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Downfall

June 22nd, 2010 by emmeticus

Morbidly compelling look at the death throes of the Third Reich and Hitler. The lunacy, dementia and slavish devotion by the surrounding characters leave the viewer both amazed and incredulous.

 

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Bon Cop, Bad Cop

June 22nd, 2010 by emmeticus

This film offers almost nothing of interest. If you’re into bland bonhomie, c’est le film pour vous!

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The Counterfeiters

June 22nd, 2010 by emmeticus

A compelling story of the plight of a Jewish forger in the death-camps facing Hobson’s choice, and his unwillingness to come to terms with his undeniable and inconvenient humanity.

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The True Story of Charlie Wilson’s War

January 25th, 2010 by emmeticus

This is an interesting “homage” to a gun-smuggling member of Congress. It’s compelling in and of itself, but the story has been sanitized of any unsavory details of the undoubtedly sordid reality.

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The X-Files: I Want to Believe

January 25th, 2010 by emmeticus

I Want to Believe? This bunk left me speechless.Complete with pedophile priest,the tortuous tale knows no restraint as it devolves into cartoonish ridicularity. I Couldn’t Believe is what I’d call it.

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wanted

January 25th, 2010 by emmeticus

Three stars for Chicago backdrop. Otherwise, this shallow yarn has all the elements necessary for the rote mediocrity to which we have grown so accustomed.

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Fantastic Planet

November 5th, 2009 by emmeticus

Oh! you’ll hate this one.Drug-induced hallucinations inspired tortured representations of the landscape. Nudies and Bluies romp about to find a path to strife and violence. You’d rather see Maude’s bush

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Guyver

November 5th, 2009 by emmeticus

Pure tripe with small hero constantly fighting bigger and bigger “monstas” using more powerful weapons and “splosions.” Standard drek in the anime genre. Uninspired and substandard animation. Skip it.

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Redacted (2007)

October 9th, 2009 by emmeticus

Interesting multi-perspective brings to life the chaos and lawlessness in what is modern Iraq. Shocking and pathetic, it makes you question just about everything about this occupation.

Redacted

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Invisible Target

October 9th, 2009 by emmeticus

Standard goo-guy/ ba-guy HK film with requisite brooding cop with dead girlfriend anger screaming for revenge. Some shooting and ass kicking, but nothing you haven’t seen except one guy is invincible.

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Outlaw (2007)

October 9th, 2009 by emmeticus

This movie is rather tripe. Its promise of senseless violence went largely unfulfilled and I so hate being duped. It was as if a bunch of mongoloids decided to become vigilantes. That’s this that is.

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Death at a Funeral

September 4th, 2009 by emmeticus

A madcap and mildly predictable brit-romp, (avec midget), but overall enjoyable. In fact it was so good I don’t ever want to see it again, but rather remember this midget flick fondly.

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Le Petit Lieutenant

August 10th, 2009 by emmeticus

Like most Freedom films, this one is a slice of life piece with grand drama manufactured from something mundane, in this instance, the death of a rummy. Wanted to give it 3.5 but rounded up for style.

 

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The King of Kong

August 10th, 2009 by emmeticus

Excellent human docu-drama. Draws you in to its alien world where the blatant bias and unfairness will leave you surprisingly indignant. This is an excellent piece of work about a Piece of Work!

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Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt

August 10th, 2009 by emmeticus

Another dissolute music man who couldn’t deal with his talents or vices. Much too dissolute. This guy drank himself to death. At least he didn’t make himself a fat spastic.

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Blood and Oil: The Middle East in World War I

July 7th, 2009 by emmeticus

Excellent and interesting overlay of the involvement of Western powers in the Middle East since WWI, culminating in the “Peace to End All Peace.” Recommended viewing for today’s citizen.

 Blood and Oil

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30 Days of Night

July 7th, 2009 by emmeticus

Dull back-lot production riddled with inconsistencies so obvious that a zombie could have picked them out. 30 days? BS! These clowns wouldn’t have lasted 10 hours if this thing were properly written.

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Diary of the Dead

July 7th, 2009 by emmeticus

Interesting take on the “zombie” movie, i.e. an excuse to shoot people without guilt. I liked the filmcraft and movie- within-a-movie format the director utilized. Otherwise, uninspired writing.

