The first trailer for the film adaptation of Markus Zusak’s brilliant The Book Thief has been released. As my review explains, I love The Book Thief. It is one of the few books released in the past decade that I would call a true classic and I’m evangelical about getting as many people to read it as possible…
Archives for August 2013
Gone Girl
19 August 2013 by 2 Comments
One of the most popular and talked about books of the last 12 months has been Gillian Flynn’s mystery Gone Girl. Reviews have refused to discuss the narrative in case any of the suspense was spoiled and it has been praised for its literary excellence as well as its ability to please a mass audience…
Ron Burgundy Memoir Announced
14 August 2013 by Leave a Comment
Deary me, a “memoir” of fictional 70s newscaster Ron Burgundy will be published later this year by Random House. The thought doesn’t exactly fill me with enthusiasm. For a start I hated Anchorman. I’ve tried to watch it five times…
Jaded Youth
7 August 2013 by Leave a Comment
At the end of last year I read and reviewed the debut novel of local author A.G. Chambers. Jaded Rein was an assured science fiction debut which held my interest and could almost see me develop an interest in a genre that I’ve so far pretty much ignored. Jaded Rein…
Sequel…Sequel…Sequel!
6 August 2013 by 2 Comments
The teaser trailer for Muppets Most Wanted has been released and much to my delight it’s very Animal-heavy. No hint of a plot other than the fact it’s a road movie of some sort but that doesn’t matter. It’s the Muppets back on our screens….
The World’s End
4 August 2013 by Leave a Comment
There are some films you can watch over and over again. The ones that you know most of the dialogue of, that you laugh at the jokes a minute before they are delivered on screen and you watch on TV every time they are shown, despite owning them on DVD. For me these films include the first two installments in the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy…