100 songs of the 2010s: Bobby Shmurda, ‘Hot N—a’ #11

Hello! And welcome to entry #11 (make a wish, hah). If #10 was one of my favourite songs, then #11 is completely new territory for me. And there is a very good reason for that (I am very very white). It was fun to read the story of this song though – Bobby Shmurda, ‘HotContinue

Movie review: Joker

Hello! And welcome to review of Joker or my ramblings about the dangerous appeal of anti-heroes and the limits of empathy! IMDb summary: In Gotham City, mentally-troubled comedian Arthur Fleck is disregarded and mistreated by society. He then embarks on a downward spiral of revolution and bloody crime. This path brings him face-to-face with hisContinue

Movie review: Eight Grade

Hello! And welcome to the review of Eight Grade or the age I might be stuck in (spoiler, self-realization occurs in this review)! IMDb summary: An introverted teenage girl tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth-grade year before leaving to start high school. Eight Grade was written and directed by Bo BurnhamContinue

5 ideas about a movie: Five Feet Apart

Hello! And welcome to my comeback no.3 at this point. This is Five Feet Apart! IMDb summary: A pair of teenagers with cystic fibrosis meet in a hospital and fall in love. Five Feet Apart was written by Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis and directed by Justin Baldoni (the actor from Jane the Virgin). TheContinue

5 ideas about a movie: If Beale Street Could Talk

Hello! And welcome to back to my blog that I have neglected for another month. But I’m back (I think), so let’s discuss If Beale Street Could Talk! IMDb summary: A woman in Harlem embraces her pregnancy while she and her family struggle to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime. If Beale Street CouldContinue

Movie review: Widows

Hello! And welcome to a review of another awards’ hopeful that didn’t look like an awards’ movie from the trailer but is one because of who is involved with it in front and behind the camera. This is Widows. IMDb summary: Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, four women with nothing inContinue

5 ideas about a movie: BlacKkKlansman

Hi! Welcome to a review of the movie that I saw 2 months ago and can’t really stop thinking about unless I try to review it! This is BlacKkKlansman. IMDb summary: Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, CO, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the helpContinue

5 ideas about a movie: Assassination Nation

Hello! And welcome to a review of the film that left me flabbergasted. This is Assassination Nation. IMDb summary: After a malicious data hack exposes the secrets of the perpetually American town of Salem, chaos descends and four girls must fight to survive while coping with the hack themselves. Assassination Nation was written and directedContinue

5 ideas about a movie: The Hate U Give

Hello! And welcome to the review of one of the most important YA/teen films you have ever seen: The Hate U Give! IMDb summary: Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find herContinue

5 ideas about a movie: Halloween!

Hello! And welcome to a review of a horror film by a horror-hater. This is Halloween! IMDb summary: Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago Me being a horror-hater, I have never actuallyContinue