence as Mother – MOTHER!

Best Director

David F. Sandberg – ANNABELLE: CREATION Patrick Brice – CREEP 2 Jordan Peele – GET OUT Guillermo del Toro – THE SHAPE OF WATER (WINNER!) Andy Muschietti – IT

BEST PICTURE

RAW THE DEVIL’S CANDY GET OUT (WINNER!) THE BLACKCOAT’S DAUGHTER IT CREEP 2 LOWLIFE THE SHAPE OF WATER BETTER WATCH OUT ANNABELLE: CREATION

Scariest Picture

IT (WINNER!) THE POUGHKEEPSIE TAPES HOUNDS OF LOVE SUPER DARK TIMES THE BLACKCOAT’S DAUGHTER ANNABELLE: CREATION CREEP 2

Best Television Series

TWIN PEAKS STRANGER THINGS (WINNER!) BLACK MIRROR AMERICAN HORROR STORY THE EXORCIST

Best Kill – Television/Feature

Paint Can – BETTER WATCH OUT Demodog Bob – STRANGER THINGS (WINNER!) Georgie in the Sewer – IT Dropping the Birthday Candle – HAPPY DEATH DAY Pennywise – IT

Best Villain – Television/Feature

Aaron – CREEP 2 Ahmanet – THE MUMMY Pennywise the Dancing Clown – IT (WINNER!) Babyface Killer – HAPPY DEATH DAY The Game of Death – GAME OF DEATH

Best Hero or Victim – Television/Feature

Millie Bobbie Brown as Eleven – STRANGER THINGS Craig Robinson as Big Al – TRAGEDY GIRLS Desiree Akhavan as Sara – CREEP 2 Fiona Dourif as Nica – CULT OF CHUCKY Daniel Kaluuya as Chris Washington – GET OUT (WINNER!)

Most Anticipated Film of 2018

THE THIRD CLOVERFIELD SEQUEL HALLOWEEN (WINNER!) ANNIHILATION STRANGERS: PREY AT NIGHT WINCHESTER

  About the Freddy’s:

We here at Nightmare on Film Street want to honor Horror films; the films that delve into the darker side of humanity, the freaky fantastical, and the morbidly hilarious. Enter THE FREDDY’S – HORROR AWARDS. (Consider Freddy the maniacal younger brother of the perfect, pristine Oscar) And you, the esteemed Horror Public, nominated, voted, and made all of the decisions.

Thank you to all who nominated, voted, and shared! Let’s all enjoy the horror movies of 2018 and prepare out selections for next year’s awards!

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[curedestiny4]

(Mandy, Josh and Pazuzu find an abandoned egg)

Mandy: Any ideas on how to take care of an egg, twerp?

Josh: Well, we first gotta learn what species it is, so we know the exact amount of time for the incubation process, as well as finding a way to keep the egg warm for said process.

(Pazuzu raises his hand)

Josh (cont.): No, Pazuzu. You can't wear a chicken costume and sit on the egg.

Pazuzu: (sighs) It was a duck costume.

Once again, another perfect animal lecture from our one and only Josh Hellman. Keep up the work, little buddy!

[dannyhellman]

“Alice Cooper & Rob McElhenney”

Illustration by Danny Hellman for ROYAL FLUSH

Art direction by Josh Bernstein

8/30/10

[documentaryoncinema]

Documentales, 7

'Harry Dean Stanton: Partly fiction', Sophie Huber, 2012, VO.

Aunque no seamos completamente conscientes de ello Harry Dean Stanton forma parte del elenco estable de la cinefilia, Monte Hellman, Sam Peckinpah, John Huston, Ridley Scott, John Carpenter, Francis Ford Coppola, Wim Wenders y David Lynch son algunos de los directores que lo tuvieron a sus órdenes. Y sin embargo hay un halo de misterio alrededor de su vida y sus ideas, poco se sabe sobre él, y casi nunca lo hemos escuchado hablar fuera de la ficción de sus películas.

El documental de Sophie Huber es en ese aspecto revelador. Aun frente a su actitud reticente hacia ciertos temas, e incluso hacia la idea de un film sobre sí mismo, Stanton parece permitir todo el acercamiento posible, como si se tratase de un viejo león en su hábitat natural.

Ya sea entrevistado por su amigo David Lynch o hablando de su breve pero intensa relación con Rebecca de Mornay, que terminó cuando en el set de 'Risky Business’ ella se decidió por un joven Tom Cruise.

Y también está la música, la otra parte central de su vida, que lo lleva a entonar algunas canciones con una voz tan única como esa cara que lo hizo inconscientemente reconocible.

Con la presencia de Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch, Sam Shepard, Kris Kristofferson, Deborah Harry y Wim Wenders entre otros.

‘En la cama con Madonna’ (’Madonna: Truth or dare’), Alek Keshishian, 1991, VO.

Polémica realización por su calidad cinematográfica pero no deja de presentar una visión sobre la cantante y actriz. Fue grabado, parcialmente en B/N, durante su gira mundial Blond Ambition World Tour en 1990.

Con la participación de Antonio Banderas, Warren Beatty, Mandy Patinkin, Pedro Almodóvar, Sandra Bernhard, Kevin Costner, Al Pacino y Matt Dillon entre otros.

‘The art of action: Martial arts in motion picture’, Keith R. Clarke, 2002, VO.

