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Mar 18

Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd (2006)

IMDB rating: 7.20

Plot: A BBC adaptation of the classic tale of the 18th century demon barber of Fleet Street, London, who cuts the throats of his unsuspecting clients in his shop.

Directors: Moore Dave

Actors: Banzaru Radu,Bradley David,Butuc Zoltan,Currier Paul,Foxxe David,Frost Roger,Gottwald Ingo,Hardy Tom,Micu Radu Andrei,O’Donnell Anthony,Spahiu Gabriel,Walker Ben,Warner David,Winstone Ray,Crime,Drama,Horror,Thriller,

Famous Murderers(preferably in London)?
I want to know of more famous murderers. Preferably in London. I do know of Sweeney Todd and Jack the Ripper. Stories like them please to keep my interest, thank you!


Well, you could always look up "Spring Heeled Jack"
Jamie D | Jan 30, 2010


Try these sites, the second one seems to be what you are looking for (general interest)…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3506003.st m

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/seria l_killers/unsolved/index.html
CaitlynL | Jan 30, 2010


I don’t know of many in the European countries. There were Rose and Ed West, sexually sadistic torture-murderers that had a couple of daughters and buried the bodies under the flagstones in the backyard. I think there was a strangler in London, as well, though I can’t for the life of me remember his name.
In America, there are some very famous ones. Jeffrey Dahmer, for example, also a sadistic serial killer. He wanted to create his very own small army of mindless sex-slaves. If you ever listen to his testimony, he actually says he wanted to make them into zombies. He would kidnap men under various pretenses, have sex with them, kill them, and sometimes cannibalize them. In one particularly memorable story, he drilled a hole in one of his ‘zombie’s’ head, and poured bleach into his skull. While the man was still alive.
Also from America (Wichita, Kansas) was Dennis Rader, aka ‘BTK’. It stood for bind them, torture them, kill them. Incredibly sociopathic. He killed about 60 people, including several families, over the period of 30 years. He had a tendency to rape women before killing them. Again, if you ever listen to his testimony (he pleaded guilty), he admits to doing these terrible things with such calm surity that it’s creepy as all hell in a hand basket.
In Australia, there was the Backpack Killer, that lured backpackers in and killed them. There was also Belle Gunness (1800s) that killed possibly dozens with strychnine, set her house on fire, thus faking her own death, and disappeared with hardly a trace. There’s John Wayne Gacy (The "Killer Clown") who was recently died. A hitchhiking woman killed everyone that picked her up a while back. They made it into a move with Charlize Theron. I’m told that the movie is good. David Berkowitz "Son of Sam" was told by his neighbor’s ‘evil’ dog to shoot and kill several couples. He was probably schizophrenic.
Sorry that most of these aren’t from London. Hope it helps anyway.
Samantha | Jan 30, 2010


Burke and Hare killed people to sell their bodies for research. Happened up in Edinburgh, Scotland.
bulletproofpossom | Jan 30, 2010


Tony Blair
RUStuPID | Jan 31, 2010

Mar 18

Deal
Deal (2007)

IMDB rating: 5.20

Plot: As an ex-gambler teaches a hot-shot college kid some things about playing cards, he finds himself pulled into the world series of poker, where his protege is his toughest competition.

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Directors: Cates Jr. Gil

Actors: Reynolds Burt,Bret Harrison,Eyez Jon,Allen Shannon,Arata Michael,Aston Michael,Barone David,Bearb James,Beasley Dale,Bentley Tony,Beron Lawrence P.,Bordes Kenny,Boudreaux Allen,Brocato Lyle,Drama,

How do you deal with someone who has a superiority complex?
This is someone who I have to deal with every day, my roommate. Treats others unfairly (gets much more angry at something I would let go if he did it to me), selfish, corrects others whether or not they are wrong, thinks people who dont get his jokes are stupid (instead of thinking, "oh i must just be wierd") etc. Anyways, what should I do about this person besides move out, because I would rather solve the problem than run from the symptoms, and he is my best friend, too. How should I speak to such a person? How do I get through to him?


