This is super cool, a limited edition only of the “Back to the Future” movie soundtrack is now available to order online. This is for the instrumental score only. It won’t have the songs by Huey Lewis and Chuck Berry.

Check it out here:

http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.6315/.f

“Back to the Future” the first one anyways, is one of my favorite films ever. It’s such a classic and a great family film with perfection. Especially the film’s beautiful music score. It has the best scoring of film history.

Kev

Título: Regreso al futuro
Título original: Back to the future
País: USA
Estreno en USA: 03/07/1985
Estreno en España: 02/12/1985
Productora: Universal Pictures
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Guión: Bob Gale y Robert Zemeckis
Reparto: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Claudia Wells, Thomas F. Wilson, Billy Zane, Sachi Parker

Sinopsis:

Marty McFly es un adolescente amigo de Doc, un científico a los que todos menos él toman por chiflado. Cuando Doc crea una máquina para viajar en el tiempo en forma de un automóvil deportivo, Marty viaja accidentalmente al año 1955. Allí se encontrará con sus padres cuando eran jóvenes, pero impide su primer encuentro. A partir de entonces, y con el tiempo en su contra, McFly deberá conseguir que se enamoren para que se casen y él no deje de existir.

Opinión:

“Regreso al futuro” es de esas pelis que uno ha visto un millón de veces, pero que si se la encuentra en la televisión mientras zapea aburrido buscando algo de interés, se la calza de nuevo sin ningún rubor y disfrutándola como si la viera por primera vez. Tal es su magia y su poder de atracción. Y es que esta memorable y entretenidísima cinta de los ochenta viene avalada por unos padrinos que ya los quisieran la mayoría de las películas.

Doc y Marty...

Con Spielberg y Zemeckis a la cabeza, que tejen una historia original como pocas mediante un guion inteligente y soberbio, mas un reparto en el que todos brillan con luz propia, con mención especial para el simpático Michael J. Fox, y una puesta en escena extraordinaria, amen de los increíbles efectos especiales, el film brilla con luz propia y se ha convertido en uno de esos clásicos intemporales por derecho propio. Aparte de ser una película de culto para los amantes de la ciencia ficción y los viajes en el tiempo y las discusiones que dichos viajes acarrean, por el tema de las consecuencias y demás.

El Delorean

En fin, que nos encontramos ante una apuesta segura para pasar hora y media disfrutando como un enano ante la caja tonta. Acción, comedia, fantasía y rock’ roll. ¿Se puede pedir mas?

Puntuación:

8 / 10

For this week’s Classic TV Scene, we return to New York’s Sunshine Cab Company.

You may remember earlier in the year, the Choob featured the all-time best scene from the 1970s/80s sitcom Taxi – Jim’s Driving Test.

However, it had plenty of other memorable scenes and great performances, so here are another couple of great clips.

First, another tour de force from Christopher Lloyd as “reverend” Jim Ignatowski who, having lost his job as a cabbie, has become a door-to-door salesman:

And here is the late, great Andy Kaufman as mechanic Latka Gravas, sharing his views on the importance of friendship:

Call of the Wild 3D è un film americano con Christopher Lloyd, Timothy Bottoms

Leggi altre notizie su: | Avventura | Drammatico | Richard Gabai | Christopher Lloyd | Wes Stud | Timothy Bottomsi

Much of LA becomes consumed with the buying and selling of features this week as 8000 gather at the American Film Market which kicks off W 11/4 and runs through W 11/11 concurrently with AFI Fest. Ground zero is the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel where 400 distributors are getting ready to rumble.  As the distributors are there to sell, the first half of AFM belongs mostly to the buyers.  You need a full market badge ($895) for access to the upper floors during this time, but its free to linger to the lobby and lounge by the pool putting together target lists which many do in prep for half badge face time ($345) starting Su 11/8.  Day badges $275.  To see the market in action check out these videos from Film Specific’s Stacey Parks, UpsideDownTV’s Johnny Neurotic and Variety’s Michael Jones.

Here is the list of IFTA members where you can dig deep for contact information, slate and budgets. You can also pick up free in the Loews lobby the AFM directory in the bumper copies of Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Screen International and The Business of Film.

On the Variety & THR list of AFM targets are Akin Gump ($600mm for 60 films), Endgame (3-5@$10-40mm), Exclusive Media ($100mm for 2-3 films), Incentive Filmed Entertainment ($100mm for 10@$15mm each), Liddell (3-4 films@$5-20mm each), Magnet Media (Jeanette Buerling & Magie Monteith), Natural Selection ($100mm for 20 films@ $5mm+ each), Overnight Prods (3@$10-40mm), Sheppard Mullin ($65mm), Social Capital (2-3@$2-20mm each), Stroock Stroock ($5-100mm), Tic Tock (2-3 films@$10mm each), WestEnd Films (Maya Amsellem & Eve Schoukroun), Winchester Capital (3-4 films@$10-40mm each), plus those in bold above.

