7/10 The Collector (2009)
Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer’s country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
10/10 Tropa de Elite (2007)
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operation Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.
8/10 The Limits of Control (2009)
The Limits of Control is the story of a mysterious loner (played by Mr. De Bankolé), a stranger, whose activities remain meticulously outside the law. He is in the process of completing a job, yet he trusts no one, and his objectives are not initially divulged. His journey, paradoxically both intently focused and dreamlike, takes him not only across Spain but also through his own consciousness.
6/10 The Last Exorsism (1970)
Ready to expose his miraculous deeds as mere trickery, Rev. Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian) invites a documentary crew to film his final exorcism. But when the devil actually possesses a girl’s body, Marcus must regain his faith and engage in the fight of his life. Produced by Eli Roth and directed by Daniel Stamm, this frighteningly realistic horror movie also stars Ashley Bell, Iris Bahr and Louis Herthum.
9/10 The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
Adapted from Edgar Allan Poe’s Fall of the House of Usher, director Jean Epstein studiously avoids cheap shocks in this tale of hereditary madness, choosing instead a tightly controlled, spookily subtle technique. The hero, having indirectly caused the death of his beloved, stubbornly tries to resurrect her spirit by devoting himself to painting and sculpture. Epstein conveys the twilight zone between life and death with lingering dissolves and brilliant utilization of slow motion.
7/10 ‘LSD’: Trip or Trap! (1970)
The Inglewood Police Department’s 1960s video, "LSD: Trip or Trap?" is a classic of the genre. Alex sez, "It’s a story of two friends who enjoy flying model planes, except that one becomes an ‘acidhead’ so he can be ‘groovy’ with the other acidheads. The other does research into LSD and decides it’s a ‘bummer’."
6/10 Last Date (1970)
Jeanne, a high school girl, dumps her dull boyfriend Larry for Nick, a local thug and hot-rodder she finds exciting. Nick terrifies everyone with his dangerous and reckless driving, but that only turns Jeanne on even more. One night as Nick and Jeanne are out zooming around the countryside and terrorizing motorists, Nick smashes into another car. Fortunately for Jeanne she wasn’t killed, although everybody else was. Unfortuantely for Jeanne, however, her face now looks like something out of a Fellini movie. As she catches a glimpse of herself in the mirror, she wails, "I’ve had my last date!"
9/10 Freaks (1932)
Freaks lives up to it’s name. This film follows the lives of various performers in a freak show. Besides the amazing display of human deformity the film tells the story about a trapeze artist woman who agrees to marry a popular but small man from the freak show. Yet the little man’s friends don’t think she really loves him and try to help him find the truth.
3/10 The Hangover (2009)
A Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him.
9/10 King of New York (1990)
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York’s poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.
6/10 Daddy and the Muscle Academy (1970)
Tom of Finland is one of the gay world’s few authentic icons. His drawings have had an enormous influence on gay identity. Tom’s ultimate leather men are known and seen everywhere. They are symbols of gay pride and friendship. The documentary includes some titillating ‘enactments’ inspired by Tom’s art work.
7/10 Iron Man 2 (2010)
Wealthy inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) — aka Iron Man — resists calls by the American government to hand over his technology. Meanwhile, Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) has constructed his own miniaturized arc reactor, causing all kinds of problems for our superhero. Sam Rockwell, Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle and Samuel L. Jackson co-star in director Jon Favreau’s sequel based on Marvel comic book characters.
4/10 Vampires Suck (2010)
Becca, an anxious, non-vampire teen is torn between two boys. Before she can choose, Becca must get around her controlling father, who embarrasses Becca by treating her like a child. Meanwhile, Becca’s friends contend with their own romantic issues – all of which collide at the prom.
8/10 The Quiet Earth (1985)
After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world. Zac wakes one morning to discover he is alone in the world. The global top-secret energy project which he has been working on for a year, has changed the world. Humanity seems to have been wiped out.

Järjestelmät ja ajankäyttö

Lupaus itselleni kirjoittaa jotain joka viikko on alkanut heti jäädä vain uhkailuksi. Selityksiä ja syitä löytyy paljon, suurin osa liittyy ajankäyttöön ja järjestelmään, tähän ExpressionEngineen.

