A recent discussion at Charlotte's Library about her favourite fictional room was a joy to me as this is probably my favourite fictional room too. You can click through to read the description which enthralled me around age 11. I was a small child like the main character in The little white horse which I think helped me identify with the bedroom ( Read more... )

I have been anticipating this movie coming out as I loved the book and thought the trailers were good. And overall, yeah, I enjoyed it. The casting was pretty good. Even the ending finishing up early didn't really annoy me, it seemed a natural place to finish (although I admit I haven't read Northern lights for a while so can only hazily remember ( Read more... )

A while back Birdchick linked to this video of a manakin (South American rainforest bird) moonwalking. It's a pretty funky dancer, just click on the video in the middle of the story.

The other night dirtycamel, minorearth, talisen and I finally got around to seeing March of the penguins. It was lovely to see Antarctica and the Emperor Penguins on the big screen, and the ( Read more... )

We watched the new pride and prejudice movie last night. I can't say I was too rapt by it. Despite lovely settings, some great casting and well done moments, overall it seemed too rushed. It was certainly hard to live up to the BBC mini series production, but even given the time limitations the movie didn't do justice to the spirit of the book. For ( Read more... )

I've just discovered that one of my favourite books as a child, The little white horse by Elizabeth Goudge, is being made into a movie. There is even a website for the project. They've just run a casting competition, where readers of 11-15 could enter to win a workshop and audition (I feel the excitement that my 11 year old self would have) and are ( Read more... )

Last night I went with my sisters and our various significant others to see The lion, the witch and the wardrobe. It only came out on Boxing Day here in Australia, so the session was still pretty busy. Although I'm sure the numbers were boosted by the desperate hordes of people seeking to escape the heat ( Read more... )

I went to see Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy yesterday. Although it had its moments, it was a bit disappointing - which of course is related as much to my expectations as to the movie itself. But I don't think a lot of the wit transferred across to screen too well, perhaps because a lot of stuff was (probably necessarily) cut out. And I didn't ( Read more... )