A nice strategy is use the person’s first name. " ______. What do you want from me?" is a good line.

You can’t necessarily get through to him as very little is known about the complex at this point.
Stevejavson | Oct 07, 2009


If I were you’d I’d be really mean to him and outwit him intellectually. Normally that puts a lot of people in their place. Other than this, I would suggest you tell him straight out that you and everyone you know think hes a prick and needs to get over himself.

If this still doesn’t work, try the silent treatment. Pretend he doesn’t exist…. this will drive him nuts.
Unus Mundus | Oct 07, 2009


In my opinion, you could bring home a couple of your close friends for a good two hours or so you regularly talk to, and inform them to talk great things about you before they come over and make sure your roommate’s there at that time, and that way, atleast your roommate will realize that you’re someone who can’t be treated unfairly and the very next time, he’d probably think twice before saying anything to you.

Hope this helps.
Coconut Guy | Oct 07, 2009


Seems like you’re dealing with the age-range when kids get narcissistic.
I’m going to assume this person is a guy.

So I’d suggest leveling down with this guy, making it clear what his behavior is inappropriate – maybe switch roles, be condescending towards him, get him to taste his own medicine.

Most importantly, don’t let his behavior affect your daily life. Ignore him.

Cheers!
Drensky | Oct 07, 2009

Mar 18

Killer's Delight
Killer’s Delight (1978)

IMDB rating: 5.10

Plot: A detective tracks a serial killer through San Francisco.

Directors: Hoenack Jeremy

Actors: Flower George ‘Buck’,Ivy Joe,Karlen John,Luisi James,Speer Martin,Thriller,Horror,

I wonder why the Scorpions, were allowed to have a child porn cover in their Album "Virgin Killer" 1976?
I mean the cover of the album was a naked ten year old, that’s just not right and I’m sure so many pedophiles were delighted by seeing it.


Thats why after less than a week on the shelves, the band pulled the album and replaced it with a cover showing simply a picture of the band. However, Blind Faith’s infamous cover to their only (eponymous) album, showing a topless 12-year old redhead holding what appears to be a plane pointed downwards towards her nether regions, is still in print even to this day. Im pretty sure in the Scorp’s case, they prob did it just to piss people off. And hell if it didn’t work!

n.rkist | Aug 22, 2009


Because They’re Fucking Metal.
I also enjoy the one with the Chick with Bubble gum tits.
Tapioca Is A Murder Junkie! | Aug 22, 2009


i suppose it was ok for annie lebovitz to photograph a naked under-age miley cyrus tho…cause its art…right?

they made the scorpions change that cover…just like lovedrive…

now playing: asteroid – kyuss
Supa makes the metal shine on… | Aug 22, 2009


blind faiths album was never released in the states with that cover…not that i ever saw and i remember when it came out…
Dan the brick man | Aug 22, 2009


They were allowed in 1976 because child porn was not illegal then. Even today there are if’s and and’s on what is child porn. BTW the Blind Faith cover did come out in the USA later on.
fandango | Aug 26, 2009

Mar 17

Virus
Virus (1999)

IMDB rating: 4.20

Plot: After losing their payload the ramshackle, sinking, ocean-going salvage tug “Sea Star” takes refuge in the eye of a typhoon in an attempt to make repairs. Whilst trying to find help the tug, captained by Robert Everton (‘Donald Sutherland’ (qv)), discovers a Russian science vessel adrift in the eye. The crew believes their troubles are over and they are set for life when the captain informs them of the value of salvaging this apparent ghost-ship. However, the navigator Kit Foster (‘Jamie Lee Curtis’ (qv)) and the chief engineer Steve Baker (‘William Baldwin’ (qv)) are not convinced that it will be that easy. Once power is restored to the ship strange things start to happen and the crew mysteriously disappear one by one. It isn’t until the discovery of the last remaining Russian crew member, the chief science officer Nadia Vinogradiya (‘Joanna Pacula’ (qv)), that the crew realise the enemy ranged against them isn’t the Russians but something far more malevolent…

