Blind Spot Series: 2019 Edition!
Calling all blindspotters for a new edition of the Blind Spot Series! Challenge yourself to watch 12 great movies this year, and join us!
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Blind Spot Series: 2018 Challenge Round-Up!!
The end of the year is approaching, which means we're wrapping up another edition of the Blind Spot Series! Read on for all the entries.
5 American TV shows you didn’t know were adapted from non-english series · TMP
We’re back to the weekly feature Thursday Movie Picks, and the end of the year is approaching. For the last week of November we have a Television Special on american tv shows that were adapted from non-english series.
Blind Spot 10: Bride of Frankenstein (1935), dir. James Whale
Being October, the pick for the Blind Spot Series could only be a horror movie. Here's what I thought of the classic Bride of Frankenstein (1935).
RW: When There’s no More Room in Hell, the Dead Will Walk the Earth.
Prepare yourself for a recap haunted by evil spirits, vampires, and the living dead. Here are the movies and tv shows I've seen so far in October.
Technology in Horror Movies · TMP
In this week's Thursday Movie Picks: Halloween Special, the theme is technology in horror movies.
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The 10 Longest Books I’ve Ever Read · Top Ten Tuesday
This week on Top Ten Tuesday we talk about the longest books we've ever read! Harry Potter and Outlander clearly dominate the list. Read on for 10 giant books I've read for the love of a good story.
October Horror 2018:
It’s About to Get Dark in Here.
It’s October, which means Halloween, which means horror. As is tradition, this month Returning Videotapes will be filled with disgusting monsters, creepy ghosts, and all things evil. Get ready for October Horror!
Blind Spot 09: Det Sjunde Inseglet, or The Seventh Seal (1957), dir. Ingmar Bergman
For September's Blind Spot I picked Ingmar Bergman's classic take on religion and mortality, The Seventh Seal (1957).
Five Anthology Television Series · TMP
This week we have a special on anthology television series. Coincidentally, plenty of anthology shows belong in the horror genre, so we can get in the Halloween spirit!
Most Anticipated Books Coming This Fall · Top Ten Tuesday
In this week's Top Ten Tuesday we look at the most anticipated books coming this Fall. Between series and standalones, and across all genres, there's no shortage of new books to look forward to.
Review | The Nun (2018), dir. Corin Hardy
A new chapter of the Conjuring is out, and it was one of my most anticipated movies of the year: The Nun (2018). Yet it also proved to be the most disappointing so far.
Here Are The 15 Best TV Series of 2017
In the fifth part of the Annual Retrospective we look at the best television had to offer, from old favourites who had amazingly strong seasons, to dazzling newcomers, in all genres.
Ten Romance Movies For a Good Ol' Sobbing Session
Sometimes all we want is a good crying. These ten romance movies provide a good tear jerking session, while also being undisputed masterpieces of classic and modern cinema. Wether your flavour is indie, old hollywood, queer, book adaptations, or foreign romance, you'll find it in this list!
These Books Have Been On My TBR For Way Too Long...! (Sorry, Tolstoy)
We all have those books that sit on our ever-growing to be read piles for longer than we'd like to admit. As I've never been the shy or ashamed type, I'm giving you full access to my own TBR. Some are pretty random findings, but most are books that I really should've read by now. Really.
Blind Spot 08: Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo (1966), dir. Sergio Leone
This month's Blind Spot is the classic western by italian director Sergio Leone, Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo (1966). Starring Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef, it's hailed as one the absolute best movies of all time, but did it live up to the hype? Or was I just bored out of my mind?
5 Favourite Non-English Movies · TMP
In this week's Thursday Movie Picks, we dive into the Non-English Movies we love. In this top 5 you'll find three french films, and two chinese productions that are unmissable.
13 Most Exciting Books On My Summer TBR
I've been on a reading roll, so to keep it going I gathered all the books I want to read this summer in one list! Here are the 13 most exciting books on my summer TBR right now.
The List of Shame Update: We’ve Hit 80%!
Four years after the last The List of Shame update, here's 60 classics I've crossed off the list, officially being 80% done with this challenge!
Blind Spot 07: Le Mépris (1963), dir. Jean-Luc Godard
In this month's Blind Spot we dive into the French New Wave, with gorgeous sceneries, poetic dialogue, and a mesmerizing Brigitte Bardot: this is Le Mépris (1963).
Long-Awaited Movie Sequels No One Was Waiting For · TMP
In this week's Thursday Movie Picks, we look at some long-awaited movie sequels, or in my case, the ones I didn't see coming at all! Spoiler: Colin Firth.
Blind Spot 06: Paths of Glory (1957), dir. Stanley Kubrick
For the month of June I picked Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory (1957) as my Blind Spot! This director's controversial anti-war movie approaches the themes of glory seeking and dehumanisation in times of war with his trademark aesthetics and dark humour.
Bookish Worlds or Places I’d Never Want to Live In · Top Ten Tuesday
Back with a new entry for book feature Top Ten Tuesday! This week, we explore bookish worlds we’d never want to live in. I could be persuaded to spend a night in a few of these (provided I would be safe at ALL times), but definitely no longer than that. Read on for some terrifying fictional places.
Blind Spot 05: Metropolis (1927), dir. Fritz Lang
In this ambitious masterpiece of 1920s sci-fi, we find a silent movie from notorious director Frizt Lang that explores class inequality with stunning, eccentric visuals that will haunt your dreams.
Review | A Quiet Place (2018), dir. John Krasinski
In John Krasinski's horror debut, a family has to be completely silent in order to survive. With a strong emotional core and a few effective jump scares, there's good chance you'll scream as much as you will cry watching A Quiet Place (2018).
Five Unusual but Charming Friendship Movies · TMP
We're back with a new Thursday Movie Picks, this week with the wonderful theme of Friendship movies. I picked relationships that can be seen as unusual or having a rough start, because I always find those to be the more charming ones.
Thriller Plot Twists That Shocked Me (and I Still Don’t Get) · TMP
In this week's Thursday Movie Picks we talk Twisty Thrillers! From classic Hitchcock suspense to Kubrick madness and dark comedies, read on for some of the craziest plot twists that had me frozen in confusion as the credits rolled.
