saw coming from here to. while. i saw the coming from here to. while. i saw the helicopter hover over the area saw the helicopter hover over the area and then there was this the area and then there was this horrific explosion. the ground this horrific explosion. the ground literally shook my knees buckled ground literally shook my knees buckled. and as the fire started buckled. and as the fire started raging with more intensity, you could see the flames intensity, you could see the flames literallyjump across flames literally jump across the flames literallyjump across the street to the south side and the street to the south side and within about 90 minutes, the whole block was on fire. it was the whole block was on fire. it was surreal. 11 people in that house was surreal. 11 people in that house perished. six adults and five children. . did house perished. six adults and five children. . five children. . did you hear the big bomb? five children. . did you hear t
but this is, you know, this is a serious work. it s serious, and it s clearly very personal and heartfelt. i wish i liked it more than i did. which brings me rather nicely onto amulet, which is a british horror movie, written and directed by romola garai. this is her directorial debut. and the story is an ex soldier from an unnamed european conflict finds himself destitute in london, he is taken in by a nun played by imelda staunton, in a horror movie, which is never a good sign. and she says, look, i can give you a house to stay in, but you have to do the house up, and incidentally, in the house is magda, who is looking after her mother who is ill and is in the attic and whose presence is mainly heard through screaming and banging, and so there s something deeply, deeply disturbing going on. the film starts with this real kind of slow burn atmosphere and then there are a couple of really creepy moments what s going on upstairs? then there s a couple of pretty good jump scares, and t
so now i have to say, i m in the minority here. most people i ve spoken to think this is great. and i m a big pedro almodovarfan, i love the short film that he made, i loved the short film that he made, the human voice, just recently. itjust felt to me like this is not one of his best works. it has some great elements in it, and it has some things in it that i will cherish, but it did feel like two films and, like i said, not so much parallel as kind of tangential. how fascinating. he doesn t usually do politics, does he? he has done political comedy before, but it s never really landed for me. but this is, you know, this is a serious work. it s serious, and it s clearly very personal and heartfelt. it s serious, and it s clearly very personal and heartfelt. i wish i liked it more than i did. which brings me rather nicely onto amulet, which is a british horror movie, written and directed by romola garai. this is her directorial debut. and the story is an ex soldier from an unnamed eu
with more intensity, you could see the flames literallyjump across the street to the south side. and within about 90 minutes, the whole block was on fire. it was surreal. 11 people in that house perished six adults and five children. did you hearthe big bomb? it shook the whole house up. it did. and what happened then? everybody went down and was downstairs in everybody went down and was downstairs in the garage. this incident took place during the administration of a black mayor. it was just unfathomable
over the area and then there was this horrific explosion. the ground literally shook and my knees buckled. and as the fire started raging with more intensity, you could see the flames literally jump across the street to the south side and within about 90 minutes, the whole block was on fire. it was surreal. 11 people in that house perished. six adults and five children. did you hearthe big bomb? it shook the whole house up. it did? and what happened then? everybodyjumped down and went downstairs in the garage.