The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
I don’t get it. This film has been widely and wildly praised and I just don’t get it. I quite liked the first film, although it was a good half an hour too long, With some good editing it could… Continue Reading
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How I Live Now
I think all the faults I could find with How I Live Now stem from the position of my perception and not from the film itself. And faults aside, it starts from a position of strength by blaring Amanda Palmer‘s… Continue Reading
The Great Gatsby
I had not read The Great Gatsby before I saw the film, despite its reputation as possibly THE great American novel. The early reviews of the film had almost put me off seeing it purely on the basis that it… Continue Reading
What In God’s Name, by Simon Rich
I rarely write posts about books because I rarely read anything that’s current. I might stock up on books as they come out but the order in which I read them is almost entirely on whim and often a reaction… Continue Reading
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas, the book, is brilliant. Cloud Atlas, the film, is insane. And brilliant. Possibly displaying a brilliance beyond that of the book. I don’t really have any concept of where to start in talking about this film, there’s so… Continue Reading