Hey lovelies, so I'm in midterms and a lot of uni work has been thrown at my face. I've had some frustrated days and really stressful moments, but during the breaks I take from studying or works to write, I'm enjoying reading some comics. I'm a beginner and I don't know much, certainly didn't know where to begin, so thanks to a master post of a lot of links from a Bucky Natasha shipmate on tumblr, she posted some hyperlinks with comics that only had scenes with Bucky and Natasha, and below all that, she also posted the first 8 Black Widow issues from the most recent Black Widow comics (2014) and I fell instantly in love. Check them out here and all the issues they have up until now.
I took a break from these and also began to read Hawkeye. Oh, wow. I'm so in love with the comics, I love the dynamic he has with everyone, Kate Bishop, the pizza dog, his ex-wife, Bobbi and the dynamic with the storytelling. It goes back and forth and it really keeps me entertained. I'm currently in issue #16 and I can't wait to continue reading. Check the issues.
So here's my latest update, will try to write/post something for Halloween and my costume, because I can't make up my mind just yet! Enjoy! Until the next post lovelies!
Hey guys! This is a special post, because I'm here to tell you that I'm making Youtube videos also! I may enjoy talking to a camera and posting those TV or movie reviews there for you to enjoy and to also comment about it in Youtube, Twitter or Facebook in the blog's page that you can like here!
I have reviewed Arrow up until now and I may do it for other series whenever I can, because uni isn't a place where time is easy to distribute, so Youtube is easier to record, talk, upload and voilà! If you want me to record anything in specific, leave comments below here and in the video on Youtube! Here are my vlogs, enjoy and happy weekend! Until the next post lovelies!~
Hello lovelies, I'm back with Gone Girl's review, because it is a movie I just can't still believe exists and I'm so sorry I haven't read the book. I just need to. Before you continue reading, I need to warn you that this post will have a lot of spoilers, so if you haven't seen the movie, you need to comeback when you do. I'll just tell you guys, that this is a movie you should watch if you're in the mood for mystery, thriller, suspense and hopefully not having a heart attack. I'll continue with my mini analysis now.
This movie contained a lot of things I just want to point out, because it is impossible not to talk about:
Media circus: the movie criticized the media on television and on the internet and how we are easily manipulated by it. We can easily judge the cover of a story without not actually knowing the facts of what really happened. Control and manipulation were key in the movie and Fincher treated it with such power, he literally worked with these concepts and portrayed on the media as well with Amy's version of the story. How well we were easily driven with the first part of the movie blaming Nick (Ben Affleck) for the evidence pointed at him; it was perfect, because we judged alongside with the police and the media. As soon as we discovered Amy's revenge and well made plan, we were so thrown off, because yes, it was a possibility, but her ideas were so easily executed and she actually achieved what she wanted; it was the most overwhelming of all.
Feminism or Misogyny: my best friend pointed out that the movie obviously worked with the debate, whether the movie took control over the idea of feminism, where Amy wanted justice, where she wanted to be the hero of the story. When she said, "I killed for you, who else could say this to you?", she wanted to rise as a powerful woman and not be stepped on. She refused to be the victim and be the hero of her own messed up plan. She wanted to keep her marriage alive and she literally took control of every step, she never surrendered and never wanted to be a quitter.
Criticism of present society: HOW EASILY WE CAN BE FOOLED. WOW. HOW I MEAN LIKE HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO BELIEVE IN THE TRUTH, HOW DOES TRUTH EXISTS? DOES IT EXIST? The movie left me so overwhelmed, I still can't sink it in. We could even feel Nick's feelings, we were always with him, every step of the way, figuring out Amy's plan, she was always a step ahead. I just wanted the space to release all the beautiful and psycho of this movie.
Music: The score of the film was so on point, it really captured the atmosphere of the scenes and Amy's posture, Nick's fear, the music just literally made you feel the already suspense that the plot presented. I'm still in awe.
Direction: the angles were just insanely good, they reminded me of the Girl of the Dragon Tattoo. My favorite scenes were Amy committing homicide in the lake house, also her fake rape scene, where she wanted to capture the cameras on the lake house and she went full on portraying the fake process of the plan. And obviously the whole movie to be honest, I truly wish you have the opportunity to watch the film.
Hello lovelies! I finally got around to make a favorites' post and now it's here.
