Big Fish: What an odd film! I’m still not sure what was real, and what wasn’t… Which is probably the point. The film is about a son who doesn’t believe his fathers outlandish tales of when he was a youngster himself. From meeting a witch, a giant, a paradise town, his service in the war, […]
Month: April 2009
Book: Sandman – A Game of You (Volume 5) – Neil Gaiman
Sandman – A Game of You: Another fantastic instalment in the Sandman series. I am very curious about the Thessaly character. I hate the Wikipedia spoiler about it, in the small synopsis! I won’t repeat it here though. 🙂
Movie: L.A. Confidential (1997)
L.A. Confidential: I couldn’t recall whether I had or hadn’t watched this film before. I had. But, I could remember so little about it. It was, however, very very good, even on a second viewing, where bits of the movie looked very familiar, yet other parts, totally new. I still found it slightly complicate to […]
Movie: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
A Streetcar Named Desire: Probably the earliest film that I have seen with Marlon Brando in it, and he does play his part well! Outwardly appearing to be a ‘common’ man, he’s obviously fairly intelligent. Far more than Blanche (Vivien Leigh’s character) gives him credit initially. I couldn’t tell whether Blanche was playing people, or was being […]
Movie: A Touch of Evil (1958)
A Touch of Evil: This film was a slightly odd one. At times, I actually wanted to say something to the television set! Orson Welles did seem rather large in this film too. It was also interesting seeing him play a character such as he did. Vargas, however, was an excellent character, completely honest. I thought […]
Book: Sandman – Season of Mists (Volume 4) – Neil Gaiman
Sandman – Season of Mists: Fourth instalment – just as good as the rest! A really intriguing story, keeping me wondering what was going to happen next, and how the story was going to unfold, etc. This appeared to be just one big story, not multiple stories, concluding at the end, like volumes 1 and […]
Movie: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner: A rather unusual subject for a film, I thought, when I first read about this film. Basically, a white girl and black guy are in love, want to get married, and are just about to go meet the white girls parents for the first time, after a very whirlwind romance. […]
Book: Sandman – Dream Country (Volume 3) – Neil Gaiman
Sandman – Dream Country: I finished this on Thursday night. I thought I had more to read, otherwise I would’ve logged it last night. I think I may also have missed something in this one, as I haven’t actually read ‘A Midsummer Nights Dream’ – not that I can recall at least. I still enjoyed the stories […]
Book: Sandman – The Doll’s House (Volume 2) – Neil Gaiman
Sandman – The Doll’s House: More just a log entry. I finished this on the bank holiday weekend. It’s great. 🙂
Movie: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Dog Day Afternoon: What an odd true story… It’s odd that this film makes you feel sympathy for a bank robber. Or at least, it made me feel sympathetic towards him. I wasn’t really sure how it was going to end, but, it was fairly obvious it was not going to end well for the robbers. […]