Joker Folie a Deux is a misguided, uneven sequel…. and a weird musical
We are living in an age of Hollywood sequels, prequels, mid-quels, remakes, reboots, and
alternate takes of popular stories. If a film proves successful, there is usually an attempt at
some point to make a sequel. There have been some really great sequels in cinematic history,...
The Weight of the Future
The future waits, just out of sight,
Where dreams find wings and fears take flight.
Time is fleeting, ticking loud,
As doubts rise, a stormy cloud.
A score, a number, a key to break
The chains of hardship I didn’t make.
A chance for freedom, a glimmer bright,
To prove that...
Eulogies Long Due
I write eulogies in my poetry,
All the words left unsaid, moments lost to history.
One day I’ll turn it into a song,
Something my kids will ask about, where we both belonged.
The eyes I fell in love with won’t be shared by them,
Because we died; we...
Speak No Evil is a chilling, tightly-paced thriller
When it comes to popular culture, doing remakes of hit films are par for the course. The attempts to do a new version of a classic movie are all but assured in Hollywood. Sometimes, these remakes can turn out quite well financially and critically,...
Double Poem Day
He Has Love to Give
Why can’t I just have love?
I wonder inside, I am so alone, like the world has denied.
I smile, but no smiles find their way back,
I give so much, yet I feel the lack.
Hugs, food, love—I offer it all,
Love, laughs, respect,...
Understanding the works of Kafka
We’re quite familiar with all the great writers of literature. William Shakespeare, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, William Wordsworth, Percy Shelley, John Keats, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, George Bernard Shaw, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and JD Salinger are just a few names that come to mind. All...
Just Listen!
I want to change you,
But you can’t change me.
I yell,
You yell,
Yet we circle in confusion,
Talking past each other,
No progress, no solution.
WHY CAN’T YOU HEAR ME?
You were busy, I was too,
But we had a plan—
A deadline to pursue.
We should be partners,
We share the same goal,
But...
The Penguin’s Colin Farrell delivers a complex, nuanced take on mob life
Colin Farrell is an interesting example of an unconventional Hollywood star. The Irish actor shot to fame in the early 2000s with critically praised performances in Tigerland, Phonebooth, Daredevil, A Home at the End of the World, and Alexander. Following his elevation to the...
Bloom
Flowers bloom—
but why do they bloom?
The wind whispers,
scattering seeds far and wide.
Where will they go,
dancing in the air?
Colours swirl all around,
but where will they land?
On a bird's gentle wing,
or the greenest of grasses?
Flowers bloom, so full of grace,
yet as they fade, we wonder:
Can seeds...
Duality of myself
I'm filled with these voiceless affirmations of emotional relentlessness; they eat me up from the inside at times, making me feel like a swine.
Regrets—something I have a lot of; it never seems to end, and I can never comprehend.
Should I have told you about...