Some are speaking at the AFM seminars:

F 11/6 9-12:30
AFM Finance Conference
with Media Rights Capital, Hyde Park Entertainment, NatGeo..
Fairmont Miramar, 101 Wilshire
2008 Videos

F 11/6 4-5:30
FILMART/HK Co-Production Partners
with Screen International, Distribution Workshop, Imagi Studios
Le Merigot, 1740 Ocean
2008 Videos

Sa 11/7 9-12:30
Pitch Me!
Producers for Bee Season, Capote, Nurse Betty
Fairmont Miramar, 101 Wilshire

Sa 11/7 9:15-5:30
Distribution U
9:15 Breakfast/Introductions
10:15 Fans, Friends, Followers – Scott Kirsner
11:15, Break
11:30, New World of Distribution I – Peter Broderick
12:30, Lunch with Adam Chapnick, Distribber.com, Thomas Mai, Festival Darlings, Jon Reiss, Thinking Outside of the Box (Office), Adrian Belic, Beyond the Call, Genghis Blues, Justine Jacob, Ready Set Bag
2, New World of Distribution II – Peter Broderick
3, Case Studies/Anvil!, Good Dick
4, Booksigning/Thinking Outside the Box (Office)
4:15-5:30, Pitch Workshop
USC, Davidson Conference Center, 3415 South Figueroa

Sa 11/7 2-5:30
Produce and Sell Your Film with Dov S-S Simens
Topics include: Theatrical Deal Memo Points, 7 Major Revenue Sources, Profit Participation Scenarios, Cable/TV/DVD Licenses, Publicity & Festivals, On-Demand vs PPV, Global Revenues, Foreign Sales, Private Placements, Investor Offerings, Gross vs Net, Split Rights & 50-50 Deals, Production-Distribution Agreements, plus Producer’s Workbook/Directory
Fairmont Miramar, 101 Wilshire

Su 11/8 11-12:30
Changing Indie Distribution Strategies
Ted Mundorff, Landmark Theatres, Jon Reiss, Think Outside the Box (Office)…
Le Merigot, 1740 Ocean

Su 11/8 2-3:30
DIY Distribution Playbook
with Adam Chapnick, Distribber.com, Matt Tyrnauer, Valentino, Sacha Gervasi, Anvil!, Scott Hamilton Kennedy, The Garden, Lisa Smithline, Trouble The Waters
Le Merigot, 1740 Ocean
2008 Videos

Su 11/8 4-5:30
SAG/A Filmmaker’s Resource
Le Merigot, 1740 Ocean

M 11/9 11-12:30pm
WGA/Writing for the Genre World
Mick Garris, Larry Cohen, Juliet Snowden, Stiles White, Stephen Susco
Le Merigot, 1740 Ocean

M 11/9 2-3:30
DGA/Online Piracy
Brad Beutlich, DtecNet, Darcy Antonellis, Warner, Jonathan Dayton, Little Miss Sunshine, Andrew Horton, Mark Monitor, Alann McNeil, Deluxe’s Web Watch
Le Merigot, 1740 Ocean

M 11/9 4-5:30
PGA/Package and Finance Indies Oversees
Aurora Productions, Akin Gump, Endgame Entertainment, The Film Department, Paradigm
Le Merigot, 1740 Ocean

Tu 11/10 11-12:30
Indie Marketing with Ondi Timoner, We Live In Public…
Le Merigot, 1740 Ocean

Tu 11/10 2-3:30
WIF/New Hollywood Movie Studio & Social Networking
Le Merigot, 1740 Ocean

Tu 11/10 4-5:30
ASC/Film or Digital
Le Merigot, 1740 Ocean

Sa 11/7 – Tu 11/10 9:30-5
Favorite Film Pitch
Le Merigot, 1740 Ocean

For newbies, there are AFM first-timers guides on working the market at:
IFTA , FilmSpecific, and IndieGoGo.

As for AFM Hotels, many were booked by 10/2 but feel free to try:
- Georgian, 1415 Ocean 90401 ($242-384) 310-395-9945
- Ocean View Hotel, 1447 Ocean 90401 ($224-272) 310-458-4888
- Hotel California, 1670 Ocean 90401 ($260,299+) 310-393-2363
- Hotel Shangrila, 1301 Ocean 90401 ($319-489) 310-394-2791
- Le Merigot Marriott, 1740 Ocean 90401 ($365+) 310-395-9700
- Viceroy, 1819 Ocean 90401 ($348+) 310-260-7500
- Fairmont Miramar, 101 Wilshire 90401 ($324+) 310-576-7777
- Hotel Casa del Mar, 1910 Ocean 90405 ($459+) 310-581-5533
- Sheraton Delfina, 530 Pico 90405 ($267-320) 310-399-9344
- Doubletree, 1707 4th 90401 ($270-$282) 310-395-3332
- Holiday Inn, 120 Colorado 90401 ($248-258) 310-451-0676
- Hotel Carmel, 201 Broadway 90401 ($175-232) 310-451-2469
- Ambrose, 1255 20th Street 90404 ($192-227) 310-315-1555
- Best Western, 1920 Santa Monica Blvd 90404 ($170) 310-829-9100
- Shutters, One Pico 90405 ($575+) 310-458-0030
- Huntley, 1111 Second, 90403 ($350) 310-394-5454
*There is a shuttle for the AFM hotels, parking lots and screenings.

