Jon and Drogoni in 'Eastwatch'
Instant reaction post: “Game of Thrones” S7, Ep5 ‘Eastwatch’
New plans are made, new alliances are formed, and Cersei becomes madder. All par for the course on Game of Thrones.
Alejandro González Iñárritu directs Leonardo DiCaprio on the set of The Revenant
‘The Revenant’ review: Torturous
I was talking to my colleagues the other day, and the topic got around to how they would never walk out of a movie halfway, no matter how much they dislike it, because they felt that it was just so rude and disrespectful (to the filmmakers and their efforts in making the film, I suppose). And it reminded me of The Revenant. Because I absolutely hated it.
Idris Elba as Roland Deschain and Tom Taylor as Jake Chambers in The Dark Tower
‘The Dark Tower’ review: As a person who didn’t read the books, I enjoyed it
Stephen King's magnum opus, The Dark Tower, a long book series with a sprawling mythology and epic battle of good against evil, has finally been made into a movie. I've heard it being talked about for years as this practically unfilmable book series -- kind of like The Lord of the Rings -- that Hollywood has been trying so hard to adapt for at least the last decade, but hasn't been able to succeed until now.
Jaime and Bronn in 'The Spoils of War'
Instant reaction post: “Game of Thrones” S7, Ep4 ‘The Spoils of War’
I didn't know if I could get this instant reaction post out on time as I'll be away from tonight for the next few days, but luckily I managed to do it. What an exciting episode!
The cast of the 2015 BBC miniseries adaptation of And Then There Were None
Books to Film: ‘And Then There Were None’ book review
I recently finished And Then There Were None, a thriller by Agatha Christie. I haven't read an Agatha Christie book in ages, but I picked it up on the recommendation of Anne Bogel from Modern Mrs Darcy in one of her "What Should I Read Next" podcast episodes. Her son also read the book and said it was the best book he ever read, which intrigued me to see what about this book could cause a teenager to love it. I ended up agreeing it is great too. What a baffling mystery and chilling thriller!
A closer look
Building my LEGO SHIELD Helicarrier
I bought the LEGO SHIELD Helicarrier two years ago. It was a very expensive item that I thought long and hard over, so when I received a large sum of mall vouchers as a freebie for something else I bought, it sped up my decision to get that.
Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds in The Hitman's Bodyguard
Movies Coming Soon: August 2017
August has arrived, and plenty of movies soon will too. There are only two that I want to watch this month though -- the rest just don't interest me for one reason or another.
Dany and Jon in 'The Queen's Justice'
Instant reaction post: “Game of Thrones” S7, Ep3 ‘The Queen’s Justice’
An epic meeting years in the waiting, a tussle of wills befitting everyone involved, and Cersei gets her revenge. There's a lot of taunting in this episode. Jaime gets slapped in the face for his kindness once again.
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (Photo credit: NPR.org)
Books to Film: ‘Dark Matter’ book review
I just finished this book called Dark Matter by Blake Crouch, and it is mind-blowing. I'll avoid spoilers, so you can enjoy it yourself, but basically, it's a story of a college physics professor who gets abducted one night, taken to an abandoned location and drugged. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a different world where he's a genius atomic physicist living a successful but career-oriented life, his wife never married him and his son was never born.
Chris Pine, Gal Gadot and Patty Jenkins at an event for Wonder Woman
Chris Pine and Patty Jenkins teaming up again for TV series ‘One Day She’ll Darken’
One Day She'll Darken is based on the true story of Fauna Hodel, a woman who was given away as a baby by her teenage birth mother to a black female attendant in a casino restroom in Nevada. Her investigation into her past leads her to an infamous Hollywood gynaecologist who was connected to the legendary "Black Dahlia" murder of Elizabeth Short in LA in 1947. Chris Pine stars as a former Marine-turned-paparazzo who was disgraced over a story he wrote about Hodel, but sees an opportunity for redemption in her tracing her roots.
