The Solitude of Prime Numbers is a hauntingly beautiful story about two lost souls searching for happiness. The main characters Alice and Mattia are both scarred (mentally and physically) from childhood traumas, and when the two meet as teenagers, they recognize in each other a kindred, damaged spirit.
The Solitude of Prime Numbers is the debut novel of Italian physicist Paolo Giordano, and with this novel he has put his name on the literary map – he is also the youngest-ever winner of Italy’s literary award.
The novel is unique for its content and in the way it’s written. Giordano has a unique style, giving the most important facts but abstaining from over describing them; a style which leaves the reader trying to comprehend the story as it unfolds. Granted, sometimes you’re left wondering, and in this case there are hints there to help.
(Pirate Radio, Hot Fuzz), Emily Blunt (
The Young Victoria, Sunshine Cleaning), Rupert Grint (
Harry Potter, Cherry Bomb), Eileen Atkins (
Cold Mountain, What a Girl Wants), Martin Freeman (
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Love Actually), and Rupert Everett (
My Best Friend’s Wedding, Stardust).
The film is based on the 1993 French film
Cible Emouvante and is about Victor (Bill Nighy) who’s a solitary assassin in his early fifties working in London. He’s hired to kill a thief, Rose (Emily Blunt), but he finds her intriguing, so he spares her life and along the way unexpectedly gains a young apprentice, Tony (Rupert Grint). Rose believes Victor is a private detective, so she hires him to protect her for a week, and they bring Tony along as well. All the while they are trying to run from Victor’s unhappy client, Ferguson (Rupert Everett), and his newly hired assassin, Dixon (Martin Freeman). Hilarity ensues as Victor tries to cope with his new companions and both Ro
This fall season has seen a string of blockbusters hitting theatres. One of the most recent is
RED, an action-comedy film, based on a three-issue comic book limited series of the same name. The all-star cast includes Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Karl Urban and a surprise cameo from Richard Dreyfuss. The film itself is surprisingly hilarious and full of gun firing action.
With so many big names in the film you’d think egos would collide, but the cast worked well together – as if they really were old friends. The plot revolves around Bruce Willis, who plays Frank Moses, a retired black-ops CIA agent (hence “RED,” which stands for retired, extremely dangerous). Moses, upon forming a relationship with a pension customer service agent, Sarah, played by Mary-Louise Parker, gets targeted for assassination. A journey to find his old team-mates ensues, including Morgan Freeman, who’s in a retirement home, John Malkovich, who’s