47, it's Diana. I could be retired for contacting you directly. The client was Belicoff. Your location has been compromised.

Hitman (2007) dir. Xavier Gens

Local info source on hot fictional man. This is Dino Cavallone (yep he's Italian). He's a mafia boss :D

First two are manga art, he should be around 22 there, second is from one anime arc where they all went 10 years into future so he should be 32. Anime/manga is Kayekyo Hitman Reborn. Anime came out in 2007 I think, manga ended long ago too. Light shonen, some action and adventure. Manga is written by a woman so lots of hot men 👀🔥

He's kind and very family oriented (his mafia family I mean); alot protective of them. Can be goofy, clumsy and jokes around but gets serious when situation calls it. He sort of adopted protagonist as his little brother, I think he even called him that. He's really powerful and fights with a whip 👀 sadly a minor character so he doesn't appear all that much. You know how it is with shonen mangas- they have like 1938383 characters

"mom I fell in love again "

Funny, protective, traumatized, strong men are my weakness

No Country for Old Men (2007)

“Call it.”

Joel and Ethan Cohen stayed very faithful to the source material in their academy award winning adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel. The story follows three men - the sheriff Ed Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), the hitman Anton Chigurh (Javier Barem), and the veteran Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin). Moss stumbles on a briefcase full of money and does everything he can to evade the hitman determined to get it back, while the sheriff follows the destruction left in their wake. Chigurh’s unrelenting pursuit and Moss’s determinism create an unbearable tension that is amplified by its minimalist aesthetic. There is barely any score, and long stretches go by with no dialogue. This movie forces you to lean in, to listen, to scrutinise every detail. The explosions of violence are brief, but haunting, and provide no relief to the tension.

No Country For Old Men is one of the Cohens’s best movies, and and like many of their films, it works against our expectations. There is no hero’s journey in this story, no balance between good and evil. When Moss takes the money, he is trying to ‘cheat’ his way out of his ‘place’ in the world. Chigurh represents the system - he does not care about who is good or bad, who deserves to live or die. He doesn't even care about the money. He offloads the responsibility of his actions to the flip of a coin because he does not see himself as a person, only the instrument of a bigger system at play.  

The title references Bell the sheriff, who fails to understand the violence that unfolds under his watch. His character has led a relatively comfortable life, and the system has always worked for him, more or less. The crimes he encounters now are beyond him because he doesn’t understand how desperate people are, how ruthless the system has become beyond the borders of his county. His purpose in life no longer makes sense, but he has nothing else in which to believe. 

The Forgotten Shounen: Katekyo Hitman Reborn

This is not a “Why you should watch/read khr” or anything like that. This is just me going into the deep dive and throwing my findings at you. I’m making this because khr used to be my favourite series when I was 15 (I had plushees, posters, tradingcards, the art book etc) and now as an adult I constantly find myself baffled at how unknow it seems to be.

1. Okay first what is khr?

Katekyo Hitman Reborn! or just Reborn! is a series by Akira Amano which was published in Weekly Shounen Jump from 2004 to 2012 (with 42 volumes) and got an anime adaption which run from 2006 to 2010 on Tv Tokyo (with 202 episodes and one OVA).

2. What’s it about?

Khr is a parody of the italian mafia and plays in a world where the mafia is heavily influencial. The protagonist is the japanese middle schooler Sawada Tsunayoshi who is known as “No good Tsuna” because of his failing grades, general weak and cowardly personality and weak physics.

He becomes aware of the mafia world when a 2 year old baby called Reborn arrives at his house claiming to be the greatest hitman and declaring himself his home tutor. Reborn was send by the 9th head of the Vongola famiglia who is ready to retire and looking for a new heir. Which of course, is supposed to be Tsuna and now it's Reborns job to shape him into a worthy sucessor.

Tsuna rejects the violence of the mafia world and refuses the position as the 10th. Thanks to Reborn and his general craziness Tsuna meets different people and starts to make real friendships. Reborn wants 6 of those friends to be Tsuna's future guardians, basically a group of people which will be closest to him in the vongola famiglia. Tsuna might have no interest in those positions but the friendships he builds with them become really precious to him.

Reborns arrivial also brings in the enemies of the Vongola family which leads to Tsuna being forced to engage in battles. Generally Tsuna openly avoids fights and prefers to run away but will put himself in danger for his friends' sake or because of something Reborn did.

Through out the series Tsuna matures and gains strenght but he never becomes a power fantasy. He's just a guy with many flaws who grows through the human connections he makes.

Personally I think the relationship between Reborn and Tsuna is one of the best student teacher reltaionships in all of manga only topped by Mob and Reigen from Mob Psycho 100. Especially the last arc really underlines their unique relationship to me.

Furthermore, khr offers a new and unique battle system: The flames. I'm not gonna go into to too much detail but the general idea is that one fights with their dying will flame which basically turns off your the savety switch so you can fight with everything you have. The flames are seperated into different categories such as: sky, storm, mist, rain, sun, lightning and cloud and have different attributes asigned to each one. Tsuna's use of the sky flame and his transformation when using it is still one of my favourite shounen transformations to this day.

3. What happened?

The series did really well and then not so well over the course of its serialisation. After the manga got an anime adaption it increased in populairty and video games, light novels, and other products such as CDs were created based on the series. Reborn is one of the best selling series of Weekly Shōnen Jump and has sold around 30 Million volumes overall. It was and still is very popular in Japan but rather unknown in the west.

According to the article "The Rise and Fall of Weekly Shonen Jump: A Look at the Circulation of Weekly Jump" khr was the 10th bestselling series in Weekly Shōnen Jump, with a total of 7 million copies sold in 2007.

This number increasing to 15 milion in 2008. Which placed khr into the 4th best selling series of 2008 in Japan.

Between 2008 and 2010 those sales declined but still kept strong with khr as the 6th top selling manga in 2009, 8th best selling in 2010 and then 24th best selling in 2012.

In November 2014, readers of the Da Vinci magazine voted khr number 17 on a list of Weekly Shōnen Jump's greatest manga series of all time.

After the anime came to an apprupt stop in 2010 for unknown reasons the manga sells took a visible hit. (Apparently the studio wanted to put the anime on halt because they were busy with other projects and give Akira Amano time to develop her story but I couldn't find any source for this claim) Furthermore, the rushed last chapters of the manga in 2012 declined the popularity of the series even more. There's no offical statement as to why the manga was ended in such a way but it's reasonable to assume that Jump either cut it considering the decreasing sales or Akira Amano choose to end it for personal reasons.

Nontheless, Tsuna not being included in Jump Force (a fighting game where you can play as different characters from Jump) in 2019 even tho he made it in earlier Jump Stars games also underlines the decreased interest in the series.

Rumors on a reboot or anime adaption of the last two arcs surface from time to time but are genereally unlikely. Artland the studio which made khr has gone bankrupt around 2015-2016. It might be taken on by another studio but rather uncommen especially with such an old series.

4. Art style

The khr anime ended over 10 years ago and the old art style might not be appealing to newer audiences.

