Stardust

Caught this on Saturday. Must say I'm pretty disappointed. The first half an hour had quite nice concepts before it degenerated into another Harry Potter rip-off, complete with ghosts and jaded-looking magic. Claire Danes also looked pretty old in this. Must be her plucked eyebrows. Charlie Cox doesn't do much here also except act laddy. The De Niro cameo is a bit superfluous as well, nothing much except a rehash of what he did in Analyze This/That and Meet the Parents/Fockers.

Angel Guts : High School Co-Ed

Mainly got this cos Mandi Apple recommended the series on her site - Snowblood Apple. Pretty boring as well. Plays like a cross between some Jack Nicholson exploitation biker movie and a really crap pinku (Japanese porn). Mainly about rape, although not as shocking or brutal as, say, I Spit on Your Grave. Cover warning "Contains scenes of sexual violence which may offend many viewers" is kinda crap false advertising as well.

Some books I got at a warehouse sale:-

Paradise Lost - John Milton - Been meaning to read this for years. A nice companion piece to Dante's Commedia, I should think.

The Rough Guide to Reggae - Interesting book although only the recount of historical lineage is interesting. The reviews are hardly spot-on or concise. It misses out Black Uhuru's Anthem (one of my fave ragga albums), all the Trojan Bob Marley releases and states that Burning Spear uses "jazz improvisational vocals". Huh?

Scar Tissue - Anthony Kiedis - Mainly got this cos my fren was taken aback by his wild lifestyle and recommended it to me.

Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux - Got this just because I'm heavily into the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, actually.

The Who - Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere - Chronicles 1958-1978 - Basically a tour and recording diary. Got this mainly because of the huge price discrepancy (a 90% discount) and the cool photos.

The Book of Angels - Ruth Thompson - Got some crappy art, but otherwise, got it cos it lists Lucifer Morningstar as an Angel (which he was, anyway).