For those who are unaware, someone tried to kill Donald Trump on the weekend during the White House Correspondents Dinner. Jimmy Kimmel is in trouble (again) for a roast of him on a fake dinner speech, which Trump, the narcissist, did not want to face. After all, he was not too happy when he was roasted in the past.
I believe Jimmy Kimmel when he says that his comments referred to Trump dying of natural causes. His age and physical health has been the subject of frequent speculation.
As a horror film, it is okay. I would not recommend it for that, but I do recommend it for how it shows how immigrants, and their descendants, can be mistreated.
Starmer has come under a lot of flack over Mandelson again. Notably, if he had known that Mandelson did not pass security vetting for his job as Ambassador to the Court of King Trump.
There are going to be different views on this, some saying he lied, others backing him up. In February, Starmer ordered the release of documents relating to the appointment of Mandelson. My question is simple. Why would he do this if he knew that Mandelson failed the check?
We can compare the actions of Starmer to that of Trump when it comes to releasing files.
June 2024 Trump talked about releasing the Epstein files, but did talk about “the phony stuff”
A lot has been made of the way Starmer and Trump have fallen out. I would want them to fall out more if Trump engages in war crimes in that I would want the US to be banned from using UK bases to attack Iran. But, Trump has been shown being rude about Macron as well. We know from the past that he has little respect for other world leaders, apart from Putin. This video is just another reminder of that.
The strength of the film is in being able to talk about it afterwards. While you can do that with any film, this has more to discuss than most I have seen.
If you do not want any spoilers, do not click on the links to find out about the controversy surrounding it. I loved the film, and would watch it again. But none in my family would join me if I did so.
This was a film, which sadly was a disappointment. It is based on a book, I suspect that the book is better than the film. The film hinted at a lot more going on, but books are far better at developing characters than a film can be. And considering that this is a character driven story, like all, it is best served by a book.
The film does have shades of American Psycho, in that it deals with a dull life, where the main character comes to life in certain situations. One day, when I have more time to read, I may decide to pick the book up.
In summary, read the book, if you are to do neither, watch the trailer.
