Books, stationery, and wellbeing
This post features some affiliate links Wow, how is this only the first of these updates this year? Where have the last two months gone?! Apparently they've sped by in a blur of books, stationery, nature walks, and film watching. Who'd have thunk it? Fancy a closer look? New books Actual new books! I bought… Continue reading A few of my favourite things #111
I finally saw Don Jon! I totally expected that when I saw it and came to write a blog post/review about it that I'd be singing Joseph Gordon-Levitt's praises - how awesome his debut as a screenwriter and director was, how great the chemistry was with Scarlett Johansson, etc. In fact, I don't actually have… Continue reading Film review: Don Jon
I love Mark Ruffalo. No, I adore him. And I'll literally watch him in anything - even In the Cut! So when I heard that he was doing a film with the writer/director of Once, my heart practically leapt! Then I saw the trailer and was bitterly disappointed. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTRCxOE7Xzc&w=560&h=315] Strike one: Cliched and formulaic,… Continue reading Coming soon to a cinema near you: Begin Again and Wish I Was Here
As a woman, there are few things more depressing and frustrating than going to the cinema to see the latest blockbusters and seeing no strong female characters. Oftentimes, any potential ‘heroine’ is a damsel in distress or love interest. But not in Captain America: The Winter Soldier! Here, we have, not just one, but four… Continue reading Film review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier