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We Can Communicate With Limitlessness

I have tried my very best, for many years to remove all drama and ego (and all negative words, as well) from my speaking and writing, and I get banned from academic associations, and I have experienced academic and social isolation as a result. However, instead of giving up and re-joining the politically correct majority I prefer the isolation and this is why:

Hardly a word can be said nowadays (except perhaps about the weather) than it results in a complaint from someone that is so dramatic, that there is a call for silencing, censoring, and/or I am told that I am making someone uncomfortable! I have tried to find a way to get around political correctness, other than blabbering on about the weather, incessantly. Perhaps we are all so super sensitized to being politically correct, that we all could use some de-conditioning. It seems as though we have all chosen (well “chosen” perhaps by default since there are few, if any, alternatives available) a vicarious existence. It is as if we have all been resigned to living like those citizens in matrix, ie robotic like. These vicarious existences thrive on dramas of all kinds. This is because our vicarious lives are lives empty of unique meaning. We all have ascribed, and therefore limited ie approved of meaning that we strive for: the perfect family, the American dream, patriotism at any cost, etc. However, we can reclaim or claim for the first time, our dramatic, defensive, distracted minds and lives, and our consciousness. We can get them out of “hock”, because we have all “pawned” our minds, our lives, our consciousness, due to fears of being politically incorrect.

We need to focus on flow (being in the present moment, in the now, in the present). Instead of using our energy to focus and develop limitless consciousness, paradoxically, we “focus” on limitless distractibility, ie multi tasking becomes, scanning which in turn becomes almost total lack of consciousness. Instead of focussing totally in the present, we are distracted and addicted to dramatic labels and stereotypes (comparisons, judgements, categories of all kinds) instead of giving validity to our uniqueness. We give our validity to “politically correct” others who are themselves vicariously ‘living”! What results is that we “wear” our dramas, our politically correct masks instead of live our unique lives.

We need to see the “loss” of political correctness as its opposite, namely a gained opportunity. When and if we are criticized, we need to de-escalate any and all provocations, by saying “you are only practicing to provoke me, you are an expert at provoking yourself”.…

Mummies Make Excellent Monsters for Haunted Houses or Home Haunts

Mummies are underrated monsters and do not get the credit they deserve. That creepy creature from ancient Egypt wrapped in dusty bandages captures our imagination. I recommend trying a mummy theme if you own a haunted house or if you turn your own home and garage into a haunt. The public will love your haunt and tell their friends and family about “that awesome mummy haunted house.”

Mummies are odd movie monsters and haunted house creatures to me but ones that really should be used more often. The public likes mummies as shown by many mummy movies throughout film history. Also, mummies’ ties to ancient times make them more interesting than simple haunted house actors with fake hammers and kitchen knives.

A mummy as a movie monster was first introduced to movie-goers in The Universal Studios’ film The Mummy (1932). It starred Boris Karloff. He played Prince Im-Ho-Tep, an ancient Egyptian who was mummified and comes back to life in modern times. The interesting thing about the film is Karloff is only seen bandaged as a mummy briefly when he returns to life. He looks like an older man throughout the rest of the movie. But, the film brought the concept of the mummy as a horror monster to life. And he kept coming back like all good monsters do.

Universal Studios made many more Mummy films and Hammer Film Productions started their own Mummy series of movies. Hammer’s first Mummy film, The Mummy, starred Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. It was in color, which was exciting to fans in 1959 when it was released. This time around, the Mummy is named Kharis and not Im-Ho-Tep. Of course, the Mummy came to life again in the more recent series of Mummy films starring Brendan Fraser. No doubt, people are primed for a mummy-themed haunt.

There is another benefit to creating a mummy-themed haunt besides the popularity of mummy films. With a mummy theme you can have consistency in your haunted house. Picture it, Egyptian symbols throughout the haunt, actors dressed in bandages, mummy hand props scattered throughout the haunt, and lifelike snake props slithering about. Also, you can decorate your haunted house with many Egyptian sarcophagi. A sarcophagus was a type of coffin in ancient Egypt – a perfect decoration for your haunt.

