Monthly Archive: October 2022
Reading Time: 2 minutesHere After is an entertaining, unpredictable and original version of an afterlife romantic comedy. It is set in New York, where a young man dies in a motor vehicle accident. As he was not romantically attached at the time he finds himself before Scarlett, played by the ever so stylish Christina Ricci, who informs him that in order to pass to the other side he must find a similarly deceased soulmate. What complicates our leading character’s search is that the girl with whom he falls in love is not dead. This rom-com’s original concept makes the plot particularly interesting and less predictable. Visually, the film is quirky and urban-otherworldly. Christina Ricci is perfectly cast as Scarlett, the adviser, and dispatcher of uncoupled recently deceased. The Honey Bee character avoids many of the cliches of this genre and is also perfectly cast
Reading Time: 4 minutesEven though the largely overlooked long-covid sufferers would beg to differ, it would appear that the Covid era is almost over. I’m excited by signs indicating that in the post covid era we may...
Reading Time: 2 minutesWeather Alive, Beth Orton’s latest album is a further departure from her electro-folk roots. Her raw voice and piano set the tone of the synth lined melodies. But it’s the slower atmospheric mood of her songs that dominates and makes this album arguably her best.
Reading Time: 4 minutesChoosing the best applicant for a leadership position calls for a selection committee to treat less favourably those candidates whose values, or the values of organisations with which they are associated, are incompatible with those of the employer. This is not workplace discrimination on the grounds of religious belief. The discrimination is a lawful discrimination against incompatible values directly related to the employment.
