Films
Have recently been to see Wonderland and The Day After Tomorrow, but don’t have time to do proper reviews for either. So here are the mini-reviews: Would recommend Wonderland. Dark and...
30 May 2004
Zulu Time by Mark Little
Mark Little is RTE’s foreign affairs correspondent (although you’d be hard pressed to find that out on the RTE website, it has an absolutely terrible layout), before that he was RTE’s first Washington Correspondent (1995-2001). This is is second book, the first Turn Left At Greenland was published in June 2002 and reached number one on the Irish Non-Fiction Bestsellers list. This book deals with Little’s experience’s during the second Iraq conflict. (Which reminds me, how exactly are we supposed to refer to this. Is it a war? A conflict? A liberation? All these terms seem to imply another meaning. But that is beside the point).
12 May 2004
The Fog Of War dir. by Errol Morris
I saw the trailer for this when I went to see Van Helsing, it stood out because I hadn’t seen it before. Yes the gorram “day after tomorrow” trailer was showing....
12 May 2004
Van Helsing dir. by Stephen Sommers
After seeing the trailer for this film for what seems like years (I’m talking to you to bloody day after tomorrow trailer that just won’t go away), I figured I knew...
7 May 2004
Duncton Wood by Michael Horwood
ISBN: 0099443007 Don’t be put off by the fact that this is a book about moles, because it a great story of love, hate, violence, forgiveness and courage. A re-read for...
7 May 2004
Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis
ISBN: 0340685972 ; In the near future a group of dogs head for New York, but these are not your average four legged friends. They walk on their hindlegs, can talk,...
29 April 2004
Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson
ISBN: 014014305X I really enjoyed this book, an entertaining and humorous look at the origins of the English language, its various dialects and the roles other languages have played in giving...
26 April 2004
Kill Bill vol 2 dir. by Quentin Tarantino
Bang bang, my baby shot me down You know there isn’t really all that much for me to say about this film. Did I enjoy it? Yes, but it isn’t great,...
25 April 2004
Hidalgo dir. by Joe Johnston
Frank Hopkins sets out to the Middle East to compete in a long distance race, 3,000 miles across the desert. Racing against the finest Arabian horses on his mustang Hidalgo, in...
20 April 2004
Red Mist by Conor O'Callaghan
Full title Red Mist: Roy Keane and the Football Civil war. A fan’s story ISBN: 0747570140 See also: LibraryThing ; Roy’s stats from Man U ; Guardian article written during Saipan...
17 April 2004
The Borrible Trilogy by Michael de Larrabeiti
ISBN: 0330490850 Borribles are small, looking like children apart from the fact that they have pointed ears, but they may be hundreds of years old, for they can live forever, unless...
14 April 2004
Open Range dir. by Kevin Costner
You know I think this may be my favourite film of the year. I loved Dogville, but this is a lot more watchable.
22 March 2004