Great weekend spent at Sorrento with Michelle. Although it rained a bit, we still went for a lengthy walk to the beach, ate lots of food and had a top time. I don't mind the rain on holidays, gives you a good excuse to stay in and watch DVDs. Which we did. Watched the entire first season of 'Damages'. What a great show. It's not a show that I had heard much about but I now rate it highly. It's essentially a murder mystery pretending to be a legal drama and it's addictive, quality television. The cast is outstanding and it's stunningly shot, there's this great consistent style to it, particularly in the use of colour. Check it out.

'Schizopolis' (1996) directed by Steven Soderbergh

Pretty much an experimental film, I was quite captivated by it. It's funny and bizarre and I just liked the sense of freedom it possessed. It's as though Soderbergh isn't constricted by any rules in terms of conventional filmmaking here, it's more of a stream of consciousness type thing. A bit like a dream. Pretty inspiring actually.

'Casablanca' (1942) directed by Michael Curtiz

A classic that I've been meaning to watch for ages. I really liked it, partly because I really like watching Humphrey Bogart films. There's this great sense of place in this film, there's this place created which is almost fantasy, but is still based in reality. Really interesting dynamics between all the characters too, even the minor characters still add a lot to the film.