One of my RIP reads For years now Jackson Oz has been tracking animal attacks on people. It started out as a joke, but as the data kept coming in he began to think it was more than that. He … Continue reading
4 Stars
6 October 2012
Cast: Famke Janssen, Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace
Script: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Genre: Action
Setting: 2010s, Istanbul
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Taken 2 directed by Olivier Megaton
After the events of Taken life has slowly gotten back to some form of normality for Bryan Mills and his family. But in Albania the families of the men he killed while rescuing his daughter are burying their dead. And … Continue reading
24 August 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
4 Stars
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The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne
This is the story of a scientist who falls in love and marries. But his wife, although beautiful, has a flaw. A birthmark in the shape of a small red hand upon her cheek. Unluckily for her she is very … Continue reading
24 July 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction
Setting: 1920s, Australia
4 Stars
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The light between oceans by M. L. Stedman
Tom Sherbourne has come back to Australia from World War I. Like many soldiers he has brought many demons back with him. He cannot understand why he survived when so many did. Estranged from his father and brother before he … Continue reading
5 July 2012
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Denis Leary, Emma Stone, Martin Sheen, Rhys Ifans, Sally Fields
Script: Alvin Sargent, James Vanderbilt, Steve Kloves
Genre: sff
Setting: New York
4 Stars
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The Amazing Spider-Man [based on comics] by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko directed by Marc Webb
Do I need to give a recap to this story? I mean, you know that it is a Spider-man film, and if I tell you it is an origin story well, I’m sure you’ll figure out that there will be … Continue reading
2 July 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff
Setting: the future
4 Stars
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White horse by Alex Adams
It is the end of the world as Zoe knows it. A mysterious plague came along, killed almost everyone. A small few survived, but were changed, mutated. Others were immune. But civilisation is gone. It is man eat man out … Continue reading
The Killables by Gemma Malley
Evil must be identified – Book one in the Killables trilogy In the future the only place of safety is The City. Ruled over by The Great Leader, with the system, overseen by The Brother, keeping track of everyone. Keeping … Continue reading
Keepsakes and treasures (Fragile things week 3) by Neil Gaiman
Spoilers The narrator starts this story by telling us that we can call him a bastard if we like, well I do like. And I don’t mean bastard in the parentage sense, I mean it in the horrible evil person … Continue reading
11 September 2011
Call no: 821
Genre: poetry
4 Stars
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The Fairy Reel (Fragile things group read, Week1) by Neil Gaiman
Third post on the group read of Fragile Things. I started with the introduction, where some people like to start, then the first story, A study in emerald which was very enjoyable. And now on to week 1, part 3. … Continue reading
9 December 2007
Cast: Dakota Blue Richards, Daniel Craig, Eva Green ... Serafina Pekkala, Freddie Highmore, Ian McKellen, Nicole Kidman, Sam Elliott
Script: Chris Weitz
Genre: Juv/YA, sff
4 Stars
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The Golden Compass [based on the book] by Philip Pullman directed by Chris Weitz
I read, and really enjoyed, Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials a while back, so I was really looking forward to this film, the first of three. Unfortunately it just isn’t very good. It should be. The story is a wonderful … Continue reading