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Thinking Anew: Harnessing The Power Of Belief Book Review

It has been said, "What can be conceived, can be created," but all too often we find ourselves reacting instead of acting and getting caught up in dreams without a vision to bring them into fruition. It is extremely easy to procrastinate too and to forget one's triumphs and talents by letting the imaginary negative record play on in our minds without even being conscious of it. I myself have fallen victim to this and I think everyone may at some point do the same. What helps to go beyond the negative realm of doubt, self isolation and passivity is to take small steps each day to work toward changing how one thinks and acts and recognizing the immediate positive feeling one gets when they feel they are doing something good for themselves because they have taken action. This positive reinforcement can best be remembered from a quote I recall Anthony Robbins saying, "The past does not equal the future." What you do in the present counts too.

One of the best ways to move toward this direction is to keep a journal. Success Coaches, Martial Arts Instructors, and Psychotherapists are among the many who recommend this technique as a daily exercise. However you do not have to attend a seminar, take classes or seek out therapy to change the way you think and act by writing things down. All you really need paper and a pen. Now it should be noted that everyone does things in their own way. If something works for you then you should not put it down. However you can always learn new things and it helps to remind one's self by practicing the same way any artisan of any vocation or aspiring to one practices and through positive affirmation, hones their craft.

This is where Thinking Anew: Harnessing The Power Of Belief comes in. Written by Eugene F. Moynihan and Richard F. Quis, two men of diverse backgrounds and expertise, the authors essentially get the reader started simply by buying the book, which in itself a 100 sheet, 200 page marble notebook, my preferred book for note taking and such. The authors go into their backgrounds and cite examples of how writing things down can harness your own way of changing the way one thinks and acts because the mere act of writing something down creates a physical step that can be visualized in a tactile way and there is truth to the fact that if you write things down you do begin to bring things to fruition. Not unlike taking notes in school. Here we are given examples and affirmations to follow to guide the reader toward using this process to reach their goals. 

Then after 34 pages of instruction and example, the authors leave the rest of the book to you, the reader, to in an essence become your own author and complete your own book of moving toward your goals by writing things down. It takes action, but the power of writing things down not only sets one on a path toward reaching their goals and improving their lives, it also can show one's thought habits and identify positive and spot the negative traits that you can then work on eliminating from your life. Now this is not a magic wand. No one can guarantee success anymore than a college can guarantee a job after a student graduates. It takes work and diligence and an ability to identify the course corrections you may need to make to reach your destination much like a plane pilot or navigator on a ship step by step plots the course to get to the heading as safely and quickly, according to the desired speed, as possible.

Thinking Anew: Harnessing The Power Of Belief by Eugene F. Moynihan and Richard F. Quis is an economical and practical method toward doing the things you want to do through simple and ever evolving steps and it gives the reader/seeker all the tools they need to get started just by purchasing the book.  Thinking Anew: Harnessing The Power Of Belief is available now at booksellers on and offline on Trade Softcover at 206 pages and is published by QV Press. ISBN Number: 987--0-9849076-0-1 and lists for $14.95. For more information, please visit www.helpthinkinganew.com.

(C) Copyright 2015 By Mark A. Rivera

All Rights Reserved.

THE VATICAN EXORCISMS -- coming May 19th to DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment!

“…paced with perfection and quite possibly the greatest exorcisms on film.”

-Blood Guts

On May 19, Anchor Bay Entertainment releases The Vatican Exorcisms on DVD. An unnerving descent into black masses, orgies and possession, The Vatican Exorcisms stars Joe Marino (The Hobbittrilogy, the Lord of the Rings trilogy) and Piero Maggio (El Alamein aka The Line of Fire). SRP is $22.98, with pre-book on April 15^th.

 

The Vatican Exorcisms is the horrifying story that the church tried to bury. Hoping to expose a shocking scandal inside the Vatican, a documentary filmmaker travels to Rome to interview several key witnesses but finds himself unearthing something far more sinister. 

 

Delving deeper, he becomes dangerously close to exposing a much darker reality of corruption and demonic forces. As he is drawn further into the satanic underworld, he soon discovers that sometimes the truth is best kept hidden and that demons do walk among us.

New Clip and Keanu Reeves Announcement | EPIX's DEEP WEB

Reunited for the first time since working together on the Bill and Ted film franchise, Keanu Reeves joins Alex Winter's documentary DEEP WEB as the narrator. You can hear Keanu's voice in this NEW Clip explaining what the Deep Web really is! This upcoming documentary premieres at SXSW this Sunday March 15 with a world television premiere following on EPIX in Spring 2015! 

