Logline: When a 19 year old boy is sent to prison, he is taken under the wing of a violent, chess playing armed robber. On release, the young man repays this protection by busting his mentor out of prison and joining him on a heist that soon turns to game of cat and mouse. Genre:… Continue reading Film Review: Son of a Gun (2014)
Month: October 2014
What was that about?: Childish Gambino and Telegraph Ave Music Video
/www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3f-eDzkxcw There's a moments silence and then... " Why don't you write about that on your blog?" I do tend to get a sort of stunned silence after a rant, because I'm generally not a huge opinion sharer, but every now then I go for it. (I think, generally, in polite conversation, it's boring for… Continue reading What was that about?: Childish Gambino and Telegraph Ave Music Video
“I’ve been writing for over twenty years, all my adult life, and so I suppose that I’ve made peace with myself and my hopeless, undisciplined technique. I’ve stopped unravelling everytime I’m unable to write. I wait. ...Waiting is part of writing. When I write the word ‘waiting’ by hand it even looks like ‘writing.’” –… Continue reading
Film Review: The Maze Runner (2014)
Logline: A teenage boy wakes up in a lift with no memory, and finds himself in a place called The Glade with a band of other boys like him with no idea why or how they got there. Surrounding them is The Maze, which may be their only way out but can also be a… Continue reading Film Review: The Maze Runner (2014)
Review of Books: September
It's been an odd month, with a lot going on but I've managed to get through some good books (mostly on the way to work) and they were ALL pretty good, which, as you readers know, almost never happens. Sycamore Row, by John Grisham Genre: Legal Thriller Logline: A sequel to A Time To Kill, this… Continue reading Review of Books: September
