purahanda kaluwara ( death on a full moon day ) ( sinhalese : පුරහඳ කළුවර ) is a 2001 sri lankan sinhala drama film directed and produced by prasanna vithanage .

it stars joe abeywickrama and priyanka samaraweera in lead roles along with linton semage and mahendra perera .

music composed by nadeeka guruge .

the film has received mainly positive reviews .

it is the 967th sri lankan film in the sinhala cinema .

purahanda kaluwara

purahanda kaluwara <EOT> prasanna withanage , is now waiting to release his internationally acclaimed film purahanda kaluwara soon .

the purahanda kaluwara cast also includes priyanka samaraweera , linton semage , mahendra perera , nayana hettiarachchi , kumara karunananda etc .

" speaking of his latest film purahanda kaluwara he said " we started the film in july , 1997 planning to finish by december .

as the event starts at 6 . 00 pm , dr . sunil wijesiriwardena is to give a talk on “art and the state” which will be followed by a special screening of “purahanda kaluwara” in a restored print with english subtitles . ‘purahanda kaluwara potha’ is published by sarasavi publishers .

joe abeywickrama as wannihami in prasanna vithanage ' s " purahanda kaluwara ( death on a full moon day " . one of the greatest performances i have seen… | pinteres…

“pura handa kaluwara” ( death on a full moon day ) a . . .

when asked about his latest creation he said , " it is too early to comment but if i am asked to redo the film " purahanda kaluwara " i would do it in the same way " .

writings on one of the much talked about films in the sri lankan cinema history , prasanna vithanage’s ‘purahanda kaluwara’ ( death on a full moon day ) made into a book will be launched on december 23 , 2010 at the national film corporation cinema .

what happened to him next ? the answer can be found in the new teledrama bim kaluwara " . every scene of this drama was shot in kandy .

celebrating the 10th anniversary of the release of the film , various writings including the screenplay of the film is included in the book titled “purahanda kaluwara potha” . the controversy ridden film was even taken to the supreme court of sri lanka claiming the violation of fundamental rights for freedom of expression when the authorities tried to prevent its public screening .

another new teledrama named " bim kaluwara " is now being telecast every tuesday on itn at 7 . 30 p . m . the teledrama based on a youth who is traumatised by what he saw in his environment during his childhood .

prasanna vithanage ' s film pura handa kaluwara has been shown at film festivals in north america , europe and asia but has yet to be released in sri lanka where it is certain to provoke controversy . the reason is clear . pura handa kaluwara ( death on a full moon day ) deals with the devastation of people ' s lives caused by the brutal 16 - year war carried out by the sri lankan state against the tamils living in the north of the island .

" p urahanda kaluwara ( death on a full moon day ) , " the award winning film by well - known film director prasanna vithanage will be screened from next month . the film will come up on 10 screens in the cel circuit .

purahanda kaluwara is not his first war related creation . involving himself in theatre on leaving school prasanna translated and directed bernard shaw ' s " arms and the man " in 1986 . war related themes in works of art can be seen in the country , he said " my idea was not to make a film in praise of war or against the war . but what i want was to share what i felt when i go to rural areas of the country in anuradhapura , madawachchiya etc . and i believe that a work of art is something that comes from the heart and it should penetrate others heart " , . the film is a self expression of its maker using the medium of the picture to tell his story in visual language " .

prasanna vithanage , director born in 1962 , prasanna vithanage’s opus of six previous films has made him one of sri lanka ’s leading filmmakers with a worldwide critical and popular reputation . he began his career in the 1980’s as a theatre director . he translated into sinhala and directed two plays before setting out as a filmmaker in 1992 . his fourth feature “purahanda kaluwara” ( death on a full moon day 1997 ) won the grand prix at the amiens film festival . while also devoting serious time and effort to the education and training of young people in the art and business of filmmaking , vithanage revisited theatre in time spent between making movies . in 2008 prasanna produced the hit comedy “machan” , an international co - production , directed by uberto pasolini . “oba nathuwa oba ekka” ( with you , without you ) is his seventh feature .

pura handa kaluwara , which was produced on a budget of only us $ 80 , 000 , is one of those few serious movies made each year in sri lanka . self - assured and sensitive direction by prasanna vithanage and an extraordinary performance by veteran actor joe abeywickrama as vannihamy , the film ' s main character , combine to produce an intensely dramatic story about one man ' s struggle with the tragedies caused by the war .

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the writer of this review was only able to see this film by attending the festival of recent sri lankan films ( 14 - 18 february ) held at the alliance française—an institution connected to the french embassy in sri lanka . at this festival a video of the film was projected onto a larger screen , and it has to be stated here that this manner of viewing the film prevents this writer from doing it full justice . despite this disadvantage it is clear that vithanage ' s film is a powerful work and one that will resonate with all those confronting the escalating number of tragedies produced by a war that has claimed at least 55 , 000 lives and left many more maimed , homeless and poverty stricken .

the film tells the story of vannihamy , an elderly farmer from one of the sinhala villages in the northern dry zone of sri lanka . in the opening sequences we see a land parched by a long drought , and the villagers , including vannihamy , undergoing great hardship due to the scarcity of water . vannihamy , even though he is blind , is an experienced farmer and predicts that rain can be expected within four days . he enlists the help of his future son - in - law to reinforce his mud hut ' s decayed thatching to withstand the monsoon ' s downpour .

vannihamy has two daughters and a son . the elder daughter , sumana ( nayana hettiarchchci ) , has married and moved away from home . sunanda ( priyanka samaraweera ) , the younger daughter , lives with the father in expectation of her marriage to a young man in the village . vannihamy ' s only son has joined the army fighting in the north .

the film begins with the sound of gathas—buddhist doctrinal verses that are rhythmically chanted . the influence that buddhism wields over people comes in for sharp criticism later in the film . clearly this chanting is intended to give the film viewer an awareness of the great disparity between buddhism ' s manner of comprehending life and the reality of a country ravaged by war . the doctrinal verses chanted here signify that the “triple - gem” ( buddha , his doctrine and his disciples—the monks ) will bless the believer and protect him from evil . the chanting of the stanzas merely as an accompanying background rhythm at the beginning of the film does not have the potential to convey to the viewer any other meaning than the traditional one . one may even say that the chanting , which is carried by the wind and reverberates in the distant horizons of the village , could have their age - old traditional effect on an unwary viewer—to lull man into unthinking acceptance of any social atrocity perpetrated on him .

full moon day—a day of immense religious significance to buddhists—arrives . buddhists consider this a day in which “universal ahimsa” ( no harm perpetrated on any living being ) should prevail . it is on this day , when serenity is supposed to reign supreme in the thoughts , deeds and words of mankind , that the coffin said to be carrying vannihamy ' s son arrives in the village .

the film deals principally with vannihamy ' s reactions to his son ' s death , especially his refusal to believe—against all evidence to the contrary—that his son has been killed in the war . vannihamy also rejects the money given by the state as compensation to members of a dead soldier ' s family .

the idea , which provides the film ' s essential foundation , is that the war raging in the north is not considered by the people to be their war . none of the characters representing ordinary people speak passionately about either taking part in the war or winning it . it is certainly something outside the pale of their deep - felt needs , but which at the same time has insidiously managed to become a “necessary evil”—a way to earn a living , when conditions of life are extremely difficult and problematic .

the only character we see making a pro - war , patriotic speech is the buddhist monk from the village temple who , accompanied by a few villagers , visits the bereaved vannihamy . the monk suggests that the villagers should honor vannihamy ' s son , a soldier who has laid down his life for the motherland , by building a bus shelter in his name . vannihamy off - handedly replies that a bus shelter would be beneficial to people no matter why it was built .

the film makes clear that the villagers only consider joining the army when they are in desperate economic straits . vannihamy ' s future son - in - law , for example , says that the way things are he too will have to join the army . vannihamy ' s son had enlisted with the sole aim of providing for his family—building a better home , ensuring a decent marriage for his younger sister . a letter the young man sent from the front , which the family receives after his death , expresses his desire to return home soon so he can set to work on those tasks .

