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• Movie Review – The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)

  Director: Mary Harron Stars: Gretchen Mol, Chris Bauer, Cara Seymour, Sarah Paulson, Lili Taylor A biopic of the pin-up icon Bettie Page, who was the target of ... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Guest Two: Robert Spake and His Experiences with the Indie Publishing World

  ManOfYesterday:Guest post I did talking about my experiences of freelance writing! Originally posted on Ana is the Bookworm: There we are again! Guest... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review- Come As You Are (2011)

  Director: Geoffrey Enthoven Stars: Gilles de Schrijver, Tom Audenaert, Robrecht Vanden Thoren, Isabelle de Hertogh Three disabled young men go on a road trip... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Book Review – The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham

  

  Yes, it’s another Maugham novel! This one is quite interesting, the main thrust being Larry Darrell, who is searching for a meaning for life after a horrific... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part One (2014)

  Director: Francis Lawrence Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore, Natalie Dormer, Liam Hemsworth, Donald... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – The History of Mr. Polly (1949)

  Director: Anthony Pelissier Stars: John Mills, Betty Ann Davies, Megs Jenkins After his father dies, Alfred Polly (Mills) uses his inheritance to marry and set... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Lymelife (2008)

  Director: Derick Martini Stars: Rory Culkin, Alec Baldwin, Emma Roberts, Jill Hennessey, Timothy Hutton, Cynthia Nixon, Kieran Culkin Okay apparently this film... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Asylum (1972)

  Director: Roy Ward Baker Stars: Robert Powell, Britt Eklund, Peter Cushing, too many people to list really A doctor (Powell) turns up at an asylum or an... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Genevieve (1953)

  Director: Henry Cornelius Stars: John Gregson, Dinah Sheridan, Kenneth More, Kay Kendall It’s time for the annual London to Brighton antique car rally and Alan... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – The Station Agent (2003)

  Director: Thomas McCarthy Stars: Peter Dinklage, Bobby Cannavale, Patricia Clarkson, Michelle Williams, Raven Goodwin After the death of his friend, Fin... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Book Review – Daredevil: The Man Without Fear by Frank Miller & John Romita Jr.

  

  Excuse the parental warning. That’s what you get when you buy library copies. I’ve been searching for a Daredevil comic I really like. Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – New Police Story (2004)

  Director: Benny Chan Stars: Jackie Chan, Nicholas Tse and others. After a raid on bank robbers goes awry, a hero cop (Chan) descends into drink. Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Warlock (1959)

  Director: Edward Dmytryk Stars: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Dorothy Malone, Dolores Michaels, Tom Drake, DeForest Kelley The small town of... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Book Review – Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham

  

  For those of you who have read my blog before you might know that Maugham is my favourite writer of all time, so I’m already predisposed to like this book (thin... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – The Imitation Game (2014)

  Director: Morten Tyldum Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Charles Dance, Allen Leech, Rory Kinnear, Matthew Beard The... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Rollerball (1975)

  Director: Norman Jewison Stars: James Caan, Maud Adams, John Beck, John Houseman, Moses Gunn, Shane Rimmer In the future, after another world war and a corporat... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Game Review – The Walking Dead Season 1

  I don’t post reviews of computer games that often on my blog, in fact I think this is the inaugural one. This is mainly because I pretty much suck at most... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

  Director: Tom Twyker Stars: Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Whishaw) was born with a heightened sense of smell and he uses... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Book Review – Civil War by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven

  

  After a superhero team inadvertently causes a massacre of schoolchildren, the world calls for the costumed vigilantes to be regulated. At the forefront of this... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – American Mary (2012)

  Directors: Jen Soska Sylvia Soska Stars: Katharine Isabelle, Antonio Cupo, Tristan Risk, David Lovgren, Paula Lindberg, Clay St. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES