my theme for 2022 is presence… i want to live in the moment — and yes i know it sounds cliché, but — i’m never really living inside myself — i’m always worrying, distracting, ruminating — when i do feel myself being happy i worry that i’ve not been happy all along and and worry it won’t last — when i do feel myself being sad (or mad or just a bit yucky) i binge and sleep —– so this year – little bit at a time – i want to be present, to feel my feelings, experience my life not to “live beautifully” but just to live.
lots of clever little things like the name of this bar
USA | 2021
To find out if his reality is a physical or mental construct, Mr. Anderson, aka Neo, will have to choose to follow the white rabbit once more. If he’s learned anything, it’s that choice, while an illusion, is still the only way out of — or into — the Matrix. Neo already knows what he has to do, but what he doesn’t yet know is that the Matrix is stronger, more secure and far more dangerous than ever before. (copypasta wiki)
I don’t think I’m qualified to rate this one: I fell asleep because I was tired and it was hot in the cinema (broken AC, can you believe… the whole reason we went to the movies was to escape the heat). What I saw was good I guess but I still don’t think it’s fair to give it a rating based on what I was uncomfortably awake for.
With Trent at Reading Cinema in Mandurah, followed by icecream at Simmo’s (yum!). A perfect end to a lovely little Christmas holiday.
Awesome! Better than the original. Definitely not as orange.
Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet’s exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, only those who can conquer their own fear will survive. (copypasta wiki).
I really enjoyed Dune, even though at just over two and a half hours it was a little long. I’m glad there is going to be a sequel (it is based on a few giant tomes so that’s no surprise (now I think of it)) and I’m really looking forward to it… Gold Class maybe…
I loved the sound design — the music and mechanical sounds of machinery blending together was perfect. The cinematography was stunning and the costumes were beautiful.
It was a bit hard to me to follow but luckily Ross is used to me asking, “who’s that?” all the time and doesn’t seem to mind.
Never can be sure who the good guys or the bad guys are in a well told story (complexity, nuance blah blah), so I’m going for the sands-worms!
Thanks Trent and Ross for a great night at Event Whitfords with a delicious dinner at FGI Fridays.
In an isolated town in Australia, a mother and her two daughters greet the man of the house with a crack on the shins and a shot in the neck. But what do they do with him after taking payback into their own hands?
In this revisioning of Angus Cerini’s award winning The Bleeding Tree, a cast of First Nations women tell the story of a mother and her daughters who are thrown into an unspeakable situation in this powerful and heartbreaking murder ballad.
Making his directorial debut, The Bleeding Tree is in the hands of Ian Michael (Noongar) and creatives Chloe Ogilvie (Yamatji Nhanda), Rachael Dease and Tyler Hill. Featuring Karla Hart (Noongar), Ebony McGuire (Noongar) and Stephanie Somerville (Martu).
It was rad! (that’s just the first word that come to mind, and I think it’s fitting).
Thank you so much Simon for taking me to the advanced screening at Event in Whitfords, I had a great time.
The movie was so good, with just enough callbacks to the original, nostalgia and it’s own originality and style. Really good orchestral score (did I say that right?)
The actors were great. That kid from Stranger Things – Finn Wolfhard – was really good, he is going to have a great career in acting (and he’s going to be very handsome too). And, of course, so cameos and surprises.
Titane: A metal highly resistant to heat and corrosion, with high tensile strength alloys.
France | 2021
whoa! that was… whoa!
From the same director as Raw, this movie is not for the faint-hearted.
A very fun movie-going experience, in Luna’s tiny cinema 3 it felt like we were all in going through this together (as apposed to the solo experience even seeing a movie with a friend can be).
I don’t really know what I can say about it… just be warned okay.
TITLE: ROMA CITTA’ APERTA ¥ PERS: MAGNANI, ANNA ¥ YEAR: 1945 ¥ DIR: ROSSELLINI, ROBERTO ¥ REF: ROM005AX ¥ CREDIT: [ THE KOBAL COLLECTION / EXCELSA/MAYER-BURSTYN ]
1945; Italy
Resistance leader Luigi Ferrari is pursued by Major Fritz Bergmann, a German intelligence officer who wants the name of others in the underground movement. Ferrari enlists the help of sympathetic priest Don Pietro Pellegrini to pass on funds to the fighters in case he is captured, but is accidentally betrayed by a former lover. [wiki copypasta]
Closing night of the Italian Film Festival – free drinks and ice-cream and other give-aways – at Luna Leederville.
I thought the movie was a bit slow and boring, but I blame that on my attention span – not the movie. As well as my very minimal knowledge about what was going on at the time and place the movie was set (Rome, 1944). However in the end it really picked up and was quite exciting and shocking.
It would have been very controversial for its time with drug use, an unmarried pregnant woman and even a queer character. I think I can give it a soft pass on the Bechtel Test.
The Jazz Cellar, Mount Hawthorn Iwanoff Houses, All over Perth The Nostalgia Box, Perth The Blue Room Theatre, Perth Federation Walkway, Kings Park Castledare Miniature Railway, Cannington Museum of Natural History, Guildford Caversham Wildlife Park, Whiteman Park Whiteman Park Railway, Whiteman Park Pia’s Place, Whiteman Park Woodbridge Riverside Park, Woodbridge Swan Settlers Market, Herne Hill Swan View Tunnel, John Forrest National Park Abandoned Atlantis Marine Park, Two Rocks Amaze Miniature Park, Barragup Secret Garden Devonshire Tea House, Falcon Gingin Observatory, Gingin
I took Johnny for his birthday and he really enjoyed it, we had a great day and a really yummy burger lunch at Betty’s Cafe.
I didn’t actually think it was a bad movie, it just wasn’t for me. It did have excellent fight scenes (which isn’t something I look for in a movie) and really cool creature effects (which I always enjoy).
One more thing… I think it’s great to see an Asian superhero #representationmatters
One more one more thing… Awkwafina is really cool and I need to find out more about her.
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