A coming of very, very old age tale. A fable maybe, or a legacy. Vampire lore stretches within its story of friendship and deep loneliness. The yin and yang of togetherness, bonding, distance, care, fear...
βLΓ₯t den rΓ€tte komma inβ carries a vivid memory, as it landed around a horrendously difficult time in my life. A friend that I'd known since school had lost her battle with her own inner demons that had plagued her for many years. Nothing canβ¦
Bear with me as I take you on a little journey through cowboy country. Five years ago (almost to the day), Mrs Graham and I were planning our 25th anniversary trip to the US of A. A trip that would start in LA and take in some very special places including San Diego, San Francisco, Napa and Vegas.
Now, her ladyship has always been partial to a great western movie and in fact, it's probably her very favourite genre. Inβ¦
In a month packed with disturbing visions, this series of excruciatingly horrific imagery takes the top spot as it sets out to inform the viewer of some of the truly dreadful ways in which the human species treats the other animals that share this green and fertile planet.
From pets to food, furs to βsportβ and scientific experimentation, Joaquin Phoenix breathes his way from painful scene to painful scene, all the while using hidden camera footage to build a pictureβ¦
Spiralling
Down down, on a journey to inner peace
Colours, red and orange
Burning inside, cold outside
Is this a new kind of love
Or eternal pain
Twisting, like knives reaching
Grabbing, snatching, cutting deep
Freedom is out there somewhere
But at what cost
Brothers and sisters, a different love
The same love, or lust
Or just plain fear
Confused, lost, together, alone
The darkness is here at last
Leading the way home
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Messed up May 2022
"So much potential wasted in a male."
Josh Brolin and TimothΓ©e Chalamet getting sweaty in a knife-fight was a classical love scene only surpassed by every, single, second of Zendaya's all encompassing screen presence.
In Dune, Denis Villeneuve has found a moment of clarity in a sea of mediocre releases. Its intelligent screenplay and devastatingly beautiful presentation carry a tale full of the future inside this incredibly detailed world.
While cosmetically outstanding, the near-perfect casting transcends the film to aβ¦
