Melanie, according to the invitingly brief dust jacket blurb of The Girl With All the Gifts (based on the Edgar Award-nominated short story Iphigenia in Aulis), “is a very special girl”. And the novel of which she is the moral and emotional core, is extraordinary too, a highly original take on Continue Reading
Now this is music #24: Betty Who, Neneh Cherry/Robyn, Annie, Mr Little Jeans, Peking Duk
Music is good for you. According to Psychology Today, “listening, and creating music of any kind will provide an immediate biological and psychological benefit for everyone. In fact, music can be a salvation and antidote to most psychological challenges: that’s why people sing in the shower and while driving Continue Reading
Movie review: The Wind Rises
“Le vent se lève! … il faut tenter de vivre!” (“The wind is rising! We must try to live!”) The Wind Rises is as close as a movie can come to being a masterpiece. The reputedly final feature film from master animator Hayao Miyazaki (Castle in the Sky, Spirited Away, Continue Reading
Less and less alone: New mini-trailers and teasers for Orphan Black season 2
Orphan Black is a rarity on TV these days. In an age of fractured demographics, time-scattered viewing patterns and sub-genre piled upon sub-genre, the show from BBC America about a woman, Sarah Manning (played by Tatiana Maslany who plays multiple parts on the show) who discovers she is one Continue Reading
A Mouthful of Megapixels: Why Binge Watching TV is the New Big Thing
This post first appeared on inclassicstyle I don’t know if you’ve noticed or not but life has gotten crazy busy of late. Like rushing out the door to work eating a bagel and finish getting dressed, juggling the finishing touches on three presentations on your laptop while calling your Continue Reading
Pizzas and selfies! My 5 favourite things about the 86th Academy Awards
It’s not often you walk away from an awards ceremony, whether it’s the Grammys, the Golden Globes or the local sports club’s annual pats on the back, and think to yourself “Damn, that was fun!” Yes you wanted to know who won, and that’s why you sat through the Continue Reading
The Walking Dead: “Still” (S4, E12 review)
It was a case of burn, baby, burn in latest The Walking Dead episode “Still”. But not in the way you might think. No, this was a case of burning old memories and finally moving on, with Dr Beth (Emily Kinney), she of the newly acquired moonshine liquor habit Continue Reading
We’re all Animals! The Muppets rock Instagram and Lipton Tea
The Muppets are on Instagram … And drinking Lipton Tea to relax … And most excitingly of all, their movie Muppets Most Wanted is almost in theatres! It’s almost too many The Muppets for just day except that you can never have too much of Kermit and Miss Piggy, Continue Reading
86th Academy Awards: My Oscars wish list of winners (+ some fun/interesting stuff)
“They wuz robbed!” It’s a cry you hear echo throughout the crowded corridors of the zeitgeist every time the nominations for an awards show are announced. Everyone has their own firm opinion on who should and shouldn’t have received a nod, and the anguished cries only amplify come the Continue Reading
Movie review: Tracks
Great is the weight on any actor’s shoulders when they are required to carry almost an entire film on their thespian shoulders. But Mia Wasikowska (Stoker, Jane Eyre) is more than up to the challenge, bringing an enduringly strong yet restrained presence to the role of Robyn Davidson, who, Continue Reading