Shimmering beauty now Last Ride has come

One of my self-appointed roles on this blog is marketer of my friend, Glendyn Ivin’s, new feature film, Last Ride. Glendyn is the guy roaring at the sky in this photo back on the farm (which I took when I was about 16) and I have mentioned this film several times already.

I was walking past Better Read than Dead, a funky bookshop in trendy Newtown, the other day and there in the front window (amongst the cool penguin mugs!) was the book Last Ride by Denise Young, which the movie is based on, labeled as the “staff pick”, with Glendyn’s movie poster shot now on the front cover. Then I saw the movie poster at the front of Newtown Dendy cinema, "coming soon". Yesterday I picked up the real time arts magazine and came across this featured review of Last Ride, while waiting for a bus.

I’ve seen it twice already now, at the Adelaide and Sydney Film Festivals, but apparently ought to go again the weekend it opens in the box office, and so should you. If you and all your friends want to see a good film on the 2nd of July, and even if you don't, then go see this one (take note of the rating though).

And if you want to see something short and sweet, watch this little video of the young actor Tom Russell, taken behind the scenes during filming, which I nicked from over at the movie blog: