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The Dictator Review: Not Great…
by James Thompson
18 May 2012 at 2:42pm

THE DICTATOR (15): On General Release Wednesday 16th May

Admiral General Aladeen (Cohen) is the ruler of the North African Republic of Wadiya and far from desirable to those he rules over. With everything at his disposal , Aladeen rules with disregard for international relations as well as being anti-western, anti-feminist and outrageously self-absorbed. So much so, that the man has created his very own Wadiyan Games, in which he has won a stack load of gold medals, as well as being a big movie star in the country, despite his acting skills lacking hugely to say the least. A man who pays for sex with famous female celebrities and has a knack for ordering executions within his staff, Aladeen is eons from being a highly thought of leader.

When testing for nuclear weapons hits a successful stage, Aladeen is summoned by the United Nations to visit America to discuss the goings-on in Wadiya or face military action. Travelling to the States with his female bodyguards and his scheming uncle, Tamir (Ben Kingsley), Aladeen soon finds himself captured and his beard shed, with a body double replacing him. It appears that his uncle has betrayed him and aims to use the double in order to declare Wadiya a democracy, to enable him the ability to sell oil to other countries for a tidy profit.

Determined to foil his evil uncle’s plot, Aladeen befriends honest activist Zoey (Anna Faris) and works closely with his former nuclear scientist Nadal (Jason Mantzoukas) in order to infiltrate the hotel in which the double is being prepared, and stop the impending confirmation of Wadiya as a democracy before all is lost.

As one would expect, The Dictator is a one-man show in the respect that Cohen controls and commands each and every scene. There will be outcries from activists, political figures and many others but one cannot deny the wit of the man, even with some the in-film gags bordering on unnecessary. Bringing to screen once again a controversial character, the comic maintains that shock factor whilst adapting it to a regular film style as opposed to previous efforts Borat and Bruno. Whilst the shock factor is still present, it remains to be seen the longevity of such characters for Cohen in these types of films. It was the surprise factor and the real-life situations that brought the biggest laughs in his previous efforts and this time around, knowing that it is all staged, it doesn’t quite hit the mark as well.

Performance-wise, Cohen is undoubtedly the one-man gang; brave in representing a politically harsh individual and adding something quite engaging to the character surprisingly. His delivery of particular lines is spot on and, despite many controversial issues within the movie, remains unflinching in his presentation of such stereotypical subject matters. With Cohen’s antics standing out so much, it would always be difficult for the support cast to attract such attention but the likes of Ben Kingsley, Anna Faris and the extremely funny Jason Mantzoukas all contribute to make the film funnier or, in Faris’ case, slightly heartfelt.

Sitrred and driven by a storm of controversy and political issues, The Dictator was always destined to follow down the same path of Sacha Baron Cohen’s previous big screen efforts. Tackling issues such as 9/11 and world-renowned terrorists, it is unflinching in its portrayal of a global tyrant and Cohen does not deter from the serious issues raised throughout the duration. Director Larry Charles can be commended purely for some truly hilarious set pieces as well as a character who many will not forget as the most notable of any film in 2012. Whether a film you thoroughly enjoy or one that disgusts you down to the bone, it is undeniable that The Dictator works in planting itself in the mind once the film is over and continues the chaotic reign of Sacha Baron Cohen’s repertoire of lunatic characters.

2 Days In New York Review: Encore Une Fois
by Jez Sands
17 May 2012 at 1:25pm

2 Days In New York (15): On General Release Friday 18th May

Julie Delpy seems like a director who is determined to make the same film over and over again.  2 Days In New York is the follow up to 2007’s 2 Days In Paris, but both films owe much to the Delpy/Hawke films Before Sunrise and Before Sunset.

Five years on from 2 Days In New York and Marion (Delpy) is living in New York with her new boyfriend Mingus (Chris Rock) and they both have children from previous relationships.  As happy as they are, their relationship is tested to the limited by a two-day visit from Marion’s eccentric father (real life père Albert Delpy), her nymphomaniac sister Rose (Alexis Landeau) and Rose’s uninvited stoner boyfriend Manu (Alexandre Nahon) who also happens to be one of Marion’s exes.

