The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
ISBN: 0140108920 ; A Philip Marlowe Mystery #1 It was about eleven o’;clock in the morning, mid October, with the sun not shining and a look of hard wet rain in...
10 January 2006
The Producers dir. by Susan Stroman
If you go see this film looking for nothing more than simple entertainment then you should come out entirely satisfied. It made me laugh, although the songs, with the exception of...
8 January 2006
Veronica Mars 1.02 – Credit Where Credit’s Due dir. by Mark Piznarski
We open with Wallace and Veronica discovering how boring their lives are, as they have no plans for the weekend. Wallace shows Veronica a flier about a party, which he vaguely...
1 January 2006
Veronica Mars 1.01 – Pilot (extended dvd version) dir. by Mark Piznarski
Veronica the marshmallow?
1 January 2006
Taken out of context I must seem so strange.
So various peoples have been doing that “weird habit meme” thing, and it turns out that quite a few people like to keep their books in almost pristine condition. Now the...
20 December 2005
I just wish I had a blanket to wrap around him’
The whole country had learned through the heartfelt appeals by Robert’s parents, Mark and Majella, that their son feared the dark and, aware of that, a garda charged with preserving the scene asked Fr O’Donovan to pass on a message to the family if he thought it appropriate.
Fr O’Donovan recalled: “He said, ‘I was one of two gardaà who kept watch with Robert last night . . . I would like the parents to know that Robert wasn’t alone last night – I spoke to him all the time’; and then he concluded, ‘I just wish I had a blanket to wrap around him’.”
15 December 2005
“A —-ing wizard. I HATE —-ing wizards!” “You shouldn’t —- them, then”‘ muttered one of his henchmen, effortlessly pronouncing a row of dashes.
I’ve been memed![1] by a certain rat[2] The rules? “The first player of this game starts with the topic “five weird habits of yourself,†and people who get tagged need to...
15 December 2005
Buffy – Season III dir. by Joss Whedon
Season two ended on a bit of a downer, what with the sending Angel to hell and the running away from home, and the expulsion from school, and the death of...
10 December 2005
Buffy The Vampire Slayer – Season II dir. by Joss Whedon
Spoilers cause you know this has been out for how many years now? Finally made my way through the final few episodes of Buffy, season 2 this weekend. Have to say...
20 November 2005
A History of Violence dir. by David Cronenberg
This is a strange film. I suppose I should have expected that from the director though shouldn’t I? We open with two criminal-types, drifting across America, leaving a trail of casual...
2 October 2005
Cinderella Man dir. by Ron Howard
– Joe Gould Based on the true story of James J Braddock. A boxing film. Set during the Depression. Consider all of these things and you may be thinking that this...
16 September 2005
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