Knightley Prepares For My Fair Lady Lead & other

Saturday 30 August 2008

Eraser

Is it just me, or is Arnold Schwarzenegger's accent acquiring worse? I think it is, as is his acting power, as intimately as his choice of films to star in. This time it's Eraser, a big-budget, small-plot, passable feature that continues the testosterone-infused series that Arnie's been working on since Pumping Iron.

It's the cheeseball role to end all cheeseball roles: John Kruger (Arnie) deeds for the Witness Relocation Program as an "identity eraser," and he answers to no one (sorta). His charge is Lee Cullen (Vanessa Williams), an executive with "Cyrez," wHO discovers that her company is selling next propagation weapons to Russkie terrorists. The FBI uses her just to get the goods on Cyrez, and it's up to Arnie to economise her enshroud from the bad guys, which includes turncoat fellow eraser Robert Deguerin (James Caan).

Meanwhile, Arnie does about every unintelligent thing possible in purchase order to (a) inadvertently lead-in the bad guys to Lee, (b) get in lots of fights, (c) blow up stuff, and (d) break up jokes. All of this works with varying success. In the film, Arnold comes cancelled as a complete cretin who couldn't protect his lunch money without blurting out where it is. It's a good thing he's so tough, otherwise it'd be a short film so. Even Arnold's jokes here are of the lowest quality even, sadly.

It's sad, really, because everyone but the headliner is pretty good. Williams proves herself as equal to of retention her own against the big guy cable, and Robert Pastorelli's Mafioso-in-protection all only steals the show. We're also treated to some bad-ass special effects (ILM's faker-than-fake digital crocodiles not withstanding), courtesy of some of the most wicked weapons on screen. (Actually, the best effect is the replacement of all mention/viewing of the discussion "Cyrex" with "Cyrez" to avoid big lawsuits from the similarly-named chip manufacturer.)

Overall, the celluloid delves into complete and utter ridiculousness in the plot domain, and at the same time is totally predictable -- in fact, big chunks of it are lifted right out of True Lies. Throw on a dumb ending... and the rest you toilet just efface.

Wednesday 20 August 2008

Carfax Grants a Wish at Nascar Nationwide Series Carfax 250

Make-A-Wish Recipient Named Grand Marshal of Aug. 16 Race Along with
Three-Time Grammy Nominated Artist Pat Green

BROOKLYN, Mich., Aug. 11 -- Carfax today named Make-A-Wish
recipient Eric Wright and country music star Pat Green as lordly marshals of
the NASCAR Nationwide Series Carfax 250 at Michigan International Speedway.
Following the ratiocination of the Carfax 250, Green will perform a free
concert along with fellow land singer Danielle Peck for fans attending
the race.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080507/CARFAXLOGO )

The Carfax 250 will take stead on Saturday, Aug. 16, at Michigan
International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich.

"This year's Carfax 250 will be the best yet in its three-year
history," aforesaid Larry Gamache, communications music director at Carfax. "We get to
make a wish come true for Eric, a NASCAR and state music devotee who kicks
off the race with Pat Green. NASCAR fans will be treated to an electrifying
race and fun-filled sidereal day that brings out the kid in all of us."

Thirteen year-old Eric Wright, from Eaton Rapids, Mich., was diagnosed
with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. Pat Green has been nominated for three
Grammy awards and recorded x studio albums in his 13 year career.

Tickets for the Carfax 250 and unblock concert featuring Pat Green are
useable at hTTP://www.carfax250.com.

About Carfax (hypertext transfer protocol://www.carfax.com)

Millions of consumers rely on the most trusted provider of vehicle
history information, Carfax, each year. Using the unique 17-character
vehicle identification number (VIN) found on vehicle dashboards and title
documents, Carfax outright generates a detailed Vehicle History Report on
any used car or light truck. Carfax Vehicle History Reports(TM) render
information that can impact a consumer's decision about a exploited car or
truck. Carfax is a wholly-owned subsidiary company of R.L. Polk & Co. For more
information, visit hTTP://www.carfax.com.

About Michigan International Speedway

Michigan International Speedway is a wholly-owned subordinate of
International Speedway Corporation (ISC), a star promoter of motorsports
activities in the United States, currently promoting more than 100 events
at 12 major motorsports facilities each year. To purchase tickets to events
at MIS, or for more information, log on to MISpeedway.com or call the MIS
ticket hotline at 1-800-354-1010.

