'Salem's Lot

'Salem's Lot wow what a ride. The first time I read this one was in boarding school and I was so scared that I have made two juniors to stay with me while I read it. I remember having hard time looking out the window at night and it stayed with me for a looooong time. This second reading was so delicious. It is still scary (probably works for my scare kinks) and more importantly it is excellent storytelling and good writing. I love Stephen King, especially the early Stephen King. The reader is excellent and this is one of those audiobooks that I ended up listening to in bed at night. 

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall yes, as soon as I have seen this on Netflix I knew that I was going to watch it again. It is not that good a film but I like the cast, Mila Kunis' "who cares" girl rom com personna (evident in Friends With Benefits too) and Hawaii - so .... 

Message In A Bottle

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Message In A Bottle turned out to be not as good as I remembered it. I love Kevin Costner of the nineties and he is amazing here. And Robin Wright looks and acts great. But they just don't work and I must have watched too many adapted Nicholas Sparks novels since I was not even heartbroken when good old Kevin died trying to save a woman and he was going back to Robin too, ready to get over the death of his wife and start over with Robin. Well it was not to be. Anyway I think the only real time this worked for me was in The Nights of Rodante (and probably because of my age). 

Monkey King, The Hero Is Back

Monkey King, The Hero Is Back turned out to be better than I expected. I have a soft spot for Monkey King (as the majority) the naughty supernatural being who puts himself into trouble despite his great superpowers. In this story he is released from 500 years of bondage (being naughty in the celestial world) and he helps out the people of a rural area to get rid of horrible mountain trolls, with the encouragement of a great child monk (whose family had died in the hands of those trolls) and another supernatural creature who looks like a hybrid pig (Monkey King had beaten him in the celestial mellee). I really liked it. 

Definitely, Maybe

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Definitely, Maybe well some actresses are not made for rom com. For some reason they just don't work. I think the reason I have not watched this rom com for such a long time is because neither of the three actress (who share equal screen time) are made for rom com and I don't find Ryan Reynolds attractive (yeah I know somethings wrong with me). They are all good, pretty and attractive with very good chemistry but they just don't work for the genre. Imagine this film with Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock and Meg Ryan - yes. It makes all the difference. Now I exclude Ryan Reynolds -despite not finding him attractive- from the three since he was fantastic with Sandra Bullock in The Proposal. Anyway I cried because of PMS but was not really impressed with this one. 

The Open House

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The Open House  Talent the magic that turns viewing/listening any art a joy. It is a mysterious component granted to some nasty people and not to some really nice people. I don't know which category the directors of The Open House falls through but Matt Angel and Suzanne Coote do not have any talent. They had all the adventages, financial backing of a solid establishment, a very good cast, great sets and locations and what to we have? A horror film dry as a bone. Seriously the whole thing was such a waste I wonder why Netflix is not more careful about what type of productions they put into their viewing platform. This was really bad. 

Worry Dolls

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Worry Dolls was the only horror film at hand so I gave it a go. It was fairly standart and not really memorable.