Aloitin viikko sitten uuden ulkoasun suunnittelun ja kuinka ollakkaan, aloin samalla rakentaa omaa julkaisujärjestelmää, koska EE ei ole niin helppo taivuteltava kuin haluan. Omat laatustandardit ovat vuosien aikana nousseet järkyttävän korkealle, harva järjestelmä yltää niihin. Useamman sisällönhallintasysteemin asiakasprojekteina rakentaneena on luottamusta omiin kykyihin karttunut jo sen verran, että uskallan lähteä kokeilemaan “unelmacms”:n perustamista.

Tällä hetkellä on suurimpina haasteina tiedon siirtäminen tästä järjestelmästä omiin tietokantoihin niin, ettei mitään jäisi taakse. Toinen iso haaste on miettiä tietokannat niin, ettei niiden rakennetta tarvitsisi enää muokata jälkikäteen.

Uusi ulkoasu on myös pirteämpi mitä tämä nykyinen, joka on kerennyt jo useamman kuukauden palvelemaan. Väri on tärkeässä roolissa eri sivuston osioiden jaottelussa, mutta en kirjoita enempää, koska mikä tahansa voi vielä muuttua matkalla.

Ohjelmassa on siis varmaankin tilannepäivityksiä matkan varrelta ja paljon automaattisesti tuotuja linkkejä ja videoita.

8/10 Exam (2009)
Eight talented candidates have reached the final stage of selection to join the ranks of a mysterious and powerful corporation…
10/10 Seconds (1966)
A secret organisation offers wealthy people a second chance at life. The customer picks out someone they want to be and the organisation surgically alters the customer to look like the intended person, stages the customer’s death, gets rid of the intended person and the customer takes on a new life.

Mainostoimistoelämää

Aloitin tiistaina mainostoimistossa työskentelyn kolmen kuukauden työharjoittelun jälkeen. Kolmipäiväinen viikko kuulostaa hyvältä tavalta työskennellä, vaikkakin 2/5 palkasta jää puuttumaan.

Työkaverit ovat mahtavia ja jokainen päivä on tuntunut (enemmän tai vähemmän) maagiselta. Osa projekteista on työtä, osa leikkiä ja joka ainoa opettanut aina jotain. Vastuuta on annettu koko ajan lisää ja juuri oikealla vahvuudella, tunnen olevani paikassa, jossa luotetaan ja kannustetaan kasvamaan.

Useita erilaisia viritelmiä on päällä, lisää tulossa. Tuntuu, että kaikki sujuu ja tulevaisuus näyttää koko ajan valoisammalta.

Automatiikkaa korjattu

RSS-lukijat ovat varmasti olleet ihmeissään tämän ja osittain viime viikon tapahtumista tällä sivustolla. Nyt kuitenkin on (tai pitäisi olla) automaatio Vimeo-, Flickr- ja pinboard -hakujen kohdalta kunnossa.

Seuraavaksi pitäisi ihmetellä ulkoasua hieman uusiksi. Samalla voisin tehdä syötteet jokaiselle kategorialle erikseen, jotta ei koko tarjontaa tarvitse välttämättä seurata.

7/10 Police Story 4 – First Strike (1996)
Jackie Chan reprises his role as Chan Ka-Kui (also known in some versions as Jackie) yet again as a Hong Kong cop who works with Interpol to track down and arrest an illegal weapons dealer. Later Jackie realizes that things are not as simple as they appear and soon find himself a pawn of an organisation posing as Russian intelligence.
9/10 Lemmy (2010)
49% Motherf**ker, 51% Son Of A Bitch. A documentary on the life and career of revered heavy-metal musician Lemmy Kilmister.
5/10 The Beast (1996)
Fishing and jobs are becoming scarce in the small seaport village of Graves Point, when mysterious deaths and unexplained disappearances begin to occur. Divers vanish and a young couple disappears at sea, their empty raft washing up on the shore. When a large, strange claw is discovered on the raft, the unsettled towns-people call on the marine biologist Dr. Herbert Talley (Ronald Guttman), who identifies it as belonging to a rare giant squid. With the help of Whip Dalton, the hunt is on! It becomes a battle of wills between Dalton and Talley as they try to locate the Beast, without the Beast getting them.