The Theory of Everything is the story of the most brilliant and celebrated physicist of our time, Stephen Hawking, and Jane Wilde the arts student he fell in love with whilst studying at Cambridge in the 1960s.
Little was expected from Stephen Hawking, a bright but shiftless student of cosmology, given just two years to live following the diagnosis of a fatal illness at 21 years of age.
He became galvanized, however, by the love of fellow Cambridge student, Jane Wilde, and he went on to be called the successor to Einstein, as well as a husband and father to their three children.
Over the course of their marriage as Stephen's body collapsed and his academic renown soared, fault lines were exposed that tested the lineaments of their relationship and dramatically altered the course of both of their lives.
My review:
Superb! Absolutely brilliant and heartbreaking.
I'm not a lover of a romantic movie, but this movie was great! (get it?).
I don't think my admiration for Hawking (a genius that I would like to know personally, one of my idols) could rise more but it did.
It's that time of the year and one of my favourites!
Happy Halloween or Merry Samhain!!
I give you one oldie for one of the best horror movie for you to watch on this night, while scaring the kids that came to our porch and eat some goodies.
What Dreams May Come is a 1998 American fantasy drama film, starring Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Annabella Sciorra and Max von Sydow.
The film is based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Richard Matheson, and was directed by Vincent Ward.
While vacationing in Switzerland, American physician Chris Nielsen (Robin Williams) meets artist Annie Collins (Annabella Sciorra).
They are attracted to each other, and bond as if they had known each other for a long time.
They marry and have two children, Ian (Josh Paddock) and Marie (Jessica Brooks Grant). Their idyllic life ends when the children die in a car crash.
Life becomes difficult: Annie suffers a mental breakdown and the couple contemplates divorce, but they manage through their losses.
On the anniversary of the day they decided not to divorce, Chris is killed in another car crash.
Unaware that he is dead, and confused that no one will interact with him, Chris lingers on Earth.
He sees Annie's attempts to cope with his loss and attempts to communicate with her, despite advice from a presence that this will only cause her more pain.
When his attempts cause more sorrow, he decides to move on.
Chris awakens in Heaven, and learns that his immediate surroundings can be controlled by his imagination.
Meanwhile, Annie is unable to cope with the loss of her husband and decides to commit suicide.
Chris, who is initially relieved that her suffering is done, grows angry when he learns that those who commit suicide go to Hell; this is not the result of a judgment made against them, but rather their own tendency to create "nightmare" afterlife worlds based on their pain.
Chris is adamant that he will rescue Annie from Hell.
Chris starts then his journey to get Annie out of Hell.
A story of love, on how since kids we're teached of what our actions has consequences religiously and what our mind thinks about life, love, no time unless if for work, loss and reincarnation.
About how we forget to live life with positive thoughts and happiness.
For those who saw the movie last year (2013) The Conjuring or Amityville Horror , will remember these couple.
Ed and Lorraine Warren are real as well as their Occult Museum is true.
For over fifty years now, Ed and Lorraine Warren have been considered America's preeminent experts on the subject of spirits and demonology. Even more important perhaps, is the fact that they have also been the very same people for the past fifty years whom religious authorities have repeatedly called in to control some of the most profane outbreaks of diabolical phenomena in the country.
Ed and Lorraine Warren have dedicated their lives to this work, and they share the wisdom they have gained during their extraordinary career in this field. The work they perform is remarkable. And you can be certain, after all this time, they know things that are completely astounding.
Ed Warren is a demonologist. Lorraine Warren is a trance medium. But you'd never know it if you met them on the street. They are not occultists. They are not strange. They are essentially ordinary people who happen to do highly extraordinary work.
The Warrens - The Early Years
Ed Warren grew up in a Haunted House in Connecticut from the young age of five until he was twelve he reflects. “My father, who was a police officer at the time would often say, “Ed, there's a logical reason for everything that happens in this house." but he never came up with that logical reason."
