Daily Archives: 10 May 2017
Preview: Miss Sloane (2016)
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, John Lithgow
Director: John Madden
A lot of films about politics can be very dry and a bit dull, but this certainly isn’t one of them. Elizabeth Sloane (Chastain) is an ice cold, intelligent figure, a lobbyist who strikes fear into the hearts of her opponents and is therefore highly sought after. But when she takes on the gun lobby, it might be a case she can’t win, with the corruption and vendettas of politics pushing the issues to the backseat, and Sloane’s desire to win, always, at all costs, pushing her to the edge.
(Just for the record, this is a film about the game of politics, and not about the morality of gun laws).
This film stayed with me for a few days after I watched it, because I loved Chastain’s performance so much. She’s absolutely beautiful, of course…
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Personal Shopper (2016)
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz
Director: Olivier Assayas
What an enigmatic little film.
Kristen Stewart stars as Maureen, a young woman who works as a personal shopper and who refuses to leave Paris since her twin brother died. She believes that he’ll get a message to her from the other side, as they both had some gifts as psychic mediums, but she’s still waiting. Her boyfriend wants her to move on, and she really dislikes her wealthy and famous boss in Paris, but she just feels that she can’t go until she has some kind of sign.
She returns to the house her brother and his girlfriend lived in and talks to her boyfriend in the US on the phone, and all the while she senses a dark presence but nothing solid. Until she starts to get mysterious text messages. What’s really going on? Is she…
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Five Personal Journal Prompts
Looking for journal writing ideas and topics? Try these personal journal prompts, which will get you started with journaling and self-discovery.
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The Writing Reader | Creativity Prompts for Writers, Journalers, Artists and Speakers
Draw This Challenge 12
A Sea Creature
Use the word above and draw a picture of it.
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Answer This Question 12
What do you do to get rid of stress?
Answer the question above.
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Daily Picture Prompt 138
Write a poem or story using this picture. Link back to this post from your blog or leave in the comment section below.
Daily Word Prompt 89 “Mind”
The daily word prompt is Mind
The daily word prompt can be used for a poem,story, photographs, art, song lyrics, letters,and you could even use it to tell us all a little more about yourself.
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Pursue
Write a new post in response to today’s one-word prompt. Not sure how to participate? Here are the steps to get started.
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