I often find that an author’s ‘best’ book is not my favourite. It’s true of Vonnegut (as I already mentioned), it’s true of people like Steinbeck, Murakami, and Rushdie (more on those later) and it’s certainly true of David Mitchell. mais 661 palavras
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Six Degrees of Separation – from Pride & Prejudice to The Name of the Rose
It is time for another Six Degrees of Separation post, which I first saw on Books are My Favourite and Best. I propose that there are six links connecting the above books, follow me: mais 321 palavras
New Podcast! Scannain Podcast (2019) #2!
It’s time for the latest Scannain podcast!
This week, I join Ronan Doyle and Jay Coyle to discuss the week in film news. But first, we talk about the films that we’ve watched this week, and what a bumper selection that runs the gamut from Wim Wenders’ … mais 138 palavras
Book Review: Cloud Atlas
Summary: Souls crossing ages like clouds cross skies. And Robert Frobisher wins my heart.
Some book-to-movie adaptions work so well that you’ll flutter towards the source material. mais 542 palavras
Digging into the TiVo Archives... and Coming up Empty
For this week’s podcast, I did something unthinkable — I sat down and watched one of the movies I had recorded on my TiVo years ago but then never actually watched. mais 105 palavras
Poem: Yellow Face Rant
(I’ll preface to say this poem is an angry rant against racists not against “white people”. I also advocate for the rights of transsexuals, they are not my target). mais 692 palavras
Reed's Top 3 - Movies
(Reed’s song of the day: I Need Some Sleep, by Eels – from the Shrek soundtrack)
I am honestly astonished I haven’t written this post yet. mais 1.172 palavras
