2001: A Space Odyssey
Thursday, January 17th, 2002Music of the spheres.
Category: 'Reviews'
Category archives are in date order with the oldest posts first.
The Earthquake Bird
Sunday, February 3rd, 2002The Earthquake Bird.
Susanna Jones.
Mysterious Press, New York. 2001
Gosford Park
Tuesday, February 12th, 2002Everyone in their place.
Bottom line: Highly recommended.
About a Boy
Saturday, June 1st, 2002No man is an island. Nor any boy, either.
Bottom Line: Recommended for everyone except those people dating commitment-phobes.
Minority Report
Thursday, June 27th, 2002Everyone runs.
Bottom Line: Recommended with reservations.
Signs
Monday, August 5th, 2002As with Close Encounters of the Third Kind, it’s not about them. It’s about us.
Bottom Line: Highly Recommended.
The Hours
Friday, January 17th, 2003For all that this is a movie about writers, readers, and words, the emphasis is more visual than literary, more evocative than intellectual.
Bottom Line: Highly Recommended
The Quiet American
Monday, February 17th, 2003The quiet one is often the most dangerous.
Bottom Line: Recommended
Aubrey/Maturin Novels
Sunday, January 25th, 2004Nothing in my history could predict I would love twenty books about two men fighting naval battles in the Napoleonic Wars, but I do!
In His Arms
Wednesday, December 15th, 2004In His Arms: A Novel.
Camille Laurens. Translated by Ian Monk.
Random House. 2000.
ISBN 0-375-50652-7