a rogue 's romance was a 1919 american silent crime drama film produced and released by the vitagraph company of america .

it was directed by james young and starred matinee star earle williams .

rudolph valentino ( billed as rudolph volantino ) , who was then a young unknown dancer , also makes an appearance in a bit part as an apache dancer .

the film is now considered lost .

a rogue ' s romance

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the name , a rogue ' s romance , is taken from a 1919 movie that featured rudolph valentino as an apache dancer . it seems appropriate for valentine ' s day , right ?
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this book gets two and a half stars for a strange plot and a disappointing ending . here’s hoping the next rogue book will be much better .
the rogue’s return is probably one of the more stranger romance novels out there with a plot that has to be the most eyebrow - lifting . although the characters are unique , they are a little unsettling at times .
however , the story and romance was enough for me to overlook these few quibbles .
after enjoying the simple romance of the other countess and the queen ' s lady , i thought the rogue ' s princess would be a worthwhile read . even though it ' s not out in the u . s . yet , i was able to find a decently - priced copy on american soil , so i decided i might as well give it a try . the rogue ' s princess follows the adventures of mercy hart , the daughter of a rich london merchant , and a man who strictly follows the new puritan religion to the letter . with such a strong religious background , it ' s di
it was a good read ! really good romance . first love . . heartache . . 2nd chances .
rogue’s honor is neither a bad book nor a good book – it’s just kind of there . the characters are a little lackluster , and the plot is all over the place . every time it’s in any danger of becoming truly interesting , it invariably takes a different , duller turn .
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a true rogue , kit won my heart with his player ' s heart . he ' s flamboyant in his manner of dress and speech , and i would probably laugh at his outrageous outfits if i saw him in person , but i do love a good rogue . one of my favorite literary guys of all time is a rogue from a book set in a historical setting - - george from tamora pierce ' s song of the lioness quartet . kit is a gallant hero . he ' s kind and brave . no matter what is said of him , he stays true to his heart be it acting on the stage , disci
seven nights in a rogue ' s bed is the first book in anna campbell ' s sons of sin series . it ' s a gothic - esque romance with a beauty and the beast feel , and is a very passionate , very sexy story . from the cover : will a week of seduction . . . desperate to save her sister ' s life , sidonie forsythe has agreed to submit herself to a terrible fate : beyond the foreboding walls of castle craven , a notorious , hideously scarred scoundrel will take her virtue over the course of seven sinful nights . yet instead of a
he’s loved her in his dreams for a hundred years . now he’s finally found her , and he’ll do anything to make her is own…
this is a beautiful and sweet romance story . the main characters are kit and sam . the story involves forgiveness , trust , and love .
i was given this book for a honest review . i love a sweet story . not all romance novels are sweet , it was refreshing to read this book .
rogue ' s son by darcy flynn is a book that will draw you in deeper and deeper as you read until you can ' t put it down . ms . flynn has given us a book that is well - written and packed it with amazing , lovable characters . kit is struggling to keep her family ' s b & b ; solvent . sam has opened a lodge on the neighboring ranch but he needs something from kit to open his resort to capacity . their story is full of drama , humor and sizzle . i enjoyed reading rogue ' s son and look forward to reading more from darcy flynn in the future . rogue ' s son is a complete book , not a cliff - hanger . i voluntarily read a print copy of this book .
i received a copy of this book for an honest review . this is a clean , beautiful , and sweet romance . the book also reflects on forgiveness and not holding grudges . . .
originally posted on breath of life reviews can i just say
wow ?
i loved this book , i mean truly loved it . let me start off by saying that i love a hero that is at a disadvantage , whether it be a personality or physical disadvantage like jonas , i love it . too many times in a romance novel it ' s the female that is at the disadvantage and needs rescuing from the hero . not so in seven nights in a rogue ' s bed , it ' s jonas merrick who needs to be rescued . his emotional damage is severe , and on top of t
“we have a week , miss forsythe . time ' s winged chariot and all that . ”
eve edwards ' lacey chronicles offer up historical romance for a young adult audience . i enjoyed both the previous two novels in the series , and was eager to break into this one . as with the rest of the series , the rogue ' s princess is a quick , light , romantic read , full to the brim with love , betrayal , drama , and sumptuous clothing . this series is perfect for fans of light historical romance . though this is a series , each novel stands alone well . there is no need to read all of them or to read th
rogue ' s son by darcy flynn . i really liked it but am not sure if i ' m keeping it in my
reread first
pile or not . i enjoyed the storyline and the strong characters .
let ' s just say that i ' ve read a lot more interesting stories than this one .
as with her earlier elizabethan stories ( the last countess and the queen ' s lady ) , eve edwards has kept her story deceptively simple and , at heart , rather predictable . kit and mercy are clearly destined to be together and there are no real surprises in store on that count – however , it is the subtly clever roads that edwards leads her characters down that make her stories so completely readable . while it could be argued that the romance in the rogue ' s princess is rather rushed , it ' s speedy commen
gin transformed this cocktail from a good - looking beauty queen into a good - looking beauty queen who wins on
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it ' s one smart drink when it ' s made with gin .
when stephanie laurens wrote devil’s bride , she seemed to take the romance world by storm . lots of people ( including myself ) loved it . others didn’t , but it seemed like almost everyone read it . by now , most people have formed an opinion on the bar cynster series . if you didn’t care for the preceding books , then you probably won’t think much of a rogue’s proposal , because it is very much like them . but that’s good news for laurens fans , who will be glad to see another hero with a demonic nickname , a heroine with spunk to spare , and laurens’ trademark steamy love scenes .
those who have missed regency trads may well embrace julia justiss’s latest novel . while a slight touch more sensual than many trads , its tone and plotting have much in common with some of the regencies i used to adore . in rogue’s lady , justiss tells the sweet tale of a reforming rake and a musician’s daughter , each trying to find their way into respectable society . though both have very different motives for seeking respectability , they find a common interest that soon deepens into something neither counted on finding .
i thoroughly enjoyed reading about kit and sam . their second chance at love has so many roadblocks it seems they ' ll never make it , but this story manages to pull it all together in a believable way . kit ' s single - minded devotion to the land makes her a strong and sometimes hard - headed heroine . sam is simply delicious - chivalrous , helpful , and charming . there ' s even a conniving villainess in the mix ! rogue ' s son is a real treat to read .
this series about the lacey brothers is one of my absolute favourites ! the books may be set in the past but they feature wonderful characters and stories that literally pulse with life . ' the rogue ' s princess ' follows the laceys ' illigitimate half - brother kit turner , a player in the theatre . some what flamboyant and a bit of a loveable rogue with an eye for the ladies , kit becomes a reformed man when he meets the pure and innocent mercy hart , the daughter of a rich cloth merchant . however , kit has
for the most part , this is a cozy romance you can settle into . the world and the characters come alive , though some secondary characters steal the show . an extremely long boat ride helps the romance to come about as jane and simon learn about each other - - sort of , as at this point jancy is still playing jane . as they are on their way back to england , they keep building the romance , and jancy keeps wondering how she is ever going to tell him the truth about who she really is .
ms . flynn has crafted a wonderful romance between kit and sam . kit operates a bed and breakfast but sam refurbishes a lodge nearby that takes her customers away . we are made to feel for kit as she cannot keep operating at a loss . her family and sam ' s family have a history that complicates things due to kit and sam ' s fathers ' choices . it is a story of a woman struggling with material and emotional issues and a man trying to right the wrongs committed in the past . there were times i shed tears and times when i was happy at the events . kit looked into the past at how good things were , this bringing to mind the preious memories of my own . i definitely recommend this novel as a clean and satisfying romance .
