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2010 Post : a brand new year of Geekery.
2009 post is over here.
Movies
Home :
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) - Peter Webber ***
Hamlet (2009) - Gregory Doran ****
The Ruby in the Smoke (2006) - Brian Percival ***
The Shadow in the North (2007) - John Alexander ***
Willow (1988) - Ron Howard ***
Enchanted (2007) - Kevin Lima ***
Brunch of the Living Dead (2006) - Dan Dujnic ***** (like srsly)
The Covenant (2006) - Renny Harlin * (for the pool scene)
Twatlight (2008) - Catherine Hardwicke * (I feel even moar entitled. Twas lulzy tho)
New Moon (2009) - Chris Weitz * (even moar ridic than the 1st one, eh)
Get Smart (2008) - Peter Segal ***
Zombieland (2009) - Ruben Fleischer *****
Empire of the Sun (1987) - Steven Spielberg *****
Nowhere Boy (2009)- Sam Taylor Wood *****
(500) Days of Summer (2009) - Marc Webb *****
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) - Jim Sharman ****
Blades of Glory (2007) - Josh Gordon/Will Speck ****
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008) - Gurinder Chadha ** (but one speshul * for AARON)
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008) - Peter Sollett ****
Bunny and the Bull (2009) - Paul King ****
Boy A (2007) - John Crowley *****
Toy Story (1995) - John Lasseter ****
Toy Story 2 (1999) - John Lasseter ***
Beyond the Pole (2009) - David L. Williams ***
Creation (2009) - Jon Amiel ***
Funny Games (2007) - Michael Aneke ****
Smiley Face (2007) - Gregg Araki ****
Flashdance (1983) - Adrian Lyne ***
Worried About The Boy (2010) - Julian Jarrold ****
Hawking (2004) - Philip Martin ****
Fight Club (1999) - David Fincher *****
Lennon Naked (2010) - Edmund Coulthard ***
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) - Justin Chadwick ***
Neverland (2004) - Marc Forster ***
Up (2009) - Pete Docter & Bob Peterson *****
Moon (2009) - Duncan Jones *****
Four Lions (2010) - Chris Morris *****
Love Actually (2003) - Richard Curtis *****
Tron (1982) - Steven Lisberger ***
Cherrybomb (2009) - Lisa Barros D'Sa/Glenn Layburn ****
Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Edgar Wright *****
Hot Fuzz (2007) - Edgar Wright *****
Cinema :
Bright Star (2009) - Jane Campion ***1/2
Whip It (2009) - Drew Barrymore ***
Avatar (2009) - James Cameron ***
Up in the Air (2009) - Jason Reitman ****
Sherlock Holmes (2009) - Guy Ritchie *****
I Love You, Phillip Morris (2009) - Glenn Ficarra & John Requa *****
Brothers (2009) - Jim Sheridan ****
Valentine's Day (2010) - Garry Marshall *
A Single Man (2009) - Tom Ford *************************
The Ghost Writer (2010) - Roman Polanski ***
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) - Grant Heslov ***
Alice in Wonderland (2010) - Tim Burton **
New York, I Love You (2009) - Various ***
How To Train Your Dragon (2010) - Dean DeBlois/Chris Sanders *****
Kick-Ass (2010) - Matthew Vaughn *****
Iron Man 2 (2010) - Jon Favreau ***
Date Night (2010) - Shawn Levy ****
Prince of Persia : The Sand of Time (2010) - Mike Newell * (WTF Gyllenhaal ?!)