Yes, filling a haunted house with sarcophagi would be helpful to haunted house owners and scary to patrons. Like coffins, sarcophagi are perfect places for actors to hide and leap out at customers as they tiptoe through the haunt. A perfect way to set up an Egyptian-themed haunt is to line an entire room of the haunted house with many sarcophagi. Place dummies in some coffins. Place real actors dressed as mummies in other coffins. I guarantee you will get good startles and screams from your patrons when the real actors jump out. People will love your haunted attraction and visiting it will make Halloween memorable for many customers!

I hope this article has given you some new ideas for your haunted attraction. Again, I encourage you to try a mummy theme. The Mummy films have the public primed for a “mummy” haunt and just the d?�cor itself would be eerily amazing.…

How to Be a Movie Extra – The Secrets Are Finally Revealed

How to be a movie extra? This is a question that implies a multitude of things, which relate to developing an entire acting career. But, in order to develop such a career, you have to get ready for future auditions. As you might already know, getting ready for auditions mainly include building a great portfolio, which should contain a resume and your best possible photos and videos. As soon as you have a wonderful portfolio, you should start searching for movie extras needed.

This thing actually means that you have to search for casting and interview opportunities. You can find numerous agencies that offer their services to different people, who just like you, are searching for movie extra jobs. In most cases, the only thing that you have to do is to place your portfolio with these agencies and wait for them to contact you. As soon as they find the right job opportunity which matches your profile, you can be sure of the fact that they are going to contact you.

However, you should know that the competition is quite acerb within this sector. And this is mainly because many people intend to become a movie extra. Thus, if you want to be successful, you should discover how to be a movie extra. As you already know, this thing implies much more than searching for companies which launch different slogans like “movie extras needed.”

You can become an extra in a movie by simply taking a few essential steps. After locating several agencies which deal with extras, the best thing that you can do is to send your resume with a headshot and a nice cover letter. You can also send the same documents to any casting directors you hear about. Do not forget to call the agency back in a few days and ask about your interview.

After you find out the interview date, make sure that you are able to attend the interview. In case that you cannot attend it, you should call the agency and ask the agent to reschedule your interview. This thing is very important because the interview consists of different stages. Thus, a professional who works for the agency will take a photo of you and fill out a sheet with different details, including your age, hair color, weight and height. All these things are important in order to become a movie extra. Moreover, you should behave in a truly professional and polite manner during the interview. Your behavior is going to reassure your agent that you are the right person for this job.

If the agency accepts you, bear in mind that you must be ready to work on a movie set whenever necessary, even if you get just a day’s notice. This aspect is essential especially because the movie extras needed should be always available to show up on a movie set. While you are on the movie set, you should always stay in special areas for extras. Moreover, do not forget to behave professionally so the agency is going to contact you for future jobs. As you have just found out how to be a movie extra, the next thing that you must do is to apply all these advices. Only by doing so, you have great chances to explore the film industry.…

Great Ideas For Throwing a New Moon Themed Twilight Party

One of the biggest movies releases this fall will be the movie adaptation of New Moon. New Moon is the second installation in the wildly popular Twilight series. The series is based on four novels by author, Stephenie Meyers and is about the challenging romance between a human girl, Bella Swan, and a vampire Edward Cullen. In the second installation Bella is abandoned by Edward and a love triangle develops with far reaching consequences as she gets close to her child hood friend Jacob Black who is revealed to be a werewolf. This fall celebrate the release of this movie at your birthday, Halloween, or movie release party. A great way to do so is a have a New Moon themed party with Twilight Party supplies and favors. Here are some great suggestions to get you started as you start planning your event.

First off the theme for New Moon is vampires versus werewolves. If you have seen movies like Van Helsing or Underworld you know that vampires and werewolves are mortal enemies. In New Moon it’s no different and Bella is caught in the middle. For decorations you can use movie posters of actors in the Twilight movie franchise. Try to use posters of Jacob Black and Edward Cullen to decorate the walls of your party location. You can also get life sized cut-outs of the characters for your guests to take pictures with. Another thing to do is to use the imagery of the book cover. The image on the cover is a tulip so use them freely in decorating the venue. You can use them in centerpieces and other decorations.

