#Bill Dungan

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When brilliant video game maker Flynn hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer, he is beamed inside an astonishing digital world…and becomes part of the very game he is designing. In his mission through cyberspace, Flynn matches wits with a maniacal Master Control Program and teams up with Tron, a security measure created to bring balance to the digital environment. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Kevin Flynn / Clu: Jeff Bridges Alan Bradley / Tron: Bruce Boxleitner Ed Dillinger / Sark / Voice of Master Control Program: David Warner Lora / Yori: Cindy Morgan Dr. Walter Gibbs / Dumont: Barnard Hughes Ram/Popcorn Co-Worker: Dan Shor Crom: Peter Jurasik Peter / Sark’s Lieutenant: Tony Stephano Warrior #1: Craig Chudy Warrior #2: Vince Deadrick Jr. Expert Disc Warrior: Sam Schatz Conscript #2: Michael Dudikoff Head Guard: Jackson Bostwick Film Crew: Original Music Composer: Wendy Carlos Visual Effects Design Consultant: Steven Lisberger Producer: Harrison Ellenshaw Producer: Donald Kushner Executive Producer: Ron Miller Director of Photography: Bruce Logan Editor: Jeff Gourson Casting: Pam Polifroni Production Design: Syd Mead Production Design: Dean Mitzner Art Direction: John B. Mansbridge Art Direction: Al Roelofs Set Decoration: Roger M. Shook Costume Design: Rosanna Norton Conceptual Design: Jean Giraud Stunts: Ross Reynolds Story: Bonnie MacBird Costume Design: Elois Jenssen Stunts: Glenn R. Wilder Stunts: Larry Holt Stunts: Charlie Picerni Stunts: Gary Epper Stunts: Walter Scott Stunt Coordinator: Richard E. Butler Production Sound Mixer: James LaRue Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Lee Minkler Costumer: Lorry Richter Costumer: Nedra Rosemond-Watt Visual Effects: Chris Wedge Visual Effects: John Beach Visual Effects: Tom Bisogno Visual Effects: Nancy Hunter Campi Visual Development: Larry Elin Digital Compositor: Liza Moon Visual Effects Camera: John Aardal Systems Administrators & Support: Richard ‘Dr.’ Baily Visual Effects Camera: Don Baker Visual Effects: William Dungan Jr. Digital Compositor: Art Durinski Visual Effects Camera: Kris Gregg Visual Effects Camera: Patric Kenly Digital Supervisor: Jeffrey Kleiser Systems Administrators & Support: Bill Kovacs Animation: Donald Leich Visual Effects: Larry Malone Systems Administrators & Support: Tim McGovern Visual Effects: Malcolm McMillan Animation: Gene Miller Visual Effects Supervisor: Kenny Mirman Visual Effects: Craig Reynolds Systems Administrators & Support: Frank Vitz Production Coordinator: Lynn Wilkinson Camera Supervisor: Christopher Dusendschon Technical Supervisor: John Hughes Visual Effects Camera: Peg Hunter Animation: Barry Cook Storyboard Artist: Bill Kroyer Storyboard Designer: Jerry Rees Animation: Darrell Rooney Animation: John T. Van Vliet Pre-Visualization Supervisor: Roger Allers Storyboard Artist: Andrew Gaskill Conceptual Design: Chris Lane Conceptual Design: Peter Mueller Concept Artist: John Norton Art Designer: John Alvin Concept Artist: Michael Peraza Jr. Art Designer: Drew Struzan Movie Reviews: r96sk: An acquired taste. For me, someone who has no knowledge of computer programming and the sort, it’s a very slow, tedious and boring watch. ‘Tron’, unfortunately, didn’t take my interest whatsoever. Not helped by the poor special effects (they get a pass due to it being an 1982 release; though I’m not convinced it’s good either way) and forgettable cast performances, it’s not a premise that’s easy to get into if you have no prior understanding of coding etc. There is some intrigue in there, but not nearly enough to satisfy my viewing pleasure – it felt like a much longer run time than 96 minutes, that’s for sure. All cool if you love this, but I very much didn’t. Hopefully the 2010 sequel gives the concept a major boost. CinemaSerf: I saw this again yesterday – it’s 40 years old! I didn’t see it at the time, I was one of those kids who hadn’t the slightest interest in “Space Invaders” nor did I ever have an Atari, but I do recall the fuss that was being made about Disney’s first foray into the wor...