Especailly because the anime adaption follows Akira Amanos old art style which heavily developed within the years. Here a picture comparing characters in the new art style:

A modern anime adaption in the new art style would be aesthetically pleasing. It would probably look similiar to Psycho Pass since Akira Amano did the concept art for this series.

(My personal art student hot take is that both art styles are unique and fun. Up to this day Akira Amano still has my favourite art style and even if the amount folds in the characters clothing is a little extreme I love it dearly.)

5. Criticism

The show is not without flaws and even if I greatly enjoy it it wouldn't be right not to adress them.

Daily Life Arc:

A lot of people view the first 20 to 25 episodes as fillers and quickly lose intererst in the series. This is due to the fact that Akira Amano inteded the series to be a gag manga and focuses the first chapters on world building, character introduction and comical narratives. It's rumored that the decision to develop the story into a battle shounen was made because the sales weren't doing well enough at first. So the first chapters/episodes may seem titidious but are necessary for the story and the development of the characters. The tonal shift from a more gintama like gag manga to a darker battle focused story can also be offputting to some viewers.

Either way a lot of people blame this arc when discussing why khr never got an english dub or didn't end up on Toonami. I've also read that the manga never finished serializing in the north america. However, it finished in other western languages like german and spanish.

Censoring:

The anime censors A LOT. From Gokudera's smoking habit, Yamamoto's whole character arc which deals with heavy themes such as depression and suicidal thoughts. The general bloodiness of the manga was censored and sometimes whole chapters and characters were left out even if those were important to the devolopment of others.

Filler episodes:

Out of the 202 episodes the anime has around 29 filler episodes which makes roughly 14 %.

Sexism:

Even if Reborn was written by a woman most female characters are rather flat and their storylines often tied to a male character in one way or another.

Genereal things:

Khr, like many other long running series, is sometimes criticised for a lack of world building or unpopular narrative choices.

6. Hope?

Khr isn't exactly dead. As stated before the series is still very popular in Japan and still gets new merch pretty regulary. There are also petitions floating around for a reboot or a new anime season but those never get a lot of traction. Furthermore #Reborn2期アニメ化 (#Reborn2ndAnimation) used to get some traction on twitter not too long ago. Last year the Anime News Network did a poll on which anime the readers would like to see a rebooot of and khr placed second.

Either way here's a collection of recent khr things I could find.

- In 2018 a new bluray set was released in north america

- The khr stage play reached yet another new season

- A mobile game was released last year

- Currently ongoing anime cafe event called "Concerto di Vongola"

- Last month there was an event with the former VAs and stage play actors where they discussed their favourite khr episodes.

- There has been an increase in blind reacts to the openings on youtube which might bring in a new fan base. The biggest one I could find had around 90k views and was made in 2019. On this note check out the soundtrack. The first openeing Drawing Days by SPLAY still makes me go insane (but I'm biased of course)

There also renewed hope for a new season/reboot because Shaman King, Inuyasha and Bleach got anounced for new seasons after a long hiatus. It's important to keep in mind that the circumstances for those series are differnt tho. For example bleachs new anime is often tied to the immense success of the gatcha game.

7. Conclusion

Khr is a series which used to be a flagship for Weekly Shounen Jump and is deeply beloved by it's fans, especially in Japan. It influenced other shounen series like bnha. It would be nice to see it gaining a bigger fanbase in the west :)

Movies ft. Whump

A work in progress, will be updating as I go  [X] Means I uploaded a clip of the scene to my blog Links take you to Reelgood, a website which can tell you whether the movie is available to stream for you Listed alphabetically

30 days of night (2007)  The Abyss (1989)  The Aeronauts (2019)  The Aftermath (2019) Aladdin (2019)  Aliens (1986)  Allegiant (2016) Annihilation (2018) Apostle (2018) Avatar (2009)                                                                                 [X] Avengers Age of Ultron (2015) Avengers (2012) Bastille day (2016) Batman Begins (2005) Batman vs Superman (2016) Black Swan (2010) Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Blood Diamond (2006) The Bourne Identity (2002) The Bourne Legacy (2012) Captain America: Civil War (2016) Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Casino Royale (2006) Children of Men (2006) Chocolat (2000) The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)  Clash of the Titans (2010) Constantine (2005) The Core (2003) Cowboys & Aliens (2011) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) The Day After Tomorrow (2004) Die Another Day (2002) Divergent (2014) Doctor Strange (2019) Dredd (2012) Drive (2011) The Eagle (2011) Eddie the Eagle (2015) Eight Below (2006) Elysium (2013) The Fast and the Furious (2001) Fast & Furious (2009) Final Girl (2015) Firehouse Dog (2007) A fistful of dollars (1964) Five Feet Apart (2019) Furious 7 (2015) Ghost in the shell (2017) Gladiator (2000) Godzilla (2014) The Great Escape (1963)                                                                [X} Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Hellboy (2019) The Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) Hold the dark (2018) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) The Hunger Games (2012) Inception (2010) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Insurgent (2015) Jack Reacher (2012) Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) Jamaica Inn (1939) Jane Eyre (2011) John Carter (2012) John Wick: Chapter 3 (2019) Jumper (2008) Jupiter Ascending (2015) Jurassic Park III (2001) King Arthur: Legend of the sword (2017) Kong: Skull Island (2017) Lawless (2012)                                                                               [X] Left Behind (2014) The Legend of Tarzan (2016) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Mad Max (1979) Mad Max 2 (1981) Mad Max Fury Road (2015) The Man from U.N.C.L.E (2015) Man of Steel (2013) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) The Matrix (1999) Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018) Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) The Meg (2018) Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) Mortal Engines (2018) The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) Mute (2018) The New World (2005) Now You See Me 2 (2016) The Old Guard (2020) Pacific Rim (2013) Passengers (2016) Phone Booth (2002) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) Predators (2010) Premium Rush (2012) Prisoners (2013) Push (2009) Quest for Camelot (1998) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Red Sparrow (2018) Resident Evil (2002) Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) Return of the Jedi (1983) Robin Hood (2018) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) Sahara (2005) Se7en (1995) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) Source Code (2011) Speed (1994) Stargate (1994) Star Trek 2009) Star Trek Beyond (2016) Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) Star Wars: The rise of Skywalker (2019) Suicide Squad (2016) Sunshine (2007) Tenet (2020) Terminator Salvation (2009) Thor: The Dark World (2013) The Time Machine (2002) Titan A.E. (2000) Tombstone (1993)                                                                                 [X] Tomorrowland (2015) Total Recall (2012) Triple Frontier (2019) TRON: Legacy (2010) True Grit (2010) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) Warrior (2011) Willow (1988)  Wind River (2017) The Wolverine (2013) Wonder Woman (2017) World War Z (2013) X-Men (2000) X-Men: First Class (2011) Zootopia (2016)

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Date: May 27, 2020, 10:47 AM

On Nov. 25, 2019, while thousands of women took to the streets of Mexico City to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Abril Pérez was shot to death by a hitman. The 48-year-old executive of a Mexican online retail store and mother of three was on her way to the airport to return home to Monterrey after a custody hearing. She’d recently divorced Juan Carlos García, a former Amazon Mexico CEO and the father of her children, whom she had accused of attempted murder 11 months prior for allegedly creeping into her home in the middle of the night and beating her with a baseball bat. The gunman and his driver were arrested in March, but García, the suspected mastermind behind Pérez’s death, has reportedly fled to the United States.

