Breakfast on Pluto

I can't stress enough how much I loved and enjoyed this film.

I found Cillian Murphy's portrayal of Patrick "Kitten" Murphy in a word fabulous. He had no trouble convincing me that he was exactly who he said he was and boy did he look fantastic doing it! Gavin Friday blew me away with his Glam rock hard man role, Brendan Gleeson as a Womble had me gasping for air I was laughing so hard and Liam Neeson as the priest with a heart and soul was a wonderful touch. But Cillian Murphy stole the show in every scene he appeared in. He was flawless, endearing, funny, loveable and likeable.

Go see it for yourself.

Homeland - Paul Mercier

There has been great excitement about the opening play in the Abbey's new season this year so I took myself off to see it at the weekend just to see what all the excitement is about!

Homeland is a modern adaption of the story of Óisín and Tír na Óg, in a very loose fashion. It's a very fast paced play and is only one act long and 90 minutes in length. But it is non stop rapid action from start to finish during that 90 minutes. The language and delivery is so quick and so full of information and story that I found myself at times really having to concentrate to make sure that I kept up with what was happening on stage. It was brilliant like a white knuckle ride in a fair and it was delivered by all on stage perfectly. If lines were missed of fluffed I certainly didn't notice.

The story tells the tale of how this country has degenerated due to the celtic tiger boom, development, spin and brown envelopes and if I talk anymore about it, it would just spoil the effect.

The Time Traveller's Wife

I first heard of this book on a radio advertisement when I was driving to the train station on the way back from my boyfriend's house at Christmas time. The ad made me howl with laughter and derision and I vowed never to read this book. Then I was purchasing some Christmas presents on Amazon this year and the book was on special offer for something like £4 and I decided oh what the hell I wonder how bad it really is!

I have to say I was more than pleasantly surprised! I loved this book. The premise sounds really crazy, I mean why should a book based around the idea that this guy time travels throughout his lifetime, a bit like that programme Quantum Leap without the sciencey bit if you will, be in any way credible? It may not have been likely but I accepted it!

The story is a love story, a very quirky love story, that spans Clare (the wife's life) from the age of 6 to 82. It's beautifully written and really captivating and I just didn't want it to end.

If you enjoy a good read, an interesting if quirky story and memorable characters then you have to read this one!

Wuthering Heights

This was my second time to read this classic novel by Emily Bronte, the first time I read it was well over ten years ago so I only had a vague memory of not liking Heathcliff very much when I started this story again.

On the second reading I reaffirmed with myself that I still don't like Heathcliff, I know he's tortured and misunderstood and unlucky in love but he's still a brute! And as for Cathy she was a spoilt little wretch wasn't she?

However and Hareton stole my heart and despite my dislike of the main characters I loved reading this book again. I loved the passion it stirred in me for the characters and the outcome and it has to be said that the story remains a timeless classic!