The Couriers
The Couriers, by Brian Wood and Rob G 6.75 This is a hand-me-down book that was given to me by a friend. I can see why he didn’t hold on […]
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American Vampire, vol. 2
American Vampire, vol. 2, by Scott Snyder, Farael Albuquerque and Mateus Santolouco 7.5 For this book, Snyder goes his own way throughout and gives us two separate stories (a 3-volume […]
Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan
Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan, by Chip Kidd and Jiro Kuwata 6.5 ‘Bat-Manga’? What an awesome title! I didn’t even know that this book existed until I […]
The Player
Synopsis: Making Movies can be Murder. A studio script screener gets on the bad side of a writer by not accepting his script. The writer is sending him threatening postcards. […]
Gosford Park
Synopsis: Tea At Four. Dinner At Eight. Murder At Midnight. The Academy Award® winner for Best Original Screenplay, Gosford Park is a whodunit as only director Robert Altman could do […]
Ten Little Indians (1965)
Synopsis: One Of Agatha Christie’s Best-Loved Mysteries Ten people – eight strangers and two married domestics-attend a posh weekend at a remote castle. What’s the occasion? Each has unwittingly been […]
Le crime est notre affaire
Synopsis: Prudence Beresford is investigating another murder. Her aunt had witnessed it, but no body was found, and nobody trusted her word. Nobody, except Prudence, of course! *********************************************************************** Le crime […]
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, vol. 2
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, vol. 2, by Philip K. Dick and Tony Parker 7.5 Still very good, but I’m disappointed to discover that my assumption that there were […]
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, vol. 1
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, vol. 1 by Philip K. Dick and Tony Parker 8.0 When I took this on, I didn’t realize that I’d be reading the full, […]
American Vampire, vol. 1
American Vampire, vol. 1, by Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque and Stephen King 8.0 It took me a couple of chapters to warm up to this book. I found the first chapter […]
Elektra Luxx
Synopsis: From adult film star to functioning adult. What’s a pregnant porn goddess to do? Well, if you’re legendary adult film star Elektra Luxx (Carla Gugino), you decide to quit […]
St Trinian’s
Synopsis: St Trinian’s, the infamous school for ‘young ladies’, is in trouble. Despite being an old flame of its Headmistress (in a top-of-his-class comic performance by Rupert Everett, (My Best […]
Maelström
Synopsis: A fish tells the story of 25-year-old Bibiane Champagne (Marie-Josée Croze) who accidentally hits a man while driving one fateful summer night. The 53-year-old victim is a fisherman who […]
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