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Lucy and Joan

S4;E4 ~ October 11, 1965

Synopsis

Lucy's new neighbor Joan has a plan to fix her up with an eligible man who lives in their apartment building.  Finding out he is celebrating a birthday, Lucy and Joan go out of their way to throw him a party and bake him a birthday cake, which involves racing through a grocery store to buy the ingredients.

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael)

Gale Gordon (Theodore J. Mooney) and Mary Jane Croft (Mary Jane Lewis) do not appear in this episode.

Guest Cast

Joan Blondell (Joan Brenner) was born into a family of vaudevillians in 1906.  She made her New York theatre debut with the Ziegfeld Follies and appeared in several Broadway productions.  She made her film debut in 1930. She was nominated for an Oscar for 1951's The Blue Veil. In 1978 she had a small role in the film Grease. Although she was active in Hollywood concurrently with Lucille Ball, this is the first time she has appeared with her on screen.  She will do one more episode before the character was written out. She died of leukemia in 1979.

Keith Andes (Brad Collins) was born John Charles Andes in Ocean City, New Jersey, in 1920. He appeared opposite Lucille Ball in her only Broadway musical Wildcat in 1960.  Back in Danfield, Andes played Lucy's boyfriend Bill King in “Lucy Goes Duck Hunting” (S2;E6) and “Lucy and the Winter Sports” (S3;E3).  Andes took his own life in 2005 after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Brad Collins is an airline pilot, just like Lucy's boyfriend in Danfield, Harry Connors (Dick Martin).  Collins was also the surname of Viv's steady boyfriend, Eddie (Don Briggs), back in Danfield.

Bill Dungan (Pete) makes his only appearance on the series.  This is just one of his seven screen credits.

Dick Winslow (Card Player) appeared in the films Thousands Cheer (1940) and Easy To Wed (1943) with Lucille Ball. This is the second of his two appearances on the series. He also did two episodes of “Here’s Lucy.”

Queenie Smith (Mrs. Collins) was seen in a dozen Broadway plays and musicals between 1919 and 1934.  She co-starred in the 1936 film version of Show Boat, playing Ellie May Chipley, a role she did not do on Broadway. This is her only series appearance. She worked up until a year before her death in 1978.  

Joel Marston (Grocery Clerk) was an internationally known dog breeder and proprietor of Starcrest Kennels in California. This is the first of his three appearances on the series.  He retired to Jacksonville, Florida, where he became a water aerobics instructor. 

John Perri (Checker #1) was seen on Broadway in The Boy Friend (1954), the show that introduced Julie Andrews.  This is the first of his two appearances on “The Lucy Show.”  

Bennett Green (Checker #2) was Desi Arnaz’s stand-in during “I Love Lucy.” He does occasional background work on “The Lucy Show.”

Sid Gould (Checker #3) made more than 45 appearances on “The Lucy Show,” all as background characters. He also did 40 episodes of “Here’s Lucy.” Gould (born Sydney Greenfader) was Lucille Ball’s cousin by marriage to Gary Morton. Gould was married to Vanda Barra, who also appeared on “The Lucy Show” starting in 1967, as well as on “Here’s Lucy.” 

Judith Woodbury (Woman in Market with Mustard) makes the sixth of her eight (mostly) uncredited appearances on “The Lucy Show.” She also appeared in one episode of “Here’s Lucy.” 

Dick Cheney (Market Customer) appeared in the Lucille Ball films The Facts of Life (1960) and Critic's Choice (1963).  This is his only series appearance.

Other background performers play the neighbors and the shoppers.

“The Lucy Show” was pre-empted the previous week (October 4, 1965) for live coverage of Pope Paul VI's visit to the United States, the first ever by a Roman Catholic Pontiff.

Joan Blondell was intended to be a recurring guest-star in the fourth season as Lucy's neighbor. But she and Lucille Ball did not get along and had heated arguments backstage. After two episodes, her character was written out. Ironically, throughout the episode, Lucy Carmichael says to Joan Brenner “We're gonna get along great!”  

Joan Blondell's sister, Gloria Blondell, played Grace Foster on “I Love Lucy” in “The Anniversary Present” (ILL S2;E3).  

This episode continues the concept of keeping character names as close to the actors' name as possible.

Joan Blondell as Joan Brenner

Mel Torme as Mel Tinker

Wally Cox as Wally Tuttle

Roberta Sherwood as Roberta Schaeffer

Joan Blondell gets entrance applause from the studio audience.

Lucy tells Joan that she has a daughter up north in college and a son in military school. This exposition has been repeated from the previous episodes in season four.

