E Y E W E A R, THE BLOG - FREEDOM MEANS BEING UNAFRAID TO WRITE WHAT YOU THINK

I am incredibly inspired by Canada's governments for coming together to oppose the entirely unfriendly and aggressive Trump Tariffs, an economic warlike attack on their closest ally, neighbour, and friend for 150 years of peace and prosperous co-operation. Trump's sociopathic transactionalism has shown total disregard for anything like civility, diplomacy or mutual respect. This action is even more serious as a cultural signal - America is currently turning back the clock - there are no real friends, just those to be used, crushed, intimidated, forced. It's ugly, and shameful. The impact on tens of thousands of cross-border friendships and community alliances will be large. Canadians are already boycotting American goods. Make no mistake, this Trump war on Canada will put our country into recession, cost tens of thousands of jobs, and cause immense anxiety and sorrow. The way this president was behaving you'd think he'd been hired to destroy the global community of ...

Everyone can google IMDB and Metacritic, in about a second, or Variety or Den of Geek or Sight and Sound , and find other lists of the best movies of 2024. Here are 18 out of 20ish I will post eventually, though the final ones may only come in a few months, since in the UK many of the releases are due later in the year (or I have yet to see the movies). Of the films I expect may appear later, some you will have heard of -  A Complete Unknown,    and  The Nickel Boys. Still - each of these 18 listed below is already on many end of year lists, and is, in their own right, a very good or great movie. At least five of the films listed below have a good chance of winning the Oscar for Best Picture in a few months (their list is ten films long) - an asterix indicates the four I currently believe have the best shot. *ANORA - heartachingly sad, side-splittingly funny, sometimes scary, often sexy, it's uniquely potent A REAL PAIN - some will find it slight, but this Holocaust...