3. Moon

A stunning début from David Bowies son, Duncan Jones. The story follows Sam Bell who has just a few days left of his lonely 3 year contact taking care of a Helium-3 extraction plant on the moon, but nothing is quite as it seems. It is almost impossible for me to say more without ruining the story. I think it is sufficient to say that this a film about the human condition and without a doubt, the saddest film set on the moon I have ever seen. Science fiction hasn't been this poignant since Kubric's 2001: A Space Odyssey.

2. Låt den rätte komma in (Let The Right One In)

The year has been, without a doubt, a good year for vampires. A vast array of vampire films and tv shows have appeared. Whilst some push ground, others appear to be little more than styling gel adverts. Let The Right On In takes vampires seriously; something that is not easy to do. More than this, it is a film about childhood, about parentage and about children understanding love. The film may be about love, but it is devoid of tiring sentiment or romance. It is dark and grim and full of the dark, distinctly not sexy world that vampires should truly inhabit. Murnau would be proud.

1. The Hurt Locker

There haven't been many films about the Iraq war and the ones that have been made suddenly pale in significance to The Hurt Locker. One of the most believable and moving war films I have ever seen. The Hurt Locker follows a bomb disposal team on the ground in Baghdad. It shows the unease in the city coupled with clashes of culture and language barriers between Iraqis and the occupiers. Tense and utterly convincing the film deals with the impression war leaves upon the soldiers. The thrill of war and heroism is a drug so strong, is there ever really any rehabilitation for those who have been there? A must see, no description will ever do this film justice.

O D E T O J O Y !

11 hours ago began the official start of J O Y! Magazine, in the form of a facebook group. 11 hours ago I invited 9 people to join, now we have 64 members. this is good going. so this is the J O Y ! Blog. Yay! I will post articles here, plus general shit. G O J O Y !