I'm starting to get excited about the forthcoming 'Hobbit' films. I hadn't realised the first part will be out next year (well, looks like it'll be December 2012, but nevermind)! So many of the actors from LOTR will be in it, and some of the new additions look really good as well. Stephen Fry as the Master of Laketown?! *squeee* Matt and his ( Read more... )

Me and Matt went to see Sucker Punch on Wednesday. I'm not sure what to say about it.. I did like it, but whoa it was such a fucked up film. Also, I *really* don't get movie ratings in this country. This one is rated '12A', while 'Brokeback Mountain' is '15'. WHAT?!?!? So a teeny tiny bit of gay sex is worse than attempted rape, teenage girls ( Read more... )

I went to see Tim Burton's 'Alice in Wonderland' this Wednesday and really enjoyed it. It was weird and wonderful, pretty and full of lovely little details. I particularly liked Stephen Fry's Cheshire Cat and squealed every time he got on the screen :) Alan Rickman's Blue Caterpillar was great, too (was he really smoking opium?! :D), and the ( Read more... )

It's that time of year again... I've been keeping lists of all the movies, tv shows and books I watched/read. I'm pleased that in 2009 I actually managed the '100 films in a year' challenge - even if it's only just; the total stands at 103. :p

( Movies and tv shows seen in 2009. )

Sherlock Holmes has to be one of the most entertaining films I've seen this year. I went to see it today with Matt (we are poor and use the two-for-one deal on Wednesdays whenever we can :p) and I absolutely adored it. It's completely barmy and crazy and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would probably turn in his grave if he saw this, but it was SO much fun ( Read more... )

The second book in the 'Twilight' series is so appallingly bad that I was never going to go see the film in a cinema. I still think I'm going to wait for the dvd, but now I kind of want to see it.. I just watched the best ever review of it. XD This rant is pretty long (around 40 mins! O_o) but hugely entertaining; me and Matt were killing ourselves ( Read more... )

Drink tea and nourish life
With the first sip ... joy
With the second ... satisfaction
With the third ... peace
With the fourth ... perhaps a cookie?

Matt found that online somewhere. He changed the last word which I must admit sounds better. So true! :DThis week I have been feeling incredibly shitty about aikido, then better again. I've been to ( Read more... )

I was reading Metro this morning on my way to work and found out that The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is finally in cinemas! *SQUEEEE* It looks really interesting, and completely barmy (what else can you expect from Terry Gilliam?! :P) And how could I possibly miss it when it has Johnny Depp, Heath Ledger and Jude Law in it (and Tom Waits!)?! ( Read more... )

Where did the summer go?! The last few days have been stupidly cold, although nowhere near as bad as a lot of last winter. I wish I was more like Matt (and a lot of English people, apparently :p) who don't feel cold the way I do ( Read more... )

I went to see the new Harry Potter film with the family yesterday. I wasn't that hopeful - I was expecting it to be more like Harry Potter and the Hormones (well, it was, kind of, but not *just* that) and that there would be very little Snape in it, despite he being referred to in the actual title of the film. I was pleasantly surprised, however.

( Some random thoughts. )