Velvet : Before the living end by Ed Brubaker
Back in November LadyBusiness celebrated Superwomen & Comics Week, and as part of that they had a “links of steel” post in …
Serpico [based on the book] by Peter Maas dir. by Sidney Lumet
Based on the true story of Frank Serpico, this is the story of a police officer who turns whistleblower and ends up …
X-Men: days of future past dir. by Bryan Singer
Mutants throughout the world are being hunted down and murdered by the Sentinels. And not only mutants, but anyone with the gene …
A girl called Fred by Roger Willgoose
Roger Willgoose isn’t really a dog person. It is his wife really who decides to bring a dog into their home. But …
Kindred by Octavia Butler
It is 1976 and Dana and her husband have just moved into a new home. They’ve only been married four years, but …
The conjuring dir. by James Wan
Based on the true story. Or so they say. In the 1970s Roger and Carolyn Perron move into a new home with …
The Iceman [based on the book by] by Anthony Bruno dir. by Ariel Vromen
based on the true story of Richard Kuklinski. In 1986 Richard Kuklinski was arrested for murder, he worked as a contract killer …
Among Others by Jo Walton
Read for the Once Upon a Time VI challenge Many, many moons ago Carl posted his review of this book. And then …
Julie of the wolves by Jean Craighead George
Received free from NetGalley Written in 1972 this is the story of Miyax, whose English name is Julie, and her attempt to …
Milk dir. by Gus Van Sant
Despite my long stated policy of not reading reviews until after I’ve seen a film I’ve come across quite a few views on this film. Mostly positive. Course I didn’t really read any of them. I’m not about to go against my own policy that way. But I did notice the good buzz. So maybe that is why I came out of the cinema a little disappointed at this one.
Zodiac [based on the book] by Robert Graysmith dir. by David Fincher
This is based on the true story of a serial killer in the 1970’s in California who highlighted his murders with cryptic letters to newspapers. He killed at random, and called himself The Zodiac, and wrote his letters in a code. He also often sent bloodstained items of clothes along with these letters as a sort of proof. He was never caught. Robert Graysmith was working as a cartoonist at one of the newspapers where the letters arrived, and became caught up in the case. The film is based on his book of the events of the time.
Once In A Lifetime dir. by John Dowder, Paul Crowder
Pelé Franz Beckenbauer Giorgio Chinaglia Carlos Alberto Rodney Marsh In the late 70’s and early 80’s there was an attempt made to …