A short holiday and a long think …

My problem is that I can’t just ‘go on holiday’. There’s too much going on in my head all the time, and a holiday is the best time to clear some of it out. I went to Italy again this year: Sorrento, the Amalfi Coast and a few places in between. Hiked to the top of Vesuvius (you get much better shots if you’re in a helicoper) and paid a visit to Herculaneum and Pompeii. Had a great time actually, but I don’t want to see another pizza again for as long as I live (or until next Monday). I ate too much ice cream and not enough vegetables, but what the hell: I’m on holiday.

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But I also had a think about the time I have left and what I want to do with it. There’s a big blue world out there, and I’m not seeing enough of it.

 

Film Review: Suicide Squad

Well, it’s here: the most hyped superhero movie of the past decade. Having faced critical drubbings for its last few outings, DC had to make Suicide Squad work. The premise was slightly different from the usual superhero flicks (or so we were told): the squad is made up of criminals and sociopaths brought together to form an expendable, deniable team designed to fight ‘metahuman’ threats in return for money and/or time off their multiple life sentences.What can possibly go wrong?

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Well, let’s start with the script…

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