![]() You know there's a pretty obvious one that a fan of James Whale's "Frankenstein" and its sequel could not help but recognize, if only because it's the most famous streak of white hair in all of movie history.Įlsa Lanchester is " Bride of Frankenstein" in James Whale's 1935 sequel. The late Susan Sontag, The Demonized Intellectual of 9/11. Hey, why not JoBeth Williams in the latter part of " Poltergeist"? Susan Sontag? Somebody needs to get out of New York more often. Bet Sondheim wishes he'd thought of that.īut what of that mysterious shock of white hair that leaves the Times and EW writers stretching for an antecedent? Bogart in "Dr. It's the lips.īulletin: Johnny Depp plays the title role in a Tim Burton film version of Stephen Sondheim's " Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" - and he's not a regular guy! In fact, he's "both wretched and mad," which (from the way the Times reports it) must be an entirely new take on the character. X" looks more like Edward Scissorhands to me. With a Susan Sontag patch of white streaking his pompadour, ghostly skin and distraught eyes, this Sweeney is both wretched and mad." - The New York Times (November 4, 2007) Depp’s Sweeney isn’t a regular guy either. He said the example of Kyle and Rauch, the connection between combat’s toll and the institution that documents that experience for history, is the story of the film.īarber added that he hopes to showcase “World’s Most Dangerous Paper Route” in Marietta after its release."Mr. “So here we have the first female combat reporter and we have General Wesley Clark and General David Petraeus, all talking about how important the Stripes is to service men and women down range and civilians don’t realize that there is a publication out there that keeps those in uniform informed.” “I didn’t know much about the (Stars and Stripes) at first, but it goes back to 1865 down to the Civil War, then it was shut down until World War I when (President Dwight D.) Eisenhower greenlit the mission again in 1941 saying the troops needed the paper,” explained Barber. The film, of which Freedman called Rauch and Hockenberry the backbone, is scheduled to premiere on Memorial Day this year. “But (Barber) sent me an interview from when they were talking with Laura and seeing her side of what happened made me feel like I had to almost share the other side.”įreedman filmed close shots of Kyle Friday as he shared his memories, filmed Ashley and Reagan playing and took B-roll of the location of their home. “I’m used to telling the story by now and try not to put too many emotions into it,” said Hockenberry, who met with Barber and Paul Freedman, writer and editor of the film, in his home Friday. What convinced Kyle to agree to Barber’s feature was a preview of Rauch’s role in the film. “He rarely says yes to interviews like this, but I think it pulled at his heartstrings.” “I didn’t think he would do it,” she said. The documentary film “World’s Most Dangerous Paper Route,” will feature local Purple Heart Recipient Kyle Hockenberry and is scheduled to be released on Memorial Day.Īshley said she was surprised he had agreed to be a part of the film. Poster courtesy of Vanilla Fire Productions He is emblematic of this generation of fighters… Kyle wasn’t conscious, we were worried he wasn’t going to make it… I was overjoyed to find out he had survived.” “And the physical therapist and his family,” added Rauch. ![]() It’s also a story of the medics, pilot and surgeons who stabilized and ultimately saved him. It’s a story of quick action by Hockenberry’s fellow soldiers, who protected him until the medevac arrived and tied one of his wounds with a belt when they ran out of medical supplies. ![]() “As soon as I saw Kyle’s photo I thought that this was something, his story is just incredible and I’m really pleased to be able to tell it.” to film Hockenberry in Washington County. “They got to meet over Facetime today,” said Barber, who flew from L.A. The home is equipped for full handicaped access as Hockenberry utilizes a wheelchair with his right hand to move about.īut what drew Rauch and Hockenberry together, albeit digitally, Friday was the mission of documentary filmmaker Steven Barber, who is working on his next film, “World’s Most Dangerous Paper Route,” about the Stars and Stripes military newspaper. Reagan Hockenberry, 2, climbs on the kitchen table as his father Kyle speaks with documentary filmmakers Steven Barber, center, and Paul Freedman, left, during the making of “World’s Most Dangerous Paper Route.” ![]()
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Julie Walters, in her feature film debut, reprised her role from the stage production. "Columbia wanted me to cast Dolly Parton as Rita". Lewis Gilbert says it was difficult to raise finance for the film. Marie Conmee as Customer in Hairdressers.Maureen Lipman as Trish, Rita's roommate.Maeve Germaine as Sandra, Rita's sister.Malcolm Douglas as Denny White, Rita's husband.Jeananne Crowley as Julia, Frank's girlfriend.The film ends as Frank, sent to Australia on a sabbatical, welcomes the possibilities of the change. Susan becomes disillusioned by a friend's attempted suicide and realises that her new social niche is rife with the same dishonesty and superficiality she had previously sought to escape. Frank initially has misgivings about Rita's ability to adapt to student culture, but is impressed by her verve and earnestness and is forced to re-examine his attitudes and position in life Susan finds Frank's tutelage opens doors to a bohemian lifestyle and a new self-confidence.