For food you can do a lot of different things. One great idea is to have wolf shaped chocolates and cookies. Also try to find similar themed candies online. Of course since this is also a book where we meet Italian vampires serve staples like lasagne, pizza, and spaghetti and meatballs with extra sauce. Also don’t forget to have red drinks like cranberry juice and Cool-Aid. You can also serve moon shaped snacks as well in honor of the book’s title.

Another thing to consider while you are planning your party is the music. You can go to Stephenie Meyer’s website and get a playlist of the songs she listened to as she wrote New Moon. If you need more music extrapolate by finding more music by the artists on the playlists. This will help add variety. Another good idea is to mix in some top 40 hits to provide some great dance music.

Of course you also have to have great party favors. There are several options available. For example you can give wolf and moon bracelet charms to keep with the theme. You can also give promotional items from the movie like posters, pins, or pens. Of course you can also go with edible favors. Try to get twilight themed candies or make red velvet cupcakes. These will be great hits as gifts for your guests.

Last but not least try to come up with activities that everyone can enjoy. A great idea is to have trivia games based on the book. You can read lines from the book where either vampires or werewolves used their abilities and have guests guess which powers are werewolf powers and which were vampire powers.…

The Dirty Picture (2011) – Hindi Movie Review

Directed by Milan Luthria and produced by Ekta and Shobha Kapoor, The Dirty Picture is an excellent film with explosive dialog and a bang on performance by Vidya Balan, also starring Emraan Hashmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Tusshar Kapoor, The film is a story about a make-up girl who becomes an extra and then the most wanted heroine of the early 80s. Yes, the chronicle rising and the steep fall of the screen sensation Silk Smitha has been perfectly depicted by the quintessential Vidya Balan. Set against the colorful and the entertaining backdrop of south film industry of the 80s, The Dirty picture is a biopic on the life and time of Silk Smitha. It shows her struggles, man in her life and her insecurities.

Director Milan Luthria has given an outstanding piece of cinema. Stepping out of the comfort zone to narrate the tragic story of an actress, the film at no point looks immodest or vulgar. The music composer Vishal Shekhar delivers a good soundtrack. “Oh la la..” is easily the song of the year sung by Bappi Lahiri and Shreya Gosal, While “Ishq tu piya na..” too stand out among the lot. Other songs like “Twinkle twinkle little star..” and “Honeymoon ki raat..” needs special mention.

Silk Smitha aka Vidya in the film have come really long way from her struggling days. Making her debut in the TV serial “Hum Paanch”, Vidya’s bold and seductive avatar is a complete shocker. Vidya’s sizzling show and dare bare act doesn’t make her character vulgar or tasteless. She is one of the main reasons why anyone would watch this film. Sometimes, while watching the movie, you wonder why there are Vidya-less scenes in this movie. She has dared to wear no makeup in the second half of the movie, which is very rarely seen in Bollywood movies. She even put on weight for this role in the movie. The clothes she wore is a reflection of the time she is going through. Naseeruddin Shah who has been cast as an aged south superstar with no doubt gives a flawless performance. Emraan Hashmi too stands out as a headstrong, hot blooded, rebellious director. Tusshar also plays his part decently well. Overall, The Dirty Picture is true shocker of the year that is high on sex values. Portrayal of an ordinary person rise from scratch to extraordinary high and her subsequent fall has potential to set the cash register bringing.

I would give it 3.5 stars out of 5.…

The Online Movie Rental Market – Online, Affordable and Dependable

The online movie rental market is gaining more and more steam as we speak and it doesn’t show signs of slowing down. More people everyday are signing up for the most popular and fastest growing online movie streaming providers.

The easiest way to bring the best features of all these providers with a service that is online, affordable and dependable is to support the one system that brings all of these items together into one. The convenience of having all the movies online and having them all available for download is the one thing you should look for in an online movie rental company. Now you can actually find such a service.

Aside from the fact that this new and incredibly reliable company already exists, the price you will pay to have all of this in your hands will be almost nothing if compared to other services that will only let you watch the movie online without being able to download it. Or even if you compare to a simple rental store.