Lucy lives in apartment 2B.  

Joan has two tickets to the Screen Arts Charity Ball.  Lucy says she read about it in Hedda Hopper's column. It will be attended by Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, and Cary Grant.  Actress turned gossip columnist Hedda Hopper starred in an episode of “I Love Lucy” and was featured in the first episode of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” - both times playing herself.  Of the stars listed, only Dean Martin will ever co-star with Lucy on television. Cary Grant was mentioned four times on “I Love Lucy” and Frank Sinatra once.  

Joan says she's been in pictures so long she saw Phil Harris take his first drink. Phil Harris was a bandleader who became a comic radio star as a Jack Benny sidekick in the 1930's and then enchanted new generations of fans as the unlikely voice of Baloo the Bear in Walt Disney's Jungle Book.  Although his fondness for bourbon was largely a creation of the Jack Benny writers, Mr. Harris played the part to the hilt.  In the past Lucy's drinking jokes were usually reserved for Dean Martin.

After Lucy regales Joan with tales of her home town, Joan asks Lucy (with a knowing wink) how close Danfield is to Peyton Place. Based on a 1956 novel, “Peyton Place” was a primetime soap opera that aired on ABC from 1964 to 1969.  The title has become synonymous with the personal problems and scandals of small-town life.  

Joan gives Lucy a dress worn by Rita Hayworth (when she was a size 10). Rita Hayworth (1918-1987) had an ucredited role in 1938's There's Always a Woman starring Joan Blondell.

On “Here’s Lucy,” Lucy Carter also wreaks havoc in a supermarket in “Lucy the Shopping Expert” in 1969.  

Callbacks!

Among the items in the grocery store is a box of Kiddie Cookies, a product last seen as a sponsor of “The Talent Discoverers Show” in “Lucy and the Plumber” (S3;E2).  

Lucy Ricardo also had trouble moving in a form-fitting dress in “Country Club Dance” (ILL S6;E25), the episode that introduced Barbra Eden.  

During the surpise party, everyone dances to “Do The Watusi” which was also a dance that Lucy did in “Chris's New Year's Eve Party” (S1;E14).

Blooper Alert!

Very few of the products on the grocery shelves have any labels at all.

When Lucy tries to navigate her cart through the aisles, she bumps into the shelf causing a can to loudly topple over.  She turns back to it and says “Shhhh!”

“Lucy and Joan” rates 3 Paper Hearts out of 5

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Hi all, hope alls well. Just wanted to share my contribution to the WOW² (Volume V) group show which goes online this Fri, 3rd Sept at 7pm BST. The show is the fifth hosted by WOW x WOW in celebration of square format works. Im honoured to be included in such a wonderful lineup of artists:   David Álvarez | Adam Augustyn | Tom Bagshaw | Scott Balmer | Kaitlin Beckett | Cristina Bencina | Brian Britigan | Scott G. Brooks | Arthur Brouthers | Ally Burke | Vincent Cacciotti | Michael Camarra | Natalia Cardona Puerta | Kyle Cobban | Crap Panther | Ken Cunningham | Fran De Anda | DEMÖ | Karl Deuble | Allen Douglas | Jackson Dryden | Tripper Dungan | Ejiwa ‘Edge’ Ebenebe | Michael Fleming | Maya Fuji | Katie Gamb | Brad Gray | Andrea Guzzetta | Naoto Hatttori | Shoko Ishida | Maggie Ivy | Paulette Jo | Savanna Judd | Milka Lolo | Lizz Lopez | Jon MacNair | MadebyEnger | Anne Martwijit | Bill Mayer | Gary McMillan | Michael Robert Miller | Maldha Mohamed | Moki | ShinYeon Moon | Reiko Murakami | David Natale | Martin Ontiveros | Jimmy P | Hallie Packard | Jason Parker | Nikolina Petolas | John Kelly Pevahouse | Alan Pollack | Olga Ponomarenko | Rachel Quinlan | Dusty Ray | Luke Rion | Chay Ruby | Simona Ruscheva | Juan Manuel Sanabria | Juliet Schreckinger | Kristin Siegel-Leicht | Brian Serway | Christophe Siel | Allison Sommers | Andi Soto | Heather Sundquist Hall | Eevien Tan | James Thistlethwaite | Nikolas Tower | Alexis Trice | Colin Verdi | Jamie Wells | Helice Wen | Emily Carew Woodard | Ivana Zivic | Manuel Zamudio   My piece 'My Devotion' another in my Dark Kingdom series will be available, for purchase enquiries or to request the collectors preview, please contact info@wowxwow.com

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ART SCHOOL | Q&A with TRIPPER DUNGAN (PDX)

Artist Tripper Dungan creates cartoony, psychedelic, and surreal art, from personified 3D sculptures of cassette tapes and toast to paintings of ice cream cones and succulents. Dungan has been creating non stop artwork since high school, and doesn’t just stick to one medium. From painting, sculptures, to building octahedron geodesic domes, Dungan’s art blurs real objects with his imaginative world where everything is always bright, fun and super weird. We’re excited to chat with Tripper about his art, influences, and learn about his journey in this round of Art School.

