Movie of the Week (belated): Cabin in the Woods

So this would have been movie of the week, but for some reason it came and went at the local Cineworld before we had chance to see it - a victim of coming out at the same time as a slew of other good movies and we waited too long and missed it. So I had to order the DVD and it arrived on Wednesday.

Without giving the game away this is a difficult movie to review, but I will say that it is not what you expect it to be - which is Good. On the surface it looks like a teen-gore-friends-trapped-in-remote-location type of movie. Well, it is and it isn't. Joss Whedon co-wrote and produced this, so expect the unexpected and the rather strange twist.

Also expect to see some of the Joss Wherdon regulars turning up. A tiny role for Tom Lenk, a slightly larger role for Amy Acker and a major role for Fran Kranz (Topher from Doll House) as the spaced-out Marty. There's Chris Hemsworth, too (I think this was filmed before Thor even though it was not released until afterwards) but Fran Kranz definitely stole the show if not the beauty contest.

Well worth seeing.

Book Log 45/2012 - Leda Swann: Stand and Deliver

After all the fuss about 50 Shades - which I refuse to read on the grounds that I'm not enticed by Twilight fanfic with the serial numbers filed off - I figured I should try some erotic fiction and plumped for a random title as recommended on Book View Cafe.

Result? A slight historical fiction story about a highwayman and an innkeeper's daughter. Yes there was a plot and yes there was sex, neither element particularly outstanding, but though it was competently written and reasonably well researched historically I found myself with little enthusiasm to read more of the same.

I'm trying to work out why. Maybe, though there was (plenty of) explicit sex I didn't find it particularly erotic. I found it sexy but not sensual. And I think that's something that's entirely down to personal perceptions.