King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

 http://d.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/image/garrett-sir-bedivere-throws-excalibur-into-the-mere

Most enthralled I've been at a movie since LOTR!  Also highly satisfying are the whiffs of Robin Hood (Errol Flynn--and best--version), Star Wars Revenge of the Sith, Beowulf, Shakespeare's weird sisters, Little Mermaid,--even Harry Potter fans will be enamored.    I suspect this will be a sleeper classic notwithstanding the poor reviews so far based largely on disappointment with soccer star David Beckham's performance, which to my surprise was a minor role and did not negatively impact my viewing experience in the least.  Not sure where some confusingly anachronistic explosions came from, nevertheless some profound throw away lines even to the very end left us to contemplate good and evil and the nature of the Enemy.  This is my favorite Camelot movie made to date.

If you enjoy this film, it's time to read The Good Queen's Daughter (for original imaginings of a daughter of Merlin and The Lady of the Lake)  http://amzn.to/2qcTDxL

For more of the spiritual mysticism and mage inspired by the Arthurian legends and Celtic oeuvre I encourage you to read the Susan Cooper series of The Dark is Rising novels, including Under Sea, Under Stone  http://amzn.to/2qcHjgL

More Vadimville!

Vadimville II, coming soon!

Return to the quaint, timeless, mysterious Vadimville by Richard Vadim in this second collection of stories.  Some beloved characters return in even funnier situations, or in navigating new twists and turns of an alternate reality:  old folks confronting tech developments, the classic dumb lucky detective, the spouses switching lives due to some trick of physics, the teen lovers who share a tragic history and a hopeful future.   New inhabitants include a kind professional developing a country practice treating a very unusual population, a sanctuary where gray boys meet blue during the War Between the States, and shrewd women, imaginative children, insouciant men and of course, cool cars.  

Funny and thought provoking, something between campy and campfire...

My brother used to tell super creepy "campfire tales" crammed with suspense, icky details and ghosts.  Roosters is one such tale.   A haunted young man is saddled with a family legacy and secrets.  A pair of teen cousins visit dear old granny and embark on a country adventure with all its unsupervised charm, dogs and catfish. A sister falls for the haunted young man.  A secret club of powerful and merciless men celebrates untoward festivities on a summer new moon, apparently a tradition since the nation's founding.

According to Molly Hall, internet astrology expert, the new moon has astrological meaning as a charged time of magic and a "symbolic portal of new beginnings", ideal for rituals.
See  http://astrology.about.com/od/foundations/p/NewMoon.htm.

The daily rituals in Roosters--the young woman's pre-date oblations, the trespassing boys saying and doing the forbidden, state dinners, the opera--converge to upend the club's vile control.  Or was it all part of the ghastly Head Cock's plan, all along?

Happy Valentine's Day!  http://roostersbook.com/