Monthly Archives: September 2011

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Posted on 29/09/2011 by admin

This week’s pic was Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, based on the book by John Le Carre. It’s a complex spy thriller based during the Cold War in the 1970s. Control [John Hurt], the Head of the “Circus”, the highest echelon … Continue reading →

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Friends with Benefits

Posted on 22/09/2011 by admin

This week’s pic was definitely one the girls wanted to see. Friends with Benefits is as the title says, two people who get along well, but don’t want the complications of a relationship get together for the physical relationship with … Continue reading →

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The Reckoning

Posted on 16/09/2011 by admin

This fictional book by Jane Casey is about the murder of convicted paedophiles. DC Maeve Kerrigan has had trouble fitting in with the predominantly male team, but does her best to prove she’s worthy of being in the Serious Crime … Continue reading →

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Aberdeen in the 1950′s

Posted on 15/09/2011 by admin

Look at that skyline! No St Nich, no multi storeys, Wallace Tower is still in Upper Kirkgate. Aberdeen drivers were just as inconsiderate then as now. Union Street was just as busy with pedestrians, but you could park on it. … Continue reading →

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The Inbetweeners

Posted on 14/09/2011 by admin

The Inbetweeners started out as a TV sitcom. It’s about four young lads at school, Will, Simon, Jay and Neil, and the typical laddish things that boys that age get up to, or more precisely, what they think about getting … Continue reading →

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At All Costs

Posted on 12/09/2011 by admin

At All Costs by John Gilstrap is about a family on the run. Jake and Carolyn were students in the early eighties and helping out with a chemical clean up in an old chemical plant when an explosion, followed by … Continue reading →

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Dublin

Posted on 12/09/2011 by admin

I just had a fantastic weekend in Dublin. I’d been once before, and enjoyed it then too. But I’d gone in January, so it was a wee bit chilly, and dark. This time we were really lucky with the weather, … Continue reading →

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One Day

Posted on 02/09/2011 by admin

This is the film based on the book One Day by David Nichols. I thoroughly enjoyed the book, but as always, feel that very rarely can anyone do justice to a book in a film adaptation. The story starts off … Continue reading →

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