Poetry: "Never Cross The Russian Mob", "A.R.M."

Poetry: "Never Cross The Russian Mob"

Never cross the Russian Mob

They'll kill you at home or at your job

With their funds, don't ever rob

Or in the sea your corpse will bob...

"A.R.M." A work in progress

An Adjustable Rate Mortgage

Also known as ARM

Can do your finances an awful lot of harm

Once it resets, you'll be deeply in debt

But the lenders don't care

That you can bet... (tbc?)

Sci-Fi Bri's Movies: "The Town" Rated R

Sci-Fi Bri's Movies: "The Town" Rated R for violence, profanity

Dir: Ben Affleck (also directed "Gone Baby Gone"

Starring Ben "Chasing Amy" Affleck (Doug Macray), Jeremy "The Hurt Locker" Renner, Rebecca Hall (Claire), John "Madmen" Hamm, Titus "Sons of Anarchy" Welliver, Blake "Gossip Girl" Lively, Pete "The Usual Suspects" Postlethwaite, Chris Cooper, Victor "Alias" Garber, etc.

The leader of a bunch of masked, armed bank robbers in Massachusetts falls for a woman he took hostage during a heist. The woman has no idea that he was involved in the robbery. Meanwhile, the FBI at first have no idea who the thieves are, but chances are they are from Charlestown, Massachusetts where (according to the opening credits) for many Charlestown residents bank robbery is a way of life. This was a really good movie. It was much better than the Affleck directed "Gone Baby Gone". However, the movie "Takers", released about a month ago had a similar plot and was a more entertaining film.

Poetry: "Swimming In Debt"

Poetry: "Swimming In Debt" A work in progress

Swimming in a sea of debt

But can I stop spending?

I wouldn't want to make that bet

I'm not pretending

I cannot stop, yet

I won't be bending

I can't afford to fly a jet

I'm not defending [my actions]

Misery is what I'll get... (tbc?)

Poetry: "I'd Never Sleep In The Nude"

Poetry: "I'd Never Sleep In The Nude"

I'd never sleep in the nude

I just think it's too lewd

I doubt I'll e'er be in the mood

You could say I'm a prude

I think it's too rude...

Poetry: "Kickin' Ass and Taking Names"

Poetry: "Kickin' Ass and Taking Names"

Kickin' Ass and Taking Names

No more Bullshit, No more Games

We all know who is to Blame

May they burn in demon's flame... (tbc?)

"Christopher Hitchens" A work in progress [Note: Christopher Hitchens is an outspoken atheist and the author of "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything"]

Christopher Hitchens wrote: "God Is Not Great"

Now terminal cancer is his horrible fate.

He's the guy many Christians most certainly hate

Soon perhaps with his 'maker' he'll soon have a date

While phony preachers continue to prate...

Sci-Fi Bri's Movies: "The American"

Sci-Fi Bri's Movies: "The American" Rated R for violence, sexual situations and nudity

Starring: George Clooney, Clara (Violante Placido), Mathilde (Thekla Placido), Father Benedetto (?), etc.

An American assassin is tracked by killers while in Sweden in the company of a woman friend, so after evading the would-be killers he lays low in the picturesque town of Castel Del Monte, Italy. While preparing for an assignment, he befriends an aging priest and falls for a beautiful Italian prostitute. He is also in danger from fellow assassins and perhaps from his own people. This was rather slow at times, other than his trysts with the gorgeous and frequently nude Italian prostitute. For the most part, I enjoyed this film. It was nothing like a James Bond movie. If you go, keep in mind this has copious nudity and sexual situations ; so keep your kids at home. It also has the occasional assassination.

Poetry: "Smacked By A Bible Belt"

Poetry: "Smacked By A Bible Belt"

Smacked by a Bible Belt

It's sure to give him quite a welt

It seems to him cruel fate's been dealt

He's not a Druid Celt

In a church he often knelt

Which seemed to others his heart did melt

But at him certain rocks were pelt[ed].

Poetry: "Strong Woman"

Poetry: "Strong Woman"

She's a 'strong woman'

In other words, a Bitch

Not too many like her

But her husband it quite rich... (tbc?)

