I went to see Ghostbusters the other week and ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT. I have not had that much fun at the cinema in a good long time. And I have literally never seen a movie on the big screen that I felt was more aimed at me and people like me ( Read more... )

I am mostly now recovered from Nineworlds ( Read more... )

I haven't read much (for me!) this month: I've been super busy, and also I started reading Les Miserables, and I am not counting that until I've finished it or given up. Which may be in, like, ten years time, because HOLY CRAP PEOPLE THAT IS ONE MASSIVE BOOK.

Anyway. :D

( The Map That Changed The World - Simon Winchester )

( omg The Good Wife, still the best thing on TV right now )

( My thoughts on the latest episode of Sherlock, as well as some on Holmesiana generally, including the latest movie, athough not very spoilery for that last. If you want to watch A Scandal in Belgravia and haven't yet then you shouldn't read this, though. Warning for canon purism. )

It is December! It has actually kind of been December for A WHILE now. However, I finally have my rather pitiful booklog for November...

( Orlando - Virgina Woolf )

I really enjoyed X-Men: First ClassI don't have anything much to say about it apart from that. It was way closer to what I want from an X-Men movie than I expected or hoped for, and it was a way fun experience especially as someone who has thought Xavier/Magneto totally goddamn canon for ages, but otherwise I largely think these two articles sum up ( Read more... )

I still do not really believe that this is Aiden Gillen. I mean, yeah, it's been kind of a long time since Queer as Folk, and the accreditation all says it's him, but: ACTUALLY NO REALLY WHAT WHAT WHAT. Relatedly, I am still really enjoying Game of Thrones and am now reading the third book. Proper fannishness may be setting in, I couldn't say ( Read more... )

( Doctor Who: it's Neil Armstrong's foot! )

( A Family Affair - Rex Stout )