he might look like prince charming , but he ' s sure to break your heart .
i have not read the other books in the lacey chronicles and was pleased that each works well as a standalone . the rogue’s princess shares the tale of mercy hart and kit tuner . set in 1586 , this historical romance beautifully captures the tone of the times and the power of young love . while the tale was predictable the characters themselves were delightful . mercy hart is the daughter of a deeply religious and wealthy cloth merchant . she strives to be pure in the eyes of the lord and to subdue her
a lifetime ago , flynn swore an oath to protect a draken princess with his life . now she’s back from the dead—and wanting him to honor his promise…
this ended up being my least favourite of the books in the lacey series . while these books have always been very light , 16th - cent . romcoms , the rogue ' s princess felt insubstantial . i think it was the lack of any compelling stakes . in the other countess , extreme poverty was looming over ellie and in the queen ' s lady , jane ' s in - laws were literally after her blood , so there were some serious matters to balance all the froth . here , the only prominent threat for most of the novel is mercy ' s disapprov
set in elizabethan england , the rogue’s princess continues the lacey chronicles by eve edwards . mercy hart is the sheltered sixteen year old daughter of a pious and wealthy merchant of london . the handsome kit turner is the illegitimate son of the late earl of dorset and a flamboyant actor in the theatre group of london . upon meeting at a dinner party the romantic sparks fly between this unlikely match . innocent and naïve , mercy is torn between obeying her father’s wishes to marry righteous fiel
[ sidonie seems to easily forget the horrible reason she’s there at jonas’s castle and falls for him pretty quickly . as well , there ' s a situation where jonas finds out something that has him turning from sidonie . it seems manufactured and somewhat out of character from the man we saw originally . ( hide spoiler ) ]
this one took me awhile to get through , which is never a good sign for me . seven nights in a rogue ' s bed has left me a bit confused and disappointed with
what might have been
. first off , i love a good
reformed rake
story and this one was set up to be an excellent one . jonas merrick has set up his revenge against his evil cousin william by
winning
his cousin ' s wife , roberta , for seven days . he is all set to claim his prize and enact his revenge when he realizes roberta ' s sister , sidonie fors
review posted at demon lover ' s books & more this is a tortured hero story at its best . he is scarred , both inside and out , and sidonie proves to both of him that he’s not quite the beast he thinks he is . this was a retelling of beauty and the beast , and i found it to be just wonderful . sidonie arrives at castle craven in her sister’s place , to honor a bargain made with a man with no honor . from all her sister has told her , she will be facing the devil himself . from all her sister’s husband has
i often read adult historical romance , but it wasn ' t until i read eve edwards ' the other countess , the first in the lacey chronicles that i really liked ya historical romance . i quickly fell in love with edwards ' writing , which manages to stay surprisingly true to history while adding a contemporary undertone that seems to alleviate the dryness that can easily dissuade readers ( like me ) from picking up historically accurate novels . this particular installment of the lacey chronicles focuses on ki
this review was written for the review diaries : urltoken eve edwards elizabethan romance series – how do i love thee ? let me count the ways . 1 ) the research that has gone into these . so often historical romance these days is riddled with modernisms , that make you feel like you’ve just been catapulted back to the twenty first century at a most unfortunate moment . edwards has done so much research it makes my head spin . not only are the clothes and speech spot on , but
when people tell me they have some ya historical fiction for me , i instantly jump for it every time . sadly , a lot of the ya hisfic romance that i read falls into way too many romantic clichés for me to be happy . this one was no different . the main character of this story is a young girl named mercy hart , who is as innocent as a child when it comes to the ways of romance . her love interest is kit turner , an actor with some roguish ways , who also happens to be the illegitimate son of an earl so he
★★★★☆ ( this is a review of the audiobook . ) you’ve heard the expression , “i could listen to him read the phone book . ” yup ? that’s how i felt about antony ferguson’s narration of this romance book . delicious . he has a dreamy , seductive voice . he does a good job with differentiating the characters , and with the female voices . some people complained about his pausing ; however , i listened at 1 . 5 speed , so i didn’t notice this . did he elevate the story ? hmmm . after i got used to that sexy voice , i wou
historical romances are one of my favorite genres , but i never read ya historical romance all that often . so when i saw the rogue princess , i was super excited to get into it and see if i would enjoy it as much as i enjoy the adult version of the genre . mercy is the sixteen - year - old daughter of a very rich , very religious , cloth merchant . growing up in such a strict household , mercy has led a life of respecting god and making it her mission to adhere to her religious laws . kit , however , is quite
it ' s funny reading this now , because i read other countess and queen ' s lady ages ago , so will , ellie , james and jane are all strangers to me . but now i ' ve read this and queen ' s lady , other countess seems a bit pathetic , which is funny cos when i read that i loved it . i hope she writes one about tobias , cos he ' s my favourite lacey brother . ( blushes ) i never liked kit before reading this but he ' s grown on me , and i don ' t really like will . but james and tobias are cool .
i really loved the first two books , the other countess and the queen’s lady , so i fully expected to feel the same way about the rogue’s princess . and i did ! of all of the lacey brothers we’ve heard from so far , i think that kit may be my favourite . i thought that it would take a lot to knock kind and gorgeous will of the top spot , but kit , with his flowery and poetic way of speaking . i’m a sucker for a silver tongue ! but it was his unwavering dedication to mercy that really got me . even though he
when sidonie forsythe ' s sister , roberta cannot pay the gaming debts owing to jonas merrick , sidonie comes up with a plan . she offers herself in payment . jonas merrick is a bastard , and rich . there is no love lost between him and his cousin william , sidonie ' s brother - in - law . but jonas proposes a new bargain . if sidonie spends another six nights at the castle with him , jonas will write off her sister ' s debts .
defies all logic is exactly the way i ' d describe this book as well ! i could barely finish this annoying romance between two distinctly unlikeable people . sidonie , the heroine who ' s name i had the worst time pronouncing inside my head , was holier than thou at first . but oh how she crumbles completely in the arms of the dastardly hero , jonas merrick , whose scars and tortured past make him hard and cruel . then they have a few blissful days of non stop sex - yet she will not marry him when he asks her ! what a nit ! of course she has this big secret that he will not forgive her for when he finds out about it . then her sister and this murder ! all were beyond me , i was fed up 1 / 2 way through but persevered and finished this romance ! i ' m not sure if i will read more by this author since it ' s my first book by her , but this had all the elements of what i dislike in a romance , i ' m afraid . 2 . 5 / 5
the rogue ' s princess is the latest in eve edward ' s tudor series . each book focuses on a different brother of lacey family , this one in particular focusing on the illegitimate half brother kit turner . i am pleased to say that this instalment is as good as the other two in the series and i already have a new lacey brother to swoon over in kit . he is just as gorgeous as the brothers in the previous two books so be prepared to fall in love all over again . the main storyline follows kit as he tries to
the dialogue sparkles with humor and sexual tension . there is a delightfully funny scene in which felicity tries to get demon to explain exactly why he wants to marry her , and her questions lead her to ask about sexual desire . laurens fans have come to expect hot , detailed love scenes , and a rogue’s proposal doesn’t disappoint in this arena either . laurens handles the sexual tension masterfully , building it to a fever pitch that culminates when felicity and demon finally consummate their relationship .
its a nice cute and people who like clean romance will love it . sam and kit are both likable characters , the plot is nice . darcy flynn did a good job with this one . but her first one keeper of my heart is still my fav : ) i would love to read her again and soon : )
england , 1586 mercy hart , daughter of one of london ' s wealthiest and most devout cloth merchants , is expected to marry her equal in rank and piety . certainly not kit turner , a lowly actor and playboy , who also happens to be the late earl of dorset ' s illegitimate son . but when a chance encounter throws them together , kit instantly falls for the beautiful mercy ' s charms . . . and mercy can ' t deny the passion that kit stirs within her . she seems ready to defy her father ' s wishes - - ready to renounce h
it turns out that the “man” is felicity parteger , the ward of demon’s mentor , a man known as the general . felicity has a good reason for her duplicity ; the general’s son has become involved in a race - fixing scheme . he is in way over his head , and has had to go into hiding because his life is in danger . he has no idea who else is part of the scheme , and felicity has taken the job at demon’s stables in hopes that she may overhear someone trying to bribe a jockey .