vannihamy hangs on to this letter because it reinforces the belief that has taken root in him that his son is not dead . the coffin arrives sealed by the authorities , and the fact that no one can see the soldier ' s mortal remains also strengthens the old man ' s conviction . vannihamy ' s refusal to believe in his son ' s death is also bound up with his own attitude to life . he has , to all appearances , triumphed over his terrible physical handicap , blindness . only once do we see him as an enfeebled man—when he falls in the field and is carried home by the villagers . at other times his agility , alertness and confidence are such that the spectator forgets that he is blind . he easily stands out as the strongest character in the film . vannihamy ' s belief in his ability to triumph over difficulties leads him to believe the same about his son . he says that the blood which ran through the veins of his family ' s forefathers runs through his own and his son ' s veins too .

a few days before an alms - giving ceremony is to be held in memory of the dead young man , two soldiers emerge from the darkness at night and approach vannihamy , seated in front of his hut , to tell him that they ' ve brought a donation towards the alms - giving . they explain that members of his son ' s army unit have contributed to the donation . we see the old man struggling to face up to this new and irrefutable proof of his son ' s death . this is the most emotionally powerful moment in the film .

early next day , as the eastern sky glints coldly with streaks of morning light , we see vannihamy shouldering his mamoty ( spade ) and apparently heading towards the fields . we wonder whether he has finally brought himself to accept the fact of his son ' s death , but something unexpected takes place . vannihamy makes his way to his son ' s grave and starts digging it up . a young woman who comes to the village tank to fetch water sees vannihamy and informs the villagers . they rush to the scene and take on the job of unearthing the coffin themselves clearly with the intent of laying to rest the doubts assailing vannihamy . they retrieve the coffin , break the seal and open it . vannihamy , who is alert to everything going on , eagerly fingers the contents . all that is in the coffin are some pieces of wood and a large stone—nothing that could prove the death of vannihamy ' s son . as he leaves the graveyard vannihamy is neither a defeated man nor spiritually broken . it is clear that he still believes his son is alive .

vannihamy ' s stubborn refusal to believe that his son is no longer among the living evokes strong feelings in the spectator . the old man ' s refusal to believe in his son ' s death becomes completely plausible only when it is viewed as the result of an unconscious protective mechanism operating against the unbearable reality of his son ' s death .

it should be emphasized , however , that vannihamy is not merely a tragic figure . there is a nobility to his character that the other villagers find almost impossible to understand . this quality expresses itself above all in his refusal to accept the money handed out by the state as compensation for his son ' s death . vannihamy ' s deep attachment to his son makes it impossible for him to face up to the latter ' s death . this same love and a keen sense of spiritual dignity stands in the way of vannihamy ' s accepting the money . “what if my son comes home after we accept the money ; how can we face him ? ” he asks .

though vannihamy may even appear to the others as slightly mad , there is a profound humane logic in the stand he takes . the young man had gone to war seeing it as the only means through which his dreams could be realized . it was his son ' s dream of happiness . to accept the money paid as compensation for his death would be a betrayal , not only of the young man , but also of the dreams he cherished .

once the coffin has been opened vannihamy is no longer nagged by his relatives or harassed by the village ' s government officer to accept the compensation money . after breaking the official seal on the coffin it is no longer possible to apply for the money .

in the final sequences of the film we see vannihamy as we saw him at the beginning—a confident man at peace with himself . he comes to the village tank to fetch water , and listens eagerly to a ripple of laughter coming from the children bathing in the river . a scarcely perceptible smile comes to his lips—perhaps he remembers how his son used to play in the river . here the expectant yet deeply melancholic mood , which had till then had gripped vannihamy as well as the spectator , seems to slacken as an unexpected downpour patters on vannihamy ' s shoulders .

this deceptively simple film , which has been widely praised at many international film festivals , makes clear that the war has no popular support but has been unexpectedly and forcibly foisted by the sri lankan state onto the people , including the poverty - stricken sinhala farmers living in the north . it should be seen by all those seeking to understand the human consequences of sri lanka ' s civil war .

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after an explosion kills a man ' s ( joe abeywickrama ) son , the government offers him compensation , but he refuses it .

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grieving over the death of his son , a blind and superstitious sri lankan brickmaker causes family conflict when he refuses to accept government compensation for his loss .

logline : a young reporter dares to cover press freedom in one of the world’s most dangerous places for journalists – sri lanka .

synopsis : despite the dangers involved in working for the tamil newspaper uthayan in jaffna , young journalists like thadsa still join their ranks . apart from the chief editor , uthayan does not have a single news journalist over the age of 40 . as they grow older , young journalists come under family pressure to find a safer job . thadsa is passionate about reporting and wants to cover a story on a journalist who disappeared in 2007 , and look into the ongoing restrictions to press freedoms in sri lanka today .

kannan arunasalam , director kannan is an award - winning filmmaker , narrative journalist and media consultant who uses documentary , photography and multimedia forms of storytelling . his work has appeared in the guardian , the new yorker and broadcast on bbc and al jazeera english . kannan’s films have been screened at international documentary festivals and selected as the best documentaries from south asia for 2011 - 12 and 2013 - 14 . his first film ‘kerosene’ ( 16 mins ) won best documentary short at the south asian international documentary festival 2013 , seattle . his subsequent documentary short ‘the story of one’ ( 19 mins ) won the manuel rivera - ortiz foundation grant prize , 2013 .

the film set , in post war sri lanka , brings us close to two characters who collide quite accidentally , and through them we experience the deep and seemingly unbridgeable chasm that conflict almost always creates . will love help them cross the bridge ? or will the past continue to color the present ? a man and a woman from the two ends of the thirty - year - old bloody civil war in sri lanka discover that the color of love is blue , and life , shades of grey .

synopsis : grieving over the death of his son , a blind and superstitious sri lankan brickmaker causes family conflict when he refuses to accept government compensation for his loss .

august sun , set in sri lanka during the mid - 1990s and tells three simultaneous stories against the backdrop of the country’s savage civil war ( 1983 – 2009 ) chamari ( nimmi harasgama ) is searching for her husband , a sinhalese sri lankan air force pilot shot down in flight , whom she believes has been taken prisoner by the tamil tigers . desperate to know the truth , she enlists a sympathetic journalist and sets out on a journey to track him down .

28 original title : 28 genre : drama director : prasanna jayakody cinematographer : chandana jayasinghe cast : mahendra perera , semini iddamalgoda , rukmal nirosh synopsis abasiri’s wife suddhi abandoned him a long time ago . now , abasiri and his young friend mani are summoned to identify a woman who was raped and murdered in colombo . hiding his distress after the shocking discovery that it’s his own wife , abasiri embarks on a strange journey with the coffin back to his village where rumours about suddhi’s demise are already spreading .

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the film , the fourth by prasanna , has won the grand prix award at the amiens film festival , the international critic ' s award - fribourg and best actor ( singapore ) .

the film written and directed by prasanna himself is woven around a blind father - wannihami ( joe abeywickrama ) who refuses to believe that his son is dead .

the lake on the edge of the jungle is almost dry and he collects water from what is left in the lake , but he knows the rain will come soon .

the day rains fall on the day that his soldier son ' s body , which is in a sealed coffin , is buried . wannihami who firmly believes that he is alive strongly refuses to sign the papers which will entitle the family to compensation for his son ' s death .

" finding a dramatic premise for a film is important to me , " says prasanna , adding that it is the major guiding principle in his search for truth through medium of film .

" so far , all my films have tried to portray the mediocrity of everyday conventional living and how conformity to social rules can hinder a person ' s search for happiness and the truth about himself or herself . "

prasanna directed his first film " sisila gini gani " ( ice on fire ) in 1992 and the second , anantha rathriya ( dark night of the soul ) in 1996 . his third film pawru walalu ( walls within ) in 1997 went on to win the best actress award at the 1998 singapore film festival .

commenting on his films prasanna says : " my films have gone against the grain of sri lankan filmmakers in many aspects . the most obvious difference is the length of my films . "

" i wanted to make films in the way that european , japanese and other filmmakers do , which means i had to pay attention to details . i believe that persevering with the search for truth invariably leads to brevity and sometimes even silence . "

the art director of the film is k . a . milton perera while the director of photography is m . d . mahindapala .

it is produced by makota ueda ( nhk ) and prasanna vithanage productions . [ sas ]

h is name is well - known within the film making industry , but not outside of it . having actively contributed to 34 films as an assistant director , danesh lanka peiris remains a very silent personality .

" i did not want to go after publicity and just concentrate on my work , " danesh says .

after completing formal education at mahanama college , kollupitiya , danesh entered the film world with the support of his uncle - hemasiri sellapperuma - a very popular sinhala film director .