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Directors: Bruno John

Actors: Baldwin William,Sutherland Donald,Bell Marshall,Augustus Sherman,Curtis Cliff,Mechoso Julio Oscar,Chervotkin Yuri,Flippen Keith,Outchaneichvili Levani,Eggby David,Action,Sci-Fi,Thriller,Horror,

I don't know if I have a coldsore or not?
As a regular coldsore sufferer, I panicked when I felt a small bump and tingle in the corner of my lips.

I ran home as soon as I could and applied an ice-cube to it, as I read that doing this early on can actually drive the virus back into it’s domant state. The bump was tiny at this point.

Then I put some surgical spirit on it.

Later on in the day I used zovirax cream. then for bed I put a compeed patch on.

Today I’ve used zovirax, a patch and even taken 500mg lysine tablet.

Whats weird though is that I can’t actually see any coldsore. There’s been no swelling or pussing at all.

Have I conquered it or was it a false alarm?

Does this mean I can kiss my bf tomorrow?!

Mar 14

Spirit, The
Spirit, The (2008)

IMDB rating: 5.10

Plot: Down these mean streets a man must come. A hero born, murdered, and born again. When a Rookie cop named Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces from the shadows of Central City. The Octopus who kills anyone unfortunate enough to see his face who has other plans. He’s going to wipe out the entire city. The Spirit tracks this cold hearted killer from the city’s rundown warehouses, to the damp catacombs, to the windswept waterfront all the while facing a bevy of beautiful women who either want to seduce, love or kill the masked crusader.

Spirit, The

Directors: Miller Frank

Actors: Macht Gabriel,Macht Gabriel,Jackson Samuel L.,Aragon Michael-David,Arute William,Balfour Eric,Bond Frank,Brummett Chad,Cain Burly,Elliot Hugh,Gerrity Dan,Goto Al,Action,Drama,

What are your views on this ? Would you like to express your views ?
Most of the people are accustomed to giving by putting their receiver on the receipient side. There is also another way of giving and that is by allowing others to feel like Givers themselves. But if one understands the Essence of Giving, they would know that Giving is all about inspiring happiness in any person. Even in any organization, the logic of inspiring the Team Spirit in the members centres around the idea that when people are made to realize that there is an effective Giver in them, their efficiency levels really shoot up. Thus, we can GIVE even while receiving if we express our GRATITUDE to the giver making him or her realize that they made an effective impact on our lives.

What are your views on this ? Would you like to express your views ?


You’ve made my day as an acceptor. I have been able to ‘give’ only a very few times, and mostly to people whom I am totally unrelated to.
Bulletin | Feb 05, 2010


I can see what you’re saying. I agree, and think it’s a great path for giving: getting others to realize that they too are givers. Gratitude –to me– is very important to express because I think human-beings don’t always realize the many ways they give, and the act of expressing gratitude brings the act of the giver to the surface. Sometimes we simply don’t realize the impact we have on other people.
thanku | Feb 05, 2010

Mar 14

RV
RV (2006)

IMDB rating: 5.50

Plot: Bob Munro is the dad of a dysfunctional family. He hires an RV to take the family on vacation. However Bob is NOT the best RV steering wheel operator in the neighborhood and the hilarity is added on by the fact that the brakes are about as useful as a chocolate fireguard. Bob first realizes it when the RV rolls (not literally) backwards into a line of shopping carts. Also Bob’s job is in danger if he doesn’t go to a very important meeting. Before you can say “COME BACK! COME BACK!,” things go gloriously, hilariously, Munro-annoyingly wrong due to the lack of brakes, Bob’s job, toilet waste not cleared out from the last rental and more hilarious stuff.