4 1 / 2 estrellas .
seven nights in a rogue ' s bed
( siete noches juntos ) parte de
la bella y la bestia
y da un giro a la historia convirtiendo a la supuesta
bestia
en uno de los mejores personajes masculinos que he leído en mucho tiempo en romántica histórica . jonas merrick ( incluso me gusta el nombre ) es de esos protagonistas complejos que ocultan más de lo que enseñan y cuya autora sabe ir desnudando , física y emocionalmente , a lo largo de la novela con la velocidad justa - aunque a veces te d
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pearl learns much about life among the lowly while she’s staying with luke , but she returns home fairly quickly . luke worries about her , so he pops up in another guise , that of lucio di santo , relative of a mysterious italian count . here is where the plot just starts going all over the map . luke’s a thief , then he’s not , then he’s looking for gainful employment , and then boom ! luke finds out about his parents’ identity and is in for a major life change . meanwhile , we have pearl’s stepmother breathing down her neck and forcing her engagement to another man , and a vengeful relative who is out to get luke . there’s more , too ; luke’s valet and sometime partner in crime is helping him out but sought by the authorities , and he gets in trouble . then there are the little misunderstandings between pearl and luke ( does he / she really love me , or is he / she just faking it ? what did he / she mean by that remark ? and so forth ) . after fumbling their way through many of the plot devices in the kitchen sink ( did i mention there’s a duel and a fake ghost ? ) , luke and pearl emerge at the end , victorious , rich , and in love .
around this time last year , a vodka company approached me , asking if i would create a cocktail that would be appropriate to hoist in honor of the wedding of britain ' s prince william and kate middleton .
this is a joint review with my review partner may . may : when mandi told me she heard of a book coming out that just screamed “this is a may kind of book” i was intrigued and picked it up as soon as i could . seven nights in a rogue’s bed plays on the beauty and the beast trope , but is at the same time its own unique and memorable story . merrick wants revenge upon his cousin more than anything else . luckily , revenge is easy for him to find not only by being incredibly wealthy and successful ( while h
this book coasted solidly through b + / b territory most of the way , but a plot twist near the end nearly derailed things for me . this little twist is … how to put this delicately ? … one of the more ridiculous i’ve read in a while . still , even with that unnecessary turn of events , rogue’s lady entertained me more than i expected . for that , i cannot help giving it a recommendation , albeit a qualified one . fans of regency trads or even of the regency time period in general may want to check this one out .
while i won’t give away the secret of luke’s family , i will say that it didn’t really make sense . we are told early on that his mother was forced to do all kinds of demeaning , difficult work for members of the upper classes , hence luke’s resentment of the nobility . but when we find out the true identity of luke’s parents ( and let’s face it , you can pretty much see it coming a mile away ) , it makes no sense that his mother would have been so friendless or at the mercy of an evil userper . where were her relatives in all of this ?
a human trapped in the world of faerie , in possession of magic i could not control , i made a bargain for my life : to let the dangerously sensual fae noble known as rogue sire my firstborn . and one does not break an oath with a fae . but no matter how greatly i desire him , i will not succumb . not until i know what will happen to the child .
the characters have a tepid relationship which blossoms , and some hot romantic scenes feel forced . the characters step out of themselves for odd comments about lightning feelings for each other that seem too out of place , almost ludicrous . you feel a little awkward even reading it at these times , but when it cools down back to the soft romance , it feels like it should .
i recommend that you use a high - proof , juniper - forward , london - dry gin in this one . i ' m thinking beefeater , junipero or tanqueray . you need a gin that ' s very sure of itself .
when sidonie forsythe ' s sister , roberta cannot pay the gaming debts owing to jonas merrick , sidonie comes up with a plan . she offers herself in payment . jonas merrick is a bastard , and rich . there is no love lost between him and his cousin william , sidonie ' s brother - in - law . but jonas proposes a new bargain . if sidonie spends another six nights at the castle with him , jonas will write off her sister ' s debts . the opening scene as the heroine arrives at the forbidding castle craven on the south devo
it started well . it ended well . the middle was shitty historical ( ish ) porn . that ' s about all i have to say .
though it’s fourth in a series , for the most part this book can stand alone . many of the characters from earlier books make an appearance , but they aren’t essential to the plot . there are a lot of them , however , and i’m sure it’s easier to keep them straight if you have met them all before . if you have met them all before , you will undoubtedly enjoy seeing them again . and again and again – there are still two more bar cynster books yet to come . for many of us , that’s good news .
a beautiful , defiant princess . a renowned , sinfully gorgeous hollywood actor . a love affair that is sure to rock the british monarchy…and the world .
story rating 4 . 5 stars character rating 4 . 5 stars romance rating 4 . 5 stars heat level 3 . 5 stars overall rating 4 . 5 stars i must say that i really enjoyed this book . the beginning grabbed me right away and i was totally into the story . a bit later it started to drag just a bit and i was thinking that i wish things would start moving along and then wham then the story took off and started moving right when it needed too . things got a bit exciting and then the heart break started and oh my ! the last 1 / 4 of the book i had tears falling down my face , and my nose was running all over . it was one heart breaking thing after another . no need to worry though because yes , we get a wonderful hea ending . if you like your book ' s with a bit of darkness , tortured hero ' s and brave but stubborn heroine ' s with some serious angst then this book is for you .
will a week of seduction . . . desperate to save her sister ' s life , sidonie forsythe has agreed to submit herself to a terrible fate : beyond the foreboding walls of castle craven , a notorious , hideously scarred scoundrel will take her virtue over the course of seven sinful nights . yet instead of a monster , she encounters a man like no other . and during this week , she comes to
i had thought jonas was going to be a dark , sinister lord - of - the - gothic - manor type . he ' s a bit of a loner in an out - of - the - way mansion . he is reputedly ruthless and has a scarred , unattractive face . but i thought he was a nice guy and not particularly scary or mean . he was sensitive , kind and understanding .
the plot devices are interesting enough , but the reactions at the end lack a certain something special . some awkward moments makes you wish veteran author jo beverley had left it as a simple soft romance given how the characters are portrayed . beverly is a wonderful writer ; her previous books were very much enjoyable but this one comes up lacking . perhaps it is just too unbelievable at times , like she is trying to outdo her previous books by bringing in something outrageous .
