Sophie Drake

ph: Eddie Bovingdon

New Stuff: Sleater-Kinney

I must admit it's my very first Sleater-Kiney album.

Nastya Brik

ph: Tom Mozgchill

Wounded (1997)

After a grizzly-bear poacher kills her fiance and fellow Fish & Wildlife Deptartment officer a woman sets out to track the killer down and discover why the FBI is keeping its case secret from her.

Mediocre, slow-paced and predictable thriller; the stars can't help it, either.

Halliwell (no star): "Dull and implausible revenge drama."

Louisa Facchino-Stack

ph: Catherine Harbour

New Stuff: Que la bête meure

A favourite of mine I haven't seen for decades.

Heather Aboff

Jamaica Inn (1939)

 

 

In Cornwall in 1819, a young woman discovers that she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit. 

 

Lively and entertaining adventure movie, a bit unusual for Hitchcock, but well directed; of course, Laughton and O'Hara are a joy to watch.

Halliwell*: "Stagey, stilted adventure story which never loses its studio feel or takes fire as a Hitchcock picture. The cast keeps it interesting."

Maltin**: "Stodgy Victorian costumer...O'Hara is lovely, but plodding Hitchcock film is disappointing."

Alexa Chung

ph: Yoko Yamasita

New Stuff: Twenty Jazz Funk Greats

Anothet title from the 33 1/3 series; I've got the album, too, of course.