• Posted in: Home
• 26
• Author: admin

Rule Forty Two - The Self-Aggrandizing Website of Gavin Edwards.

Rule Forty Two - (And the beat goes on. New to the countdown? Catch up here.)A beautiful woman walks down a city street: tight black dress, bangles on her wrists, long kinky hair, flawless mocha skin, high heels.

This is model Tatiana Thumbzen. A funky guitar riff plays in the background (the song “Hot” by Roy Ayers).

The neighborhood is grimy and covered with graffiti; it’s supposed to look like a sketchy part of New York City, but it’s pretty obvious that this video was filmed on one of the standing “New York” sets maintained by Hollywood studios. There’s a half- dozen B- boys hanging out on the corner. One of them points out the woman who’s turning the sidewalk into a runway and tells his friends, “Look at that! Look! Whoooo- oh!

Now, that is foxy.” A silhouetted figure steps up onto the sidewalk, in the path of the woman. Our B- boy keeps giving live commentary, as if he were a streetcorner Marv Albert: “I thought I told him to go home!

What is he doing?”With the slightest of detours, she walks around the mysterious figure. She gonna pass him up,” our play- by- play man informs us. We now see that our spurned hero is Michael Jackson, who tries to look tough. His Bad- era plastic surgery has settled in more fully than it had on the “Bad” video (not in this countdown—it was released in 1. This is, by the way, the third of seven singles released from Bad, and the third Michael Jackson clip we’ve seen on the 1. Another Part of Me” at #9.

Smooth Criminal” at #6. There will be two more in the higher reaches of the chart.)Jackson yells: “Hey!” Thumbzen stops and turns around for a beauty- shot close- up: dangling earrings, bouffant hair, impeccably groomed eyebrows. The soundtrack goes completely silent. Jackson curls his lip and turns towards her. As he advances on her, he flashes a V- sign at waist level and then snaps his fingers, moving his wrist like he’s showing off a switchblade. The vaguely menacing effect is ruined by his outfit. Black pants, white T- shirt, long- sleeved denim shirt: all plausibly tough.

1. The Godfather, Part II (1974) of the Godfather trilogy continues the saga of the Corleone Family, serving as both a prologue and a sequel, extending over a period of.
2. Start downloading movies immediately - Click here! E browse by letter G. viewing titles by F.
3. On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission fired back against negative coverage of its response to a public records request filed by Gizmodo in May.
4. This story is based of the Archie Comics series. The characters are completely fictional and any similarity to living or dead persons is purely.
5. · A complete and updated list of all the movies sold at Sundance 2017. Find out where and when you'll be able to see these film festival movies.
6. After six seasons of evil queens and gleeful torturers, just who are the most twisted characters on HBO's Game of Thrones.
7. This is featured post 1 title. You can easy customize the featured slides from the theme options page, on your Wordpress dashboard. You can also disable featured.

The rule change was in part necessary since President Donald Trump’s “behavior is so different from anything we’ve seen before,” Gourguechon added.

The white sash he’s wearing as a belt, tied in a bow at the front: that makes him look like a backup dancer in an old Gene Kelly musical. Jackson walks around her slowly enough that we can notice the strand of hair artfully dangling over his forehead, and then sings a cappella: “You knock me off of my feet now, baby.” And then, he jumps in the air with a “whoooo!” He moves his limbs, kicking his feet and waving his arms, and seems to be summoning the music into existence. Let’s say this now: “The Way You Make Me Feel,” written by Jackson, and produced by himself and Quincy Jones, is excellent.

It’s got a chugging locomotive groove that’s just undeniable. To this day, Stevie Wonder covers it live, which is pretty much the gold- standard seal of approval. Director Joe Pytka’s camera spins around Jackson and Thumbzen.

In the background, there’s a bench with newspapers scattered on it. The print media is not dead! Or it wasn’t in 1.

Pytka, by the way, would end up directing the Michael Jordan/Bugs Bunny movie Space Jam in 1. Thumbzen takes off; the B- boys point in her direction and Jackson chases after her, saying “Come on, girl!” Like the Henry Lee Summer video that clocked in at #8. It doesn’t come off as harshly as Summer’s did because Thumbzen is actively flirting with Jackson: for example, she stops in the middle of the street just long enough for him to catch up with her. She takes a few steps forward, and finds another group of B- boys in her way. Thumbzen’s best moments in this video involve her breaking her erect runway- model posture for human body language, as she does here with a “why you messing with me?” slouch.

Details in the background: a bodega with a neon “OPEN” sign that has an iron gate rendering the business closed, graffiti on the wall that includes the word “BOOBS,” a neon sign advertising “USED APPLIANCES,” a Castrol GTX sign with no indication of anything else automotive nearby. Thumbzen keeps walking, only to find Jackson in front of her with a group of B- boy supporters. It’s not clear if these backup tough guys will end up being dancers, as usually happens in Michael Jackson videos. Maybe they’re one of the gangs from “Beat It,” now retired from ritual knife fights?