" since the beginning , i have been interested in the technical side of film making , which helped me to get an in - depth knowledge about the film industry . "

the first film he worked on as an assistant director was " chandingeth chandiya " directed by sellapperuma . among his other films are " neva gilunath ban choon , nommara 17 , uthura dakuna , salambak handai , asai bayai etc . most of these have been screened over 100 days breaking records on the local silver screen .

" during my film career , i was able to associate with top stars of the local silver screen and i got an opportunity to work in countries like india , thailand and england as some of the films were shot overseas . "

apart from being an assistant director , danesh has already touched film production . so far , he has produced one film " soorayo wedakarayo . "

washington ( afp ) - with the tragedy surrounding last week ' s devastating attacks seared into the american consciousness , us movie studios have taken steps to re - edit or delay the release of films depicting scenes now considered insensitive .

among the rejigged productions are several featuring the now - destroyed twin towers of new york ' s world trade centre and some with terrorists as characters .

" bad company " , an action - comedy starring anthony hopkins , has been pushed back indefinitely from its scheduled december release because terrorists , of various ethnic extractions , are the " bad guys " in the film , which also features a suitcase bomb on the verge of detonation , the hollywood reporter trade magazine said thursday .

the film was made by walt disney , which announced immediately after the september 11 attacks it would also postpone the release of " big trouble " , a comedy about a bomb in a suitcase featuring fbi agents .

another high - profile casualty of the attacks is arnold schwarzenegger , whose " collateral damage " , a story of a man seeking revenge after a terrorist bomb kills his family in a skyscraper , was a yanked from its october 5 release .

among the films in production being re - tooled to remove potentially offensive scenes is " men in black 2 " , a sequel of the 1997 hit starring will smith and tommy lee jones .

a scene filmed against the backdrop of the twin towers will have to be re - shot , the producers of the film told variety , the entertainment industry trade daily .

also , a trailer for " spider - man " , a live - action movie featuring the comic book - hero bitten by a radioactive spider , has been pulled from theatres because it shows bank robbers trapped in a spiderweb spun between the twin towers . the scene is not in the movie , which is going ahead virtually untouched .

and hong kong action star jackie chan is having " nosebleed " , a film he was about to begin filming , completely rewritten because it originally portrayed him as a window cleaner on the world trade centre who battles terrorists targeting the statue of liberty , media reported .

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eighteen years ago , young journalist , attached to now defunct newspaper ' sun ' , left the job to take up music as a full time occupation .

nobody expected him to lead his band for almost two decades , but he did through storms , ups and downs .

sajith muthukumarana , the leader of the band ' ecstasy ' has never taken ' no ' as the answer .

1985 - little hut night club of mt . lavinia hotel 1986 - 87 ' sunset night club " of browns beach hotel , negombo , 1988 - 89 " colombo 2000 " of le galadari meridian , 1990 - 91 " peacock night club " of mount royal beach hotel , and again from 1991 to ' 96 ' little hut ' for a second time and then taj samudra hotel from 1997 - 2000 to name a few .

' other than these venues , special mention must be made about ' coral gardens hotel ' hikkaduwa where the band played long contracts since 1986 , and " bentota beach hotel " where we still continue to perform , ' said sajith .

in addition to local commitments , ' ecstasy ' has performed a three month contract in singapore in 89 / 90 and a couple of shows for the ' lanka lions ' in doha , qatar in 1996 .

a unique feature in the band is the versatality that they have shown in adopting well to the musical requirements of the venue , be it night club or hotel lobby .

the present line up is a mixture of experience and youth , which has been combined correctly to create a feeling of ' ecstasy ' .

sajith mutukumarana who has been leading the band from the inception is in overall charge , looking into all aspects of the business . all practices and musical arrangements too are under the strict scrutiny of sajith .

then there is ranjith perera on bass who has been a steady part of ecstasy far a long time since 1991 , and clifford de andrews who needs no introduction in the field of guitar artistry also has been with the band for over 7 years . then comes the talented drummer with a voice to remember marian francis who joined the line up about 3 years ago .

the newcomers to the band who joined this year are nishantha abrew on keyboards and chaminda dantila , a very versatile singer on vocals , both of whom have rock / folk inclination as well as oriental flavours in their music .

the band is on the lookout for a dynamic frontline female vocalist who could be ready by the season . " if we find someone good and matching we will take her on permanently , otherwise we intend to session work with the present day female vocalists in the scene as and when the need arises , " says sajith .

ecstasy is now ready for the kill in the new century and is looking forward to the first ever season of the new millennium with a wider repertoire than even before .

the fourteenth ' international jazz festival ' will be held from may 20 to 27 on board the ' azur festival lines ' cruise ship .

azur - festival line cruise ship is a floating three star hotel with all modern facilities including swimming pool , a cinema , casino , a gym , a couple of specialized restaurants and five bars .

the jazz festival will feature over fifty musicians from around the world and this will be the first time this type of festival being held on board a ship .

the popular groups include ' the festival all stars ' ( usa ) , the three divas ( usa ) , oscar kleins jazz show , ' blue galore ' with guitar crusher & tommie harris trio ' , ' the swing men 2000 ' , ' lady bass and jazz ladies ' , ' johnny rogers and the midnight soul show ( usa ) , ron ringwoods gospel messengers ( usa ) , and paris washsboard ( france ) .

the whole festival includes 80 concerts on five indoor and outdoor stages . the music ranging from new orleans and mainstream jazz , blues , gospel , ' rhythm & blues ' , dixieland to ' swing and soul ' .

the cruise starts at the greek port pireaus and sails for seven days through the blue waters of the mediterranean - italy , malta and greece . the ports of call are savona , capri , catania , malta , katakolon , corfu , dubrovnik and venice .

the local agents for this cruise is ' kontiki ' , which brings a new wave in the local travel business .

there will be special programmes with constantly changing line - ups . the open jam sessions will be another attraction .

the exciting trips in the ports of call to places of historical and cultural interests will also be arranged through ' kontiki ' .

according to a spokesman from kontiki , festival cruise has a special workshop for gospel , jazz and blues on board .

' this would be an extremely relaxed atmosphere without a dress code required elsewhere , ' he added .

i have gone past ' habarana ' many times , but never bothered to take a look around .

when they say ' habarana ' , the main thing that got into my mind was dry , dusty and sticky heaty weather .

but i never expected the ' lodge ' to be different from most of the hotels in the area .

swimming pool , a / c rooms , posh dining area , wild life excursions , are the common sales points of the hotels in the cultural triangle . but the ' lodge ' has something more with extra weight . the trees .

the main attraction of the hotel is the greenery . ' most of the trees were saved in the area , when the hotel was built nearly eighteen years ago ' .

that ' s what i believed before the manager suraj perera explained and said that they all came from mahaweli area now under water .

the ' lodge ' is set in a 27 acres land with hundreds of big trees by the beautiful habarana ancient irrigation lake . the air is pure and filled with the songs of exotic sri lankan birds . some people do come for ' birdwatching ' and to spend the night by the lake on a tree top .

this sounds mad but believe me it ' s facinating and romantic . the lake was tranquil and beautiful and it is out of the world for lovers . apart from the scenic beauty , the ' lodge ' provides 53 chalets with 150 rooms with a / c , balcony or terrace , hot and cold water , and with absolute privacy .

' the lodge is the first resort hotel in sri lanka to get iso 9002 certificate and is now working towards the iso 14 , 000 top grade certificate from the iso , ' said the manager suraj perera .

the main restaurant is by the pool and a spacious open sided place . this serves western , eastern , chinese and international cuisine with seafood specialities .

' but most of our guests both local and foreign like to taste the traditional sri lankan food specially from the area , ' mr . perera said .

theme nights , special bar - b - q buffets are some of the attractions of the restaurants .

' we serve local cuisine on traditional clay pot style and show cooking is another attraction , ' the manager said .

the lodge is centrally located in the cultural triangle and is just one or two hours drive from important places . the lodge is a plendid place to explore the ancient cities like anuradhapura , polonnaruwa , sigiriya , dambulla and minneriya wildlife park . ritigala , pidurangala and the surrounding areas .

the architecture used in the lodge are more similar or has the influence of ritigala of 5th century bc .

