Kiss the Girls (1997) Rated R for terror, violence, language, and suggested sex. ---------- Out of 4 stars: ***1/2 (3 1/2 Stars)
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Tony Goldwyn, Gina Ravera.
One of the biggest cliches of any serial killer film is also one of the most believable. You know, the one where the detective looks at a wall of pictures and other police information, and suddenly spots the clue which reveals who the killer is. Sure, it's been used over and over, but for some reason, it is always fun to watch. This cliche pretty much describes the level KISS THE GIRLS works on: overused, but always fun. One of my personal rules about watching a film is not how original the film is, but how it goes around giving its story. This rule applies highly to KISS THE GIRLS.
There is something psychologically stimulating in a well-crafted serial killer movie, and KISS THE GIRLS is certainly well made. However, the whole film screams of unoriginality, and so it relies on the power of its actors and the technical detail to pull it through. Well, not only are the actors capable of pulling it through, but they add so much to the film that nearly every flaw is covered up. Unfortunately, one of the most revealing and rather insulting choices by the filmmakers (one that SEVEN, a film a lot like this one, knew not to make) was to put the name of the killer in the opening credits. That may give the actor credit for the role, but throughout the film, hidden in my mind, I was waiting for him to appear on screen, which spoiled the mystery. However, credit must be given to the director for suspending this knowledge through most of the film.
Plotwise, KISS THE GIRLS shows almost no originality. We are introduced to Detective Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman), a forensic psychologist, and immediately we are given the cliched scene establishing him as the hero. He gets a call about a woman who has shot her husband and is now threatening to kill herself. Obviously Cross succeeds at getting the gun, but this scene is quickly forgotten during the next scene. At his house, Cross is told that his neice, Naomi (Gina Ravera), has been missing for four days. This provides the motivation for Cross to find the killer, but we are never given a chance to establish the relationship between the two, and as a result, we can't sympathize with Detective Cross. However, what makes KISS THE GIRLS slightly original is the introduction of one of the abductees... before she is abducted. Dr. Kate McTiernan (Ashley Judd, the actress of the Judd family) is a smart, athletic woman, and because of these traits, becomes a target for Casanova--what the serial killer likes to call himself. Because of these character-developing scenes, we care for McTiernan, making the abduction scene all that more suspenseful.
After being abducted, McTiernan wakes up and finds herself in a cell somewhere in the woods. Remembering that the killer gave her certain rules, she decides to break one of them by calling out. When Casanova comes to punish her, she breaks out and escapes by jumping over a waterfall. After she is found, she begins to help Cross find his neice. From this moment on, KISS THE GIRLS takes on the form of every other serial killer film, as the two leads search for the rest of the victims held captive.
Many people will compare this film to 1995's SEVEN, another killer film starring Morgan Freeman, but I presume that the similarities are intentional. The screenplay, by David Klass, is adapted from the novel written by James Patterson, and yet I don't quite see how this story could have worked in novel form. What makes KISS THE GIRLS so good is the acting and the technical and visual impressiveness. The cinematography, by Aaron Schneider, is reminiscient of SEVEN, and sometimes I felt that many of the shots were trying too hard to impress us. Sometimes a simple shot is the best one. However, many of the shots are stunning, and unlike SEVEN, most of them take place during the day, in sunlight. The scene when Ashley Judd is running through the forest is extremely well done, in more than one way. The camera work is terrific, but the editing makes this scene work so well. The chaotic and MTV-type cutting gives the audience a sense of confusion and unawareness, exactly what Judd's character is experiencing.
However, the best aspect of KISS THE GIRLS is its actors. Morgan Freeman is one of today's most powerful and believable actors. Detective Cross is a very good character for him, although it is just a similar one to the character in SEVEN. Because of Freeman's powerful presence, he carries half the film by himself. The other half is carried by Ashley Judd, one of today's most promising dramatic actresses. In fact, her performance is better than Freeman's, if that is even possible. Her character is more original than Freeman's, and she handles it wonderfully. We finally have a female character in a movie like this who does more than just scream. The supporting cast is highly underdeveloped, but the cast members do as much as they can with it. Cary Elwes portrays a cop in North Carolina, and unfortunately has scraps for a character. Tony Goldwyn fairs slightly better, but we don't really get to know his character either. Gina Ravera gives a good performance, but again she isn't in many of the scenes. So as a result of all these small supporting parts, the weight of the film lies on the two leads, and they do a phenomenal job. Some of the best acting of this genre, and some of the best acting of the year.