The A-Team (2010) - Joe Carnahan **1/2
Wild Target (2010) - Jonathan Lynn *****
Tamara Drewe (2010) - Stephen Frears **
Inception (2010) - Christopher Nolan ****
Toy Story 3 (2010) - Lee Unkrich *****
Chatroom (2010) - Hideo Nakata ***
Youth In Revolt (2009) - Miguel Arteta ****
Twelve (2010) - Joel Schumacher * (but 5 stars performance from Billy Magnussen <3)
Get Him To The Greek (2010) - Nicholas Stoller *****
The Runaways (2010) Floria Sigismondi ****
Kaboom (2010) - Gregg Araki ****
Going The Distance (2010) - Nanette Burstein *
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) - Zach Snyder ****
The Social Network (2010) - David Fincher ****
Charlie St. Cloud (2010) - Burr Steers *
Due Date (2010) - Todd Phillips ***
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 (2010) - David Yates *****
Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (2010) - Edgar Wright *****
Tangled (2010) - Nathan Greno/Byron Howard ****
Monsters (2010) - Gareth Edwards **
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) - Michael Apted **
Tron: Legacy (2010) - Joseph Kosinski ***1/2
Books
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Writer's Tale : The Final Chapter by Russell T Davies & Ben Cook
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
Scott Pilgrim 1-6 by Brian Lee O'Mailley (comics)
Kick-Ass by Mark Millar & John Romita Jr (comics)
The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood
How to survive a horror movie by Seth Grahame-Smith
Doctor Who - Nuclear Time by Oli Smith
Nerds Do Well - Simon Pegg by Simon Pegg
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Harry Potter and the Philosopher'stone by JK Rowling
TV
Doctor Who, Being Human, Law & Order : UK, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, The Thick of It, Party Animals, Ashes to Ashes, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Hero Corp, the IT Crowd, Merlin, The Inbetweeners, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Misfits
ATWT (the Nuke bits), Criminal Minds, Glee, Dollhouse, Chuck, House, Community, How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, The Office, Legend of the Seeker, Supernatural, Criminal Minds, That 70's Show, Gossip Girl, Queer as Folk (US), The L Word
Doctor Who Old Skool :
Two era : The War Games
Three era : Spearhead From Space, The Three Doctors, Frontier in Space
Be Good Johnny Weir, Derren Brown Investigates / Hero at 30.000 feet, Russell Brand - Scandalous, Fry and Laurie Reunited, The Mighty Boosh on Tour: Journey of the Childmen
Shows watched for the first time : Alles Was Zälht (the Deniz/Roman bits), Verbotene Liebe (The Ollian story), Hollyoaks (The McDean story, Ste & Bren), Emmerdale (Aaron'story), Pulse, Caprica, True Blood, Mad Men, Sherlock, Grandma's House, Him and Her, Hellcats, Boardwalk Empire, Running Wilde, Raising Hope, Single Father, Lip Service, The Walking Dead
Music
Glee cast
Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
Florence + The Machine - Lungs
Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
Arcade Fire - Funeral // Neon Bible
Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More
Lostprophets - The Betrayed
The XX - XX
Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Up From Below
White Lies - To Lose My Life
Mystery Jets - Making Dens // Serotonin
Scissor Sisters - Night Work
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend // Contra
Chameleon Circuit - Chameleon Circuit
Murray Gold - Doctor Who series 5 soundtrack
Daft Punk - Tron Legacy soundtrack
Foals - Antidotes // Total Life Forever
Events
1 Jan Ten made me cry for the first time this year and regenerated into an adorably dorky boyish chap with girly hair.
8 Feb Kasabian gig at l'Olympia. They rocked liek a rocking thing ! Just like last year.
20 Feb Cobra Starship gig at the Trabendo. Twas silly and super fun.
24 Mar IAMX gig at the Trabendo.
17 Apr The Prodigy gig at the Zenith.
26 Apr Lostprophets gig at the Bataclan. Fell in love with them all over again !
12-17 May AWESOME MINI TRIP TO SCOTLAND (Edinburgh + Glasgow) WITH MY HALF BRAIN![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fairy_bliss TO SEE FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS LIVE. THEY WERE BRILLIANT AND HILARIOUS.
21 May Watched the finale episode of Ashes to Ashes live on the BBC. Cried buckets ! I will miss them all so much it's not even funny *clings*
29 May Heaven in Hell : a Supernatural convention. My first taste of a french convention with Misha Collins, Alona Tal and Traci Dinwiddie. They were all awesome and it wasn't bad !
12 Jun Muse at the Stade de France.
16 Jun Florence + The Machines at the Olympia. Cray cray fantastic !
4 July Scissor Sisters at the Bataclan in unbearable heat ! Lots of people (including the singer) were half naked tho so there was that.
10 July Luke and Noah in Paris II. OMG. There's a before and after this. I talked about it at length over here.
5-11 Aug Trip to Irland withfairy_bliss which was TOTALLY AWESOME !
28 Aug Rock en Seine - Stereophonics, Two Door Cinema Club, Queen of the Stone Age and Massive Attack !
24 Sept Mumford & Sons at the Trabendo - one of this year's best gig !
9 Oct Pendulum at the Elysée Montmartre - INTENSE
11 Oct The Wombats at the Point Ephemere - very cosy and informal XD
31 Oct Planet Babylon con with Randy Harrison
13-15 Nov London weekend - Design For Living with Andrew Scott / The Children's Monologue with Benedict Cumberbitch, Eddie Redmayne and more! <3