"When the sun's a swelter" A Work in Progress

When the sun's a-swelter

You look for shade and shelter

Your ice cream is a-melter

In the Mississippi delta

Just like helter- skelter

I feel like Alka-Seltzer...

Poetry: "Unhappily Employed"

Poetry: "Unhappily Employed" A Work in Progress

I never should have took this job

I could have done much better

I only started working there

To not become a debtor...

Some days I feel like I could head off for the hills

This job here is punishment for lacking useful skills

I settled when I took this job

I've been there several years

Sometimes when I have to work

I feel like shedding tears

When I have to work there,

I seldom do enjoy

It can be said without a doubt I'm

Unhappily employed... (tbc?)

Sci-Fi Bri's Movies: "Takers"

Sci-Fi Bri's Movies: "Takers"

Starring: Matt "My Bodyguard" Dillon, Paul "The Fast and the Furious" Walker, Hayden "Star Wars: Revenge of the Clones" Christenson, Morris Chestnut, Zoe "Avatar" Saldana, etc.

A sophisticated quintet of thieves foolishly agree to an armored car heist proposed by a just paroled, bad news ex-convict who once was in their crew, very soon after pulling a successful bank job. Meanwhile, a Los Angeles police detective (Matt Dillon) and his partner are at first stymied about the thieves identity, but he finds a carelessly left behind clue at the scene of another crime. Also, the two detectives are under the scrutiny of the Internal Affairs department of the police. This is one of my favorite films of 2010. It won't likely win any awards, but it was interesting and very fast paced most of the time.

Sci-Fi Bri's Movies: "The Last Exorcism" Rated R

Sci-Fi Bri's Movies: "The Last Exorcism"

Characters: Rev. Cotton Marcus (?), Nell Sweetzer (Ashley Bell), Louis Sweetzer (?), etc.

Reverend Cotton Marcus, a Protestant preacher from Baton Rouge, Lousiana, heads to the rustic Sweetzer farm, where the owner, Louis Sweetzer, is convinced that his daughter (Ashley Bell) is possessed by a demon or the Devil himself. In the past, Marcus has just gone through the motions to financially exploit the superstitious families of arguably unbalanced religious zealots. The reverend brings a camera crew this time to record what is supposed to be his "last exorcism" before he gives up the clergyhood due to doubts about his faith in God. Basically, he is a fraud. However, Louis Sweetzer's daughter Nell, who seems a sweet, innocent, pious and virginal sixteen year old girl, is pregnant and does things at times that show she is very disturbed. She goes from sweet sixteen to cat mutilator to attempted murderess. She also draws extremely disturbing pictures. Her father is so devout that he rules out psychological trestment for her and insists on having her exorcised instead. The preacher comes to realize that this time perhaps, this young girl may genuinely be possessed, and Marcus is unprepared to really help this potentially dangerous, afflicted girl. This is like a combination of "The Exorcist", "The Blair Witch Project" and "Paranormal Activity". At first it is slow-paced, but eventually suspense builds before the scares happen. There is a surprise toward the end which I won't give away. Worth seeing at either the cinema or on home video in a few months.

Poetry: "Killing Dolphins, Clubbing Seals" A Work In Progress

Poetry: "Killing Dolphins, Clubbing Seals"

[Note: I have known for years that Canadian furriers club seals for their fur or pelts, sometimes even the babies. Lately, I have been following the saga of a former trainer of dolphins for the tv show "Flipper" Ric O'Barry, who is now an opponent of capturing dolphins for our entertainment and is fervently against the slaughter/murder of dolphins and other small whales in a cove in Taiji, Japan as depicted in the Academy Award winning documentary "The Cove". In Taiji, they say they do it for tradition and for food (dolphin meat has a high concentration of dangerous mercury), but if so, why do they try to hide what they're doing from the Japanese media and people? In a parallel development, in many parts of the U.S., wolves are being slaughtered, and even their pups are often gassed to death.]]

Killing dolphins, clubbing seals

One for fur, one for meals

Their murderous actions cannot heal

When they do this, do they feel?

I for one am not fooled

The Taiji (Japan) and Canadian practices are cruel... (tbc?)

Poetry: "Life Is Fair...Unless It's Not!"

