Documentaries, they can't be trusted, can they? There is always a purpose and a message the film-maker's have manufactured and edited to suit themselves, I find. They often leave you with more questions than answers. The best ones are open to interpretation enough to allow you in; allowing the source material to speak for itself. … Continue reading Jim & Andy
When I first heard about the Stephen King book called Gerald's Game I was about 16 years old, and it scared the shit out of me! Just the concept and the idea of it happening to you. So I never read the book. In my mind, I had imagined the worst already and did not … Continue reading Gerald’s Game
My intention was to listen to this twice through and then tell you what I thought about it. In the past, I have always admired Nick Cave more in theory than in practice. Finding his heavier touches a little too "noisy". Typified by the 2004 release Abbatoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus, where I … Continue reading Ghosteen
Never meet your heroes is the succinct tag line of this Amazon original series, dealing with the notion that all superheroes are morally good... but what if they weren't...? Filmed in Canada, and starring New Zealand actors Karl Urban and American Gothic's Antony Starr, this violent and very adult take on the costumed hero mythology … Continue reading The Boys
Memento - Complex in a good way! Too Complex? (Click for original link.) A question Hollywood has been asking for a while. Is a complex plot and a multitude of ways to interpret a story satisfying or confusing? I guess it depends on what you like! Many times, I have heard people say of a … Continue reading Complex Movies
Any fan of Phillip Pullman's epic trilogy will tell you that His Dark Materials is one of the best stories ever told. There is so much scope to adapt and interpret the narrative, so rich are the textures, characterisation and pure weight of its many themes. Which is perhaps why any re-imagining will always come … Continue reading His Dark Materials
English language films with big name actors are not usually this European. Which is why I have chosen the beautiful French poster to highlight this unexpected gem. I hadn't expected to like it, but was curious to see the two lead actresses work together on something so intimate, that became in the media something controversial, … Continue reading Disobedience
Decade lists… there are a lot aren't there!? Here, then, are my Albums of the Decade - based entirely on how much I genuinely listened to them, and at some point was (and perhaps still am) obsessed by them. I could have picked more artistic or cooler stuff, but I think this list more accurately … Continue reading Albums of the Decade.
The Wasteland 