roddglenn

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Kehs! Glad Sinema made a lasting impression on you.

The books that I tend to re-read are I Am Legend by Richard Matherson, The Hobbit and LOTRs trilogy and The War of the Worlds by H G Wells.

Welcome aboard! Please keep your hands inside the car at all times. Scream if you want to go faster!

Welcome aboard! They're a lovely bunch here.

My favourites are Phantoms, Twilight Eyes and Mr Murder. I have enjoyed most of his books, but some are certainly better than others and generally I have preferred his earlier books (writing with the 'R') than his later ones.

I've just read the news that science fiction visionary Arthur C Clarke passed away. In my eyes he was quite literally a time traveller and lifted the imaginations of millions. Rest in Peace, Arthur

Sting taught at my high school but it was a few years before I started there. Alan Shearer was a couple of years above me and Donna Air was a year above me both in the same high school. When I went on to Theatre & Performing Arts College one of my drama teachers was Jimmy Nail's sister. A friend of mine also used to go to school with Daniel Craig. She nearly had a heart attack when she saw him in his first major role in Tomb Raider.

I watched In the Valley of Elah the other night. Tommy Lee Jones and Susan Sarandon find out that their son has gone AWOL (absent without leave) from the army shortly after returning home from a tour of duty in Iraq. The story weaves an intricate web of mystery around this basic premise and keeps you guessing all the way through and makes excellent use of garbled video clips found on the son's mobile phone. I drew some similarities with No Country for Old Men, not just in both films having some of the same cast (Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin and Barry Corbin). The film had a similar quiet brooding about it and also used minimal use of music throughout (although obviously more than No Country which only had end credits music). Jones played a similar character too, quiet, knowledgeable, authoritative, sad and quite lonely (despite being married to Susan Sarandon). His acting was as always impeccable - standout scenes were talking on the phone to Sarandon and having to tell her about their son and also his two visits to the morgue -one on his own and the second time with Sarandon. Sarandon gave a solid performance too, along with Charlize Theron and the rest of the supporting cast (including Jason Patric, James Franco and those already mentioned). Overall an excellent film and one for the collection.

I'm only watching Ashes to Ashes and Jericho at the moment regularly on TV. Both absolutely brilliant.

Welcome, Miss_M!

Welcome aboard - everyone's really friendly here!