It’s familiar territory for anyone that’s seen the first film or the Delpy/Hawke diptych but the observations on modern relationships are not as cutting and there’s an overreliance on rather simplistic and broad stereotyping – the French are loud and obnoxious with a peculiar penchant for shedding clothes at the drop of a hat.

That’s not to say that there isn’t a lot to love.  Chris Rock is on great form as Mingus and as the straight man surprisingly and effectively cast against type.  His role is to watch in increasing befuddlement as his world is turned upside down by those kerraazy Frenchies, so much so that he’s often resigned to talking to the life-size Obama cut-out that he keeps in his office.  Rock is actually so good in this role, that he should probably consider dropping the loud-mouth schtick that he’s cultivated for all these years; it certainly makes for a refreshing change.

Delpy is on good form as Marion, although now so neurotic, that it often feels like she might explode in a cloud of frantic energy. Albert Delpy gets the majority of the funny lines (a highlight being a chance meeting with an Obama staffer who he insists on calling a socialist, to the staffer’s abject horror) but there’s only so much culture-clash material that can be wrung out of the script.  That might be why Delpy the screenwriter has shoe-horned in a subplot which sees her selling her soul as a piece of concept art – something which involves a bizarre cameo appearance from Vincent Gallo.  It’s funny, but seems non-sequitur and out of place.

There’s a point where an art critic muses “I like the idea more than the execution” which could adequately sum up 2 Days In New York – a haphazard, fast-paced comedy which is never less than entertaining, but doesn’t have quite the edge that previous Delpy takes on relationships have had previously.

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Larry David Signs Up For New Comedy
by Jez Sands
17 May 2012 at 11:07am

While the small screen has usually been the preserve of Seinfeld/Curb Your Enthusiasm comedy guru Larry David, he does occasionally make forays onto the silver screen (his last was Whatever Works for Woody Allen in 2009).  Now he’s agreed to star in an as-yet-untitled comedy for Fox Searchlight.

It’ll be directed by Greg Mottola, who was last seen behind the camera’s for Pegg and Frost’s Paul.  Beyond that, very little is known, although the Hollywood Reporter has it that Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer and David Mandel  - all Seinfeld and Curb veterans – are writing the script which will serve as a loose framework for improvised scenes.

Mottola meanwhile has a few other projects bubbling away. He recently directed the pilot for Aaron Sorkin’s HBO drama The Newsroom (Sorkin having just agreed to take on the Steve Jobs biopic) and he’s just signed up to write the adaptation of Jeffrey Eugenides’ novel The Marriage Plot, which he may direct for Scott Rudin and Sony if all goes according to plan.

David will be seen in a small role in The Three Stooges which is due for release in August – a really curious choice given that it’s already been given a critical bashing in the States.

HBC And Kathy Bates For The Young And Prodigious Spivet
by Jez Sands
17 May 2012 at 10:32am

Amelie/Micmacs director Jean-Pierre Jeunet is getting ready to shoot his next film, his first English language film since…uh Alien: Resurrection, the scars of which have still yet to heal. The film which has the catchy title of The Young And Prodigious Spivet has just snapped up Helena Bonham Carter and Kathy Bates.

Jeunet has adapted the script from Rief Larson’s novel The Selected Works Of TS Spivet, working with regular collaborator Guillaume Laurent.

It follows the story of a 12-year-old boy (the titular Spivet played by newcomer Kyle Catlett) with extraordinary skills who leaves his family in Montana and takes off on a cross-country adventure to the Smithsonian Museum to receive a prize.

Jenuet has said that it’ll be more realistic that his other movies but we’re sure some of his odd visual flourishes will creep in, especially considering he’ll be shooting in 3D for the first time.

Bonham Carter meanwhile can be seen as oddball psychiatrist Dr Julia Hoffman in Dark Shadows.

Joel Edgerton Plans A Felony
by Jez Sands
17 May 2012 at 10:04am

Joel Edgerton seems like he’s trying to cement his image as the face of Australian crime as he’s working on a new script called Felony.