What remains an open question is what role the United States played in the murder itself. As coronavirus-related lockdowns worsen the threat of domestic violence for women around the world, women in Mexico face an additional danger: the flood of American guns into the country. “The U.S. talks about how drugs and migrants cross the border from Mexico,” said Maura Roldán, a researcher on gun violence from Mexico City. “But it hasn’t recognized its role in the rise in violence in Mexico. It doesn’t mention the fact that it’s providing the guns.”

While it’s impossible to know the provenance of the murder weapon in Pérez’s case—Mexican homicide databases do not include this information—what is certain is that a steady stream, or torrent, of American firearms since the early 2000s has contributed to a spike in gun-related deaths in Mexico, in turn transforming and exacerbating gender violence. Seventy percent of guns recovered as part of a criminal investigation in Mexico are traced back to the United States, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

That influx of guns has taken a toll on women’s safety. Ten women were killed each day in 2018, according to Mexico’s national statistics agency. Roldán and a handful of other researchers and activists, almost all women, point to another statistic: In 2018, six in 10 of those women were fatally shot.

“The proliferation of guns, the huge presence of guns, including in homes, is changing the nature of domestic violence,” said Ana Pecova, the director of the human rights organization Equis. “In the past, a fight would descend into punches. Now, a gun gets pulled out, and a woman ends up dead.”

Not only has gender violence become more lethal, but it has also spilled out of homes and into the streets. Since 2009, more women have been killed in public spaces than in domestic settings, according to a 2015 report by Data Civica. While fewer women than men die of gun violence, the rates at which women are dying from firearms are growing faster: Between 2007 and 2018, gun violence rates for women rose 357 percent (compared to 311 percent for men), and 500 percent in public spaces (347 percent for men), according to Estefanía Vela Barba, one of the authors of the Data Civica report who continues to research the link between gun violence and femicide. Gun-fueled gender violence in public spaces is multifaceted. It can be outsourced intimate partner violence, as is suspected in Pérez’s case. Or it can be cartel messaging.

The scale of violence in Mexico, which abets both forms of public gender violence, comes down to the country’s drug war and the militarization of public security, local experts and activists said. Then-President Felipe Calderón’s mission to uproot organized crime in Mexico has, since its start in 2006, spectacularly failed, fracturing and multiplying cartels, and leading to soaring levels of violence, the most prominent evidence of which is the disappearance of some 61,000 people. While the violence can be blind to gender—stray bullets are indiscriminate—it is often targeted. There are clues in the swirl of statistics: rape, mutilations such as cut off breasts, or shots to the genital region all point to violence against women specifically. But many bodies are hidden or destroyed, or mistabulated. While government registries counted 1,012 femicides last year, activists say the number is likely much higher.

The data in Mexico correlates neatly with a short history of increasingly relaxed gun control laws in the United States and the steady growth of both a legal and illegal firearm trade. The 2004 expiration of the assault weapon ban in the United States ramped up the production and sale of military-grade weapons. By the time Mexico declared its drug war two years later, American manufacturers were ready to pump these high-grade weapons into Mexican military arsenals. Organized crime responded by ratcheting up its own caches, buying more weapons through its own channels: third-party straw purchases; buying on the extensive black market, which lately consists of bringing gun parts in piecemeal fashion across the border and assembling them in Mexico; and even obtaining weapons directly from Mexican security forces. Some 20,000 firearms were reported lost or stolen from state and federal police between 2006 and 2017.

Citizens, caught in the middle of a bloody turf war, armed themselves too. Though Mexico boasts some of the world’s strictest gun control laws, 16.8 million firearms were estimated to be in civilian hands in 2017, according to the Small Arms Survey. Only a small fraction of these were registered. Due to the vast illegal trade, it’s impossible to know exactly how many American guns are sold into Mexico. But the numbers are large enough that Mexican authorities are concerned—and even more so recently.

A slump in domestic sales since 2017 has further turned U.S. gun manufacturers’ attention toward Mexico. In a bid to support the industry, the Trump administration recently moved firearm export oversight from the State Department to the Commerce Department, in what John Lindsay-Poland, the director of Stop U.S. Arms to Mexico, said is designed to loosen oversight and increase the number of firearm exports. “For the U.S., I contend that the assault weapons ban is a foreign-policy issue,” said Lindsay-Poland. “U.S.-sourced assault weapons are used in many more crimes in Mexico than in the U.S.”

In addition to reinstating the assault weapons ban, Eugenio Weigend Vargas, the associate director for gun violence prevention at the Center for American Progress think tank, said the United States should implement universal background checks and ensure stricter regulation of American gun stores. “The measures we advocate for won’t just reduce violence in the U.S., but will also reduce gun traffic to Mexico and Central America,” Vargas said. “The more guns there are, the more domestic violence.”

Meaghan Beatley is a journalist based in Barcelona. She has written for the Nation, the New Statesman, National Geographic and others.

Chris Evans’ Life Behind The Limelight

by: Matt Basco

Chris Evans is an American actor best known for playing comic book superhero Captain America on the big screen.

Early Life

Christopher Robert Evans was conceived on June 13, 1981, in Boston, Massachusetts, and brought up in the close by town of Sudbury. While his father, Robert, gave monetary solidness as a dental specialist, Evans and his three kin were attracted to the performing expressions universe of their mom, Lisa, an artist turned Youth Theater chief. As Evans reviewed, "We resembled the von Trapps [from The Sound of Music], all singing and moving."

A characteristic competitor, Evans wrestled and played lacrosse at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, when not put resources into his school or network theater. He spent the late spring before his senior year of secondary school interning for a throwing organization in New York City, making significant contacts and sharpening his aptitudes at the Lee Strasberg Institute. Anxious to restore, the hopeful entertainer sped through his senior year to graduate a half semester in front of his cohorts.

Who Is Chris Evans?

Brought up in the Boston zone, Chris Evans handled his first significant film job in the parody Not another Teen Movie. He played the Human Torch in two Fantastic Four flicks, however the ball was in his court as another superhuman that moved him to notoriety in the immensely fruitful Captain America and The Avengers blockbusters. Evans additionally earned praise for his exhibition in the tragic Snowpiercer, and made a generally welcomed Broadway debut in 2018.

