Movie Review: Immortals
From start to finish whether up close in the fight or the expansive view of lands, sky and ocean, we can say that Immortals magnetically draws the eye.
Time and Slumber
Time is measured by the once
but pleasure by the pound
We forsake the hour’s warning tide
An Attitude of Better Days
Just might bend but I won’t break as long as I can see your face.– MercyMe (Move from The Generous Mr Lovewell Album) Every now and then we face a roadblock, an unwanted waiting room or the injury of the heart, body or mind that brings us to a grinding halt. I’m facing that […]
Movie Review: Coriolanus
What do Shakespeare and Chechnya have in common? Not a lot until Ralph Fiennes decided to take the Shakespearean play Coriolanus and interpret it through the modern eyes of urban warfare.
Spiral Jail
Cries of anguish spout forth in fear
Who can I believe?
The postman is my wife’s best friend
My heartache a banker’s leer
Movie Review: Margin Call
Our story joins the trading floor of a large Manhattan based institution on the day that two thirds of the floor will lose their positions in a cost-cutting exercise. While the young execs run for cover the floor’s head of risk management works on a problem he sees looming.
Written for the One I Love
Written for the One I Love When darkness fadesAnd glory shines you open your eyes and hope to find A starling on your pillowA valentine in your arms who nestles cheek to breast You alight from bed to floorGoing to prepare a succulent feast as you tiptoe out the door Content, refreshed and showeredFrom […]
Mate! That’s a Great Story
If you’re looking to write a movie script, novel or make your song lyrics more than a syrupy sick commercial jingle then you need to find the essence of story.
Movie Review: The Grey
So how does a survival movie fare with a pack of hungry wolves hunting their human prey?
Walls
Parachute 2012 was a great introduction for The Rocket Summer the solo project of Bryce Avary. You can see from his “New Zealand Adventure” video on his YouTube channel that he loved the down under experience as well. One of the songs that I took away from Parachute for a lot of post festival thinking […]