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Consumed "The Last Human (Red Dwarf)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (cranberrygoddess) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:20:26 GMT

The Last Human (Red Dwarf)

by Doug Naylor

WORTH IT!

A review of "The Last Human (Red Dwarf)" (rated 3 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (cranberrygoddess) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:20:25 GMT

The Last Human (Red Dwarf)

by Doug Naylor

Unlike the other Red Dwarf books it took me a little while to get into because it seemed a bit formulaic, but once I got into it I really enjoyed it.

Consumed "Tokyo Cancelled"

nobody@allconsuming.net (cranberrygoddess) — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:25:42 GMT

Tokyo Cancelled

by Rana Dasgupta

WORTH IT!

A story about "Griffin & Phoenix"

nobody@allconsuming.net (cranberrygoddess) — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:24:06 GMT

Griffin & Phoenix

In different circumstances I might have found this movie contrived, but since I’m going through this thing with this guy…hmm, guess it struck a chord in my life.

A story about "Bella"

nobody@allconsuming.net (cranberrygoddess) — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:43:21 GMT

Bella

by Alejandro Gomez Monteverde

I was surprised to discover this film had scenes set in my neighbourhood (Greenpoint in Brooklyn) that I lived in for a year when I was in New York. Then I was even more suprised to see my street…then I was horrified to see what happened there!

A question I have about "Linda Linda Linda"

nobody@allconsuming.net (cranberrygoddess) — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:24:56 GMT

Linda Linda Linda

by Nobuhiro Yamashita

I fell asleep in the first hour or so of this movie, is it worth going back to it? (I was very tired, so I don’t blame the film).

A story about "Dead Man's Shoes"

nobody@allconsuming.net (cranberrygoddess) — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:51:05 GMT

Dead Man's Shoes

by Shane Meadows

This film was utterly confusing to me for the first hour and a bit, then suddenly all made sense near the end. It was cleverly designed like that (or I am exceptionally un-sharp when it comes to movies), and you got that nice ‘ahhh’ moment when it made sense. Hard to say ‘nice’ about this movie though, when it was so dark.

It was recommended to me by a mad scotsman, who told me that another movie the director made (Once Upon a Time in the Midlands) was utter crap, and the director even thought so, and that Dead Man’s Shoes was his masterpiece.

Not really my type of movie, but because he did it so well, I was able to jump genres for a while and see what life is like for the mad scotsman and other types.

A story about "Grimus: A Novel (Modern Library Paperbacks)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (cranberrygoddess) — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:20:21 GMT

Grimus: A Novel (Modern Library Paperbacks)

by Salman Rushdie

Finished it on the subway today. It’s so satisfying to finish a novel these days becuase I never do.

Salman Rushdie’s first novel, it has a kind of naive beauty to it. Not as sophisticated as his later more political or magical realist works, this fantasy/sci fi book is just good fun, and pretty damn clever. If you’re only going to read one of his books I wouldn’t pick this one, but it’s still great, was an easy page-turner that still made you twist your brain around from time to time, just in an effortless kind of way.

A story about "Sicko"

nobody@allconsuming.net (cranberrygoddess) — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:46:43 GMT

Sicko

by Michael Moore

Great but depressing movie. One of the good points about the fact that I’ll be going home to Australia soon.

Funny thing was, I saw Bill Clinton on the escalator on my way out. He was either going to see himself in Sicko, or to see Ocean’s Thirteen.

A story about "Knocked Up"

nobody@allconsuming.net (cranberrygoddess) — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 04:05:40 GMT

Knocked Up

by Judd Apatow

I was quite shocked that I really enjoyed this movie. It really isn’t your typical romantic comedy, though I’m not sure why. Perhaps because it tones down the caricatures more than most.

A story about "Because I Said So (Full Screen Edition)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (cranberrygoddess) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:30:02 GMT

Because I Said So (Full Screen Edition)

I watched this movie because I was on a plane from London to New York and it was the only thing in front of me. While it is not the worst movie I have been forced to watch on a plane, I would certainly not recommend it to anyone who has a choice between this and anything remotely good. I guess if you’re really into romantic comedies you’ll probably love it.

A story about "The Day After Tomorrow"

nobody@allconsuming.net (cranberrygoddess) — Fri, 18 May 2007 02:57:44 GMT

The Day After Tomorrow

by Roland Emmerich

Ok, I realise it’s kind of crap, but it freaked the ** out of me, but what was even more scary and surreal was what fox did to it. During the end credits, they start showing the fallout of the storm and fires in new jersey and promoting as the exciting ‘day after tomorrow’. What is scary is that the lines between fiction and news as getting so blurred that people are becoming immune to feeling other people’s pain. We didn’t see a single person die in this movie on screen, yet billions of people would have died in reality, and yet we all celebrate because the statue of liberty looks pretty and donnie darko got the girl and saved her from a fate worse than septicaemia.