He also plans to star in the movie which follows a decorated police officer accidentally hitting a cyclist. But the plot thickens as it turns out he’d been drinking after celebrating a successful drug bust with his colleagues and compounds the situation by deciding to lie about the incident.

Matthew Saville, who’s had some success with Australian TV dramas and films, will be the man behind the camera and it’s currently on sale at Cannes. If all goes according to plan, shooting will begin in October.

Edgerton’s been a busy man of late. After breaking out with Animal Kingdom and Warrior, he was last seen in The Thing and he’ll next crop up in Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty. After that, he’ll move on to The Odd Life Of Timothy Green and then Baz Luhrmann’s eagerly awaited version of The Great Gatsby (in 3D).

More on Edgerton?  We spoke to him (and Tom Hardy) when he was doing the rounds for Warrior.

James Badge Dale Joins Iron Man 3
by Jez Sands
17 May 2012 at 9:44am

Iron Man 3‘s cast continues to grow with the addition of James Badge Dale. He’ll be playing a character called Eric Savin who in the comics was an Army Colonel who stepped on a landmine and was only saved via some last minute cybernetic surgery, to turn him in to the cyborg Coldblood-7.

Although cyborg stories were quite popular in the 80s when the character was introduced (think Terminator and Robocop), it’s more likely that Shane Black and co-writer Drew Pearce will probably take the more high-tech road and have him be the person who interfaces with the nanobots we’ve been hearing about.

He joins a swelling cast that includes Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley, Andy Lau and Rebecca Hall.

Filming is scheduled to start very soon with a projected release date of May 3 2013.

Badge Dale was last seen in Shame and The Grey and has finished work on Flight, The Lone Ranger and World War Z, so expect to see quite a lot of him in the next 12 months.

New Prometheus Viral – Quiet Eye
by Jez Sands
16 May 2012 at 4:58pm

Prometheus is coming soon and there have been enough clips out there to paste together to almost make a full movie.  So, what’s one more for the scrap book?

In this one Dr. Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) makes her case to lead a mission that will answer our greatest questions and trigger our ultimate fears.

No Press Screenings For The Dictator? Why?!
by Jez Sands
16 May 2012 at 3:20pm

The Dictator, Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest satirical comedy joins a long list of movies that didn’t get a press screening.  But why do some films not get previews in the first place?

You’d think that any publicity would be good publicity right?  Well certain film distributors don’t think so. The Saw franchise has long been a series which critics are used to not getting screenings for and for good reason – there’s nothing a critic could say about them which would persuade or dissuade someone from going to see them.  By this stage in the game (Saw VI by last count), everyone going to see it, already knows what they’re getting and no amount of praise or damnation is going to change that.

But when a film is largely unknown, surely any kind of publicity is desirable?  The lack of press screenings is something that frequently happens to horror movies (Apollo 18, Devil and Piranha 3DD are all horrors that weren’t blessed with previews) and with no advanced word of mouth, you’re relying on your marketing budget to do the talking.

Granted screening films is expensive – you’ve got cinema hire and catering to figure in, plus security if it’s a large release. In today’s belt-tightening times, fewer press screenings are only to be expected.  But if you have any faith at all in your movie, surely you’d want others to write about it?

Usually the line we’re fed about not getting a press screening is that they’re trying to preserve the twist ending (a reason which doesn’t hold water because it pre-supposes that critics can’t keep a secret).

In fact, critics have a vested interest in keeping plot twists under wraps for the very good reason that their readers often don’t want their movies spoiled and will stop reading reviews by that author if that happens.  Thus, The Cabin In The Woods which is one of the best films of the year became quite tricky to review because the less you know about it the better.  Even those reviewers who decided to reveal the twists labelled their reviews with spoilers.  Critics are movie fans too; we do understand the desire not to have a film’s reveal ruined.

Critics automatically get suspicious when a film is only given one preview the week of release (as was the case with Dark Shadows last week), as it usually indicates that a studio wants to bury a bad film and any advanced reviews will negatively impact on marketing.

