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5 March 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: detective & mystery, thriller
Setting: contemporary, London
9 Stars
2 Comments
Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway
Joe Spork is mild mannered clockmaker. He wns and runs a shop fixing clockwork devices, from clocks to Victorian dirty toys. He doesn’t make a profit, in fact, he barely scrapes by. But he is determined to be sensible and … Continue reading
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1 January 2012
Cast: Jeanne Balibar, Nicolas Buysse, Stéphane Aubier
Script: Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar
Genre: animation
9 Stars
6 Comments
A town called panic directed by Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar
In a town (or village) called Panic live Indian, Cowboy, and Horse. But Cowboy & Indian have forgotten that it is Horse’s birthday. What will they get him as a present? He already has hats! But what about a barbecue? … Continue reading
20 October 2011
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2 March 2011
Call no: 155.3
Genre: non-fiction, Pop psych
10 Stars
8 Comments
Delusions of gender by Cordelia Fine
How our minds, society, and neurosexism create differences ISBN: 0393068382 ; Quotes I liked Suppose a researcher were to tap you on the shoulder and ask you to write down what, according to cultural lore, males and females are like. … Continue reading
28 January 2011
Genre: sff
Setting: London
10 Stars
6 Comments
Kraken by China Mieville
ISBN: 9780330531627 ; Bits I especially liked The sea is full of saints. Billy works in the Natural History Museum in London. The book opens with him running through his usual spiel on the exhibits of Darwin House, but he … Continue reading
22 April 2010
Call no: 937
Cast: Alia Shawkat, Andrew Wilson, Ellen Page, Jimmy Fallon, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Wiig, Landon Pigg, Marcia Gay Harden
Script: Shauna Cross
Genre: drama, sport
Setting: Texas, USA, Virginia
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Whip it! directed by Drew Barrymore
Dir: Drew Barrymore
Writ: Shauna Cross, based on her novel
Bliss Cavender works at a typical American diner, under her mother’s guidance she does pageants, and she goes to school. It isn’t an ideal life. She wants out. One day, while out shopping she sees some local roller derby girls and wants to investigate. Herself and best friend Pash pretend to be going to see the local football team but instead head for the roller derby, and before you know it Bliss is trying out for a team.
Can I just say that I loved this film. It was teh awesome!
13 May 2007
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
10 Stars
7 Comments
Black Juice by Margo Lanagan
ISBN: 0575077816 A Once Upon A Time reading challenge read. See also: Margo Lanagan’s blog ; LibraryThing ; Scooter Chronicles ; The Merchant Princes ; The Genre Files ; Emerald City ; Infinity Plus ; We all went down to … Continue reading
17 December 2003
Cast: Andy Serkis, Bernard Hill, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen
Script: Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens
Genre: sff
Setting: Middle earth
10 Stars
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return Of The King [based on book] by J.R.R. Tolkien directed by Peter Jackson
Got up early this morning, caught my bus at 10 to 9 and headed into town to see the third and final installment of LOTR. At the cinema we took a look through the times, and more importantly through the … Continue reading