Photographs courtesy of the artist

Who are you and what do you do? I’m Tripper Dungan. I paint 3D paintings and whittle little donut buddies and whatnot.

How would you describe yourself and your art? I’d say I’m pretty driven and like to make things every day. I try to be kind, and I’m pretty fuzzy (physically). My art is pretty cartoony and leans toward the psychedelic and surreal. I’ve been painting a lot of personified tapes lately. I like to use art as a vehicle for learning. I recently learned how to make an octahedron geodesic dome for an installation I currently have up at True Measure gallery in Portland. Also black panthers and cougars are the same animal; black panthers just have melanism. It’s like albinism but too much pigment.

Who were some of your early artistic influences? Chuck Jones, Hanna & Barbera, Ub Iwerks. All of the animators that were making cartoons before they were just for kids. It may sound like a throw away answer, but it’s not. There was so much put into those masterpieces. Some of the backgrounds in those old Popeye cartoon gets a guy like me a little choked up. I also really loved Bill Waterson of Calvin and Hobbs. I wrote him a letter when I was 12 and he sent me back a print of one of his comic strips and a form letter saying he didn’t read my letter.

How did you make the leap from making art to showing art to living as an artist? For me it was less of a leap and more of searching for and taking opportunities to show at whatever coffee shop, bar, or gallery that I could get into. It was a constant hustle and still is. My cousin Hilary Pfeifer is an artist as well and it’s been super helpful being close to someone that is able to make a living with her creativity since she was a teenager. I could ask her what she thought about an approach I was taking or just look over and say “ok, this can work. It’s hard, but it can work.”

What are your favorite things to work with? Paints, pens? I love old wood and pulling that acrylic paint across it. Wood readily available and holds so much character. It’s so versatile too. I tend to travel with my art, and the wood can get knocked around a bit too. Acrylic is a nice time saver too. I use a craft acrylic too, so it dries flat. I don’t like a lot of tooth in my paint. Not only do you just draw and paint, but you’ve been making some amazing sculptures. 

Is there a medium you’ve yet to try or are currently working with? I’d love to do some larger fiberglass sculptures. One of my life goals is to have an outsider art sort of theme park.

What was the first show you ever exhibited in? What was your last show? It might have been at the library in Las Vegas, when I was in high school.  I did a color pencil drawing of a tortoise. I got best in show [brushes shoulder off]. Actually it might have been at the boys and girls club in Santa Barbara when I was 5. I wrote my name backwards in Popsicle sticks. I have mild dyslexia. I’m good though.  

How do you approach a day in the studio? What is your process for getting stuff made? I tend to sketch stuff out first unless I’m making tapes. The tapes are a lot more improvisational, and studies of color and form. After I sketch it out I’ll find the appropriate piece of wood or else I’ll shape a new one. Then I lay down the background. While that’s drying I’ll tend to other projects or start five more. Then I’ll spray black where my foreground is going to be. This helps the 3D effect and makes it pop whether you’re wearing the glasses or not. Then I finish my character up, put on my 3D glasses and enjoy the ride.

What type of music do you listen to when creating? Do you find it helps motivate you or just have it for  background noise? My brain is pretty active when I’m painting or sketching. I’ve been listening to a lot of Brazilian and African psychedelic rock and soul, but I also listen to a lot of podcasts. Painting can be a very solitary act as you know, so it’s nice to have some verbal stimulation. I also throw on everything from MF Doom to Shannon and the Clams to older Beck to the Avalanches new stuff.

What are your favorite Vans? I’m wearing my black slip-ons right now, but I have a super comfy all gray (even the sole) Sk8 hi that I’m stoked on right now.

Best advice you’ve gotten as an artist? Worst advice? I think the best advice is “don’t stop”. It wasn’t going to anyway, but you have to keep moving in this racket. The worst advice I’m sure is something someone said at a craft fare. People are apt to say some dumb things to perfect strangers. “You should make hats for dogs”. “You should paint Hello Kitty in a raincoat”. I probably should, I guess. Give the people what they want, right?