That I suppose is fair enough but no screening at all means that a few dedicated critics will pay to see the movie and will automatically be in a bad mood – it’ll be in the morning, with no one they know, possibly with a hangover- rather than in the evening where the edge of a bad film can be taken off with good company and a few beers.

So, it’s alarming that The Dictator – which looked pretty funny in all the trailers – wasn’t given a press preview, especially considering the number of clips that were released prior to its premiere.  Already, alarm bells start ringing and thoughts turn to “what are they trying to hide?” particularly with a well-known lead and a comedy film, a genre often vastly improved by a larger audience.  So while the jury’s still out on The Dictator (in fact, we’ve got a dedicated scribe going to see it tonight, so we’ll have a review by the end of the week), my money’s going to be on “rather weak”

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Ted Trailer
by Jez Sands
16 May 2012 at 1:59pm

We absolutely can’t wait to see Ted. It’s the story of Johnny (Mark Wahlberg) a regular guy who falls in love with a girl (Mila Kunis). The thing is, he’s constantly dogged by a rather special friend – a hard-drinking, pot-smoking teddy bear that came to life as a result of a childhood wish and just won’t leave.

It’s starting to look a bit like a real-life Family Guy as it’s written and directed by Seth MacFarlane (who also provides Ted’s voice) and Kunis is also a Family Guy series regular as Meg, so it’s not surprising that she’s showing up here too. It’s got potential to be absolutely hilarious as you can see from both the red band and the green band trailers below. Ted hits our screens on the 3rd August.

The Raid Review: Die Hard Boiled
by Jez Sands
16 May 2012 at 12:58pm

THE RAID (18): On General Release Friday 18th May

If you haven’t been living under a rock with your fingers in your ears for several months, you must have heard of The Raid.  But now that it’s finally arrived, does it live up to the hype?   Well, happily the answer is a resounding, bone-crunching “yes” as it’s an action movie with few equals; 101 minutes of almost non-stop gun-toting martial arts action and a pulse-quickening foot up the arse for modern martial arts cinema.

Deep within one of Jakarta’s most notorious slums is a high-rise apartment block, home to the city’s most notorious criminals – gangsters, junkies and murderers – all ruled over by the iron fist of a fearsome drug lord.   It’s a 30-floor fortress which is considered nearly impenetrable and all who have attempted to assault it have failed.

That’s something that the authorities hope to change and so an elite SWAT team is sent in with the mission to sweep the building and eliminate anyone/anything they encounter.  But as they break in under the cover of darkness, they swiftly realise that the biggest challenge will be staying alive long enough to get out.

Initially, it seems that The Raid might follow the same formula as many action movies that have gone before it.  After all, other than being set in Indonesia, on the surface there’s nothing new.  The gung ho heroism and the simplistic dialogue is par for the course as are the sketchily drawn characters.  Even the villain conforms to the expected cold-blooded laconic villain type.

But where The Raid excels, nay triumphs, is in its execution.  Far from the close-up shaky cam that has become the preserve of movies like The Bourne Trilogy and Daniel Craig James Bonds, the action here is filmed wide, so you can see what’s going.  Fight scenes are long and brutal and often filmed entirely in one take, emphasising not only the athleticism of the practitioners but the fluidity and the effectiveness of the martial arts.

The result is breathtakingly visceral and unlike anything that’s been in cinemas for years – bones snap, joints are wrenched, and every bad guy gets seven kinds of hell liberally beaten out of him.  Seeing Iko Uwais tearing through a horde of bad guys in a corridor, each of whom is wielding a machete or knife is a thrill that has no equal in modern cinema.

Given that the martial art on display here – Pencak Silat – is so devastatingly effective and gloriously cinematic, it’s actually surprising that it’s taken this long to bring it to the screen.  It serves as a perfect showcase for an art that moves seamlessly from weapons-based combat to unarmed assault and one that’s not afraid to use its environment – tables, chairs, walls, light fittings, door frames all get in on the action, not to mention the most memorable use of an explosive fridge.

