cool hand luke - i like paul newman more than steve mcqueen

the town - sometimes the boston accents slipped. not as good as was hyped

cloudy with a chance of meatballs - surprisingly better than i expected as a non-pixar effort

the sun also rises (re-read) - i still can't figure out if brett is her first name or maiden name.

the creamsickle - i'm going to read another book and then re-read it straight away. kinda messy but good.

bits

oh yes this week i made like a cultured person and went to the theatre to see iv. 'true west'. it was hilarious and disturbing and all that good stuff. the american accents only slipped occasionally.

i also realise i failed to review lxv. 'the book of other people', ed. zadie smith. i liked this a lot, a good anthology is enjoyable to read.

i finally dumped my phone photos so here is some fancy advertising:

written evidence of my insect nature, march-nov '10 (and terrible prescription-style handwriting)

oh look i lied again.

whereupon lied = forgot.

lxiii. let the great world spin, colum mccann
well i saw the doco 'man on wire' and have to say i much preferred that. yes, there were some good parts but overall i felt like it all fit together way too nicely in the same way that 'crash' the movie did.

lxiv. this side of brightness, colum mccann
a bit waffly and somewhat predictable, non-epic family epic.

therefore unlikely to read any more colum mccann in the near future.

nothing witty here

sorry for the slight hiatus.

i read a bunch of medical memoir type books, not worth reviewing. i saw and re-saw a bunch of movies also not really worth reviewing, including toy story 3, baby mama, easy a. ok i take it back.

xxx. easy a - it is rather sad when a movie which has received 'good' reviews turns out so average. it was like a montage.

xxxi. despicable me - only good for the fluffy unicorns and minions.

xxxii. scott pilgrim etc etc - man! another well-received movie falling in a splatter. no reasoning behind anything means no meaning.

xxxiii. please give - this was good. it is typical that i would like this. weird and extremely awkward.

xxxiv. the runaways - this was also surprisingly good. even better with commentary, fucking hilarious to hear dakota fanning, kristen stewart and joan jett shoot the shit.

i also watched top chef: just desserts! i kinda sorta want to be a pastry chef. without all the work.