Film Catalogue/445 screenings, 73 premieres including:
- American Sunset (Global Universal) – Corey Haim, Frank Molina
- Blue Seduction (Global Universal Pictures) – Estella Warren*
- Bobby Fischer Live (Amadeus)
- Chloe (StudioCanal, budget $10-25mm) – Julianne Moore
- Dorian Gray (Ealing Studios, budget $10-25mm) – Colin Firth
- From Time to Time (Ealing Studios, budget $5-10m) – Maggie Smith
- Get Low (K5) – Bill Murray
- Glorious 39 (The Works International) – Julie Christie
- Harry Brown (HanWay) – Michael Caine
- Hawaii A Voice For Sovereignty (ITN)
- Junkyard Dog (Epic) – Vivica Fox**
- Kill Speed (Epic) – Nick Carter, Tom Arnold**
- Life During Wartime (Fortissimo) – Ally Sheedy & Paul Reubens
- Love & Other Impossible Pursuits (Essential Ent) – Natalie Portman
- Mama I Want to Sing! (Vision Films) – Ciara & Billy Zane
- Mao’s Last Dancer (Celluloid Dreams) – Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Cheng
- Rounds (Global Universal) – Billy Drago, Mark Attenza
- Saint John of Las Vegas (E1) – Sarah Silverman & Steve Buscemi
- Snowmen (MPower) – Ray Liotta, Christopher Lloyd
- Stay Cool (American Cinema) – Wynona Ryder, Hilary Duff
- The Making of Plus One (New Films) film market wheeling and dealing
- The Meaning of the 21st Century (WWFilmEnt, bud $3-5m) – Michael Douglas
- The Next Three Days (Mandate Intl) – Russell Crowe
*no screening, ** got picked up by Independent Feature Films

And more:
- AFI Fest - free tx to screenings, red carpet events, details here
- IBM/USC Imagine The World in 2050 invite-only event
- TromaDance Film Festival press conference
- 8th Samurai screening at the Consul General of Japan

Events that recap AFM:
- 12/1 Distribution U, San Francisco
- 12/8 DMW/Variety’s Future of Film, Sheraton Delfina

We’ve been waiting patiently for more than 20 years, and it looks like it’s finally going to pay off. Robert Zemeckis, the creative genius behind The Polar Express and The Back to the Future cartoon confirmed to MTV that the writers of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? are currently working on a sequel! No details on the plot just yet, but rest assured it’ll leave us looking at Jessica Rabbit and thinking, “I’d hit that.” Also babies who smoke cigars are funny.

The showdown between a nurse and a patient. Let the games begin.

Implacable rabble-rouser Randle Patrick McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) is committed to an asylum and inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse Mildred Ratched (Louise Fletcher).

The film has one of the greatest feuds between 2 characters I have ever seen on film. A nurse and a patient doesn’t seem so heavy you say, but after you see this then you will question no more. Nurse Ratched is all about order and discipline. Randle on the other hand represents everything anti-establishment, who is in the nut house pretending to be crazy to escape being in incarcerated.Both feud and show dislike towards one another and its surely something great to see.

The film has a great sense of the human qualities to it. Randle treats these patients as if they are normal old human beings and not some drugged out nut cases that have to follow a same routine everyday. This makes you think and makes you feel about life in a great and wonderful way of who you really are.

There are scenes that are just simply unforgettable much of due to the charisma of the stars portraying these characters. They all seem so real in a creepy kinda weird way. Jack Nicholson gives an amazing performance that is too great to be true and brings all of the energy to the film. Having Louise Flecther playing the quiet but very strict nurse is totally effective as she is a lady that doesn’t talk too loudly and wants everything done her way but when that flip switches, oh god it sure as heck switches. The rest of the cast do very exceptional jobs as many will see great debut films for such stars as: Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd, and Brad Dourif.

The mixes with comedy and drama throughout but ultimately is the most effective tragedy of all-time. The on-going feud between Nurse Ratched and Randle are simply one of the greatest feuds on screen of all-time and set the grounds for many more effective feuds in cinema history.

There is nothing bad I can say about this film other than it truly is a wonderful American Classic. All should see if you want a film that will make you laugh, cry, think, and overall be happy about your own life, and not many films nowadays do that.

10/10=Full Price!!!

Who’s Protecting Us From The Protectors?

The following stories and links are just a small example of the reports from news agencies around the web. Read recent updates and get an idea of the magnitude of this problem at the following link:

>> Bad Cops, Bad Cops, Who Ya’ Gonna Call<<

Fired Pa. officer charged with sex with runaway

JPSO officer arrested and fired for alleged rape

Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand today announced the arrest of a Second District Patrol Division officer on a rape charge.

According to Normand Officer Brett Casimir admitted to telling a suspect that he would let her go if she “performed a sex act” on the officer in his cruiser.Investigators say the incident occured early this morning in Harvey after Casimir stopped the car the woman was riding in.After finding that the woman had an outstanding warrant, Casimir let the others in the vehicle go, then drove the handcuffed woman around the corner where he told her she would be released if she performed the act, according to Normand.

“There were no other overt threats made at the time,” Normand said.  “However, due to the location, her detention, and the presence of an armed police officer there, it was obvious that the victim felt intimidated, and did as she was instructed by the officer.”

Normand says the officer has admitted to the incident that the victim reported this morning shortly after it happened at about 4:00am. The Sheriff says Casimir has been fired. “When these things happen, it’s a dark day,” Normand said.  “We have many, many hard-working men and women of this department, that are, myself included, embarrassed by this situation.”  According to Normand, Casimir joined the department in September 2007 and had been a patrol officer since December.

