Q-ell Betton
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I write stuff. A lot.
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Live Twice, Love Once
Brief synopsis: Former mathematics professor, Emilio (Oscar Martinez), now in his twilight years, goes to see a doctor after showing signs of forgetfulness. He is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and asked if he has any relatives. He says he has none. When leaving the doctor office they bump into, Julia (Inma Cuesta), his daughter. She finds out he has early Alzheimer’s.
By Q-ell Betton6 years ago in Geeks
Spenser Confidential
Brief synopsis: When ex-cop Spenser (Mark Wahlberg) gets out of prison and hears that dirty cop and his old captain, Boylan (Michael Gaston) who he got sent to prison for assaulting, got killed his curiosity is piqued. When another police officer, Terence Graham (Brandon Scales) is also killed and it is made to look like a suicide, a sceptical Spenser investigates.
By Q-ell Betton6 years ago in Geeks
Cosily, Cuttingly, Connected
It is a curse and a blessing of the modern world that we are all connected. Opinions, beliefs, causes or any point of view can be promoted or voiced in seconds with just a few taps on a keyboard. No matter how outlandish or vociferous the view, one can always find a tribe that aligns with one’s point of view.
By Q-ell Betton6 years ago in Motivation
Bruising For A Cruising
Whether writing a script, story or an opinion piece, I love to write. Film and television are my preferred subjects but I can and do, from time to time, write about anything that takes my interest. Still, it is film, television and all that surrounds it that really fires my passion.
By Q-ell Betton6 years ago in Geeks
Heart Over Head
In the aftermath of the second Wilder vs. Fury fight, the question of whether his cornerman, Mark Breland, a high-level, ex-fighter himself, was errant in throwing in the towel and ending the fight as he felt his man was taking a hiding with no hope of overcoming it was asked.
By Q-ell Betton6 years ago in Unbalanced
Uppity: The Willy T Ribbs Story
Back in 2008, Lewis Hamilton found himself the subject of racist chants from sections of the crowd in Spain and Bahrain, the British press condemned the actions of ignorant few who had sullied the reputation of Formula One by bringing to the sport something that was more common and, in some ways, acceptable, at football and on football terraces.
By Q-ell Betton6 years ago in Wheel
Miss Americana
As a black man, in my early fifties and having grown up in south London, my musical influences and leanings were towards soul and funk with a smidgen of reggae. My clubbing days were solidly soul and funk, moving into house and garage music and embracing the musical mores that surrounded that scene.
By Q-ell Betton6 years ago in Beat
Grandma's Wedding - review (Netflix)
Brief synopsis: When the grandmother of a large family tells her family that she is getting married to the gardener, they support her decision despite some reservations and various internal familial squabbles. A year later, the grandmother’s family is preparing to meet her fiancé’s family.
By Q-ell Betton6 years ago in Families
Close - review (Netflix)
Brief synopsis: Close protection operative, Sam Carlson (Noomi Rapace) is hired to protect wild child, billionaires daughter, Zoe Tanner (Sophie Nélisse) shortly after her father’s death. Zoe stands to inherit all of his company shares, much to the displeasure of his widow and second wife and Zoe’s estranged stepmother, Rima Hassine (Indira Varma).
By Q-ell Betton6 years ago in Geeks
Airplane Mode - review (Netflix)
Ana (Larissa Manoela) is a highly popular social media influencer. Obsessed with her popularity, she checks her phone and post responses to the detriment of everything else in her life. The only daughter of Laura (Silvia Lourenço) and Inācio (Michel Bercovitch), Ana’s soaring popularity gets her a job at a clothing company, True Fashion.
By Q-ell Betton6 years ago in Geeks
Deadcon - review (Netflix)
It is twenty-twenty and a new decade. My reviewing output has slowed of late due to a few factors; working a lot more. Christmas. Not visiting the cinema that much and, considering I generally review Netflix output, a paucity of anything that I found remotely interesting over the festive period on the streaming service.
By Q-ell Betton6 years ago in Horror
