What an intelligent Superhero movie looks like

2008’s The Dark Knight is the superhero movie we need, not the one we deserve

The Dark Knight

I’ve just been rewatching 2008’s The Dark Knight, the middle one of the Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale Batman trilogy and featuring Heath Ledger as The Joker. And in the context of the last few superhero movies I’ve seen (Suicide Squad, Batman V Superman and yes even Civil War) all crude eye-popping popcorn-fodder, The Dark Knight is Citizen Kane meets The Godfather.

Let me explain.

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Journalism is dying & the world is getting dumb

For once Last Week Tonight is not funny… because it’s depressingly true.

I’ve been wondering why the world seems to have gone stupid lately.

In fact the answer has been right under my nose the whole time. Real journalism is slowly being eradicated, and there really doesn’t appear to be a solution that can stop its decline.

It will fall victim to the new economic reality of clicks=cash as content-consumers baulk at boring ugly truths that aren’t trending.

And before you say anything, yes okay – guilty as charged. We’re all just content creators now.

My kids’ cover version of Stitches by Shawn Mendes

Here’s my kids’ first YouTube video and their cover version of a song called ‘Stitches’ by some kid called Shawn Mendes who is actually old enough to be driving a Camaro around, but doesn’t appear able to walk very far in a straight line without falling over
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Happy Birthday to my love, my life, my wife!

The passing of a year is like a mere fold in the fabric of eternal love, and yet each stitch in time makes our bonding weave still stronger and sturdier.

The Wife

As we grow older and wiser, we remain the naughty and nervous, fascinated and fervent young souls we always were. That’s how we beat back the clock, that’s how we keep fuelling the spark. You enchant me, you inspire me, you keep me sane, you keep me keen.

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Touring Berlin by classic Trabant + Illegal Street Art!

What better way to see the iconic city of Berlin in Germany than by Trabi. It’s a place steeped not only in extraordinary modern history culminating the sensational collapse of the Berlin wall, but also art, culture, style, alternative creativity and diverse opportunities.

Berlin by Trabant

On a recent trip there with Cadillac Middle East for the launch of the all-new XT5, we got there a day early and had a chance to tour this vibrant city in an unusual and very cool manner indeed! Click through to watch my video.

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