Hello Big Summer Heatwave. Just back from a journey of attending a few Kiefer Sutherland band concerts from his #RecklessTour2018 and I will, of course, be sorting out the photos I took over the next few weeks. Certainly, in the UK it was a victory for him with full houses and good responses to his new album called This is How it is Done. In the meantime here is a photo, I took, from last year's Glasgow concert. Bear with me while I grapple with the inevitable geg sizes of some of the photos. (Storage space!!!)

Kiefer Sutherland Not Enough Whisky Tour 2017 Glasgow

Now onto the Next Thing

Cycle Feature Drama

On to the film news and the films from Palm Tree Universal's stable on Amazon, I thought I would take a look at the less known thriller Cycle, which is a shameless 'slasher' style movie. It turned out much more violent than I expected from reading the script in pre-production, but I did think the writer Robbie Moffat had nailed the scary things that could be lurking in the hills of Scotland particularly places like the famed Glencoe valley and Mountain where it was shot a few years ago.

The story revolves around 3 students who take a hiking and camping holiday during their term break.  They attract the attention of a loner on a bike thus the name Cycle. He turns out to be more than a 'Peeping Tom' or Stalker. He is altogether something more sinister but because of the dysfunctional nature of the 3 girls friendships, they do not notice when one of them goes missing. By then it is too late for them to see they are in the clutches of a serial killer. 

It sounds like a cliche but the way the lead actor Andreas Beltzer portrays this deranged character is very chilling and forces one to look away at times. So this will not be everyone's cup of tea. However, the bright spark of the production was the actress Vivien Taylor who has the capacity to add an extra nuance to a line. She reminded me of the film when I shared accommodation with her at the Cannes Film Festival and so I decided to feature it here this month. The sharp heat here also reminded me of the summer it was shot in, at the time. The cinematography of the Highlands of Scotland is stunning and it is a must for people who know these hills. You can see it on Amazon when you hit the link of the word link on the word Cycle

Vivien is pictured with me below at the Cannes Film Festival 2018

Vivien has gone on to receive awards for the film Train Set 

I hope you have time to watch Cycle.