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Directors: Sonnenfeld Barry

Actors: Williams Robin,Hutcherson Josh,Daniels Jeff,Parrish Hunter,Ferris Alex,Arnett Will,Hale Tony,Howe Brian,Cox Richard Ian,Adventure,Comedy,Family,

HAVE YOU EVER………………………..?
PRAISED ALLAH WHILE LISTINENG TO GORGOROTH INSIDE AN RV WITH YOUR AUNT SALLY TRAVELING A DISTANCE OF 300 MILES AT 2:30 AM TUESDAY 1994???????


no…?!?
Hello :) | Jan 31, 2010


no i have not done that
but that sounds like a heck load of fun ^.^
Melina Q | Jan 31, 2010


Nope. Wans’t born yet, lol :)
AnimeGirl375 | Jan 31, 2010


Uh… yes?
Marci Bby

Mar 13

Prime Cut
Prime Cut (1972)

IMDB rating: 6.80

Plot: When mob associates turn up dead at the hands of a ruthless businessman, an enforcer is sent down to Kansas to investigate the incidents. What he finds is a man who is turning a seemingly idyllic town into a seething underbelly of corruption: drugs, bootlegging, and female sexual slavery. The very man responsible for the murders is someone who won’t stand down and pay a long standing debt that turned those looking for it, dead. The last unfortunate person to do so was ground into sausage, a nasty business run by that man who specializes in cattle. What occurs is a gang war between the men who now dominate this farm locale with an iron fist, and the men trying to put closure on an escalating situation.

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Directors: Ritchie Michael

Actors: Marvin Lee,Hackman Gene,Walcott Gregory,Morey William,Ellison Clint,Platt Howard,Lannom Les,Egan Eddie,Wilson Bob,Signer Gordon,Action,Crime,Drama,

The fed just cut .5% on Discount Rate (not prime rate) on Loans to Banks. What does this mean for me?
I am closing on a home loan on Nov 1st. My interest rate is floating (i havent locked it in yet)— what does this mean will happen to my interest rate?


nothing really. with the amount of time you have i would suggest you get offers form different lenders and pick the best one or take the best offer yo uhave in hand now to a source and see if they beat it.

www.directlendingplanet.com they have the lowest rates and fess i have seen. dont let anyone tell you you are obligated. do whats best for you period!

beachlover | Aug 17, 2007


Prime rate may or may not fall. I’ve heard other news that the prime rate will be going up. It’s a gamble.
Matthew | Aug 17, 2007


The discount rate is mostly symbolic and really won’t affect your situation.

Floating your rate is very VERY risky right now. Of course with the loan close so far out, you won’t really be able to find a lender that will lock that far ahead.

With all the chaos going on in the market, I’ve seen rates on some loans (a 5 year fixed ARM for example) go from 6% to 6.625% in the last 2 weeks. Jumbo (loans above $417,000) have gone from 6.75% to 8% in the last 2 weeks.

Rates normally follow the 10 year treasury bonds pretty closely. What affects the bonds also affects the rates. However, we’ve seen the opposite happen over the last 2 weeks. Rates are skyrocketing due to the liquidity crisis and are not tracking the bond market at all. The reason is supply and demand. There is still healthy (but diminishing) demand in the market for loans, but the supply of money to lend has really retracted. That means the investors (few loans actually are given by traditional banks now days) are asking for increased interest rates to even consider lending the cash they have. So many have picked up their toys and left that the few still playing are able to demand much more interest.

