Interview shoes

I happen to know someone whose looking for interview shoes. These scream "Hire me." At least they do to me.

Grey

What a perfect knit dress!

Quixote

I loved The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and Time Bandits as a kid. Terry Gilliam's films have such a crazy sense of wonder that I find myself intrigued. So I had to take a look at Lost in La Mancha - a documentary that follows Gilliam's failed attempt to film a Don Quixote movie.

Everything that can go wrong during the filming does. It's hard to believe your own eyes at times. If this film were fictional, it would be hard to believe. Poor Terry. I give this a 5.

Necessity

My home really does need more prints. Maybe once the wall painting is all done I can do some splurging.

Kick

I am on a slight graphic novel binge. And if you believe that graphic novels are just thick comic books...well you're probably right. However, comic books / graphic novels combine two things I love very much - art and story-telling. And the Fables series is a great ride.

War and Pieces is the most recent installment of the Fables series. It's all about the characters from fairy tales who escaped to our world during a war in their homelands. Now they are trying to take them back. And you have to see a war that involves the cow who jumps over the moon. I give this a 7.

Lovely game

I do love a pretty and clever game. Drawn is both of those things. I hope they create another chapter soon!

Definitely a 9 out of 10 on this one.

Gruesome and funny

Apparently, gruesomely funny IS my thing - like the recent Tarantino film I loved. Beat the Reaper is a compulsive read. It's all about an ex-mafia hitman living under witness protection as a doctor. His view of the medical world is biting and unsympathetic. His view of the mob is worse.

You get to follow the doctor through a day when he's spotted by an old colleague who has terminal cancer. The colleague threatens to out him to the mob if he dies. Bring on the drama. And the violence. And the gore (my god the gore!). This one left me a bit queasy at the end but only in the best way.

This book also uses footnotes in extra entertaining ways. I am a complete sucker for entertaining footnotes. It gets a 7.5 outta 10.

More crazy suspense

So if you have not read The Hunger Games and are jonesing for a book that's crazy suspenseful so you stay up far too late reading, then I highly suggest you go read it. And then, if you want to once again stay up far too late reading, I suggest you check out its sequel - Catching Fire.

Then you'll be in my boat - waiting impatiently for the final book.

Anyway, Catching Fire is good. I had hoped it was going to go in a particular direction. It did not. At first, I was disappointed by all the re-hashing of themes from the first book. But I should not have worried. The clever author bent and framed things in wonderful ways and made old topics kind of fresh event. She also set the reader up for one hell of a cliff hanger.

I give this a rousing 7 out of 10 cause I can't wait to see how it all concludes.

Lack of coping

Under the Sand is a French film that gave me the chills. A long married couple goes on holiday to the beach. As the wife lays in the sun and naps, her husband goes swimming. When she wakes up, he's nowhere to be found.

The main part of the movie is watching her cope (or really not cope so much) with her husband's supposed death. My favorite part was the scene with her mother-in-law.

The film is well made but I always felt a bit too aloof from it all. So in my book, it gets a 4 out of 10.

I give this one a

Most recent time suck

Over the past month or so, the husband and I have been watching the entire season of Battlestar Galactica. So good!

Even if you aren't a typical sci-fi tv fan, this show has so much going for it - strong non-static characters, great effects, and plots that delve into all sorts of big ideas. I need more tv like this. Any suggestions?

Netflix stalking

I do love a good Tarantino film. Here's my thoughts on Inglourious Basterds.

• The Frenchman (Denis Menochet) was so handsome and had such lovely eyes. I shall be netflix-stalking him from now on.
• Eli Roth (who played the Bear Jew) was also quite good.
• Hell, everyone was pretty damn good in this.
• Brad Pitt was better than good; he was delightful. I love him in ridiculous roles. I do wonder, however, if he and Clooney are becoming the same person. Not that I'm complaining much.
• I laughed a lot. I covered my eyes to hide from gruesomeness equally as much. I kind of love that combination.

The Basterds (and Pitt's mustache) get an 8 from me.

And now I'm wondering who other people Netflix stalk. Come on, confess!

Also

This one too!