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Let’s Talk About: The Dark Knight Rises Part Two: The Endings
Welcome to Part Two of my Review of The Dark Knight Rises. The original post was getting to be ridiculously long, so instead of having a text wall, I thought it would make sense to split the post into...
Let’s Talk About: The Dark Knight Rises Part One – The Basics
So I saw it. I was worried. The outpour of reviews weren’t that favourable. So far Christopher Nolan had never let me down, and if this was going to be it, his last Batman Movie, I don’t k...
Alexandra Talks Prometheus
Even though she said she had no interest in seeing it, Loki takes a look at Ridley Scott’s new scifi adventure: Prometheus! CAUTION THERE ARE SPOILERS. Let’s Talk About Prometheus, The Mov...
Falling for Hamlet
Hamlet is a story of betrayal, dealing with grief, politics and madness. In the play, Shakespeare is able to hit on many themes and emotions, giving actors much to work with leading to some intense pe...
DOTA Adventures: Snow White and the Huntsman
Fairy Tales are really popular these days. Did ABC’s Once Upon a Time wake them up from some magical slumber? Snow White and the Huntsmen is a beautifully shot film. A lot of effort went into cr...
ALEXANDRA RANTS: The Inheritance Cycle
Also known as “The-Lord-of-the-Rings-Star-Wars-Belgariad-Doctor-Who-If-It’s-Fantasy-And-Published-It’s-In-Here-Somewhere” Book A long time ago in a galaxy far far away my Littl...
Watching Cabin in the Woods
I was one of those Whedon Fangirls who knew about The Cabin in the Woods when it was originally mentioned years ago. I’ve been following the Science Fiction-Fantasy-All round nerdy awesome blog ...
We Interrupt Your Usual Programming for Holy Musical B@tman!
A friend just sent me this link, and it is by far one of the most brilliant things I have seen in a very long time. I present to you: Holy Musical B@tman! Part One. If you are a fan of the comics, any...
SPOILERY GOODNESS: Cassandra Clare’s Clockwork Prince and the Jem/Will Situation
Recently, I reviewed Cassandra Clare’s newest novel Clockwork Prince. (Read that review here). But as I mentioned in the review, I didn’t want to go into too much detail on certain aspects...
30 Day Book Challenge – Day Four: A Guilty Pleasure Book
I have returned from the horrible world of University Essay Land! I should have thought more about starting one of these 30 Day Book Challenges right before the beginning of Essay Season, but I guess ...
30 Day Book Challenge – Day Three: Your Favourite Series
This question is a hard one for me to answer. It’s impossible for me to settle on a single series because I keep coming up with other series’ that I like. So instead of talking about one t...
30 Day Book Challenge – Day Two: A Book You Have Read More Than Three Times
It’s always great when you are able to find a book that you can read over and over again without it getting old. The one book that I never get sick of reading has to be Chris Wooding’s Poi...
30 Day Book Challenge – Day One: Best Book You Read Last Year
A new website calls for a new 30 Day Book Challenge. Hopefully this time I’ll be able to complete it. So I’ve scrapped everything have already done and have picked up a new list of questio...
Shambling Towards Hiroshima
So I had to read this book for my Science Fiction Class even though this book is not really science fiction. It does possess science fiction elements in the form of giant lizard creatures (think Godzi...
Holes
Holes is also a pretty great film. The adaptation managed to stay very close to the source material and the story translated well to screen. The Holes film was a treat for long time fans and a great i...