Austin officer suspended 15 days over May shooting

AUSTIN, Texas — An Austin police officer is suspended for 15 days for not turning on his patrol car camera during an altercation in which a teen was fatally shot.

Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo says the unpaid suspension began Thursday for Officer Leonardo Quintana. Acvedeo determined the May 11 shooting did not constitute excessive force.

A Travis County grand jury in August declined to indict Quintana over the shooting of the armed suspect, 18-year-old Nathaniel Sanders II.

The suspension was because Quintana violated policy by not turning on the dashboard camera before approaching Sanders.

Police have said Quintana fired at Sanders after the pair struggled over a weapon that the suspect had in his waistband. Sanders had been asleep in a car that police had investigated as being involved in several crimes.

2nd Tuskegee officer indicted in rape of 15-year-old girl

By Associated Press

5:01 AM CST, November 5, 2009

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — A second Tuskegee University police officer has been indicted in connection with the alleged October rape of a 15-year-old girl.WSFA reports Wednesday that William Curtis, Jr., was indicted along with fellow officer John Moon in a specially called session of the Macon County Grand Jury.

Curtis faces one count of conspiracy to commit rape and one count of conspiracy to commit sodomy. His bail was set at $250,000. He was indicted Tuesday.

Moon, who is 45, was arrested Oct. 18 and charged with one count of sodomy, one count of enticing a child into a vehicle and one count of first degree rape.

He was immediately suspended from the Tuskegee University Police force.

The rape is alleged to have occurred off campus while Moon was off-duty.

Investigators said they had reason to believe are more victims.

Accused of drugs, ex-police officer seeks a deal

A former Philadelphia police officer charged with dealing drugs and plotting to steal what he believed was a drug stash is negotiating a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.Alhinde Weems, 34, was a 51/2-year veteran who had been a drug dealer before he became an officer and dealt drugs on the force, police said when he was arrested in March.

Weems was arrested at an area hotel as he was about to rob a man he believed to be a drug dealer, but who was a federal undercover agent.

U.S. prosecutors filed an “information” outlining the charges against Weems yesterday, which is often an indication a defendant will plead guilty.

“We’re in negotiation on that issue right now,” said his attorney, Jack J. McMahon Jr.

Weems is being held without bail. His arrest shocked city police, who were already coping with reports that officers had fabricated evidence in other drug investigations. Four veteran officers are under investigation.

Police were also concerned that Weems, who had no criminal record, made it through the department’s screening process.

Largo officer fired after DUI arrest

LARGO – A Largo police officer was fired this week after being arrested and charged with DUI and leaving the scene of an accident in August.

According to the Largo Police Department, officer Darren Cockeram was fired Monday.

He was arrested on August 20 after police say he was involved in two separate car accidents in one day, and was arrested for driving under the influence.

There were no injuries in the accidents.

Largo Police launched an internal investigation and fired Cockeram for violating city of Largo policy.

Officer Arrested In ‘High Stakes’ Poker Game Bust

Posted: 5:09 pm EST November 4, 2009Updated: 6:48 pm EST November 4, 2009

SMYRNA, Ga. — A Cobb County police officer resigned after being arrested for his alleged involvement in a high-stakes poker game.After complaints from residents, police set up an undercover sting and arrested one of their own.Police said officer Christopher Soltes, a police officer in the county’s Westside precinct, acted as the poker game dealer.Officials said the games would run once a week at the Vinings Forest Condominiums in Smyrna.”Every Saturday there would be lots of cars coming in…lots of people going into that unit,” said Vinings Forest resident Emily Fine.Police said lots of catered food would be ordered in for each poker game and that a number of men and women were present at the games.Soltes would get paid by tips from the “high rollers,” according to police.The condo’s owner, Paul Miller, was also arrested. He was charged with running a commercial gambling operation.

Off-duty NY officer charged in man’s death

Former Memphis, Tennessee, Police Officer Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Civil Rights Violations

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:02:35 -0600

Judge S. Thomas Anderson sentenced Carlton Moore to 27 months in prison and one year of supervised release after Moore pleaded guilty to stealing money from motorists while acting under color of law.

Off-Duty Officer Pleads Not Guilty To Manslaughter, DWI Charges

The off-duty policeman accused of driving drunk and killing a woman in Brooklyn pleaded not guilty today and is now out on bail.

Andrew Kelly, 30, was arraigned this morning on vehicular manslaughter and DWI charges in the death of Vionique Valnord.

If convicted, he faces up to seven years in prison.

Valnord, seen above, was hit while trying to hail a cab in Flatlands back in September.

It took seven hours to draw Kelly’s blood for a blood test, and he registered a blood alcohol content of zero.

Kelly, who maintains he was not impaired at the time of the accident, has been suspended, along with the officer at the scene who gave him gum and water.

An investigation by the New York Police Department’s Internal Affairs Bureau will determine whether there was a cover-up.

Kelly is due back in court on January 19.

Off-Duty NY Officer Kills Man While ‘Showing Off’ Gun

NEW ROCHELLE (AP) – An off-duty Eastchester police officer has been arrested and charged after police said he accidentally shot an acquaintance while “showing off” his gun.