Best of luck!
Ben V | Aug 17, 2007


Nothing. However, your bank may be able to stay in business to complete your transaction.
Mortgageman | Aug 17, 2007

Mar 13

Impact Pt I
Impact Pt I (2008)

IMDB rating: 5.70

Plot: While the entire world watches the largest meteor shower in 10,000 years, a rogue asteroid, hidden by the meteor field, smashes into the moon in a tremendous explosion of rock and debris. Fragments from the asteroid, and even from the moon itself, penetrate Earth’s atmosphere and make impact. Even though the initial damage is minimal, nerves are frayed throughout the planet. There is significant physical damage to the lunar surface, but experts quickly conclude there will be no lasting ramifications. Then strange anomalies begin to manifest themselves on Earth. It starts small – cell phone disruptions, unusual static charges and odd tidal behavior. The world’s leading scientists, including Alex Kittner, Maddie Rhodes and Roland Emerson, begin piecing together evidence that suggests the moon’s properties, and its orbit, may have been permanently altered. Their fears are realized when the anomalies increase to the point where the effect of “simulated” gravity is being manipulated by increased electromagnetic surges coming from the moon. People, cars and other objects are rendered momentarily weightless in random, isolated areas around the globe. Alex, Maddie, Roland and the rest of their team soon discover something far worse – the moon’s new orbit has put it on a collision course with Earth! The world now has 39 days to stop it or Earth, and all of mankind, will perish. After a failed attempt by the United States to destroy the moon, our heroes bring all the countries of the world together in one last hope for humanity – an international mission to the moon itself where astronauts will attempt to reverse the magnetic effects and restore the moon to its original orbit. Alex, whose children are now missing after the latest rampage of anti-gravity, is emotionally torn as he must now join Roland and two other astronauts on the Earth saving mission into space. It is a race against time as the two celestial bodies are drawn closer and closer to impact, the world united, watching and praying, the survival of mankind in the balance.

Directors: Rohl Mike

Actors: Elliott David James,Sadler Benjamin,Cromwell James,Culp Steven,Best Owen,Tso Yee Jee,Cunningham Colin,Kopsa Michael,Lea Ron,Ayres Benjamin,Plunkett Gerard,Action,Adventure,Sci-Fi,

How did the native americans impact literature?
websites would be helpful. Thanks 10 pt for this


Black Elk is a well known holy man of Oglala Lakota. He lived through and experienced some of the most historic events in Lakota history. Towards the end of his life he shared his accumulated wisdom and it has been recorded in a number of books.

* The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk’s Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt, edited by Raymond J. Demallie, University of Nebraska Press; new edition, 1985

* Black Elk Speaks: being the life story of a holy man of the Oglala Sioux (as told to John G. Neihardt), Bison Books, 2004 (originally published in 1932);

Black Elk Speaks PDF (1.49 MiB)

* The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk’s Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt, edited by Raymond J. Demallie, University of Nebraska Press; new edition, 1985

* The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk’s Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux (as told to Joseph Epes Brown), MJF Books, 1997

* Spiritual Legacy of the American Indian (as told to Joseph Epes Brown), World Wisdom, 2007

Books about Black Elk:

* The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk’s Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt, edited by Raymond J. DeMallie; 1985

* Black Elk and Flaming Rainbow: Personal Memories of the Lakota Holy Man, by Hilda Neihardt, University of Nebraska Press, 2006. ISBN 0-8032-8376-8

* Black Elk: Holy Man of the Oglala, by Michael Steltenkamp

* Black Elk

Mar 12

Rendition
Rendition (2007)

IMDB rating: 6.90

Plot: After a terrorist bombing kills an American envoy in a foreign country. An investigation leads to an Egyptian who has been living in the United States for years and who is married to an American. He is apprehended when he’s on his way home. The U.S. sends him to the country where the incident occurs for interrogation which includes torture. An American CIA operative observes the interrogation and is at odds whether to keep it going or to stop it. In the meantime, the man’s wife raises hell to find him despite being pregnant but the person behind this refuses to help or give her any information.

