Vultures - a play by Roy Williams

Vultures - a play by Roy Williams
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead 2010
Stars Nadine Marshall as Yvette and Sean Gallagher as Sean.
An angry young man hates the fact that people assume he’s just another white working-class waster, and sets out to feel like somebody.

Lacked any real depth or suspense for me. Though there were aspects that rang true it did seemed very run of the mill/predictable.

Novel: The Last of the Mohicans

Novel: The Last of the Mohicans
After reading Mark Twain's 'Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses' I began to read The Last of the Mohicans. I'd seen the Daniel Day Lewis film but never read the novel. Could Twain be right about Fenimore Cooper?

After four chapters I'm, still enjoying the novel, not all all noticing the 'offences' Twain referred to.

Film: The Singing Detective (2003)

Loved Mel Gibson's performance!

Novel: Michael Ondaatje’s Anil’s Ghost (2000)

Happily, after a series of disasppointing reads, I've settled on this novel. True, I'm only on p18, but I've been captivated from the start. Long may it continue.

The novels follows the life of Anil Tissera, a native Sri Lankan who left to study in the United States on a scholarship, during which time she has become a forensic anthropologist. She returns to Sri Lanka in the midst of its civil war as part of a Human Rights Investigation by the United Nations. Anil, along with archaeologist Sarath Diyasena, discovers the skeleton of a recently burned victim in a government area. With the help of Sarath, Anil sets out to identify the skeleton, nicknamed Sailor, and bring about justice for the nameless victims of the war.

Novel: Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan 1954

Bonjour Tristesse (Hello Sadness) was published when the author was only 18. It was an overnight sensation. I can't think why.

Thankfully it was very short.

I found it cold, calculting and empty.

Film: The Kite Runner (2007)

The Kite Runner is based on the 2003 novel by Khaled Hosseini.
It reminded me of Persepolis (Iran Revolution) and The Lemon Trees (Jews vs Palestinians)

I cried my eyes out!

Powerful stuff!

Film: Hancock (2008)

Hancock is a 2008 American action-comedy film directed by Peter Berg and starring Will Smith, Jason Bateman, and Charlize Theron. The story was originally written by Vincent Ngo in 1996.

The film tells the story of a vigilante superhero, John Hancock (Smith) from Los Angeles whose reckless actions routinely cost the city millions of dollars. Eventually one person he saves, Ray Embrey (Bateman), makes it his mission to change Hancock's public image for the better.

An excellent film! Good job Will Smith!