The Cave of the Yellow Dog

A gentle story told with superb style.
Populated by real people and the spectacular plains of Mongolia.
Prepare yourself before watching, make sure you are relaxed and ready to savour the pace of this glorious film.

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Sue Townsend: The Woman who Went to Bed for a Year

According to the blurb surrounding this book, the publishers owe me a cheque - I didn't laugh once.
To be truthful I couldn't be bothered to reach the end, it was that uninteresting. Perhaps trying to be too funny about things that are not even amusing but rather sad and bleak and never poignant. Avoid
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Days of Glory

Terrific film. Watched on an iPod which obviously lost a lot in some of the big scenes so it would be even better on a big screen. Great story-telling treading on the right side of truth without being either maudlin or brutal about war and the fate of the Algerian troops.
Go out of your way to see this one.
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Khaled Hosseini: The Kite Runner

Often quite brutal in its depiction of events in Afganistan; whether factual of not, they only succeed in making the book appear lopsided - bleak and negative. Supposed to be a story of redemption but it descended too far into the darkness for me, I could not crawl back into the light.
Regardless of its subject matter, the craft of the writing is seriously impressive carrying both authority and authenticity  of an autobiography despite it being fiction.
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I'm a Cyborg, but that's OK

Seriously quirky and bizarre
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Scanners

Goodness, I first got this on VHS secretly bringing it home so the wife wouldn't see it. Very much of its time and unfortunately it has not survived the passing years too well; looks rather dated nowadays.
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Party Monster

Pretty dire stuff. I really could not relate to these bizarre characters and got bored half way through. Grotesque - as intended.
Seth Green's excellent performance was its only saving grace.
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