Too Many Ideas - Archive for the ‘Review’ Category
Consort Review
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009Having finished The Translated Man I felt like reading some more fiction so I’ve just finished reading Kim’s latest novella Consort. Skipping quickly past the rather cliched cover. Not that its badly done but it reminds me of racks of second hand romance books in charity shops. At least with an e-book its not there […]
The Translated Man
Sunday, April 5th, 2009Finished reading The Translated Man by Chris Braak yesterday. Since I’m being regularly e-mailed by a web site who’ve taken to including my posts tagged reviews are included in their review listings where the reviews are in turn reviewed I’m going to do a bit of a Corbett first. While I may tag this as […]
The International
Saturday, February 28th, 2009Just back from seeing The International, a twisty euro thriller that jumps between Europe and New York weaving the tail of a bank which is tangled up in some very shady deals. Clive Owen gives a strong performance and is ably supported by an excellent cast. The pacing is deliberately uneven which avoids the danger […]
Hustle – Series 5 Episode 1
Thursday, January 8th, 2009So Hustle is back – much improved for the return of Adrian Lester and hopefully not troubled by the departure of Marc Warren and Jaime Murray. While I enjoy Hustle’s supperficial self importance, its modern Robin Hood approach to its victims and the bravado with which it breaks the fourth wall I hope tonights example […]
Le Doulos
Sunday, November 16th, 2008I saw a write up of Jean-Pierre Melville’s film Le Doulos [1963] in one of those greatest films of all time lists burried between the always present classics and the good recent films that get voted onto lists for a few years and then fade. It caught my attention because its not one of the […]
Burn after Reading
Saturday, November 8th, 2008Today’s cinema outing was to see Burn after Reading a film more in the style of a 1970s or 1960s slow burning thriller than the big action thrillers usually made today. There were no car chases or fight scenes, no high tech gadgets or flash cars and not one of the characters was remotely competent […]
Sharpe's Peril
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008There are few things that lure me to watch ITV and few things that lure me to costume drama. I missed the original Sharpe’s and only discovered them as a bright spot on day time television when I was sick a few years ago. So I’m very pleased that the latest episode Sharpe’s Peril was […]
Quantum of Solace
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008Just back from watching the new Bond film Quantum of Solace at the new Odeon in Liverpool 1. I’ll talk about the cinema tomorrow for tonight I’ll foist my opinion of the film on the rest of the world. The pre credit sequence opens up fast and hard in media res and is very effective […]
Tropic Thunder
Sunday, September 21st, 2008Went to see Tropic Thunder yesterday at FACT. Enjoyed it. I’d read a couple of reviews that said it was packed with too many in jokes but I didn’t think that was a problem. Stand out performances were Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Cruise. Jack Black’s role didn’t seem to work too well, partly because […]
Get Smart
Monday, September 8th, 2008Its funny, its got quality slap stick and its definitly Get Smart. You want more detail? OK. Far too many TV remakes have become cynical, star vehicle exercises. Shows which wern’t comedies reduced to a series of punch lines, some "funny" period references (drugs, flared trousers, sexism, bad haircuts or whatever) and a manufactured gag […]