What’s next for you? I have some craft fares coming up. One here (Portland) and one up in Seattle. I get to hang with my art buddies Jesse Hibert and Snaggs.

Follow Tripper  Website | http://numberstar.com Instagram | @tripperdungan Tumblr | @tripperdungan

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William R. Dungan, Sr.

William R. Dungan, Sr., 93, formerly of Kingston, died on October 10, 2019, at Brandywine Senior Living, East Norritown, PA.

Born December 6, 1925 in Berlin, Maryland, he was the son of the late Earl and Mary Marders Dungan. He served in the US Navy during WW II.

Bill had resided on East Bennett Street, Kingston, of over 60 years. Prior to his retirement he was a piper fitter at Air Products. He was a member of Dorranceton United Methodist Church, Kingston. He was past Master of Kingston Lodge, No# 395, F & AM and Irem Temple.

Preceding him in death by the love of his life, his “baby doll”, wife, Jean Lawson Dungan, of 66 years, and his son, William Dungan, Jr.

Surviving are his daughter, Sandra and her husband, Frank Husband, Norristown,                     PA; grandchildren, Jennifer Husband-Elsier of King of Prussia and her husband, David Elsier, Jessica Husband of Ardmore, PA, wife is Courtney Custer, Danae Husband-Mitrovich of Ambler, PA, husband is Michael Mitrovich. 4 great grandchildren, Jack Elsier, Gus Cunninghan and Issac and Willow Mitrovich.

Funeral on Monday at 12:30 P.M. from the Hugh B. Hughes & Son, Inc., Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort. The interment with Military Honors will be at Hanover Green Cemetery, Hanover Twp. Friends may call on Monday from 11 A.M. until service time.  A Masonic service will be held conducted at 12:00 P.M.

Memorial contributions, can be made to Luzerne County SPCA or to Montgomery SPCA.

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Social Class

The film "Inequality for All" had a lot of very interesting information. A few of the topics that Reich touched on in this film really stood out to me. One of the few was when Reich brought up the point that "In the U.S., 42% of children who are born into poverty will not get out. In Denmark, the figure is 25%. In Great Britain, 30%" ( Chaiken, Dungan & Kornbluth, 2013). Our country is known for its opportunity, yet children who are born in poverty in the U.S. have a far lesser chance of seeing that opportunity than a child living in Denmark. What does that show for our country? Not only that, but another point made by Reich is that the U.S. ranks 64th in the world income inequality (Chaiken, Dungan & Kornbluth, 2013). There seems to be a lack of equality of opportunity. Equality of opportunity can be compared to a game of monopoly where everyone starts out with the exact same opportunity to win (Conley, 2017, p.246). In the U.S., everyone starts at a different spot. If you are born into a wealthy family, chances are you will have a better opportunity to succeed. If you are born into poverty, it will be harder to achieve a wealthy status. I think that in our society, the only choices for people in poverty are to overwork themselves in an attempt to reach a higher social class or to be complacent in their situation. There is really no in between. According to Forbes magazine, Bill Gates is the richest man in the U.S. (Kroll, 2017) and he didn't come from a family in poverty. Not only his parents, but his grandparents were wealthy (“Bill Gates”, 2018). This shows that the more money you have to start out with, the more likely you are to make it further in the race of life.

Resources:

Bill Gates. (2018, March 14). Retrieved March 17, 2018, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates

Chaiken, J., Dungan, S. (Producers), & Kornbluth, J. (Director). (2013). Inequality For All [Motion Picture]. United States: Anchor Bay Entertainment.

Conley, D. (2017). You may ask yourself: An introduction to thinking like a sociologist (Core 5th ed.). New York: W.W. Norton.

Kroll, L. (2017, November 10). Forbes 400 2017: Meet The Richest People In America. Retrieved March 17, 2018, from       

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This February, Prepare To Become THE CURED in Ellen Page Zombie Flick

How do you return to your regular, everyday life after the world has been brought back from a Zombie apocalypse? In David Freyne’s The Cured, we explore a world that has not only experience a zombie uprising, but has found a cure. The “Undead” have been cured and are in the initial stages of reintegrating themselves back into society. Surely it’s no easy feat to go from eating your friends and family for dinner, only to stroll back into the office a few weeks later. We, as a people, are no strangers to mental illness and P.T.S.D. but nothing could prepare you for the nightmare our main characters have lived through.

