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Movie reviews: Pop the popcorn, pop the bubbly. It’s Oscar time | Entertainment News
Not every movie that’s considered great gets the Best Picture Oscar. As moviegoers know, there are quite a few absurd first-time Oscar winners. One of the greatest films to win no Oscars is Alfred Hitchcock’s magnificent psychological thriller ‘Vertigo’, which is about a man who agrees to do a favor for a friend and ends …

Movie reviews: “The Lost City” and more
THE LOST CITY: 2 ½ STARS “The Lost City,” a new action-adventure in theaters now, brings together goofy and handsome actors Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum in a film about a romance writer, a kidnapping, and a secret treasure in a satire of love stories that is actually a romance. Bullock plays Loretta Sage, an …

Lost City, The | movie reviews
The lost city is probably best considered a romantic comedy spiced up with adventure elements rather than the other way around. Either way, it’s passably sweet entertainment, but just as it’s unlikely to stick in your throat, it won’t hold a place in memory either. The generic-sounding title is appropriate for the material. The term …

The remake of the French film tipped to win the prize for best film at the Oscars
A week before the 94th Academy Awards, only one film – a remake of the French film The Aries Family – quickly becomes the dark horse to win the Best Picture Oscar. Vs nine other films, CODAan acronym for Child of Deaf Adults, is an emotionally uplifting coming-of-age story of a teenage girl who is …

Movie reviews: new for March 18
Click to enlarge Hulu Ben Affleck in deep waters Cheaper by the dozen *1/2 I’m sure the creative team behind this latest adaptation of the 1948 book – director Gail Lerner and screenwriters Kenya Barris & Jennifer …

Movie Reviews: “Sissy” (SXSW) – HorrorFuel.com: Reviews, Ratings and Where to Watch the Best Horror Movies and TV Shows
Australian horror comedy sissy is a delight, tackling social media culture and bullying as it delivers big slices of laughs and gore. Cecilia (Aisha Dee) has 200,000 subscribers on her “Sincerely Cecilia” self-help channel, on which she conducts meditation practices and connects paid sponsors. When she randomly meets her childhood best friend Emma (Hannah Barlow) …
My Cynical Review of Maxed Out: A Film About Credit Cards
The photo of the enormous McMansion in my previous post reminded me that I needed to continue watching Maxed Out, a documentary about the credit card business. On Google Video [90 minutes long], you may watch it for free (although bad quality). In the first scene, a real estate agent sells properties with ridiculous features …

Boulder storage company Closetbox Inc. files for bankruptcy
Full-service storage company Closetbox Inc. has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. According to documents filed Friday with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado, the company has liabilities of $650,546 and assets of $32. $247. Closetbox, which was founded in 2014, tried to stand out in the storage industry as a full-service company …
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LATAM Airlines bankruptcy judge clears $734 million in financing charges
A LATAM Airlines plane carrying cargo in Montevideo, Uruguay February 25, 2021. REUTERS/Mariana Greif Join now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Summary Law firms Related documents Opponents called the fees unreasonably high The judge finds the fees reasonable given the financing risk (Reuters) – LATAM Airlines Group SA on Tuesday won court approval …

Third-party non-consensual posts: what they are and why you should care | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Although bankruptcy filings have been rare in the two years since the emergence of COVID-19,[1] deposits are expected to start rising again as government pandemic assistance and financial buffers, such as forbearance agreements, are lifted. Despite the current lull in bankruptcy filings, bankruptcy law has continued to evolve in recent years with the passage of …

Trial set to consider approval of Boy Scouts bankruptcy plan
DOVER, Del. (AP) â More than two years after the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy protection amid a spate of child sex abuse allegations, a judge will determine whether to confirm its proposed reorganization plan in a trial beginning Monday. The trial in U.S. bankruptcy court in Delaware is expected to drag on …

Bankruptcy 101: “Estate” and “Estate Ownership” – Bankruptcy Basics for New and Non-Bankruptcy Lawyers | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
This entry is part of Nelson Mullins’ Bankruptcy Basics ongoing blog series which aims to address the fundamentals of bankruptcy for practitioners and non-bankruptcy professionals. This entry will explain the concepts of bankruptcy âestateâ and âestate ownershipâ and their importance. When a debtor files for bankruptcy, the bankruptcy “mass” is immediately constituted. It consists of …
I graduated from college at 40, but defaulted on my student loans. How can I treat?
How to get out of student loan debt Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I’m about to turn 65 and eligible for Medicare. I have a bachelor’s degree in corporate and organizational communication and an associate’s degree in marketing and sales technology. I was 40 when I graduated. My younger classmates got great jobs. I went bankrupt and …

Nitrocrete Sells Substantially All Assets in Bankruptcy Agreement – BizWest
FORT COLLINS – Nitrocrete LLC, a company that has developed techniques for controlling concrete temperatures with liquid nitrogen, has sold most of its assets to Texas-based Magnolia subsidiary Cryogenic Industrial Solutions LLC for 6, $5 million. Nitrocrete filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in United States Bankruptcy Court in Denver on November 18, 2021, citing …

J&J Spin-Off Company cleared to file for bankruptcy affecting baby powder lawsuits
Those suing Johnson & Johnson, claiming talc-based baby powder caused their cancer, have once again been frustrated. After splitting into two companies, Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary, LTL Management, can file for bankruptcy. Under a Texas law, commonly referred to as “Texas Two-Step”, Johnson & Johnson spun off the business and created LTL management. After its …

American Apparel Founder Dov Charney Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy – Sourcing Journal
American Apparel Founder Dov Charney Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy – Sourcing Journal Facebook pinterest Search icon SourcingJournal_horiz Glass Twitter Shape camera graph-trend logo Shape icon / user You will be redirected to your article in seconds March 15, 2022 7:47 a.m. ET In a duel that never seems to end, Dov Charney is locked …