It took me like a week to make this post, *facepalm* but I made time! So as you know I like to divide my favorite areas and tell you about what I've been in love with the past month!
Artist I've loved this month (maybe since summer, but now even more!):
Sam Smith!
His voice is just divine and I cannot get enough of his album, I'm truly obsessed with it.
My favorite songs are Make it To Me, Latch, Stay With Me, I'm not the Only One & La la la. In the Lonely Hour is freaking amazing and you should check it out!
Movie I finally watched and loved:
Beginners
Starring Ewan McGregor, Melanie Laurent and Christopher Plummer
Thanks to Netflix, I made time to watch this movie I've been dying to see from a long time now, but I sometimes can't put the effort to find the movie online or simply buy it, but I'm so eternally grateful that Netflix uploaded it this past month, I think. The story/plot of the movie is about this man called Oliver who discovers that his father is gay and later on, he dies. Oliver can't seem to shake off his grief over the months after he's been literally shutting down every opportunity to come back to society, up until he finally goes to a party and meets Anna. It is a romantic, independent movie which has a pinch of comedy and it just simply pulls your heartstrings. I adored the movie so much, it is up in my favorites of all time. I give the movie a solid 8/10.
Now up to beauty products:
Maybelline's Precise Eyeliner and Essie's Nail Polish called Strut Your Stuff & Lilacism.
As you can see, the pastel lilac one is called Lilacism and it looks so lovely and delicate on my nails, I should have also added a picture with my nails and the color, but it is so pretty, my mom is currently wearing it on her nails. Strut Your Stuff is the blue vibrant one, it is not a very bright blue, yet it is toned down, but it is a very pretty royal blue color.
Now for the eye liner, a lot of my friends and acquaintances have been asking me about which eyeliner I've been using, because my cat-liner looks so on point, most of you guys have been dying to see which one I've been using. As you see in the picture below, it is like a pen and it is so thin, it definitely helps mark the line that you want, or the thickness of the amount of liner you want on your eye. I looove it, I give it a solid 10. I bought it on a drugstore at $7, very cheap and perfect for an everyday makeup or evening, special occasions look too.
Thank you lovelies and look forward for my next post!
Hello guys!
I know I've let you down lately, because I haven't written in a month! *facepalm*
Even my little brother has given me some ideas for me to write and I found some motivation to let you know which shows I'm excited to return to my TV and also tell you which series I've been loving since forever that have kept coming back with amazing ideas and episodes!
First, Doctor Who Series 8.
GUYS.
Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman are such a good team of protagonists and their dynamic in the show is incredibly entertaining. My favorite episodes up until now have been Into the Dalek + Listen. Jenna has been so amazing and her talent just becomes greater and greater by each episode. I like Danny Pink too, guys. He's just so adorably awkward and you just want to pet him. Being Clara Oswin's love interest has been a lovely dynamic to watch between the two! You can catch up with Doctor Who on Netflix, it has the seven series there! Watch the trailer for today's episode, which I'll be watching tonight, Time Heist.
Now, some of you might know that I adore the series Arrow. AND OCTOBER IS RIGH AROUND THE CORNER.
I'm really excited for season 3 to arrive so here's the trailer for the new season. The series is also in Netflix and I strongly recommend it (if you do not watch the show) TO WATCH IT. Also he's a DC comic superhero, it will be worth your while.
Other series I'm looking forward to their new seasons are Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and Once Upon A Time that return this upcoming week. I'm still holding on for me not to faint every five minutes. I'm kidding, (nope, not really).
Check them out!
Even though I adore OUAT, I'm a bit worried about how Frozen will be portrayed in the series. By the looks of the teaser, it looks promising. I shall wait with anticipation with the season 4 premiere. Enjoy!
Until the next post, lovelies! I shall come back with some movies I'm eager to watch and I shall write about them for you!
Hello darlings and today I'll just let you know how much I enjoyed the new marvel movie, Guardians of the Galaxy starring Chris Pratt, Zoë Saldana, Dave Batista, Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel. The most anticipated movie of the summer exceeded my expectations, and to be quite honest, it IS THE summer movie favorite. Loved each character of the amazing outlaws, and the actors have a fantastic chemistry that you can't stop smiling about and laughing of course during the whole movie. The plot is of course saving the galaxy, but the way they did it is the thing that will have you hooked. Please do yourself a favor and watch this A+ movie. NOW. Until the next post lovelies!