Movies

'Captain America' and 'the Avengers'

In July 2011, Evans joined the burgeoning Marvel Cinematic Universe Empire with Captain America: The First Avenger. As Steve Rogers, the scrawny but dutiful serviceman who undergoes a massive physical transformation to become the titular super soldier, Evans capably displayed the earnestness central to his character, along with the eye-popping physique and fighting skills requisite for a modern action star. The First Avenger was just the start of the MCU run for Evans, who joined Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth's Thor and other big-name actors, both in and out of costume, for the superhero blockbuster The Avengers (2012). Evans went on to headline the sequels of his own Captain America franchise with The Winter Soldier (2014) and Civil War (2016), while also leading the charge for The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and surfacing in other Marvel features, like Ant-Man (2015) and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). Initially reluctant to wield the Captain's shield due to the extended commitment, Evans was ready to move on by the time his contract drew to a close, with Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019) showcasing his final performances as America's super solider.

Early Roles

'Not another Teen Movie' and 'Cellular'

Evans first major film role came in Not another Teen Movie (2001), a spoof of high school dramas like She's All that (1999) and earlier predecessors. As football star Jake Wyler, he follows the formulaic procedure of accepting a bet to date the nerdy, glasses-wearing girl, delivering a silly highlight by squirting on the whipped cream bikini made famous by Ali Larter in Varsity Blues (1999). He followed with another high school comedy, The Perfect Score (2004), as part of a group of students who steal the answers to an SAT exam, and then the action-thriller Cellular (2004), where he showed his future leading man chops by helping to rescue Kim Basinger from her captors.

'Fantastic Four' and 'Scott Pilgrim'

Other Comic Adaptations Prior to his star-making turn in Captain America, Evans went the superhero route for Fantastic Four (2005), as Johnny Storm/Human Torch. The film was a commercial success, but a downturn at the box office for Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), along with another round of largely negative reviews, led to the cancellation of a third installment.

Returning to comic-sourced material, Evans provided voice work for the animated TMNT (2007), as the boyfriend of the Ninja Turtles' colleague, April O'Neil. He later co-starred in the action comedy The Losers (2010), which drew mixed reviews despite a strong cast, and landed a supporting role in the entertaining Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), as an over-the-top version of the Hollywood action hero he had become. Meanwhile, the actor took advantage of the all-American good looks and charm that made him a natural for romantic comedies. He played the "Harvard Hottie" of past and future co-star Scarlett Johannson in The Nanny Diaries (2007), before becoming the ideal match for Anna Faris in what’s Your Number? (2011).

Drama and Sci-Fi

'London' and 'Sunshine'

Coming off his early teen films, Evans showed he could handle weightier fare with London (2005), as a junkie struggling to get over his ex-girlfriend. He later took on Tennessee Williams in The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2008), with Bryce Dallas Howard, and portrayed a real-life lawyer and drug addict who goes after the pharmaceutical industry in Puncture (2010).

'Iceman' and 'Snowpiercer'

Despite his Marvel commitments requiring much of his energy, Evans found the time for other screen projects to his liking. Iceman (2012) gave him the chance to overturn his squeaky-clean superhero image as a contract killer who assists Michael Shannon's sadistic hitman. Snowpiercer (2013) placed him back in leading man territory, albeit as an antihero in a dystopian future.

'The Red Sea Diving Resort’ and 'Knives Out'

Evans next starred as an Israeli agent in The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019), based on the real-life rescue and transport of Ethiopian Jews to Israel in 1981. Late that year, he again distanced himself from the wholesome superhero image by playing an obnoxious playboy in the murder-mystery Knives Out.

Net Worth

Evans checks in at a cool $70 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. The bulk of his fortune has come from his Marvel Cinematic involvement, though it took a little while to get there, after reportedly receiving a relatively modest $300,000 for his first Captain America movie.

Romantic Life and Girlfriends

Evans was involved in an on-and-off relationship with actress Jenny Slate after they got to know one another on the set of The Gifted. The couple spent the 2017 holiday season together, though they reportedly split for good a few months later. Earlier in his career, from 2001 to 2006, Evans was in a long-term relationship with Jessica Biel. He has also been linked to actresses Minka Kelly and Lily Collins.

Chris Evans's Height and Workout

At 6 feet tall but naturally slim, Evans displayed the results of long hours in the gym while progressing from the rangy jock of Not another Teen Movie, to the beefier Human Torch of Fantastic Four, to the cartoonishly muscular Captain America. Packing on the pounds was vital to the appearance of his laboratory-enhanced superhero, prompting a training regimen that included high-weight reps of squats, deadlifts and incline bench presses, as well as bodyweight exercises like dips and pull-ups. By the time of The Winter Soldier, he had incorporated gymnastics and plyometrics to his routine for more speed and agility, aiding his efforts in such scenes as when he beats up a group of men in a crowded elevator.

TV Shows

Sent to Los Angeles by his agent in the late 1990s to audition for a show called Get Real (where he met Anne Hathaway), Evans instead wound up with a supporting role on Opposite Sex, alongside Milo Ventimiglia, as one of the few boys to attend a former all-girls academy. The teen comedy-drama lasted for only eight episodes in the summer of 2000, but still provided vital exposure for its young stars. Evans went on to make appearances in The Fugitive, Skin and the popular Boston Public. In 2008, with his successful film career well under way, he provided voice work for Adult Swim's stop-motion series Robot Chicken.

An outspoken blogger from Chechnya who had criticized the country’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov has been found brutally murdered in France, several of his acquaintances have said, in the latest killing of a Chechen dissident in Europe.

Imran Aliev, 44, was found dead late last week in a hotel room in the city of Lille. He had been stabbed repeatedly in the neck. Accounts of Aliev’s murder were confirmed by a Chechen opposition journalist who knew Aliev, and by one other Chechen living in Europe who asked not to be named because of concerns for his safety.

The police have not yet named any suspects, although police sources have told French media that they suspect the motive may be political. Chechens living in exile who have fought or spoken out against Kadyrov – the ruthless Chechen leader appointed by Vladimir Putin – have often been targeted for assassination. Last year, a former Chechen rebel commander was shot twice in the head in a targeted killing in Berlin’s Kleiner Tiergarten. The suspected assassin is Russian.

Aliev, who settled in Belgium after leaving Chechnya, was described as an eccentric and divisive figure who often published YouTube videos critical of the Chechen government under the pseudonym Mansur Stariy, or Old Mansur. He had also sparked conflicts by targeting natives of Ingushetia and Dagestan, regions that neighbour Chechnya, in profanity-laced tirades that had earned threats on his life. Those who knew Aliev expressed surprise that he had been targeted because he was seen as a marginal figure suffering from debilitating health issues.

“He was murdered especially cruelly,” wrote Musa Taipov, a Chechen opposition journalist based in Strasbourg who said he was in regular contact with Aliev. In a Facebook post, Taipov described Aliev as a “difficult but honest” acquaintance who was managing a difficult illness with painkillers and would sometimes issue “not entirely proper declarations”. “Some people, they offended. For others, they were ‘funny’,” Taipov wrote. He sometimes urged Aliev to delete the YouTube videos, Taipov said, and “most of the time he agreed”.

Police have not publicly identified any suspects in the case. A lawyer who knew Aliev told the Caucasian Knot website that the blogger had received a visitor from Chechnya several days before his death. The man had asked for Aliev’s help with a health condition and the two travelled from Belgium to Lille together, where Aliev was last seen alive.

