Books & Films / July 2004

[kittiwake]

This month's must read book is "The Last English King".
This month's must see movie is "Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring".

Books Read

The Last English King - Julian Rathbone
Pompeii - Robert Harris
The e Before Christmas - Matt Beaumont
The Icelandic Sagas - W.A. Craigie

Here is my July reviews post to 50bookchallenge.


Cinema Trips

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter . . . and Spring
One for the Road
The Stepford Wives

Film reviews

"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"
Darker and scarier than the previous two. I like the hippogriff. I don't like the dementors : (

"Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring"
A Korean film set in and around a small wooden temple floating on an isolated mountain lake. A Buddhist monk trains a young boy, who later rebels and leaves the temple but eventually returns to the lake to replace his master. Season follows season and people are born, age and die, as the cycle of life continues.

"One for the Road"
My sister chose the film we went to this time. It's a film by a local director about a group of men convicted of drink-driving who are attending a course as part of their punishment.

"The Stepford Wives"
I quite enjoyed this. I wasn't in the mood for anything heavier today.