įrank's bitterness and cynicism return as he notices Susan beginning to adopt the pretensions of the university culture he despises. Bryant's passion for literature is rekindled by Rita, whose technical ability for the subject is limited by her lack of education but whose enthusiasm Frank finds refreshing. Susan's assigned Open University tutor, Frank Bryant, is jaded and has long ago openly taken to the bottle, describing himself as "an appalling teacher". She seeks to better herself by signing up for and attending an Open University course in Literature. ![]() ![]() Susan (who initially calls herself Rita), a 26-year-old working-class hairdresser, is dissatisfied with the routine of her work and social life she is reluctant to have a child, fearing it will tie her to the same monotonous routine for life, and she yearns to escape to something more profound, without exactly knowing what that is. The British Film Institute ranked Educating Rita the 84th greatest British film of the 20th century. It won multiple major awards for best actor and best actress and was nominated for three Academy Awards.Ĭaine and Walters both won BAFTA and Golden Globe awards for best actor and actress. The film stars Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams and Maureen Lipman. 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![]() Of course, this presents potential security risks as Microsoft will no longer be able to patch known vulnerabilities. Unfortunately, Windows 10 Home users are stuck with the built-in deferral, but Pro and Enterprise users can utilize W10Privacy allows users to disable Windows Update without diving into menus. In recent memory, Windows 10 updates have also posed a risk as users lost significant amounts of data due to errors on the publisher’s side. Microsoft has been lambasted for its forceful approach to updating Windows 10, with patches often catching users at inconvenient times. Disabling Windows Update on Windows 10 Pro/Enterprise This makes the selection significantly easier to browse, but it does seem a loss that there is no Search function to locate particular options quicker. These preferences are also sorted into categories, consisting of Privacy, Apps, Telemetry, Search, Network, Explorer, Services, Edge, Internet Explorer, OneDrive, Tasks, Tweaks, Firewall, Background-Apps, User-Apps, and System-Apps. The terminology isn’t the friendliest to users without experience, but W10Privacy elaborates and explains when the cursor hovers over the option. Restricted recommended settings are highlighted in red, and can potentially negatively impact the system if changed from their default state. Yellow, or amber, is conditionally recommended, requiring the user to look into the option they’re about to alter before confirming any changes. Using a traffic light structure, green means that the user can change the setting with almost no noticeable fallout beyond the loss of the option’s direct functionality. W10Privacy prides itself on being accessible to all color-coding recommended actions based on their side effects to the system. W10Privacy offers 316 options in total across 16 categories, consisting of Privacy, Apps, Telemetry, Search, Network, Explorer, Services, Edge, Internet Explorer, OneDrive, Tasks, Tweaks, Firewall, Background-Apps, User-Apps, and System-Apps. Microsoft’s default stance on data protection and collection has been questionable at best in recent years, leaving the user to sift through endless menus and complicated jargon manually to reach an acceptable level of privacy. Preferences are hidden within a plethora of drop-down menus that can often contain unfamiliar terminology and changing them can sometimes bring about unforeseen repercussions.įortunately, as recommended when touching the Registry Editor, W10Privacy automatically prompts the user to create a restore point which can then be used to reset changes should anything go wrong. While it’s possible to in Windows 10, traversing the Windows 10 Registry manually can often be a challenge for the casual user. Simply click "more info" to make the "Run" button appear. This is a false flag, as W10Privacy is perfectly harmless. If you're not quite sure what competing tools are doing, give this a try instead.Windows Defender often flags W10Privacy as unsafe and prompts you to cancel the download. The interface needs work, but W10Privacy scores for the details it gives about every setting and tweak. There's not just a vague "block telemetry" option: instead you can choose to "block IP addresses of known Microsoft telemetry servers" through either a firewall rule or your HOSTS file, in both full-strength and lightweight versions.Įach action is colour-coded, too, as either green (safe to set), amber (check carefully) or red (don't do this unless you're really sure), reducing the chance that you'll cause some major problems. W10Privacy gives you quite fine control over some areas. If that's not enough, hovering the mouse over that action displays a tooltip with more information. One immediate plus point is that most of these actions are very clearly described, like "Do not let apps use my camera" or "Do not let apps access my name, picture and other account into". ![]() Some of these are Windows 10-specific ("Disable the Delivery Optimization Service", the scheme where Windows updates can be obtained from other systems on your network), but others are general PC tweaks ("Show extensions for known file types in Explorer"). ![]() There are a lot of options to browse, but W10Privacy tries to make life easier by organising them in several tabs: Privacy, Telemetry, Search, Network, Explorer, Services, OneDrive, Tasks, Tweaks and more.Ĭlick any tab and a list of related actions appears. W10Privacy is a portable free tool which makes it easier to view and control Windows 10's many privacy-related settings. