When I took a break from blogging, I hoped to spend some time watching films and reading. Unfortunately, a bout of severe Flu has meant no reading, but I have managed to watch a few films on DVD. This is the first one I am reviewing. (Historical characters, so spoilers do not apply) This film […]
Film Review: The Favourite (2018)
Sitting at home feeling like death warmed up makes you do things you might not usually consider doing. Like watching a film you might never have thought twice about any other time. Check the cast! Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Ryan Reynolds, Michael Pitt, and many more! This must be bloody good, right? […]
I don’t know if I ever told you guys this, but I live in an apartment building on the 12th floor. Now there are certain advantages and disadvantages to something like that. For one thing I have one of the best views one could think of. Especially with the fireworks at New Year’s Eve I […]
Hello everyone! I am back with another edition of The Couch Potato as we dig deeper into TV series! And this time it’s one that I couldn’t wait any longer to publish which is on this drama called Black. As always with my Couch Potato series this post would be a preview post on what […]
The Couch Potato – K-Drama review – Black (2017)
Not a movie today, but a TV series and equally as good. We recently watched Godless (2017) a one off series on Netflix consisting of 7 brilliant episodes and no second series, so a nice one to just enjoy with a beginning a middle and an end. The plot: (No spoilers as this one is […]
Eleven grew into a beautiful lady. If you’re a fan of the series Stranger Things, you probably know who Millie Bobby Brown is. I see Millie Bobby Brown as part of this new generation of great actors, her acting in Stranger Things was such a stand out performance, acting with little dialogue and mostly only […]
Finding The Moral Of The Story | Enola Holmes
Election (1999) Director – Alexander Payne (Nebraska) Cast – Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Delaney Driscoll Plot – Quietly spoken high school teacher Jim McAllister (Broderick) gets caught up in a fiesty school election featuring high achiever Tracy Flick (Witherspoon), football jock Paul Metzler (Klein) and his younger sister Tammy […]
Snowpiercer (2013) “Eternal order is prescribed by the sacred engine: all things flow from the sacred engine, all things in their place, all passengers in their section, all water flowing, all heat rising, pays homage to the sacred engine, in its own particular preordained position”. “A blockbuster production with a devilishly unpredictable plot”, says character Wilford in Snowpiercer. That is what this film, directed by Bong Joon-ho (Parasite) and based […]
I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020) Charlie Kaufman’s newest film is a psychological drama with elements of “magical realism”. In the story, one young woman (Jessie Buckley) travels in a snowstorm with her boyfriend Jake (Jesse Plemons) to meet his parents in their farmhouse. She is one eccentric and “artsy” person who is unsure of her […]
“I’m Thinking of Ending Things” Review
Hello everyone! Welcome to yet another TV Tuesday! This week I’m going to be talking all about season two of The Umbrella Academy.
Let’s Talk About… The Umbrella Academy Season Two
Well… I was originally planning to post my thoughts on my number five movie: The Matrix. But plans change. Honestly, I just haven’t had enough time to watch it and put down some thoughts while watching. So this is a fill in post so I can properly watch the movie for next Monday. If you […]
The Next Movie List – Decision Made
I love zombie movies, and I’m also a massive fan of Korean movies/dramas, so when the two are combined into one film, you know I have to watch it. #Alive (#살아있다 in Korean, pronounced “Salaissda,” meaning “live”) is a 2020 Korean movie following a young man stuck in his apartment when a zombie apocalypse begins. […]
Korean Movie Review: #Alive (new Train to Busan?)
The Devil All the Time, director Antonio Campos’s drama/thriller about sinister characters in postwar Southern Ohio is a film I found adequately entertaining. Tom Holland’s performance as Arvin, a young man devoted to protecting those he loves in a place teeming with corruption and brutality is one of the film’s highlights. Bill Skarsgård’s performance earlier […]
THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME (2020): The Things I Liked…
The following contains major spoilers for i’m thinking of ending things!!! Let’s be honest, 2020 is just the worst. It is an absolute black hole that swallows anything fun or even relatively comforting in favor of something horrifically bleak or Earth shatteringly not okay. We all know this year blows, so that is why to […]
The English Patient is both a love letter to love itself and to the Hollywood epics of old.
Film Review: The English Patient
The Devil All the Time (2020) Director – Antonio Campos (Afterschool) Cast – Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Riley Keough, Jason Clarke, Eliza Scanlen, Sebastian Stan, Bill Skarsgård, Haley Bennett, Mia Wasikowska, Harry Melling Plot – Set in the backwoods of America in the post World War 2 period, a group of local residents […]
Film Review – The Devil All the Time (2020)
Here’s a 1993 black comedy we enjoyed as kids. A lovably daft high-concept film about two mates on holiday with their dead boss. Hurray! Weekend at Bernies II The film is about Larry Wilson Larry Wilson (Andrew McCarthy) and Richard Parker (Jonathan Silverman). They’re at a morgue to identify their boss—CEO Bernie Lomax (Terry Kiser). […]
Weekend at Bernie’s II: High-Concept Comedy About Death
Enola Holmes’un annesi, aynı zamanda Sherlock Holmes’un da annesi, çok farklı, özgün, güçlü bir kadındır. Kızını da genel normların ötesinde özgür ve donanımlı bir kadın olarak yetiştirmektedir. Şifrelerden, gizemleri çözmekten de çok hoşlanmaktadır. Sherlock kime çektiyse artık… Kızının adını da şifreli koymuştur. Tersten okunduğunda Alone anlamına gelir. Bir gün onu terkeder, şifreli notlar bırakarak. Çok […]
“Sen kendi resmini yap, başkaları dikkatini dağıtmasın. “
Sansho dayu (1954) Uzun zamandır izlediğim en iyi epik dramlardan biriydi. Japonya’nın karanlık dönemlerinde adalet ve eşitlikten yana olan vali Taira sürgüne gönderilince geride kalan ailesi -karısı, oğlu ve kızı- dağılacaktır. Köle tacirlerinin eline düşen oğlu Zushio ve kızı Anju köle olarak Efendi Sansho’nun çiftliğine karısı Nakagimi ise Nado adasına satılacaklardır. Tairo sürgüne giderken oğluna […]
Rocketman (2019) En İyi Müzik dalında Oscar ödülü dahil pek çok ödül alan filmimiz Elton John’un hayatı üzerine hem bir müzikal hem de bir dram. Elton John’un müziğini pek sevmeyen ve dinlemeyen biri olarak bu filmi izledikten sonra dehasını kabul ettim. Hem film hem de Elton John’un bunca renkli karakterinin altında bunca sevgisizlik ve buhran […]
