Category: Reviews
New Music 10/2022 – Rosalía, Torres, Nilüfer Yanya
I kinda slowed down on the new music in the past few months, and music in general to be honest, because for some reason I’ve preferred listening to YouTube creators and podcasts lately. However I did find time for a few great releases from this and past years.
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller – Book Review
This exquisitely written novel re-imagines Homer’s epic tale as a touching love story between two childhood friends against the backdrop of the Trojan War.
Drive My Car – Film Review
Despite the slow deliberate pace and three-hour running time, I was completely captivated by this beautiful, layered adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s short story about infidelity, grief, art and the impenetrable mystery of other people’s lives and secrets.
Murder Is Easy by Agatha Christie – Book Review
It’s always a huge shame when a book doesn’t live up to a strong opening, and so it is with this underwhelming village murder mystery that joins a short list of Christie novels I’d class as total duds.
Wild Things – Film Review
This enjoyably trashy and raunchy 1998 neo-noir thriller has more twists and turns than the Great Ocean Road.
Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie – Book Review
Another early Christie novel that I’ve never read before, this one is a fun and lighthearted romp about a slightly hapless but endearing young duo of amateur sleuths.
Extraordinary Attorney Woo – TV Review
I haven’t followed a legal TV drama since the heydays of The Practice and Ally McBeal, but recently I got sucked into watching this endearing, warm-hearted K-drama about a rookie attorney with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Old – Film Review
M. Night Shyamalan’s thriller about a nightmare holiday on a beach where you age a year every 30 minutes is as entertainingly preposterous as I was hoping for.
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens – Book Review
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