#martel francois

[lostchildofthenewworld]

Top 5 characters who deserved better.

Rhea Royce

Leah Clearwater

Elia Martell

Tenten

Oscar Francois de Jarjayes

#anon ask

[mywitchcultblr]

*POINT GUN* TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE CROSSOVER

Star Wars with house of the dragon

Dragon age with house of the dragon

I love the thought of Francois as a Targaryen prince and Dorian as a Martell.

I love a Targaryen Anakin too

#dragon age #star wars #house of the dragon

[spoilertv]

#SpoilerTV

[zodgory]

BLANK CHECK MARCH MADNESS COPYCAT POLL

I'm a fan of the podcast Blank Check, a podcast about director filmographies, and for the past few years they hold a March madness bracket wherein listeners get to vote on who they will eventually cover later in the year. Every year is a different theme, and there's a poll every day until the winner is reached at the end of the month.

And since Tumblr has now given us the power of polls, I figured why not see who people in my corner of the internet would vote on. So I'll be posting polls each day to see who'd theoretically win according to this site.

And if you feel so inclined to vote on the actual poll, it's over here: https://www.blankcheckpod.com/march-madness

The poll will go live at 8 AM PST / 11 AM EST every day.

David Cronenberg v Bong Joon-Ho

Park Chan-Wook v Guillermo Del Toro

ROUND 3 MATCHUPS

Bong Joon-Ho v Agnes Varda

Wong Kar-Wai v David Cronenberg

Guillermo del Toro v Baz Luhrmann

Park Chan-Wook v Peter Weir

ROUND 2 MATCHUPS

Pedro Almodovar v Agnes Varda

Bong Joon-Ho v Claire Denis

Lynne Ramsay v David Cronenberg

Wong Kar-Wai v Stephen Chow

David Lean v Baz Luhrmann

Guillermo Del Toro v Satoshi Kon

Mira Nair v Peter Weir

Peter Jackson v Park Chan-Wook

ROUND 1 MATCHUPS

Peter Jackson v Pablo Larrain

Park Chan-Wook v Steve McQueen

Sergio Leone v Mira Nair

Peter Weir v Jia Zhangke

GDT v Ousmane Sembène

Satoshi Kon v Lars Von Trier

David Lean v Edward Yang

Baz Luhrmann v Andrei Tarkovsky

Wong Kar-wai v Lucrecia Martel

Francois Truffaut v Stephen Chow

Fritz Lang v Lynne Ramsay

David Cronenberg v Milos Forman

Bong Joon-Ho v Abbas Kiarostami

Paul Verhoeven v Claire Denis

Pedro Almodovar v Mike Leigh

Alfonso Cuaron v Agnes Varda

#blank check #podcast #Directors #film director #movies #film #podcasts #March madness #eventual polls #bc mm bracket

[dvlcepericulum]

Muses

under the read more is a current list of my muses

Main Female Muses:

Davina Yueng || 40 || Heterosexual || Head of Neurosurgery || Gemma Chan

Imran Semerci || 24-28 || Bi-curious || tbd || Aslihan Malbora

Selin Nadir || 27-31 || Heterosexual || Editor in Chief (fashion magazine) || Melisa Asli Pamuk

Nina Sutherland || 36 || Heterosexual || Museum Curator || Jenna Coleman

Main Male Muses:

Bellamy Kane || 31-35 || Heterosexual || Firefighter Paramedic || Casey Deidrick

Flynn Verreau || 33-37 || Bisexual || High School English Teacher || Francois Arnaud

Santiago Navarro || 32-36 || Heterosexual || Homicide Detective || Peter Gadiot

Ian Magdaleno || 40-44 || Heterosexual || Psychopharmacology Professor || Oscar Isaac

Closed Muses (will only be used w/ mutuals):

Landon Martell || 42-46 || Heterosexual || Bodyguard/Security || Jon Bernthal

Andres Castillo || 28-33 || Bisexual || Professional Chef || Sean Teale

Peyton Isaacs || 21-25 || Heterosexual || College Student/Waiter || Rudy Pankow

Bonnie Ashina || 21-25 || Bisexual || College Student/Photographer || Chase Sui Wonders

Darcy Bristow || 21-25 || Bisexual || College Student/Model || Madelyn Cline

Siena Devlin || 26 || Bisexual || Journalist || Florence Pugh

[fermencja]

Ben Barnes from:  ‘Ben Barnes: Five Big Firsts in His Career’,  feat. Martel Francois.

First time he forgot a line

Part 2 of 3. Links to part 1 and 3 below.

https://fermencja.tumblr.com/post/662121535472058368/ben-barnes-from-ben-barnes-five-big-firsts-in - part 1

https://fermencja.tumblr.com/post/662121535472058368/ben-barnes-from-ben-barnes-five-big-firsts-in - part 3

#ben barnes #billy russo #billy russo look #5 big firsts in his career #first time he forgot a line #fav interviews #martel francois #fashion tailoring #man in black suit #part 2 of 3 #fermencja my gifs

[wandering-jana]

Hidden History: Church of Kings

Hidden History: Church of Kings

Located in the suburbs of Paris is the final resting place of the kings of France.

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#architecture #Carloman I #Catherine de’ Medici #cemetery #Charles Martel #church #Clovis #france #Francois I #Henri II #history #Isabelle d’Aragon #Louis XII #Louis XIV #Louis XVI #Louis XVII #Marie-Antoinette #paris #st. denis basilica #tomb #tombs #travel #wandering #wanderingjana

[iwishtocontinue]

Martel Francois

[psychostudnia]

Africa24 - 2021/2024 - Reading Challenge

Znając siebie i własne możliwości postanowiłam około miesiąc temu zacząć moje małe wyzwanie. W 2021 roku przeczytam 24 książki napisane przez pisarzy pochodzących z najróżniejszych krajów na kontynecie Afrykańskim. Do wyboru jest wiele, choć czasem ciężko znaleźć pozycje, które mogą mnie zainteresować.

Niestety wiele z tych książek porusza ciężkie tematy - życie w Afryce nigdy nie było najłatwiejsze - od czasu do czasu zrobię sobie przerwę. To, co przeczytam pomiędzy, również wpiszę na tą listę zaznaczając, że to przerywniki. Dzięki temu pod koniec roku łatwiej zobaczę, ile udało mi się przeczytać podczas panoszącego się C-19. Pozycje czytam po angielsku, włosku i polsku - pozostawię tytuły w języku oryginalnym lub takim, w którym przebrnęłam przez powieść. W nawiasie podam kraj pochodzenia autora. 

