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Singing Praise for Sirens
When talking about genres, I’m the most demanding when it comes to comedy. There is simply a need for a level of sophistication mixed in with the humor for something to be funny. Even the silliness has to be done in a way that there isn’t humiliation involved – I just prefer lovely and clever…
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Watchlist Deathtrap
We all have it and we all add to it when we see something that grabs our attention for one reason or more. We all mention it when a very popular cult movie comes up we haven’t seen and we all wish we could somehow narrow down this list by having more time. That’s right,…
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Commercial Break #21
It was spring and now, winter is coming! It is almost symbolic considering the fact that Game of Thrones starts next month and like so many others, I’m pretty darn excited! Though it’s been mostly about books lately, I did also manage to catch up with all my favorite shows, including Shameless which keeps disappointing…
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Blindsided by Hindsight
There were many promising TV newcomers for the 2014/15 season and I could list at least 5 or 6 that I was interested after the pilot episode. Months later I was eagerly watching just a few of them – as it happens, Hindsight was on top of that list! It’s first season wrapped up with…
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Cinderella (2015)
With a character like Cinderella, and with a story of a common girl becoming the princess through the magic of her godmother, one knows how the movie will end before they even enter the cinema. Told through animation, told through movies retelling the same story or a story similar to Cinderella – everybody, more or…