Top Ten: High School Movies
I spent last weekend at an activity centre with a group of 16 brownies. We had a great time on the zip wire, trapeze, giant swing and so on. The kids were absolutely fearless and enjoyed every minute chattering away about what their favourite activities had been…
Witness
You know me by now. I love a good crime novel and I’ve been lucky recently with some of the books I’ve read, particularly by new authors. In the past year I’ve expanded my crime range quite a lot and it’s been good to discover writers…
Unthinkable
How far would you go to stop a terrorist attack? Waterboarding? Torture? Murder? Murder of the suspect’s family? That’s the question asked in the 2010 thriller Unthinkable starring Samuel L. Jackson, Carrie-Anne Moss and Michael Sheen…
11.22.63
Despite being one of the twentieth-century’s best-selling authors and spawning numerous film adaptations of his work I confess to not having really got into Stephen King’s work. I’ve read one book…
Black Swan
It’s not often I watch a film and come away not knowing what I think about it. I’m usually very sure of my opinion whether or not it matches that of the mainstream. I’m the only person I know who thinks that the first Iron Man movie was completely dull…
Home or Cinema? Where’s best?
I can’t count the number of movies I’ve been desperate to see but not gone to the cinema when they are released. I was overjoyed at the thought of a new Muppets movie but only saw it on a flight two months after it was released. I never made it to Contagion despite it being
Orange Prize Shortlist Announced
19 April 2012 Leave a Comment
The shortlist for this year’s Orange Prize for fiction has been announced. The nominees for the 17th annual award for excellence in women’s fiction are….

Skyfall Poster Released
17 May 2012 Leave a Comment
I’m a big fan of all things Bond and Daniel Craig is rivalling Sean Connery as my favourite actor in the role. I’m very excited about the forthcoming film Skyfall which is also starring Javier Barden, Ralph Fiennes and the wonderful Dame Judi Dench…