If you and your family love to enjoy your precious times together while enjoying a good movie but can’t stand having to pay the costly fees of DVD rental stores, you will find a better way to fix this problem with the deals that such online movie rental market offers.

And if you still enjoy to go through the movies synopsis and know exactly which movies you want to purchase or watch online, such websites offer all the information so you will know where to go.

The most varied genres, the most extensive listings. All you can ask in a rental service is what you will find with this option of online based company and believe me, you won’t regret being part of it one bit.…

The History of the Vampire in Movies

Vampires have had a long and interesting history on film. In fact, the vampire movie has gone through a number of distinct stages, where the vampire has played a variety of different roles. In this article, I will discuss the various phases of the movie vampire.

The Tragic Loner

In the film Nosferatu from 1922, the vampire is portrayed as a tragic loner who is miserable and needs to feed on the flesh of other people. This form of the vampire is miserable, ugly and appears barely human. Though this version of the vampire was quickly replaced by the Bela Legosi version, it is, in fact, closer to the mythology of vampires than any other film version.

The Gentleman

In the film Dracula from 1931, we see a filmed version of Bram Stoker’s character from the novel of the same name. Like that character, Dracula appears as a ruthless and evil, but wealthy and charismatic gentleman. Unlike the character from Nosferatu, the Dracula of this film is suave and attractive. It is the beginning of vampires as being sexy.

The Buffoon

Not everything can last, however. For much of the 1950s and 1960s, vampires were largely used in comedy movies. The combination of intensity and decadence from the early films made ripe pickings for comedies such as Roman Polanski’s The Fearless Vampire Killers.

Exploitation

The rise of exploitation films in the 1960s and 1970s gave two new versions of the film vampire: cannon fodder and naked vampire chick. Exploitation films focused on violence and sex, and vampires could provide a lot of both. Vampire men played some of the same cannon fodder role as zombies do today, while vampire women tended to be both naked and lesbians.

The Bad Boy

In the 1980s, vampire films had something of a renaissance. Rather than retelling old stories, the idea became to make vampires as they would be today. The decision was unanimous: they would be really, really cool. Whatever was cool at the time would be characteristic of vampires. This kind of vampire can be seen in films like The Lost Boys and later in Blade.

The Dandy

Then, of course, there is Anne Rice. The film Interview With a Vampire brought her vision of violent, decadent vampires to the big screen. Since then, the well-dressed, Victorian immortal who is in touch with his feelings has returned to the big screen as a common role for the vampire.

Where will vampires go from here? Currently, vampires are usually “Bad boys”, with some “Dandy” thrown in (sometimes at the same time, like in Twilight). Quentin Tarantino and those inspired by him have tried to revive the cannon fodder version of the vampire. Perhaps we will also see a new version. Nonetheless, the vampire is still alive (well, sort of) and well in cinema.…

The Best Films Starring The Great Brad Pitt

One of the most iconic and likable actors in Hollywood today is Brad Pitt. It is not all too often that you meet someone who doesn’t like Brad Pitt. I mean, aside from the whole Jennifer Aniston fiasco, he seems like a really good guy. It also doesn’t hurt that most of his movies are well selected.

This article will discuss my favorite Brad Pitt movies of all time.

The first movie I will mention is the movie that almost nabbed him his first Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. That film was of course, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. I thought he did an incredible job in this peculiar life story.

Another great movie that he starred in was Se7en. I still remember seeing this movie for the first time and being left speechless at the end. This is as good as murder mystery thrillers get. This movie also stars Morgan Freeman and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Another one of the best Brad Pitt movies is Fight Club. In my opinion, this was the role of Pitt’s career. I cannot think of a film character who is cooler than Tyler Durden and I don’t think anyone could have pulled it off the way Pitt did.

One film that featured Pitt that I thoroughly enjoyed was Snatch. It is truly amazing how crazy Pitt’s accent is in this film; you cannot make out anything he is saying. I think its supposed to be Irish.

In the scope of the romantic genre, one great movie starring Brad Pitt was Meet Joe Black. Pitt plays Death in this film and falls in love with the daughter of the man who is supposed to kill. Pretty interesting stuff.