While the action pushes the adrenaline far into the red, director Gareth Evans has to be praised for his understanding of the beat of cinema. He knows exactly when to pull back, to give the audience a chance to catch its breath and the quiet moments propel the story forward and give us a chance to regain composure before unleashing yet another barrage of furious action.

If there are any criticisms, it’s that the final boss fight against Mad Dog (which is naturally a pre-requisite for this genre) is a little too long – and given that most of the other fights are over in mere seconds, it feels artificially extended.  That’s not to say that it’s not a superb demonstration of martial arts prowess, just that it seems to belong in a different film.

The film also has several different cuts; the mainstream UK release uses a new soundtrack from Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park. Unfortunately, the persistent “wub wub” dub-step-esque throbbing threatens to overwhelm a film which was perfectly fine with its original score.

But that’s small potatoes to a film which is not only a strong contender for the best action movie of the year but will also potentially change the landscape of modern martial arts cinema.

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Jez Sands is an apprentice instructor in Pencak Silat. Follow him on Twitter and check out Karasac Kali if you’re interested in learning to do Silat for real.

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Music in TV Programmes
10 Jan 2008 at 6:40pm

From the Mailing list,

Personally I'm waiting for the time when we can pause a program and scroll over the items on-screen and it'll tell us what they are and where we can buy them, like when Ed Norton describes his apartment at the beginning of Fight Club.
Ideas/prototypes repository
18 Apr 2007 at 5:47pm

Is there some kind of organisational structure of prototypes and ideas similar to sourceforge or 43things.com that can create more of a group around specific projects? Could there be?

BBC clocks as a widget or gadget
30 Jan 2007 at 5:38pm

Following the Clock which was created by the guys at NHK. I thought it would be a really good idea if we did some kind of clock based on the old BBC school clocks which most of remember. Jem actually found a site which has a load of old BBC clocks in Flash form. I'm sure it wouldn't be too difficult to repurpose one of the clocks or build one using SVG or something else.

Anyone interested in building one?

A new witty slogan and design for Backstage T-shirts
30 Oct 2006 at 5:39pm

We're considering changing the Fabulous but somewhat bland Backstage T-shirts. Yes they're great schwag but we can certainly do better.

So we thought it would be great if we'd ask you guys what you think is the best T-shirt schwag you've seen or owned and what witty slogan or design should be included to make a even better backstage T-shirt?

Let us know what you think...

PDA RSS
11 Oct 2006 at 4:45pm

What would be really handy for people like myself with newish mobile phones (or PDAs) that have RSS readers onboard (Sony Ericsson K800i in my case) if for there to be RSS feeds linking to the PDA and Low Resolution pages as well as the "Hi" ones. Ideally these would be included in the regular pages as the normal application/rss links. In the meantime there is a quick demo at http://kswindells.34sp.com/bbc.php/X/Y Where X is "n" for UK News or "s" for Sport and Y is the category - e.g. rugby_league or motorsport__formula_one (the / between motorsport and formula_one is replaced by two underscores) This simply takes the BBC RSS feeds and reparses them for the low res versions. Ideally this would also work for the PDA version but the URLs are structured differently. Source Code: http://kswindells.34sp.com/bbc.phpi

Weather report on your mobile in the morning
11 Oct 2006 at 4:42pm

Hello, It would be great to have the day's weather (temperature and forecast) sent to my mobile early in the morning as I'm getting ready for work. At the moment I tend to look outside of my 6th floor flat window to see how I should dress for the day (rain, snow, sun, etc). Unfortunately I leave rather early and it's already dark out, so I can't see what the weather is like until I walk out the door and it's too late to change on days when it's raining, for example! Or sometimes it looks nice and sunny, but it's actually rather breezy as well and then I'm cold all day! With this idea, if I received my text message in the morning when I woke up, I could be better prepared for the day.

what's in radio 4's 8pm slot this week?
11 Oct 2006 at 4:37pm

A page that tells people what's on in their favourite radio slots this week.