“My family would all go to bed and just around two to three o'clock in the morning, many times I would hear the closet door beginning to open up. At first I'd look into that closet and see only shapeless darkness, then slowly I'd start to see a light beginning to form and it would morph into like a ball shape, sort of like a basketball and then I'd begin to see a face in that ball,"
" That is called a Ghost Globule. "
"In that Globule was a face. face of an old woman, and she was not looking at all pleasant. The globule would then come out into my bedroom and then accompinied by audible footsteps and heavy breathing. The room would then became icy cold, an unnatural cold, a Psychic Cold, and I'm saying to myself, “Ed There's a logical reason for everything,” But by that time I was out of the bed and right between my mother and father in their bed.”
When Ed Warren was 16 years-old he worked as an usher at "The Colonial Theatre" in Bridegport Connecticut, and it was there that he met Lorraine Rita Moran. "Lorraine and her mother used to come every Wednesday night," Ed remembered.
“ I'd see Lorraine coming in and we started talking, and we became friends. I was 16 at the time and she was 16,
one night I walked her home and asked her for a date"
" And that's how it all got started.”
Art & Ambition
Ed Warren went into the Navy on his seventeenth birthday and four months later, after his ship sank in the North Atlantic he was home for 30-day survivor's leave. It was during that leave that the two were married. When Ed returned after World War II he and Lorraine had a daughter, and Ed went to Perry Art school which is a Subsidiary of Yale for about two years.
“I got fed up with that,” Ed said. “I told Lorraine one day, “You know, I can paint better than these instructors. What they're teaching me is a lot of Geometry and a lot of nonsense that I don't need for painting.” I said, "We'll have some fun."
It was through painting that The Warrens began their Ghost Investigations. If Ed heard of any place that claimed to be haunted, whether a haunted house, or a haunted location he would drag Lorraine to check it out.
“Oh Ed, there are no such things as ghosts,” Lorraine would say, Ed would then remind her of his days at his haunted home in Bridgeport & Lorraine would go.
I'd go out in the middle of the road where they could all see me and I'd start to sketch the house and you'd see the curtains going back and forth “What's this kid doing?” they would be thinking. “I would do a really nice sketch of the house with ghosts coming out of it, and I'd give it to Lorraine, she'd go knock on the door and with her Irish personality she'd say, “Oh, my husband loves to sketch and paint haunted houses ,and he made this for you.” I made it special for them.”
The New England Society For Psychic Research
The New England Society for Psychic Research was founded in 1952 and the goal at first was to simply investigate hauntings. Then, around 1965 the Warrens went into a home where the spirit of a little girl named Cynthia and they listened to the little child coming through a deep-trance medium and she was looking for her mother.
Ed thought to himself, “This is horrible, this little child is earth-bound. She's looking for her mother constantly day in and day out. How do I help this child?”
In 1952, the Warrens founded the New England Society for Psychic Research, the oldest ghost hunting group in New England, and opened the The Warren's Occult Museum. They are the authors of numerous books about the paranormal and about their private investigations into various reports of paranormal activity. They claimed to have investigated over 10,000 during their career. The Warrens were among the very first investigators in the controversial Amityville haunting.
Main Article: Notable Investigations
Amityville:
The Warrens are best known for their involvement in the Amityville Horror case in which New York couple George and Kathy Lutz claimed that their house was haunted by a violent, demonic presence so intense that it eventually drove them out of their home.
The Amityville Horror Conspiracy authors Stephen and Roxanne Kaplan characterized the case as a "hoax".
Lorraine Warren told a reporter for The Express-Times newspaper that the Amityville Horror was not a hoax.
The reported haunting was the basis for the 1977 book The Amityville Horror and 1979 and 2005 movies of the same name.
Demon Murder Trial :
In 1981, Arne Johnson was accused of killing his landlord, Alan Bono.
