The things I tied my soul to Are broken beyond repair Shards in my hand No longer beautiful The things I took delight in Are rotted away Consumed by scavengers Til nothing remains I stand in ashes They say ashes make things grow But how do I start again By turning my back on the…
Based on a short story by Robert Graves, “The Shout” tells the story of a man who (supposedly) has learned a mystical skill from Australian Aborigines, a shout that can kill. I am not familiar with the director (Jerzy Skolimowski) but it does have an excellent cast, headed by John Hurt, Alan Bates and Susannah…
Stand on the shore of the lake at midnight Wait for the moment and soon there will be Voices whispering up through the waters Songs from the drowned lands calling to me Bells toll fitfully, lost in the darkness Children’s laughter echoes below Lights flicker faintly through the dark waters Up through the years from…
“Overlord” is a war/horror movie based in World War Two. As part of the D Day invasion, paratroopers are sent in behind enemy lines. The group is given the job of destroying a radio tower in a French village. Only a few of them survive the landing, and they soon realise they have run into…
I’ll go ahead, you told me And then you were gone Lost around the next corner Sometimes I could hear you calling Hurry up! I’m waiting for you! But you were never there I walked, ran, called for you Where are you? Come back! I fell to my knees and wept Why did you leave?…
Starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Diana Dors, this film starts with three mysterious deaths, where the people involved appear to be murdered but without putting up a fight. The deaths are ruled as suicides, but Police Colonel Bingham (Lee), regards the deaths as suspicious. All three are trustees for a prominent orphanage in Scotland,…
Wouldn’t it be nice If all the fighters in all the world Put down their weapons And went home If they beat their swords into ploughshares And their spears into pruning hooks If they took apart their guns Abandoned their bombs Repurposed their tanks and recycled their planes Governments couldn’t fight wars If they had…
John William Waterhouse was a later painter of pre-Raphaelite style, which started in 1848 with the formation of the pre-Raphaelite ‘brotherhood’. However, his work was different in many ways from the first painters in that style, being more three-dimensional. His subjects included Arthurian and similar tales, classical tales, and more general subjects. Some of his…
You face a choice And the consequences are steep What to do? Sometimes there’s no way to know You can’t take a peek Behind door one and door two To see how it’s going to go There’s no way to find out So try as you might to consider the pros and cons Your choice…
“Gone Baby Gone” is a mystery/whodunnit involving the kidnapping of a little girl. Two private detectives are requested by the child’s aunt to investigate, as they live in a rough neighbourhood and she does not believe people will talk to the police (with some justification). The movie follows the investigation and what happens to the…
Eclectic Assemblage 