Problem
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My favourite programs are broadcast in BBC Radio 4's Monday-Friday 8pm slot. When I lived in Europe, all I had to do was tune in to Radio 4 at 8pm and chances are I'd hear something good. Super-easy. Now I live in a different time zone that doesn't let me tune in to Radio 4 at 8pm GMT. So I listen via the Radio 4 website. But the concept of 'slots' isn't reflected in the organisation of BBC Radio websites; nowhere on the Radio 4 website is there a link to "listen to the 8pm slot". The audio file is on the website somewhere, but I have to dig around to find it.

Solution
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It envisage a simple search interface where you define your slots and are given a (bookmarkable) search results page that lists this week's programing for those slots, with links to the audio file when available. This would make me happy! I think it would make other people happy too, because radio stations have this concept of 'slots' that isn't replicated in the online world. It would make it easier for people to "tune in" to their favourite slot, at the time that suits them.

Radio Now and Next in Yahoo Widgets
27 Feb 2006 at 5:05pm

It is beyond me but could someone do a Yahoo widget for BBC Radio Now and Next.
The URL points to a widget for the five terrestrial TV Channels using puretelly.com data which is perfect.

I have tried various RSS feeds in some RSS readers but it does not seem to work for me.

Some sort of ability to select the radio stations displayed would be a good feature.....

Global Weather Collection
27 Feb 2006 at 5:01pm

Instead of the BBC sharing its information, how about doing it the other way around. Create an application that will save local weather conditions back to the BBC centre, based on data gathering equipment at the users home/office. For example Maplin used to do a small kit that had a wind speed, wind direction and temperature sensors, that connected to a standard PC, and there are other companies that produce similar hardware. It could become a BBC school project and given that many people now have broadband and computers that stay on for much of the day (eg Media Centre PC's), it could become a really massive & worldwide project, as the only input a local user would need to provide would be a location. Enough sensors within a given location would allow for errors & mistakes.

Flowers
27 Feb 2006 at 12:00pm

I'm an ICT Coordinator without the time to develop many ideas. Heres my main ones:
Link up - countryfile - bbc local websites - google maps - gardeners world and add photos of local wild flowers to a google map, with flower information such as name, flowering date, herbal uses e.t.c have a sub group of experts to check details and build up a national database of wildflowers and their distribution. Link up with wildflower charities for the experts - should all be driven by ease of use for public
to add their own photos.

Idea 2 - i'm sure there's been plenty of suggestions like this. But i would like radio shows available as podcasts across the board. i.e any show on any bbc network, The podcast would be signed up rss, bbc can promote email feedback on program as part of the package. This gives you detailed information about your programs and thier reception and the listeners and license payers : accessability to your archived radio content away from a computer! yes why not let the rest of the world have it too, for free?, it would promote your brand in all the right ways!
G.Wilkinson@Valence.kent.sch.uk
ICT Coordinator Valence school

UK Singles Chart RSS Feed
27 Feb 2006 at 11:58am

Any body else think it would be a good idea for the bbc to have an RSS feed for the UK Singles chart (Top 40) or if any body wants to build an aggregator for the radio 1 webpage to produce a feed???

Local content for local people
27 Feb 2006 at 11:55am

I haven't actually got any firm details on this idea yet but just wanted to [git mode] put it in the bath and see if it floats [/end git mode].

In principle every section of every BBC Where I Live site (specifically the England ones) could output an rss feed.

With masses of content on everything from faith events to band profiles would it be possible to combine this with geo positioning to create some kind of rich app giving you information on all sorts of things happening in your location on a map?

Or something along those lines?

Forgot to add (and improved on the idea within seconds of clicking submit).

I mentioned band profiles - one of the biggest parts of a Where I Live site is the Unsigned Band section.

If you could take an RSS feed of the band profiles, the gig reviews and gig previews you could create a really sexy rich app that takes a google map, overlays it with flickr images, the data from the unsigned bands section on the Where I Live site and info on gigs in the area from sites like Radio 1, 6music and other music services - could even take in audio clips of gigs recorded by radio one or the local station.