one of the things i like about these books is that while each of them largely revolves around the main female character , it ' s the boys who link the stories together . in the previous books , we ' ve seen will , the young earl of dorset fall in love with a girl of no fortune and his brother , james , fall for the lady will was suppose to marry . this time it ' s their half - brother kit ' s turn to fall in love with the ' wrong ' girl . mercy comes from a strictly religious background which she takes to another le
allegra’s only hope arrives in the form of her cousin rob lynton , heir to the title . once the white knight of allegra’s childhood imagination , he soon reclaims that role in her life by rescuing her from his evil stepmother and announcing that his father left her a small dowry . with this modest sum , allegra can be presented in society and hopefully make a good enough marriage to secure her future . though allegra’s parentage may raise some eyebrows , she has a respectable patron and , therefore , still has hope . indeed , allegra herself hopes that while she attends the events of fashionable society , rob lynton himself will take an interest in her .
the writing as you ' d expect from anna campbell is polished and smooth . in the first half the romance was lovely with two likable leads . and the sexy times were steamy and delicious . we meet two more bastards - cam rothermere and richard harmsworth - whom i ' m guessing will be the heroes in following books .
valentine ' s day is just around the corner , and as i was looking over my recipe file a couple of weeks ago , searching for a drink suitable to suggest as a love potion of sorts , i happened upon the royal wedding cocktail . perhaps i ' ll take another look at this drink , i thought .
this third instalment of the lacey family tales follows the story of the lacey boy ' s illegitimate half brother kit who was estranged from the family after their father died and enjoys a life on stage as a player at richard babbage ' s famous company whilst mercy hart is the daughter of a well respected london tradesman who belongs to the puritans . all the unwritten laws of society declare that they cannot be together - is there love strong enough to overcome this and sacrifice part of themselves fo
defies all logic is exactly the way i ' d describe this book as well ! i could barely finish this annoying romance between two distinctly unlikeable people . sidonie , the heroine who ' s name i had the worst time pronouncing inside my head , was holier than thou at first . but oh how she crumbles completely in the arms of the dastardly hero , jonas merrick , whose scars and tortured past make him hard and cruel . then they have a few blissful days of non stop sex - yet she will not marry him when he asks h
1586 . 16 - year - old mercy hart is the daughter of one of london ' s richest cloth merchants . kit turner is an actor & the illegitimate son of the late earl of dorset . a chance encounter finds kit falling for the beautiful mercy ' s charms , but their love is forbidden . if mercy chooses kit she must renounce her family name & leave her home .
4 1 / 2 estrellas .
seven nights in a rogue ' s bed
( siete noches juntos ) parte de
la bella y la bestia
y da un giro a la historia convirtiendo a la supuesta
bestia
en uno de los mejores personajes masculinos que he leído en mucho tiempo en romántica histórica . jonas merrick ( incluso me gusta el nombre ) es de esos protagonistas complejos que ocultan más de lo que enseñan y cuya autora sabe ir desnudando , física y emocionalmente , a lo largo de la novela con la velocidad justa - aunque a veces te dan ganas de gritarle que se dé prisa porque necesitas saber más sobre él - . sidonie ,
la bella
, también es una protagonista sólida , tiene principios y lucha por mantenerlos incluso cuando entiende que se ha enamorado perdidamente de jonas . no es de esas protagonistas que se
idiotiza por amor
y sabe reconocer su culpa cuando ha herido al hombre que ama .
seven nights in a rogue ' s bed
es original , muy romántica y muy sensual . me ha sorprendido y me ha enamorado , la tensión entre jonas y sidone es . . . he leído la novela en inglés , pero está traducida al español . mi única queja es que el final , aunque precioso , debería de ser más largo ( o a mí me habría gustado que lo fuera ) , es un poco precipitado .
* * * 4 . 5 stars * * * holy shamoly that was hard work . bloody brilliant , but seriously full of feelings that i got to nearly the last page before everything was settled . seven nights in a rogue ' s bed is the story of sidonie and jonas . sidonie is the twenty - four year old virgin spinster sent as sacrifice to pay the debt of her beloved ( bitch ) sister roberta to jonas merrick , bastard by name and bastard by action . i ' m not going to go over the full details of this story , but i will say that everything is n
most of the time , i neither liked nor disliked these characters . i couldn’t get into the story enough to really have an opinion about them . like the book they are neither terrible or spectacular – they are okay . my only real problem with them came at the end , when they treated pearl’s fiancé in a shabby manner . the fiancé wasn’t a bad person , but he was in their way , so both of them treated him horribly . pearl more or less gets engaged to him on a whim , and proceeds to abuse him because he’s not luke .
lady pearl moreston , daughter of a duke , is worried that her step - mother will coerce her into marriage . while pearl has no objection to the married state , she would prefer to wait until her twenty - first birthday has passed so she can inherit one of her father’s small estates . pearl decides to hide for awhile when her father is out of town . she will disguise herself as a maid in another household , thus avoiding her stepmother’s clutches and learning more about life with the lower classes . when her plan goes awry , she is rescued by luke st . clair , the notorious “saint of seven dials . ” he’s a robin hood - like figure who steals baubles from ton households so he can aid the struggling denizens of seven dials .
this book excels on many fronts . stephanie laurens generally has her heroes pursue the heroine relentlessly , and demon is no exception . he realizes that he wants to marry felicity early on , and he never waivers in his devotion . parts of this plot may have a familiar ring , but it’s a ring i like to hear – so much better than a plot brimming with countless misunderstandings .
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story rating 4 . 5 stars character rating 4 . 5 stars romance rating 4 . 5 stars heat level 3 . 5 stars overall rating 4 . 5 stars i must say that i really enjoyed this book . the beginning grabbed me right away and i was totally into the story . a bit later it started to drag just a bit and i was thinking that i wish things would start moving along and then wham then the story took off and started moving right when it needed too . things got a bit exciting and then the heart break started and oh my ! the last 1 / 4
though unable - or unwilling - to reveal the fate of human - fae offspring himself , rogue accompanies me on my quest for answers . along the way he agrees to teach me to harness my power , in exchange for a single kiss each day and sleeping by my side each night . just as i am about to yield to temptation , i find myself in a deadly game of cat and mouse with an insane goddess . now my search for the truth will lead me to the darkest of all faerie secrets .
hope tarr has changed my views on historical romance . in the past i have often avoided purchase of such books for light reading . often , the plot line involved abusive behavior towards weak , insipid women . this trend really turned me off of that type of reading . however , when hope wrote her novel i was fortunate and privileged enough to have met and befriended her . therefore , of course , i read it as soon as my copy arrived ! once i started i couldn ' t put it down . i was teased by my employees as i finished the novel one night at work . anyone , that has a romantic bone in their body will be captivated by chelsea and anthony ' s story . those who are seeking more substance to the characters will be pleased and surprised by hope ' s creation of two very
real
people . congratulations hope on a wonderful first novel . can ' t wait to read the next one !
the question is , are you willing to pay it ? i’m not pretending to be good or honest . i’m a businessman and those who call me a pirate don’t get a chance to say it twice .