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AFRIKA24 - 2021/2022 - READING LIST

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1. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Amerykaana (Nigeria)

2. Chigozie Obioma - Rybacy (Nigeria)

3. James Ngugi - Chmury i łzy (Kenya)

4. J. M. Coetzee - Późne Eseje (RPA)

----- PRZERYWNIK no. 1 -----

a. Jan Morris - Conundrum (UK)

b. Yoko Ogawa - The Housekeeper and the Professor (Japan)

c. Justyna Kopińska - Z nienawiści do Kobiet (Polska)

d. Flaubert - Madam Bovary (Francja)

e. Bill Gates - Jak ocalić świat od katastrofy klimatycznej

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5. J. M. Coetzee - Boyhood (RPA)

6. J. M. Coetzee - Youth (RPA)

7. C. N. Adichie - Half of a Yellow Sun (Nigeria)

8. Peter Godwin - When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A memoir of Africa (Zimbabwe) znowu utknęłam

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Przesłuchane (audiobooki) na Storytel:

1. Jo Nesbo - Nemesis

2. Federick Martel - Sodoma. Hipokryzja i władza w Watykanie

3. Jarosław Molenda - Wampir z Warszawy

4. Nathan H. Lents - Human Errors

5. Judy Melinek, T. J. Mitchell - Ciało nie kłamie

6. John Carreyrou - Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

7. Barbara K. Lipska, Elaine McArdle - Neurolożka. Piekny umysł, który się zgubił

8. Joanna Chmielewska - Lesio

9. David Fisher, Dan Abrams - Kennedy’s Avenger: Assassination, Conspiracy, and the Forgotten Trial of Jack Ruby

10. Carlton Smith, Tomas Guillen - The Search for the Green River Killer: ...

11. Silvana Condemi, Francois Savatier - A Pocket History of Human Evolution: How We Became Sapiens

12. Iwona Kienzler - Tajemnicze zgony władców

13. Lew Tołstoj - Diabeł

14. Albert Jack - Unsolved Mysteries: Ten Famous Disappearances

15. Oriana Fallaci - Wywiad z władzą

16. David Bercovici - The Origin of Everything in 100 Pages (More or Less)

17. Selwyn Raab - Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America’s Most Powerful Mafia Empires

18. Peter Wohlleben - The Hidden Life of Trees

19. David Bercovici - The Origins of Everything in 100 pages (More or Less)

20. David P. Barash - Homo Mysterious: Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature

21. Faith G Harper - This is Your Brain on Anxiety

22. Poisoned Blood: A True Story of Murder, Passion, and an Astonishing Hoax

23. Ernest Marquez - Noir Afloat: Tony Cornero and the Notorious Gambling Ships of Southern California

24. Jerzy Bralczyk - Zwierzyniec

25. Marcin Kostrzyński - Gawędy o wilkach i innych zwierzętach

26. James Fallon - The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist’s Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain

27. Tom Cutler - It’s Conspiracy!

28. Loretta Graziano Breuning - Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain Your Brain to Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin & Endorphin Levels

29. Aaron Mahnke - The world of Lore. Potworne Istoty.

30. Barbara Mujica - Frida

31. Ian Neligh - Gold!: Madness, Murder, and Mayhem in the Colorado Rockies

32. Stephen W Hawking - Teoria Wszystkiego, czyli krótka historia wszechświata

33. Shaughnessy Bishop Stall - KAC

34. Karolina Sulej - Rzeczy osobiste

35. Mary L Trump - Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man

36. Agnieszka Krzemińska - Dawniej ludzie żyli w brudzie

37. Charles River Editors - The English Sweating Sickness: The History and Legacy of the Mysterious Disease that Plagued Medival London

38. John E Douglas, Mark Olshaker - The Killer Accross the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI’s Original Mindhunter

39. Iwona Kienzler - Kobiety ze słynnych obrazów. Muzy, modelki, kochanki

40. Dr Helen Morrison - My Life Among the Serial Killers

41. Monika Witkowska - Lhotse. Lodowa Siostra Everestu

42. Lukasz Orbitowski - Stelaż

43. Ireneusz Iwański - Prawdziwa historia Bursztynowej Komnaty i Ericha Kocha

44. Iwona Kienzler - Zabójcy, wampirzyce, nierządnice. Zbrodnie i afery II RP

45. Janusz A Zajdel - Limes Inferior

46. Bryan Johnston - Deep in the Woods

47. Iain Reid - I’m Thinking of Ending Things

48. Sara Gay Forden - House of Gucci

49. D. Walker, K. Roysdon - The Westside Park Murders

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INNE czyli strony internetowe/blogi warte przeglądnięcia:

Plane Crash Series  - strona reddit z listą wszystkich artykułów Admirała Cloudberga  - ponad 160 artykułów analizujących wypadki samolotowe - moża się dużo nauczyć o tym, jak te wielkie maszyny unoszą się w powietrze i dlaczego spadają (leczy strach przed lataniem).

 Bizzarro Bazar  - blog angielsko-włoski o tej dziwnej stronie świata - artykuły o kobiecie z brodą, postępie medycyny, nierokładających się zwłokach dziecka et cet

“Orłem do Bieguna” - O nieudanej wyprawie Andrée'go balonem do Bieguna Północnego (1897)

Mental Floss - krótkie, ciekawe artykuły na każdy temat - duży dział treściwych biografii, durne ale wesołe quizy, można poprawić sobie nastrój jednocześnie się czegoś ucząc.

Light Novel (guilty pleasures):

Vampire Hunter D: White Devil Mountain Campfire Cooking in Another World with my Absurd Skill: Vol. 1 Green Light Baccano! Vol. 1 - Vol. 5

#Afrika24 #literatura afrykańska #literatura #wyzwanie #wyzwanie2021 #reading challenge

[lj-todd]

ofthedirewolves replied to your photo: So, for Of Sand and Snow, I decided to go with the...

… why are the martells white?

