April was definitely a tv show kind of month. I mostly catch up on my tbr/tbs during a quick meal, or at night before going to bed, and last month I just didn’t have the energy to sit through an entire movie. So I watched only two: Beauty and the Beast and The Lady Vanishes. The first one was a…
Somehow, it doesn’t feel like a new year on the blog until I publish a new Blind Spot Series – that’s how brilliant and necessary Ryan’s web feature has become. The goal here is to watch a movie a month, one that you feel you should’ve seen already, but haven’t. Ideally, you should write a post about each of them, too.…
illustration by daniel teixeira It’s a brand new month in a brand new year, and let’s just all pretend I haven’t been absent for three months! Anyway, let’s talk books. February has some pretty awesome new releases like, say, THE CAD AND THE CO-ED. You know gushing over the latest Penny Reid book is nothing new around here, and though this…
As planned, October was filled with horror from all media: movies, books, tv shows, even a two podcast episodes. I was a guest on the LAMBcast for their Watcha Been Wacthin’ Lately Horror Special, where I talked about the scary and poetic south korean film A Tale of Two Sisters (2003). The Across the Universe Podcast has a new episode…
Though I haven’t posted regularly (what else is new) I have been watching movies and reading various books, so why not embark on a new edition of the October Horror Project? For a couple of years I’ve done horror-related viewings this time of the year, tackling some of the best horror movies I had yet to see. It’s a genre…
illustration by isaiah k. stephens I‘m back from a summer break with a brand new batch of book releases! And oh my god YA got to me. I’ve read two series of a genre combo I thought I’d never ever like: YA fantasy. Queue the gasps and applauses, because it is f*cking amazing. But more on my past reads in…
astro girl by bokkei red roses by heart of hearts designs Oh man, this post has got me excited for three things: first and foremost, the movies hitting cinemas till the end of the year! There’s about 10 I think will be quite good, the rest could go either way. But also because one: I stepped up my coding game…
illustration by andrew bannecker Another month, another batch of awesome book releases! I’m loving these posts because they’ve helped me keep up with new novels and, more importantly, get out of my comfort zone by getting into genres I’d normally ignore. I still lean towards crime, horror and romance – genres that seem to thrive this September with works from…
illustration by cosmonails I know it’s the middle of the month, but it’s always a good time to share things we’re excited about. And the fact that 90% of these books are already out, just really means that you can get your hands on them ASAP! Bu timeless aside, August has some seriously great books to offer: from chilling mysteries,…
We’re back with a brand new podcast episode! In which we talk about our favourite summer blockbusters from the past 10 years – that is, since we were aware and got caught up in the hype that surrounds these movies. And yup, guaranteed there will be some Harry Potter love. We chicks are taking a small break to enjoy the…
If you’ve seen Robert Eggers’ nightmarish folktale The VVitch, let me tell you right now: the curse of Black Phillip is real. We chicks have been trying to record and publish this episode for ages, months. Unexpected plan changes, power cuts, sudden illness, broken laptops… you name it, it happened to us. And that evil goat is the only rational explanation, so…
For anyone who loves to know all about new book releases but doesn’t know where to look for them, Goodreads is the place. Specifically, the monthly new releases lists that showcase the most popular 200 books on the website that were published on a giving month. Yes, you’ll have to go through dozens of romances that sound really bad, but hey, some…
This week’s Thursday Movie Picks asks us to pick three movies entirely set in one location. Various directors have tried to do it, and some even more then once – like Alfred Hitchcock who to my knowledge did it thrice! Sometimes it’s just a technique, other times the spacial limitation serves a concept, but it is always a challenge that few…
So turns out, I read pretty popular books. This week’s Top Ten Tuesday – a feature over at The Broke and The Bookish – topic had me going through my whole read shelf to find novels that have less than 2,000 ratings on Goodreads. It was not an easy task. In fact, I couldn’t even find ten books I liked that…
As you’ve noticed I’ve been absent from the blogging community for a few months now, and because this absence was due to a complete lack of time and mental exhaustion it was not just my writing that was affected, but also my viewings. However, seeing June arrive so quickly had me racing to at least watch six Blind Spot films…
When fellow bloggers warned me of how difficult it can be to do this series I thought “Oh please, a movie a month? Soooooo hard – right.” Well here I am, one year and 90 movies later, with only three Blind Spots watched. I don’t even know how that happened! I watched nearly a hundred films, surely twelve shouldn’t have…
I once read that talking about your goals is a step towards not achieving any of them. Theoretically, by sharing them you’re anticipating and prematurely feeling a sense of – albeit false – achievement, which numbs your will power to actually work for them. Or something like that. Well, in the words of the ever eloquent Matthew McConaughey, bullshit, Mama.* So…
Last Sunday’s The Good Wife focused on Howard’s feud with Cary and, needless to say, the ageism jokes were a treat. I knew the post title would be cringeworthy for some but, after a torrent of puns, that little word play with Plácido Domingo’s name killed me with laughter. Best of all was how the show had us torn between…
If you follow me on Instagram or been reading this blog for a while, you know that this past summer I went on a UK trip, spending four days in London, and three days in Cambridge. There are still more pictures to come – I know it’s supposed to be instant, but I’m not about that life – so stay tuned…
Man, I’m rusty! I don’t know how to write these introductions anymore. Do you even read them? Probably skip right to the pictures and lists, eh? You lazy youngsters. Anyway, I’ve got some movies, tv shows and books to tell you about before the next post (which will be about the UK trip!), so let’s get right to it! By some…
Look who’s back with exciting news! Now hold on, I know what you’re thinking: Oh no, not the layout again… Relax guys, I’m not changing the blog’s design. I tweaked it a little – it’s stronger than me – but there won’t be any structural changes any time soon, at least not until I master this responsive template thing. And that’s going to…
Didn’t feel like doing a proper Suddenly post because movie-wise it was such a BORING month. In fact, let’s get that out of the way right now: I watched next to nothing, half of which was lame. The highlight? Ex Machina, right in the beginning of June. I just wasn’t in the mood for feature length movies, so instead, I read…
This post is part of Thursday Movie Picks, hosted by Wandering Through The Shelves For delimiting the term classic I tried to pick books written before the 70s (kind of like classic movies), because who knows which recent books will be considered classics in the future. You could argue that American Psycho already is (I certainly would), but I’ll leave it…
