The Descendants - v. Clooney

Starring George Clooney, Beau Bridges, Judy Greer, Shailene Woodley, Robert Forster.
Directed by Alexander Payne.
Classification: M (Mature themes and coarse language), 115 mins.

What do you do... how do you feel... how do you react... when  your world suddenly crumbles and realise you've been betrayed? This film highlights everything good that Clooney's screen persona embodies.

 Matt King (George Clooney) is a father of two tween daughters, the chairman of a huge family trust, a businessman, and the carer of his wife whose hospitalised with a coma. He has a little on his plate!

This is his arduous journey from existing in his "own world" to connecting with the collective, ancestral, and ultimately his authentic self. It's no easy ride though in true Clooney style he handles every situation thrown at him, like all of us would hope we'd do, with integrity and sometimes humour. Living in an idyllic location of Hawaii doesn't mean we're immune to the innate human experience.

A wonderfully written script, great casting, and beautifully filmed.

Showing nationally in Dendy cinema's and selected independents. 

My Afternoons with Margueritte film rating

If you feel that the world's in chaos and love is unobtainable Germaine and Margueritte will move your spirit to think again the most beautiful of ways. Hilariously funny, extraordinarily crafted, joyfully and emotionally uniting, this French film starring Gerard Depardieu visibly touched the hearts each and every person in the cinema. Gisele Casadesus as Margueritte plays a 95 year old, 40 years older than Germaine and seemingly hundreds of years apart in life experience, though through their afternoon meetings their connections become timeless.

This film speaks to all of us, gently reminding us that we are a part of all creation. Beauty and love surround us, all we need do is reach out and feel it. My Afternoons with Margueritte is so refreshingly uplifting to rate seems like rating a relationship with your grandmother...

I urge you all to experience it for yourself... Surely we couldn't all be subjects of a wet Sunday evening at the Dendy.