Poetry: "Life Is Fair... Unless It's Not!"

Life is fair, unless it's not

Do as you will, but don't get caught

The best things in life are often bought

But not all can afford some pot

Or even their own funeral plot...

Poetry: "Puppy-Throwing Girl"

Poetry: "Puppy-Throwing Girl"

A young girl was filmed

Throwing puppies in the drink

She may be young

But her heart's as black as ink

If she's found out

I hope she goes to the clink

As her mind is on the brink

She threw newborn puppies

In a raging river

She's a taker and not a giver

I hope she gets cirrhosis of the liver...

Poetry: "Hours Cut At Work"

Poetry: "Hours Cut At Work"

They cut my hours to the bone

Restricted access to the phone

Made it tough to pay my loan

I know I like to bitch and moan

Perhaps I ought to stay at home

Or on the streets I could always roam

And later blog about a poem...

Sci-Fi Bri's Movies: "Get Low"

Sci-Fi Bri's Movies: "Get Low"

Starring: Felix Bush (Robert Duvall), Robert Quinn (Bill "SNL" Murray), Buddy (Lucas Black), Maddie (Sissy "Carrie" Spacek), Gerald "Simon and Simon" Macraney, etc.

Felix Bush, an ornery,old, shotgun-wielding hermit (Robert Duvall), widely disliked and gossiped about, comes out of a nearly forty year seclusion because he wants to have a "funeral party" while he is still alive and to invite anyone who has a story to tell about him; whether positive or negative. Bush also has a shameful secret which has bothered him for the last four decades. Meanwhile, a money-hungry funeral director (Bill Murray) is all too eager to benefit off of Felix Bush's 'funeral' plan. At the same time, his younger assistant has his misgivings about exploiting the old eccentric. I really enjoyed this movie. Perhaps one of Duvall's most memorable characters since he played "The Great Santini".

Sci-Fi Bri's Movies: Best Wishes to Actor Michael Douglas

Sci-Fi Bri's Movies: Best Wishes to Actor Michael Douglas

This week (Sept. 2, 2010) actor Michael Douglas announced that he has Stage 4 throat cancer. Douglas is son of acting legend Kirk Douglas and is currently married to the glamorous Catherine Zeta-Jones Douglas. He started out on the televised police drama "The Streets of San Francisco with the late Karl Malden. Douglas is best known as the character Gordon Gecko in the movie "Wall Street" (also starring Charlie Sheen), who proclaimed: "Greed is good." in the eighties when Reagan was President. Douglas also appeared in the "Romancing the Stone" movies, "The War of the Roses" about a divorce that goes horribly wrong, "The Star Chamber", "An American President" with Annette Bening, in which he plays a Clinton-like Leader of the Free World, and a number of other movies. On David Letterman Douglas acknowledged his former drinking and smoking habits were likely factors in his cancer diagnosis. Although, in some respects he may only have himself to blame, I still can empathize with him because a few years ago I was diagnosed with a pre-cancerous esophagus; due to Barrett's Esophagitis or a form of Acid Reflux Disease. I don't mean to bring my own ailment into my tribute of actor/producer Michael Douglas, but I didn't even know I had Barret's and/or Acid Reflux until I happened to have an Endoscopy for a completely different condition. I don't know for sure, but I suspect I came down with Barret's and Acid Reflux due to drinking excessive acidic sodapop plus acidic foods and perhaps even artificial sweeteners like high fructose corn syrup. I used to drink several liters of tonic every single day until I gave it up. If cola can dissolve a nail perhaps noone should drink it. Anyway, Mr. Douglas, I hope you make a quick and complete recovery. Think positive, continue to love your gorgeous wife, and if possible continue to make great movies for people to see.

Poetry: "Four-Wheelin' In The Rain" A Work in Progress

Poetry: "Four-Wheelin' In The Rain" A Work In Progress

Four-Wheelin' In The Rain

Treating safety with much great disdain

Are you racked in the brain?

If you're lucky you''ll finish with an ankle sprain

When you're ATV tips over you'll be in lots of pain

Slow down in the rocky lane

If you're not careful you will soon have to walk with a cane

Always wear a helmet to protect your brain... (tbc?)