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it is at one of these gatherings that will first sees allegra , who immediately draws his attention . from their very first introduction , there is a certain chemistry between them . their dialogue is witty , and i enjoyed reading this meeting of minds as well as hearts . will recognizes and is honest about his need to ensnare an heiress with greater funds than allegra can offer . allegra , for her part , enjoys will’s company , but remains ever conscious of her desire to win rob’s affections .
when there are this many plot irons in the fire , some of them are bound to work , and rogue’s honor has some good moments . as the title suggests , luke has to do some thinking about just what honor means . he begins the book with a huge chip on his shoulder , and has no qualms about stealing from the wealthy to help the poor . at first i thought he would spend the whole book thinking “poor equals good and deserving , wealthy equals bad . ” the people he helps in seven dials are all the struggling but worthy penurious type , and he operates on the assumption that all of them have more right to money than the rich do . this can be a difficult position to defend ; maybe the people he is stealing from aren’t perfect , but what right does he have to take their stuff ? surprisingly , luke starts to think about these issues . he even decides to get a real job instead of stealing . unfortunately , before he really has to think too hard , or make any really difficult choices , he gets to inherit a pile of money , and the plot careens off into no man’s land again .
jane otterburn and simon st . bride live in the same world but not in the same class . once they come together , there is a deadly duel simon must face , and he is honor - bound to marry in an unlikely arrangement . but what is really strange is that “jane” isn’t really jane at all . she is really jancy , jane’s illegitimate cousin . now this deception is supposed to be the main plot for this novel . but at story’s end , simon hardly reacts to its revelation . because it is the major plot point throughout the book , shouldn’t there be a little bit more to it ?
the opening scene as the heroine arrives at the forbidding castle craven on the south devon coast is fantastic , evocative . after that wonderful , initial scene the gothic atmosphere loses some of its momentum , swallowed up in the romance and love scenes for the longest time . however , it was the second half of the book that the story really came alive for me and i enjoyed immensely . there was way more happening with the focus no longer on just jonas and sidonie .
this book is the third in the lacey chronicles by eve edwards . it follows along after the other countess and the queen’s lady , this time focusing on the illegitimate son of the late earl of dorset ( the first two followed his sons will and james ) . the book starts off with an earthquake which causes mercy to believe it is her fault because she wasn’t really listening to her father’s prayers . it seems silly , but she is ten at the time and is from a god - fearing family . i am not too fond of books that
tough and driven , kit kendall replaced frills and dresses with no - nonsense haircuts and wranglers years ago . as owner of sage brush , the once - thriving west texas bed and breakfast ranch , she now struggles daily to keep her business afloat . since mccabe lodge reopened next door as a multi - million - dollar resort , her financial difficulties compound , as she suffers one cancellation after another . just when she thought things couldn’t get any worse , kit’s former neighbor and childhood nemesis returns as the new owner of the resort that’s now putting her out of business . sam dawson , cowboy turned entrepreneur , has returned to sugar creek after six years of exile with a secret that could destroy kit’s happiness . he left town because of it and for the past two years has secretly tried to make it right . having failed , he now returns to make one last attempt to undo the tangled web created by his father . set in motion by his father’s will and with the clock ticking , sam has only weeks to convince kit to sell him her ranch or reveal the truth that will break her heart .
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when i saw that anna campbell had a new historical romance out i absolutely knew i had to request it . i was not wrong , not in the least . the book is written very much in the tradition of claiming the courtesan and untouched . in fact , as soon as i figured that out , i could pretty much tell where the story was going and just about how it was going to unfold . i was also right about all that . even so , what kept me tethered to the story were the same things that kept me very invested in those two oth


strawberry fields is a 2011 light psycho-drama film set in the kent countryside of england during the summer fruit picking season .

it was filmed entirely on location in kent county , and the background reflects the extensive fruit growing economy of kent ( sometimes called " the garden of england " ) .

strawberry fields ( 2011 film )

having enjoyed a successful premiere at the 2011 london film festival frances lea , director of strawberry fields , is destined for bigger things . part of the microwave scheme , the film marries mystery with sleepy summer visuals to evoke intrigue and curiosity .
frances lea’s ' strawberry fields ' picked for u . k . distribution by indie player soda pictures
written by lea and judith johnson , strawberry fields is produced by liam beatty and lucie wenigerová .
is a tale of sibling rivalry and playing of mind games set in the strawberry fields of kent . starring
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in a recent trial , totally impermeable film ( tif ) was laid out over salinas fields to prevent the fumigant from leaking . the new film was compared with the standard film used by growers . fumigant concentrations under tif were 46 percent to 54 percent higher than under standard film , and the higher concentrations were correlated with higher strawberry yields and better weed control . scientists report these findings in detail in the october–december 2011 electronic edition of the university of california’s california agriculture journal .
strawberry fields will be released in april 2012 as part of soda pictures ' new british cinema quarterly ( nbcq ) platform .
the research article “totally impermeable film retains fumigants , allowing lower application rates in strawberry” can be viewed and downloaded at urltoken .
as if the strawberry fields festival line - up wasn ' t big enough , they ' ve gone and added more to an already stacked roster .
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uc scientists now report that use of totally impermeable film in strawberry fields can improve the effectiveness of a widely - used mb alternative known as 1 , 3 - d ( 1 , 3 , dichloropropene ) . use of the film reduces the amount of 1 , 3 - d needed to maintain yields , while lowering field emissions overall .
london – frances lea’s strawberry fields , starring fresh faces anna madeley , christine bottomley and emun elliot , has been picked up for u . k . distribution by indie player soda pictures .
nsw boutique event strawberry fields will hit festival season with everything it’s got , as the annual celebration of music and arts confirms an exciting headliner in yothu yindi ' s new project and more .
described by the guardian as ‘a terrific british debut [ … filled ] with lush , summery images and an alluringly mysterious central relationship between two sisters’ , strawberry fields both mesmerises and confuses . redeemingly , lea’s direction provides the film with some beautiful shots and stunning visuals of the kent landscapes .
this low - budget film is punctuated by nicely staged moments that make great use of the kent backdrop of lush fields , coastal spots and rural idyll , and while the script is subtle enough the film is often played with too much quivering and quirky emotion to really convince .
the microbudgeted indie project is a spring pictures production bankrolled by film london microwave , in association with bbc films , and kent county council film office with the assistance of screen south .
strawberry fields is the story of two sisters who both like the same man but in different ways and is a bold and inventive melodrama that offers a distinctively refreshing spin on a complex . . . see full summary »
the strawberry picking backdrop is appealing – despite the fact that these pickers never seem to work overly hard ( it is back - breaking work after all ) and have far too much time for fun in the sun – and the locations evocative , but despite having strong moments strawberry fields never quite sustains the psycho - drama it is striving for .
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co - star emun elliott provides the sisters with a physical problem as gillian struggles to escape the confines of her sister’s strong hold to enjoy time with him . lust and love fill strawberry fields and help aid the confusion the film portrays . gillian enters the film , seemingly normally , riding a bike . her actions soon evoke question marks and we watch as she steals clothes and presents herself under a new persona at a strawberry picking field . here she makes new friends that are confused to find she’s not quite who she says she is , a revelation made thanks to the arrival of her batty sister emily .
festival of art , music and creative expression strawberry fields has announced its exciting return for 2016 . not only will the festival return to the majestic murray river just outside of tocumwal , it will also expand , to create almost double the activities and acts presented in the past .
long hot summers ( a thing barely remembered here in the uk ) and shrill , vibrant , sexual drama do tend to go hand - in - hand , and while frances lea’s strawberry fields can never quite deliver when it comes to a needed dose of sweaty sexuality , it is fine as a quivering psychological drama as a pair of damaged sisters drive each other crazy while working as pickers at a strawberry farm .
