Movies of 2024: Good, Better, Best (Second Draft)

  In no particular order:

 OH, CANADA

 THE BIKERIDERS

 THE FIRST OMEN

 NOSFERATU 2024

 A COMPLETE UNKNOWN 

 FURIOSA

 INSIDE OUT 2

 A REAL PAIN 

 LONGLEGS

 CUCKOO

 CONCLAVE

 HERETIC

 GLADIATOR II

 THE BRUTALIST

 JUROR #2

 THE APPRENTICE 

New Poem: PETE HEGSETH TANKA

 William Calley smiles

 From within The Great Beyond 

 As brutal man walks

 With loud media trained voice

 Shouting kill kill kill kill kill

New Poem: LIVING IN WEIRD TIMES

 inner demons cheer corporations and billionaires 

 as they stand for no one but themselves 

 giving thumbs up to would-be overthrowers

 looking the other way at Nazi salutes

 ready to stand back and stand by

 watching the nation crumble

 since they care for no one but themselves 

Revised Poem: WEREWOLF TAKES THE WHEEL AGAIN

 werewolf takes the wheel

of the bus called America

and drives it first

to the Canadian border

yelling over the PA:

here come the tariffs

coming in hot

then the werewolf runs hard

getting back in the bus

once he sees Justin Trudeau and Doug Ford

united in common cause

>

the werewolf locks the doors

and speeds to the Mexican border

and shouts over the PA:

get out you people who aren’t citizens,

aren’t white,

and are those I don’t want to spend time

deciding who’s a good American

who committed minor crimes

that white people aren’t deported for

>

now that the bus is almost empty,

the werewolf and his wealthy supporters

feast on gourmet frog legs,

take a leisurely journey to Washington D.C.

and hide in the bunker basement

as hellfire burns at least the lower forty-eight

people crying out but I thought he didn’t mean me

Forgotten Films of 2024: Good, Better, Best

 In no specific order: 

 WICKED LITTLE LETTERS

 THE DEAD DON’T HURT

 ONE LIFE

 BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE

 MEAN GIRLS

 THE PROMISED LAND 

 HERE

New Poem: LOS ANGELES FIRES FOUND POEM

 choppers coming through one after another

 the relentless attack from the sky makes a difference 

 we wish more sky support happened Tuesday 

 >

 the 405 remains open

 heed the evacuation orders

 people are prepared for this moment

 we are in an unprecedented time

 (above crafted from KCAL and Spectrum 1 newscasts)

New Poem: THE BURNING OF LOS ANGELES

 immunocompromised me

 staying indoors

 running air purifiers 

 watching TV news coverage

 the reporters wearing antismoke masks 

 the reporters choosing not to

 so they can visibly emote 

 and perhaps display true empathy

 >

 future health be damned

 

First-time Classic Film Viewing in 2024: Good, Better, Best

 In no specific order: 

 MAN’S CASTLE

 DESERT FURY

 SPLIT SECOND (1953)

 PRIVATE PROPERTY (1960)

 THE EX-MRS. BRADFORD 

 THE LOCKET

 EVERYTHING GOES WRONG

 TAKE AIM AT THE POLICE VAN

 DEADLINE AT DAWN

 PLATINUM BLONDE

Movies of 2024: Good, Better, Best (First Draft)

 In no particular order:

 DUNE PART TWO

 THE BIKERIDERS

 THE FIRST OMEN

 NOSFERATU 2024

 A COMPLETE UNKNOWN 

 FURIOSA

 INSIDE OUT 2

 HORIZON CHAPTER 1

 LONGLEGS

 CUCKOO

 CONCLAVE

 HERETIC

 GLADIATOR II

 WICKED PART ONE

 JUROR #2

 THE APPRENTICE