Written and Directed by David Freyne, The Cured stars Ellen Page (Hard Candy, Flatliners) who also holds a producing credit on the film. Rounding out the cast are Sam Keeley, and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor. The film had its world premiere last year at the Toronto Film Festival as part of TIFF’s Special Presentations Programme. The Cured drops on VOD platforms February 23, 2018.

Our very own Joe Lipsett describes the film in his review for Bloody Disgusting:

[The Cured] takes place in Dublin, four years after an outbreak of the MAZE virus turned whole swarms of the population into mindless attackers. 75% of infected people have been Cured, including protagonist Senan (Sam Keeley) who is being released back into society (the other 25% are Cure-resistant and are kept under military guard perilously close to the city). The central conceit of The Cured is that Senan and the other Cured survivors retain the memories of what they did during the infection, which means they must deal with the shame and the nightmares. That’s all before the external threats: despite being given a clean bill of health by the government, the Cured must contend with fear, distrust, and isolation from those who were never infected and aren’t afraid to voice their displeasure.

David Freyne is an Irish director who received his MA in film from University College Dublin. He co-founded Tilted Pictures in 2008. His short films include The Mill (2009), Passing (2010), The Tree (2012), and The First Wave (2014) which served as a pilot for his first feature, The Cured. The film is produced by Rachael O’Kane Rory Dungan, and Ellen Page.

The Cured drops on VOD platforms February 23, 2018. Are you excited to see this original take on the zombie genre? Let us know in the comments below!

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Things to consider on actual TV tonight:

Get on Up - 825 - 20:00 - 23:30 - will have commercials

The Thin Man - 869 - 20:00 - 23:45 - won't have commercials

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure - 20:00 - 22:00 - will have commercials

Things to consider on Netflix:

WWII and the Man of Steel - doc about Stalin - two 45 minute eps - TVPG

Pottersville - Drunk guy mistaken for bigfoot, parody ensues - 1:25 - PG-13

Russell Howard: Recallibrate - 1:09 - TV-MA

Lagaan - 3:43 - PG

Mumbai Pune Mumbai - 1:42 - TV-14

Bright - 1:57 - TV-MA

Chuck Norris vs. Communism - guy translating smuggled movies in Romania - 1:20 - TV-MA

Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo - 1:39 - TV-14

Williams - about the UK F1 team family - 1:44 - TV-MA

The Trip to Spain - 1:47 - TV-MA

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 - 2:15 - PG-13

Jaane Tu Janne Na - 2:26 - TV-PG

Beauty and the Beast - 2:09 - PG

Todo sobre el asado - 1:25 - TV-14

The Big Family Cooking Showdown - ten 59 minute episodes left - TV-PG

In Search of Israeli Cuisine - 1:38 - TV-PG

Chef & My Fridge - Korean reality show where celebs bring their food and requests to chefs to prepare - two seasons - TV-PG

Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown - 1:59 - TV-14

Gaga: Five Foot Two has to pause it ages ago because it got too strobey to watch without it being on a TV in proper lighting - 53 minutes remaining - TV-MA

Tales of Irish Castles - five 40 - 45 minute episodes remaining - TV-PG

Message from the King - a South African comes to LA to avenge his sister's death - 1:42 - R

An American in Madras - Ellis R. Dungan's time in India - 1:19 - TV-PG

Ekaant - Historic locations in India - twenty-six 20~ minute episodes - TV-PG

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Why Some Siblings Become Neighbors

AMY MIKLER FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

When Liz Willis was a freshman at Texas A&M and her older sister Kim Coates was in her first year of medical school, they lived together in a place near College Station, Texas.

It lasted one semester.

“She didn't like my pizza boxes,” says Ms. Willis. “She stole all my clothes,” counters Ms. Coates.

Now the two sisters are living together again-but this time in different houses-on an 8-acre property in Austin. Between the two homes is a swimming pool and pool house that Ms. Coates built and which they share. Ms. Coates, 52, recently finished building a contemporary home that features oak, steel and concrete. Ms. Willis, 48, is in the middle of construction to replace a house she'd already renovated once before.

Multigenerational living is on the rise in the U.S., as are large compounds of separate buildings for just one family. But architects and home builders are noting the emergence of requests by siblings for separate homes on the same property, usually divided. Whether built on land left to them by parents or property purchased by one or both, these brothers and sisters are homesteading together, but apart.