She watches with her hands on her hips as Michael Jackson outlines her body with his hands, sings “kiss me baby and tell me twice,” and mimes pelvic thrusts, strongly implying he knows how to have sex. As Jackson sings the chorus, she runs away into an alley. In a different movie, or in real life, this would be a horrifying moment: her pursuer has trapped her in a dead end, with six friends backing him up. She escapes without incident, and Jackson trails her down a sidewalk, catching up in front of an old fallout shelter sign. As he serenades her, he gives little convulsive twitches, as if the choreography had taken over his body without his consent. An old man (actor Joe Seneca) sitting on a stoop gives Jackson the thumbs up. Thumbzen’s on the move again, so Jackson’s in pursuit.

He’s got this lovely running move where he drags his feet on the pavement. I don’t know whether it was the invention of choreographer Vincent Paterson or Jackson himself, but it’s a small moment of grace. This is an expensive video that’s trying to look gritty and low budget, but what makes the whole thing work (other than the excellence of the song) is the documentary power of it: the moments when you feel like you’re seeing Michael Jackson’s dancing skills in real time.

He climbs on top of a 7. Even when Jackson is trying to be menacing and rapey, he seems graceful and nonsexual. There’s another 7. Jackson dives into the car, in hot pursuit. As she closes the passenger door behind her, Jackson climbs through the open window.

Thumbzen runs down the street while Jackson sings “my lonely days are gone.” She’s laughing and smiling and skipping—it doesn’t feel like he’s persuaded her, more that she’s been in on the game all along. Look, she’s found three other models on the sidewalk! It’s a quartet of beautiful women with ambiguous ethnic heritage. There’s a quick consultation; they’re collectively amused by Jackson, who keeps on singing, backed by a crew of B- boys gesturing at the women.

In the video’s most charming moment, the women mimic the B- boy gestures. It feels like at the intermission of West Side Story, the Jets and the Sharks decided to split the gangs up and do the second act as boys versus girls. The chorus rolls around again.

On the soundtrack, Jackson’s pretty clearly providing his own backing vocals: he likes to make a world where he mostly interacting with himself. To what extent does he think of the B- boys as manifestations of his inner self? Or Thumbzen? Further courtship rituals around a beat- up VW convertible Beetle with a sagging ragtop: Thumbzen leans against the car while Jackson hikes his leg up onto a fender. She grabs him by the collar and then pushes him away. Lots more aimless business so the camera can keep moving: they circle the Beetle, they keep walking, they sit down for a split second, they go up a staircase to a building where the door is locked.

Dance break! A fire hydrant cinematically sprays into the air and somebody presses the “blue lighting” button. Lots of finger snapping, and four of the B- boys transform into backup dancers. Jackson and the backup quartet do a short muscular dance routine in silhouette, punctuated with lots of grunts and shouts, and ludicrously climaxing with all of them humping the pavement.

Movies Sold at Sundance 2. A lot of films that premiere at the Sundance Film Festival are hoping to attract a distributor and find a wider audience, be it in theaters around the country or distributed through digital VOD. Throughout the festival, we will be reporting on all of the movies sold at Sundance 2.

This list should help give you an idea about which movies may someday be available to you either theatrically of VOD. These are the movies sold at Sundance 2. Latest update: IFC Films and Sony Pictures acquires Band Aid, Magnolia buys Fergeson documentary Whose Streets? Previous update: The Orchard and CNN Films acquire the endangered animal hunting documentary Trophy, A2. Menashe, and The Orchard acquires the US documentary grand jury prize winner Dina. Movies Sold At Sundance 2. Distributor Breakdown.

A2. 4: A Ghost Story, Toru, Menashe. Amazon: Long Strange Trip, The Big Sick, Landline, City of Ghosts, Crown Heights. Dogwoof: Motherland. Film. Rise: Dayveon. Focus Features: Thoroughbred. Fox Searchlight: Step, PATTI CAKE$Gunpowder & Sky: The Little Hours.

IFC Midnight: 7. 8/5. Band Aid. Kino Lorber: Pop Aye. Magnolia: Whose Streets? Neon: Ingrid Goes West, Roxanne Roxanne, Beach Rats. Netflix: Casting Jon. Benet, Berlin Syndrome (streaming), Chasing Coral, Fun Mom Dinner, The Incredible Jessica James, Nobody Speak: Hulk Hogan, Gawker and Trials of a Free Press, Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower, Icarus, To The Bone, Mudbound.

Paramount: An Inconvenient Sequel. RLJ Entertainment: Bushwick.

Roadside & Film. Nation: Beatriz At Dinner. Sony Pictures Classics: Call Me By Your Name, Novitiate, Brigsby Bear. The Orchard: The Hero, Trophy, Dina. Vertical: Berlin Syndrome (theatrical)These Movies Sold at Sundance 2. We will be updating this post with 2.

Sundance Film Festival acquisitions throughout the festival. The post is organized from newest to oldest, with the latest acquisitions on the top. Whose Streets? Acquired: February 7.

