It turns out wearing the glasses made no difference. In the John Carpenter film, They Live, our hero John Nada is one in many workers stumbling from hunger to poverty and piece work in an economy that is only built to exploit them. It’s a film both critical of Reagan economics and power itself, in all it’s guises. Nada comes across a box of sunglasses and once he wears them, he is able to see the subliminal messages hidden beneath advertising, on the television and to see the true ghoulish face of some people who it turns out, are alien invaders. The overlords who have made a deal with the...

It was refreshing to walk into a full cinema for a film that was not attached to a video game or some 20th century property suffering through needless cannibalism. Alas, Blumhouse has managed to produce another hit with a small budget, slim cast of relative unknowns and a plot that revolved around theme and characters. I did not enjoy this movie, but that does not mean I do not recommend it. Obsession, is being touted as a horror. I think it could pass for this, but it fits more into the psychological thriller category with extremes of gore. It is a slow burn, with needless exposition. For...

I used to think it was because I wanted to tell stories, invent characters and worlds. To steer these imaginary depictions of who and what I know, into a creative realm to share it with familiars and strangers. It was a way to express philosophy and values, to insert self into different characters and as I came to learn over time, to learn about myself through these characters. As I wrote more non-fiction and revealed a real world as I saw it, the story telling lacked a narrative. There was no template, not a heroes journey, villains were layered and complex or they existed in plain sight...

It has been declared that there will be a ceasefire for two weeks, the Iranians will allow for shipping to pass through the Straits of Hormuz. All will be well... It is holding. The somewhat theocratic Sunni republic of Pakistan mediated negations with the Shiite republic of Iran and the USA. The same USA that had it’s reality television star president stand alongside an Easter Bunny as he blathered on about death and destruction while boasting about himself. There was promise of mass destruction to befall Iran, then the announcement there would be a ceasefire. Topsy turvy messaging, or...