Directors: Hood Gavin

Actors: Metwally Omar,Knight Aramis,Gyllenhaal Jake,Khouas Moa,Naor Yigal,Fabrizio David,Margoum Mounir,Roukhe Driss,Simmons J.K.,Gunton Bob,Drama,Thriller,

What props do I need for Seussical the Musical?
I’m head of props for my schools rendition of Seussical the Musical. I’ve already went through the entire scrips, but it’s not that clear as to what props I’m going to need. Anyone who has done Seussical before, can you please give me a list of props or at least some idea of what I’m going to need for this show?

Thank You. :)

Mar 12

Hoax, The
Hoax, The (2006)

IMDB rating: 7.20

Plot: Early in 1971, McGraw-Hill passes on Clifford Irving’s new novel. He’s desperate for money, so, against the backdrop of Nixon’s reelection calculations, Irving claims he has Howard Hughes’s cooperation to write Hughes’s autobiography. With the help of friend Dick Suskind, Irving does research, lucks into a manuscript written by a long-time Hughes associate, and plays on corporate greed. He’s quick-thinking and outrageously bold. Plus, he banks on Hughes’s reluctance to enter the public eye. At the same time, he’s trying to rebuild his marriage and deflect the allure of his one-time mistress, Nina Van Pallandt. Can he write a good book, take the money, and pull off the hoax?

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Directors: Hallstrom Lasse

Actors: Gere Richard,Molina Alfred,Tucci Stanley,Wallach Eli,Carter John,Welch Christopher Evan,Ivanek Zeljko,Baker David Aaron,McRobbie Peter,Bedford Lloyd John,Okpokwasili Okwui,Margolin Stuart,Comedy,Drama,

Anyone else think the loch ness monster is a joke?
I saw a documentary on it a couple of years ago, and while it was completely unbiased, it left no doubt in my mind that the loch ness monster isn’t real.

The documentary showed how easily sticks and rocks in the water can be mistaken for humps or a head. It showed a number of hoaxes that were believed by many, but later found out to be fraud.

It also said that if the loch ness was a plesiosaur, as described, then it would need air, and would surface every few hours, meaning there would be far more sightings.

Not to mention all the searches that have been done and found nothing.

Isn’t it a bit convenient all these idiot locals see the monster when no one is around, yet when they actually look for it there’s no trace? T

here’s so much evidence against it, I can’t help but feel the only people who believe in it are idiots.


Im an idiot and i believe in it
Jet | Feb 04, 2010


I agree with you. It’s just a legend :-)
Sophia | Feb 04, 2010


oh my god i am an idiot….when the monster will eat the asker….i will be then a clever idiot…lolizies….cant believe people still have doubts about monsters and myth creatures
hell tycoon | Feb 04, 2010


Lol, I never believed it was real. It’s a legend and although I haven’t looked in depth at it the way you saw that documentary – I’d assume that its not probable for a being like that to exist in these times anyway.
M ? | Feb 04, 2010


Nessie is real! A leprechaun told me.
Kilroy | Feb 04, 2010


I actually like the view of the guy who first said he saw it. He said something like this:

‘I know what I saw, but whatever it was it is probably dead and gone by now.’

Very logical.
Watching_You | Feb 04, 2010


it no joke it ate my brother arm
Poseidon | Feb 04, 2010


Trust me, it isn’t real, neither is big foot or the abominal snowman. PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN THIS SO CALLED ‘LOCHNESS MONSTER’ NEED TO GROW UP ALREADY!!! AND IF YOU’RE AN ADULT AND YOU BELIEVE IT’S REAL THEN GET A FREAKING LIFE!!! No offence, it’s just stupid.
SW name= Bella Swan (300) | Feb 04, 2010


Its the Scottish version of Godzilla or King Kong. Its just a myth.
Keithzworld | Feb 04, 2010


it is one of several such questions floating around in the world rationalists refuse to believe in them but some others believe.
POSITRON | Feb 04, 2010


Just because it is unseen does not mean that it is not real!
Wiccan Witch | Feb 05, 2010

Dark Rising