Woke up yesterday with a sudden yen to watch Mulan again. It's my favourite Disney movie by far - not only does it have great songs (even among a complete canon of wonderful Disney songs) but the 'princess' is independent, strong and defeats the enemy pretty much single-handedly, while making the 'prince' fall in love with her. Plus for an animated ( Read more... )

Today's rec is another of those rare, wonderful finds that you tend to trip over in the dark. They find you, not the other way around. Not only does this story expand on a hitherto untouched area of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, it does so almost entirely independently of the main storyline and with none of the characters really involved. The ( Read more... )