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Sunday 10 August 2008

Franco Battiato

Artist: Franco Battiato

   Genre(s):
Pop
   Rock: Pop-Rock
   Instrumental
   Ethnic
   Folk
   Rock
   Other

Discography:

Il Vuoto

Year: 2007
Tracks: 8

Frequenze E Dissolvenze

Year: 2007
Tracks: 34

Pollution

Year: 2006
Tracks: 7

Un Soffio al Cuore di Natura Elettrica

Year: 2005
Tracks: 16

The Platinum Collection cd3

Year: 2004
Tracks: 18

The Platinum Collection cd2

Year: 2004
Tracks: 19

Studio Collection

Year: 2003
Tracks: 31

Ferro Battuto

Year: 2001
Tracks: 10

La Cura: Best of

Year: 1999
Tracks: 19

Fleurs

Year: 1999
Tracks: 12

Live Collection CD2

Year: 1998
Tracks: 14

Live Collection CD1

Year: 1998
Tracks: 15

Clic

Year: 1998
Tracks: 7

L'imboscata

Year: 1996
Tracks: 10

Caffe De La Paix

Year: 1993
Tracks: 8

Gilgamesh

Year: 1992
Tracks: 24

L'era Del Cinghiale Bianco

Year: 1990
Tracks: 7

Giubbe Rosse

Year: 1989
Tracks: 16

Fisiognomica

Year: 1988
Tracks: 8

Genesis

Year: 1987
Tracks: 19

Echoes of Sufi Dances

Year: 1985
Tracks: 9

La Voce Del Padrone

Year: 1981
Tracks: 7

Feed back (CD2)

Year: 1976
Tracks: 8

Feed back (CD1)

Year: 1976
Tracks: 6

Fetus

Year: 1972
Tracks: 8

Patriots

Year:
Tracks: 7

Orizzonti Perduti

Year:
Tracks: 8

La Cura

Year:
Tracks: 19

L'ombrello

Year:
Tracks: 9

L'egitto Prima Delle Sabbie

Year:
Tracks: 2

Gommalaca

Year:
Tracks: 10

Fleurs 3

Year:
Tracks: 12

Fisiognostica

Year:
Tracks: 8

Campi Magnetici

Year:
Tracks: 8

America's self-regarding vision of itself is such that artists world Health Organization are unquestioned legends elsewhere are not seen to have made it if they have got no stateside success. That doesn't mean that they can't have an influence cosmopolitan, whether English-speaking or non, which is where longtime Italian star Franco Battiato comes into the moving picture. Avant-rocker Jim O'Rourke has named him as one of his favorites, Simple Minds' Jim Kerr has collaborated with him, piece an ever-expanding serial of reissues brought his early act upon to the attending of prog-psych fanatics around the world in the later '90s, regular as he pursues his current recording interests in other spheres.

Innate in 1945 in the small town of Jonio, Battiato's initial stabs into musical work in the sixties didn't go anyplace beyond a unmarried or 2, leaving his first real discover to occur in the early '70s when he began recording a series of albums for the underground label Bla Bla. Starting with Foetus in 1971 and last with L'Egitto Prima Delle Sabbie (Egypt Before the Sands) in 1978, he staked out his have claim in the high-ferment world of Italian prog rock. Musically complete if sometimes ailing recorded, and fearless to spoil in more than a small whimsy, these records covered the gamut from extreme experimentalism to more than song-focused efforts, the deuce almost noteworthy of which would be 1972's Pollution and 1973's Sulle Corde Di Aries (On the Ropes of Aries). Compared to other bands like Area and PFM, however, Battiato and his ring were cult figures more loved abroad than at home; performances in France and Germany as the chess opening pretend for Brian Eno and Nico pay a sense as to his invoke elsewhere. Battiato's oft exuberant appearance at this time make him something of an Italian Peter Gabriel, piece his lyrics eschewed then-fashionable Maoist/terrorist posing in favor of a deep merely humourous combination of Asian philosophies and literary reflection.

Shift labels to EMI's Italian branch, his fortunes in the Italian popular centre turned (besides in an unearthly line of latitude with Gabriel) in the '80s, specifically with 1981's La Voce del Padrone (The Voice of the Master). Embracing a more organise, synth-pop stylus -- not too surprising given that keyboards were constantly his primary musical musical instrument -- Battiato set up himself rewarded with an Italian smash up, enabling his star topology to rise up both at home and elsewhere in Europe. Since so, spell he has not specifically revisited his before style in broad, Battiato has continued to explore whatsoever number of musical styles and approaches in the present day. This includes a number of collaborations with orchestras and multimedia touring, notably including a visit with Virtuosi Italiani in 1993 to Baghdad to collaborate with Iraq's interior orchestra, as well as works commissioned by his native Sicily to celebrate that island's rich history. Something of an senior solon of Italian popular music as of the turn of the millennium, Battiato continues to phonograph recording and perform, following his muse wheresoever it leads him.