I have absolute faith in Guillermo Del Toro‘s abilities as a film director. After all he did resurrect some pretty difficult comic book stars (Hellboy & co.) and completely engaged audiences with Pan’s Labyrinth. And before I forget, yes he is directing one of my all time favourite adventure classics – The Hobbit. When my [...]
Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
16 Jun
Shut out everything else
Dennis Lehane has got to be one of the best thriller writer’s of our times. That is based on the one novel of his that I have read – Shutter Island. I have had the Lehane on-screen experience through Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone (though I have only watched the trailer here, but I [...]
5 Jun
The Hobbit & Striped Pyjamas
Three books and counting. Its been a long time since I went on a reading spree and if you include the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, His dark Materials series and part of the Sherlock Holmes series and that counts for quite a bit this year. Here’s my take on a couple of these books [...]
2 Apr
Done with the Dark
In the last couple of months I have turned into a voracious reader – all thanks to Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series. I loved reading as a kid, devouring 2-3 novels a week during the summer holidays, but the habit sort of fizzled out once I got into college and then into professional life. [...]
11 Mar
Birthday Blues
I hate it when birthdays come on a weekday, especially the start of the week. Mine happened to fall on a Tuesday (yesterday). Went through the day like any other day. Mundane work and the words ‘economic recession’ drilled into your head day in and day out don’t make for a good time to go [...]