17 Nov Vampire Weekend at the Zenith - it rocked <3
18 Nov Adam Lamber at the Trabendo - SEXAAAYYY
17 Dec The White Lies / The Vaccines / Iliketrains gig at the Flèche d'Or excellent gig for a very cheap price !
27 Dec - 2 Jan London week of AWESOMENESS (Tron - Deathtrap - Edgar Wright signing - Wicked - NYE Fireworks - Season's Greetings)
Movies
Home :
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) - Peter Webber ***
Hamlet (2009) - Gregory Doran ****
The Ruby in the Smoke (2006) - Brian Percival ***
The Shadow in the North (2007) - John Alexander ***
Willow (1988) - Ron Howard ***
Enchanted (2007) - Kevin Lima ***
Brunch of the Living Dead (2006) - Dan Dujnic ***** (like srsly)
The Covenant (2006) - Renny Harlin * (for the pool scene)
Twatlight (2008) - Catherine Hardwicke * (I feel even moar entitled. Twas lulzy tho)
New Moon (2009) - Chris Weitz * (even moar ridic than the 1st one, eh)
Get Smart (2008) - Peter Segal ***
Zombieland (2009) - Ruben Fleischer *****
Empire of the Sun (1987) - Steven Spielberg *****
Nowhere Boy (2009)- Sam Taylor Wood *****
(500) Days of Summer (2009) - Marc Webb *****
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) - Jim Sharman ****
Blades of Glory (2007) - Josh Gordon/Will Speck ****
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008) - Gurinder Chadha ** (but one speshul * for AARON)
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008) - Peter Sollett ****
Bunny and the Bull (2009) - Paul King ****
Boy A (2007) - John Crowley *****
Toy Story (1995) - John Lasseter ****
Toy Story 2 (1999) - John Lasseter ***
Beyond the Pole (2009) - David L. Williams ***
Creation (2009) - Jon Amiel ***
Funny Games (2007) - Michael Aneke ****
Smiley Face (2007) - Gregg Araki ****
Flashdance (1983) - Adrian Lyne ***
Worried About The Boy (2010) - Julian Jarrold ****
Hawking (2004) - Philip Martin ****
Fight Club (1999) - David Fincher *****
Lennon Naked (2010) - Edmund Coulthard ***
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) - Justin Chadwick ***
Neverland (2004) - Marc Forster ***
Up (2009) - Pete Docter & Bob Peterson *****
Moon (2009) - Duncan Jones *****
Four Lions (2010) - Chris Morris *****
Love Actually (2003) - Richard Curtis *****
Tron (1982) - Steven Lisberger ***
Cherrybomb (2009) - Lisa Barros D'Sa/Glenn Layburn ****
Shaun of the Dead (2004) - Edgar Wright *****
Hot Fuzz (2007) - Edgar Wright *****
Cinema :
Bright Star (2009) - Jane Campion ***1/2
Whip It (2009) - Drew Barrymore ***
Avatar (2009) - James Cameron ***
Up in the Air (2009) - Jason Reitman ****
Sherlock Holmes (2009) - Guy Ritchie *****
I Love You, Phillip Morris (2009) - Glenn Ficarra & John Requa *****
Brothers (2009) - Jim Sheridan ****
Valentine's Day (2010) - Garry Marshall *
A Single Man (2009) - Tom Ford *************************
The Ghost Writer (2010) - Roman Polanski ***
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) - Grant Heslov ***
Alice in Wonderland (2010) - Tim Burton **
New York, I Love You (2009) - Various ***
How To Train Your Dragon (2010) - Dean DeBlois/Chris Sanders *****
Kick-Ass (2010) - Matthew Vaughn *****
Iron Man 2 (2010) - Jon Favreau ***
Date Night (2010) - Shawn Levy ****
Prince of Persia : The Sand of Time (2010) - Mike Newell * (WTF Gyllenhaal ?!)