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Black Ops

June 14th, 2009 by emmeticus

Rote blarney about a “Nazi super-guy” who is infused into a ship somehow. This couldn’t have more macho- and testosterone-laden stereotypes if it had been penned by SpikeTV or the Pentagon. Truly awful.

Black Ops

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Kontroll

June 14th, 2009 by emmeticus

Everyone loved this movie. I did not. I thought it was dark, dull and pointless. It just didn’t interest me at all. Hungarian cinema can shag off if this is what they have to offer. Disappointing

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Meeting Resistance

June 14th, 2009 by emmeticus

Looks at life on the “terrorist” side of the “official” debate. For the most part these are ordinary people who say they are resisting the occupation of their homeland. Agree or not, it’s worth a watch.

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grotesque

May 27th, 2009 by emmeticus

piggy bank

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David Icke Movie

May 12th, 2009 by emmeticus

This cat is interesting and has some intriguing things to say. He’s actually a pretty energetic speaker, which is good because his presentation is about 6 hrs. I don’t expect anyone will watch this.

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2012: Doomsday

April 27th, 2009 by emmeticus

Juxtaposing the Book of Revelations with Mayan prophecy and a bit of sci-fi scare thrown in, this jumbled mess seeks to evoke some apocalyptic spirituality, but the only real tragedy is this film.

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Grass

April 27th, 2009 by emmeticus

Amusing look at the US govt propaganda and lies in the name of eradicating the “most dangerous drug in America.” These dishonest shills are ridiculous and illogical, but funny nonetheless.

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Eureka

April 27th, 2009 by emmeticus

Initially promising creative intrigue, this quickly lost that promise to become more of the light-hearted unexceptionality that is far too common on the Sci-fi channel, see e.g. Stargate.

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Southland Tales

April 10th, 2009 by emmeticus

This movie is so skewed, hokey, and preposterous, yet strangely amusing. Perhaps it’s the legions of B-list actors they got to play the increasingly ridiculous roles. Not a loss if you miss it.

Southland Tales

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Anatomy of Hell

April 10th, 2009 by emmeticus

Rocco in a legit movie. Can’t believe it. This film is explicit, clinical and morbid. Not fo the faint of heart. In fact many of you would hate this. Not recommended for those more delicate friends.

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Broken

April 10th, 2009 by emmeticus

This [movie] is complete tripe. Forget about this nonsense and drink some hot-dog water instead. You’ll certainly feel better than if you watched this hokum.

(2006 horror film)

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The Invasion

March 24th, 2009 by emmeticus

The Invasion film poster
This is yet another remake of the Invasion of the Bodysnatchers and it is suitably trite and hackneyed. A not unpleasant waste of time.

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The Greatest Mong of All

July 1st, 2010 by Audinx

Because the greatest mong of all, is standing next to me…

Eddie Deathbedder
Sheets of dirty flannel,
unwashed sheets today.
Bedspread out before me,
as her body was dead…

Missing: Blue Glove
I’m looking for a blue glove baby,
a blue glove,
made of suede, yeah!

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¡Soy el mamro, cabron!

July 1st, 2010 by Audinx

Have you stared at some shit lately?

Nude Picasso is on tour.

Like a lover, your touch will always linger,
your words will speak themselves with my breath.

Lash out at those around you;
You never know when you’ll get a chance
to harm those you truly hate.

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Word Chains

July 1st, 2010 by Audinx

Big Black Hole In One Nation Under God
Rich Little Debbie Harry Connick, Jr.
Mustang Ranch Dressing Room With A View
Bohemian Rhapsody In Blue Velvet
Eddie Money Hungry Like The Wolf Blitzer

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Like a fat out of hell

July 1st, 2010 by Audinx

Like a fat out of hell
“I would do anything for blood! But I won’t suck that! No, I won’t suck that!”

Just what I feeded
“I don’t want you comin’ here, and tasting all my wine…”

REO Speedpopper
“And I’m gonna keep on fuckin’ dudes! Cause they’re the only ones that make me spew!”

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American Dreamjack

June 23rd, 2010 by Audinx

I’m pretty sure that society ruined me. Learning to disregard or ignore my family and my ancestors’ histories, values, customs, traditions. Learning to speak a foreign language, to scoop up and eat their bullshit single-handedly. What a disgrace to see children grow up to be zombies. Did their parents come this far to donate their kids to America? Of course not. They have no idea their children have lost their ancestral spirit + heart. They dishonor the origin of their parents. Hrimas.