' the pathways and the buildings were almost similar or influenced by that era , ' suraj said .

veda aspuwa with traditional herbal treatment draws large crowds at the ' lodge ' .

large grounds for cricket , tennis , badminton , jogging track , indoor games , fishing , elephant safaris and calypso music are some of the recreation and entertainment activities available at the hotel . also ' lodge ' has conference facilities with a large hall for 90 pax .

with all these modern facilities and the scenic beauty , ' lodge ' has become a " park " .

it is after15 years , neil alles is bringing his stage play " sihina sappuwa " ( the dream shop ) in to the limelight again .

the play that won the most popular stage drama award at the sama drama festival as a new production was first staged in 1984 and had to stop due to many reasons .

" ' sihina sappuwa ' which speaks about the problems of the youth is more appropriate to today ' s society than the time that it made . the problems discussed at that time now has worsened , said neil reasoning that made him to bring back the play .

" i made the play after 1971 insurrection where thousands were killed and highlighting the problems relating to education unemployment and war and poverty , " he added .

" compared to eighties era , the war has become a part of every one of us and one reason that lead me to bring back the play was that at least some one must be alert about these problems " .

according to him the problems of the youth are now just covers up without searching permanent solutions .

starting from the part he played as " chutte " in " kelani palama " ( kelani bridge ) neil alles has been playing over 50 stage dramas up to recently staged dharmasiri bandaranayke ' s " trojan kanthawo " ( thetrojan women ) and sunethra sarathchandra ' s " yerma " , including famous plays like " tharawo igilethi " , " avi " , and " gajaman puwatha , " etc .

neil alles , an actor in profession also had played over ten tele dramas including " bumuthurunu " , " du daruwo " , " gajaman nona " etc .

playing many roles in the stage for last three decades , neil alles still believes that the stage which gave him the recognition in the world of arts is above the cinema or the teledrama .

" as one can not forget the mother who gave birth , i can not forget the stage " , said with his loyalty to the stage .

the professional stage drama actor is not in a happy tone when he is speaking about the present youth who are taking in to stage . " nowadays the younger generation use the stage only to make a name for them . they come to stage not with the idea of staying there whereas we played without expecting any financial benefit , " . " but we really enjoyed those hardship instead of thinking about them as burden , " said this well experience actor .

speaking on the stage dramas that brings nothing except humor and the plays that are produced for only commercial benefits , neil said " people are ready to pay a price to get momentarily happiness . this has lead to produce plays with any taste just to earn money . but the with the hardships we experienced we can ' t make the stage a place of a business " .

when asked about the steps to make the stage more popular place among the public neil allas said " firstly everyone must go for stage drama . and must find solution for the main problem face by the producers , the way to find the finance " .

" there are so many sponsors for sports but no one going to sponsor for a play which is also important for the upliftment of our culture and tradition " , he said . he also admitted that there are lot of talented youngsters among us whom without anyone to back them to come up .

neil allas is ready to take his ' dream shop ' through out the country . " my idea is to put all earning from the play to produce another , " said with many plans to take more people to theatre in our country .

prasanna withanage must be one of the few directors in the country , who were fortunate enough to have won awards locally and internationally for all the films he made .

though quantity wise the film done by prasanna is not immense he has take the film world by storm .

the four films he directed were ' sisila gini gani ' ( ice on fire ) in 1992 which won nine ocic awards including best director , best actor and actress , " anantha rathriya " ( dark night of the soul ) in 1996 participated in several international film festivals and won jury ' s special mention at the 1st pusan international film festival and won main awards at the 1996 sri lanka film critics forum awards including most outstanding film , best director and script writer . " pawuru walalu " ( walls within ) in 1997 won the best actress award for nita fernando at the 1998 singapore international film festival and ten awards at the sri lanka film critics forum awards .

after viewing his film ' anantha rathriya ' ( which is not yet released here ) , japanese broadcasting corporation ( nhk ) selected prasanna withanage among the asian film directors for sponsorship of his next film .

from the day i received the letter from the nhk selecting my next film for production sponsorship , we had to work really hard on the film . it was a hectic period where we worked 18 hours a day . the full period was unforgettable " , prasanna said .

the award winning film maker describing the encouragement that awards bring he said " awards are not to be kept in showcases but they give stability to filmmakers to stand independently and bring out their creative talent .

when went to madawachchiya to find locations for this film i had to mould the script according to what i saw there .

the half built houses started by the youths who had joined the army and were killed in battle ; the parents who are waiting for their sons and the gramasevakas who has lists of people who had joined the army are part of the scenario . when i was going there for three years there had been no rain to cultivate in the area and youths had no other job than joining the war .

of filmmakers who thinks only about its commercial benefits , prasanna withanage said , " the film is not a commodity for sale . it is an expression of ones self . there are two kinds of people i know in this world . they are people who exploit the world for the mere purpose of earning money and people who genuinely care about human beings " .

" salelu warama " is the latest film of creative script writer and director wasantha obeysekara .

the film in which the major part is over and is to be mixed soon . ; said the obeysekera . ' salelu warama ' an adaptation from a true incident was filmed in the areas of horana and akuressa took 27 days .

starting from the film " wesgaththo " in 1970 , mr . obeysekara ' s tenth film is his latest " salelu warama " . among the films he made some of them were landmarks in sri lankan film industry .

award winning films " palagatiyo " , " dhadayama " , " kedapathaka chaya " and " maruthaya " were some of them which became very popular among the filmgoers in this country .

the film maker ' s last film was " theertha yathra " , in which he made a story around adopted girl , who later go in search of her parents . there he brought out the idea that we are not belonged to anyone and it is meaningless going on thinking about who am i .

the story in " salelu warama " is around two university students and one student who passed out from there .

the film is based on a triangular conflict a around tragic love story . speaking on the completely different theme from all his other films , obeysekara said that the film tells ' how far correct is the judgment we make about others and how dangerous they could be ' . sometimes we tend to hide the real side of us due to this judgments make about us and the judgment we make about others .

" ultimately we are not what we are we have given a different picture about us " , he said .

the cast in the film comprise tony ranasinghe , kamal addararachchi , sangeetha weeraratne , pradeep senanayake , nayana kumari and others . jayanath gunawardena is behind the camera in " salelu warama " , while elmo halliday was the editor .

film score of the film is by the well experienced music director rohana weerasinghe and the script written by wasantha obeysekara .

the film was produced by sarath abeysena who produced mr . obeysekara ' s earlier film " dorakada marawa " , .

the award for the best short film at the mumbai international film festival for documentary , short and animation films this year was bestowed upon s . sriram , for his debut film titled ' blindfolded ' . hailing from chennai , this young cinematographer is equipped both with experience as well as a diploma in film from the adyar film institute . he has gained practical experience from the training and guidance he achieved through assisting santosh sivan , a renowned indian film director , in the making of ' malli ' and ' the terrorist ' .

sriram ' s twenty - four minute short film is based on the theme of child abuse in cities . this is a social problem that is occurring profusely in all the mega cities in asia . sriram himself admits that as far as social change is concerned his film is but only a ' drop in the ocean ' . however , his debut attempt in directing has at least created some awareness among the public .

the film portrays the life of a little girl - selvi , in a slum community , with a drunk for a father and a trollop of a mother . the whole film is shown through the eyes of the little girl who struggles valiantly to improve her miserable existence despite the constant physical and mental abuse by her uncaring parents .

the giant wheel at the fair symbolises the fantasy - like aspirations of the child whose eventual desire is focused on riding it .

she gets the chance to ride it after all , but her actions culminate in disaster . she is accused by her demented household of stealing ten rupees to go to the fair , and is thus brutally punished by being doused with kerosene and burnt alive .

the child selvi is portrayed by shweta and ghanapriya takes the role of her friend amuda .

as most child actors , both little girls were quite spontaneous in their actions in front of the camera and relied very little on direction . hence , sriram adapted his techniques accordingly in order to make the children ' s spontaneity an attribute . despite the director ' s modest appraisal of himself , ' blindfolded ' is sure to attract a lot of international attention throughout the coming year .

the story revolves around the difficulties faced by this young man both mentally and socially in his day to day life .

anil ( gamini jayawardana ) , who lost his father when he was a kid , was living with her mother ( suwinitha weerasinghe ) and his step father ( w . jayasiri ) . his step father is a funeral undertaker . anil grows up with a disturbed mind as he always see the coffins brought to his step father ' s shop .

when he becomes a young man he sees one of his friends being murdered by an unidentified gang . this incident aggravates his weak mental state further and he gets scared whenever the incident comes to his mind . his mentality does not allow him to reveal the incident to anyone . even though the family of his murdered friend wants him to testify before police he refuses to do so .

worried over his unstable mind his parents decide to send him to his aunt ' s place which they believe would give him an opportunity to overcome the situation . while at his aunt ' s place he gets married . but the change of environment or the marriage does not help to change his mentality but worsens it . as a result he loses his job and unable to bear the poverty his wife commits suicide .

it was written and directed by nimal ratnayake and produced by kapila kumara atupalage . the casts as follows : w . jayasiri , suwinitha weerasinghe , gamini wijewardana , chamila sanjeewani , granville rodrigo , g . r . perera , luxika fonseka , raja sumanapala , sriyani mahawatta and neela liyanage .


i am a dad ( hangul : 나는 아빠다 ; rr : naneun abbada ) , also known as i am father , is a 2011 south korean crime film co-directed by jeon man-bae and lee se-yeong , and written by yoon hyeon-ho .

it stars kim seung-woo as a corrupt cop who frames innocent people .

but when his daughter ( kim sae-ron ) gets injured because of his work and needs a heart transplant , he discovers that the heart would come from the wife of a magician ( son byong-ho ) he framed for murder .