Ed and Lorraine Warren had been called prior to the killing to deal with the alleged demonic possession of the younger brother of Mr. Johnson's fiancee. The Warrens subsequently claimed that Mr. Johnson was also possessed.
At trial, Mr. Johnson attempted to plead Not Guilty by Reason of Demonic Possession, but was unsuccessful with his plea.
The case was described in the 1983 book The Devil in Connecticut by Gerald Brittle.
Werewolf:
The Warrens claim to have exorcised a "werewolf demon" in 1983.
The subject of the case, Bill Ramsey, had bitten several people, believing himself to be a wolf.
The events surrounding this case were later described in a 1991 book written by the Warrens, Werewolf: A True Story of Demonic Possession.
No photos or video evidence was available to confirm the possibility and reasoning that Bill Ramsey was, indeed, possessed by a werewolf-type demon or evil spirit. The case remains filled with questions and skepticisms.
Smurl Family Haunting:
Pennsylvania residents Jack and Janet Smurl reported their home was disturbed by various supernatural phenomena, including sounds, smells and apparitions.
The Warrens became involved and claimed that the Smurl home was occupied by three spirits and also a demon that allegedly sexually assaulted Jack and Janet Smurl.
The Perron Family Haunting:
In the 1970s, the Warrens claimed the Perron's Rhode Island home was haunted by demons because of a woman, presumed witch, who lived there in the early 19th century named Bathsheba Sherman, cursed the house.
It is the subject of a 2013 film The Conjuring.
The Warren's Occult Museum
The Warrens Occult Museum is the oldest and only museum of its kind.
This world-renowned museum has attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors from across the world.
Inch for Inch Their Museum houses the largest array of obscure and Haunted artifacts.
Items used in extremely dangerous occult activities and diabolical practices around the world.
To touch one of these items would be the opposite of touching something holy, something blessed.
See the Shadow doll that can come to you in your dreams, and stop your heart! See the Satanic Idol found in the deep woods of Connecticut, the Conjuring mirror used for summoning spirit, the Vampire’s coffin used by a modern day vampire, Bare witness to a Ragedy-Ann doll which is responsible for a death of a young man, and multiple attacks on those who once mockingly came in contact, See Masks used as a Topa for Diabolical projection, Child Tomb stones that were used as Satanic Alters, a Famous Organ that plays by itself.
You will also see Psychic Photography, Pictures that would combust,and Crucifixes that were malevolently thrown from walls and desecrated, Egyptian, and African cursed items, Death curses, a Shrunken head, Possessed toys and animals, Voodoo, Fertility and other Killer dolls!
One of their most famous artifacts – The Annabelle Doll will be on exhibit. Annabelle is believed to be responsible for the death of an individual who came in to contact with it... This doll also reportedly slashed a grown man several times across the chest.
She terrorized a family for months until the Warrens and a an Episcopal priest were called in and an exorcism was performed.
Although Annabelle has been exorcised several times it is believed that some energy is still attached to this doll.
PRS Director Ryan Buell co-hosted visited the Occult museum while hosting a tour with Lorraine Warren.
It is there when Ryan Buell first claims he saw Annabelle’s head move up and down startling him, as if Annabelle was nodding at him, as if to acknowledge his presence.
The Warrens Occult Museum is a place that any seasoned paranormal investigator or enthusiast in the world would agree, is a Must see.
If you are looking to experience and learn about The Warrens, view Case files, and see over 50 years of Occult items that will change the way you see good and evil, then Warrenology awaits.
If you would like information on booking Lorraine Warren or the Museum contact NESPR Director Tony Spera.
Please see the clip below for an introduction to The Occult Museum or visit our Videography page for Ryan Buells Tour of the Occult Museum.
This film is based on true events that occurred around Edgbaston Reservoir, Birmingham, England.
