Howl’s Moving Castle dir. by Hayao Miyazaki
I always meant to see Spirited Away, but never got around to it, so I’m glad I got a chance to see this film, by the same director, in the cinema....
24 October 2005
I volunteered for this life, wanted it and am not going to bitch about it now that I’ve got it.
1. Take the first five novels from your bookshelf. 2. Book 1 — first sentence. 3. Book 2 — last sentence on page 50. 4. Book 3 — second sentence on...
23 October 2005
Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer
ISBN: 0099465582 When Judith Taverner first meets Julian St. John Audley, the fifth Earl of Worth, things do not run smoothly. So when she discovers that he is her legal guardian...
23 October 2005
Corpse Bride dir. by Mike Johnson, Tim Burton
Poor old Victor just can’t get his through his wedding rehearsal, can’t remember his lines, bumps into things, sets the bride’s mother on fire. It is all enough to send anyone...
22 October 2005
The badges of mediocrity
EDIT Okay, that link should be working now. I’ve been using this new Flock browser and it has a fingy where you blog from the browser, obviously the link didn’t go...
21 October 2005
Sharpe’s Sword by Bernard Cornwell
ISBN: 0002214105 All the usual Sharpe ingredients are present here: war, women, and treachery. This is the fourth in the series, or at least was the fourth book published. It isn’t...
20 October 2005
Mouth of Flowers
Sun the 16th of Oct was the 115th anniversary of the birth of Michael Collins. And marking this date was the first ever meeting of the Collins 22 Society, which as...
20 October 2005
till it happens in your heart
Dearly Beloved[1] we are gathered here to today to tell Christmas to fuck off. It may sound harsh, Christmas after all, is the season of goodwill, harmony and other lovely-jubbly feelings,...
19 October 2005
where we once belonged by Sia Figiel
ISBN: 0241139295 Set in Samoa where we once belonged is the coming of age story of Alofa, a 13 year old girl growing up in the village of Malaefou. I wrote...
19 October 2005
Troy [based on book] by Homer dir. by Wolfgang Peterson
based on poem by Homer So the Iliad up on the big screen. The most expensive film ever made. Bound to be rubbish right? Well it isn’t great, but it is...
19 October 2005
Darkness was upon the face of the days
Do you ever wonder where exactly you should start your post? English classes and essay writing told me that my first sentence should be gripping, but does that also apply to...
18 October 2005
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
Moist Von Lipwig has just become Postmaster General, even escaped death to do so, the only problem is that the Post Office is more than a little run down. And full...
16 October 2005