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New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Nov. 18th, 2009 10:24 pmSo, here we are, post-Twilight. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer is a great thumping doorstop of a book, but its looks are deceiving: it's in very large, well-spaced type, and it's an easy read so it passed mercifully quickly. I'm already about a third of the way into the sequal Eclipse so I might get a bit blurry about what happens when.
( Bound to be spoilery )
( Bound to be spoilery )
Easy Virtue
Oct. 24th, 2009 10:59 pmTake Noel Coward, add a modern Australian screenwiter or two and a seriously good cast, and you've got Easy Virtue. ( Minor spoilers )
Today as a birthday treat I took Husband (47 today) to see Pixar's latest Up at the cinema. And for the first time this century I allowed myself to watch a full length modern feature in 3D*. It cost $39 for the two of us, which was a bit of a shock to the system, and I got a crick in my neck and squashed ears. But I say it was worth it.
( Possibly spoilery, which isn't usually a problem for my film reviews. )
( Possibly spoilery, which isn't usually a problem for my film reviews. )
Rogue Wolf
Oct. 17th, 2009 04:44 pmPerth radio listeners will be familiar with a long-running advertisement for a packing and moving company called "Rogue Wolf". I have... issues with it. ( This has been simmering for a while )
Tonight's viewing pleasure came courtesy of Frank Miller: 300. I came for the art design and abs, and stayed for the surprising revelation that the film didn't entirely suck. It grew on me.
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Monsters vs Aliens
Oct. 9th, 2009 10:47 pmWe haven't had a great deal of luck with animated features recently, so my expectations were low when I grabbed Monsters vs Aliens. However, since I'd hired it for free on the back of a phone credit purchase, there was nothing to lose.
( I liked it. A lot. )
( I liked it. A lot. )
Horn spotting with Peter M. Ball
Oct. 8th, 2009 11:21 pmI'm not keen on urban fantasy. I'm positively sick to death of lesbian characters*. I number film noir amongst my least favourite film genres. It irritates me when characters I'm supposed to like drink too much. I usually pass on the unicorn snuff porn. So I really shouldn't have liked--or even gone near--the novella Horn by Peter M. Ball.
( But I did )
( But I did )
Moon Flights by Elizabeth Moon
Oct. 6th, 2009 10:57 pmToday I finally finished the anthology Moon Flights by Elizabeth Moon. I say "finally" because it was sadly uncompelling, and it took longer than it should to get through it. More than once I did the how-many-pages-are-left flick forward, and there was one story I couldn't bring myself to finish. To call this a disappointment would be something of an understatement, because I am terribly keen on Elizabeth Moon and her work. (Remember my review disclaimer - I am expressing a personal opinion here, not an independent assessment.)
( But it's all right )
( But it's all right )
The Andromeda Strain (2008)
Sep. 26th, 2009 12:33 amDid anyone watch this tonight? I thought it didn't suck (except the last 20 minutes) and therefore didn't deserve the mantle of Disaster TV.
And in case I've lost the ability to keep track of that sentence: I mean I liked it. Mostly.
What's gone wrong with the world?
And in case I've lost the ability to keep track of that sentence: I mean I liked it. Mostly.
What's gone wrong with the world?
They killed the bunny*!
Sep. 12th, 2009 10:52 pmSo, it's done. We've seen The Damned, and in one of those mildly kinked bits of fate, I liked it much more than did Husband, although I may have nightmares about young Oliver Reed for the next week. ( Read more... )
Rebel Without An Orange Of The Damned
Sep. 11th, 2009 11:28 pmHusband is very excited at the prospect of tomorrow night's film on ABC2: The Damned (1963) aka These Are The Damned. ( Read more... )
Star Trek: Nemesis
Sep. 5th, 2009 11:27 pmAnd so we come to the end of the ST schedule with Star Trek: Nemesis. Actually, saw it yesterday but have had laptop trauma which has delayed the report. This will be brief. Maybe.
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Star Trek: Insurrection
Aug. 29th, 2009 10:50 pmAfter something of a delay we've resumed the Trek-fest with Star Trek: Insurrection. I *distinctly* remembered seeing this in the cinema; crushing disappointment on that scale is something that tends to stick in the mind.
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TV catchup
Aug. 27th, 2009 11:31 pmSome thoughts on TV old and new: ADbc, Law and Order: UK, A Bit of Fry and Laurie S4, The United States of Tara
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Space & stuff
Aug. 22nd, 2009 11:23 pmIn lieu of knocking off the last two Star Trek movies (for which the completist in me is itching) tonight we watched Marooned (1969), a classic lifeboat thriller, set in space. There are three men, but probably only enough oxygen for two... That wasn't a spoiler, merely a very very accurate guess in the opening credits.
( But it was actually quite good )
( But it was actually quite good )
Pepy's diary it isn't, but I just unearthed another early pre-blog effort recorded not with words, but deciphered from a few bones, tools and burial mounds. Good thing the OCR on my printer was up to the task of translation or I'd have been typing all night.
Anyone know what year Terracon 13 would have been?
( Terracon 13 report )
Anyone know what year Terracon 13 would have been?
( Terracon 13 report )
