Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Okay, okay, I admit it. I'm a sucker for trade suspense/horror/gothic/thriller novels. Right now, I'm working my way through Lives of the Mayfair Witches, a series from the author of The Vampire Chronicles (which I haven't finished). Not a great work of literature, but a decent leisure read. Not as sophisticated as Stephen King, but a vast improvement over V.C. Andrews. We'll see if my opinion changes as I continue...
We find lots of good stuff from The Criterion Collection. A recent find was #226, Onibaba. I think C already described this one, but I'm adding my two cents -- rent it! It was really good. Sometimes I don't have the patience for subtitles, but this was the kind of subtitled film where you can actually forget that you're reading subtitles! I give it an A.
Monday, May 10, 2004
In case you missed it, please don't be upset about missing NBC's "10.5." It was so melodramatic it made me laugh. Not that I don't feel for folks who've suffered losses from earthquakes. I do. Nevertheless, this made-for-TV miniseries was a big D-. I did watch the second night, though, so what does that say about me?
