Warrior dir. by Gavin O'Connor
First reviewed : 27th September 2011. Latest rewatch Feb 2017. Another rewatch, another bump in the ratings, this one goes from 9 up to 10. It still has the exact same...
4 February 2017
A Monster Calls [based on the book] by Patrick Ness dir. by J.A. Bayona
The monster does not come walking often. This time it comes to Connor, and it asks for the one thing Connor cannot bring himself to do. Tell the truth. This is...
10 January 2017
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
Wayfarers ; #2 Lovelace was once merely a ship’s artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in an new body, following a total system shut-down and reboot, she has no memory of...
31 October 2016
The Girl who beat isis by Andrea C. Hoffmann, Farida Khalaf
In August 2014, Farida, like any ordinary teenage girl, was enjoying the summer holidays before her last year at school. But Farida lived in the mountains of northern Iraq — and...
16 October 2016
The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride
Upon her arrival in London, an 18-year-old Irish girl begins anew as a drama student, with all the hopes of any young actress searching for the fame she’s always dreamed of....
9 October 2016
The Witch dir. by Robert Eggers
IMDB description : New England, 1630: William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life, homesteading on the edge of an impassible wilderness, with five children. When their newborn son mysteriously vanishes...
21 August 2016
Spartacus dir. by Steven S. DeKnight
Watch the story of history’s greatest gladiator unfold with graphic violence and the passions of the women that love them. This is Spartacus. Last week I finally finished watch the whole...
14 August 2016
A Girl is a Half-formed thing by Eimear McBride
Eimear McBride’s debut tells, with astonishing insight and in brutal detail, the story of a young woman’s relationship with her brother, and the long shadow cast by his childhood brain tumour....
29 July 2016
Captain America : Civil War dir. by Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Political interference in the Avengers’ activities causes a rift between former allies Captain America and Iron Man. And wasn’t it great? First thing I said after watching it was “let’s watch...
4 May 2016
Cold Steel by Kate Elliott
Book three in the Spiritwalker trilogy. Short, totally spoiler-free review is “aahhhhh, read it!” but three words may not be enough to persuade everyone. So to that I’ll add that this...
1 May 2016
Creed dir. by Ryan Coogler
I find myself unable to really blurb this film. I mean, yeah, the bare bones of it are an orphan kid tries to find himself through boxing. Gets mentored by his...
18 January 2016
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