100 Songs for 2010s: A series

Hello! And welcome to something a little bit different! Both those who have been reading my blog for a while and those just opened it for the first time and scrolled for 15s can tell that its main focus has been films and cinema. At the beginning (2014-2015), I would sometimes post about fashion or

Movie review: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Hello! And welcome to a review of a film that I was looking forward to for a decade! This is Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again! IMDb summary: Five years after the events of Mamma Mia! (2008), Sophie learns about her mother’s past while pregnant herself. Writing Mamma Mia 2 was written by Catherine Johnson (the playwright who wrote

Movie review: Pitch Perfect 3

Hello! Welcome to the end of the acapella era (more like half a decade). This is Pitch perfect 3. IMDb summary: Following their win at the world championship, the now separated Bellas reunite for one last singing competition at an overseas USO tour, but face a group who uses both instruments and voices. Pitch Perfect

Movie review: Basmati Blues

Hello! Welcome to a review of a movie you have never heard of. I only really find out about it when I was buying a ticket to its screening. This is Basmati Blues. IMDb summary: A brilliant scientist is plucked out of the company lab and sent to India to sell the genetically modified rice she

Movie review: The Greatest Showman

Hello! What you get when you take the songwriters of La La Land and add them to a retired Wolverine? This is The Greatest Showman! IMDb summary: inspired by the imagination of P.T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to

Movie review: Beauty and the Beast

Hello! The Disney’s juggernaut Beauty and the Beast has landed in theaters, so, let’s review it! On a personal note, Belle was always the character I most closely identify with, in that we were both more interested in books than the real world. Also, weirdly enough, Disney fairytales seem to be the only romances I can

5 ideas about a movie: Sing

Hello! Welcome to one of the last reviews of this year. Without further ado, let’s start discussing Illumination Entertainment’s latest feature – SING! IMDb summary: A koala named Buster Moon has one final chance to restore his theater to its former glory by producing the world’s greatest singing competition. Sing was written and directed by Gareth Jenkins.

Movie review: La La Land

Hello! Today, I had a chance to see the current awards front-runner – the film La La Land – so let’s review it! I have read a lot of emotional (both positive and negative) tweets about it in my feed these past few weeks, but, as usual, I decided to make up my own mind

5 ideas about a movie: Sing Street

Hello! I’m continuing my series of ‘catch up’ movie reviews. Today, the focus is on the critically acclaimed indie picture Sing Street. IMDb summary: A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes. John Carney (who I only knew as

Movie review: Moana

Hello! The long awaited and newest Disney Princess movie – Moana – has reached theaters, so, let’s talk about it! IMDb summary: In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain’s daughter’s island, she answers the Ocean’s call to seek out the demigod to set things right. Moana is, technically, a 13th Disney Princess