Brotherhood of the Wolf dir. by Christophe Gans
I just bought this on dvd after seeing many good reviews of it since its release. Plus, you know werewolf film so figured for 8 quid I wasn’t really wasting any...
16 March 2005
Flight of the Phoenix dir. by John Moore
You know this is the sort of film that doesn’t really deserve a review. It is cliché-ridden, the dialogue is terrible, you’ll laugh in all the wrong places. But still, it...
15 March 2005
The Storyman by Bryan MacMahon
I picked this up because I had nothing to read for some bus journey, but then didn’t read it on that trip. I thought the name of the author was familiar,...
14 March 2005
Stolen by Kelley Armstrong
Finished Bitten last night, and moved on to Stolen the second in this ‘verse created by Kelley Armstrong.
In it we are introduced to a wider supernatural world. Bitten only had werewolves, now Elena learns that there are witches, demons, vampires and others out there, and of course runs in to trouble. This time with those in the normal human world who want to learn the supernatural world for a variety of reasons. Some see it as a research opportunity, others just want the excitement of a hunt.
1 March 2005
The Woodsman dir. by Nicole Kassell
Went to see The Woodsman starring Kevin Bacon last week. Was a very interesting film, but not one I’m gonna review, as such, for the simple reason that the subject matter...
27 February 2005
No news is good news
But it also makes for a very boring blog Luckily for you I do have something to blog about. Was on the abp news group fingy-me-bob (note use of technical jargon...
11 February 2005
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken
Not sure if I am the best person to review this book. For one thing it is obviously aimed at a US audience, so that rules me out first off. There is also the fact that it takes a very black and white approach, the Republicans are evil, the Democrats good. Now for all I know that may be the case, but I’d prefer to be convinced rather than have the author assume I agree. I also think there are a hell of a lot of shades of grey
7 February 2005
Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong
This is the fourth in Kelley Armstrong’s Otherworld series. The first two dealt with Elena Michaels, the world’s only female werewolf, the second two deal with Paige Winterbourne, a witch.
I’ll admit that I out of all the books I preferred the first, and like the character of Elena and the werewolves much more than the wider supernatural world of the other books. Still enjoy them, and will continue to read and, hopefully, enjoy them all.
5 February 2005
24: Day 357
So 24 started this week on Sky One. Two hours of Jack Bauer and twisty plots and turns. Yet, for some reason I’m not as into it as I have been...
4 February 2005
Sideways dir. by Alexander Payne
Thank God, a good film. A great film even, and seeing as the films I saw before this were stinkers, what a relief. Jack and Miles are best friends, Miles is...
3 February 2005
It’ll not be said in this country I slayed a naked man!
You don’t get lyrics like that very often, now do you? It is from the song Little Musgrave. You know when I was a kid listening to trad. music was very...
28 January 2005