(I’m sorry this reply got so long but it sort of ran away from me. Please keep in mind this fancast only applies until the end of “Of Sand and Snow”, the sequel, tentatively titled “Within Coils and Claws”, will feature a different set of older, age appropriate actors/actresses) The only adult actor that I chose for a Martell who is white is Francois Arnaud (he’s French Canadian) for young!Oberyn and I chose him because some of his facial structure is similar to Pedro Pascal (who is Chilean) and who will still be my choice for an older!Oberyn because he did such an amazing job as the character in the show. It’s not a 100% likeness and I’m still going through actors to see if I can find a better fit (I’m actually open to suggestions if you have any) but for the moment this is what it is. Omid Abtahi (young!Doran) is Iranian and, again, I chose because his facial features are similar to Alexander Siddig (who is Sudanese born) to be relatively believable as a young!Doran. I’m sticking with Alexander Siddig as older!Doran because (a) I’m a fan of his acting in general and (b) I felt he did a remarkable job with the character even though the show runners basically butchered the character. Leonor Varela (Mellario) is Chilean and, sadly, canon doesn’t give us enough details about Mellario aside from where in Essos she came from and that her marriage with Doran was rocky at best despite them marrying for love. This means I could have gone a number of ways with Mellario and I considered a number of actresses, including Angela Bassett, but, given the book!canon description of her children, I went with an actress who fit as best to that as I could. Now, the biggest problem I had with fancasting this fic were the kids (and I’m always open to suggestions here too because it’s always great to have a wider range of choice). Child actors near enough to the right age (because I am going with book!canon ages and appearances for this fic) for the characters is a tricky thing let alone child actors who fit the right appearance (with the exception of Tyene because book!canon clearly describes her as pale, with fair hair and blue eyes) but with Obara and Nymeria a lot is left up to the reader as far as their look in book!canon. Obara in book!canon is said to be big boned with close set eyes and the same brown hair as her mother (who was a whore in Oldtown). While most fanart depicts her with a more Dornish skin tone there’s no canon statement to 100% confirm or deny that so there is a bit more wiggle room when it comes to fancasting her (as an adult or a child). And Nymeria in book!canon is given a conflicting description (in Feast of Crows she’s said to be pale with dark eyes but in Dance of Dragons she’s said to be olive skinned with dark eyes) but given her mother was a noblewoman from Volantis (possibly even a woman of the Old Blood of Valyria) there is a chance she could be much paler in comparison to her siblings. So, going with the idea that she gets a paler complexion from her mother, Brooklynn Prince fits quite well. Arianne in book!canon as a child was described as being pudgy and flat-chested with dark eyes and hair and olive skin. While Lotus Blossom doesn’t 100% fit that description she is of mixed heritage (here’s a pic with her and her dad) and, to me at least, looks like she could very well be the child of the actors I fancast as Doran and Mellario. I hope this helps explain my choices and, as always, I welcome further feedback or thoughts on the fancasting including suggestions for characters (listed here or not) and, please, don’t feel you need to use my choices for the characters as your own if you don’t agree with them. This is just how I see them and I wanted to share that with my readers but I accept and appreciate that everyone will see them differently :)

#ofthedirewolves #of sand and snow #fancast #game of thrones #asoiaf

[keithos]

A Game of Thrones...

My good-good friend Franka posted the image above on Facebook today, challenging fellow social media denizens to come up with suggestions.  Thanks to Janine C-F, Stefan S and Rhonda M for their help tuning these responses, and the bonus profiles included.

Jon Snow went to St. Anthony's College. He came from an influential enough family, but really didn’t know enough to get into one of the top schools.  After O’Levels, he opted to go on a Northern European tour to try to find himself rather than continue his education.  Even after that time of introspection and rebirth, he still, admittedly, ent know much.

Cersei Lannister is pure St. Joseph’s Convent, Port of Spain. She probably got in on the 20% allocation though due to her father’s influence, and is suffering from an inferiority complex because her parents didn't send her to Maple Leaf where the guy she dreamed in primary school of marrying ended up.

Sansa Stark went to Bishop Anstey High School.  She wanted to go to a Convent, but was sent to Bishops, remained resentful for the full seven years, but became a full-on Hilarian in spite of herself.  As is typical of her fellow alumna, she is bright, powerful in her own right, considers “male wisdom” an oxymoron, and marriage is a conversation that’s fairly technical.  As a Hilarian in my life once told me, “Bishops women generally fall into one of three categories: to be married, were married, or with somebody else’s married.” Don’t slay the messenger.  Sansa fits the bill.

Arya Stark, quite naturally, followed her sister to Bishop Anstey, where her mother and her aunties also all went to school.  Actually, Lysa Arryn probably went to Bishop’s Centenary, which would explain her neuroses around her older sister Catelyn Stark nee Tully and her niece Sansa.

Tyrion Lannister is a QRC old boy.  "I drink and I know things," especially the latter part hold true to their spirit.  He runs sh*t behind the scenes, and could easily be the King himself, his influence on the world around him wholly underestimated.  But his ambitions don't run that way.  He just wants live.  Contrary to what might be believed, Tyrion doesn’t suffer from Short Man Syndrome, because all QRC men are 6′2″ or taller in their hearts.

Big brother Jaime Lannister went to Fatima College.  He was the kind of youth whose rich dad facilitated his showing up at school with great hair and the newest trendy sneakers before the ads for them ran twice.  He’s most likely to end up running one of his father's companies at age 17 or taking political office largely off his good looks and considerable arrogance.

Daenerys Targaryen was an expat child who ended up at the International School, but really wanted to run with public school kids.  She was probably popular with the Burger Boys crowd, until people saw her in her uniform for the first time and wondered what she was doing liming downtown.  Her best friend Missandei, a St. Joseph’s Convent St. Joseph grad, continues to roll with her through thick and thin, struggling to keep single mother and senior executive Dany level while quietly managing her own personal dramas with her boyfriend, TT Super League team player-coach and former St. Augustine Senior Comprehensive football captain, Greyworm.

Brienne of Tarth went to San Juan Senior Comprehensive where she survived a co-ed existence, before moving on to A'Levels at Bishop Anstey.  She excelled in the humanities and captained the senior football team, bringing back to back Girls Intercol titles to the Hilarians and won personal awards for being the league’s best fullback.  She was granted a prefect’s badge in Upper Six, where the younger Stark sister became one of her form charges.  She is legendary for beating a ruffian nicknamed “Dog” in the middle of town one Friday evening for disrespecting the Stark girls.

Theon Greyjoy went to St. Mary’s College. He felt himself the cat’s meow and was quite popular with St. Francois Girls, until a Belmont Intermediate youth named Ramsey Bolton thoroughly emasculated him in a Junior Achievement trade fair and made a lie of all Theon’s tales of bravado. He eventually came into himself again in adulthood after a couple years in a sales job that puts hair on his chest and gave him renewed confidence.

BONUS: Nobody knows where Ellaria Sand went to school before she moved in with her children’s father Oberyn Martell, Presentation College Chaguanas grad and foreign-used car dealer, in his inherited Lange Park home.  She doesn’t tell anybody and nobody asks, because she’s fly and distracting.  That probably means that it’s North Eastern College or Iere High School.  She may have had to leave school because she was pregnant with her first before writing CXC.  She and Oberyn look like they were the type to have been breaking school to... yunno.  Oberyn has four kids other than their own four daughters, the Sand Snakes.  But Ellaria doesn’t care, so long as he knows where home is and keeps up his duties there.  Their four girls though were split between Chaguanas North and Chaguanas South Secondary, and spent their days at school chooking fire to start brawls between students of the neighbouring campuses.

Nobody knows where Varys went to school either.  He was probably already an adult before the first Government Exhibition examination was held.  He holds firm to the belief that the English should have never left Trinidad, and will tell anybody willing to hear, albeit very quietly.

[ahouseoflies]

The Best Films of 2018, Part II

Part I is here. Let’s keep it moving. ENDEARING CURIOSITIES WITH BIG FLAWS

103. Zama (Lucretia Martel)- In this movie there's a motif of Zama, an officer of the 18th century Spanish Empire, starting a scene by talking to someone or staring at someone off camera. After a minute or two, the camera cuts to some servant and disorients us. There's a person there, always there, to serve him, and it doesn't really matter who it is. It's a brilliant way to get at the colonialism that the character depends on but is still trapped by. So I get a little bit of what the film is trying to do, but it's boring. I'm an ignorant person who doesn't know how to watch Lucretia Martel's films or have any context for South American history, but I know what boring is. 102. I Feel Pretty (Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein)- I like that Schumer tried something different instead of falling back on her persona, but there isn't enough new or interesting here for me to recommend--besides National Treasure Michelle Williams, of course. The film nearly displays "Do you see that she's turning her back on her real friends now?" on the screen. 101. A Simple Favor (Paul Feig)- At times cheeky and sexy and juicy, but it still wears out its welcome by twists ninety-one and ninety-two. 100. Double Lover (Francois Ozon)- Diverting until it gets silly, then so silly that it gets diverting again. There are about five too many twists, and I'm still unclear on how seriously the film takes any of those twists. More importantly, I don't think there's much of a takeaway from any of it. Ozon seems to have found a real muse in Marine Vacth though. 99. Borg Vs. McEnroe (Janus Metz Pedersen)- As a Shia Pet, I felt obligated to see his portrayal of Johnny Mac. I didn't learn anything that I didn't already know from this mediocre biopic though. Watch the documentary McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice instead. 98. Ralph Breaks the Internet (Rich Moore and Phil Johnston)- There's some clever visualization of the the Internet, such as the way that a link shuttles an avatar off in a transparent car or the way that shady newsboy types whisper about pop-up ads. And I liked a lot of the Disney tie-in stuff that critics are wincing at. As far as textbook screenwriting goes, it's great at that idea of making you think that the protagonists will accomplish their goal very easily, only to have them be re-directed to square one. The voice acting is top-notch. Why do these movies get so plotty though? I felt as if the internal logic started getting inconsistent about halfway through--at the same time that the first one got bogged down with candy stuff instead of 8-bit video game stuff. And if there are so many lovable characters from the first entry, why do we get such tiny servings of them here? The movie's too long already, but what I wouldn't give for an occasional cut back to Fix-It Felix raising some kids.

97. We the Animals (Jeremiah Zagar)- The Tree of Life is one of my favorite movies, and on its face, We the Animals is a really similar impressionistic memory. So why do I like it half as much? Are lighting and music that important? Is Jessica Chastain? Is latent racism? All I know is that this felt like a story I had seen before pitched at the same intensity for a running time I was happy to see expire. 96. Kodachrome (Mark Raso)- The three leads are all pretty good. (Ed Harris does this bashful, pulling-on-his-eyelid thing that killed me.) But with mathematical precision, the film matched each element I liked with another thing that infuriated me. Specifically, the whole plot hinges on one scene, and that scene is preposterous and alien to human behavior. 95. Deadpool 2 (David Leitch)- The pacing of these movies is bizarre to me; they're half-over before they really get started. No one else is bothered by the fact that Cable has no motivation or backstory for the first hour? Some of the connections to X-Men felt more forced this time around, but I thought this entry was much funnier than the first, even mixing in some more subtle visual gags. (The exotic locales montage ending in Biloxi really got me.) I have to give credit to the X-Force parachute sequence, which is audacious and unexpected. And clear out for Zazie Beetz, who is a huge star in the making. 94. At Eternity’s Gate (Julian Schnabel)- Something about Van Gogh was essentially unknowable, which is a great reason to make a movie about him and a terrible reason to make a movie about him. I'm not sure that Julian Schnabel got to the bottom of the man any better than anyone else has, though maybe that's an unfair expectation. To his credit, Schnabel yada-yadas the ear business and Van Gogh's death in favor of his more poetic understanding of the artistic life. The movie doesn't coalesce for me, but there's a banger of a scene between Dafoe and Mads Mikkelsen about the responsibility an artist has toward God. That short nested inside makes the whole thing worth seeing. The conversation I had afterwards with one of the two other people in the theater, an art historian, was a solid three stars. 93. Bohemian Rhapsody (Bryan Singer)- Some biographical movies do a good job of compressing time, and their supporting characters don't feel sacrificed or glossed over. For many other mediocre ones though, including this one, I submit the Three Scene Rule. Three scenes is kind of the minimum for a character to register an arc and for an actor to present any kind of dynamic performance, so in a lot of these true story movies, that's all that a supporting character gets. If you're looking for it, it's glaring. (Watch Hidden Figures again with the husband and boyfriend characters in mind. I'll wait.) This movie has a few characters that matter: Freddie Mercury, obvs; the other Queen members; Paul Prenter, the unfairly composited villain; and Mary Austin, the platonic love of Mercury's life. The movie spends way too much time on her, as if to tease the audience with the idea that Freddie might be straight. As for everyone else? Three scenes. Ray Foster, the record executive played by Mike Myers (!): A. "Look, guys, I like formulas. This opera stuff you're talking about? That sounds crazy." B. "The opera stuff is crazy. I ain't making that the single. You can walk out of here for all I care." C. [hangs head in shame after being proven wrong] Jim Hutton, Freddie's partner for the seven years this movie doesn't care about: A. "Look, pal, I may be a waiter, but you can't just grab me like that. On second thought, let's talk. You should learn how to love yourself." B. "Oh, hey. Glad you tracked me down, slugger. You love yourself now? Sure, let's go meet your parents." C. "Guess I'm your boyfriend now. Looking forward to the show." Freddie's Parents: A. "You go out every night! What are you doing out there? Why can't you be a good boy? What's up with your new name?" B. "Why can't you be a good boy? What's up with your new name?" C. "You're a good boy, I guess, even if you're gay. Guess that's your name for real." I like the idea of reproducing the Live Aid performance in full, and the movie comes alive during its musical sequences. But I wish that the same attention given to, like, the number of Pepsi cups on the piano was also given to the nuts and bolts of the storytelling.

