I like the 2 John Grisham’s, and I notice they’re back to back. To be honest, they might be the only 2 from your lists I’ve ever seen.
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Do you mean Tom Clancy? The Sum of All Fears and The Hunt For Red October are based on his works.
If I were to choose a John Grisham novel, I think The Testament would be my personal favourite. Tom is the conspiracy tales one, John is the legal drama one.
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Tonight, I’ll finish my rewatch of the original House of Cards. The third series of the original follows the titles of the books, so it was The Final Cut. One fun nugget about it was that the actors felt more uncomfortable wearing clothes in the bedroom scenes for the American release, though being stark bollock naked was fine to film for the original UK cut.
The Finale for those who may find it a struggle to source a copy:
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Now that’s the largest brain fart 
I’ve had in a while. Yeah Tom Clancy. And I own the hardcovers. Grisham, everything I read was legal like Pelican Brief, and the firm. Got those in hardcover also.
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We all have them from time to time. As long as we admit to them, rather than saving face, we can be accepted as old farts.
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I’m going through a few papers on religion and politics. Sadly, the more I read I was induced to watch Hitch playing in the background.
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I’ve finished my theology papers, though thought that I had to advise removing references to mega-churches when it’s not the core of their thread and not woven into their claims: I do have stringent views on the matter and, if raised, they need to be the core of the work. Popoff still making money is one of the biggest affronts to faith I’ve ever seen.
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Getting educated on German expressionism.
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city’s mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
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Ah one of most seminal of seminal movies. I try to watch it at least once a year, along with Nosferatu and a few others: to remind me of the utter genius displayed in early cinema. For Nosferatu, I’d suggest only watching a tinted cut. This was the original release and the tint really helps to show to the audience what the time of day it is.
Although, for sci-fi , Le Voyage dans la Lune, is the granddaddy of the genre.
This makes me tempted to spend a month on early cinema.
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Well, I just sat down to watch Evil Dead Rise and felt I like it was trying to be part of the series but fell flat with each reference. Having others bothering to reply to my queries regarding it may have forewarned me of the need to avoid it.
Compared to the others in the series, it definitely tries to emulate the 2013 remake but heavily relies on nods to the duology/trilogy. Sadly, it just falls flat each time and is not a movie for those, which there are many, who class Evil Dead as holding a special/seminal place in their interpretation of what horror is.
So, in short, this is another movie which can be ignored as being only a sequel in name only for fans. But, for a general audience, it’s a decent example of visceral horror. For a horror nut, it’s a paint by numbers movie worth skipping.
I am now regretting not relying on my Hollywood embargo.
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I have visited Portmeirion a couple of times (the place where The Prisoner was filmed back in the 60s) it’s a very quaint and pretty little village and has an interesting history. I also enjoyed the series very much as well as a few others from that era.
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I have visited there a few times as I used to go to my grandmother’s summer cottage in Anglesey when I was a nipper.
Oddly, the first time I went there, unbeknownst to me, there was an event devoted to The Prisoner. My father gave me an odd look when I knew all the answers in The Prisoner trivia quiz.
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I just spotted that the Wiki didn’t mention the presence of the second longest place name which has been Romanised is only a short drive away: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
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While having a generally lazy Smash Capitalism Day, Mrs. Squirrel wanted IELTS guidance and that resulted in Humphrey and Albert comparisons:
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As Come What May is here, it’s time to kick it off with a bang. I don’t think anyone could question the power of Moulin Rouge to melt the most jaded of hearts: It’s one of a few things which has the capacity to tug on nerves in order to weave them into new positions around which they can find new strings to play on ( And, I am one who classes an armoured car to the face as an irksome day).
So, the start of my annual epic creative cycle for Mrs. Squirrel.
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Sorry mate, not a fan of it. I detest musicals of any genre…
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I’m kind of the same way. The last musical I showed any interest in was The Wizard of Oz. I was 5.
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Not even Anna and the Apocalypse? The only romantic comedy zombie musical Christmas movie originally made in the English language? (I need such caveats as there is a growing romantic comedy undead and musical zombie movie sub-genre trend slowly becoming more mainstream).
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Oh, worst of all worlds as I am not a fan of Christmas movies either. I do like zombie movies though, but none are realistic enough for my tastes…
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Indeed, we do need more realism in our movies about supernatural entities.
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