Having separate houses can alleviate some of the stresses associated with living together. Most notably, it allows for distinct financial responsibilities and more privacy. The siblings and their families can spend time in the same place and then go to their separate spaces. Visiting relatives can see both families at once.

Shaped like an L, the house has an open feel inside and lots of glass looking over the backyard.

AMY MIKLER FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Coates built a pool and a pool house eight years ago in between their homes for the two sisters to share.

AMY MIKLER FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Conversely, living in close quarters poses the danger of magnifying decades-old sibling jealousies and tensions. Differences in personal wealth or approaches to home-building can also arise. Sometimes spouses with their own agendas can cause problems.

Six years ago, four siblings-two sisters and two brothers, who requested their names not be used-tore down an 8,000-square-foot house they inherited from their mother in the San Francisco Bay Area and subdivided the 1-acre lot, allocating parcels by having one of their children pick numbers from a hat. Each sibling then asked architect Steven Stept to design their homes.

“It's been an interesting process-a little bit painful at times,” says Mr. Stept, a managing partner at Feldman Architecture in San Francisco. The architect is almost finished with a roughly $7 million project for the siblings, who range in age from 40 to 47.

The four houses range from 3,100 square feet to 3,700 square feet and sit about 20 feet apart from each other. They're connected by paths and share a swimming pool. While the siblings weren't completely unanimous about the style of the homes, they all compromised: The houses share the same “modern California” aesthetic, with boxy shapes clad in stucco and wood. Inside, however, the homes have subtle differences in materials and finishes. One brother was very detail-oriented and led others to consider more modern design, while one of the spouses questioned the technology decisions. But the siblings worked it all out, says Mr. Stept.

On Bainbridge Island, Wash., Bob Manlowe and his sister, Laury Bryant, decided to build separate vacation homes on a 1-acre property that had been in their family for decades. The siblings tore down two existing structures-a run-down log cabin built in the early 1900s and a small house where their grandparents had summered-and hired Seattle architect Matthew Coates to design one house on the Puget Sound and one house a little up the hill, offset so as not to obstruct each other's views. The siblings declined to disclose construction costs, but similar houses would cost about $4 million combined to build, contractors estimate.

Mr. Coates says designing two homes for siblings has been much easier than designing one house for a married couple. That's because the homes can be symbiotic while still having a distinct architectural style. “Even the question of who got the house on the water wasn't a problem,” says Mr. Coates. Mr. Manlowe got the house on the water, but the two families share the beach, kayaks and a patio with a fire pit.

Mr. Manlowe, a 58-year-old attorney, says there was never any question he and his sister would embark on the project together. He took the design lead-a role he was used to as the elder brother who used to “take me to task,” jokes Ms. Bryant. As they've grown older, their lives have continued to be intertwined, with their children, seven between the two of them, becoming good friends. “The project could have gone either way, but it ended up bringing us closer together,” says Ms. Bryant, a 57-year-old communications consultant. “It was a common bond.”

For Wendy Hogan, achieving closeness and privacy at the same time was the goal when she and her husband, Robert, bought 10 acres for $250,000 just outside of Rapid City, S.D., near where Wendy Hogan grew up and much of her family still resides. The couple, both psychologists whose primary home is on Amelia Island, Fla., then spent around $1 million to build themselves a modern, 1,500-square-foot modular home for part-time use, and a 4,500-square-foot, full-time home for Wendy Hogan's brother, Bill Howell, 59, an airline-safety inspector. “We had some extra cash,” says Mr. Hogan.

The two houses have a barn between them and are about a five-minute walk apart. In the summers, when the Hogans are there for almost four months, they have Mr. Howell over for cocktails and dinner every night. “He's just a really congenial guy,” says Robert Hogan. For her part, Dr. Hogan, who is 62, says that by living so close to her brother she is tempted to comment on his parenting- and sometimes she does just that. “I talk about it openly and honestly with him,” she says.

Mr. Howell, who is divorced, says he appreciates his sister's advice. “She gives me pointers, but she's sensitive about it.” He was a little worried about privacy issues but it hasn't been a problem, and having his brother-in-law always working up something on the grill makes his life easier, he says.

Denver architect Brad Tomecek spent time separately with the Hogans and Mr. Howell before he created the design. The challenge was how to deliver something cohesive that would adhere to the Hogans' more modern aesthetic without making Mr. Howell, who likes his La-Z-Boy recliner, uncomfortable.

