Saturday, December 9, 2017
US Snow Cover
It's not yet winter, but look how much of the US is covered by snow. It even stretches over the border from Texas into Mexico.
Friday, December 8, 2017
Films of the Year 2017
Yes, I'm jumping the gun, but I just can't wait any longer. I need to tell you my ten favourite new release movies for the year. So here we go, in reverse order.
10. Personal Shopper - Kristen Stewart is haunted by the ghost of her brother. But it's no conventional haunting.
9. The Exception - the German Kaiser Wilhelm is in exile in Holland during the Second World War, and is the subject of plotting from both the Dutch resistance, and the Nazis. Surely it must end happily.
8. Blade Runner 2049 - the best looking film of the year (aside from number 2)
7. Trainspotting 2 - more moving than the original
6. Mother - insane, but in a good way.
5. The Death of Stalin - hilarious black comedy
4. It - having read the 3,000 page Steven King novel, I prefer this film. You care for the kids, so when the horror hits, it hurts
3. Dunkirk - relentless and moving. I'll never forget the Spitfire silently gliding over the troops after running out of fuel
2.My Cousin Rachel - is she evil or just misunderstood? Poor Rachel. The cinematography is painfully beautiful, transporting you to rural Cornwall in the 1830s.
1. On Chesil Beach - terribly tragic love story, based on an Ian McEwan novel, starring Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle as the idiot who nearly ruined his life over nothing
And honourable mentions go to:
Lion, The King's Choice, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Alien Covenant, Neighbourhood Food Drive, Thor Ragnorak, Mary Shelley and Atomic Blonde.
10. Personal Shopper - Kristen Stewart is haunted by the ghost of her brother. But it's no conventional haunting.
9. The Exception - the German Kaiser Wilhelm is in exile in Holland during the Second World War, and is the subject of plotting from both the Dutch resistance, and the Nazis. Surely it must end happily.
8. Blade Runner 2049 - the best looking film of the year (aside from number 2)
7. Trainspotting 2 - more moving than the original
6. Mother - insane, but in a good way.
5. The Death of Stalin - hilarious black comedy
4. It - having read the 3,000 page Steven King novel, I prefer this film. You care for the kids, so when the horror hits, it hurts
3. Dunkirk - relentless and moving. I'll never forget the Spitfire silently gliding over the troops after running out of fuel
2.My Cousin Rachel - is she evil or just misunderstood? Poor Rachel. The cinematography is painfully beautiful, transporting you to rural Cornwall in the 1830s.
1. On Chesil Beach - terribly tragic love story, based on an Ian McEwan novel, starring Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle as the idiot who nearly ruined his life over nothing
And honourable mentions go to:
Lion, The King's Choice, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Alien Covenant, Neighbourhood Food Drive, Thor Ragnorak, Mary Shelley and Atomic Blonde.
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