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They Still Make Good Films These Days (Just Not In Hollywood) - #16

Just saw the German film Antibodies.





Norman Reedus is the very first character in the very first scene. Apparently he understands German, but he has no lines at all. If I were a conspiracy theorist, I would think it was some kind of plot to get the attention of Boondock Saints and Walking Dead fans. He is only in that one scene. Anyone looking for more of him will be disappointed, if that's all they are looking for.


The film itself is absolutely incredible. It will not disappoint anyone with any sensible interest in psychological thrillers. Some will compare this film to Silence of the Lambs. A cop questions the most prolific serial killer in "the united Fatherland" for help with an unsolved case.

I will go so far as to say it is an improvement on Anthony Hopkins' masterpiece.

So sayeth the King of Funny Faces.

Friday Night News Dump

Stillwater stabbing victim accused of keeping box of child pornography in basement

Published: Friday, June 22, 2012, 8:30 PM     Updated: Friday, June 22, 2012, 11:47 PM
By Seth Augenstein and Amy Ellis Nutt/The Star-Ledger 

STILLWATER — As murder victim Dennis Pegg was laid to rest at St. Joseph’s cemetery in Newton today, across town a defense lawyer for one of the accused filed an affidavit seeking to preserve Pegg’s belongings — including an alleged box of child pornography.

The request, submitted by attorney Daniel Perez, specifically cited a box containing "numerous Polaroid photographs of nude children and/or children involved in sexual acts."

Clark Fredericks, 46, has been charged with first-degree murder and two of his relatives claim he was molested by Pegg years ago when he was a Boy Scout and Pegg a troop leader. Robert Reynolds, 47, friend of Fredericks, has been charged with helping him kill Pegg and hiding evidence.

Perez’s request, according to the affidavit, was based on information provided to police after Pegg’s death by an unnamed individual (called "John Doe 1" in the legal notice), who says he, too, was molested by Pegg when he was a child.
More at NJ.com

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LTTE: Domestic abuse against men still unrecognized

Domestic abuse against men still unrecognized

6/14/2012

Have you ever wondered why there are no domestic violence shelters for men? Have you ever wondered it out loud? If you’re like me, the answer you got was frightening.

Domestic violence doesn’t happen to men. Not in public. Domestic violence shelters simply do not exist. They are “battered women’s shelters” now.

“Violence against women” is another fine talking point. It is not more important than violence against men. Anybody with an ounce of common sense can tell you that throughout history more men have been victims of violence than women.

As U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy and the lobbyists at NOW have said, “a vote against VAWA — the Democratic Party’s favorite piece of legislation, the Violence Against Women Act — is a vote against women.”

Who could say no?

Has anyone ever heard it said that a vote for VAWA is a vote against falsely accused men because it denies them their due process rights? Has this even ever been allowed a vigorous public debate? I have not found any debate at all, really.

No wonder that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — the namesake and nephew of the most iconic Democrats of the last half-century — did not disclose the beatings he endured until after his abuser was dead.

ERIK B. ANDERSON
Independence Township

They Still Make Good Films These Days (Just Not In Hollywood) - #15

Norway's a good place they make films. Submarino, for example.



I love finding new directors.

This film has a Jim Jarmusch/Quentin Tarantino influence to it, in that the stories unfold in overlapping flashbacks similar to Mystery Train and Pulp Fiction.

There really isn't any comedy in this film, though. It's all tragedy. Some may call it slow, but I call it just beautiful.

I can't wait to see Mads Mikkelsen in Vinterberg's latest "The Hunt."

So sayeth the King of Funny Faces.

How To Make Your Child Hate You In One Easy Step

actually, doing nothing is not even one step

way to go mom