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She Blinded Me With Sinus!

June 22nd, 2010 by Audinx

sinus from http://www.flickr.com/photos/astromysicism

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word chains

June 22nd, 2010 by Audinx

Can you figure these out?

Glengarry Glen Ellyn Degeneres
Grape Drink-and-Drive-Thru
Head of the Class Action Figure
Meatball Subterranean Embassy
Mustang Sally Struthers Brothers

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Windless Fart

June 22nd, 2010 by Audinx

You can call it fart, but I call it art.

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chiara

June 20th, 2010 by Audinx

A silhouette in black and white
An aroma from around the way
A mind that dreams in eloquence
Her auburn lockets sway.

I look across and you are there
Ready to taste the fruits I bear
Mystic horizon covered in sand
Grasping my melodies, lilting my hand

If ever occasioned our company could be
I’d endure heavy hardship to play next to thee

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tears of rain

June 11th, 2010 by Audinx

Bitter tears make the sweet corn grow
Sweet tears make the bitter rain flow.

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pony baloney

June 11th, 2010 by Audinx

Nectar like the ember in December remember
Clever to sever the lever whomever
Douses the mouses in houses of blouses
You’re only a poney baloney my phony

Cartwheels smartreels heartfeels larkpeels
Tributary mercenary hot ‘n hairy capillary
Smiling nexus biling plexus riling Texas
Alimony parsimony acrimony sanctimony

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meat enchiladas

June 11th, 2010 by Audinx

If you like meat enchiladas, and gettin’ ripped at the game.
If you’re not into yoga, and you use half your brain.
Then you’ll be whooping after midnight, breakin’ out the champagne
‘Cause you’re a hardcore ‘hawks fan, now settle down for a change…

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Americal Repairall

June 11th, 2010 by Audinx

American Apparel!
Sweatshop quality…
…boutique prices!

tshirt vogue

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education

June 11th, 2010 by Audinx

An incomplete education is always the most sufficient.

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three cheers!

June 11th, 2010 by Audinx

Three cheers for unprotected sex!

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one life to live

June 11th, 2010 by Audinx

Everybody only gets one life to live.
So hurry it up, OK?
Give someone else a turn!

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on happy endings

May 17th, 2010 by Audinx

Every story has a happy ending because someone lived to tell it.

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Breasts without honey

May 17th, 2010 by Audinx

Breasts without honey.
Making fun with big ponies.
Come undone like a bony
Cub just sitting at the
Edge of the stream, yeah….

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i want to know

May 17th, 2010 by Audinx

What’s a fair price for some vintage underwear? Rare 1970’s white skivvies. Light skid marks, soft and threadbare…?

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more funny lyrics about bodily functions

April 30th, 2010 by Audinx

Higher Defecation, by Teeny Turn-on

Let me be your private chancellor–
chancellor for money;
doo-doo when you want me to do….

Another Song, by Hair Supply

‘Cause you’re every woman in the world, for you!

Don’t Stop Secreting, by Gurney

Just a small town whore,
livin’ with an anal sore…
She found a big brown dick,
put it everywhere…

Don’t stop,
I’m bleeding;
Hold on to that semen!
Straight up
my poop-hole,
wo ho ohh!

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from ear to mouth

April 8th, 2010 by Audinx

From time to time you may notice a certain ineptitude.
You traversed the ocean and came back with a cowry pressed
against your ear that speaks in spirals originating from your
breath. Someday you will realize it’s the fire you crave in your
lungs, my hot conjecture, and it will burn.

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Problem solving

April 8th, 2010 by Audinx

There is a problem.
It exists on expiration Mondays.
The files are processed on Monday
But the files are not found.
The problem is the finder.
He’s looking for a match.
He should have a plan when there’s no exact match.
He should be prepared to retry - he should be prepared to download the latest file regardless of the datepart
-FtpHandler should be shielded from logic
-DownloadHandler should be able to do 2 types of lookup:
1. Consider dateless filename
2. Consider dated filename
-Consider injecting an algorithm into FtpHandler?
getTargetFileInfo(Batch, Regex)
getKeyFileInfo
fillListsByPattern

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it’s springtime, green and brown

March 26th, 2010 by Audinx

As Foreigner pleaded, “I’ve been waiting, for a roadside crew, to come and fix my ride. Yeah, waiting… for someone who… can make this car survive!”