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lea’s film soon loses its focus , veering away as it does from strawberry picking and instead settling itself in a realm of weirdness . the bond between the sisters , although forming the focus of the film , never feels fully explored and the murderous intent that grows in them both is ill explained . emily is willing to do whatever it takes to keep her sister , but we’re never quite sure why .
strawberry fields is the story of two sisters who both like the same man but in different ways and is a bold and inventive melodrama that offers a distinctively refreshing spin on a complex story of lust , rivalry and liberation . a seemingly carefree woman is seen cycling through narrow lanes before reaching a strawberry farm where she takes on a job , living in a shabby caravan , starting to develop friendships with her co - workers and in particular one rugged farmhand , kev . although aloof and mysterious its not until a dazzling woman appears in the strawberry fields that we discover who she was running away from â
her sister , emily . emily is eccentric to the point of dangerous and its not long before the two sisters form a battle of wills with kev caught in the crossfire .
strawberry fields is the story of two sisters who both like the same man but in different ways and is a bold and inventive melodrama that offers a distinctively refreshing spin on a complex story of lust , rivalry and liberation . a seemingly carefree woman is seen cycling through narrow lanes before reaching a strawberry farm where she takes on a job , living in a shabby caravan , starting to develop friendships with her co - workers and in particular one rugged farmhand , kev . although aloof and mysterious it ' s not until a dazzling woman appears in the strawberry fields that we discover who she was running away from - her sister , emily . emily is eccentric to the point of dangerous and it ' s not long before the two sisters form a battle of wills with kev caught in the crossfire .
strawberry fields puts , to put it in one neat analogy , a lot of strawberries in one punnet . it explores the unbreakable bond held between siblings and the heady delights of summer . the sisters , gillian ( anna madeley ) and emily ( christine bottomley ) , are trying to cope with growing up and growing apart . although the actresses seem to be a little old to be experiencing such dilemmas , the problem is dealt with adeptly and the strangeness inherent in both their relationship and the film is palpable .
i liked this modest film , its unusual setting , its new - folk music ( by troubadour rose ) and its conscious echoes of a streetcar named desire .
head - on crash . . . peter tork , davy jones , michael nesmith , micky dolenz in the controversial 1968 film . photograph : everett collection / rex feature
emissions are a chief concern . methyl bromide , a widely used fumigant in combination with chloropicrin , has been phased out since 2005 because it is an ozone - depleting substance targeted by the montreal protocol ( a global treaty to control ozone depletion ) and the u . s . clean air act . however , it is still being used in some california strawberry fields under a critical - use exemption . restrictions on the use of 1 , 3 - d to 90 , 250 pounds per 36 - square - mile township ( called the township cap ) leave few other options for growers in key strawberry production areas near densely populated areas .
the strawberry industry is highly dependent on soil fumigation to control pests and maintain high yields . the methyl bromide alternative , 1 , 3 - d , can be used only in certain quantities , due to air quality concerns .
at one hour , twenty - eight minutes and fifty - eight seconds , keeping rosy isn’t a particularly long film , however , its meandering middle section makes it seem much longer ; i myself found that i was checking facebook and reading the news whilst watching it , far more often than i would have liked . this is a shame because if it wasn’t for such a lacklustre narrative , some truly bad writing and terrible cinematography , keeping rosy ( 2014 ) had the potential to be a fine film . all the pieces are there , but the film never takes advantage of them .
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ultimately , what’s stopping keeping rosy from being subjectively ‘good’ is the chronic genre uncertainty which obviously plagued its script . through most of the film , keeping rosy is a kind of modern day hitchcock movie with an incredibly bleak london atmosphere ; at times it becomes a black comedy and at others it’s a charming piece about a forty - something woman finally having a baby . yet , throughout all these genre - shifts , it still retains its bleak , london atmosphere . it’s not all bad , though . i think the use of sound in this film should be held up as an example in film schools , and the understated acting style used by peake and the rest of the cast is sublime , but such glimmers of excellence cannot save a film like this , any more than a silk shirt could function as a parachute .
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the movie , billed as a twisted tale of sibling rivalry , sexual awakening and mind games one hot english summer , is due to unspool during this year’s upcoming bfi london film festival which starts wednesday , oct . 12 .
keeping rosy’s saving grace is its actors and actresses , who , with the exception of blake harrison in the form of blackmailing security guard roger , perform their roles very well . i was particularly captured by jen , a new mother who came into work to show off her new baby and the wife of charlotte’s boyfriend , tom . in a film mostly consisting of actors playing small roles , hart managed to give her character real depth and emotional complexity , managing to introduce themes in a very short amount of time . this , combined with the relationship that she has with charlotte and tom , and the relationship that they have with each other , gave the film a blissful feeling of outside context : that this is only a small part of a much wider world , which this film desperately needed . it’s the simple things that can really elevate a film , especially an independent one like keeping rosy with its relatively limited budget .
from there , the film meanders through a long middle section which sees charlotte bonding with the baby and naming her rosy , breaking up with her long - time partner who is also the husband of jen ( tori hart ) , one of charlotte’s former work colleagues , inviting her younger sister and niece to visit her , meeting with her relatives and realising that cctv evidence exists of her disposing of mykala’s body . then , the film ends . not with a bang , but a quiet kiss against charlotte’s flat’s railing .
arriving with a bang on 12 september , 1966 , the monkees television show was the acceptable face of the counterculture , mixing cheerful anti - establishment spirit and witty , innovative direction with the old - fashioned knockabout humour of the three stooges and the marx brothers and some brilliant songs – the neil diamond - penned i ' m a believer kept both good vibrations and strawberry fields forever off the top of the us charts .
the only time you saw long - haired kids on television was when they were being arrested ,
says dolenz .
and then we come along and all we want to do is have fun and dance and sing and help little old ladies across the road .
comparing tif with standard film , and methyl bromide plus chloropicrin with varying amounts of 1 , 3 - d plus chloropicrin , the scientists rated the effectiveness of tif . the results , writes fennimore , suggest that to achieve fruit yield and weed control similar to methyl bromide and chloropicrin , 33 percent less 1 , 3 - d plus chloropicrin is needed under tif than standard films .
blake harrison ( who i must confess i did not enjoy in this film ) needn’t worry about my opinion of him , though . i feel that the problem with his psychopathic , drug - taking , blackmailing security guard lies in the script and not with me . his character became villainous so quickly that i was left wondering , at times , if mr harrison’s script called for him to twirl his moustache menacingly .
jittery gillian ( anna madeley ) cycles through the kent countryside and stumbles across rymans farm , where they happen to be recruiting strawberry pickers . offered work and put up in a caravan on the farm along with a bunch of other itinerant pickers , she begins a tentative relationship with hunky scottish picker kev ( emun elliott ) , but things are soon ruined for her with the arrival of her high - maintenance sister emily ( christine bottomley ) , sporting a long red - dress and a ‘look at me’ attitude .
