In my article of Mark Knopfler’s Going Home instrumental, I had intended writing a review of Local Hero in ‘Friday’s Finest’. Going Home which ends the soundtrack is one of the most inspirational songs I’ve heard. It raises to a phenomenal…
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Scarface (1983) – Brian De Palma (Friday’s Finest)
Scarface is one of those crime- drama films I was reluctant to rewatch because it contains scenes which I find so disturbing, especially the one above. I watched The Godfather (Part 1) with the family about a month ago and…
Joe Biden AI Voice Speech
I found the following Audio manipulated video (political satire) while watching the latest Joe Rogan and Russell Brand podcast. Rogan warns how AI editing could convert narratives where the public might be unable to discern what is real from unreal.…
Louis C.K – “Letting You Live Was Medical Malpractice”
I have been watching Louis CK’s latest special at Madison Square Garden. The subscription to the show was a good investment of my money and we’ll just leave it at that. The following video: Like a lot of Louis’ material…
Tár (2022) – Todd Field (Friday’s Finest)
During and after the Pandemic I went into a movie appreciation hiatus. Then the flame was rekindled when I read fellow blogger Cindy Bruchman’s article of Tár. I wondered why I hadn’t seen this already since Cate Blanchett is my…
30/1 – 5/2/23 – Her Mind, Vladimir Lenin & Gnosticism
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. She Speaks Her MindPoem by Theodora Goss Theodora’s poems often pass this way. She wrote in her biography page: If I were to teach…
Tagged with: Gnosticism, james lindsay, poetry, Russian Revolution, theodora goss, Vladimir Lenin
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Posted in Movies and TV, News, politics, Reading
Take Shelter (2011) – Jeff Nichols (Friday’s Finest)
I saw Take Shelter a few times in the year it came out. I was roused by this highly original story and appreciated how it doesn’t play down to the audience and the acting is nuanced, but impactful. It explores…
National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983) – Harold Ramis (Friday’s Finest)
I have such fond memories watching Vacation growing up, whereby I had to add it here to Friday’s Finest. It remains one of my favourite comedies although it has been a long time since I have seen it. But I…
Zodiac – David Fincher (Friday’s Finest)
When I first saw today’s featured movie directed by David Fincher, I wasn’t that impressed with it, but on subsequent viewings I admired it a heck of a lot more. It doesn’t reach the jaw-dropping stature of Fincher’s own Se7en,…
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