The man then disappeared. Minkail Malizaev, a Chechen blogger who left Grozny under pressure and now lives in Germany, also claimed in an online post that the man visiting Aliev had also sought a meeting with him.

Thousands of refugees and emigres from Chechnya live in Europe. Many fled the two wars that devastated the region from the 1990s, while others escaped the brutal crackdown against dissent under Kadyrov, who has headed the region since 2007 and runs it as a near-fiefdom. Aliev had political asylum in Belgium, the lawyer said.

The trail of assassinations of prominent Chechens in Europe and the Middle East stretches back more than a decade, and includes former rebel commanders and government critics. Increasingly, the attacks have targeted people who posed no real political danger to Kadyrov, but merely took to Instagram or YouTube accounts to voice their dissatisfaction with Chechnya’s leaders in Grozny.

“I have no doubt that [Aliev] was on a list of people who have been sentenced to death,” said Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a video blogger living in Europe who has received threats from allies of Kadyrov for his criticism on YouTube of Chechnya’s government. Abdurakhmanov claimed that before Aliev’s murder, he had received information that a hitman from Chechnya had been dispatched to western Europe, and shared the details of the man’s itinerary with German police. Abdurakhmanov said he initially believed that the hitman was targeting him. He declined to reveal the source of that information.

However, Taipov said in an interview he was skeptical that Kadyrov was behind the killing. He told the Guardian that Aliev had received a wave of threats last month from natives of Ingushetia, another region of Russia, because of insulting remarks concerning a border conflict with Chechnya.

Aliev had even been put under police protection, Taipov said, and may have been lured to Lille because it was just beyond the jurisdiction of Belgian police. “There is no logic to this murder, either in the motivations or in the way it was carried out,” he said. The murder of an unidentified man at the Hôtel Coq Hardi near Lille train station was first reported on 30 January by La Voix du Nord, a local newspaper. According to the paper, the body of the man was found in his room by the cleaning staff after he failed to check out of his room. The body bore multiple stab wounds to the neck and a knife, the suspected murder weapon, was also found in the room.

The newspaper did not identify Aliev. But on Monday evening, the news agency Agence France-Presse reported that the victim was Aliev, citing sources in the French police who added that he was travelling with another man “of the same nationality”.

Man vs. Snake: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler

I am a huge fan of the classic 2007 documentary, King of Kong, that saw two arcade players vying for the all-time Donkey Kong high score. Last year I was visiting a bunch of friends at a retro gaming convention and while hanging out after the con, one of them suggested to throw on today’s entry, 2015’s Man vs. Snake: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler (trailer) on in the background. I had no idea what it was and immediately focused all attention upon it once I realized it focused on the same premise of two old-school arcade players chasing down the top score for another 80’s arcade game, Nibbler. It is not from the same directorial crew of King of Kong, but is shot in a similar style and shares a few supporting cast interviewees from King of Kong such as videogame high-score gatekeeper Walter Day and the controversial Billy Mitchell. Being a huge fan of King of Kong I was stunned Man vs. Snake went three years going off my radar. I listen to several videogame podcasts and keep up with the gaming press online and on social media seemingly daily and somehow this one slipped by me for three years. Upon getting minutes into the documentary I was doubly stunned that I had never once heard of or seen footage before of the 1982 arcade game, Nibbler this documentary is centering its high score chase on. The two creators of Nibbler, Joseph Ulowetz & John Jaugilas, are interviewed and explained how the game essentially came and went with middling sales and no real lasting power in the arcade scene at the time. If you are in my age range in your 30s you likely first experienced a variant of Nibbler more commonly known as Snake in the late 90s on either flash-based gaming websites, TI graphic calculators or simple black-and-green Nokia cell phones of that timeframe. I never recalled once seeing this in arcades and much-appreciated the history lesson. The two creators are only shown briefly in several excerpts, but they have an uncut 15 minute interview in the bonus material worth seeing because both of them go in-depth about how Nibbler came to be, crazy office stories and revealing the reason behind some of its gameplay secrets.

The two high score-chasers Man vs. Snake is centered around is Tim McVey (no, not the one you are thinking of) and Dwayne Richard. The documentary kicks off with exquisite animation sequences reminiscent of the style in Bob’s Burgers detailing how McVey originally posted the first official billion point game in Nibbler and procured the world record. Billy Mitchell is interviewed here elucidating the story because he is a real-life friend of Tim’s and witnessed him post that original record score. McVey was dethroned not too long later by an Italian, Enrico Zanetti, who is also interviewed and has his own unique tale on how his record stood for over 25 years. The animation featured in the opening and in a handful of other sporadic scenes throughout the film is incredibly impressive and is a worthy substitute for a lack of TV footage from that time. Flash forward to the late 2000s and the doc does a great job at detailing the impetus for what drove Tim and Dwayne to start competing against each other to set a new world record. A standout scene is showing clips and recapping how Dwayne & Tim compete against each other at MAGfest one year and the highs and lows of that public event. Later the focus switches to Dwayne & Tim’s own personal livestream attempts to try and break the world record and the stress of being filmed throughout the whole ordeal. McVey is featured more prominently throughout along with his wife and the film reeled me in for the agony of defeat as Tim went through all kinds of failed attempts due to several different type of circumstances. Both McVey and Richard have their feel good moments, and like King of Kong their successes did not go without controversy. Walter Day is the ever-present authoritative figure throughout with his trademark referee shirt just like we remember him from King of Kong. For fans of that documentary, you may recall it shares a couple glimpses of Walter’s unique personal life, and just some forewarning that Man vs. Snake dives a little deeper into Day’s lifestyle in a couple of scenes and it goes places I did not expect.