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this movie is startling . . . by denoting the typical asian american stereotypes , and showing the emotion and history of asian history . it ' s important to watch this film in order to see what it ' s like to try to identify with a culture . and the role the past has with dealing with the present and the future . this was a great movie , incendary at best . watch and you ' ll understand . the director also did a fine job at showing the turmoil within the angst filled teen and her mother and its manifestation .
the whole scene is only a few minutes long , yet it is unbelievably effective at creating tension – i found myself jumping out of my seat . another time when the film shows promise is near the start , just after charlotte has been fired from her job . the camera angle is focussed on her face , resting against the train’s window . in the background , we can hear the other train passengers arguing . the argument escalates until , suddenly , furious about having been fired , charlotte strikes the window . in that one moment , the woman so detached from the world becomes a punctuation mark on everything happening around her . it’s perfect .
i was very impressed with the film’s music and the way that it utilised diegetic and non - diegetic sounds to intensify suspense and keep the viewer’s attention on the screen , whilst managing to use it as a storytelling device . one instance of this is near the beginning . after charlotte has murdered mykala and disposed of her body , and just after charlotte has realized that mykala’s car is still in the garage downstairs , she goes downstairs to get rid of the car . the garage is quiet . charlotte gets into the car and turns the key . the car’s stereo plays row row row your boat . behind her , charlotte hears crying . it dawns on her . we realise it too . she turns around and sees a crying infant in the back seat : mykala’s daughter – the titular rosy !
the first time they saw the final cut , the band weren ' t sure what they ' d just made .
it was probably more confusing to me than it was to the average moviegoer ,
tork says .
it was misunderstood by a lot of people ,
dolenz says . in retrospect , the marketing seems suicidal . posters featured the balding head of the media theorist john brockman and the slogan :
what is head all about ? only john brockman ' s shrink knows for sure !
the so - called monkees movie made no mention of the monkees .
most of our fans couldn ' t get in because there was an age restriction and the intelligentsia wouldn ' t go to see it anyway because they hated the monkees ,
dolenz says . jones thinks rafelson and nicholson were just
practising their film techniques . they were throwing us to the ' gators at that point .
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according to lea , the story is inspired by a streetcar named desire ( a bold statement indeed ) , but while it never quite reaches tennessee williams literary heights ( or legendary performances ) it does offer moments to intrigue despite never really convincing as a whole .
gillian has been trying to escape her sister’s manipulative behaviour , and her arrival both forces into an even more intense relationship with kev and also responding angrily to any aside or comment by emily . as emily intensifies her attempts to control her sister the scene is set for sex and violence as kev responds to emily’s machinations .
christine bottomley is impressive as the bonkers but attractive emily ( the blanche dubois role here ) , with a nice line in flowing summery dresses and a sustained edginess , though anna madeley has a harder role as the annoyingly childlike gillian . it is the less showy role , but madeley never manages to make her sympathetic or appealing .
the three - day weekend gross ( excluding previews ) of july 6 - 8 was £6 . 2m
british summer picking strawberries , where she meets and falls in love with fellow picker kevin . but her idyllic new life is jeopardised by the arrival of her sister emily .
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the isle of sheppey boasts some unique landscapes , such as salt marshes and shell beaches that have attracted many previous filmmakers , such as the hide ( 2009 ) , great expectations ( 1989 ) and top gear – the sweeney ( 2012 ) .
foxbury farm is a large fruit grower in sevenoaks and was a new find for this project .
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an inventive melodrama referencing tennessee williams and a streetcar named desire , a complex story of lust , rivalry and liberation in kent countryside .
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grief and a messy shared history hang in the air like a river mist that won ' t clear , and the two lead stars make it worthwhile .
the movie isn ' t perfect and arguably doesn ' t quite come together at the end , but it works as an intense and bizarre psychological drama , and the kent landscape is gorgeously evoked .
beautifully shot and mostly well executed . lea and her cast are worth looking out for .
aside from the first - rate cinematography and editing , it ' s is so disappointingly arch that we struggle to believe anything , even as it touches on important themes .
its simplicity is both effective and deceptive - a testament to the script ' s intelligence and to the actors ' beguiling ( if slightly histrionic ) performances .
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the festival will return to the picturesque banks of the murray river in tocumwal from november 17 – 19 with the aforementioned headline act painting a good picture of what to expect from its eclectic line - up .
yothu yindi will deliver classic hits and new material , all with an “ electronic twist” for the treaty project — an endeavour that sees the aussie icons reunite with gavin campbell of filthy lucre fame who produced a widely acclaimed remix of the song 25 years ago .
in keeping with the anniversary celebrations , legendary amsterdam label rush hour will mark 20 years with a showcase that includes antal , hunee and soichi terada , while fellow dance gurus andrew weatherall , optimo and mr scruff share the stage with local favourites total giovanni , sampa the great and more .
andrew weatherall , archie hamilton , aurora halal , cc : disco ! , dj bone , fatima & alexander nut , frankey & sandrino , francis inferno orchestra , harvey sutherland & bermuda , k + lab , lovebirds , mall grab , monkey safari , monolink , mr scruff , nicola cruz , optimo , oxia , peggy gou , rush hour 20th anniversary showcase ft . antal , hunee & soichi terada , sampa the great , sebastian mullaert , the teskey brothers , total giovanni , yo ! mafia , vaal and yothu yindi presents the treaty project
the annual celebration of music and arts has today added the likes of extrawelt , matthias meyer , sampology , daniel avery and afta - 1 , as well as a whole host of other international and australian acts .
the boutique event , taking place on the picturesque banks of the murray river in tocumwal from november 17 – 19 , announced back in june that the yothu yindi dance music project would be headlining the festival .
andrew weatherall , archie hamilton , aurora halal , cc : disco ! , dj bone , fatima & alexander nut , frankey & sandrino , francis inferno orchestra , harvey sutherland & bermuda , k + lab , lovebirds , mall grab , monkey safari , monolink , mr scruff , nicola cruz , optimo , oxia , peggy gou , rush hour 20th anniversary showcase ft . antal , hunee & soichi terada , sampa the great , sebastian mullaert , the teskey brothers , total giovanni , yo ! mafia , vaal and yothu yindi presents the treaty project
since its debut seven years ago , the festival has had young , local and international names play its grounds including alex smoke , andy scott , tiga , soul cap and palms trax .
punters can also head on down to the festival from thursday for the first time ever , spending a day splashing in the murray river before festival proceedings kick off .
the festival will take place from 17 nov to 20 nov this year . check out the 2015 aftermovie below .
wonderfully understated acting and a wonderful soundscape made disappointing by terrible writing , lackluster cinematography and unpredictable genre and tonal shifts .
when charlotte ' s life disintegrates , we follow her on a heart - racing journey of self - discovery , atonement and danger .
high - class , subdued acting from every member of the cast , as well as a wonderful soundscape worthy of academic study .
keeping rosy is the story of a woman named charlotte ( maxine peake ) , who , after getting fired from her job at a leading media company in london , murders her eastern european maid , mykala ( elisa lasowski ) , following an argument about smoking in her apartment and her belief that mykala had stolen a bottle of champagne . things are only complicated when , in the process of disposing of her former maid’s body and her possessions , charlotte discovers mykala’s baby in the back seat of her car .
but if keeping rosy’s use of sound is perfect , then its cinematography is god - awful with a capital awful . too many lingering shots , too many close - ups from positions that make me wish i could pick up the camera and move it . extreme close - ups are used to convey intimacy and show the importance of things , but they’re unnecessary in cases such as this , where the characters are the only thing of interest on screen . in the director’s defence , the cinematography does manage to convey the overbearing sense of loneliness in london very well , and there are a few shots that i did like , but such instances are rare .