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i am a dad <EOT> i am your father . avi luke , i am your father uploaded by chad molenaar

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i ' m not looking for your dad , i ' m looking for my dad . i need to find my dad .

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i was fortunate to have two dads , a rich dad and a poor dad . through my book rich dad poor dad , i shared the experiences that made me successful so others could begin to see money and finances in a whole new way .

colli dad , siarad am hynna - what time is it on tv ? cast list and preview .

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i sometimes swear . i always mock my kids . i’m * usually * joking . i do not accept guest posts . i will accept free beer . ( and vacations ! )

tag yourself i am the guy saying " dad the dog ' s out there pissing " as if dad – i . e . the man currently on a chair in what appears to be football socks , flapping a gym towel ineffectively at a bat – has any capacity or ability to do anything about it

tag yourself i am the quiet feeling this – the hand dust , the tiny moment of elated success – might be the greatest ever moment in derry ' s life . tag yourself i am enormously glad to have seen it .

no yes - i would like to be contacted by phone about special offers from rich dad .

tag yourself i am the sentence , " oh , fuck it . oh ! ho ! ho ! oh ! "

tag yourself i am this particularly weak flap by derry , a weak flap amongst weak flaps , the flap so weak it errs towards the existential , as if the flap is saying : what am i , and how did i end up here . standing on a chair in september . yelling and flapping at a bat .

" the reason i must be rich is because i have you kids . "

" the reason i ' m not rich is because i have you kids . "

“i got way too big off views / back to the basics , i won’t lose . ”

i get it now . i ' m the only one who can stop what she started . i can stop all of it ! she wouldn ' t have wanted this . but i do .

my real dad was very educated , worked hard , and made a good income . however , he held traditional views about money and as a result ended up struggling financially all his life – i call him my poor dad . my rich dad , ( my friend’s dad ) did not have a college degree , also worked hard , but he thrived financially . unlike my poor dad , he had a rich mindset and thought about money very differently and as a result ended up being one of the richest men in hawaii . through my rich dad’s financial advice , i discovered how to let money work for me and become a successful business owner .

when i heard the news of you , i did the things that most daddies do . i opened up my heart so wide , for you to have a place inside . i tried to imagine the person you ' d be , would you look or act like me ? i thought of the things we would do , the times we ' d share , just us two . i would hold your hand in mine , be your protector , strong yet kind . i would be your hero and friend , give advice on which you ' d depend . i remember the day you were born , i cradled a miracle , small and warm . what words i had were scarce and few , a tear was the best that i could do . life gave me a moment so rare , bursting with pride , love and care . i promised you then all that i had , see you are my child , i am your dad .

tag yourself i am maureen just immediately going back to ironing , do not pass go , do not collect £200 , do not make a cup of tea or have a sit down and a breather – no : life goes on , ironing needs doing and the dog needs shouting at for having a piss . tag yourself i am just absolutely not fucking around here just because a bat just devastated my kitchen .

my rich dad said , “the poor and middle class work hard for their money . the rich have their money work hard for them . ” the power of thinking like the rich — the message of rich dad poor dad .

i , dad and buried ( aka mike julianelle ) , am a 41 - year - old brooklyn dad who is sharing my experiences as a father and whining about the ways the existence of my son s ( detective munch is seven , the hammer is two ) – not to mention the myriad responsibilities surrounding their existence – are destroying my social life .

steven screams that he doesn ' t know a thing about " my dad " . aquamarine claims that yellow diamond asked for " a ' my dad ' , a ' connie ' , a ' lars ' , a ' sadie ' , a ' mailman ' and an ' onion i think ' — six human variations specified on a report by peridot - 5xg " .

son , i am disappoint is a series of exploitable comics illustrating uneasy or disconnected dialogues between a son and a father . it is similar in nature to what ' s all this racket , son , although the phrase is used to express disappointment in someone ' s actions or words , rather than irritation . the phrase " i am disappoint " itself has gained much more popularity than the original comic .

tag yourself i just hit a bat with a towel but i ' m not quite sure if i caught the bat , so , tentatively , like looking inside a tissue after blowing your nose , i check inside the towel , which is empty , and a bat flies around near my head , and there , muffled by a door , i can hear a simple scream : " he ' s making a mockery out of you , boy . "

“i was like , ‘i’m going to travel anyways , i’m never going to be home , if it’s what ' s going to make my mom happy , then that’s ok , ’” owens said . “then we moved here and then i ended up taking a break from modeling , so i ended up living here . ”

let me put this out there : i am a gilmore girls superfan . i ' ve watched the entirety of the show multiple times through and know it inside out . i ' ve gotten to the point where i know exactly what gilmore girls episode can complement my exact moods and what gilmore girls quotes i can whip out at family gatherings as a snappy comeback to silly questions about my personal life ( in true lorelai gilmore form , my mom gets every single one ) .

this episode takes place immediately after the events of " are you my dad ? " .

" i am my mom " is the 25 th and last episode of the fourth season of steven universe , the 128 th episode overall , and the final episode in the sixth stevenbomb .

while continuing his search , steven stumbles across a small blue gem , asking the question of " are you my dad ? " . after steven exclaims his surprise at seeing her , the gem repeats her question , asking if steven is " my dad " . steven informs her that he is not her dad .

whats a social life ? ? ? i can’t remember . it’s only down hill from here .

" luke , i am your father " is a misquotation of a line uttered by the villain darth vader in the 1980 science fiction film star wars : episode v – the empire strikes back , which is often cited as an example of the mandela effect .

tag yourself i am all of the shit and crap that has accumulated on the kitchen table , just a raft of shit , just layers of it , shit that ' s been there for months , i guarantee you – gua - ran - tee you – that there is a broadband bill down in there from 2013 . guarantee .

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“i’d call this pretty much the headquarters of where a lot of filming is done , ” alex said . “this is where we hang out though , you know what i mean ? i’ve always been the one that has everyone come over . ”

anyone that has ever accused american dad of not being smart should look no further than the stylistic experiment , “blood crieth unto heaven . ” in a shining example of the sort of ambition that american dad would cavalierly operate with , this episode is structured as a missing manuscript from a renowned playwright .

“i’m ready for it to get out there because a lot of people don’t know what the show’s about , ” said main cast member alex kompothecras , 22 . “it’s a lot of misjudgment . so i’m ready , i’m anxious for people to get this on the air . ”

tag yourself i am the most dad ever towel . every dad has this towel . dads don ' t have nice towels . dads always have towels they got free with a golf bag once , or a towel they found in a hire car . dads never buy towels , but towels apparate towards them . towels appear in dads ' lives in a way they do not appear in ours . my dad once found a towel down a country path while he was walking the dog . this happened . he bought it home and washed it and nobody questioned it . the dad towel . and every dad towel , every single one , is violently patterned like this . half dots , half plain . or : coloured white - on - blue one side , blue - on - white the next . they have been there in plain sight your whole life . and never – never once – have you ever seen anyone other than a dad use them . what else are dads up to , if they have in place this secret infrastructure of towels ?

hey dad and buried – i just found your website on scary mommy . you are quite a brilliant writer , not to mention hilarious ! even more , you sound like a pretty amazing father and an outstanding husband ! ( a definite rarity in this day and age . ) anyway – just wanted to give you a shout out , you are doing a great job , i look forward to reading a lot more from you !

