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Grand PanjandrumSteve Gadd

Member since December 2001

Last login on 22 November 2009


books

The Cuckoo's Egg   by Cliff Stoll, 402 pages
Steve Gadd   22 November 2009



Maus   by Art Spiegelman, 296 pages
Steve Gadd   16 November 2009



Great Mambo Chicken And The Transhuman Condition   by Ed Regis, 289 pages
Steve Gadd   10 November 2009



The Return of the Native   by Thomas Hardy, 468 pages
Steve Gadd   27 October 2009



Right Ho, Jeeves   by P. G. Wodehouse, 224 pages
Steve Gadd   19 October 2009



Travels with Charley in Search of America   by John Steinbeck, 224 pages
Steve Gadd   18 October 2009



Escape from the Deep   by Alex Kershaw, 288 pages
Steve Gadd   09 October 2009



Fight Club   by Chuck Palahniuk, 224 pages
Steve Gadd   28 September 2009

Lessons learned: The movie can be better than the book, when the book is written like a screenplay. There's no line so good that it can't be used three or four times. It's still possible to use four-letter words like "butt wipe" without sounding lame.

Brideshead Revisited (audio)   by Evelyn Waugh, 351 pages
Steve Gadd   11 September 2009

Though it was a set of ten CDs and the book read aloud by Jeremy Irons, I am counting the pages I would have clocked with the paperback.

The Unthinkable (audio)   by Amanda Ripley, 288 pages
Steve Gadd   28 August 2009

[audio]


movies

After the Wedding *******---
Steve Gadd   DVD   12 November 2009

Our first Netflick.

The International ****------
Steve Gadd   DVD   11 June 2009

The glossy international scenes and shootout at the Guggenheim fail to make up for the synthetic story and wooden performances.

Michael Clayton *******---
Steve Gadd   Flexplay DVD   04 April 2009

Seven stars for the movie, which was nothing less or more than expected. And a 9.5 for the Flexplay DVD format. For the price of a rental, you get a pristine unscratched disc and two days to watch it, with nothing to return. The only downside is the barebones menu with no extras.

The Visitor ********--
Steve Gadd   DVD   29 March 2009



Happy Go Lucky ******----
Steve Gadd   DVD   28 March 2009



The Wrestler ******----
Steve Gadd   Fairfax Regal Cinemas   13 March 2009

Nothing really bad about the movie, but not all that much going for it either.

Charlie Wilson's War *******---
Steve Gadd   DVD   03 March 2009



Eşkıya ****------
Steve Gadd   bittorrent cinema   31 January 2009

The best parts were the makings of a watchable film; can't quite make out how the rest got in.

Slumdog Millionaire *******---
Steve Gadd   Regal Countryside Cinema   16 January 2009



Ghost Town ******----
Steve Gadd   DVD at home   31 December 2008