"Lost River" and Ryan Gosling @ the Watershed

Lost River, the movie directed by the Hollywood star Ryan Gosling, will be screened at the Watershed between the 9th and 16th April 2015. For the exclusive preview on the 9th April, Ryan Gosling himself will be participating in a live satellite Q&A session after the screening to give some explanations about the movie.

The official synopsis of Lost River:

Lost River is a dark fairy tale about love, family and the fight for survival in the face of danger. In the virtually abandoned city of Lost River, Billy (Christina Hendricks), a single mother of two, is led into a macabre underworld in her quest to save her childhood home and hold her family together. Her teenage son Bones (Iain De Casestecker) discovers a mystery about the origins of Lost River that triggers his curiosity and sets into motion an unexpected journey that will test his limits and the limits of those he loves.

Tickets are already available here: adults prices for screenings before 4pm £5.50 (£4 concessions) and screenings after 4pm £8 (£6.50 concessions). If you would like to attend to both screening and live satellite Q&A on the 9th April, the adult ticket would be £10 (£8 concessions).

For further information, refer to Watershed website: 

http://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/6496/lost-river/

Will the Spanish "Copa del Rey" final match be played in Cardiff?

A crazy Athletic Club de Bilbao follower, fed up with Real Madrid's refusal of hosting the Spanish Copa del Rey final, has started a change.org petition to ask Cardiff to host the game between Athletic Club and FC Barcelona.

For the third time in less than 6 years, Athletic Club and Barcelona will be playing the final match of the King's Cup. In 2009, Valencia hosted the game where the Catalan team bet the Basque team 4-1. In 2012, the game was played in Madrid and Barcelona won the King's Cup once gain. This year, representatives of Santiago Bernabéu stadium stated they will not be hosting the game anymore, probably hurt by Basque and Catalan supporters who shouted and whistled against the Spanish anthem, with which they do not feel represented.

Yesterday, a guy called Kare Logo set up a petition to ask Cardiff to host the final game and it made me smile. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have the match right here, in the close city of Cardiff? I am not the only one who thinks that. The petition has already be signed by 246 people and going up! 

SIGN THE PETITION HERE

My thoughts on Rebecca Watts' case

"Why do so many people disappear in Bristol?". That is what I asked my flatmate when I read that a 16-year-old girl called Rebecca Watts had disappeared around two weeks ago. 

As far as I can remember, there have been several cases of people disappearing in the last few months. In December, Bristol got shocked with a woman and her baby disappearing from the St. Michael's Hospital (read here) just after she had the baby. Some days later, after an extensive search, baby and mom were found dead in the Avon Gorge. At the end of February, a Bristol boxing promoter Michael Graydon travelled to Monaco to see a fight but he missed the event and his flight home. He is still missing. And two weeks ago, it was Rebecca Watts.

Newspapers made a fuss of Rebecca Watts disappearance, converting the tragic news into some kind of insensitive soap opera episodes. At first, they have insinuated that his father's had some kind of responsibility of her disappearance. They shamelessly published a strange message that appeared on his Facebook profile without even checking it was genuine. Then, we all realised that the account had been hacked. After that, they started to publish every single detail on the case for the sake of morbidity. Today, they published names, last names and pictures of 5 people who are being questioned by the police. Where is the presumption of innocence? It is a very sensitive investigation and newspapers such as the Bristol Post and Mirror are treating the case without any kind of humanity and respect for Becky's family.

My whole body was shaking on Monday when I read that the police had found cut up body parts in Rebecca Watts' step-brother's house and stated that the 28-year-old got arrested on suspicion of her murder. I knew at that time that the chances of her being alive were very low but... chopped up? Seriously? There are many sick people in the world. His partner, a 21-year-old woman, is also accused of perverting the course of justice and was also remanded in custody. Five other people are being questioned at the moment in relationship of the case and these are the names Bristol Post published before the police even did any statement.

Friends, acquaintances and people in general are contributing with their grain of sand to make something good of this tragedy. Flowers and tributes have been piling up where her remains were found and two fundraising campaigns had been set up (here and here) which have already raised more than £8500 altogether to give financial support to the family. I'd rather donate this money to an organisation which treats mental illnesses because anybody in their right mind would do such a despicable thing.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: picture taken from Independent.co.uk (link)