A star is born dir. by Bradley Cooper
I liked this film. I thought everything about it was well done. The performances were great. The story and writing was good. The direction and look of the film, it all...
28 October 2018
God’s own country dir. by Francis Lee
Johnny Saxby is running his family farm pretty much single-highhandedly. His father’s illness means he can’t help out, although he can still point out what needs doing. His mother left a...
5 May 2018
Her dir. by Spike Jonze
In a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need. I like Joaquin Phoenix, as an actor obviously. I know...
16 February 2018
The shape of water dir. by Guillermo del Toro
A Fairy Tale for Troubled Times An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love...
14 February 2018
Hampstead dir. by Joel Hopkins
There is really very little to say about this film. It was entertaining enough while watching it, but it wasn’t a gripping or wildly entertaining film. Perfectly suitable for a dreary...
28 June 2017
The day we disappeared by Lucy Robinson
Another one from Mount TBR, recommended by Ellie of Curiosity killed the Bookworm. Kate is running away from her life. The stress of her life in Dublin has prompted some sort...
2 May 2015
Warm bodies by Isaac Marion
Part of my RIP IX reading. R is a zombie. He is not quite sure how long he’s been a zombie and he has no idea what he was before he...
13 October 2014
Made for each other dir. by John Cromwell
Up and coming lawyer John Mason has just returned from taking a deposition in Boston. But work wasn’t all that was keeping him busy. While there he met Jane, and when...
26 April 2014
Moth and Spark by Anne Leonard
Prince Corin has been chosen. He doesn’t remember, but the dragons have chosen him to free them, until he is ready however he will not remember that fact. All he knows...
18 March 2014
Manon Lescaut by Abbé [Antoine Francois] Prévost
Read online – Gutenberg This is a book I would never have picked up if not for the fact that it is on the reading list of an online course I’ve...
9 June 2013
Timeless by Gail Carriger
An Alexia Tarabotti novel, The Parasol Protectorate: Book the Fifth Seeing as this it the fifth, and final, book in this series, knowing anything about the plot probably counts as spoilers...
24 March 2012
The truth about Mr. Darcy by Susan Adriani
The great thing about working in a library is that I find myself picking up books that I usually wouldn’t. The terrible thing about working in a library is that I...
14 January 2012
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