As part of a Green and Brown Initiative, Mayor Daley inaugurated “Outhouse Composting,” urging Chicagoans to donate their intestinal waste. Outhouses will line Daley Plaza and feature scales that will pay Chicagoans a dollar a pound for their waste. Local resident Iris Dolores complained about the butt-seats being too cold.

What would Foreigner say? “I’ve been waiting, for a turd-sized poo, to come out of my pipe. Yeah, waiting… for some such brew, to make me feel so light!”

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fashion a tender heart (alt)

March 17th, 2010 by Audinx

It started with a word
Be quiet and just listen
Now you’re screaming like a bird
Not for profit just for kicks (yeah)

I’m just trying to understand
the cause of your pain
But to my surprise it’s me
that’s made you insane…

Staring at the cove
Green dolphin blue horizon
And the woman in chains
Mochalicious sugar-free

And the firemen
they claim
that smoke alarms can save my soul
In this wide open frame
You can say yes
You can say no…

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media created zombies

March 17th, 2010 by Audinx

Media doesn’t really entertain
zombies - it created the zombies. Look at
the ratio of people reading material vs.
writing it — on the train I would say
per 1000 people, 200 are reading and
1 is writing. “What are you writing?
Why? What gives you the
nerve? The intelligence?” “Oh, it’s
for SCHOOL. Or CORRESPONDENCE.”
Or “making a list of to-do’s.”
Those are socially acceptable answers.
I wonder when these individuals
actually come up on a thought about
their internal lives and perceptions
about sensory phenomenon on their own?
Probably not very often.
I find I was becoming lost in-
side the shell I had built around
myself. I had built the shell be-
cause it was hard to cope with the
unpleasantries of the daily grind.
Or because I had not much time to
just be by myself, thinking, observing,
creating, relating. Most of the day
I relate to a computer. I am
sick of it by the end of the day.
I am glad coworker feels the same
way.

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how not to kill yourself part 2

March 17th, 2010 by Audinx

am i already dead? am i alive? am i god? am i the devil? am i me? am i you? i feel that everything is right now. i have lived at the end of time. i have lived at the beginning of time, outside time. i am here now. living here mostly. but i want to be everything and everywhere.

man i felt like such a fraud the other day. i felt that i should cry and started crying because i didnt know how to any more. i pulled over the car and thought about how unhappy i am. i thought about how i fool myself constantly.

i did not go to the fair. I did not look all over the fair for not you! It was not great!

treasure the divinity in each moment, existence is a gift.

time exists when you want it to.

which is more fun, believing in a mystery, unraveling it, or finding there was no mystery? Is that a mystery? Is the mystery of mysteries that there are no mysteries?

stay in touch if its not too much

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children and solitude

March 12th, 2010 by Audinx

The most effective way to care about the future is to see it as a living breathing entity.
Hush; I am enjoying a secret love affair with myself.

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stah woyos from eemba

March 11th, 2010 by Audinx

boba the fet
yoop skywalker
storm jupiter
dark waiter
light saver

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to my son

March 11th, 2010 by Audinx

I dream that tomorrow is coming
I live for today because it is all that is guaranteed
Even if today was the last day
It would still be a success

I dream of you and me feeling warm to each other
Of understanding
A complete understanding
of thought
of cadence
of our hearts beating in synchrony

And that dream becomes a reality
every time you are near me
every time you smile
every time I know I put you to bed safe and sound

today becomes the culmination of every tomorrow.

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violent scriptures - Islam and Christianity

March 8th, 2010 by Audinx

The thing is you cant just assert “Islam is more violent that other faiths” on account of this idea of scriptural prescriptions for violence. This idea, if it is even sound, is interpreted within a system and has as much to do with how the system is practiced.  For example, how do we reconcile the violence of holy Christian warriors? Do they believe that since there is no everlasting life without Christ that a heathen’s life is in vain? Or that, if they kill wrongly, their confession can offer them grace? These are both sound arguments. Well, neither confession nor the idea of salvation only through Mohammed are part of Islam, so that factors into the idea of violence in the religion as well. The Islamic God repeatedly says as well that forgiveness is better than violence. I would say that Qur’an has more prescriptively violent things than the New Testament, however the nature of salvation of Christianity makes violence more forgivable.

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