Two other essential aspects of the film are quite good. Director Gary Fleder does a good job of controlling his actors, but the second half of the film loses believability, especially during the revelation of the killer. He also doesn't handle the suspenseful scenes as a better director would have, losing a lot of tension during many scenes. However, to his credit, he does manage a terrific first half. Part of the blame falls on David Klass. I'm sure the book developed many of the lesser characters more, but Klass focuses on the two main parts. While this may give the two leads more screentime, many of the small characters are one-dimensional, and the killer, when revealed, is extremely implausible. Thanks to the smart dialogue adapted from the novel, KISS THE GIRLS always seems intelligent. None of the conversations are laughable, and all move the plot forward without seeming forced. One of the biggest problems I had with the movie was the motive of the killer. I blame this mainly on the casting director, because the killer's motive is because of rejection from women (or so I assume from the opening monologue), but the killer himself is very attractive (One of my friends is a, shall we say, big admirer of the killer).
KISS THE GIRLS is rated R for terror, violence, language, and suggested sex. With all the implausibilities of this film, and with the mediocre second half, KISS THE GIRLS somehow manages to thoroughly entertain. In fact, I had the urge to see it again just for the performances. The cinematography adds a lot of mood to the already creepy tone, and the script is usually smart. This is clearly one of those movies which rely on the acting to pull it through. Morgan Freeman is possibly today's most convincing actor, and Ashley Judd adds another notch on her acting belt. I must also say that I loved the ending. The showdown between good and evil was quite tense, and the resolution of the scene makes almost anyone cheer. Perhaps it may not be possible, but most of the film isn't anyway.
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Here, I would like to share some of my results exploring the single nucleotide variation analysis of EBV genomes we sequenced. All the code and data have been deposited to the repo https://github.com/yasinkaymaz/ViralGenomeAssembly Note: Directories are relative to repo master.
library(vcfR)
library(dartR)
require(gridExtra)
library(ggplot2) library(plotly)
library(tidyverse)
source(here::here("PapeRCodes/functions.R")) #Load the data pops <- read.delim(here::here("workspace/data/pop7.txt"),row.names = 1, header = T) vcf.ebv <- read.vcfR(here::here("workspace/data/my_ICed_sequence.aln.Sub_for_Assoc_modified.vcf"))
## Scanning file to determine attributes. ## File attributes: ## meta lines: 3 ## header_line: 4 ## variant count: 9488 ## column count: 107 ## Meta line 3 read in. ## All meta lines processed. ## gt matrix initialized. ## Character matrix gt created. ## Character matrix gt rows: 9488 ## Character matrix gt cols: 107 ## skip: 0 ## nrows: 9488 ## row_num: 0 ## Processed variant 1000 Processed variant 2000 Processed variant 3000 Processed variant 4000 Processed variant 5000 Processed variant 6000 Processed variant 7000 Processed variant 8000 Processed variant 9000 Processed variant: 9488 ## All variants processed
#Convert vcf file into gl format gl <- vcfR2genlight(vcf.ebv)
## Warning in vcfR2genlight(vcf.ebv): Found 1153 loci with more than two alleles. ## Objects of class genlight only support loci with two alleles. ## 1153 loci will be omitted from the genlight object.
#Filter variants from regions that are not covered (sequenced) in at least 25% of all genomes. gl <- gl.filter.callrate(gl, method = "ind",threshold = .25, recalc = TRUE)
## Starting gl.filter.callrate: Filtering on Call Rate ## Removing individuals based on Call Rate, threshold t = 0.25 ## List of individuals deleted because of low call rate: 1-3-0430-07-9_CP_genome_fixed_assembly_Fixed 1-4-0589-06-9_CP_genome_fixed_assembly_Fixed 1-6-6007-08-11_CP_genome_fixed_assembly_Fixed from populations: ## Starting gl.filter.monomorphs: Deleting monomorphic loci ## Deleting monomorphic loci and loci with all NA scores ## Completed gl.filter.monomorphs ## ## Starting gl.recalc.metrics: Recalculating locus metrics ## Starting utils.recalc.avgpic: Recalculating OneRatioRef, OneRatioSnp, PICRef, PICSnp and AvgPIC ## Completed utils.recalc.avgpic ## ## Starting utils.recalc.callrate: Recalculating CallRate ## Completed utils.recalc.callrate ## ## Starting utils.recalc.freqhets: Recalculating frequency of heterozygotes ## Completed utils.recalc.freqhets ## ## Starting utils.recalc.freqhomref: Recalculating frequency of homozygotes, reference allele ## Completed utils.recalc.freqhomref ## ## Starting utils.recalc.freqhomref: Recalculating frequency of homozygotes, alternate allele ## Completed utils.recalc.freqhomsnp ## ## Note: Locus metrics recalculated ## Completed gl.recalc.metrics ## ## gl.filter.callrate completed
#Import genome type and patient info gl$pop <- pops[indNames(gl),2] type <- pops[indNames(gl),1] #Run PCOA analysis for all variants pc <- gl.pcoa(gl)
## Performing a PCoA, individuals as entities, SNP loci as attributes ## Ordination yielded 13 informative dimensions from 94 original dimensions ## PCoA Axis 1 explains 43.2 % of the total variance ## PCoA Axis 1 and 2 combined explain 50.9 % of the total variance ## PCoA Axis 1-3 combined explain 55.7 % of the total variance
pc$loadings %>% as.tibble() %>% ggplot(aes())
df <- as.data.frame(pc$loadings) #ggplot(df, aes(x=as.numeric(gl@position),y=Axis2, group = 1))+geom_point(size=.1)
Here is the PCOA of 1st and 2nd axis with all variants.
