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DVD Review - District 13
Published on 2009-09-26 11:43:00
I was pleasantly surprised to find that the plot of District 13 (original French title Banlieue 13) is a little more interesting than the average martial arts action flick. Not that its Seven Samurai or anything of that calibre, but nevertheless there is a concerted effort to touch on several resonant themes. Foremost of those is the divide between rich and poor, or perhaps more specifically, the middle-class and the underprivileged.District 13 itself is a walled off area of an alternate Paris,
DVD Review - Animalympics
Published on 2009-09-23 08:23:00
Like most people who at all rate this film, I've loved Animalympics since my childhood. It has become something of a mythical film for me because I've never found it on DVD. At least, until 2007: that year it was released in Germany (where it is called Die Dschungel-Olympiade, which translates - as you've probably guessed - to 'The Jungle Olympics'). It has both English and German audio, so for those of you who don't speak German, don't worry. ;)Probably the main three things of note are that it
Book Review - The Saga of the Renunciates
Published on 2009-05-05 11:21:00
A number of Marion Zimmer Bradley's books have been bound up into omnibus editions, one of which has been entitled The Saga of the Renunciates, consisting of three books written from 1976 up until 1984. It builds upon the rather more snappily named Sisterhood of the Sword, and given my feminist inclinations, I was looking forward to reading these.The Shattered Chain is the first book in the trilogy introduces the two central characters, Jaelle and Magda/Margali, along with some background for th