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avy jones doesn ' t really want to talk about head . the former monkees heartthrob is happy to talk about his old home in manchester , his new home in florida , his racehorses , his theatre career – anything , basically , except the cryptic , psychedelic art movie that , in 1968 , marked the end of the monkees ' short tenure as the biggest rock band in america .
we were pawns in something we helped create but had no control over ,
he says crossly .
we should have made ghostbusters , ok ?
head could never be mistaken for ghostbusters . it ' s a fourth - wall - shattering , stream - of - consciousness black comedy that mocks war , america , hollywood , television , the music business and the monkees themselves . these days , it is fondly remembered as one of the weirdest and best rock movies ever made , and a harbinger of the so - called new hollywood . quentin tarantino and edgar wright are both fans . dj shadow and saint etienne have sampled its dialogue . according to director bob rafelson , the beatles and the rolling stones both requested private screenings , while thomas pynchon attended a screening disguised as a plumber . but to the fans who had made the monkees household names , it might as well never have existed .
the movie dropped like a ball of dark star ,
says bassist peter tork .
the simile of a rock in the water is too mild for how badly that movie did .
jones , tork and drummer micky dolenz are about to embark on a reunion tour but , even after 43 years , the subject of head still stirs complicated emotions . jones is more peevish than his cute television persona , and tork more thoughtful than the clueless dope he portrayed . only dolenz is instantly recognisable as the up - and - at - ' em showbiz pro . ( guitarist mike nesmith , who is prickly and distracted in head , is sitting out this reunion . ) their memories of head are as different as their personalities .
i can only give you my personal view on this ,
dolenz insists .
you ' ll get very different answers from them . it ' s like rashomon .
rafelson , a charismatic director hungry for his big break , dreamt up a tv show about a rock band , inspired by the beatles and especially richard lester ' s a hard day ' s night . his business partner in the production company raybert , bert schneider , was the son of the head of columbia pictures , whose tv division agreed a deal for the show in 1965 . putting out a call for
four insane boys ,
they auditioned such future stars as harry nilsson , stephen stills and van dyke parks before settling on two former child actors ( jones and dolenz ) and two unknown folksingers ( nesmith and tork ) .
hurt by ( accurate ) claims that they didn ' t play on their own records , the band practised hard and went out on tour . led by nesmith , who told dolenz the process was like pinocchio becoming a real little boy , they seized creative control with their third album , headquarters , and became bona fide rock stars . they hung out with the beatles and toured with jimi hendrix as support . during one visit to tork ' s laurel canyon mansion , singer jackson browne later recalled :
jimi hendrix was up there jamming with buddy miles in the pool house , and peter ' s girlfriend was playing the drums , naked .
when we made headquarters , i thought i ' d died and gone to heaven ,
says tork .
my whole goal had been to be a member of a band that worked . the next thing i know we ' re making a movie and it doesn ' t have anything to do with the business of being in a band together .
the movie was conceived at the height of their success , but fame , dolenz once said ,
was slowly burning a hole through the centre of our brains
. there is still dispute over the point of a monkees movie .
there ' s some weight behind the idea that bob and bert wanted to wreck the monkees , to stop it cold in its tracks ,
says tork .
i ' ve never known for sure . bert and bob might have thought out loud : ' let ' s kill the monkees ! ' or they may have not thought so out loud but at some unconscious level , they were sick of the monkees and wanted to do something else .
rafelson is 78 , retired and sick of interviews , but he agreed to answer a few questions via his daughter , gabrielle .
bob was urged by his partners and friends not to make a movie with the monkees ,
gabrielle says .
they felt he had done his work with them , and their audience was already defecting . but bob felt he wanted to complete the cycle . he felt the truth of the monkees story had not been told – their manipulation , protest and substantial talents . he felt the true story , in abstract [ form ] , would be more than worth the telling .
rafelson introduced the band to his friend , a struggling b - movie actor and screenwriter named jack nicholson .
jack was fabulous ,
tork says .
we adored him , all of us . michael practically fell in love with him , in a manly sort of way .
dolenz agrees :
he was such a wonderful , charismatic , funny guy . jack spent a lot of time with us . he hung out on the [ tv ] set and came out on tour , just picking up the vibe .
one weekend in late 1967 , they all decamped to a hotel suite in california ' s ojai valley for a brainstorming session . amid clouds of pot smoke , they talked all weekend with the tape recorder running . nicholson then took the tapes and turned the conversations into a screenplay ; according to rafelson , he structured it while on lsd .
originally called changes , the movie was retitled head , partly as a drug reference and partly so that raybert ' s next production , easy rider , could be marketed with the slogan
from the guys who gave you head
– a plan torpedoed by head ' s box - office nosedive . dolenz remembers raybert working on easy rider simultaneously ; nicholson , dennis hopper and pete fonda all make cameo appearances in head , as do frank zappa and the former world heavyweight champion sonny liston .
the movie was using the monkees to deconstruct the studio system ,
dolenz reckons .
there ' s a scene with me and teri garr in the old west and i get hit by arrows and i say , ' bob , i can ' t do this fake shit any more . ' well , that was a metaphor for people being fed up with the studio system .
by that stage , the monkees were doing a good job of deconstructing themselves . the domineering nesmith hired hard - nosed agent jerry perenchio and staged a walk - out over pay on the first day of the three - month shoot . while tork , thinking it another nesmith powerplay , ducked out , the others were wooed back with a token $ 1 , 000 each and production resumed under a cloud .
it was a joy seeing a movie being made , but i didn ' t like working for bob rafelson ,
tork says .
i did what he told me , but i can ' t say that i ever had any heart connection with him .
his favourite scene , in which he recounts what he has learned from an indian mystic , was actually directed by nicholson .
but rafelson honestly believed it would work .
bob was disappointed because he had hoped that the movie transcended the group ' s name ,
gabrielle says . he soon realised his error . at a greenwich village screening , hipsters lured in by the enigmatic posters walked out the minute the monkees appeared . the reviews were savage . of its $ 790 , 000 budget , it recouped just $ 16 , 111 .
rafelson and nicholson soon hit pay dirt with easy rider and went on to make five easy pieces and other archetypal 70s films , but the band they left behind floundered . with the show over , album sales were in freefall , even though the head soundtrack contained inspired contributions from tork ( can you dig it ? ) , nesmith ( circle sky ) and carole king ( porpoise song ) . a disillusioned tork was the first to quit .
i didn ' t have a band . i wanted this kind of connection and i didn ' t get it , so i felt it was up to me to leave .
nesmith followed in 1970 .
tork has seen head around 80 times but it took him years to work out why it bothered him so much . in the movie , the monkees are hoodwinked , bamboozled , chased , assaulted , mocked , trapped in a black box and reduced to dandruff in the hair of the actor victor mature , before ending up back where they started . in the words of the sardonic nicholson - penned theme tune ,
so make your choice and we ' ll rejoice / in never being free !
most people are dazzled by the psychedelia , and that ' s fine , but for me finally the point of the movie is the monkees never get out ,
tork says sadly .
which is to say bob rafelson ' s view of life is you never get out of the black box you ' re in . there ' s no escape .
there might have been a scene where we get out ,
he says wistfully .
we jump in the water and get away .
the monkees ' 45th anniversary tour begins at the liverpool echo arena on 12 may . .
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producing 85 percent of the nation’s strawberries , california growers urgently need alternatives to methyl bromide fumigation if they are to maintain yields . methyl bromide has been phased out for all but critical uses because it depletes ozone in the upper atmosphere .
impermeable films have three benefits , according to lead author steven fennimore , uc cooperative extension specialist and weed scientist in uc davis department of plant sciences . the films trap the fumigant in the soil for a longer time and thereby increase its effectiveness ; they reduce fumigant emissions , which after reacting with nitrogen oxides , can convert to ground - level ozone ; and they reduce the amount of fumigant needed for effective pest control .
tif may ease some of the burdens of fumigant regulations on end - users , as well as ease concerns of the general public about exposure to fumigants , he concludes .
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