The face of sorrow |
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If there was ever a face which reflected such a depth of emotion with just the slightest creasing of a brow, or a momentary tightening of the mouth, more than the face of Tommy Lee Jones, then...
Posted by Fran on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:09:00 PST |
Winter blues |
I can feel the cold
Tensing my shoulders to fight it
Bowing my head to acknowledge the wind
Hair in my mouth like vermicelli
Squinting my eyes against t...
Posted by Fran on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:20:00 PST |
Rejuvenated Annual Undertakings |
In tribute to (ie. knicked the idea from) the wise and wonderful Doc, I hereby pledge to myself and humankind, to attempt to undertake the following goodly intentions in the following twelve month per...
Posted by Fran on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:00:00 PST |
A Dickensian Christmas |
Ebeneezer Scrooge, Oliver Twist, Little Nell. Mr Cripples, Lady Dedlock, Wackford Squeers and, my own personal favourite, Dick Swiveller (no, really, how fine a name is that).
Dic...
Posted by Fran on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 01:16:00 PST |
(Shes lost) Control |
If I admit that I have never been able to sit listen to a Joy Division album all the way through, does that make me any less qualified to enjoy this film? Or more so?
Although I think that Love will T...
Posted by Fran on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:59:00 PST |
Long is the way, And hard, that out of hell leads up to light. |
!!!Paradise Lost - Warning - Spoilers!!!
OF Mans First Disobedience, and the FruitOf that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tasteBrought Death into the World, and all our woe,
Listen. What's tha...
Posted by Fran on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:45:00 PST |
Zodiac - sideburns are back! |
Say David Fincher and most people will think Se7en, maybe Panic Room or Fight Club. Dark, edgy films with a streak of black humour.
Zodiac is in the same vein. Based on the book by Robert Gr...
Posted by Fran on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:44:00 PST |
part 12: Brand new day |
And so the sun came up. For that I was sincerely grateful. How could I get to bed so late and wake up so early? How could I dream so much and remember so little? How could I face another bre...
Posted by Fran on Wed, 30 May 2007 12:05:00 PST |
Part 11: Cinderella after midnight |
It's official. I'm a idiot. No, no, don't try to talk me out of it, my mind's made up. After all, if you were the last one on the bus because you had been drunkenly hugging Spanish people and sa...
Posted by Fran on Tue, 29 May 2007 01:01:00 PST |
Part 10: All night long... |
Well now, I have been to some rock'n'roll parties in my life: I have eaten lentil casserole and sipped elderflower wine with Crass and the Poison Girls in Epping Forest; I have watched in bewildermen...
Posted by Fran on Wed, 23 May 2007 05:58:00 PST |
