Let The Right One In - A Review

I was fortunate enough to watch this last night. A couple of awesome friends came over, we ordered a pizza and settled down for this Scandinavian treat from 2008. I didn't really know what to expect. I knew the general premise of the film but generally went in quite blind... and I loved it. It was great. The...

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Speed Review - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

In a Nutshell A criminal has escaped from the notorious wizard prison Azkaban and has set his sights on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.  Under the watchful eyes of Professor Lupin, McGonagall and Dumbledore, Harry potter must negotiate his way through threats such as Dementors, bullies, exams...

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Speed Review - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

In a Nutshell: Harry Potter and his friends unite again in the second year of school to fight against an unseen monster who is Petrifying students at Hogwarts. With a magical soul-possessed diary as their initial guide, they do their best to uncover the what the Chamber of Secrets is, and how to prevent students...

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Books and Eclecticism

When I peruse some of the many thousands of book and movie blogs out there I'm always struck by something in particular.  Most bloggers (that I've come across) will read and write about one genre of book. This makes good blogging sense. A website, dedicated to one particular genre makes it a go-to place...

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Dead Poets Society - A Review

In all honesty I have a slight weakness for 'inspirational teacher' movies. I watched this a few weeks ago and haven't really been able to put it out of my mind. I've ruminated on the reasons why this movie is haunting me and I think I've highlighted a few points but even then they do not seem to...

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Speed Review - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

As mentioned in a previous post, this is my first time through the legendary Harry Potter series. I'll be writing up mini, speed-reviews until I complete the whole bunch - and then I'll offer up a mega-review of them all.  In a nutshell: Rowling spends this book introducing us to her boy wonder, Harry...

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My Top 10 Guilty-Pleasure Movies

I think we all have these. They're movies that are not that great. They can be B-movies, or just movies that were made for TV. They're full of bad-acting, plot holes, or just don't really make much sense! Guilty-pleasure movies are also those films that you will not readily admit to loving. You may admit...

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My Love-Affair with Stephen King

I am not really a dedicated fan of the horror genre any more (although I was pestered by many an English teacher for never branching out of my little box of horror as a teenager), and it is particularly rare to see me reading things from that genre. I have a penchant for Gothic fiction - especially good ol'...

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Lest We Forget...

As it is November, and I'm worried that I won't be able to add a little something about this next week, I'm writing early.  A Canadian man wearing a poppy by Hobvias  Sudoneighm The second Sunday of November is what we call Remembrance Sunday in the United Kingdom. It's quite a special event...

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Movies I just can't wait to see!

There are some goodies that have come out this year, and continue to come out. Here is a list of a few that I just cannot wait to get my hands on and watch!This Is Not a Film The brilliant Jafar Panahi smuggled this film out of Iran on a flash drive, hidden in a cake - and had it delivered to Cannes. I...

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