I am sure there are some other great films that I have left off this list. Brad Pitt has enough great films to make a follow up article, so don’t worry if I left off one of your favorites.…

Reviewed: The Wave [2008]

15 – 107mins – Drama/Thriller – 19th September 2008

A foreign film today all the way from Germany that takes a look into autocracy and dictatorship but with a slight twist- it is set in a school.

Loosely based on the true experiment undertaken by a history teacher in the USA during 1967 which was then written as a book, the film follows unorthodox high school teacher Rainer Wenger (J?�rgen Vogel) as he is forced to teach autocracy rather than his preferred choice of anarchy during a school project week in modern day Germany. Deciding that a more hands on approach would help stimulate the uninterested students, he engages with his class in an attempt to show that under certain circumstances the potential for a dictatorship is not as far fetched as some of the students believe it to be. He is elected as a leader by the class and begins to enforce the rules required for an autocracy. The students take to the project emphatically and the experiment soon begins to spiral out of control.

Parts of the film shout out stereotypical teen school and if anything the social groupings are played upon even more than usual as the writers use these differences to enhance the eventual unity that is required for a dictatorship to form. They are not necessarily exaggerated but we are continually reminded ‘look, these kids are different from those ones’ when this fact is rather obvious from the start and does not need emphasis.

Being based in Germany there are obvious references to the Nazi regime and this is unsurprisingly brought up during the movie as a theme. It gives the emotions that extra edge and enhances the plot making it easier to believe that something like this could happen again.

The film becomes more sinister as it progresses and manages to deliver a heavy topic for discussion in a very involved and entertaining fashion getting you to think into the chances of something like this happening, how it would happen and would you be dragged in under a similar scenario? It manages to achieve this without preaching it’s message as well which I always approve of.

In summation, this is a good foreign movie that is able to make you forget that it’s being spoken in German and lets you concentrate on the story. I’m always impressed when a foreign film can do this and so the scriptwriters must be complemented along with the rest of the crew for making it possible. The acting is good from all involved, I really appreciated the cinematography and it got me thinking. A solid film all-around.

Rating: B…

How Can You Search and Watch Movies Online?

Watch movies free online! Sounds incredible? Right, it’s true! You can actually browse from different categories of the movie and can watch movies online. This works on absolutely legal process and the quality of the print is stunning with theatre like effects. After you have conducted the process of logging in and registered your account, you will be guaranteed to watch movies online at full length from beginning to end. Most of the sites do their best to provide you with the movies for the best quality possible and watching movies on the internet will be far better than any theatre or DVD player experience.

A wide range of sites always offer free movies and there number of sites which you can trust the most. You can use a search engine to find out these sites and can fulfill the desire to watch some great movies at the comfort of your home. Apart from showing full length movies, you can even watch latest movie trailers online and along with that some of the sites even offer some additional features as well. You can to get browses an unlimited storehouse of films from the site database, the show timings of the ongoing films, the latest box office hits etc. You can access the database of the site according to categories like drama, sci-fi, horror, action, war, romance etc. and can watch movies online.

When you want to access the online sites, you need to search in search engines. These sites will be able to act like a guiding star. However, you will have to be aware that there are many sites which don’t offer good quality movies but most of the sites will definitely offer you with sites which are legal. So within these sites even they will allow you to watch latest movie trailers online and this too will be a good quality HD print. When you watch movies online you can choose from any of the category about any genres of movies. The one you click you will get it.

While finding the online movie portals there are certain things which you need to keep in mind. Firstly, you need to make sure that whether you will be watching movies legally and want to watch full length movies or not. In some of the sites, you can get free movies but that doesn’t mean that it will be illegal because the advertisements showing at the beginning of the films actually pays revenue for the site. Secondly, you can either choose from public domain movies where you can get old and classic movies, or you can get movies that have a proper license for viewing. Generally, those movies may include ads in the middle film. In all of the cases, a site may or may not allow you to watch latest movie trailers online.

Several process are there by which you can search for the online movie portals and once you get an authentic site, you can save a lot on your multiplex ticket and snacks cost.…