Also worth noting is that the DVD has both a censored and uncensored version available. I watched the uncensored version and what stood out from that is a couple of interview subjects being unfiltered at times and a couple graphic blister scenes due to playing Nibbler nonstop for over a day. For other extra features there are a total of 50 minutes of bonus scenes and that is where you can find the aforementioned interview with the two creators of the game. Other recommended cutting room floor scenes are more in-depth recaps of a couple of McVey’s failed attempts that did not get highlighted in the feature and a interview with another arcade score-chaser, Rick Carter, on his memories of trying to dethrone the Nibbler world record. There is also an audio commentary with directors Andrew Seklir and Tim Kinzy which is worth checking out because they have nonstop insight and facts on tracking down interview subjects, acquiring archival footage and discovering which interviewees they have fond and/or disdainful memories of throughout the production process. Man vs. Snake reminded a lot of why I loved King of Kong. I would rank it a notch or two under King of Kong because Man vs. Snake does not have the convenient hero/villain dynamic of Wiebe and Mitchell as McVey and Richard are both affable and positive figures to root for throughout. It also does not helps that King of Kong is based on one of the most popular arcade games of that era while Man vs. Snake focuses on one that I had no idea existed until I saw the film. Do not let that sway you from avoiding Man vs. Snake because it is still a vastly fascinating and entertaining documentary worth going out of your way to see. Other Random Backlog Movie Blogs 3 12 Angry Men (1957) 12 Rounds 3: Lockdown 21 Jump Street The Accountant Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie Atari: Game Over The Avengers: Age of Ultron The Avengers: Infinity War Batman: The Killing Joke Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice Bounty Hunters Cabin in the Woods Captain America: Civil War Captain America: The First Avenger Captain America: The Winter Soldier Christmas Eve Clash of the Titans (1981) Clint Eastwood 11-pack Special The Condemned 2 Countdown Creed Deck the Halls Die Hard Dredd The Eliminators The Equalizer Dirty Work Faster Fast and Furious I-VIII Field of Dreams Fight Club The Fighter For Love of the Game Good Will Hunting Gravity Guardians of the Galaxy Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 Hercules: Reborn Hitman Indiana Jones 1-4 Ink The Interrogation Interstellar Jobs Joy Ride 1-3 Major League Man of Steel Man on the Moon Marine 3-6 Metallica: Some Kind of Monster Mortal Kombat National Treasure National Treasure: Book of Secrets The Replacements Reservoir Dogs Rocky I-VII Running Films Part 1 Running Films Part 2 San Andreas ScoobyDoo Wrestlemania Mystery The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Shoot em Up Skyscraper Small Town Santa Steve Jobs Source Code Star Trek I-XIII Take Me Home Tonight TMNT The Tooth Fairy 1 & 2 UHF Veronica Mars Vision Quest The War Wild Wonder Woman The Wrestler (2008) X-Men: Apocalypse X-Men: Days of Future Past

The joy and misery of video game trophy hunting

The joy and misery of video game trophy hunting

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Easter eggs like this can be a lot of fun, but many are so dark that you will never find them in a normal game. I played Hitman 2 until death and I never realized you could summon a Kraken on the Sapienza map.

Gamification and rivalries

Rankings and the search for high scores have always been part of games, but trophies and achievements as we know them today began with Microsoft’s Gamerscore system for Xbox 360 in 2005. This extended to Games for Windows in 2007, the same year Valve added hits to Steam. The following year, Sony joined the PlayStation Trophies, and a few years later, Apple and Google added hits to their respective mobile gaming services. Nintendo is the only major gaming platform that has no achievement system.

Trophies often extend the life of a game, encouraging players to look beyond the main story, but they are ultimately arbitrary challenges to brag about rights. And trophy hunters can get lost in the search. Best known for his PlayStation Network handle, Hakoom, Hakam Karim has been the world leader in PlayStation trophy collection for a few years now. He has 105,828 trophies in the last count, according to PSN profiles, the most popular unofficial classification.

“I spend about 10 to 15 hours a day playing and unlocking trophies,” says Karim. “Say about 90 hours a week or so.”

While there are players with a higher overall trophy count, Karim’s leadership has relied heavily on platinum trophies (he had 3,188 at the time of writing). To get a Platinum Trophy, you must unlock all other trophies in the game. The trophies are assigned different scores depending on their level of difficulty: they are 15 points for a bronze, 30 for silver, 90 for gold and 300 for platinum (updated from 180 by Sony last year) .

Sony does not maintain an official ranking and there is some debate in the trophy hunting community about who should be the best. PSN Trophy Leaders, for example, lists Roughdawg4 (who prefers not to share his real name) as the current leader with 110,631 trophies and 3,360 platinum trophies. Hunt for trophies for about 20 to 40 hours a week.

“I got hooked very early on during the PS3 days,” says Roughdawg4. “I’ve always been a complete player, so winning trophies and doing everything you could in a game has come naturally to me.” He withdrew from PSN Profiles after a disagreement with the owner. “Personally I think he has made some unethical decisions about how the site runs,” he says, before making some claims about Karim hacking certain trophies.

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Reading through the forums of trophy hunting sites, these types of complaints are common. People are accused of hacking trophies or working as a team on the same account, but these claims are hard to prove.

The Endless Grind

Just as there are many highly sought after trophies, for the most part there isn’t too much thought put into it.

“These are unrealistic targets, at both ends of the scale,” Webb says. “Any success or trophy that comes up when you start a game is a loss of oxygen. Then there are the successes that are achieved by dying a number of times: how is it even fun or a success?”

There are also virtually impossible achievements, such as completing a game several times, reaching number one in the world rankings, or reaching an unattainable level within the game.

“We want players to feel accomplished when completing hard trophies, so we try to avoid repetitive or tedious tasks, because the only thing players feel after completing them is a sense of relief,” Timmins says. “Creating a difficult but attractive trophy is not easy.”

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2018 Character List update

Adèle Doucette(France, Independent, 2018): Artist who uses a Blackbox Innovations magic paintbrush and reusable canvas.

Alfonzo Vercelloni(Italy, Shadow-Ops, 2006): Sierra Team's main pilot and reconnaissance operative.

Ayumi Myeong(Korea, Military Juggernaut 001, 2009): The first Military Juggernaut of the new viking class operatives and ace paintball player.

Billis McPhail(Ireland, Detroit Outsiders, 2005): Pedro's roommate and pool hall employee.

Blackjack[James Riley](USA, Military Juggernaut Officer 100, 2008): Commanding officer of Charlie Team with a card game motif.

Blaque[Nathaniel Kingston](USA, Military Juggernaut 187, 2008): Automotive customization enthusiast and Charlie Team's engineer.

Bullshark[Bentley McGuffin](England, Military Juggernaut 108, 2008): Former SAS operative and Charlie Team's point man, an old man with a temper.

Charlie Biggins(USA, Military Juggernaut 007, 2008): Support unit for Charlie Team and main driver, known to be rather flamboyant and childish.

Chihiro Jihara(Japan, Tokyo Crew, 2004): Clothes store employee, Mr. Morris' love interest, and fastest character in the series.

Corina Dimesworth(Wales, Thunderfist Group, 2008): Genetic look-alike to Mina, and right hand woman of the Thunderfist Group.

Crokk [Hunter Ramsey](Australia, Military Juggernaut 121, 2008[was once scrapped, now revived]): Charlie Team's main sniper and good natured Ausie, prefers the DSR-1.

Crystal Tracey(USA, Wild Girls, 2006): Warm hearted adult video star, joins in on Mandy's antics.

Daedalus(Nethuron Realm, Reformed AI, 2012): Once the guardian of the Hypnophobia realm, currently Mr. Morris' AI helper.

Detective LaFrench(France, Independent, 2005): French entertainer and private eye with questionable track record.

Dissidius(Neturon Realm, Alien AI, 2010): Creator of the Abstraction Zone, and self aware Artificial Intelligence with access to universe warping technology.

Frankie MacDougal(USA, The Buddies, 2006): Alabama fat dude who's a man of simple tastes, one of the stars on the Buddies podcast & livestream show.

Freida Reinhardt(Switzerland, Military Juggernaut 141, 2016): Medical specialist for Foxtrot Team, close friend of Reiner.

Garry Thompson(USA, Kings Men, 2006): Clumsy squire on the TV show, The Kings Men.

Gecko Newt(Beastalia, Secret Agency, 2008): Anthropomorphic Gecko and secret agent for FBI-like agency.