DEEP WEB

World Television Premiere on EPIX Spring 2015

#DeepWeb

Deep Web is an EPIX Original Documentary written, directed and produced by Alex Winter with Marc Schiller and Glen Zipper also serving as producers. Winter and Schiller previously worked together on the documentary Downloaded, about the rise and fall of Napster. Zipper's prior credits include the Academy Award® winning Undefeated and the Grammy Award® winning Foo Fighters: Back and Forth. Seth Gordon (Print the Legend, Mitt, Freakonomicsand Undefeated) is the executive producer, Andy Greenberg is the consulting producer, and Dan Swietlik (Sicko and An Inconvenient Truth) is the editor. Jill Burkhart and Ross Bernard are the executive producers for EPIX.

Thank You RaddTitan!

Big Thanks to my friends at RaddTitan for kindly acknowledging the help I have given them. These guys are true comic and film fans and they have a passion for reviewing statues based on the like so please visit their channel on YouTube and they are also on Facebook, Google Plus and Twitter too.

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Foxcatcher DVD Review

Acclaimed Filmmaker Bennett Miller (Capote) brings the true story of two championship wrestlers that are recruited by eccentric multimillionaire John du Pont to coach and lead a team of contenders who seek the mutual dream of Olympic Gold, but ultimately the vision of a world class wrestling training facility at John du Pont's Foxcatcher estate becomes a tragedy of misguided loyalty, broken hearts and ruined hopes in a film that yields repeat viewing to fully appreciate the nuanced performances and screen direction.

Steve Carrell is all but unrecognizable in the makeup and body language he assumes not to become literally a dead on impression of John du Pont because if you see photos of the real man, you will notice some physical differences. What Carrell does is capture an essence of the man, but only people who knew the real John du Pont can access how close Carrell's characterization matches the man. In fact it is only when Carrell speaks that one can definitely tell it is him under the makeup. However considering this is arguably the most serious and darkest film he has ever starred in, I think Carrell deserves the acclaim he has gotten. It definitely shows his great potential as an actor beyond his comedic work.

Both Mark Ruffalo and Channing Tatum deliver stellar performances. One can feel both the brotherly love and emotional damage both men share and while actions that occur in the film yield specific consequences that cannot be undone, I felt the film presented all three characters as portrayed by their respective actors as victims of their upbringing despite the perceived class differences. In the end the strength of the film lies in the characters and how the Director presents them. Foxcatcher is about three men who ultimately reach beyond what they emotionally can hold on to and as a result it leads to broken wishes and great loss for all.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment presents Foxcatcher on DVD in an anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) aspect ratio that preserves the manner in which the film was exhibited theatrically as close as possible for home video users. This is a muted and downright dark film, but the standard definition detail holds up nicely even when upconverted to 1080p HD via HDMI.

Atmospheric English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound is provided along with an English Descriptive Audio Track and a French Soundtrack option as well. There are also English Subtitles for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired along English, French and Spanish Language Subtitle choices too.

Bonus features include a behind-the-scenes featurette (16:20), two deleted scenes that can be viewed individually or via a Play All feature (5:08), the original theatrical trailer (2:22) and a reel of previews (6:32). The interactive menus are well rendered and easy to navigate. A coupon for a limited time redeemable only free Ultraviolet Digital Copy is also included on an insert within the DVD keep case.

Foxcatcher is available now at retailers on and offline courtesy of Sony Picture Home Entertainment.

(C) Copyright 2015 By Mark A. Rivera

All Rights Reserved.

LEVEL 33 ENTERTAINMENT presents THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET -- Arriving April 10th in Theaters and Premium VOD!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 12, 2015

 

Level 33 Entertainment Announces the Release of

The Acclaimed Horror/Thriller Film 

THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET 

In Theaters & Premium VOD - April 10^th, 2015

 

Los Angeles, CA - Level 33 Entertainment announced today the upcoming release of the psychological horror / thriller feature film THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET in select theaters nationwide and on all Video On Demand platforms beginning on April 10^th, 2015 including InDemand (Comcast, Time Warner, Cox); Dish; iTunes and Amazon Instant Video.

THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET was written and directed by festival award winning director, Arthur Luhn (Conned, The Golden Legacy) and was produced by Bill McAdams Jr. (Money Shot, House Of Fear). The film was an official selection of the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, the Northampton International Film Festival, and the winner of the Golden Reel Award at the Nevada Film Festival.

THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREETfeatures the talented cast of Ethan Embry (TV’s Once Upon A Time, Eagle Eye, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle), Academy Award ® Nominee Eric Roberts (Inherent Vice, The Expendables, The Dark Knight), Jessica Sonneborn (Alice D, Dorothy and the Witches from Oz), Alex Rocco (The Godfather, The Wedding Planner), and Courtney Gains (Sweet Home Alabama, Back To The Future).

Synopsis:  When Amy moves into a new apartment, she notices strange things happening at THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET. Always a curious girl, Amy is compelled to investigate further. The more she finds out, the closer she gets to the center of a horrific conspiracy that threatens to tear apart her new town and destroy the lives of its people. 

View the Official Teaser Trailer here: https://vimeo.com/117001647