The story is of a child's perception of home and it's opposite, a dark mysterious land. A tale of good versus evil found in the most unlikely place and an entirely new interpretation of the urban landscape. The film transcends the realist narrative and becomes a fantasy adventure inspired by the magic of the reservoir. Francesca's Key is produced and directed by Pogus Caesar for Windrush Productions.
Today: 21/06/2014 The World War I makes 100 years.
To commemorate this date, I will let you theses documentaries. The first one is complete, the second one is the first episode but if you click to see it in YouTube, you can find on your right side the next episodes.
Catching Fire is a 2009 science fiction young adult novel by American novelist Suzanne Collins, the second book in The Hunger Games trilogy.
As the sequel to the 2008 bestseller The Hunger Games, it continues the story of Katniss Everdeen and the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem. Following the events of the previous novel, a rebellion against the oppressive Capitol has begun, and Katniss and fellow tribute Peeta Mellark are forced to return to the arena in a special edition of the Hunger Games.
Plot
After winning the 74th Hunger Games in the previous novel, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark return home to District 12, the poorest sector in the country of Panem.
On the day that Katniss and Peeta are to start a "Victory Tour" of the country, President Snow visits unexpectedly and tells Katniss that he is angry with her for breaking the rules at the end of the last Hunger Games, which permitted both Peeta and Katniss to win.
Snow tells Katniss that when she defied the Capitol, she inspired rebellion in the districts.
It is announced then the 75th Hunger Games, and for the 75th Hunger Games, 24 victors from previous years will be forced to compete once again.
This is the third occurrence of the "Quarter Quell": an event that occurs every 25th year of the Games and allows the Capitol to introduce a twist.
My review:
Better arguments, better photography and the actors evolved greatly for the better.
I received a tip to watch this Documentary about the Orcas in Sea World Corporation.
I have to say, that I love to watch documentaries but this one shocked me.
I was NEVER apologist of paying to see any animal show (Sea worlds, Sea something, even Circus) and after this... I am even more against it.
It's a mix of seeing intelligent animals (the Orcas) being treated by some with respect (some trainers) and being left to being hungry and bad treatments by the Neanderthals (Sea World Corp).
My review for this Documentary to the Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite:
Brilliant and shocking! But the truth and reality sometimes have to be said like that.
American Hustle is a 2013 American crime comedy-drama film directed by David O. Russell, from a screenplay written by Eric Warren Singer and Russell, loosely based on the FBI ABSCAM operation of the late 1970s and early '80s.
It stars Christian Bale and Amy Adams as two con artists who are forced by an FBI agent (played by Bradley Cooper) to set up an elaborate sting operation on corrupt politicians, including the mayor of Camden, New Jersey (played by Jeremy Renner). Jennifer Lawrence plays the unpredictable wife of Bale's character.
The film had its nationwide release in the United States on December 20, 2013 and subsequently in India on January 17, 2014.
The film received positive reviews and was a box office success.
It received ten Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, and became the second film since 1981 to be nominated in the four acting categories, the first being Silver Linings Playbook, which was also directed by David O. Russell and also starred Cooper and Lawrence.
American Hustle also won three Golden Globe Awards and is nominated for ten BAFTA Awards, among other achievements.
Plot:
A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive British partner, Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso.
DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.
Once More Di Caprio on his best in an excellent Martin Scorsese Movie
The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American biographical dark comedy film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on Jordan Belfort's memoir of the same name.
The screenplay was written by Terence Winter, and the film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Belfort, a New York stockbroker who runs a firm that engages in securities fraud and corruption on Wall Street in the 1990s.
The film also features Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey and Jean Dujardin. It is the fifth collaboration between Scorsese and DiCaprio, and the second between Scorsese and Winter after Boardwalk Empire.
The film has been nominated for five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director for Scorsese, Best Adapted Screenplay for Winter, Best Actor for DiCaprio, and Best Supporting Actor for Hill.
It has also been nominated for four BAFTAs, including Best Director, Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay, and two Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy.
DiCaprio won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
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