# p <- gl.pcoa.plot(pc, gl, type = type, xaxis=1, yaxis=2, ellipse = F, labels = "pop", title = "for All variants")
## Plotting populations
ggplotly(p)
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## Warning in file(con, "rb"): cannot open file './webshot50d129686852.png': ## No such file or directory
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January 7
God Has Something to Say
The sheep listen to [the Shepherd's] voice and heed it, and he calls his own sheep by name and brings (leads) them out.
John 10:3
Don't ever be so afraid of making a mistake you miss out on the joy of acting on the voice of the Lord. Instead, trust the leadership of the Holy Spirit and let Him show you how. He'll begin by speaking to you about the little things in your life, and as you grow accustomed to hearing and obeying, He'll speak to you about weightier things.
That's how it happened with Gloria and me. When we first accepted Jesus as Lord, we didn't have any idea how to hear God. Our spirits weren't yet trained to distinguish His leading. But since the Bible promised we could do it, we began to approach our prayer time and Bible study time expecting to hear God's direction and He began to give it.
I'll never forget the first time it happened to Gloria. She'd been reading the Bible and she just stopped for a few minutes to see if God would say something to her. Right down on the inside of her, she heard the Lord say, "The light is on in your car."
It didn't occur to her that God would speak to her about something so trivial, so she just brushed that thought aside and went on listening. Pretty soon, He said the same thing again. He kept on repeating it until finally, she got up and walked out to the car. Sure enough, the light was on.
Why would God bother with something as insignificant as a car light? Because He cares! He knew Gloria was home alone that night with two small children, and if that battery had run down, she'd have been stuck there. God was watching out for her, and He told her just exactly what she needed to know right then.
Yet, at the same time, He knew she was a beginner where listening to His voice was concerned, so He gave her an instruction she could follow without much risk.  What if she'd missed it? She would have felt foolish but that wouldn't have hurt anything.
If you'll trust Him, the Holy Spirit will do the same thing for you that He did for Gloria and me. He'll bring you along one step at a time in a way that will help you, not hurt you.
The biggest mistake you can make is to be afraid to follow that inward witness which is the number one way God leads all His children (Rom. 8:14). So don't be afraid. Take time to listen today. Expect to hear in your spirit. God has something to say to you. Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:6-16


Shinji Kobayashi is a doctorate student at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan. You may know him as "skoba" on the Project JXTA aliases. He is the project leader and a developer on the Medical Grid Alliance Network (MeGA-Net) project. The IPA (Information technology promotion agency in Japan) is supporting MeGA-Net with a grant under the MITO FY2003 Exploratory Software Project. The Japan Medical Association assists with technical support. It is an open source software project to create a peer-to-peer (P2P) information base on healthcare. With this project, medical institutes, hospitals, care units, pharmacies can share clinical patient record seamlessly.
Typically medical information is stored in a client-server network model. In this model, a central hospital has the sever, and the satelite clinic must have client software. The problem is that many central hospitals do not have this technical relationship with some satelite clinics or other hospitals. The MeGA-Net project aims to construct a medical information grid that will have a interrelationship among medical institutes on demand.
Project JXTA technology is used to make these relationships to share medical information via P2P. These organizations chose JXTA technology because they could easily redistribute the application to many hospitals and clinics on the open source license.
The project is now under development and will be finished March 2004.
Shinji is a very new member of the Project JXTA community. He sees JXTA and P2P as the "real" Internet. His goal is to make common knowledgebase using JXTA technology. He also participates in regional BSD user groups, known as BBQ.
For more information, please contact Shinji Kobayashi at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>You can also see IPA MITO software creation project and the Japan Medical Association's ORCA Project.
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@Daniel CP Ok, just saw it (I was reading pretty old msgs, first...) but I received the invitation email, does it mean it should be available at the Play Store?
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