According to New Rochelle Police Capt. Joseph Schaller, officer James Pileggi was sitting in his SUV with two other men, demonstrating the laser feature on his 9mm Glock service weapon when it accidentally went off.

Pileggi, who was sitting in the passenger seat, “recklessly discharged the weapon” striking 27-year-old Andrew Everett in the throat who was standing outside the vehicle, Schaller said.

Everett was transported to Sound Shore Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 9:40 p.m., police said.

Authorities later recovered the weapon at the scene.

Pileggi was arraigned Tuesday afternoon in New Rochelle. He has been charged with second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting.

Neighbors reported hearing a shot fired in the otherwise quiet neighborhood and didn’t know what had occurred until police arrived.

Police have not yet classified the shooting as a homicide and said the case is still under investigation.

Oakwood cop charged with assault in incident at Dayton pharmacy

OAKWOOD — Oakwood Officer John McCalister allegedly punched a man inside a Dayton drug store after the man asked McCalister to exchange money with him, according to Oakwood Public Safety Director Alex Bebris.

The alleged assault took place Oct. 14 in the Rite Aid Pharmacy, 1158 Wilmington Ave., when McCalister and his wife and fellow Oakwood Officer Tiffany McCalister were off-duty and not in uniform, Bebris said Tuesday.

The man told Dayton police he asked John McCalister if they could exchange change so that he could wash his clothes at a nearby laundromat. The victim said McCalister cursed at him before striking him several times.

In Newark, New Jersey, a New Jersey state trooper was indicted Tuesday on heroin possession charges. Trooper Jason Hanrahan had been arrested January 15 after he was observed buying heroin from a Newark man, who has also been indicted. Hanrahan was allegedly in possession of “less than a half ounce” of heroin when he was detained. Although Hanrahan was not charged with a drug trafficking or intent or conspiracy charge, a half ounce of heroin is much, much more than the typical personal dose. Since New Jersey law separates heroin possession offenses by weight, and less than half an ounce is the offense for which small-time possessors are charged, Hanrahan could have been popped with only a personal dose or two. Or he could have been popped with nearly a half ounce. If the former, Hanrahan doesn’t belong in the corrupt cop crowd — he’s just another user who got caught. Either way he is looking at up to five years in prison and a $15,000 fine.

In Raleigh, North Carolina, a former Wake County Jail guard was arrested last weekend for selling drugs and providing a weapon to an inmate. Former guard Timothy Bullock, 26, faces six counts each of selling or delivering marijuana, conspiring to sell or deliver marijuana, and possession of marijuana with intent to sell or distribute. He will also face eight counts of providing drugs to an inmate. The offenses allegedly took place in April and May. Bullock quit his job in May. The inmate has also been arrested. Bullock was jailed on a $100,000 secured bond.

In Chattanooga, Tennessee, a Silverdale Detention Center guard was arrested Monday on charges of possessing drugs in a jail and inappropriate contact with inmates. Guard Sifrona Cotton, 31, was arrested by Hamilton County sheriff’s deputies. Silverdale is a privately owned prison operated by Corrections Corporation of America.

Cop who beat student for untucked shirt jailed on rape charges

 

Christopher Lloyd

By Carlos Miller
The suburban Chicago cop who was caught on video beating a 15-year-old student for refusing to tuck his shirt last May is being accused of raping a woman while holding a pillow over her face.

He also killed his ex-wife’s new husband last year by shooting him 24 times in front of their children while he was a cop for another suburban police department.

He was suspended for that incident and eventually found work with the Dolton Police Department, where he ended up beating the special needs student who weighed only 140 pounds, breaking his nose and lacerating his face.

A few months later, he allegedly threatened an Indiana woman with a knife. Then later raped her with a pillow over her face on September 14, according to the Chicago Tribune.

It is no wonder why the Dolton Police Department refused to release his name this week when the video of the student beating emerged.

Christopher Lloyd, 38, has been incarcerated in Indiana on a $110,000 bond since last month. He faces 20 years in prison for the rape allegation.

His ex-wife has also filed a wrongful death suit against him and the Robbins Police Department for the killing of her new husband in February 2008.

Chicago police accepted his claims of self-defense even though he drove to the couple’s home while off-duty and got into an argument with Cornell McKinney, before shooting him 24 times.

It is not clear whether he reloaded in that incident, but if he did, it would make it hard to believe he was acting in self-defense.

The suit claims the autopsy contradicts the police investigation. I’m sure it does. The Chicago Police Department should be sued as well.

South Dakota cop convicted of raping drunk woman in squad car

(S.D.)-Former SD Sheriff’s Deputy Gets 5 Years For Rape

By: Dennis and Kathi Brown Posted at: 10/24/2009 03:12 PM

RAPID CITY, South Dakota (AP) – A former Fall River County sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to five years in prison for rape.

Buckly McColl pleaded guilty to the charge earlier this month.

He was sentenced on Friday.

The 42-year-old McColl faced up to 25 years in prison and a $50,000 fine.

Court documents say McColl admitted to picking up a woman in his patrol vehicle last November and having sex with her in the sheriff’s office in Edgemont. The documents say McColl also admitted that the woman was incapable of giving consent because she was drunk.

