Saturday, July 6, 2013
First Lines: Salman Rushdie - Midnight's Children
I was born in the city of Bombay...once upon a time.
Friday, July 5, 2013
Signs (2002)
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
Atmospheric variation on The War of the Worlds, all done in good taste and with subplots with some pretensions.
Halliwell (no star): "Vapid supernatural thriller that fails to convince on any level, even on the basic one of suspense."
Maltin **1/2: "Creepy movie about ultra-close encounters with invading aliens is thwarted by its own ambitions to tackle even bigger subjects like faith, fate, and the order of the universe. When it dwells on those matters it's downright silly at times, but when it sticks to the scary stuff it makes you jump."
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First Lines: William Golding - Rites of Passage
Honoured Godfather,
With those words I begin the journal I engaged myself to keep for you - no words could be more suitable!
Thursday, July 4, 2013
New Stuff: The Sopranos
German TV has only been showing the first season in erratic repeats, but I wanted to see the whole series once in its fullness. Now I am starting to do so.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
The Movies I Watched in June
28 Weeks Later 2007 6
48 Hrs. 1982 6
And Soon the Darkness 2010 5
Animals United 2010 5
Assassins 1995 6
Doom 2005 5
Duplicity 2009 5
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1998 5
Friday the 13th 1980 5
Funny Games 2007 6
Hang 'Em High 1968 6
Hush 2008 5
Kill Theory 2009 5
Over the Hedge 2006 6
Predators 2010 6
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 1989 5
Star Trek: Insurrection 1998 5
TRON: Legacy 2010 5
Tarantula 1955 8
The Amityville Horror 2005 5
The Birds 1963 8
The Crazies 2010 5
The Grandmaster 2013 8
The Hole 2009 6
Triangle 2009 7
Vanishing on 7th Street 2010 5
Wolf Creek 2005 6
48 Hrs. 1982 6
And Soon the Darkness 2010 5
Animals United 2010 5
Assassins 1995 6
Doom 2005 5
Duplicity 2009 5
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1998 5
Friday the 13th 1980 5
Funny Games 2007 6
Hang 'Em High 1968 6
Hush 2008 5
Kill Theory 2009 5
Over the Hedge 2006 6
Predators 2010 6
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 1989 5
Star Trek: Insurrection 1998 5
TRON: Legacy 2010 5
Tarantula 1955 8
The Amityville Horror 2005 5
The Birds 1963 8
The Crazies 2010 5
The Grandmaster 2013 8
The Hole 2009 6
Triangle 2009 7
Vanishing on 7th Street 2010 5
Wolf Creek 2005 6