Gerald Thunderfist(France, Thunderfist Group, 2007): Top hat and monocle donning terrorist leader with a handlebar mustache and 1930's villain motif.

Gold Rolla\Maxwell Keyes(USA, Detroit Crew, 2005): Bling salesman who gets involved in the various Detroit Crew antics.

Grimm Finch(USA, The Buddies, 2006): Grin bearing Alaskan dude with nerdy interests, one of the stars on the Buddies podcast & livestream show.

Izumi Morimura[Previously Ichigo](Japan, Tokyo Cafe, 2006): Catgirl super heroine who specializes in hand-to-hand & whips.

Jason L. Wilson(USA, Marine Corps, 2007): USMC sergeant and man of cultured tastes.

Joe Johnson(USA, Military Juggernaut 221, 2004): Sierra Team's sniper, husband to Molly and tallest character in the series.

John "Snake" Bauer(USA, Shadow-Ops, 2008): Charlie Team's stealth operative who makes use of long range rifles, prefers the M24.

Kaori Asayama(Japan, Tokyo Crew, 2004): Meteorologist for JNN Tokyo News, obsessed with Satomi.

King Haroldson Flooperbottom(USA, Kings Men, 2016): The king on the TV show, The Kings Men.

Kotone Takamura(Japan, Military Juggernaut 086, 2017): Fire Ant operative of Foxtrot Team, has immense pyrophilia and gets gassy when arroused.

K-Rocka\Karl Stansfield[Previously The Thug](USA, Detroit Crew, 2005): Regular homeboy of the Pimpuh's Homies, the more rambunctious of the brothers.

Krummy the Crabber(USA, Kings Men, 2006): Source of surreal comedy on the TV show, The Kings Men.

Larry Connors(USA, The Buddies, 2006): Main star of the Buddies podcast & livestream show, has a showman's voice and optimistic personality

Lenny Floyd(USA, Kings Men, 2006): Nervous squire on the TV show, The Kings Men.

Maleena Binks(USA, Detroit Outsiders, 2005): Obnoxious girl who resides in Detroit, originally from Arkansas.

Mandy Miller(USA, Wild Girls, 2006): Short and stout adult video star who often gets into silly shenanigans, boisterous and dominant.

Mark Beavis(USA, Military Juggernaut 134, 2004): Sierra Team's engineer with farmboy like physique and deep voice, mostly uses assault rifles.

Maurice Serpent(Neo Gaia, Independent, 2008): Broody edgy vampire from a earth-esque planet.

Mavis[Real Name is Mahir Majrashi](Israel, Independent, 2006): Israeli refugee who lives with Sierra Team.

Megumi Chisaka(Japan, Western Industries, 2018): Head scientist of Western Industries in Barrie and source of cuteness.

Mikey Carlson(USA, Military Juggernaut 127, 2004): Sierra Team's demolition operative, with a Cartman-like voice and personality, shortest character in the series.

Millie Summers(England, VSAC, 2017): Lead scientist for Valkyrie Star, warm-hearted and good with galactic mapping.

Mina Aimoto[Previously Mint](Japan, Tokyo Cafe, 2006): Birdgirl super heroine with gassy tendencies, proficient with bow-type weapons

Mindy LeBlanc(Scotland, VSAC, 2017): Lead scientist for Valkyrie Star, bluntly honest and vulgar with a knack for pulse engines and machines.

Molly Johnson(USA, Johnson Family, 2008): Wife of Joe, southern belle and embodiment of the rural south.

Mr. Morris(Canada, Military Juggernaut Officer 169, 1998 [Revised in 2004]): Main hero, commander of Sierra Team, Chihiro's love interest & wielder of the Electro-Blade.

Oscar Warner[Usually called the Jazz Man](USA, Independent, 2006): Louisiana jazz musician who gets involved with everyone's antics.

Pedro Fernandez(Mexico, Detroit Outsiders, 2005): Billis' roommate and occasional luchador.

Pimpuh Simmons\William Stansfield(USA, Detroit Crew, 2005): Detroit pimp and lead of the Pimpuh's Homies, the mature and rational of the brothers.

Quince "The Boo Man" Brandis USA, Detroit Outsiders, 2005): Hitman for hire on the streets of Detroit, was once contracted to assassinate Malina.

Reiner Vorschlaghammer(Germany, Military Juggernaut Officer 116, 2004): Sierra Team's medic, arrogant but intelligent, and uses shotguns.

Ross Pilkington(USA, The Buddies, 2006): Boisterous muscular man with manly interests, one of the stars on the Buddies podcast & livestream show.

Ryoko Makino(Japan, Tokyo Cafe, 2018): Dolphin-girl super heroine who is left-handed, wields a bo staff.

Satomi Nozaki(Japan, Ex-Shadow Ops, 2016): Tallest female character, admirer of anything cute and owner of a plushie store.

Tim Jenkins(USA, The Buddies, 2006): Short boy with meatwad-like voice and prankster tendencies, one of the stars on the Buddies podcast & livestream show.

Tommy C\Thomas Stansfield[Previously The Goon](USA, Detroit Crew, 2005): Regular homeboy of the Pimpuh's Homies, the calmer of the brothers.

Tony Antoini(USA, Mafia Boss, 2005): Mob boss, sometimes gets wrapped up in the schemes of Gerald Thunderfist.

Vanessa Dixon(USA, Independent, 2001): Gassy woman and McFatty's enthusiast, Mr. Morris' online friend.

Yumei Jiang(China, Military Juggernaut 097, 2016): Support operative of Kilo Team and expert cook, uses robotic arms.

Yumeko Minohara(Japan, Shadow Ops/Western Industries Asia, 2017): CEO of Japanese branch of Western Industries, once was a pilot during Second Korean Uprising operation.

Zakuya Fujima(Japan, Tokyo Cafe, 2011): Coyote-fox-girl super heroine, fashion model and movie star, plasma beam sword specialist.

Suspect in Musitano, Barberi murders found dead in Mexico: police

A person related with the 2017 murders of infamous mobster Angelo Musitano and Mila Barberi is useless, based on Hamilton police.

Investigators with a multi-jurisdictional process drive have confirmed with authorities in Mexico that suspect Michael Cudmore was discovered useless on the finish of June 2020.

Detectives say Cudmore’s physique was recovered in an deserted automobile together with a rural highway and have restricted particulars about how he died.

“Members of the Hamilton Police Service have been involved with Cudmore’s household to help them in repatriating Cudmore’s physique and to establish the details surrounding his loss of life,” police stated in a launch on Wednesday morning.

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Authorities have had no contact with Cudmore since he fled to Mexico in Might 2017 and imagine he joined one other individual of curiosity in each murders, Daniele Ranieri.

Ranieri was discovered useless in March 2018, based on police. It’s believed he was murdered and his physique left in a ditch in Mexico.

Angelo Musitano died in hospital on Might 2, 2017, after he was discovered with a number of gunshot wounds inside a pick-up truck at a Chesapeake Drive home, close to Rockhaven Lane, in Waterdown at round four p.m.