“i go , ‘you guys are really having a hell of a lifestyle , ’” gary said . “i said this would be a good reality show . plus they’re good kids , so that was the main thing , they weren’t bad kids . i said this would be a good story because when i was growing up , you had ‘father knows best , ’ you had ‘my three sons , ’ you had people with values and i didn’t see that in the tv of late . ”

rich dad always took a percentage off the top of any income he earned . he put this money into an investment account that went toward purchasing his assets . poor dad spent all his money first and never had any remaining for investments .

having two dads gave me the benefit of contrasting perspectives . i use this contrast to teach millions of people a new view on money . the biggest difference i see between the rich and the poor or middle class , is financial education and how they think about money . do you think rich ? compare the views of my poor dad and my rich dad and see where you currently fit .

steven stops aquamarine , saying he will tell her where is " my dad " is . steven makes up the fact that he is " my dad " . aquamarine , somewhat doubtful in this " steven " also being a " my dad " , ends up accepting and believing this answer in order to make their mission faster and get off the planet .

american dad has comfortably fallen into the tradition of their christmas episodes having some unusual , epic quality . just like the simpsons champion their halloween installments , american dad has decided to make their annual christmas episodes appointment television .

haha , thanks . my sense of humor is not for everyone , i know . but i love those comments that don’t get me . they are usually funnier than anything i could ever come up with . thanks for reading !

“rich dad world’s goal is to increase your financial iq , and bring you a world of possibilities , a world of learning , a world of understanding . a take charge world , where you’ll be equipped to take command of your finances and live a rich life . ”

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on may 9th , 2008 , the single - serving site no i am your father [ 4 ] was launched , featuring various translations of the vader quote , including 1337 speak , morse code and binary ascii . on may 11th , 2009 , the guardian [ 5 ] published an article identifying the line " luke , i am your father " as a pervasive misquotation . on october 2nd , 2011 , youtuber bashthemonkey uploaded a recording of a 4 - year - old reacting to the pivotal star wars scene ( shown below ) , accumulating upwards of 3 . 97 million views and 4 , 800 comments in the following two years . on january 2nd , 2012 , " luke , i am your father " was added to wikipedia ' s " list of misquotations " page . [ 3 ]

christ , i didn’t check the date on that . june ? ! forgetaboutit .

i wanted to nominate you for the versatile blogger award . details here , urltoken

a version of this article originally ran in 2013 . american dad’s 13 th season is currently airing on mondays at 8 : 30pm , on tbs .

tag yourself i am not irish but i feel like this speaks to a universal feeling of family life , the warmth and hysteria , the chaos , telling your dad the bat is losing its legs when it isn ' t , maureen peering , the interrupted ironing , the hundreds and hundreds of cupboards , the telly still on in the background , the pissing dog , the four - pint of milk on the kitchen table , the raft of crap , the linoleum floor , shirt - and - shorts combo , the quiet peacefulness of family life immediately shattered by the introduction of an element of disorder , a bat : i am all of it , we are all of it , this is the most accurate depiction of family life ever in history . figure out a way to hang it in the louvre , next to the mona lisa . this is our generation ' s art and it needs to be preserved forever . tag yourself , i am all of it , derry is all of it , maureen is all of it , the bat is and so are you

steven sees the gem on a branch behind connie . connie looks at the gem , and is pleased that the gem looks very similar to her drawing . connie attempts to help the gem , telling her to jump down to be caught safely . the gem asks connie " are you my dad ? " . connie is confused and offers to help the gem find " your [ the gem ' s ] dad " . the gem proceeds to explain that she isn ' t looking for " your dad " but instead for " my dad " .

the final sequences are a bit of a departure from what is an otherwise standard and unstylized narrative . i’m not quite sure they worked but i appreciated the effort nonetheless . the filmmakers took a little poetic license and were more florid in their mise - en - scene . despite all its flaws

tag yourself i am the question how in the fuck did the bat get in ? this is seemingly a house made exclusively of doors . marie is behind the door . tadhg is behind the door . everyone is behind a door , except for derry , flapping alone on a chair with a towel . how did a bat get in through that door - laden labyrinth ? this some kind of fucking genius bat ? or is the bat an idiot ? which is it

“every hacker has their fixation . you hack people , i hack time , so you should know , when i set a timeline there’s a reason . you have 50 hours and 23 minutes ; at that point when all parties are ready , we’ll initiate the hack . ”

my beautiful 18yr old daughter had sent me a link to this site on sons needing protection too ( i have a 7 & 8yr old , handsome boys they are ) and i foresee myself being the “don’t you dare hurt my sons or you’ll deal with me ! ” mentality . i cringe at the very thought of that googly eyes looking their way all the while my head is red hot and steam coming out of my ears as i grow my evil horns and snarling ! ! you just got “mauled ! ” mmmmm . . that wasn’t so . . bad . next ! ! a’s i wipe my mouth and straighten my hair and clothes as i ask my sons , “hey ! you guys wanna go watch a movie ? ”

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grant asks , " when you exposed yourself . . . did you have an erection ? " he responds , " no , i mean , no . partial , maybe i think . "

tag yourself i am derry ' s self - satisfied hand dust off even though he did next to fucking nothing to get the bat out of the house and clearly the whole ordeal took a substantial amount of time and so there is absolutely no place for a " job well done ! " hand - dust , what hubris from derry , what sheer cheek .

in early episodes of the show , rory stares at photobooth photos of a young lorelai and christopher . i don ' t know who that guy might be ( imposter ! ) , but it definitely isn ' t the man who is introduced as rory ' s dad episodes later .

believe it or not , american dad had been turning out some of the most cutting edge , consistent animated comedy for over the past decade .

discovered you through my friend dani over at martinis and minivans . i love your sarcasm . and i especially love all the negative comments people have left on your blog ! screw them . you’re funny .

tag yourself i ' m " mam will you get out . derry will you catch him . "

when elliot smashes the camera , i thought that was a neat way to even more firmly acknowledge the fourth wall and explicitly show the changing viewpoint .

i didn’t mention joanna , but i can’t wait to learn more about how she intends to maneuver past the police . if she can stab herself with a pickle fork to induce labor , she would be willing to do anything to ensure her family’s survival .

white : the melody of the curse ( hwa - i - teu : jeo - woo . . .

luke , je suis ton père parodies are a series of exploitable french comics featuring an illustrated depiction of darth vader ( “dark vador” in french ) and luke skywalker from the star wars " i am your father " scene . the comics were initially made with puns and rhyming captions before expanding to include versions in which vader is substituted with celebrities and fictional characters .

by pierce conran i ' ve thought about doing a list like this for some time but frankly found the task quite daunting . having seen . . .

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, " about a bunch of young kids being raised in a foster family . and he had a role in the recent show , "

some episodes of american dad go for a bigger message beneath all of the craziness , but this episode is just a strong example of the show being silly . this installment boils down to roger and stan dueling over who is the better actor , which finds a ton of material to pull from .

there are so many excellent roger episodes to pick from in american dad , but the more i think about it , the more i end up coming to the conclusion that “the great space roaster” might be his finest outing . the episode sees roger celebrating his birthday and wishing for nothing more than his family to mercilessly roast him , an event that he doesn’t at all take well .

a corrupt detective infiltrates a gang and tries to save his daughter . one day he finds out the heart his daughter would receive as a transplant is from a magician he falsely accused .

i just read a bunch of your stories for the first time . you are hilarious ! the articles are informative and overwhelmingly funny . keep doing it man !

protip : press ' i ' to view the image gallery , ' v ' to view the video gallery , or ' r ' to view a random entry .

aquamarine states that they cannot go back to homeworld without getting all six " human variations " , and are unable to leave without steven , who they believe is " my dad " . under the stress , steven thinks a bit and admits that he is not " my dad " . aquamarine is getting upset , as this mission keeps getting longer . steven mentions that he can end the mission .

stan has displayed a number of staunch prejudices throughout american dad’s run . stan ends up besmirching the wrong old person’s reputation and gets a curse placed on him that prematurely ages him . watching stan cope with his new feeble body is a lot of fun , especially when he must scale mount kilimanjaro as the antidote to returning to normal . a lot of this episode coasts off of stan’s attitude , but it’s a strong display of his firm , entrenched opinions opening up a sliver .

aquamarine constantly asking ' are you my dad ? ' could be referencing the doctor who story the empty child where the boy constantly asks ' are you my mummy ? ' .

the cat ( go - hyang - i : jook - eum - eul bo - neun doo gae - . . .

