30 December 2007
Call no: 800
Genre: general fiction
8 Stars
8 Comments
ISBN: 057122539X See also: Jabberwock ; Fantastic Metropolis Surreal and weird are terms that come to mind when I attempt to review this book. Or to be even more accurate, very weird and extremely surreal :) The story revolves around … Continue reading
19 December 2007
4 Comments
When Katy French died I only knew her as “that so-called celeb in a coma”. I only knew her as that because I use TV3 to keep track of the time before I go to work in the morning. And … Continue reading
18 December 2007
Cast: Alex Veadov, Danny Hoch, Eva Mendes, Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Duvall
Script: James Grey
Genre: thriller
Setting: 1980s, New York
5 Stars
7 Comments
Bobby is a night club manager. It is the 1980′s, New York. Life is good. Until the day his brother comes calling. Bobby’s brother, Joe, you see, is a cop. A drugs cop and he arrives in full on SWAT-mode … Continue reading
18 December 2007
Cast: Amy Adams, Idina Menzel, James Marsden, Julie Andrews, Patrick Dempsey, Rachel Covey, Susan Sarandon, Timothy Spall
Script: Bill Kelly
Genre: romance, sff
Setting: Faerie, New York
9 Stars
4 Comments
Enchanted is the story of Giselle, who meets her true love, Prince Edward after he rescues her from a troll. Or maybe an ogre. But before they seal their relationship with true-loves-kiss, and get married, Giselle is sent spinning out … Continue reading
17 December 2007
4 Comments
Interview :: Army :: Unwrap :: Evolve :: Bus :: The real thing :: Streak :: Gorge :: Spicy :: Course :: and before I do mine, have y’all seen the trailer for the new Batman film yet?
12 December 2007
8 Comments
As I walked to work I mentally composed this post. It was to be full of rage and bile; hatred spewing forth. Red in tooth and claw. There was to be angry words, four-lettered ones at that, screams of frustration. … Continue reading
10 December 2007
4 Comments
Y’all know the drill, she says: Master :: Tour :: Input :: Downtown :: Pricey :: Acceptable :: Terrace :: Sunday :: Payoff :: Jack and Jill :: and I say
9 December 2007
Cast: Dougray Scott, Henry Ian Cusick, Olga Kurylenko, Robert Knepper, Timothy Olyphant, Ulrich Thomsen
Script: Skip Woods
Genre: Action
5 Stars
6 Comments
To be honest I never thought I’d be bothered to see this film. The trailers made it look ridiculous, and not in a good way, but we were going, and it was at the right time, so we figured what … Continue reading
9 December 2007
Cast: Dakota Blue Richards, Daniel Craig, Eva Green ... Serafina Pekkala, Freddie Highmore, Ian McKellen, Nicole Kidman, Sam Elliott
Script: Chris Weitz
Genre: Juv/YA, sff
4 Stars
4 Comments
I read, and really enjoyed, Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials a while back, so I was really looking forward to this film, the first of three. Unfortunately it just isn’t very good. It should be. The story is a wonderful … Continue reading
9 December 2007
Cast: Don Cheadle, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Nick Nolte, Sophie Okonedo
Script: Keir Pearson, Terry George
Genre: drama
Setting: Rwanda
10 Stars
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This is a film with impact.
The opening voice-over is a speech on the radio, an anti-tutsi speech, broadcast on Hutu Power radio, over a black screen so as to really let us hear the words. It describes the flaws, reveals the prejudices in Rwanda, tells the viewer of the cockroach infestation the Hutu people will have to wipe out. This is then contrasted by the opening scenes; In Kigali airport we see Paul (Cheadle) collecting fresh lobsters to serve in the hotel where he works as house manager. It shows a bustling, growing, on the up city. But on the way back to the hotel we are introduced to the undercurrent of tension that is played out so well throughout this film. Continue reading