92. The Predator (Shane Black)-  I get why other people don't like this. The final fourth feels obligatory, and it seems cut to the verge of incoherence. But if you don't get a little tingle out of a game cast saying Shane Black things like, "Predators don't just sit around making hats out of rib cages," then we are very different moviegoers.

91. Sorry to Bother You (Boots Riley)- I admire Boots Riley's ambition, the way he's taking many of the ideas that drove his music and channeling them into film. But there are too many ideas and, strangely, too much plot to cohere. I liked some of the jokes, especially the Robocop-py TV clips laced throughout. I think my main problem, however, is Lakeith Stanfield as Cassius. He's a fascinating actor, but his energy is completely wrong for an everyman lead like this. I don't think he was the right choice to carry it. 90. Thoroughbreds (Cory Finley)- The repartee at the beginning is sharp, and there are some engaging elements of style. God knows I've never complained about rich, sad, nubile brunettes with strange eyes. But there are pieces missing in that forest-for-the-trees way that happens sometimes with debuts. Like, how do these privileged girls not have access to a gun when our national nightmare is based on all young people having access to guns? Or what is the exact motivation behind the crime at the center? Lots of great characters have been spurred by a violent curiosity, but a zinger here and there doesn't make these girls Raskolnikov. 89. White Boy Rick (Yann DeMange)- Even if this isn't it, I think Yann Demange has a great film in him. There's some urgency to White Boy Rick's politics, and it looks interesting. If nothing else, it succeeds in making the surroundings seem as gloomy as the characters all acknowledge them to be. But this isn't a great film in either of its halves. It's motivated by plot until a crucial event that I don't want to reveal, then it veers much more into character. I would normally sign off on that, but this movie grinds to a halt in the change and never recovers. McConaughey pulls his weight, but Richie Merritt is pretty bad in the lead. 88. The Strangers: Prey at Night (Johannes Roberts)- Despite some striking images and a welcome lack of explanation for the menace, Prey at Night doesn't reach the heights of its predecessor, mostly because the characters are too paint-by-numbers. 87. Ant-Man and the Wasp (Peyton Reed)- Probably the first Marvel movie that would benefit from more action. Some of the material is genuinely funny thanks to Michael Pena and Randall Park, but I got a little drowsy during the middle hour of talk about phase-shifting and the quantum realm. Get back to making things big or making things little, Dr. Molecule! 86. Creed II (Steven Caple Jr.)- The pieces are there, but it's a problem when Jim Lampley, who has one hundred times as many lines as the fifth lead, explains to the audience what they literally saw an hour earlier. If nothing else, this movie proves, through his absence, how good of a director Ryan Coogler is. I would be lying if I said I didn't get the chills at some key moments. Stallone’s performance and Jordan's muscles are good. But there was a dark, honest way for this movie to end, and it went directly against that ending into something more Hollywood. 85. Let the Sunshine In (Claire Denis)- Like Taxi Driver if Travis Bickle just wanted the guy to get him a glass of water afterwards. The film does have that kind of myopic focus--the sexy, ever-candid Binoche is in every scene--but it's far more elliptical, progressing only through character, never through plot. Let the Sunshine In is unique in a way that is different from Denis's other unique works: No one talks like an actual person, and she acts as if you should know all of the characters instead of properly introducing them. It's not supposed to be funny ha-ha, so excuse me if that's what I wanted.

84. Revenge (Coralie Fargeat)-  like the style of this film, the color palette, the synth score, how far it's willing to go with the gore. But if it's called Revenge, and it's clear who the hero is (hint: not the rapist), then the whole thing feels like a fait accompli. We know exactly who's going to be the last woman standing, and we even know the order of the people she's going to kill.

