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Been on a bit of a movie marathon of late. All movies I've seen before but rewatched for various reasons. Meet Joe Black 7/10 (wife wanted to watch it) Brad Pitt movie, bit slow but decent enough storyline about death wanting to feel what life is like. Pretty Women 7/10 (wife wanted to watch it) Don't think I need to explain this one, still don't know how people can find a rich man falling for a low grade street prostitute romantic. Why wouldn't he go higher end. John Wick 9/10 Absolutely love this movie, love it when it dawns on the gang that they've killed John Wicks dog. They unleashed the devil. Taken 10/10 Can watch this series of films over and over. Amazing movie. The Inbetweeners 5/10 Funny but not a scratch on the TV series.

Speaking of poetic movies... Fast 45 6.5/10 - The latest installment of the Fast movies that somehow became a franchise. Mostly saw it because its mindless entertainment and they just reopened theatres here in the last couple weeks.... also because were in the middle of a ridiculous heatwave... was 43 Celsius yesterday... actually the hottest its been here probably in my lifetime.. for comparrison our summers 'hottest' months at least in town are in the low 30's tops. Anyways onto the movie... just that.. mindless entertainment. Some good cheesie lines with some super over the top action... the best part is the Pontiac Fiero with a jet engine strapped to it... spoiler. Its kind of funny where they went with the series as it started at as a genuine car/tuner race movies and turned into hollywood action movies. Anyways set your expectations accordingly and youll be alright.

Weird Tales was very popular and the one I'm most familiar with. I discovered writers like Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Fritz Leiber from that publication.

The Thin Red Line will forever have a special place in my heart. So many memorable scenes and lines.

Yeah, Terence Malick's style is definitely not for everyone, so I can understand that! I personally love it, but if you're looking for action and a rather fast-paced, straightforward story, then Malick's movies are definitely not the best choice Don't think you can even compare it to the war movies like The Longest Day or Battle of the Bulge though, as those two are pretty much detailed accounts of a specific historical battle, whereas The Thin Red Line is more of an introspective and pensive look into broader philosophical themes and ideas, particularly the nature of war, human condition, life and death, creation and destruction, harmony and chaos. I haven't seen a more poetic movie...

Naftali Bennett is most likely going to be the man replacing Bibi. I hope Bibi faces justice for the corruption scandal he's embroiled in. And I hope that one day he faces justice for the war crimes that have taken place under his watch. But Naftali Bennett is also a horrific person to be running Israel. He's not interested in peace, he's a leader in Israel's illegal settlement movement (so probably good pals with Chelsea's Roman Abramovich), and is firmly opposed to any two state solution. His base are made up of a bunch of ultra-religious ultra-nationalistic dickheads. So they're really just replacing one right winged ethnonationalist, with another right winged ethnonationalist. And this guy may be even less interested in making the Middle East more stable than Bibi, and Bibi had 0 interest in stability in the Middle East.

This season is a time to rebuild with the younger players - not to bring in more of the senior guys who will take lots of money - and then run. I feel really sorry for young Serdar. Not simply because he has gone to Hertha, but because he will be tormented by the Prince who is a total disaster in any dressing room and I would never wish him on anyone after what he did at 04 - only glad that the idiots still there did not contemplate brining his back. There is no doubt that GB still has class, but the young Welsh guys need him - that defeat to Denmark does not cancel out the promise they showed in other games and they do appear to have total respect for him as a leader. Perhaps that I where his future lies! Silly pre season games so far - 2 matches and 22 goals scored - not sure what that says other than let's wait for the games in Austria before we start to count the chickens..... Final thought: Pity liverbird is not around. Her young guy from RW Essen had a blinder yesterday - I know they were amateurs, but Becker proved what an asset we have at right back - question is how long will the idiots let him stay? If in doubt watch the highlights on You Tube.