Feed of football fixtures by league
27 Feb 2006 at 11:47am

It would be nice if a feed was available to see all the current football fixtures for eg. the upcoming week but based on leagues rather than individual clubs. Currently there doesn't seem to be a feed available for this from the fixtures page, but rather you have to go on a per-club basis...

good news
23 Dec 2005 at 10:13am

i'm pretty fed up with constant BAD NEWS! however there is a simple solution, "GOOD NEWS".
i think that the bbc should dedicate 5 minutes at least to a short news feed at an appropriate time for max audience, showing the days good news. Its very simple and could easily be done on a lopw budget. I'm sure it would givew everyone a lift. please contact me for the full concept.
thankyou.

News on instant message with Chatbot
12 Dec 2005 at 11:01am

I integrated Wordnet, AIML, openNLP parser to write a simple Chatbot at MSN. But the Chatbot just wait for conversation, if I can automatic send some News title when one news happen. This will be more interesting!

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Jamie's Great Britain
by DigiGuide Staff
19 May 2012 at 6:00am

It's Jamie Oliver day as he takes over More4 for Food Revolution Day!! Jamie Oliver kicks off with this journey over the Severn Bridge to South Wales, where he discovers the food culture legacy left by the Welsh coal boom of the late 19th century. (more...)

Jamie's Great Britain showing on more4 at May 19th - 9:30am

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Triathlon
by DigiGuide Staff
19 May 2012 at 6:00am

The best of the action and reaction from the second leg of the World Series in San Diego, featuring Britain's world champion Helen Jenkins and fellow Olympic medal prospect Jonny Brownlee. (more...)

Triathlon showing on BBC 1 at May 19th - 1:20pm

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Championship Play-Off Final
by DigiGuide Staff
19 May 2012 at 6:00am

Blackpool face West Ham in the npower Championship play-off final from Wembley Stadium. (more...)

Championship Play-Off Final showing on Sky Sports 1 at May 19th - 2:00pm

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Titanic
by DigiGuide Staff
19 May 2012 at 6:00am

James Cameron's Oscar-laden epic tells of the first and final voyage of the 'unsinkable' luxury liner through the love story of two very different passengers. (more...)

Titanic showing on Channel 4 at May 19th - 6:05pm

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UEFA Champions League Final
by DigiGuide Staff
19 May 2012 at 6:00am

Adrian Chiles presents live coverage of the Champions League Final between Chelsea and Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena in Munich. (more...)

UEFA Champions League Final showing on ITV1 London at May 19th - 7:00pm

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Ice Age: The Meltdown
by DigiGuide Staff
19 May 2012 at 6:00am

Mammoth Manny, sabre-toothed Diego and Sid the sloth might have dodged the deep freeze, but there's something worse ahead: global warming. While the trio try to escape the wall of water, Manny romances female mammoth Ellie. (more...)

Ice Age: The Meltdown showing on ITV2 at May 19th - 7:15pm

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Casualty
by DigiGuide Staff
19 May 2012 at 6:00am

Tom is once again drawn into the world of Alicia and Jonas, Dixie befriends a teenage misfit and Linda's attempts to build a happy family are dealt a serious blow. (more...)

Casualty showing on BBC 1 at May 19th - 8:50pm

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Vanished with Beth Holloway
by DigiGuide Staff
19 May 2012 at 6:00am

In this new series, Beth Holloway investigates high-profile missing persons cases, beginning with her own 18-year-old daughter, who vanished during a school trip in Aruba in 2005. (more...)

Vanished with Beth Holloway showing on Crime And Investigation Network at May 19th - 9:00pm

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Off by Heart: Shakespeare
by DigiGuide Staff
19 May 2012 at 6:00am

Nine students take part in a life-changing series of workshops with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon as they learn some of Shakespeare's greatest works off-by-heart in order to be crowned BBC Shakespeare Schools Champion. (more...)

Off by Heart: Shakespeare showing on BBC 2 at May 19th - 9:00pm

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Smash
by DigiGuide Staff
19 May 2012 at 6:00am

While Julia faces difficulties at home with Leo, the tension in rehearsals between Ivy and Karen is heightened thanks to Derek's insensitivity. (more...)

Smash showing on Sky Atlantic at May 19th - 10:00pm

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