Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts

Monday, October 01, 2007

Rhino's Round-up

Here's a little round-up of the things I've learned in the past week. Remember, I'm doing all this so you don't have to. Selfless to a fault. ::sigh::

  • Wii Sports is actually MUCH more fun than I realised. When people ask, I shall finally be able to say that I played a little tennis at the weekend - I feel this will be good for my image. I'm still rubbish at golf, though, so the keys to the executive washroom remain - tantalisingly - out of reach.

  • "99 Francs" is a good example of how an annoying book can actually be made into a very entertaining movie. Thanks in no small part to the talent of Jean Dujardin (a little less deelish here than in other roles, it must be said). Advertising looks such FUN. Plus we're pretty sure we saw Guillaume Canet in the cinema. Yumm.


  • Damon Albarn's "Monkey" is, quite simply, wonderful. I know you've probably read that elsewhere already, but it really is. I say that even though my short-sightedness meant I had to keep asking "Who is that woman in white floating from the ceiling?" and "Why does that man have a pig's head?" because I couldn't read the subtitles. Some stunning set-pieces, including an under-the-sea scene featuring a large starfish. No Guillaume Canet though.

  • Pramil is my latest restaurant recommendation. I can still taste those raspberries with green tea ice-cream (I mean that in a good way). Bon appétit!!

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

BTW

yes, I am STILL reading "Les Bienveillantes" as I claim in the sidebar - though I seem to be stuck around page 300 or so. It's just so HUGE that I can rarely summon the strength to get it out of my bag. Plus, work is still taking up all of my time at the moment. Still, only another 500 pages of life behind German lines to go. After this, Proust will seem like Jilly Cooper. While we're on a sidebar note, did you see that SClub7 have finally nudged ahead of The Killers in my "Top Weekly Artists"? O tempora, o mores.