Most siblings who build homes on the same property end up dividing the land with ownership under separate deeds. While it's possible to have a form of joint ownership known as tenancy in common, the issue of what happens if one person wants to sell always comes up, says Birmingham, Ala.-based architect Jeff Dungan, who is in the middle of a project for two brothers building separate homes on a 12-acre lot in Florida.

For example, Ms. Coates and Ms. Willis, the Texas siblings, along with their husbands, bought their property in 2001. The 8-acre parcel, valued at about $960,000, is located on the Colorado River, about 13 miles northwest of downtown Austin. They subdivided the land in 2015, when Ms. Coates started to build her 7,000-square-foot house, designed by Austin based architect Kevin Alter, spending about $500 a square foot.

Now the two sisters own a dance-clothing company together, working from an office that's also on the property. Though they spend almost all day every day together, even having dinner together with their families some nights, they have carved out some separations. Ms. Willis is building her own pool, so her teenage daughter doesn't bother Ms. Coates, whose own children are now out of the house. Ms. Coates recently moved her office upstairs: She says it's because they needed more room for new employees. Her sister says it's because she was talking too much.

“She's always the queen. She's in charge, and I'm good with that,” says Ms. Willis.

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Four more Irish films have been added to the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) line-up. David Freyne’s The Cured (formerly The Third Wave) will receive its world premiere at TIFF, screening in Special Presentation at the festival, while Rebecca Daly’s Good Favour will be presented in TIFF’s Contemporary World Cinema strand, with both films receiving their world premieres at the festival. Brian O’Malley’sThe Lodgers will also debut at the world-renowned festival; premiering in the Contemporary World Cinema strand and fresh from its triumph at the Cannes Film Festival, Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing of a Sacred Deer will screen in Special Presentations. These four Irish titles join previously announced Irish films at TIFF 2017, including the IFB-backed The Breadwinner, Mary Shelley and Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami, and Disobedience, which is produced by Element Pictures.

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Featuring a stellar Irish and international cast including Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and Ellen Page, David Freyne’s The Cured is produced by Rory Dungan and Rachael O’Kane at Tilted Pictures. For six years, a virus has devastated Europe, transforming people into zombie-like monsters. All is lost until a cure is found. The cure, which has a 75% success rate, restores the infected to full physical health, although the cured remember everything they did while infected. Three years into this great hope, the third wave of cured are ready for release in Ireland.

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Produced by John Keville and Conor Barry of Savage Productions alongside Benoit Roland of Wrong Men, Rebecca Daly’s Good Favour follows a young man named Tom who walks out of an immense forest into the lives of a strictly devout Christian community carving out a remote existence in central Europe. As Tom is initiated into their farming life and scriptural regime, he discovers the community is suffering a crisis of faith following a devastating loss.

  Brian O’Malley’s The Lodgers is a gothic ghost story set in the 1920s about orphaned twins Edward (Bill Milner) and Rachel (Charlotte Vega) who share a crumbling manor in 1920s rural Ireland – but they are not alone. They share the house with unseen entities who control them with three absolute rules. As separate fates draw them apart, the twins must face the terrible truth about their family’s ghostly tormentors. The film also features Irish talent such as Moe Dunford, Deirdre O’Kane, Roisin Murphy. The Lodgers was primarily shot in Loftus Hall in County Wexford, which is widely known as being the most haunted house in Ireland. The film is produced by Ruth Treacy and Julianne Forde of Tailored Films.

It’s a huge honour to have our gothic ghost story The Lodgers selected for the highly competitive and prestigious Toronto International Film Festival. It was always our dream to have our film premiere at an A-list international festival and we’re really excited to see how audiences and distributors respond to it. Ruth Treacy, Producer – Tailored Films

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Following a successful screening at the Cannes Film Festival, where it scooped the award for Best Screenplay, Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing of a Sacred Deer sees Colin Farrell starring as Steven; a charismatic surgeon forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart when the behaviour of a teenage boy (played by up-and-coming Irish actor, Barry Keoghan) he has taken under his wing takes a sinister turn. Nicole Kidman stars as the wife of Farrell’s character, in the film which is produced by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element Pictures.

The 2017 Toronto International Film Festival takes place from 7–17 September and more information can be found here.

#IrishAbroad: Four more Irish films added to the Toronto International Film Festival line-up Four more Irish films have been added to the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) line-up. David Freyne’s…

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The vertical position of the player character is critical information to the player during the frantic play of Spider-Man 2 (also known as Spider-Man 2: The Video Game), and this was reflected in the mini-map they possess. The player’s position is raised on the mini-map based on their verticality, allowing them to better assess their current location and the best route forward.