Black 47 dir. by Lance Daly
In 1847 Martin Feeney returns home to Ireland to find his mother and brother dead, his nieces and nephew about to be evicted, and death and starvation everywhere. And then the...
16 September 2018
The book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch
I picked this book up on impulse. I had finished a book the day before and hadn’t yet decided what to read when lunchtime came around. I scanned the library shelves...
17 February 2018
Blade Runner (The final cut) [based on the book] by Philip K. Dick dir. by Ridley Scott
I know that at some point in the past I have watched Blade Runner. I do not know what version it was. I also am very aware that it has become...
13 October 2017
Way down dark by James Smythe
The Australia trilogy : book 1 There’s one truth on Australia: You fight or you die. Usually both. Seventeen-year-old Chan’s ancestors left a dying Earth hundreds of years ago, in search...
4 June 2016
Wool series, 2 – 5 by Hugh Howey
Read for the Not just for Stormtroopers sci-fi challenge & for Carl’s Science Fiction Experience. As I mentioned in my review of Wool, the first in this series, I came across...
29 January 2012
The Road dir. by John Hillcoat
based on book by Cormac McCarthy IMDb | Metacritic Grey is the first word I think of when I think about this film. Grey and bleak. That is to be expected;...
19 January 2010
Achilles by Elizabeth Cook
Two rivers. Flowing in contrary directions.
Two layers of water, each moving steadily, separate and self-possessed.
When I was thinking of books to read for the myth section of Carl’s challenge I did consider the Iliad, and the Odyssey too, so when I was wandering around the library and stumbled across this book it seemed perfect. And I’m so glad I picked it up; it makes for a really good read.
8 May 2008
30 Days of Night dir. by David Slade
Based on the comic by Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith I’ll admit that I was a little disappointed that when IFCO’s rating came up this was only a 16. From the...
12 November 2007
Lost Souls by Michael Collins
ISBN: 0753817853 Read for the RIP Challenge See also: Allan Guthrie’s Noir Originals ; Telegraph review ; The Little Bird ; Reading Matters It was past midnight when I got home...
23 October 2007
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