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Pride

 Life is  A journey  In finding Belonging In community I will say  As I shared The truth Of Cerebral Palsy Freedom is coming The truth  Does set you free No matter How much It hurts your pride from R's rue https://ift.tt/3qZcRpK

Jug

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 I’ve now got four days off before nights I’ve booked  Bluebell in  for a service and tyre sort out  Cinema with one friend  Lunch with another  Bought this jug on a whim  Hopefully meet with another if I can  I’m feeling a bit lost despite my friends   from Going Gently https://ift.tt/3g0rOBD

Nightmare Alley

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  Bradley Cooper Guillermo del Toro’s 2006 movie Pan’s Labyrinth is one of my all time favourite movies to date and since then he has only made six films, with only one The Shape Of Water being anything of note for me.  I was therefore very interested in seeing his latest movie, the neo-noir psychological, remake Nightmare Alley. Set initially in a depressed and seedy Midwest freak show , we meet psychologically damaged Stan ( Bradley Cooper) a natural grifter with a knack of reading people. He is taken in by the unscrupulous show owner Clem ( a wonderfully seedy Willem Defoe) and teams up with the moral but alcoholic Pete ( David Strathairn ) his wife Madam Zeema ( Toni Collette) and showgirl Molly ( Rooney Mara)  Learning the ways of duping the public, Stan and Molly start a successful clairvoyant show in the city, here Stan meets the mysterious Dr Ritter ( Cate Blanchet) a psychologist with whom he teams up with in order to con a famous businessman but th...

Drama

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Stephen Graham as Andy Jones "Boiling Point"  is a drama and not a documentary. Released just before Christmas, this British film is set in a busy upmarket London restaurant with the central focus being Andy Jones, the head chef and part-owner of the establishment played by the brilliant Stephen Graham. Written and directed by Philip Barantini who just happens to have much personal experience of working in restaurants, the film is very special in the sense that it consists of one continuous ninety minute take. There's no splicing or cutting to other cameras. It's just one camera roving around the restaurant, sometimes following Andy Jones or taking us to tables where demanding diners are seated. In this sense it does have some of  the characteristics of documentary film making. However, as I said at the beginning "Boiling Point" is a drama. It was carefully scripted and carefully rehearsed  to give the impression of reality unfolding before our eyes. St...