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It's a gay road trip movie. An HIV positive guy met a do no-good drifter (reminds me of Y_B for some reason) and they kind of "eloped" together because Luke (the reckless drifter) kept doing outrageous things like killed several gay-bashing thugs and eventually killed a cop.... Anyways.... Nice movie, though I was actually taking a Y_B break.... A little amoral and irresponsible (the latter is the director's own word) for my taste but it's fun sometimes. Don't know what to think of the ending, which is not bad in a way, because it kept me thinking about Thelma and Louise while watching it, which has a really sad ending..., so I really don't want it to end like that. Young Brad Pitt was actually cute in T&L, and he was speaking in Southern accent.... What do you guys think of it, for those of you who watched it?

I am not completely sure how to properly phrase this question, so I am going to use an example. There was a period when I was really really down (not sure I'd call it depression, but it does feel like it, but I am not a psychiatrist, so I don't want to wrongly diagnose myself). I don't know, my Netflix queue was mounting with tragic movies, because they were my narcotics (I don't do drug, though I did drink a lot...). A classmate asked me why I watched those really sad movies, I told her, "When I feel down, I want to keep going lower, so it'll rebound." I don't know, it's a weird explanation, but it does work that way. It's sad at the time, but I always feel slightly better afterward (I guess they made me feel I wasn't alone). I also own some of those really well-written ones on DVDs, so I could watch them over and over again. I usually get sad over the same scene every time I watch the same movie.... Sounds kind of sick I know.... But that's how I got past my days back then. Nowadays, I feel quite a lot better (btw, I got out of that slum without medication, ooh hoo!). And then the other day, it's one of those downer time again, so I thought it's time for a dose of sad sad movie.... I can't say I am happy nowadays, but I guess I am so far away from the worse days of my life, I couldn't finish the movie anymore. I don't know, I would start watching it, feel my heart twisted into a knot, and then I couldn't bear it anymore so I push that stop button and go to sleep. Before, I could watch several tear jerkers back-to-back without any problem. I realize some people when they're down, they prefer to watch comedy. So I am very curious, when do you watch a tragic drama? Do you watch it when you're down, or do you watch it when you are happy and have energy to spend on such taxing recreation?

Josh O’Connor, Paul Mescal Teaming for Romance ‘The History of Sound’ The film — announced by production company End Cue — is described as a “universal love story” to be directed by Oliver Hermanus, winner of the Queer Palm in 2011. The story follows two young men, Lionel (Mescal) and David (O’Connor), who, during the WWI period, set out to record the lives, voices and music of their countrymen. In this snatched, short-lived moment in their young lives, and while discovering the epic sweep of the USA, both men are deeply changed. Read about the film production here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/josh-oconnor-paul-mescal-lgbt-romance-history-of-sound-1235039263/ I was seventeen when I met David, back in 1916. Now I don’t very much care to count my age. It’s April 1972 here in Cambridge. White puffballs that must be some sort of seedpod have been floating by the window above my writing desk for days, collecting on the sidewalk like first snow. Read the rest of the short story here: https://www.thecommononline.org/the-history-of-sound/ BEN SHATTUCK - his writing and painting: https://www.benshattuck.com/

Love, Simon is a wonderful story that deals with a high school student dealing with being gay and coming out. Watch the trailer below:

Please tell me that we are excited about this! For the Us and those lucky enough to be too young to get into pubs... A pub crawl (Pub; like a bar, but way more awesome) is part of the cultural British heritage of students and other young deliquents everywhere. if you are (un)lucky enough to live in a town with lots of pubs (see Lewes, East Sussex) this can take a very long time and fair few goes. we have been trying to do the pub crawl in our town on and off since we were all 18. we still haven't got up the top of the hill.

This movie is based on a short that I absolutely love-- sweet with a touch of angst and a happy ending. The full-length version just won an award for best feature film at a Berlin film festival. Can't wait till it makes it to the U.S.! (well, I'm really impatient, so if they release it with Spanish subtitles first I'll probably go for that ). “The Way He Looks” tells the story of a blind teenager searching for independence and coming to terms with his feelings for his best friend and his new neighbor. (turn on English subtitles if you don't speak Portuguese)

So, I really, really enjoyed this movie. It had a more grounded comic book movie approach than the over-the-top-campy the George Clooney and Val Kilmer Batman movies went. And of course, this set up The Dark Knight, one of the best comic book movies ever. Which, unfortunately was folllowed by the worse Batman movie of all, The Dark Knight Falls. The batman movie that is 2.5 hours long with about 5 minutes of Batman. Ugh. Stupid. But knowing the end of the trilogy does not stop the great enjoyment of the first two entries.

Ghostbusters II was not quite as good as Ghostbusters, but it was still an enjoyable movie. Well worth watching nonetheless. Funny. I love the ghost train and ghost titanic.