![]() ![]() Defending Your Life becomes worthy of near-endless rewatches, packed with comfort, Brooksian wit, understated acting and an example of a filmmaker evolving in his ability to resonate with audiences. His comedy was refined, not relying on physicality or manic energy to find a laugh, thanks in part to his own subtle performance. It contains a sweet combination of relatability and story singularity that Brooks learned from his early projects yet struggled to capture again. Defending Your Life remains Albert Brooks’ directorial peak, a signal that the filmmaker matured beyond the lighter satire of Modern Romance and his Esquire article, each with a decade of progress between them. As always, Brooks skewers a version of himself, exposing parts of his own psyche and personality that negatively impact him and others he loves. ![]() Defending Your Life which only made around $16 million at the box office but garnered critical acclaim, features understood staples of Brooks’ earlier work and his films still to come: Opening scene speeches, plenty of cameos (or bit parts by known actors) and time spent driving, and a central relationship surrounding Brooks and a woman he (desperately) needs. 1991’s Defending Your Life, Brooks’ fourth directorial effort, gave a comforting picture of a regular man in the afterlife and sifted through the idea that we all live fear-plagued lives. Miller wakes up in a version of the afterlife, a place called Judgment City, where he has five days to defend his life in a court-like proceeding involving two judges, a prosecutor and his own defender, played to a tee by Rip Torn. Stars: Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant, and Buck Henry While chaos and bloodshed rule the world of protagonist Rocket and those of his generation-psychotic druglord Li’l Zé, groovy playboy Benny and solemn Knockout Ned (singer Seu Jorge, in his breakout role)- City of God elucidates an underlying symmetry, exhibiting if not poetic justice, then the street version of the same. City of God’s harrowing depiction of daily violence in the favelas exemplifies in shocking detail the Hobbesian view of life as “nasty, brutish and short,” but the film never casts judgment. City of God set the template for other shocking urban films to follow (not to mention a revival of “favela funk” by music-marauders like Diplo and M.I.A.), but whereas other cinematic studies like Gomorrah (about modern Sicily) and the documentary Dancing with the Devil wallow in such viciousness, this film plunges deeper, grips harder, and yet always allows glints of humanity into such darkness. Based on the novel by Paulo Lins (and adapted by Bráulio Mantovani), Meirelles turned an unflinching eye on a world forgotten by the wealthy and powerful, ignored by police and indifferent to law and order. And while it failed to even garner a foreign-language-film nomination that year, the alternately intense and intimate depiction of Rio’s desperate favelas has only grown in stature and power. Originally released in January 2003 to critical praise, Fernando Meirelles’ masterful yet brutal City of God receded from view until Miramax re-released it for Oscar consideration. Stars: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Alice Braga, Seu Jorge ![]() Here are the 20 Best Movies on Cinemax and Max Go: This list covers the best on offer, up to date for November 2021. Let us know whether Bikini Avengers or College Coeds vs. In our curation efforts, we’ve skipped over Max After Dark options, so those after “Skinamax” offerings will have to venture into that territory on their own. From great action flicks, war movies, and westerns to comedy and drama, the premium channel still has the hits. That doesn’t mean, however, that Cinemax isn’t still offering up hundreds of great movies. While its website is still active, the Cinemax streaming companion has since taken a backseat to the HBO parent streamer. HBO Max may have begun dominating the Max title among movie streaming apps since its release, but before it burst onto the scene, Max Go was one of the premium ways to watch movies. ![]()
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On the diagnostics.html page, same as per the Cloud Edition, you will see the option ( Allow remote access for support) straight away, see the following screenshot. ![]() Once on the diagnostics.html page, you will see the option ( Allow remote access for support) straight away, see the following screenshot. If you own an older IX Series (pre Cloud Edition), then you will need to reach this address: If you own a StorCenter PX Series (PX2-300d, PX4, PX6 etc.) you want to reach the diagnostics page through this link: If you own a StorCenter IX Series (IX2-200, IX4-200d etc.) Cloud Edition you want to reach this address (remember to replace the IP we’re using in the example with the IP of your NAS): Let’s say that the address of your StorCenter is 192.168.5.15 and that the password of your primary administrative account is Welcome. This is going to work on the R (rack) series too. Why is that? Well, the reason is very simple: when troubleshooting any issue you are experiencing, their support team might ask you a dump file or to enable options (including Enable SSH on your Iomega StorCenter) that are available only in a specific interface of the StorCenter which is not linked to in any section of the web UI. Not even in the rack editions!įortunately switching this option on is very simple and it’s kind of supported by Iomega/Lenovo. If you own one of the Lenovo Iomega EMC StorCenter NAS devices, you might have noticed that SSH is disabled by default and there’s no option, in the common interfaces, to turn it on. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The College Board, which administers the SAT, said on May 12 that it supports colleges “that are rightfully emphasizing flexibility for the admissions process for next year” and noted that the organization’s “responsibility is to ensure that every student has the option and the opportunity to take the SAT.” “And we wanted to provide clarity and ease anxiety as soon as we could.” “If future test dates are not available in students’ local areas or if students are worried about how to test in a socially distant manner, we do not want them to feel pressure to put themselves in situations that are not in their best interest,” Matt McGann, the dean of admission and financial aid at Amherst, said in a statement. The same day that Williams made the exams optional, so did its rival, Amherst. “This is an unprecedented moment for students and colleges alike and it calls for a change to the usual way of doing things,” Liz Creighton, the dean of admission and financial aid at Williams, said in a statement on April 6. More than two dozen institutions - including highly selective liberal arts colleges like Williams and Amherst, both in Massachusetts - announced this spring that the tests would be optional for applicants seeking to enroll in 2021. But many of the schools that compete with those big names are moving ahead to make the tests optional. So far, Dartmouth College, Yale and Brown University still require them, as do Stanford and highly selective colleges on the West Coast. In a recent message to potential applicants, Princeton’s dean of admission, Karen Richardson said, “while our policy has long been that SAT subject tests are recommended but not required, now seems the appropriate time to reiterate that applicants who do not submit subject tests will not be disadvantaged in our process.” She added, “SAT or ACT test scores are only one part of our holistic review.” Two other Ivy League schools, Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania, do not require students take SAT subject tests for admission. “You will not be disadvantaged in any way if you do not submit subject tests.” The test begins after students are checked in and seated, usually by 8:30 am.“We know that there are fewer opportunities to take the SAT or ACT given the cancellations to date,” Harvard said in a statement. ![]() What Time Does the ACT Start? ACT test-takers are required to report to their test center by 8:00 am. 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