Archive for December 2014
How would react if you lose your job in Two Days, One Night?
By Jenny Alvarez
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Two Days, One Night, the latest masterwork of humanism from Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, two-time winners of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Featuring a profoundly moving performance from Oscar® winner Marion Cotillard.
Sandra (Cotillard) has just been released from the hospital to find that she no longer has a job. According to management, the only way Sandra can hope to regain her position at the factory is to convince her co-workers to sacrifice their much-needed yearly bonuses. Now, over the course of one weekend, Sandra must confront each co-worker individually in order to win a majority of their votes before time runs out. Certainly it is a film that reflects the working-class Belgian life. In one side shows a sense of solidarity, the other side shows the ambition for money. During 95 minutes, the main character is in the most desperate situation but at the same time her supporters also have to face difficulties. Despite of Sandra, who is recovering from a spell of depression has to solve her worries over the economic crisis, and her performance is one of the best especially when in this film the Dardennes take an urgent and extremely relevant ethical inquiry and support of the closer coworkers and the end the results are unexpected with a powerful statement on community solidarity which human tradeoffs are purely reflected.
Wild Tales is a film full of Argentinean talents
By Jenny Alvarez
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A film full of emotions caused by stress and depression for many people. This is a movie about those people. Vulnerable in the face of a reality that shifts and suddenly turns unpredictable with dark humor in which some characters suffered undeniable pleasure of losing control trough madness.From the Argentine writer-director Damián Szifron who is expert in black comedy all the cast Liliana Ackerman, Luis Manuel Altamirano García, Alejandro Angelini, and more, were the best in this genre. This great film includes 6 Stories – 6 masterpieces! They perfectly combine thriller, drama, humor and the common topic is the violence. Each history is independent of the other, but all of them have something special that makes you really enjoy. All of them don’t have a weak point.
It’s clear that Szifrón has Almodóvar’s influence with satirize, social classes, justice, bureaucracy and marriage sensibility.
Definitely is very psychological movie full of revenge with some violence but in 122 minutes with compilation films, certain episodes (all are of different lengths) work better than others even all of them have sarcasm, dark humor sense but all the performances are very well structured and all the characters themselves to push them towards the abyss, making it as the best terrific Argentinean film.
Exodus, Gods and Kings is a great visual epic film
By Jenny Alvarez
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The biblical film based in Egypt has been the subject of racism since it boasts a predominately white cast in the main roles. Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver are cast in the centric roles while blacks portray servants, killers, and criminals. Using state of the art visual effects and 3D immersion, Scott brings new life to the story of the defiant leader Moses (Christian Bale) as he rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses (Joel Edgerton), setting 600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues. There are many perpetual violence in movies but this one is very justified for the Bible stories and relationship with God can have on an individual. Unfortunately, religion has been used to subjugate, oppress and demean way too many people for way too long. There will be viewers against this Hollywood production due religion is a sensitive subject and battle with their own disbeliefs. In my opinion, this is entertainment full of visual effects, moderate performances and great scenarios.
Wyclef Jean & Carlos Santana Join Bang & Olufsen's Living Room Tour
By GalaTView Staff
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In 2013, the first instalment of Bang & Olufsen’s Living Room Tour featured an interview hosted by Zane Lowe and a live performance in London with the honourable Paul McCartney, which was launched via its website to music lovers all over the world.
Now the Living Room Tour is back on the road with a new and soulful session. Grammy Award-winning artist and producer Wyclef Jean will be hosting a musical journey with Carlos Santana and his beloved guitar, one of the most recognizable sounds in popular culture. The first installment is set for release on December 9th, with more videos to come throughout December and January; those videos can be found here.
Bang & Olufsen’s Living Room Tour offers music lovers and audio aficionados all over the world rare and intimate access to exceptional musical talent and reflections on natural sound from iconic names in the industry.
“We are truly excited about working with Carlos Santana on the latest edition of The Living Room Tour. It is a collaboration that connects music fans all over the world with spectacular artists who share our passion for great sound and unrivalled craftsmanship.
“The Living Room Tour is all about sitting in with the artist, sharing stories and engaging in an informal ‘jam session’. Carlos Santana is a legend; he transcends musical genres – so watch out for this new episode of The Living Room Tour. It is going to be epic, it is going to be exciting!” says Jean.
U2 The iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour 2015 will be very soon in your city
By GalaTView Staff
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A triumph in ticket sales, U2’s iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour 2015 is sold out in every city where it went on sale in a single morning, due many overwhelming fan demand, including a record-setting 118,000 fans queuing online to purchase tickets in New York, two new shows have been confirmed in New York, Chicago, Boston, Montreal, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Berlin & Paris.
“We are going to try to have a completely different feeling from night one to night two,” said Bono, “and have some fun playing with the idea of innocence and experience. More to be revealed!”
The tour follows the recent release of U2’s thirteenth studio album Songs Of Innocence by Island Records, which was given to U2.com subscribers and gifted by Apple to over half a billion iTunes Music Store customers worldwide. To date, Songs of Innocence has been streamed 81 million times and has been downloaded by 30 million fans.
Mariah Carey killed a song
By GalaTView Staff
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The lighting of the 85-foot-tall Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center was celebrated with a performance of Mariah Carey. However, her performance didn’t go well when she sang the holiday hit, “All I Want for Christmas is You.” So in many social networks Mariah received bad critics about it. Her excuse was that situation was beyond her control. She apologized to all that showed up. According to some rumors she arrived more than three hours late to the taping, apparently because she was talking with her lawyer about her divorce from Nick Cannon.
Santa arrives on ice skating at the Winter Holiday Festival
By GalaTView staff
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Presented by the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, the free event is part of the community outreach created to bring people together for wholesome family fun. The Winter Holiday Festival has become such a popular tradition that this year so during Saturday and Sunday, December 13, 14 from 12:00pm to 7:00pm, many people will enjoy of free pictures with Santa, a train ride, sledding on tons of snow, and the new Elf Olympics with interactive games and prizes. The Pershing Square park will be bustling with an array of exhibitor booths, free “make ‘n’ take” arts & crafts, and an outdoor stage with non-stop performances by local community groups.
Pershing Square at 532 South Olive Street, is easily accessible by car, bus or Metro (Pershing Square stop). All the children from different neighborhoods will enjoy a great and special Winter Holiday Festival.
More sex abuse scandals against Bill Cosby
By GalaTView staff
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Chelan, who claims she was victimized by Bill Cosby, and claims justice in her case of rape. Chelan who now lives in California, said she had a cold that fateful night, so Cosby gave her a blue pill, told her it was an antihistamine and suggested she wash it down with a double shot of Amaretto. If he’s innocent, why not go to court and prove it?