Corrupt former St. Louis cop gets year in jail

Vincent T. Carr

A former St. Louis police officer who admitted stealing cash, planting drugs, charging an innocent man and lying to cover it up was sentenced Friday to a year and a day in federal prison.

Vincent T. Carr, 47, could have faced 37 to 46 months in prison under federal sentencing guidelines, but he was rewarded for cooperating with prosecutors in the case against his former partner in the city’s Crime Suppression Unit, Bobby Lee Garrett, 49.

At Friday’s hearing, Carr apologized to his family, friends and the police department, and said that he was taking “full responsibility” for his actions, wrongdoing and “stupidity.”

Carr and Garrett were indicted in December.

Carr pleaded guilty Feb. 13 to to five felony charges: obstruction of justice and two counts each of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and making false statements.

He admitted that on June 6, 2008, he and Garrett stole cash from a man who admitted possessing a gun and crack cocaine, then planted the drugs, gun and $3,710 of the cash in an another man’s apartment. They released the owner of the crack so he wouldn’t complain about their theft and charged his landlord instead. They then doctored reports and court documents and lied to FBI agents to cover up their crime.

Garrett pleaded guilty Aug. 28 in a deal that will net him 28 months in prison.

Their co-defendant, Leo Liston, was indicted in April and pleaded guilty May 15 to one felony count of misapplication of government funds. He admitted stealing and splitting $8,000 in drug-linked cash from a beauty shop and was sentenced last month to three months in prison. Liston also cooperated with authorities.

Color of Law: Wilson County Jail

On January 12, 2003, Walter Steven Kuntz was arrested by officers from the City of Lebanon, Tennessee Police Department for Driving Under the Influence. He was transported to the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office Jail, where, over the next several hours, two correctional officers subjected Kuntz to a series of severe beatings because he would not stop talking in his cell. Approximately eight hours later Kuntz was taken by ambulance to a local hospital and then airlifted to St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. Kuntz was declared brain dead and died approximately 24 hours later. His death was ruled a homicide. The FBI field office in Memphis responded to this incident, and, working in conjunction with agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, they identified a pattern of beatings and civil rights violations carried out by second shift correctional officers at the Wilson County Jail occurring over at least a two-year period. The investigation revealed the identities of other officers who were involved in the Kuntz beating and eventually, four correctional officers agreed to plead guilty in exchange for their cooperation and testimony against the more culpable officers.

On July 23, 2004, five Wilson County Jail correctional officers were charged with eight counts of conspiring to violate the civil rights of 13 former inmates of the Wilson County Jail, to include Walter Steven Kuntz. Sergeant Patrick Marlowe and Officer Gary Hale were charged with causing the death of Kuntz by assaulting him in a cell at the jail and then denying him prompt medical attention for his injuries. Hale and Officer Robert Brian Ferrell subsequently pled guilty prior to trial and agreed to cooperate with the government.

On January 26, 2006, after a three-week trial, Marlowe was found guilty on seven of eight counts, including directly causing the death of Kuntz by failing to provide Kuntz with proper medical care. Officer Tommy Shane Conatser was convicted of one count of conspiracy to violate the civil rights of inmates at the Wilson County Jail. On July 7, 2006, Marlowe was sentenced to life in prison. Officer Hale was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment, Officer Conatser was sentenced to almost six years’ imprisonment, Officer Christopher McCathern was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment, Officer Robert Brian Ferrell was sentenced to one year imprisonment, Officer William Westmoreland was sentenced to three years’ probation, and Officer John McKinney and Officer Travis Bradley were sentenced to two years’ probation.

With Halloween coming up, the rush is on to find a decent costume to wear. The rush is also on for watchdog groups to get irate at politically incorrect costumes, like the “illegal alien” costume, which is an orange prison jumpsuit with an alien mask and a fake green card. Those looking for a real illegal-alien costume have to go no further than the South End of New Bedford or the fish houses downtown.  … Nothing like a trip down memory lane. IGN.com, a Web site dedicated to video games, movies and music, just finished its countdown of the 100 Greatest Nintendo Games. Good memories clicking through the top 10 and the Web pages look great. For the record, the top three are: No. 3 Super Mario Bros., No 2. The Legend of Zelda, and No. 1 Super Mario Bros. 3. …  Three links for your reading enjoyment this Thursday: 1) Environmentally friendly Berlin whorehouse offering discounts for customers who ride bikes, take public transportation or other “go green” ways to get there; 2) Female firefighters in Australia are given new uniforms that become see-through when wet; and 3) What better place to get married than in a strip club? … So in my Madden 10 franchise mode, I’m in the 2012 season with the Pats. After two seasons, two playoff appearances and zero postseason wins, I won the Super Bowl in 2011 against the Falcons in dramatic fashion. Anyway, I thought it was interesting that only a handful of current Pats are still on my roster: Vince Wilfork, Darius Butler, Pat Chung and Jonathan Wilhite on defense. Brady, Moss, Welker, and Logan Makins are the only ones left on offense. I’ve spent first-round picks on cornerback, running back and right tackle and used second-round picks on a free safety, right guard and some receivers preparing for the day when Moss hangs it up. … Speaking of football, how the hell does Titans coach Jeff Fisher keep his job after such embarrassment last weekend? OK, you’re going against Belichick and it’s snowing, but your team is hungry for a win and you come out and get one of the worst beatings in NFL history. I’ve long considered Fisher one of the top coaches in the game, but the time has come for him to move on. … Happy 71st birthday to the very decent Christopher Lloyd. He played the extremely decent Doc Brown in Back to the Future and had other crazy roles in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Adams Family and Star Trek III. I will always remember Lloyd as Reverend Jim on Taxi, one of the most decent TV shows of all time. Remember this clip, which is played over and over again on those shows counting down the funniest TV moments, when he was taking his driver’s test and asking what a yellow light meant? … Community member Yim asked me to wish a happy 44th birthday to Piotr Wiwczarek, lead singer of the Polish death-metal band Vader. As part of the Monsters of Death Tour, Vader will be performing at the Palladium in Worcester, Mass. on Nov. 5. Sorry, the show is sold out, but Vader will be stopping at The White Eagle before the show for some brews if you wanna chat it up with them. … Finally, happy 35th birthday to Swedish model Helen Svedin. Did you know Svedin is married to arguably the most famous Portuguese soccer player of all time, Luis Figo?