Puerto Rico emerges from bankruptcy after grueling debt negotiation
Puerto Rico’s government officially emerges from bankruptcy after completing the largest public debt restructuring in U.S. history after announcing nearly seven years ago that it was unable to pay its debt by more of $70 billion. By DÃNICA COTO Associated Press March 15, 2022, 12:36 ⢠3 minute read Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this …

Held, The | movie reviews
While watching The clothea new film from director Graham Moore, reminded me of the classic Detective – not in terms of specific plot points but in the way the film uses misdirection to increase the level of suspense, and also in the use of a limited number of characters and a confined setting. To be …

Film Reviews: “Some Like It Rare”, “The Ledge” (FrightFest Glasgow Film Festival)
Some like it rare French horror comedy Some like it rare (barbecue; 2021) finds that bSophie (Marina Foïs) and Vincent (writer/director Fabrice Eboué) Pascal, a sexless married couple who are true crime addicts, have had a hard time with their butchery, but an incident involving one of a group of vegans who tears apart their …

Local Lawyer Becomes Federal Bankruptcy Judge | Local News
After more than 15 years at Facey, Goss & McPhee, a local attorney took over as U.S. bankruptcy judge for Vermont on Monday. Heather Zubke Cooper has a “broad and diverse background in bankruptcy law” with over 20 years of experience in “the finance and restructuring industry, representing individual and corporate debtors and creditors in …

2021 Annual Review Corporate Restructuring + Insolvency – Insolvency/Bankruptcy/Restructuring
To print this article, all you need to do is be registered or log in to Mondaq.com. 2021 has been a productive year for the Corporate Restructuring + Insolvency group at Morrison & Foerster. We want to offer our friends and clients an overview of the cases we have worked on throughout the year. As …

Bankruptcies increase for the second month
Epican Atlanta-based legal services industry intelligence provider, released its February 2022 bankruptcy filing statistics from its new Bankruptcy analysis platform which found that deposits rose 3.2% last month to 26,985 deposits of all types, up from 26,194 in January, but down from 27,957 in December. Comparing year-over-year data from February 2021 to February 2022, bankruptcy …

9th Circuit Bankruptcy Appeals Board Addresses Refinement of Building Liens in Bankruptcy Proceedings
In a recent decision,1 The United States Bankruptcy Appeals Board of the 9th Circuit has clarified an important step construction lien holders must take to perfect their liens when the debtor has filed a bankruptcy petition before the lien holder files a foreclosure action. In this case, the debtor undertook to pay the contractor approximately …

Chaskiel Strulovitch’s bankruptcy saga comes to an end
David Aviram of Maverick Real Estate Partners (Maverick Real Estate Partners, LoopNet, Apartments.com, iStock/Photo Illustration by Steven Dilakian for The Real Deal) The grueling three-year battle between Brooklyn landlord Chaskiel Strulovitch and lender Maverick Real Estate Partners is coming to an end. After putting 31 of his Brooklyn apartment buildings into Chapter 11 bankruptcy in …
The repairman who alerted the FBI that Hunter Biden’s laptop is facing bankruptcy
The computer repairman at the center of the Hunter Biden laptop saga is ready to tell his side of the story. In a new interview with the New York PostJohn Paul Mac Isaac, who in 2020 alerted the FBI to incriminating emails, text messages, photos and financial documents about Biden’s infamous laptop, before handing it …

Movie reviews: “The Adam Project” and more
THE ADAM PROJECT: 3 STARS Ryan Reynolds has carved out a unique and profitable niche on screen. The current king of non-IP action-comedy, he recently scored big hits with “Red Notice” and “Free Guy,” original films not based on an existing comic book or video game. This week, add to that list “The Adam Project,” …

Fresh (2022). Horror movie. Comments
Costs is a horror film directed by Mimi’s Cave. Featuring Sebastian Stan and Daisy EdgarJones. It’s not a romantic comedy. Promised. Parcel The horrors of modern dating seen through a young woman’s uphill battle to survive her new boyfriend’s unusual appetites. (Filmaffinity) movie reviews “There are shades of American Psycho in its acid sense of …

Bankruptcy and the Boy Scouts
A. Bankruptcy Imagine that the Acme Widget Company discovers that, to its horror, no one wants its widgets anymore. [Maybe its âwidgetâ was a buggy for horse-drawn carts, and the automobile had just been invented.] Acme owed $100,000 to its suppliers, but had assets that only totaled $5,000, with no prospect of adding to those …

Russia-backed grocery app Buyk seeks US cash as bankruptcy looms
Russia-backed grocery delivery app Buyk, which has been crippled by sanctions, is seeking U.S. backers in a bid to save itself from bankruptcy, The Post has learned. In a company-wide call hours after Buyk suddenly suspended its 15-Minute Delivery service and fired 98% of its employees due to Russian sanctions, CEO James Walker presented three …

Movie reviews: ‘The Batman’, ‘Fresh’ and more
THE BATMAN: 4 STARS On some level, Batman has always been escapist entertainment. Comics, TV shows, and movies have always tackled big topics like morality, revenge, and the razor’s edge between anarchy and order, but between Adam West’s smile, Michael’s gadgets Keaton and Christian Bale’s colorful enemies, escapism is always part of the mix. “The …

Fees | movie reviews
Spoiler Alert: When it comes to a movie like “Fresh,” there’s a legitimate question as to what constitutes a spoiler. Much depends on what a reader knows about the movie before reading the review. Anyone who’s been paying attention won’t be surprised by a key reveal in this review. However, if you want to approach …