December 2007
14 posts
The Unconsoled →
Author: Kazuo Ishiguro
ISBN: 057122539X DDC: 823.914
See also: LibraryThing ; Jabberwock ; Fantastic Metropolis Surreal and weird are terms that come to mind when I attempt to review this book. Or to be even more accurate, very weird and extremely surreal The story revolves around a world famous pianist who travels to a city, […]
There’s nothing worse than feigned empathy →
When Katy French died I only knew her as “that so-called celeb in a coma”. I only knew her as that because I use TV3 to keep track of the time before I go to work in the morning. And she was a true example of a TV3 celebrity.
I never really intended to post about […]
We Own the Night →
Writ & Dir: James Grey Joaquin Phoenix … Robert ‘Bobby’ Green
Eva Mendes … Amada Juarez
Mark Wahlberg … Capt. Joseph ‘Joe’ Grusinsky
Robert Duvall … Deputy Chief Albert ‘Bert’ Grusinsky
Alex Veadov … Vadim Nezhinski
Danny Hoch … Jumbo Falsetti Bobby is a night club manager. It is the 1980’s, New York. Life is good. Until the day his brother comes calling. Bobby’s brother, Joe, […]
Enchanted →
Dir: Kevin Lima
Writ: Bill Kelly Amy Adams … Giselle
James Marsden … Prince Edward
Idina Menzel … Nancy Tremaine
Susan Sarandon … Queen Narissa
Patrick Dempsey … Robert Philip
Timothy Spall … Nathaniel
Rachel Covey … Morgan Philip
Julie Andrews … Narrator Enchanted is the story of Giselle, who meets her true love, Prince Edward after he rescues her from a troll. Or maybe an ogre. But...
Week 254 →
Interview :: Army :: Unwrap :: Evolve :: Bus :: The real thing :: Streak :: Gorge :: Spicy :: Course :: and before I do mine, have y’all seen the trailer for the new Batman film yet?
Tags: Batman, Luna Nina
Road to hell →
As I walked to work I mentally composed this post. It was to be full of rage and bile; hatred spewing forth. Red in tooth and claw. There was to be angry words, four-lettered ones at that, screams of frustration.
And all because of those free newspapers.
Well, more to do with the way the giver-outers […]
Week 253 →
Y’all know the drill, she says:
Master :: Tour :: Input :: Downtown :: Pricey :: Acceptable :: Terrace :: Sunday :: Payoff :: Jack and Jill :: and I say
Tags: Luna Nina
Hitman →
Dir: Xavier Gens
Writ: Skip Woods, based on game Timothy Olyphant … Agent 47
Dougray Scott … Mike Whittier
Olga Kurylenko … Nika Boronina
Robert Knepper … Yuri Marklov
Ulrich Thomsen … Mikhail Belicoff
Henry Ian Cusick … Udre Belicoff To be honest I never thought I’d be bothered to see this film. The trailers made it look ridiculous, and not in a good way, but we were […]
The Golden Compass →
Dir & Writ: Chris Weitz
Based on book by Philip Pullman Dakota Blue Richards … Lyra Belacqua
Nicole Kidman … Marisa Coulter
Daniel Craig … Lord Asriel
Freddie Highmore … Pantalaimon (voice)
Ian McKellen … Iorek Byrnison (voice)
Eva Green … Serafina Pekkala
Sam Elliott … Lee Scoresby I read, and really enjoyed, Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials a while back, so I was really looking forward...
you can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread man →
Just an ickle, quick post. The xmas party was grand; a few people may be regretting actions but I don’t really know them so who cares ;). Traffic was a bitch, so instead of taxi-ing I just walked, it was half an hour in fairly windy weather, so the hair might have complained, but honestly, […]
Dreamers of the Day →
Author: Mary Doria Russell
ISBN: 9781400064717 DDC: 813
See also: LibraryThing ; Excerpt ; Interview with author
I suppose I ought to warn you at the outset that my present circumstances are puzzling, even to me. Nevertheless, I am sure of this much: my little story has become your history. You won’t really understand your time until you […]
In which our heroine does and says nothing at all →
*Yawn* and again.
I’s tired today. Worked two 12 hour days as my minion was on his deathbed. Which would’ve been grand only I sorta wanted to go shopping and get some bits’n’bobs for the xmas partah tomorrow. Still, I’ll make do.
I’ve taken to walking down the middle of O’Connell St on my way to work […]
It just seems like, you agree to have a certain... →
I watched two episodes of My So-Called Life over the weekend. Initial thought[1] ; OMG! Look at the clothes! And where are all the tanned people? Seriously it could be a British or Irish show everyone is so pale.
But it is good stuff.
I love how Angela is in some ways a cow. She does just […]
Week 252 →
Music :: Insanity :: Curtain :: Nickname :: Container :: Roast :: Thong :: Purple :: Holidays :: Christmas tree :: Tags: Luna Nina
