I didn’t read the article, I just looked at the pictures.
I want I want I want these dresses.
The skirt in the last picture here and the blouse in the first, my goodness. So lovely.
(This may be my girliest post ever. Haha.)
Author: elizavictoria
wonderland
So USA Today has posted some excellent concept art for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. Release date is March 5, 2010.
I’m love-love-lovin’ Johnny Depp’s and Helena Bonham Carter’s make-up.
Gah. I’m practically salivating. :D
And I will say it again: I CAN’T WAIT.
mini-reviews, 4
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Well, I didn’t know John Turturro was in this film; if I knew then I would have entered the cinema with a little more than a vague, vague curiosity. John Travolta as the crazy-ass hostage taker, with bespectacled Denzel Washington chained behind a microphone. Pelham 1 2 3, the train, comes to a sudden halt, Travolta’s Ryder gives his demand, and filmmaker Tony Scott freeze-frames every now and then to slap us with the number of minutes remaining, just in case we forget. It’s quick, it’s sleek, and it’s exactly what I needed that Friday afternoon.
James Gandolfini is in this film, too. Bet you didn’t know that.
The Green Mile (novel)
I’ve seen the film years before, and I’ve been meaning to read the novel, but every time I dropped by the bookstore I only find the last two volumes (it was originally published as a serial novel), and what the hell was I supposed to do with that, right. Before going to the movies I passed by a BookSale branch and lo and behold, a copy meant just for me. Good, strong writing, even some lovely passages (See? Even genre readers care about language); a story I can easily get lost in. I finished it late on Saturday night. And because I’ve seen the film first I couldn’t help but hear Tom Hanks’s voice in my head as I read the words of the Narrator.
Sigh, I want to see the film again.
PS I’m pretty sure Cois will again say I should read Hearts in Atlantis, and what is wrong with me? But I’m working on it, I swear! :D
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While in Powerbooks I saw a copy of Tana French’s new book on the counter. I didn’t even know she’d already come out with a sequel!
I really liked her debut novel, In The Woods, but originally had misgivings about the idea of a sequel. (I liked Rob more than Cassie, for one.) Then I saw the book and now I want iiiiiit.
I’ll have to save money, then I’ll come back to grab it. Hopefully by then there’ll be cheaper copies.
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During the screening I saw the trailer of Surrogates, a sci-fi flick starring Bruce Willis. Looks interesting.
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I just found out today that I was this close to winning a free book. :) Tell a mystery/romance sci-fi story in 126 characters, they said, so I sent:
Congrats also to Celestine and Sir Kenneth. :D
amen to this
Iran can sure use this icon right now:
We are so ready for 2010, yes?
Courtesy of scarred pretty. Grab the icon if you’re feeling it, but please credit her.
Or else she’ll make a GET THE FUCK OFF MY ICON icon just for you, yes sir, and it won’t be pretty.
just wondering
I wonder if certain local politicians talk about what’s going on in Iran to their friends, their families, and say, That’s horrible. If certain powerful people read this and go, How awful.
Or do they read this –
Candidates naturally have more support in some provinces than in others, like their hometown for example. It’s impossible that a candidate could win by a same margin in every single province as Ahmadinejad, allegedly, has.
– and go, IDIOTS! If you’re going to cheat, make it believable!
But then I remember this –
COTABATO CITY — Defying dominant voting patterns in many parts of the country, administration loyalists are delivering the vaunted 12-0 sweep in Maguindanao province for Team Unity (TU) candidates — with Gov. Luis “Chavit” Singson as the topnotcher, based on early returns.
and go, Well.
Just wondering.
mrs. dalloway, poor little alex
Here be a couple of books that I should have read years and years ago.
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Mrs. Dalloway
Must I add to the noise? What else can be said when so many papers have been written about this Woolf masterpiece, the novel dissected, turned inside-out like a corpse. But a corpse this is not; it is a living, throbbing wound, it is a commentary on an age summed up in an incredible account of a day, it is London filled with imagery and memories. Clarissa decides to choose the flowers herself and steps out, and we follow.
(The version I read had an introduction, and according to this, Virginia Woolf thought James Joyce was “flashy” and a “show-off”. See that? That made me love her more! Gurl tells it like it is!)
(You want to see a map of the walks of the Mrs. Dalloway characters? Check this out.)
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A Clockwork Orange
Finally! The final chapter that Stanley Kubrick did not film, the portion removed from the US version of this novel (thank goodness I was able to borrow the English version), Alex’s “moral growth”, the picture of the baby in his pocket. I am cured all right, says our bezoomny narrator, and Kubrick’s film ends there, the US version ends there. But Alex turns eighteen, becomes restless, feels an emptiness. He enters a coffee shop and meets his old droog, Peter, and something hits home. Not every young man with Alex’s criminal history lives long enough to have this realization. He is very lucky. He walks away from the shop and does not invite us to come with him, but he promises a new life. I wish him all the best.
(In the film version, he is Alexander DeLarge, but in the book Alex’s family name is never given. However the introduction offers an interesting reading into his first name: A-lex, “without law, outside of the law”.)
earthset
“Earthset” is in the June 15 issue of the Philippines Graphic.
I just wanted to mention that.
Thanks to Sir Kenneth for the head’s-up, and Charles for checking. Will link once the website’s updated. Okay, okay? :)
Eliza Victoria 