Happy New Year everyone! Welcome to 2015, hope your first day of the year was a good one. I've bid 2014 farewell with this random recap post. Boy it's been quite a busy year for me in terms of blogging and movie watching. According to WordPress' stats, this blog was viewed about 130,000 times in 2014. So …
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Special Collaborative Post: Recasting Jane Austen AdaptationPart II – Mansfield Park
Today I bring you the second one of our collaborative Austen Recasting Series with a fellow blogger, and fellow British actor aficionado, Anna from Defiant Success blog. The first one we did was Sense & Sensibility, this time we're tackling the screen adaptation of Mansfield Park. If you haven't read the book or seen any film adaptation …
FlixChatter Review – Need For Speed
I'm not a gamer, in fact I haven't played a video game in 2 years. But I have to admit I was a fan of the Need For Speed games back in my college years. So I was bit intrigued when Hollywood announced back in early 2000s that they were going to make a movie …
Weekend Roundup: Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter and Magic Mike review
This sweltering heat must be doing the cinemas some good as people want to cool off in the air-conditioned movie theaters. Whilst the last two weekends were dominated by movies targeted for kids (Brave, Madagascar 3), this time adults packed theaters to see two R-rated movies: Ted and Magic Mike. The former starring Mark Wahlberg …
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Five for the Fifth: 5 Random Questions for the 5th of August
Happy Friday the Fifth, everyone! I haven't been consistent with this supposedly monthly posting, as the last one was back in May, but I'm going to try to do this once a month (yeah I know, I said that last time, too :D) Well, the gist of the post is that I give five random …
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FlixChatter Review – Captain America: The First Avenger
This review is courtesy of Ivan Maramis... a.k.a. ze blogger's hubby 😀 When it was first announced that Captain America would be made into the big screen, I thought it was such a preposterous proposition. I know of the comic and am familiar enough to sum it up in a :30 second elevator pitch, but …
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Musings on An Education
Jenny, a sixteen-year-old straight-A student has her world turned upside down when she meet a worldly suitor, David, who seduces her with her glamorous lifestyle and charming existence. Set in early 60s London, both Jenny and her parents are in for ‘an education’ when David’s true nature is finally revealed. Though dealing with a disturbing …