PRETTY GOOD MOVIES 83. The Rider (Chloe Zhao)- This movie is trying to be a poem, but the parts I like the most are prose. It's a promising piece of filmmaking with heartbreaking moments, but I found it most effective when the storytelling spelled things out. It's an all-hands-on-deck independent film, so the amateurism of the piece shines through in the performances from non-professional actors. The relationship between Brady and his autistic sister is interesting because she speaks with that sarcastic cadence that can be learned from only children's programming. It's unlike what we usually see because, you know, she's a non-professional actor and real autistic person. So what do I know? 82. Unfriended: Dark Web (Stephen Susco)- Pretty tight from a storytelling standpoint and definitely grisly enough to get under the skin. But these laptop flicks move with such alacrity that it's hard to believe them whenever they ask you to buy something like love, since they paint it with the broadest strokes imaginable. Not that I would want a two-hour version of this anyway. 81. Juliet, Naked (Jesse Peretz)- Charming enough, arriving at a more realistic place than I expected, Juliet, Naked does nothing to make me revoke my charter membership in the Rose Byrne fan club. What an odd shape this film has though. The inciting incident happens at the hour mark, and it races obligatorily to an ending at an hour, thirty-seven. 80. Ocean’s Eight (Gary Ross)- It sets its marks and hits them adequately, with most of the charm that made the other Ocean movies fun. But there's something lifeless about Ocean's 8, both in the direction and the score. Take, for example, Richard Armitage's bland, sort of lost performance as an old flame/mark. It's such a nothing part that I began to think that it was a thesis: The men are just chess pieces, and they shouldn't take attention away from the women this time. But then James Corden emerges in the last half-hour and shines. So maybe Armitage was just bad and directed poorly? This movie exists for the Movie Star interplay though, and it delivers on that level. Cate Blanchett was good for so long that she's popular, and Sandra Bullock was popular for so long that she's good. Rihanna has to dress like a janitor at one point as a disguise, and she proves how absurd it would be for her to ever blend in. Anne Hathaway is the funniest of the bunch, balancing on a highwire of how big she's supposed to seem. Helena Bonham Carter gets the "and" hammer for all my credit fetishists. 79. Mary Poppins Returns (Rob Marshall)- I saw this on Christmas night with my family. The original Mary Poppins was the first movie my mom ever saw in theaters, and it's probably my wife's favorite. To the extent that insulting it is kind of insulting an important part of who she is. So I couldn't be the guy coming out of the theater like, "The Bankses definitely deserved to lose their house." Between you and me though, it's just fine. Entire sequences could be cut without damaging anything--do we ever come back to the bowl that Meryl Steep is supposed to be mending?--and most of the conflict feels manufactured. These legasequels always end up feeling like boxes being checked. We all know that the guys with the cannon had to come back, right? But some of the numbers are so joyful or stirring that even this grinch snuck a few smiles at his daughter as she pointed to the screen and said, "That's so silly." It's a good movie to see on Christmas night with your whole family. 78. RBG (Betsy West, Julie Cohen)- This movie is designed to make the viewer who would seek it out go, "What an American hero." It does that, I suppose, and there isn't a whole lot wrong with it. Yes, she is a very impressive person. But the film has too much untapped potential and too few teeth to recommend beyond that rubric of achieving its goals. For example, what about half of the population that would sneer at the notion that Ruth Bader Ginsburg is an American hero? Besides the inclusion of some radio clips over the credits, the filmmakers aren't concerned. "Look, she was friends with a conservative!"

77. Searching (Aneesh Shaganty)- Since I've seen thousands of movies that don't take place inside of a computer, there's still some novelty to the handful that do. On one hand, there are four or five twists too many, and the film isn't consistent with its own rules. On the other hand, it gets intriguingly dark for PG-13, and it never stops moving. 76. Uncle Drew (Charles Stone III)- The attitude toward women is retrograde, and to call the plot cookie-cutter would be an understatement. But this works, mostly because of the sunny, natural performances. Kyrie Irving, whose handles are even more of a marvel on a forty-foot screen, has to act through pounds of makeup, but he pulls it off. With only commercials to his name, he has to carry scenes of, like, standing at someone's grave and apologizing, and he has the presence and confidence to do it. I also should mention that Nick Kroll has a nothing-to-lose, galaxy brain performance for which probably zero of the lines were written ahead of time. "Shout-out to Oberto, shout-out to Aleve, the number one pain reliever in the game right now." I have to extend some of the credit here to Charles Stone III, who has made a calling card out of coaxing performances from newcomers. 75. Christopher Robin (Marc Forster)- Cute. 74. Unsane (Steven Soderbergh)- What seems to be a B-movie hitting its marks gets elevated by one fantastic scene that makes it seem timely and vital. I can't help but think Steven Soderbergh is punching below his weigh class though. I'm glad that an experiment like shooting a movie with an iPhone gets him up in the morning, and I know he doesn't want to make another Traffic or Out of Sight. But maybe, here's an idea, audiences might? 73. 22 July (Paul Greengrass)- The first thirty minutes are harrowing, in part because of their disciplined cross-cutting and Anders Danielsen Lie's chilling stoicism. The mistake that Greengrass makes is thinking that, later on, the three strands of story are equal in importance. He cuts away from the court case at its apex to see a kid trying to walk again or a prime minister demanding that his administration get tougher. Some moments are powerful, and Greengrass's composition and editing have mercifully softened, but this becomes a grind at a certain point. 72. Solo: A Star Wars Story (Ron Howard)- I hate to state the obvious, but this feels like multiple movies stitched together because that's exactly what it is. On one hand, we have the foggy opening, featuring an airtight inciting incident and setting up Emilia Clarke as that rarest of things in a Star Wars movie: a character with unclear motivations. But as the film goes on, it reveals why Han doesn't work as a protagonist. (Ehrenreich is bad, but the storytelling sinks the movie more than his performance does.) Everyone else in the movie drips with charisma and comments on the action while Han is left to connect the dots. In other words, the other characters get to be Han Solo, and Han Solo doesn't. By the time we get to the marauders, past the two hour mark of a movie that shouldn't have been more than two hours, the narrative crumbles under its own weight. These movies are way too competent to fail--I can list five or six moments that transcend the flaws--but each of these origin stories has a way of erasing the myth of Star Wars with a pen. 71. Bird Box (Susanne Bier)- This is a genre film that you've seen before in one way or another, so your expectations (and filmgoing experience even?) will dictate what you think of it. There's a metaphorical reading available, but that doesn't make the picture more artful automatically. Trevante Rhodes is a Movie Star. Here's what I can tell you: We need to appreciate John Gavin Malkovich while we can. Delivering the apotheosis of the selfish dickhead survivor character, he a) asks why the group can't stay in the grocery store forever, b) points shotguns at people when they try to let in strangers, c) drinks as he's telling people matter-of-factly that this is the end of the world, and d) (sort of) explains why he is the way he is. And-he-does-it-all-with-the-deliberate-cadence-that-you-are-doing-in-your-HEAD-right-NOW. I'm not saying the guy should win Best Supporting Actor or anything, but I admire his career more than any that would get a Best Supporting Actor.

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[atlanticcanada]

Plane crashes in St. John River; pilot survives with minor injuries

A small airplane crashed in the St. John River near Grand Bay-Westfield, N.B. Saturday night.

RCMP say they received a call at 9:18 p.m. of a plane cthat had landed in the river.

RCMP Cpl. Jean-Francois Martel tells CTV News that the pilot experienced a mechanical failure and made an emergency landing on the river shortly after 9 p.m.

The pilot was the only passenger in the plane, and suffered minor injuries in the crash.

A good samaritan picked up the pilot in a boat and took him to shore.

The Coast Guard attended the scene and retrieved the remnants of the plane, and were tasked with taking the plane out of the water.

RCMP say the investigation is in its early stages. Coast Guard, Transportation Safety Board and Grand Bay-Westfield Fire Department all attended the scene. 

