Bye, Beautiful
Posted Sep 30, 2009 in reviewsCompared to her beautiful sister Marianne, Sandy feels invisible.
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The Reserve
Posted Sep 29, 2009 in reviewsWhen it comes to fiction, I generally read genre: romance, science fiction, crime, horror, fantasy, and any or all of the above with as many hyphens as you care to add.
The Crane Wife by The Decemberists LD 2746
Posted Sep 29, 2009 in reviewsEver been so struck by a story that lush music bursts from the page into your head?
Underbelly: The Gangland War
Posted Sep 29, 2009 in reviewsThe story of Melbourne’s Gangland War is entertaining and well-told and it is easy to sit down and breeze through several chapters.
Bubba Ho-Tep
Posted Sep 29, 2009 in reviewsI know, I know: A still-alive Elvis in a quiet country nursing home and his black friend, who is convinced that he is JFK, secretly stashed away by his enemies after his “assassination” back in the sixties, do battle with a reincarnated Egyptian Pharaoh.
Wonderfalls
Posted Sep 29, 2009 in reviewsUber-slacker Jaye has convinced herself that she is happy with her underachieving lifestyle.
Shadow of the Giant
Posted Jul 21, 2009 in reviewsFollowing in the footsteps of the late Douglas Adams, Orson Scott Card has added a fourth novel to his Shadow Trilogy, and it looks like there’s more to come.
Marcovaldo, or, The Seasons in the City
Posted Jul 21, 2009 in reviewsMarcovaldo is a country bumpkin, at least at heart.
Puberty Blues
Posted Jul 21, 2009 in reviewsThis is an Aussie copy of the Californian surf film genre with a twist.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Posted Jul 21, 2009 in reviewsThis classic was written in 1948 when the writer worked at the BBC (aka the Ministry of Truth) and endured the housing shortage, ration coupon queuing and Churchillian post-war Britain divided the society into the haves and have-nots.
Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
Posted Jul 21, 2009 in reviewsAnd the git-tar bands just keep on comin’! Current NME darlings, the Arctic Monkeys’ first album is a rockin’ debut that fits right in with the second wave of whatever it is we’re calling the style the Franz and The Killers and Bloc Party are purveying these days.
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Posted Jul 21, 2009 in reviewsa personal testimony, for this is how many people speak of the film.
The Mighty Boosh
Posted Jul 21, 2009 in reviewsThe Mighty Boosh is a British comedy (aired on SBS earlier this year) originally conceived as a series of stage shows.
Culúa : my other life in Mexico
Posted Jul 21, 2009 in reviewsCulúa, pronounced cool-wah, is Australian Samantha Wood’s travelogue of her year spent in Mexico, the land where her mother was born. Struggling with identity issues as a person of mixed heritage, she travels to Mexico to immerse herself in the culture in an attempt to learn more about the country and its people.
