Stardust – Film review June 19, 2008

5*s

How on earth can I describe Stardust!? A star studded film, Ian Mckellen narrates, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Sienna Miller and Charlie Cox star. I have to admit I do like most films, but this one stands out a million miles. I absolutely adored the magical story line, and the characters were all wonderful. It tells the story of ”shop boy” Tristan (Charlie Cox) from english town “Wall”, who is discovered to be the heir to the throne of the magical land behind “the wall”. He finds a fallen star, the beautiful Yvaine (Claire Danes) and they fall in love on their journey fleeing from witch Lamia (Michelle Pfeiffer) who wants to kill Yvaine and eat her heart to achieve ever lasting youth for herself and her sisters. I wish I had read the book first, but all the same this absolutely divine film is now one of my all time favourites, and I will definately buy it on DVD. You must watch it yourself, I’m having trouble finding the words! Enjoy!

Louis De Bernieres – A Partisan’s Daughter – Book Review June 12, 2008

I was really excited about this book, the newest addition to the section of my bookcase dedicated to one of my all time favourite authors, Louis de Bernieres. Needless to say my expectations were high, which is probably why I was slightly disappointed by A Partisan’s Daughter. It is a love story between two rather odd characters, which is usually my sort of thing. Unfortunately I found it hard to like either of the protagonists, and while I enjoyed the informative side of it (lots of accounts of Russian history), the story is quite short (I got through it in an afternoon) and I was left wondering if I might have missed something. There are definately good bits, some of it is pretty funny and some of the stories told within the story are quite touching (some in a shocking way!). Basically, it hasn’t nearly over taken Captain Corelli’s Mandolin or Birds Without Wings in my esteem, but if you’re looking for something short and different, go for it.