Christopher Lloyd Totally Looks Like Donovan from Indiana Jones

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Melhor morte? Com certeza, de tanto rir, como as hienas.

Os mais apressadinhos podem pular direto para o 6′.   

PS1: Lançado em 1998, Uma Cilada para Roger Rabbit ganhou 3 Oscar (veja aqui).

From the soundtrack of the 1985 movie Back To The Future, one of the Choob’s all-time top-three films, it’s The Power Of Love by Huey Lewis And The News.

This is the full-length version of the video, featuring a guest appearance by Christopher Lloyd as Doctor Emmett L Brown… and a certain modified DeLorean.

Enjoy!

Pat Johnson is the only Sci-Fi movie obsessed teen filmmaker in his rural home town of Wadsworth, Illinois (population 750). Pat’s desire is to escape “fly-over country” for Hollywood. He must first overcome his fear of leaving everything he knows and loves behind to chase this unlikely dream. The pending release of a enw movie called Star Wars on 5-25-77 is instrumental in shaping Pat’s destiny.

The title of this blog entry is a quote from what I hope will someday (if not already) be considered a timeless movie, pun intended. For those who just woke up or we’re born before 1950 and after 1990, the movie is “Back to the Future” released in 1985 starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd. This and the subsequent two movies in the series are phenomenal, and I advise anyone who hasn’t seen them to do so on your first rainy-day opportunity.

Is it cheesy to think of the Back to the Future series as timeless or just a clever marketing scheme that studio companies haven’t thought of yet to re-release the Blue-ray versions of the movies? I challenge anyone reading this article to find someone who is not fascinated with the potentiality of time travel. Movie studios and TV companies gross millions if not billions by tapping into our infinite interest in the phenomenon. Most recently, Lost, the TV series on CBS (which my wife and I are addicted to) has taken a turn towards time travel in the last two seasons. The options for the storyline are limitless; every variable can become an integral part of the story and can directly or indirectly alter the plot. Fortunately, instead of exploring every variable and exploiting it to its ad revenue maximizing potential, the producers supposedly thought out the end of the storyline three years ago and have been methodically building us up to that series finale in May 2010.

Another big hit in the time-travel genre was “The Time Machine” released multiple times (1960 and 2002). I’ve only seen the original release which sported antiquated special effects and nearly comical make-up for the cast. Again, I highly reccomend people seeing this movie if you haven’t had the opportunity yet. Without spoiling it, the abbreviates premise is as follows: an time-machine inventor travels nearly a million years into the future and discovers two human-like species. One group (Eloi) lives above ground and lives in a near-paradise like setting, but show little interest in anything other than laying around and eating. The more industrious and groteseque (Morlocks) live under ground and facilitate the life the Eloi live, but for a purpose, they feed on the Eloi. The movie’s plot goes on from there and winds down several odd and diluted paths, but the movie as a whole is good and definitely worth a NetFlix delivery.

Nothing revelational in this blog post, just wanted to post out there what’s been on my mind the past few days. I’ve been sick with the stomach flu and had a bad fever early on. I think during my fever one night, I was dreaming about, planning on how to, and actually doing time travel.

Yes. Every “McFly” uttered in the Back to the Future trilogy.

Best. Viral. Video. Ever.

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If you had to choose your five favorite movies and five favorite music albums (CDs) of all time…what would they be?
No pondering it for a long time…just off the top of your head write them in the comment section of this post.

As for me, I think I’d choose:

MOVIES

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (starring: Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd)

Die Hard (starring: Bruce Willis)

Dirty Harry (starring: Clint Eastwood)

Planes, Trains and Automobiles (starring: Steve Martin, John Candy)

Shaun Of The Dead (starring: Simon Pegg)

…..

MUSIC

KISS "Double Platinum"

KISS "Revenge"

Ozzy Osbourne "The Essential Ozzy Osbourne"

Pantera "Reinventing The Steel"

Queensryche "Operation: Mindcrime"

What are your “Top Five“?

Vous l’avez peut-être déjà deviné avec le titre de cet article ? Non??

Voyons…. et si je vous parle d’une voiture qui voyage dans le temps, d’un chien qui porte le nom d’un grand savant….