By: Magnolia. Purchase Price: n/a. Director: Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis. Other Info: North American rights. Magnolia plans a summer theatrical release to coincide with the anniversary of Mike Brown’s murder. Plot Synopsis: Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, Whose Streets? Ferguson uprising. Watch Birdman Of Alcatraz Online Facebook.

When unarmed teenager Michael Brown is killed by police and left lying in the street for hours, it marks a breaking point for the residents of St. Louis, Missouri. Grief, long- standing racial tensions and renewed anger bring residents together to hold vigil and protest this latest tragedy. Empowered parents, artists, and teachers from around the country come together as freedom fighters. As the national guard descends on Ferguson with military grade weaponry, these young community members become the torchbearers of a new resistance. Band Aid. Acquired: Februry 3.

By: IFC Films and Sony Pictures. Purchase Price: n/a.

Director: Zoe Lister- Jones. Starring: Zoe Lister- Jones, Adam Pally, Fred Armisen, Susie Essman, Hannah Simone, Ravi Patel. Other Info:  IFC Films has acquired all North American rights. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) picked- up all rights to the film outside of North America. Plot Synopsis: BAND AID is the story of a feuding married couple, Anna (Zoe Lister- Jones) and Ben (Adam Pally), whose shared love of music makes for unconventional therapy, transforming their fights into song and ultimately forming a band with the help of their once- drummer neighbor Dave (Fred Armisen).

Dina. Acquired: February 1. By: The Orchard. Purchase Price: n/a.

Director: Dan Sickles and Antonio Santini. Other Info: North American rights. Film won the U. S. Watch Lay The Favorite Online Etonline. Documentary Grand Jury Prize. Orchard is planning a fall release. Plot Synopsis: Dina, an outspoken and eccentric 4. Philadelphia, invites her fiancé Scott, a Walmart door greeter, to move in with her.

Having grown up neurologically diverse in a world blind to the value of their experience, the two are head- over- heels for one another, but shacking up poses a new challenge. Scott freezes when it comes to physical intimacy, and Dina, a Kardashians fanatic, wants nothing more than to share with Scott all she’s learned about sensual desire from books, TV shows, and her previous marriage. Her increasingly creative forays to draw Scott close keep hitting roadblocks—exposing anxieties, insecurities, and communication snafus while they strive to reconcile their conflicting approaches to romance and intimacy. Menashe. Acquired: January 3. By: A2. 4Purchase Price: n/a. Director: Joshua Z.

Weinstein. Starring: Menashe Lustig. Other Info: A2. 4’s first acquisition of a foreign language film. Plot Synopsis: Deep in the heart of New York’s ultra- orthodox Hasidic Jewish community, Menashe, a kind, hapless grocery store clerk, struggles to make ends meet and responsibly parent his young son, Rieven, following his wife Leah’s death. Tradition prohibits Menashe from raising his son alone, so Rieven’s strict uncle adopts him, leaving Menashe heartbroken. Meanwhile, though Menashe seems to bungle every challenge in his path, his rabbi grants him one special week with Rieven before Leah’s memorial. It’s his chance to prove himself a suitable man of faith and fatherhood, and restore respect among his doubters. Performed entirely in Yiddish, the colloquial language of the Hasidic community, Menashe uses intimate, handheld camerawork to drop us inside and humanize a hermetically sealed world of black- hatted, working- class men debating in crowded shuls or seeking counsel in the rabbi’s library.

And yet Menashe is in many ways an outsider in this tight- knit circle, as he bucks convention and ruffles feathers to stay true to himself. Trophy. Acquired: January 2.

By: The Orchard and CNN Films. Purchase Price: near $2 million. Director: Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau. Other Info: The Orchard will handle all North American rights, and CNN gets broadcast rights. International rights still are being brokered. Plot Synopsis: Endangered African species like elephants, rhinos, and lions march closer to extinction each year. Their devastating decline is fueled by a global desire to consume and collect these majestic animals.

Trophy investigates the powerhouse businesses of big game hunting, breeding, and wildlife conservation. Through the eyes of impassioned individuals who drive these industries, filmmakers Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau grapple with the complex consequences of imposing economic value on animals.

What are the ethical implications of treating animals as commodities? Do breeding, farming, and hunting offer some of the few remaining options to conserve these species before it’s too late? Mudbound. Acquired: February 1. By: Netflix. Purchase Price: $1. Director: Dee Rees (Pariah)Starring: Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, Mary J. Blige, Rob Morgan, Garrett Hedlund, and Jonathan Banks. Other Info: For U.

S. rights and select other territories. Read Angie Han’s Mudbound review.

Plot Synopsis: Set in the post- WWII South, Mudbound is an epic pioneer story of two families pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad. The film is about friendship, unacknowledged heritage, and the unending struggle for and against the land. Newly transplanted from the quiet civility of Memphis, the Mc. Allan family is underprepared and overly hopeful for Henry’s grandiose farming dreams.