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[awardseason]

2017 Venice Film Festival - lineup

Opening Night Film

“Downsizing,” dir. Alexander Payne (in competition)

Competition

“Human Flow,” dir. Ai Weiwei “mother!,” dir. Darren Aronofsky “Suburbicon,” dir. George Clooney “The Shape Of Water,” dir. Guillermo del Toro “Linsulte,” dir.  Ziad Doueiri “La Villa,” dir.  Robert Guediguian “Lean On Pete,” dir.  Andrew haigh “Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno,” dir. Abdellatif Kechiche “The Third Murder,” dir. Koreeda Hirokazu “Jusqu’a la Garde,” dir.  Xavier Legrand “Ammore e Malavita,” dir. Manetti Brothers “Foxtrot,” dir. Samuel Maoz “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” dir. Martin McDonagh “Hannah,” dir. Andrea Pallaoro “Downsizing,” dir. Alexander Payne “Angels Wear White,” dir. Vivian Qu “Una Famiglia,” dir. Sebastiano Riso “First Reformed,” dir.  Paul Schrader “Sweet Country,” dir. Warwick Thornton “The Leisure Seeker,” dir. Paolo Virzi “Ex Libris – The New York Public Library,” dir. Frederick Wiseman

Horizons (Competition)

“Disappearance,” dir. Ali Asgari “Especes Menacees,” dir. Gilles Bourdos “The Rape of Recy Taylor,” dir. Nancy Buirski “Caniba,” dir. Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel “Les Bienheureux,” dir. Sofia Djama “Marvin,” dir. Anne Fontaine “Invisible,” dir. Pablo Giorgelli “Brutti e Cattivi,” dir. Cosimo Gomez “The Cousin,” dir. Tzahi Grad “The Testament,” dir. Amichai Greenberg “No Date, No Signature,” dir. Vahid Jalilvand “Los Versos del Olvido,” dir. Alireza Khatami “The Night I Swam,” dir. Damien Manivel, Igarashi Kohei “Nico, 1988,” dir. Susanna Nicchiarelli “Krieg,” dir. Rick Ostermann “West of Sunshine,” dir. Jason Raftopoulos “Gatta Cenerentola,” dir. Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri, Dario Sansone “Under the Tree,” dir. Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson “La Vita in Comune,” dir. Edoardo Winspeare

Out of Competition Fiction

“Our Souls At Night,” dir. Ritesh Batra “Victoria & Abdul,” dir. Stephen Frears “Il Signor Rotpeter,” dir. Antonietta de Lillo “La Melodie,” dir. Rachid Hami “Outrage Coda,” dir. Kitano Takeshi “Loving Pablo,” dir. Fernando Leon de Aranoa “Zama,” dir. Lucrecia Martel “Wormwood,” dir. Errol Morris “Diva!,” dir. Franceso Patierno “Le Fidele,” dir. Michael R. Roskam “Il Colore Nascosto Delle Cose,” dir. Silvio Soldini “The Private Life of a Modern Woman,” dir. James Toback “Brawl in Cell Block 99,” dir. S. Craig Zahler

Out of Competition Documentaries

“Cuba and the Cameraman,” dir. Jon Alpert “My Generation,” dir. David Batty “Piazza Vittorio,” dir. Abel Ferrara “The Devil and Father Amorth,” dir. William Friedkin “This is Congo,” dir. Daniel McCabe “Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda,” dir. Stephen Nomura Schible “Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond. The Story of Jim Carrey, Andy Kaufman and Tony Clifton,” dir. Chris Smith

Out of Competition Special Events

“Casa d’Altri,” dir. Gianni Amelio “Michael Jackson’s Thriller 3D,” dir. John Landis “Making of Michael Jackson’s Thriller (1983),” dir. Jerry Kramer

Cinema in the Garden

“Manuel,” dir. Dario Albertini “Controfigura,” dir. Ra di Martino “Woodshock,” dir. Kate Mulleavy, Laura Mulleavy “Nato a Casal di Principe,” dir. Bruno Oliviero “Suburra – The Series,” dir. Michele Placido, Andrea Molaioli, Giuseppe Capotondi “Tueurs,” dir. Francois Troukens, Jean-Francois Hensgens

Special Documentary Screenings

“La Lunga Strada del Ritorno,” dir. Alessandro Blasetti “Barbiana ’65 La Lezione di Don Milani,” dir. Alessandro G. A. D’Alessandro “Lievito Madre, Le Ragazze del Secolo Scorso,” dir. Concita de Gregorio, Esmeralda Calabria

Biennale College

“Beautiful Things,” dir. Georgio Ferrero “Shadeed Martyr,” dir. Mazen Khaled “Strange Colours,” dir. Alena Lodkina

Venice Classics (Documentary)

“Light Years,” dir. Manuel Abramovich “Evviva Giuseppe,” dir. Stefano Consiglio “La Lucida Follia di Marco Ferreri,” dir. Selma Jean Dell’Olio “L’Utopie des Images de la Revolution Russe,” dir. Emmanuel Hamon “The Prince and the Dybbuk,” dir. Elwira Niewiera “La Voce di Fantozzi,” dir. Mario Sesti “This is the War Room!,” dir. Boris Hars-Tschachotin

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[mitchbeck]

