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One of those book that I'm amazed that I hadn't already read - it's been around me for years and years, and somehow I'd be...

Almodovar's first film, and obviously intended to be shocking and obscene. It's a bit shapeless, with some scenes and characters t...

I've had this knocking around for years, but never quite got round to actually reading. But lately I've been thinking a lot about ...

Blimey this was a remarkable book - an indication is that I really hated it for the first 80 pages but persevered with it. I hated it beca...

This is so not 'a definitive collection of Stephenson's writing' - it's a rag-bag of old journalism and short fiction, som...

An intriguing mystery book set in the world of multinational toy corporations, with lots of clever insights into marketing and demographic...

The comparison is often made between the struggle to abolish slavery, and the climate change movement...and other progressive movements, t...

I intended to like this film; the trailer had made it look like a film about what happens when one of two friends grows up into a more mat...

I wish I'd liked this more. It's very long, and while some of it is great - especially the political discussions, and the dynamics...

A rather odd film, directed by Ritesh Batra, who made The Lunchbox. It's billed as a 'romantic drama', and it has all the elem...

I read this a couple of weeks ago, and loved it, and decided not to write a review straight away because I wanted a bit of time to process...

I just loved this collection of stories. Overall I think they count as 'weird fiction', but I'd say they stay well clear of th...

A time travel film, and one that reminds me why I generally don't like the genre. Very confusing, and I'm not sure whether my conf...

An American remake of a French film with dodgy racial politics, that was an unexpected and somewhat inexplicable success. A rich white guy...

Not read any Tim Powers before, and I ended up really liking this. It's a bit of a romp, with touches of horror too (and I try to neve...

Re-read after many years, and not as much fun as I remember it having been. Desperate to gratify my craving for steampunk, but it's ha...

A worthy successor to 'Comrades Come Rally', Phil Brett's sequel is set in the same post-revolutionary Britain. Our hero Pete ...

I enjoyed this way more than I expected to...I'm not very interested in sport, and less so in figure skating. I have only the dimmest ...

Another beautifully written book by Rose Tremain, with a great portrait of the central character - Lev, a middle-aged Polish man who leave...

Re-watched this after attending some events at the Stroud Steampunk Weekend . I remembered the film as being visually arresting but couldn...