Narrado por Samuel L. Jackson y con la participación de Ang Lee, John Woo, David Carradine y Jackie Chan trata sobre el cine de artes marciales asiático.

‘Transformers: La era de la extinción. The premake’, VO, SE en YouTube, presenta en 25’ un detrás de cámaras de ‘Transformers: La era de la extinción’ (‘Transformers: Age of extinction’. ‘Transformers 4’) de Michael Bay, en 2014.

Su director, Kevin B. Lee, lo encuadra en el género denominado desktop documentary al estar realizado con footage recopilado en Internet en localizaciones de Utah, Texas, Detroit, Chicago, Hong Kong y China. Han colaborado en la producción artistas de su facultad, el School of Art Institute de Chicago, como Nick Briz, Jon Satrom y Jon Cates, y los estudiantes Yuan Zheng y Blair Bogin.

Es curioso ver cuánta información ha podido reunir gracias al material disponible en Internet, y sobre las posibilidades que ofrece el documental de escritorio en términos de contar historias narrativas o comerciales Kevin B. Lee comenta:

“La preponderancia de los más de 300 vídeos en YouTube que documentan la producción alrededor del mundo marca un nuevo avance en el papel de los fans y la gente común como publicistas virales para la película.

La realización de ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ se convierte en un vehículo de publicidad pública que genera vídeos virales de fans que ayudan a promover la película.

Esto plantea nuevas preguntas sobre cómo las energías creativas que las personas gastan en ocio casual y entretenimiento, desde la publicación de vídeos en YouTube hasta publicar estados en Facebook y Twitter, están alimentando a una nueva economía que convierte nuestro juego en un nuevo tipo de trabajo no remunerado.”

‘Abstract cinema’, Keith Griffiths, 1993, VO.

Varios cineastas abstractos conocidos y pioneros comentan su historia, las obras de sus predecesores y sus propios experimentos en la cinematografía.

‘The death of “Superman lives”: What happened?’, Jon Schnepp, 2015, VOSE.

Presenta el proceso de producción de ‘Superman lives’, película de Superman que iba a dirigir Tim Burton tras el éxito de su díptico de Batman, y que iba a protagonizar Nicolas Cage.

El film fue cancelado antes de comenzar a rodarse y en el documental se explican las razones.

'Matrix. Descubre lo increíble' ('The Matrix revisited'), Josh Oreck, 2001, VOSE.

'The Matrix making of', VO.

‘Don’t try this at home: From Dogma to Dogville’, Matthias Maaß, 2006, VO.

'Exploring Mexican narco cinema', Vice, 2013, VO, SE en YouTube.

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BOTTOMS UP! True Tales of Hitting Rock Bottom! https://buff.ly/2vbX9Zk is a 256-page, perfect-bound, B&W with full-color covers, anthology written and illustrated by various artists. Edited by J.T. Yost and published by Birdcage Bottom Books.

This massive comic is filled with personal stories of people at their lowest points in life, all thanks to various forms of addiction. Alcohol and drugs seem to weave a common thread through most of the stories, however pornography and sex, among a few other things, prove to be the bane of some of the contributors’ existence. Through each story the allure and excitement of the addict’s vice eventually leads them to self-loathing and the realization that they need to make changes in their life.

Each story provides a unique perspective on addiction as seen through the eyes of the person that experienced it. Anxiety, paranoia, homelessness, and overdoses all rear their ugly head as the subject of the stories encounter rejection, betrayal, family issues, and much more. The comic ends with a simple message, “Get Help,” and goes on to provide a list of different places where help can be found.

The anthology’s editor, J.T. Yost, writes up front that this is his attempt is to “humanize addiction” through the real stories as told by the actual addicts. As I read each story I can say J.T. certainly achieved that goal. This is by no means a feel good or funny comic, this is a slice of life that many people choose not to look at until it finds its way into their lives…and sadly that happens all too often.

Contributors to BOTTOMS UP! True Tales of Hitting Rock Bottom! include: Josh Bayer (title page); Haleigh Buck; Kevin Budnik; Josh Burggraf; Max Clotfelter; Peter S. Conrad; Nate Doyle; Rachel Dukes; Chad Essley; Mike Freiheit; Tatiana Gill; Danny Hellman (back cover); Jordan Jeffries; Gideon Kendall; Victor Kerlow; Brendan Kiefer; Sara Lautman; Lizz Lunney; Daniel McCloskey; Chris Monday; Fred Noland; Adam Pasion; Ben Passmore (front cover); Simon Petersen; Summer Pierre; John Porcellino; Gillian Rhodes; Matt Rota; Kevin Scalzo; Holly Simple; Karl Stevens; Michael Sweater; Meghan Turbitt; Noah Van Sciver; Elaine M. Will; Jess Worby; George Wylesol; Adam Yeater; and J.T. Yost.

BOTTOMS UP! True Tales of Hitting Rock Bottom! will debut at SPX on Sept 16th and you can find online at https://buff.ly/2vbX9Zk

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Trailer for “Wet Hot American Summer 10 Years Later” Shows Some Things Never Change, Especially If They’re as Ridiculous as Camp Firewood

Wet Hot American Summer did their prequel and now they’re going forward in time to the 90s for a sequel that takes place 10 years after the original.

As mentioned above, the jump in time doesn’t change certain things as hijinks still abound all around Camp Firewood. See for yourself in the series trailer.

Look for the episodes of Wet Hot American Summer Ten Years Later to stream on Netflix on Friday, August 4th.