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When players are successfully attacked, they may lose land tiles from their gullet. Points are awarded for contiguous exposed tiles of the same terrain and land type as well as having a diverse assortment of land types in one’s vault. The tiles that end up in a player’s vault determine their final score. Harvesting and disgorging are both key to winning the game. In the outer dimension, all you can do is roll a die to attempt to return to Dimension Zero (shard + aether). If in the aether, frogs can attack, disgorge harvested tiles onto another player board (their vault), recover Oomph, or raid an opponent’s vault if they are in the outer dimensions. While on the shard, players can leap, attack, harvest land tiles to put on one of their player boards (their gullet), recover Oomph, and make a special move/attack called a slipstream. The neoprene mat and chunky pieces round out the experience nicely. Frogs can be on the shard, in the aether, or in the outer dimensions. Which actions are available depends on where your frog is located on the map. Actions include attacking, leaping/landing (movement), harvesting tiles, disgorging tiles, raiding your opponent’s vault, and recovering your Oomph. On a player’s turn, they must take an action and can also pay Oomph to take an extra action. Those are the Aether Flux and the Splinter Strike cards. That same deck also contains two special cards that affect the game pretty significantly. Every player will have the same number of turns each round, but the order in which those turns take place will be random. After setting up the shard (placing tiles on the map), play begins by turning over the top action card of the deck. The gameplay in Cosmic Frog takes place over a number of rounds, randomly determined based on specific tiles that get destroyed throughout the game. Watch your slimy back.Ĭosmic Frog is a set collection and combat game for two to six players. Nothing you collect is necessarily yours to keep and one to five other frogs are trying to have a more valuable collection of lands than you. You are now entering a dark and trippy dimension filled with gargantuan leaps and behemoth frog fights. I’ll refrain from using too many of those terms for my review, but you should know that’s what you’re getting into with the theme. Those are some of the terms used throughout a game of Cosmic Frog. You are a two-mile tall invulnerable reyna (frog) sent by the First Ones (gods) to harvest terrain from the Shards to rebuild Aeth. ![]() ![]() Flashbang, HE Grenade, Breach Charge, Bump Mine, Decoy Grenade, Molotov, TA Grenade, Smoke Grenade, Snowball.Cover - draw chams material on top of the original material instead of overriding itĮSP - show additional information about players and game world.Wireframe - render triangle mesh instead of solid material.Health based - color is based on player's hp.Time limit - limit the backtracking window Īllies, Enemies, Planting (player planting bomb), Defusing (player defusing bomb), Local player, Weapons (dropped weapons), C4, Planted C4, Chickens, Defuse kits, Projectiles, Hostages, Ragdolls / All, Visible, Occluded.Shot delay - delay time in ms (milliseconds)īacktrack - abuse lag compensation in order to move players back in time.Hitgroup - body parts on which triggerbot works.Scoped only - triggerbot works only when using scope (applies only to sniper rifles).On key - triggerbot works only when chosen key is being held.Triggerbot - automatically fires when crosshair is on enemy Max aim inaccuracy - maximum weapon inaccuracy allowing aimbot to run, lowering this value will e.g.Smooth - smooth aimbot movement in order to seem more human-like.Fov - field-of-view which aimbot operates.Auto scope - automatically scopes sniper rifle before shooting.Auto shot - shoot automatically when target found.Scoped only - aimbot works only when using scope (applies only to sniper rifles).Visible only - aim only on visible players.Friendly fire - treat allies as enemies.Silent - aimbot is not visible on your screen (client-sided only).Aimlock - brings your aim to the target (affected by Smooth).On key - aimbot works only when chosen key is being held.Config - JSON-based configuration system.Style - select menu window layout and colors.Sound - modify volume of certain sound effects.Inventory Changer - add weapon skins, stickers, knives, gloves, medals and more to your in-game inventory.Stream Proof ESP - show information about players, dropped weapons and projectiles.Chams - color player models to improve visibility.Backtrack - abuse lag compensation to move players back in time.Triggerbot - automatically fires when crosshair is on enemy.Compatible with the Steam version of the game. Designed as an internal cheat - Dynamic-link library (DLL) loadable into game process. ![]() ![]() ![]() Free open-source cross-platform cheat software for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive game. ![]() ![]() This year, on Tuesday November 29th, you’ll begin to see these special holiday paper bags in store. If you’ve never heard of it, Giving Tuesday is the global movement that encourages people to give back and it takes place on the Tuesday following Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Just like last year, the new bag will launch on Giving Tuesday. Best Buy launches holiday paper bag on Giving Tuesday They opened their first Teen Tech Centre in Canada at a BGC Club in 2021, which provides youth with the experience of cutting-edge technology to help them build skills for their future. More recently, Best Buy has funded microgrants to help young people create anti-racism initiatives, as well as given funding to support BGC’s equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) initiatives. Since