The A-Team (2010) - Joe Carnahan **1/2
Wild Target (2010) - Jonathan Lynn *****
Tamara Drewe (2010) - Stephen Frears **
Inception (2010) - Christopher Nolan ****
Toy Story 3 (2010) - Lee Unkrich *****
Chatroom (2010) - Hideo Nakata ***
Youth In Revolt (2009) - Miguel Arteta ****
Twelve (2010) - Joel Schumacher * (but 5 stars performance from Billy Magnussen <3)
Get Him To The Greek (2010) - Nicholas Stoller *****
The Runaways (2010) Floria Sigismondi ****
Kaboom (2010) - Gregg Araki ****
Going The Distance (2010) - Nanette Burstein *
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) - Zach Snyder ****
The Social Network (2010) - David Fincher ****
Charlie St. Cloud (2010) - Burr Steers *
Due Date (2010) - Todd Phillips ***
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 (2010) - David Yates *****
Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (2010) - Edgar Wright *****
Tangled (2010) - Nathan Greno/Byron Howard ****
Monsters (2010) - Gareth Edwards **
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) - Michael Apted **
Tron: Legacy (2010) - Joseph Kosinski ***1/2
Books
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Writer's Tale : The Final Chapter by Russell T Davies & Ben Cook
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
Scott Pilgrim 1-6 by Brian Lee O'Mailley (comics)
Kick-Ass by Mark Millar & John Romita Jr (comics)
The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood
How to survive a horror movie by Seth Grahame-Smith
Doctor Who - Nuclear Time by Oli Smith
Nerds Do Well - Simon Pegg by Simon Pegg
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Harry Potter and the Philosopher'stone by JK Rowling
TV
Doctor Who, Being Human, Law & Order : UK, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, The Thick of It, Party Animals, Ashes to Ashes, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Hero Corp, the IT Crowd, Merlin, The Inbetweeners, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Misfits
ATWT (the Nuke bits), Criminal Minds, Glee, Dollhouse, Chuck, House, Community, How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, The Office, Legend of the Seeker, Supernatural, Criminal Minds, That 70's Show, Gossip Girl, Queer as Folk (US), The L Word
Doctor Who Old Skool :
Two era : The War Games
Three era : Spearhead From Space, The Three Doctors, Frontier in Space
Be Good Johnny Weir, Derren Brown Investigates / Hero at 30.000 feet, Russell Brand - Scandalous, Fry and Laurie Reunited, The Mighty Boosh on Tour: Journey of the Childmen
Shows watched for the first time : Alles Was Zälht (the Deniz/Roman bits), Verbotene Liebe (The Ollian story), Hollyoaks (The McDean story, Ste & Bren), Emmerdale (Aaron'story), Pulse, Caprica, True Blood, Mad Men, Sherlock, Grandma's House, Him and Her, Hellcats, Boardwalk Empire, Running Wilde, Raising Hope, Single Father, Lip Service, The Walking Dead
Music
Glee cast
Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
Florence + The Machine - Lungs
Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
Arcade Fire - Funeral // Neon Bible
Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More
Lostprophets - The Betrayed
The XX - XX
Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Up From Below
White Lies - To Lose My Life
Mystery Jets - Making Dens // Serotonin
Scissor Sisters - Night Work
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend // Contra
Chameleon Circuit - Chameleon Circuit
Murray Gold - Doctor Who series 5 soundtrack
Daft Punk - Tron Legacy soundtrack
Foals - Antidotes // Total Life Forever
Events
1 Jan Ten made me cry for the first time this year and regenerated into an adorably dorky boyish chap with girly hair.
8 Feb Kasabian gig at l'Olympia. They rocked liek a rocking thing ! Just like last year.
20 Feb Cobra Starship gig at the Trabendo. Twas silly and super fun.
24 Mar IAMX gig at the Trabendo.
17 Apr The Prodigy gig at the Zenith.
26 Apr Lostprophets gig at the Bataclan. Fell in love with them all over again !
12-17 May AWESOME MINI TRIP TO SCOTLAND (Edinburgh + Glasgow) WITH MY HALF BRAIN
fairy_bliss TO SEE FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS LIVE. THEY WERE BRILLIANT AND HILARIOUS.21 May Watched the finale episode of Ashes to Ashes live on the BBC. Cried buckets ! I will miss them all so much it's not even funny *clings*
29 May Heaven in Hell : a Supernatural convention. My first taste of a french convention with Misha Collins, Alona Tal and Traci Dinwiddie. They were all awesome and it wasn't bad !
12 Jun Muse at the Stade de France.
16 Jun Florence + The Machines at the Olympia. Cray cray fantastic !
4 July Scissor Sisters at the Bataclan in unbearable heat ! Lots of people (including the singer) were half naked tho so there was that.
10 July Luke and Noah in Paris II. OMG. There's a before and after this. I talked about it at length over here.
5-11 Aug Trip to Irland with
fairy_bliss which was TOTALLY AWESOME !28 Aug Rock en Seine - Stereophonics, Two Door Cinema Club, Queen of the Stone Age and Massive Attack !
24 Sept Mumford & Sons at the Trabendo - one of this year's best gig !
9 Oct Pendulum at the Elysée Montmartre - INTENSE
11 Oct The Wombats at the Point Ephemere - very cosy and informal XD
31 Oct Planet Babylon con with Randy Harrison
13-15 Nov London weekend - Design For Living with Andrew Scott / The Children's Monologue with Benedict Cumberbitch, Eddie Redmayne and more! <3
17 Nov Vampire Weekend at the Zenith - it rocked <3
18 Nov Adam Lamber at the Trabendo - SEXAAAYYY
17 Dec The White Lies / The Vaccines / Iliketrains gig at the Flèche d'Or excellent gig for a very cheap price !
27 Dec - 2 Jan London week of AWESOMENESS (Tron - Deathtrap - Edgar Wright signing - Wicked - NYE Fireworks - Season's Greetings)