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Movie: Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)

“A famous film director returns home to a Sicilian village for the first time after almost 30 years. He reminisces about his childhood at the Cinema Paradiso where Alfredo, the projectionist, first brought about his love of films. He is also reminded of his lost teenage love, Elena, who he had to leave before he left for Rome. Written by Graeme Roy {gsr@cbmamiga.demon.co.uk}”

• Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
• Release Date: 23 February 1990 (USA)
• Run Time: 155 min | Italy:170 min (director's cut) | 124 min (International version)
• Country: Italy , France
• Genre: Comedy , Drama , Romance
• MPAA: Rated R for some sexuality. (director's cut)

Tagline: A celebration of youth, friendship, and the everlasting magic of the movies.

Trivia: Director Cameo: [Giuseppe Tornatore]the person working the projection machine when Salvatore is watching the compilation of scenes that Alfredo made for him

Goofs: Continuity: When Toto is young, the films that Alfredo gave him catch fire. They burn and ruin the only picture that his mother had of his father. When Toto is a grown up, this “burnt” picture is hanged on the wall totally unharmed.

Are you at the end of a relationship and finding it hard to come to terms with your loss? Are you finding it hard to understand why your relationship has come to the end in the way that it did? Are you feeling that this may be something that you just cant get over? Do you just want the pain and anguish to go away so that you can heal and start over again? If you are experiencing a bad relationship break up then you can certainly understand the negative impact that it can have on your emotions and also the feelings of the people that love and look out for you. (more…)

There is nothing you can do to avoid the pain and the frustration when you have to face a break up. Especially if you felt real love and counted on that relationship. There are lots of tips and advices everywhere about how to mend a broken heart, how to survive a break up, healing a broken heart and so on. But what about getting your ex back for good? Did you consider this? (more…)

Handling a relationship break up is never easy. Its always a sad event full of hurt feelings and unresolved issues. Whether youve been dumped or youre the one whos ended the relationship, breaking up is hard. (more…)

Poetry is the language of love. For centuries, poems have expressed intimate feelings and emotions, and have been used to record significant thoughts and events in an artistic form. Naturally, a wedding ceremony is the perfect forum for a heartfelt poetry reading. (more…)

Movie: Apocalypse Now (1979)

“It is the height of the war in Vietnam, and U.S. Army Captain Willard is sent by Colonel Lucas and a General to carry out a mission that, officially, ‘does not exist - nor will it ever exist’. The mission: To seek out a mysterious Green Beret Colonel, Walter Kurtz, whose army has crossed the border into Cambodia and is conducting hit-and-run missions against the Viet Cong and NVA. The army believes Kurtz has gone completely insane and Willard’s job is to eliminate him! Willard, sent up the Nung River on a U.S. Navy patrol boat, discovers that his target is one of the most decorated officers in the U.S. Army. His crew meets up with surfer-type Lt-Colonel Kilgore, head of a U.S Army helicopter cavalry group which eliminates a Viet Cong outpost to provide an entry point into the Nung River. After some hair-raising encounters, in which some of his crew are killed, Willard, Lance and Chef reach Colonel Kurtz’s outpost, beyond the Do Lung Bridge. Now, after becoming prisoners of Kurtz, will Willard & the others be able to fulfill their mission? Written by Derek O’Cain”

• Director: Francis Ford Coppola
• Release Date: 15 August 1979 (USA)
• Run Time: 153 min | 202 min (Redux version)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Action , Drama , War
• MPAA: Rated R for disturbing violent images, language, sexual content and some drug use. (2001 director's cut)

Tagline: The Horror. . . The Horror. . .

Trivia: Although no date or year is given for when the film takes place, a newspaper being read by the crew features an article on the trial of Charles Manson. This would date the action to January 1970.

Goofs: Continuity: The blades of the Huey helicopter when the Playmate of the Year arrives.

Movie: Apocalypse Now (1979)

“It is the height of the war in Vietnam, and U.S. Army Captain Willard is sent by Colonel Lucas and a General to carry out a mission that, officially, ‘does not exist - nor will it ever exist’. The mission: To seek out a mysterious Green Beret Colonel, Walter Kurtz, whose army has crossed the border into Cambodia and is conducting hit-and-run missions against the Viet Cong and NVA. The army believes Kurtz has gone completely insane and Willard’s job is to eliminate him! Willard, sent up the Nung River on a U.S. Navy patrol boat, discovers that his target is one of the most decorated officers in the U.S. Army. His crew meets up with surfer-type Lt-Colonel Kilgore, head of a U.S Army helicopter cavalry group which eliminates a Viet Cong outpost to provide an entry point into the Nung River. After some hair-raising encounters, in which some of his crew are killed, Willard, Lance and Chef reach Colonel Kurtz’s outpost, beyond the Do Lung Bridge. Now, after becoming prisoners of Kurtz, will Willard & the others be able to fulfill their mission? Written by Derek O’Cain”

• Director: Francis Ford Coppola
• Release Date: 15 August 1979 (USA)
• Run Time: 153 min | 202 min (Redux version)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Action , Drama , War
• MPAA: Rated R for disturbing violent images, language, sexual content and some drug use. (2001 director's cut)

Tagline: The Horror. . . The Horror. . .

Trivia: Although no date or year is given for when the film takes place, a newspaper being read by the crew features an article on the trial of Charles Manson. This would date the action to January 1970.

Goofs: Continuity: The blades of the Huey helicopter when the Playmate of the Year arrives.

Movie: American History X (1998)

“Derek Vinyard returns from prison to find his younger brother, Danny, caught in the same web of racism and hatred that landed him in prison. After Derek’s father is killed in the line of duty by a minority, Derek’s view of mankind is altered, but while in prison, he discovers that there is good and bad in every race. The task before him now is to convince Danny of his newfound enlightenment. Written by Robin {soonerzs@yahoo.com}”

• Director: Tony Kaye
• Release Date: 30 October 1998 (USA)
• Run Time: 119 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Crime , Drama
• MPAA: Rated R for graphic brutal violence including rape, pervasive language, strong sexuality and nudity.

Tagline: His father taught him to hate. His friends taught him rage. His enemies gave him hope.

Trivia: Marlon Brando turned down Stacy Keach’s role.

Goofs: Continuity: The first time when Derek was stacking the sheets, he threw a stack of sheets onto the shelf behind him, where they lay all disorganized. In the next few seconds, the sheets that had been thrown keep changing positions, and the piles of sheets on the table change positions between shots.

Major depression is out of control in our society. Millions of people are on anti-depressants and look for professional help to improve their suffering. Millions more are on alternative healing remedies such as St. Jones growth or amino acids. Do these remedies work what can be done to feel better when major depression comes about? The answer is clearly not simple, and each person must finally be helped in a tailor-made fashion. However, whether you are seeking help or not, whether you are using remedies or not, the single most important thing to keep in mind is this: the experience of major depression should be seen as not you. (more…)

More than 17 million American people are affected by anxiety depression symptoms, so that the specialists have been calling this illness as psychiatric flu.

When the young people are concerned, the psychiatric factors are the ones that influence the anxiety depression symptoms. People have to be thought by the specialist how to deal with the stress factors and also they need to know how to improve their own capacity of handling these stressing factors. Almost the majority of the anxiety depression symptoms are very respondent to different treatments, especially to medication. As a modality of reducing stress, anyone can cut some hours from the work schedule program and a refusal of some social obligations. As for the more improved stress confrontation capacity, the patient is supposed to do a lot of relaxing exercises, more adequate sleeping hours and a healthy diet. (more…)