CANTLON'S CORNER: THE POST FREE AGENT FRENZY

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - If Steve Miller wanted to rewrite his masterpiece, "Take the Money and Run" and put a Hartford Wolf Pack spin on it, it might sound something like this. "This a story about Bigras and Gilly, two young hockey players with plenty of skill to show, here’s what they did when they decided to cut loose - Go on take the money and run!" AHL CONTRACTS ON THE RISE Take the Money and Run also defined how the last few days of NHL/AHL moving day or free agents. Jaws were sure to drop upon review of some of the salaries AHL players were handed out this week. It left everyone in the know, in some cases, more than just a little bit astonished. Cantlon's Corner has been reporting on the AHL since the late 1980s. At that time, the average salary was approximately on average, around $40K. A scant few top echelon players made $50K. Since that time, the 100-plus time percent increase is mind-numbing and must leave former AHL vets, shaking their collective heads. In 2019, in professional hockey, everything is about the cap. As of Wednesday, of the 124 total contracts offered, the teams collectively have spent over $707M. Stunning… poverty is certainly not a word one would hear among those in hockey circles. All salary numbers come from capfriendly.com A longtime hockey insider who requested anonymity put it in stark terms. What has driven this hockey salary "arms race?" ”The salary cap is precious gold. Teams protect that at all costs. The one-way money; that’s a real number and affects the cap either negatively or positively. Two-way contracts, which most AHL contracts, are, you see that while the increases are real, it really doesn’t affect the cap because the AAV is based on the overall one-way contract and that’s what matters.” Some players don’t need to head to Europe if they are raking in these type of salaries. Several teams have more lateral ability than others and some current and ex-Wolfpack players are benefiting greatly. Greg McKegg, who split last season between Charlotte and Carolina, inked a one-year, one-way deal for $750K  with the Rangers. That money counts on the cap. It's also a nice hefty increase from his AHL gig last season that paid $70K. Danny O’Regan, Jeff LoVerde, Harry Zolniercycyzk, and Thomas McCollum, are all new Pack signees. Their salaries have yet to be posted. Philadelphia helped out Lehigh Valley with ex-Pack, Chris Bigras, who signed for a $250K-AHL & $700k-NHL deal up from his $70K AHL contract last year. Andy Andreoff from Syracuse got himself a $750K one-way up from his previous $680K deal. Nate Prosser, from Iowa, earned a slight increase at $421.5K-AHL/$700K-NHL for two years up from his $400K/$700K contract. Rochester will get John Gilmour if he doesn’t make the Sabres roster and it will cost them $700K. Arizona helps out Tucson with two players returning from Europe. Andy Miele from Torpedo Novgorod (Russia-KHL) gets a two-year deal paying $275K in the AHL and $725K in the NHL. Beau Bennett from Dynamo Riga (Latvia-KHL) nails down a $200K-AHL and $725K-NHL pact while Aaron Ness, the ex-Sound Tiger, gets a two-year deal at $300K-AHL & $725K-NHL. In Binghamton (New Jersey), Dakota Mermis goes from $100K in Tucson to $200. A few took a pay cut. Ben Street was making $750K in San Diego and slips to $425K while Matt Tennyson from Rochester goes from $659K to $350K. Neither is expected to start clipping coupons. Charlotte (Carolina) sign enigmatic ex-Pack, Brian Gibbons (Salisbury Prep), for $100K-AHL and $725K-NHL after playing for a $1million last year between Anaheim/Ottawa. The Colorado Eagles (Avalanche) handed ex-CT Whale, Jayson Megna, a $350K-AHL and $700K-NHL one-year deal. Dan Renouf, from Charlotte, gets a two-year deal paying $275K in the first year and $350K for the AHL in his second year. He'll earn at the NHL level, $700K for two years. T.J. Tynan gets one-year deal paying him $425K in the AHL and $700K in the NHL. Chicago (Las Vegas) was among the busiest teams. Pat Brown from the Calder Cup champion Charlotte Checkers goes from $100K to $450K in his first year and $700K in his second year. Tyrell Goulbourne, after a nine-goal campaign with Lehigh Valley, goes from $70K to $225K-AHL/$700K-NHL in the first year and $700K second. Jaycob Megna (Jayson’s brother) goes from $260K in San Diego to $400K with the Wolves. Montreal beefed up Laval with Riley Barber ($300K-AHL.$700K-NHL) and Phil Varone ($450K-AHL/$700K-NHL) from Hershey and Lehigh Valley respectively. San Diego, via Anaheim, signs AHL Butterfield trophy winner, Andrew Poturlarksi, from Charlotte to a $350K-AHL/$750-NHL on a one-year deal. In Springfield, Tommy Cross (Simsbury/Westminster Prep) goes from $300K to $325K. Ethan Prow from Wilkes Barre/Scranton is joining him and going from $90K to $700K per for the next two years. Kevin Roy, after just 14 games last year with Anaheim and San Diego, gets a $300K-AHL/$850K-NHL seal for one year. Tampa Bay aids Syracuse with two new goalies veteran Scott Wedgewood and Spencer Martin at $750K one-way each. Ex-Pack, Chris Mueller, migrates to the Syracuse Crunch from the Toronto Marlies where he'll make $700K on a one-way, one-year up from his $650K last season. Danick Martel, despite an injury-shortened season (15 games) is rewarded with a $700K one-way deal after a $65K-AHL deal last year. Daniel Walcott, the ex-Pack, who, after just five games because of shoulder surgery, is given a one-year $125K deal for the AHL and a $700K NHL contract. Stockton gets Bryon Froese next season for $450K-AHL/$700K-NHL after splitting last season with Laval and Lehigh Valley. The Texas Stars got help from parent Dallas when they signed Tanner Kero from Utica. He gets two years at $300K in the AHL in the first year and $350K in the second with $700K & $775K respectively in the NHL. That's for two years and both are “down” from his one-way $800K deal last year. Utica (Vancouver) inked Justin Bailey to a $700K one way for two years. PLAYER AND COACHING MOVEMENT Last season’s Wolf Pack captain Cole Schneider re-signs with Nashville and will play for Milwaukee. No contracts details have been released yet. Six more AHL’ers head overseas for next year with two of them heading to Kunlun (China-KHL). Tyler Wong, from the Chicago Wolves, and ex-Pack, Adam Cracknell, who split last season between San Diego and Toronto. Also heading East is Adam Helewka of Milwaukee/Tucson who signs with Barys Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan Russia-KHL) and the latest Trevor Cheek of the Tucson Roadrunners goes to Esbjerg (Denmark-DHL). Mark McNeil goes from Providence to EHC Linz (Austria-EBEL) and Zack Mitchell leaves the Ontario Reign for Neftekhimik (Russia-KHL). In Mitchell’s case, you think his agent explained to him he was leaving a sunny, warm LA suburb to go to Siberia? Now 52 AHL’ers have signed for Europe next season. Ex-Pack, and one funny guy, Francois Bouchard, makes it back home after playing with Dundee (Scotland-EIHL) to play for St. Jerome (LNAH) next season. Ex-Pack, Tomas Kundratek, leaves HC Davos (Switzerland-LNA) and heads home to HC Ocelari Trinec (Czech Republic-CEL). Brett Magnus of Sacred Heart University (AHA), signs overseas with HUS Hokii (Netherlands BEL-NED HL). That makes 44 collegians to sign for Europe and 221 overall college players signed pro deals. Read the full article

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