Shawshank Redemption

.

One of the great lines

‘same old shit, different day’

Perfect Christmas film

.

by Scooj

Pitch Perfect

.

My guilty secret

a cappella trilogy

dad and daughter time

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by Scooj

Indecision

.

The Netflix shuffle

consumer of viewing time

so hard to agree

.

by Scooj

Mury Bobbins

 

I’m bracing myself

for the overdue sequel

with Emily Blunt.

 

by Scooj

Perfect day for the cinema

 

Raining cats and dogs

such miserable weather;

family film time.

 

by Scooj

Up

 

Touching Disney film

my daughter and I enjoy;

a real tear-jerker.

 

by Scooj

Lifetime

 

As a boy

I went to Star Wars

number four.

Together

with my son, we are going

to see number eight.

 

by Scooj

616. Tropicana, Weston-super-Mare (5)

Weston-super-Mare is the home of the great stencil artist JPS, and the Tropicana is home to many of his pieces. This one is in the lobby area between the street and the open area inside the Tropicana, where Dismaland was hosted.

JPS, Tropicana, Weston-super-Mare, August 2016
JPS, Tropicana, Weston-super-Mare, August 2016

This fine piece is of Peter Weller’s Robocop holding a spray can, I mean, why wouldn’t he? The detail in the stencil is incredible, and all the more remarkable when you take a close look at the texture of the wall.

JPS, Tropicana, Weston-super-Mare, August 2016
JPS, Tropicana, Weston-super-Mare, August 2016

There were some tourists standing in front of the piece when I was trying to take these pictures, and only reluctantly would they sidle out of the way. their bags however remained. Another classic from the main man.

588. Upfest 2016 (82)

OK, I know, I just posted a piece by Face the Strange, and here we have another one. I have done this deliberately because I think that each of them deserves a post to themself. Occasionally I will combine pieces by the same artist, but mostly I like to concentrate on each work. It just so happens that there are two by FTS in a row.

Face the Strange, Upfest, Bristol, July2016
Face the Strange, Upfest, Bristol, July2016

I love this small paste up. It could have been easily missed, lurking on a doorway behind a tub of recycling. But take a closer look at this TV set and you will see that there is a still from ‘a Clockwork Orange’ and in the spirit of things, FTS has replaced the heads of the characters with oranges wearing bowler hats. Any artistic reference to this great film has to be a good thing. This wheatpaste is witty and fun, and the style of FTS’s work is always slightly unsettling and anarchic. Great work.

“I’d just as soon kiss a Wookie”

 

Farewell Fisher queen,

boyhood would have been poorer

without you Leia.

 

by Scooj