Angelo and youthful brother of Pat Musitano had been charged with first-degree homicide in 1997, accused of ordering the loss of life of Hamilton mob boss Johnny “Pops” Papalia.

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Three years later, they had been sentenced to 10 years in jail for conspiracy to commit homicide within the taking pictures loss of life of Niagara crime boss Carmen Barillaro.

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The hitman for each murders, Kenneth Murdock, took a plea deal and named the Musitanos as the boys who ordered the killings.

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The Musitano brothers had been launched from jail in 2007. Pat Musitano was shot dead in Burlington on July 10, 2020.

Mila Barbieri was killed in a March 2017 double taking pictures at a Vaughan, Ont., handle on Caster Avenue close to Weston Highway and Freeway 7.

Barberi and her 40-year-old boyfriend, Saviero Serrano, had been each shot whereas inside a parked automobile exterior {an electrical} provide retailer, based on detectives.

Learn extra: Police say mobster Pat Musitano shot dead in Burlington, Ont.

A joint investigation between York Regional Police and Hamilton police say the gunman wished for the focused taking pictures of Musitano was additionally answerable for that double taking pictures.

The supposed goal was Serrano, based on detectives. He survived the taking pictures and is alleged to be tied to organized crime in York area, say police.

Cudmore, Daniel Tomassetti from Ancaster, and Jabirl Abdalla of Hamilton had been all accused of being related to the murders.

Abdalla was arrested in Sept. 2018, whereas warrants had been issued for Cudmore and Tomassetti.

Investigators say Cudmore and Tomassetti fled to Mexico and warrants from Interpol had been issued worldwide for the pair.

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Abdalla is awaiting a trial date for his alleged participation within the murders.

Tomassetti, who fled to Mexico on Jan. 27, 2018, continues to be at massive based on Hamilton police. Relations say the suspect is scared, however have no idea his whereabouts, based on investigators.

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Marvel’s Avengers

Phát hành: 4/9/2020

Sau khi được Marvel và Square Enix công bố, dự án game mới Avengers ngay tức thì trở thành tâm điểm chú ý của cộng đồng game thủ thế giới. Hàng loạt thông tin liên quan đến Marvel’s Avengers được hé lộ, trong những số ấy điển hình nổi bật là chế độ chơi chính của game.

Marvel’s Avengers sẽ là một trò chơi phiêu lưu, hành động, hỗ trợ tối đa 4 người chơi. Mỗi người chơi điều khiển một anh hùng khác nhau, tất cả được đặt trong một thế giới không ngừng mở rộng. Về cơ bản, các bạn sẽ thấy Marvel’s Avengers có nhiều điểm tương đồng với Destiny 2, The Division 2 và cả Spider-Man PS4 nữa.

Nếu bạn vẫn nhớ thì vào năm 2018, Marvel đã hợp tác với Sony để ra lò tựa game Spider-Man trên hệ máy PS4. Có lẽ cũng chính nhờ thành công rực rỡ của Người Nhện mà Marvel sẽ tiếp tục khai thác sâu hơn vào thị trường này. Cái tên để họ chọn mặt gửi vàng cho dự án Avengers tới đây chính là Square Enix, cha đẻ của hàng loạt series game huyền thoại như Kingdom Hearts, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Hitman, Tomb Raider hay mới đây là NieR: Automata. Với Tay nghề Kinh nghiệm nhiều năm nằm trong lĩnh vực sản xuất game, hãng phát triển đến từ Nhật Bản hoàn toàn đủ khả năng để làm được 1 sản phẩm nữa thành công giống như Marvel’s Spider-Man.

PES 2021 Season Update

Phát hành: 15/9/2020

Dòng game Pro Evolution Soccer hay có cách gọi khác là PES đã rất phổ biến từ những năm qua phát triển liên tục và luôn được nhà phát triển Konami phát hành phiên bản mới kể từ năm 2001. Tuy nhiên có vẻ như năm nay sẽ khác, theo một thông báo mới đây đến từ Konami thì nhà phát triển đang triển khai một cách tiếp cận kỳ lạ đối với dòng game bóng đá vô cùng nổi tiếng của mình. Konami tuyên bố rằng họ sẽ không cho ra mắt phiên bản PES 2021 mới vì đơn giản là không có đủ thời gian để phát triển do khối lượng công việc chuẩn bị cho phiên bản hệ máy console tiếp theo là quá cao. Nhưng để bù đắp với các người hâm mộ, họ sẽ ra mắt một bản cập nhật lớn cho PES 2020.

Konami tuyên bố mục tiêu lớn nhất mà họ cần đạt được là phát triển phiên bản PES cho hệ máy console tiếp theo. Tuy nhiên đổi lại họ sẽ phải “hy sinh” phiên bản PES 2021 năm nay do toàn bộ nhân lực đang tập trung phát triển PES cho hệ máy console tiếp theo.

Crysis Remastered

Phát hành: 18/9/2020

Với cộng đồng game thủ, cái tên Crysis đã biết thành hết sức quen thuộc. Khi trò chơi được phát hành vào khoảng thời gian 2007, công nghệ đồ họa của nó tân tiến đến mức không có một hệ thống PC nào có thể vận hành mượt mà ở mức thiết lập tối đa. Để chơi “Crysis” ở mức trên 60fps, người ta buộc phải giảm bớt một vài thiết lập cấu hình đồ họa, và điều này đã biến thành một huyền thoại, mãi mãi được ghi nhớ bởi cộng đồng game thủ.

Đến nay, sau 13 năm kể từ ngày ra mắt đầu tiên, Crysis đã chính thức trở lại với phiên bản Remastered cực kỳ hoành tráng. Với công nghệ đồ họa siêu tân tiến, một lần nữa trò chơi này sẽ lại là thách thức với game thủ PC trên toàn thị trường quốc tế.

Trong phiên bản cũ, Cisis cung cấp cho fan hâm mộ game bắn súng góc nhìn thứ nhất, lối chơi đẹp nhất, phát triển và sáng tạo, cho phép người chơi thích nghi trong khoảng thời gian thực để sống sót. Với Crysis Remastered, trò chơi mang đến các tính năng đồ họa mới, kết cấu chất lượng tốt và công nghệ ray tracing tân tiến của Cryengine cho PC, PlayStation, Xbox và cả Nintendo Switch.

Mafia: Definitive Edition

Phát hành: 25/9/2020

Mafia từng gây ấn tượng mạnh tới cộng đồng game thủ những năm 2002 vì tái hiện lại một thành phố lấy cảm hứng từ Chicago những năm 1930 được coi là Lost Heaven, cùng với hàng chục chiếc xe hơi thập niên 1960. Mafia: Definitive Edition sẽ không chỉ là bản remaster mà còn là bản Remake đầy đủ với đồ họa, bối cảnh, nhân vật được làm lại hoàn đẹp mắt hơn và xinh động hơn. Mafia: Definitive Edition dự kiến ​​ra mắt vào ngày 25 tháng 9 năm 2020.

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