So these are the movies and books I watched or read last year:* indicates a film I had seen already
the books I read

36 films that were new to me, been to the cinema three times ("The Hedgehog", "The King's Speech", "HP Deathly Hallows 2"), 40 re-watches; the most fun of all new ones was "Downton Abbey" and "The King's Speech"
20 books (all read for ( Read more... )

I just read a wonderful story on the "FemGenFicathon" that is a Lady Cora's POV view at her 3 daughters and her mother-in-law: Spare the Rod

http://mrstater.livejournal.com/469006.html?view=7236878#t7236878

Just the thing to indulge in while waiting for the new series!

Adding a springtime_gen  fic to the recommendations popping up on my flist: if you could not help but wonder how Kreacher reacted to the Trio not coming back from their Ministry adventure (I did.... a lot !), then read this fic that tells his story: from the great battle of Hogwarts backwards to that fateful evening!
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So the year has come to its end: Time to check on my record of the films I watched 2010. If it is a film I rewatched, I marked it with a *  -  and I did always mention, why I watched it; if I watched in German (the movies which were not filmed in English, or seeing it at the local cinema), I gave the German title.

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Dame Judi Dench is expected to star in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel with Maggie Smith

Best friends Judi Dench and Maggie Smith are in negotiations to star together in a film about pensioners outsourced to an old British Raj town.

The two stars, or 'the girls', as some in the theatre call them, are hoping to appear in John Madden's film The ( Read more... )

07: Song that reminds you of HP

"Pale" by "Within Temptation": this is perfect for Harry in "Deathly Hallows", isn't it ?

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All my best wishes are for Maggie on her 75 th birthday today!

With these collages I look back on her film-characters of more than 50 years...


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