Si je vous parle de Marty McFly, de Biff, de Doc ?

Eh oui, je vous parle bien du film Back to the Future, le premier opus. Ah ça me rappelle un moment de ma jeunesse quand j’étais en vacances avec mes parents en Ardèche et qu’alors existait le cinéma en plein air et sur un court de tennis avait été improvisé une séance de cinéma….

Les chaises de camping, chacun avec sa petite couverture et là, j’avais pris une grosse claque : je venais de voir le film qui marquerait toute une génération et plus précisément celle des années 80. Vous vous en souvenez ?

Il y avait tout dans ce film : l’humour de ces années, les fringues avec les tennis Nike et les lunettes de pilote (que Tom Cruise portait à cette époque-ci aussi dans Top Gun), il y avait les jean’s un peu petits et serrés, les blousons en jeans, la voiture De Lorean avec ses petits boutons façon K2000.  Il y avait cette musique de Huey Lewis. Il y avait des acteurs géniaux comme Michael J. Fox et Christopher Lloyd.

Il y avait surtout cette idées géniale de voyager dans le temps ! Comment voulez-vous que mon imaginaire ne s’en imprègne pas et que mon écriture n’en subisse pas des effets par la suite ?

Et vous, si vous pouviez voyager dans le temps, le feriez-vous ? Corrigeriez-vous des erreurs ?

1984. Directed by Leonard Nimoy.

The third Star Trek motion picture is a little more fast paced than it’s predecessors and therefore has been the most enjoyable so far. It’s story is fairly lean, taking place immediately after the event’s of The Wrath Of Khan, Captain Kirk and crew steal the Starship Enterprise to return to the Genesis planet to recover Spock’s remains. What they didn’t count on is the Genesis machine’s ability to give life to the lifeless, even if it is unstable.

The Search for Spock is kind of low on secondary characters, which is great, we get to focus on the characters that the series is known for. The villains in this installment are the Klingons whose leader is played by Christopher Lloyd. They are suitably menacing and evil, if a little bit one dimensional. These Klingons give The Search For Spock an almost western feel. We know clearly who the good guys are and who are the bad.

The special effects are really fun, as are the Klingon prosthetic effects. Leonard Nimoy directs the action admirably and clearly understands the characters and their relationships with each other. There’s some moments that don’t work to great on film. The Enterprise’s escape sequence is so slow that it becomes almost laughable, I know that in space things would move at that rate, but for an action picture they could have given that scene a little more excitement. There’s also some questionable moments of character development, such as when Kirk learns his son has been executed by the Klingons. Kirk mourns for about two seconds, and his son isn’t mentioned again until the final moments of the film.

My goal has been to make it through the first four Star Trek pictures, as I understand Part IV is pretty campy. I’m looking forward to it.

Peter Weller

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!

(often shortened to Buckaroo Banzai) is an American science fiction film that has reached cult film status. It was released in 1984, directed and produced by W. D. Richter, and concerns the efforts of the multi-talented Dr. Buckaroo Banzai (Peter Weller), a physicist, neurosurgeon, Samurai, rock musician, Jet Car driver, and comic book hero, to save the world by defeating a band of inter-dimensional aliens called Red Lectroids from Planet 10. The film is a cross between the action/adventure and science-fiction movie genres, and also includes elements of comedy, satire, and romance. It is also made to feel like one in a series of movies, by the use of ongoing allusions to other characters, adventures and events.

Tagline:  Beings from Another Dimension have invaded your world.

“The very oddest good movie in many a full moon,” Buckaroo Banzai combines “humor, imagination, a little oriental mysticism and a passel of sharp performances [into] very chic sci-fi” (Time)! Oscar(r) nominees* Peter Weller and John Lithgow team with Emmy(r) winners Ellen Barkin and Christopher Lloyd for a fiendishly clever, action-packed adventure in an outlandishworld you’ll want to visit again and again! Brilliant brain surgeon Banzai (Weller) just made scientific history. Shifting his Oscillation Overthruster into warp speed, he’s the first man ever to travel to the Eighth Dimension and come back sane! But when his sworn enemy, the demented Dr. Lizardo (Lithgow), devises a plot to steal the Overthruster and bring an evil army of aliens back to  destroy Earth, Buckaroo goes cranium to cranium with the madman in an extra-dimensional battle that could result in total annihilation of the universe! *1993: Short Film/Live Action, Partners (Weller); 1983: Supporting Actor, Terms Of Endearment (Lithgow)

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Buckaroo Banzai was released on DVD on January 4, 2002. Entertainment Weekly gave the release a “B+” rating and wrote, “Fans will drool over the extras, including some illuminating deleted scenes (of particular note is an alternate opening detailing Buckaroo’s tragic childhood, featuring Jamie Lee Curtis as Banzai’s mother) and director W.D. Richter’s commentary, which reveals some colorful behind-the-scenes battles with studio execs”.   IGN gave the DVD their highest rating and was “thrilled by the special edition treatment that this landmark cult film has received at the hands of MGM. The video is great, the sound is great, there are tons of extras … Bottom line, if you’re a Buckaroo fan, this is the home video version you have been waiting for”.

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Dalia David Howard e Verbena bonariensis a Great Dixter il giardino di Christopher Lloyd.