" the one where ross meets elizabeth ' s dad , " season 6 : this seems like a plot hole the show ' s writers were aware of and decided to embrace anyway . bruce willis actually agreed to make this cameo for free after losing a bet to matthew perry .

this blog serves as a continual diary of my development as a father and – soon ! – as an expert parent with the world’s first and only perfect children . expect some pictures , maybe even a video or two . but no judgment . because i don’t truck with that .

a quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past takes on a drug - and - organ trafficking ring in hope of saving the child who is his only friend .

, he hams it up as an investigator prone to excessive bouts of violence . kim plays detective han with a straight face , his portrayal of detective han is humorless and unironic . normally i would take issue with a performance such as this one but given my expectations , which i have already outlined , it fits quite well with the style of the film .

“i think ever since siesta key got voted the no . 1 beach , it’s not like this hidden gem anymore , ” trautman said . “i feel like some people think we’re exploiting sarasota and siesta key , but really we’re just beautifying the city . ”

steven turning himself in and following aquamarine and topaz references captain picard getting captured by the borg from the star trek : the next generation episode , the best of both worlds . it also references to han solo getting frozen in carbonite from star wars episode v : the empire strikes back , especially the infamous quote from darth vader " i am your father " as the title .

" are you my dad ? " is the 24 th episode of the fourth season of steven universe , the 127 th episode overall , and the fourth episode in the sixth stevenbomb .

but last night’s episode was a turning point , and i am not talking about the massive developments that dotted episode eight — it was the first time the veil was lifted and we glimpsed the real world . we aren’t beholden to elliot’s interpretations of the action happening around him . we’re able to see what is happening outside of elliot’s purview , which enables the audience to better judge and interpret the implications of various characters’ statements and actions .

the original source of the comic strip is unknown , but the image macro series was first posted to 4chan in 2008 . an encyclopedia dramatica article about the comic was first published on 28 november 2008 . since then , the comic has spread to other forums , such as urltoken [ 1 ] , and the phrase " i am disappoint " has found common usage in internet slang .

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the blue gem , now childishly ecstatic , spins her wand and lets go of the beam , sending steven flying straight into a tree . the blue gem mentions to topaz that all they need is " my dad " before they can leave .

“i want to tell the truth . that’s where my storytelling comes from . my feminism comes from somewhere else : acute dissatisfaction . ”

rich dad says , " if you stop working today , an asset puts money in your pocket and a liability takes money from your pocket . too often people call liabilities assets . it ' s important to know the difference between the two . "

is not quite a b - movie , but it comes close and for me , before watching it , i had similar preconceptions . that is to say it looked cheap , gritty , exaggerated , generic , and featured a second - tier korean star .

the video was filmed by tadhg fleming , and went viral when reposted by @ jonnohopkins , and if you haven ' t seen it then i would describe it as " the citizen kane of portrait - mode snapchat stories about a bat getting in " . but i would like you to now avert your gaze away from the video and instead turn it deep inwards . who are you ? what are you ? what is the very spirit of you ? your essence ? you know it . but sometimes it ' s hard to express . who , exactly , are you : are you a mood , a note on a piano , a taste , a feeling ? are you light , colour , heat , sound ? whatever you are , i think you can find yourself in this video . i think you can tag yourself in amongst the chaos . here are some suggested tags – feel free to add your own :

accordingly , the entire cast is put into the roles of a fractured family in a production that’s aping on tracey letts’ august : osage county . american dad marries its dark sense of humor with the melodrama of theater perfectly . this episode might take a few viewings to win you over , but it’s such a unique , surreal experience that truly tries to make you feel like you’re watching pulitzer prize - winning drama and not an animated sitcom .

steven remembers and " flashbacks " to the events of " marble madness " , when he was telling peridot about the many humans that still existed on earth , and listing the examples ( " . . . there ' s my dad , connie , lars and sadie , the mailman , onion . . . i think . . . " ) .

i am undecided whether mr . robot is actually elliot’s father . tyrell has mentioned his father’s passing , noting it is a matter of public record , and angela referenced the death during the barbecue at gideon’s apartment . if his passing was a ruse , or if elliot somehow forgot the death ( and then imagined the statements from tyrell and angela ) , that would seem far too messy a plot for a show as intricately conceived as mr . robot . but there have been countless clues that our point of view and knowledge are skewed , since we are forced to rely on elliot to narrate , so it’s possible that elliot’s father didn’t die and elliot’s recollections are tainted .

the more brutal twist was the reveal that darlene is elliot’s sister . after he informs her that the steel mountain plan will go off in less than two days , she’s elated . “‘be happy — you did this . just like that , you’re going to change the world , ” she tells him . “i would love to take credit on this … you are seriously the best person i know . i love you so much . ”

it’s debatable , but i’d argue that “cops and roger” has the funniest visual gag to ever come out of american dad ( and i’d go as far as saying that it’s also one of the most surprising , satisfying gags in the history of animated sitcoms ) and so for that honor alone this episode deserves mad accolades . on top of that , the installment also gets to have too much fun with roger running amok in bad lieutenant mode , rising the ranks from trainee , to cop , to crooked cop before you have time to snort a line of coke .

200 episodes is a tremendous milestone that only a select number of television shows have had the privilege of achieving . with the sort of spectacle that american dad put together for their 100 th episode ( see : killing 100 characters ) , understandably a lot of people would be expecting something even more extravagant / blood - thirsty this time around . very wisely , “the two hundred” takes a page out of fan - favorite , “rapture’s delight” and transports the show’s setting to a desolate wasteland , draping everything in nuclear holocaust chic .

this episode might not register or be a “clear choice” for many viewers , possibly because it’s such a recent inclusion ( in fact , several episodes from last season have made the cut here , speaking to the overall quality of the series ) or because it’s not a “big” episode . however , it’s exactly for this reason that “the unincludeds” works so well and why i’m such a fan of it .

watch this video . i know you have already seen this video , but this is like me saying , " hey , look at this art— " and i ' m pointing to the mona lisa , here , widely accepted to be the best art . i ' m like , " look at this art ! look how good it is ! " and you just going : nah , i ' ve already seen it . but that doesn ' t mean you can ' t look at it again and wonder about the machinations behind that wonderful smile . who was she ? what was she thinking ? how did she come to be painted in such a magnificent way ?

the whole stelio kontos sequence alone makes this episode a classic , but other pieces of insanity like principal lewis seeing a werewolf on the security camera and roger ultimately being hired by cap’n crunch for crime scene photography push this outing even higher . it’s also got one of the few appearances of reginald koala , the american dad character that time forgot .

again , i am still collecting my thoughts about what role mr . robot plays within elliot’s family ( if any ) , but there have been extremely subtle hints . last episode , romero tells mr . robot to “say hi to the kids . ” at the time , it was assumed he meant fsociety , since all of its members are in their 20s , but perhaps he was alluding to something else . also , when darlene nearly initiates the steel mountain tape - burn , it sounds like she yells , “dad ! ” to mr . robot ( it also sounded like " god , " but this show invites conspiracy theories like no other outside of lost ) .

steven pieces together that aquamarine is looking for someone named " my dad " , based on a list he gave . steven gets upset and blames himself for letting this happen . garnet gets ready to punch topaz , but is stopped when punching her would hurt the humans trapped inside . garnet is grabbed by topaz , who throws her into a wooden fence .

ok , so fenn is a pretty iconic actress ( audrey horne ! twin peaks ! ) , and even if you ' ve never seen any of her work before , she still has the sort of spectacular face that you don ' t forget in a hurry . somehow she plays the girlfriend of jess ' s dad in season 3 and then also plays anna nardini ( april ' s mom ) in season 6 . did nobody think that we ' d notice ? i ' m onto you , gilmore girls .

the statement " i can ' t afford it " shuts down your thinking . by asking the right question , you mind opens up and looks for answers .

siesta key — on a sprawling couch in a siesta key mansion , eight young adults sit posing for photos , talking and laughing with one another . they behave like old friends , perhaps assembling before a day on the beach or a night out at the nearby beach club .