then they have awarded camps to more BGC Clubs than any other organization. Best Buy also worked with BGC to launch the very first Geek Squad Academy in Canada. Many stores partner with local BGC Clubs to give back by providing new technology and volunteering their time in their community. During the pandemic, Best Buy also partnered with Lenovo and donated laptops to 650 BGC kids so they could stay connected when it mattered most. Over the holidays, local employees support BGC families through Best Buy’s Holiday Hamper program. They have provided more than $3 million in scholarships to over 400 students through their Best Buy Grade 10 scholarships. Since 2001, Best Buy has supported BGC Canada in many ways. The 2022 penguin design was created by 9-year-old BGC Canada member Christy from Saint John, New Brunswick. They were asked to submit their artwork to be considered for this project. Just like last year, Best Buy ran a contest in the spring for BGC Club members. 2022 holiday paper bag design selected from BGC Club contest Beginning on Giving Tuesday (November 29, 2022), you can purchase a bag and use it as wrapping paper-reducing waste and helping to give back to your community at the same time. They can use the funds to purchase technology for their Clubs across the country. To show their commitment to the environment and celebrate their long-time partnership, Best Buy is excited to donate all 25 cents collected from the sale of each bag to BGC Canada. Over 200,000 kids and teens are served every year by BGCs in 736 different Club locations across Canada. Best Buy and BGC Canada launch the 2022 holiday paper bagįormerly known as Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada, BGC Canada provides a safe, supportive place where kids and teens can experience new opportunities, overcome barriers, build positive relationships, and develop confidence and skills for life. The 2021 holiday campaign raised over $61,000 to buy tech for BGC Clubs across the country! Let’s take a look at the new paper bag. Even more exciting, just like last year, the proceeds from the sale of the bags go to tech purchases for kids in BGC. What makes the bags sustainable is that they double as festive wrapping paper. It features new artwork by a 9-year-old BGC Club member. The bags were so successful that Best Buy, along with their long-time partner BGC Canada (formerly Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada), have designed a new holiday bag. Last year, to highlight their commitment to the environment, Best Buy Canada created a holiday paper bag that doubled as sustainable wrapping paper. Gift wrapping, however pretty, isn’t made from sustainable materials. Tis the season to celebrate friends and family, and during the holidays celebrating often means buying and wrapping gifts for everyone you love. ![]() ![]() This extensive rework is welcome, as it should see her being picked a lot more often in the sequel. She deals more damage to hacked enemies and can reveal them to her team, too, giving her more value to her allies. Sombra’s hack now recharges a lot faster, and her stealth is not removed when hacking - though she is briefly revealed. However, they are stills significant, and they should see her becoming a lot more viable going forward. Overall, Bastion is almost an entirely different hero, and that is truly exciting.Īs for the hacker Sombra, her changes do not see her entire kit reworked. He also has a new Artillery Ultimate ability and a Tactical Grenade, with several smart changes to his Recon form being made as well. With the rework, though, Bastion will be able to move in Turret form. The character was incredibly niche and rarely got picked in high-level competitive play, as he was too easy to counter and lacked the mobility that was needed to be viable. However, the biggest reworks are undoubtedly the ones for Bastion and Sombra.īastion’s rework was teased months ago, and for good reason. Adjustments to healers were also mentioned, as all Support characters will output a lower amount of healing since there will be less damage done and fewer heroes to heal. Changes for Mei and Winston were highlighted, with the latter getting a new firing mode and the former no longer freezing her opponents in place. The first was for Reinhardt, with the Tank getting two fire strikes and a cancelable pin. RELATED: Overwatch 2 Confirms New Partnership Between Bastion and Torbjorn Why The Bastion And Sombra Reworks Are So Goodīlizzard has mentioned several reworks thus far. However, one area that fans do not need to be concerned with is the hero reworks, as Blizzard seems to be making some very well-thought-out changes to the roster. While it remains to be seen if the developer succeeds at this, and if the community likes the switch, there are already many doubters. Blizzard’s goal with this decision is to have quicker fights that are easier for players and viewers alike, with more skirmishes happening in every match. Because of this, every hero needs to be changed, as the sequel will play a lot differently from the original. Overwatch 2 is switching to 5v5 gameplay, something that will see one tank removed from each team. ![]() However, for Overwatch 2, Blizzard is taking some big risks - and fans are concerned about one adjustment in particular. ![]() Online play is what made the original Overwatch such a success, as the competitive experience played a huge role in making the hero shooter genre as popular as it is today. While the addition of a PvE campaign in Overwatch 2 is exciting, it is hardly surprising that most of the discussion around the game is centered on its multiplayer. ![]() |
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