library....

the latest in reality avoidance....

recently watched:

• underworld: evolution - meh. qualifies as a guy flick with the 3 B's (body count, blow-ups, breasts). to be honest it's as good as the original if that's saying much. the best part was getting to watch kate beckinsale run around in that outfit on the big screen. rental? if you liked the first. i thought the first was pretty good, but this one was a bit of a stretch. kate looks good though ;)
  
• siblings - solid renter. black comedy - canadian film. i found it highly amusing. it was almost as funny as it was disturbing. filming was good. writing was decent. a bit thin in parts, but overall good. i mean, it's not 'very bad things' but it's good.
  
• relative evil - renter. black comedy. the copy i have apparently has the australian title. another bad family, self-destruct movie. this one had funny bits, but an overall destiny is out to get me slightly depressing tone. i'm still not sure if it ends on a positive note or not.
  
• the chronicles of riddick - a must own. this is a re-watch for me, but i do have to say it makes way more sense after seeing pitch black. great sci-fi action.
  
• must love dogs - renter. cute amusing light romance comedy. i like john cusack. it's not quick pace by any stretch, but it was decent, and slightly amusing.
  
• secret window - johnny dep. 'nuff said.
  
• queen of the damned - seen better, seen worse, seen better. to be honest, by the time i finished the third book of rice's vampire chronicles i was tired of her re-hashing the same story over and over and over. it's a vampire movie - whoopee!
  
• bringing down the house - still funny after a couple watches.
  
• charlie's angels - a 98 minute pink bubble gum music video of a movie. which is what mcg originally directed. but hey.... drew's in it, it's fast paced and amusing. crispin glover rocks as creepy thin man, and tim curry is here too.
  
• charlie's angels: full throttle - not quite as good as the original. see the above comments.
  

recently finished:

• the curious incident of the dog in the night (mark haldon) - excellent. the freshest point of view i've seen a story written in, possibly in forever. read the entire book in pretty much one sitting.
  
• eragon (christopher paolini) - solid sci-fi, especially for the younger. defenite middle earth genre. flows well, characters are decently developed. and to think it's his first book, and written at the age of 15(?). second book is shaping up to be as good.
  
• the penultimate peril, book the twelfth (lemony snickett) - only one more until the series ends. i find it still a decent series - the last couple of books in this series have developed the characters better, and the plots are more intriciate as well (ok, a little more intricate).
  

recently started:

• keeper of the isis light (monica hughes)
  
• black mist & other japanese futures (edited by orson scott card & keith ferrel)
  
• eldest (christopher paolini)
  
• don't sweat the small stuff... and it's all small stuff (richard carlson phd)