each seasonal greeting from the series is special , but “rapture’s delight” might be the only episode of the show that actually made my jaw drop and say aloud , “holy shit . ” this episode really has everything , from turning bible scripture into a post - apocalyptic mad max - esque romp , to bewildering action sequences and a twist ending that still gives me chills when i think about . “rapture’s delight” is american dad at its most untethered and has become the benchmark for not only all other christmas episodes , but also all episodes of the series , period .

recently i ' ve also become insanely addicted to the gilmore guys podcast ( two dudes expressing their love for my favorite show ? winner ) , and if there ' s one thing that two fellas scrutinizing every seemingly small moment of a show you think you know better than anyone can do for you , it ' s that they make you realize minute flaws that you never knew existed . i ' m talking plot holes , people ! and gilmore girls has a whole bunch of them .

that all being said , the real reason that this episode is on here is that steve’s b - plot is very ambitiously told entirely through a “trapped in the closet” musical parody . getting excuses for steve to sing is always a good thing in my book , but this actually uses the music to tell an ornate story that goes as far as involving principal lewis and murder . “trapped in the locker” is a very bewildering decision , but it’s a fine example of how american dad is still mixing things up so late in their lifespan .

hundredth episodes are always given lofty expectations . american dad appropriately plays into that expectation by dramatically killing off 100 characters , but this episode is really an opportunity to comment on hayley and jeff’s relationship , and stan needing to come to terms with it .

the time has come once again for me to sit down and think about all the new korean films i had the opportunity to see in 2013 and come up . . .

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“i hope they take away from the show that a group of friends can come together , have some drama , but still keep it classy and not be trashy , ” apostolides said . “we’re not a ‘jersey shore , ’ we do have problems on the show , but for the most part we’re all really good people . ”

seriously , she never just says " oh , my mom would hate that . . . " but " my parents would hate that . " lane ' s dad never makes a physical appearance in the show and nobody ever asks where he is . he is the carmen sandiego of stars hollow except no - one seems to be singing his name in a similar theme song , if you catch my drift .

revealing themselves as the " crystal gems " , aquamarine brushes this off , remembering hearing about " rose quartz ' s lackeys " in a report . aquamarine and topaz are not on the earth to beat pearl , garnet , amethyst , or steven . they promise to let them go if they told where " my dad " is .

aquamarine asks where " my dad " is , as she notices that steven knows all of the captured humans ( mentioning that " the list " did come from a " steven " ) . while steven does not understand , garnet tells the homeworld gems to let the humans go , but they refuse . aquamarine asks who they even are .

tulip talks to god , and it’s not a pleasant conversation , and we learn a little more custer family history in one of season three’s funniest episodes .

this episode somewhat confirms steven ' s feelings for connie , saying " i love you " ( both to connie and to the group ) before turning himself in to aquamarine and topaz .

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with a new gem in beach city , pearl infers she must be here for the crystal gems , and that they should prepare for a fight . steven explains that she is looking for her dad , and that many of his friends have gone missing . everyone is confused , as gems don ' t have dads . connie mentions that steven has a dad , but garnet clarifies that no other gem is like steven . connie brings up the idea that the gem could be like steven . garnet decides that they should split up to find this gem . steven is excited at the possibility of garnet unfusing into ruby and sapphire , but garnet meant splitting up into teams to search beach city . steven is teamed up with connie , pearl with amethyst , and garnet " with herself " .

a grisly unsolved murder links three seemingly unrelated stories in three different japanese cities .

he thinks “siesta key” will change that by giving the community a national spotlight .

however , when elliot finds the unlabeled cd in his booklet ( a quick aside : i loved that krista’s cd was labeled as a talking heads record ) , he is confronted with hundreds of photos of mr . robot , both alone and with elliot , so there is a familial connection . perhaps mr . robot is elliot’s stepfather . either way , the options for what could happen during the show’s final two episodes are limitless .

as he leans in to kiss darlene , she recoils , angrily rebuking him until she realizes what has happened . “did you forget who i am ? ” she asks him , tears brimming . rami malek has emerged as one of the most exciting actors working at the moment , and his portrayal of elliot during this twist is fantastic . the way his eyes shift back and forth , how he tries to laugh it off . he knows who she is — you’re darlene ! the way he reacts when the realization hits him that she is his sister is staggering .

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the story of two outlaws and a bounty hunter in 1940s manchuria and their rivalry to possess a treasure map while being pursued by the japanese army and chinese bandits .

for a second , just imagine that you turn up to your day job every day , snarling at customers , being rude to staff , sarcastic to your manager and flat out refusing to do your job and complaining about it loudly every second that you have the chance . this is michel — owner of the worst employee ever gold medal , who was never fired and even more unbelievably was invited to become a partner in sookie and lorelai ' s own inn business . i don ' t know about you , but i ' ve never had such good luck .

friends has lots of these . susan sarandon was on ross ' s " list " of women he was allowed to sleep with ; joey later slept with a character played by susan sarandon . ross referred to himself as " cro - magnum p . i . , " monica later slept with magnum , p . i . they try to get a table by giving the name " winona ryder " , rachel went to school with a character played by winona ryder . at one point they were trying to come up with the capital of cambodia , and guessed , " sean penn , " who they later met . ross came up with the idea for " jurassic park , " and joey later met a character played by jeff goldblum .

lorelai and rory are busy people , we get it . but there are so many occasions where they both order a gigantic feast , eat a couple of bites and then jump up and leave with great urgency . i don ' t know about you , but when there are pancakes in front of me , schedule be damned , because those bad boys are getting demolished .

then there’s also a glorious side - plot that sees steve and friends discovering toshi’s parents’ sex doll and setting out to make a shot - for - shot remake of the film mannequin with it . i’d be more than happy if that were it , but roger soon takes over and turns this into a production of the goonies , which is still pretty wonderful . there’s also some fantastic trademark roger backstabbing at the end that goes on to an absurd length .

all in all 2011 was a bit of a disappointing year for korean cinema , at least as far as commercial cinema was concerned . on the other ha . . .

“fatherhood is a crucifixion . you die by degrees , with your arms outstretched . ”

when steven asks sour cream about checking for onion in his favorite places , the scenes change and click in a slideshow , similarly to a classic view - master camera .

but don’t worry : a national tour is set to kick off in fall 2019 .

gary paid for a jacksonville production company to film a pilot . alex said the pilot was pretty similar to what they’ve been filming , following his relationships with friends and family .

“lost in space” is a memorable episode for the simple fact that it’s drowning in aliens and we get a closer look at the rest of roger’s kind . but beyond all of the space madness , the episode also has a shining emotional core to it : jeff’s love for hayley . the memory montage of jeff and hayley moments is sweet in itself , but the episode then shifts into the legendary category for the incredibly choreographed sequence set to wax fang’s “the majestic . ” none of this pomp and circumstance is at all necessary here , but the fact that american dad goes that weird extra mile just for a satisfying visual is exactly why they’re so great .

this reveal was evident from the episode’s start . the camera opens wide to show darlene , on a balcony , with a man in a suit who , from behind , looks shockingly like elliot . she’s with a hookup , talking about society’s class redefinition and wealth redistribution . “there’s you in the middle somewhere , ” he says . “the consummate survivor . ”

it’s no secret that american dad stumbled onto a veritable goldmine in the form of roger’s many , many personae throughout the series . we’ve also been privy to witnessing roger do some truly reprehensible things , so the concept of meeting the worst of roger’s personae—someone that’s so vile that he’s gone as far as “retiring” the character—holds a ton of potential behind it . at the same time , such an idea also has the potential to inevitably be disappointing , with spanish’s actions no way being as brutal as what we can imagine . well , nope . ricky spanish is a pretty big motherfucker .

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you hear collins flatly confess to molesting an 11 - year - old new york girl - - a relative of his first wife - - saying , " there was one moment of touching where her hand , i put her hand on my penis . " he also acknowledges exposing himself to the girl " a couple of times " . . . he says when she was 11 , 12 and 13 .

a former serial killer with alzheimer ' s fights to protect his daughter from her psychotic boyfriend .

you had me at “destroying my social life . ” wait until you have a second one .

esmail indicates the change in perspective through the scene between angela and darlene at the ballet class . one wears a black leotard ( darlene ) and the other ( angela ) a white one , a dichotomy that alludes to the forces pulling elliot ( whom they discuss in the scene ) .

to help promote the show , mtv held a press event at the siesta key mansion owned by alex’s father , gary kompothecras , a chiropractor known for founding the 1 - 800 - ask - gary legal and medical referral service who is also trying to build a hotel on siesta key .