I think that it’s good that climate change is getting mainstream attention, and that it was inevitable that they would bollocks it up, but with climate science being as uncertain as it is, it’s hard to say whether the science behind it was implausible, less than most science fiction movies.

I am afraid whenever I watch fox that I have walked into an alternative orwellian reality.

A story about "Gadjo dilo"

nobody@allconsuming.net (cranberrygoddess) — Mon, 14 May 2007 00:43:08 GMT

Gadjo dilo

by Tony Gatlif

I’ve been wanting to watch this film since it came out over 10 years ago. I have been listening to the soundtrack since then, and seen a number of Gatlif’s movies, but never this one. All I can say is, it was worth the wait!!!

A question I have about "Bad Education (Original Uncut NC-17 Edition)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (cranberrygoddess) — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:12:11 GMT

Bad Education (Original Uncut NC-17 Edition)

Why exactly did this have an NC-17 rating? After seeing “This Film is Not Yet Rated” this movie seems like an example of what they were talking about with GLBT movies being more heavily censored than those with heterosexual sex.

A story about "Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (cranberrygoddess) — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 06:38:05 GMT

Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno)

by Guillermo del Toro

The point of connecting the fantasy to the spanish civil war was to get the message across of not following someone ‘without question’. I think he did this well. It reminded me of George Miller’s ‘Babe’ and ‘Happy Feet’ in its ability to weave a complex yet imperative moral into a simple yet spellbinding story. I found this movie far less violent than something like kill bill, maybe because the story wasn’t there to make sense of the violence, but rather it was the other way around.

A story about "The Scent of Green Papaya"

nobody@allconsuming.net (cranberrygoddess) — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:47:16 GMT

The Scent of Green Papaya

by Anh Hung Tran

Finally! I’ve been meaning to see this movie forever. I thought it was good, but I haven’t really decided what I think it is telling me yet.

A story about "The Discovery of Global Warming (New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (cranberrygoddess) — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:26:20 GMT

The Discovery of Global Warming (New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine)

by Spencer R. Weart

I finished this at 6am last night. It was set for my science studies class, and I was determined I was going to finish it. I feel like I am a slow reader and can never finish things as fast as other people, so I had a demon to slay.

The book is about the process of how global warming and its cause(s) were slowly discovered over more than a century, and then the politics of what happened once it was discovered. It is interesting both from a science/ideas point of view, and from a social issues/politics etc. point of view, both of which I am interested in.

It was a really easy read, and yet I learnt heaps, stuff that I thought I knew but realised that I was completely ignorant about, and other stuff that I hadn’t even thought about the fact that I didn’t know it because I hadn’t conceived of it.

Well worth the read, it wasn’t just a ra-ra we’re all gonna die kinda climate change book, it was really complex, without being wishy-washy.

A story about "Blade Runner (The Director's Cut)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (cranberrygoddess) — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 23:40:06 GMT

Blade Runner (The Director's Cut)

by Ridley Scott

Could somebody please explain to me what is so fantastic about this movie? (What sets it apart from all the other similar movies). Is it simply that it came first, so the ideas would have seemed more clever had we not heard them before? Did it use particular cinematographic techniques that you have to have studied film to appreciate?

I had to watch this for my class on The City. I don’t really get why it was set for that class, but I guess I’ll find out next thursday. I came up with some crazy theory about capitalism and oompa loompas, at least I will amuse the professor, even if I look nuts.

A story about "Les Amants Réguliers"

nobody@allconsuming.net (cranberrygoddess) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:50:59 GMT

Les Amants Réguliers

by Philippe Garrel

Might have been better if you could actually read the subtitles (they were virtually white on white), but then from some of the reviews I read they thought the same thing as I did without that problem. Slow, ponderous, no real point, basicially it just felt like 1 big wank, and it held so much promise with the theme.

A story about "Little Miss Sunshine"

nobody@allconsuming.net (cranberrygoddess) — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:27:20 GMT

Little Miss Sunshine

by Jonathan Dayton

American Beauty meets Donnie Darko with a little Death of a Salesman in between. If that doesn’t make sense to you, see the movie and it will. But in the end it doesn’t matter what movie meets what movie, it just worked, and you loved all the characters in it.

A story about "A House for Mr. Biswas"

nobody@allconsuming.net (cranberrygoddess) — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 19:13:34 GMT

A House for Mr. Biswas

by V.S. Naipaul

I’m not sure how this got on my should list, perhaps I put it there myself, in any case, I read half of it years ago and then life got in the way. I want to pick it back up, I just can’t decide between this and ‘In an Anqique Land’ both of which I am part way through. I hate to leave books unfinished! They haunt me to the core!