Hello, darlings, so here's to things I've been loving this month, so it will be a long-ish post including different areas of entertainment, so prepare yourselves. Since this past weekend, I cannot take this specific song out of my head, so let's start with music, because I'm also anxious to let you know of different band/singers I've fallen in love and/or I can't stop listening to. First of all, Sam Smith, but I truly fell in love with Latch, the song he's featured with the DJ's called Disclosure. I cannot take that song out my head, so I've been truly addicted to it, no joke. I had to buy the song and all.
I've also been listening to Bastille a lot, maybe because their new music video "Oblivion" starring Game of Thrones' Sophia Turner got out recently online and the song is one of my favorites of their recent album. All This Blood is a great album and Bastille is truly talented so check them out!
Vancouver Sleep Clinic is another band I haven't stopped listening to their album. (I get addicted to music guys, it's my weakness to be honest). Their album Winter EP is so great, that the band also knows how great I think they are. They tweeted me recently, because they favorited a tweet that mentioned them because I was listening to their album on Spotify, and I asked them if that was their twitter account so they replied with:
To hear more of them, since they practically are a new group whom I recognized from the TV show Teen Wolf, they need a huge fandom, because come on, they are amazing, so here is my favorite song.
NOW TO TELEVISION.... as you might know, this past weekend was the annual San Diego Comic Con, and that event, the panels, everything destroyed me (in a good way) and I didn't even attend. Many of my favorite shows had panels and celebrities who I love had their shining moments and I truly loved watching videos and pictures, etc. of everything. To not make this post longer that it should; here are my favorite panels, that you should truly watch, please do! & favorite tv trailersfor upcoming tv seasons and/or new shows/movies + interviews. (click on the links to watch the videos).
that's Emily Bett Rickards & John Barrowman from Arrow dancing in SDCC 2014!
Hello to all of you, lovely readers and I've been planning to write this post dedicated to Jane Austen movies and period movies & series I've watched like a marathon since last weekend. I've been a fan of Jane Austen since I was in high school and I can truly say that even if she was from the 19th century, she knew what romance and love meant. Her novels are an inspiration to me.
My favorite books from Jane Austen are Emma and Pride & Prejudice, world wide known stories that have been adapted many times on TV and on the big screen. Here's a list of adaptations I've seen this week and I've absolutely fell in love! Others I've seen before and I'll let you know through the list.
Emma (2009): a mini-series adaptation of the novel Emma with four episodes; first time watching it, beautiful and the cast is amazing. If you watch British TV, you could recognize Jonny Miller as Mr. Knightley, Blake Ritson as Mr. Elton (which also starred in Mansfield Park as Edmund Bertram) and Rimola Garai as Emma Woodhouse. Emma is about this rich and beautiful girl called Emma Woodhouse who loves to be a matchmaker and befriends a girl named Harriet whom she wants to set up with Mr. Elton and we get to see the consequences about this adventure. Mr. Knightley is her brother in law who is also a very dear friend to her and how their growing care for each other transforms into something deep and more beautiful.
Emma (1996): the only difference is the cast and since it's a movie adaptation from the big screen and some details aren't shown on the movie like the BBC adaptation, but a really good performance by Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeremy Northam as our Mr. Knightley and Emma Woodhouse. I've watched it three times and I'm in love with it, one of my favorite movies.
Northanger Abbey (2007): TV movie adaptation of Austen's Northanger Abbey, which I haven't read... yet. Starring JJ Feild (one of my current British actor crushes) and Felicity Jones (love her face she's pretty! from Like Crazy) as Catherine Morlan & Henry Tinsley. Catherine is a big fan of books, specially mystery ones, and she lives in her imagination so when she meets Tinsley, she's intrigued about his late mother's true story behind her death and obviously the story of true love.
Sense & Sensibility (1995): Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman star in this masterpiece and I truly will let the trailer speak for itself, because I have no words for how magnificent this adaptation of these sisters and their lives and how love has affected them in ways we can relate to.
Until next post lovelies, there will be a second part for this post SOON!
Hello to all of you! I'm here to write to you the latest films I've watched and basically they all are my new favorite films except one who didn't quite cut it, but I shall write here what I think of each of these 4 films, and why do you have to love them too, or at least consider to watch them anytime soon.
The Grand Budapest Hotel: beautiful, majestic, tragic and wonderful piece by my favorite film director Wes Anderson. He did it again. I can't start by what I loved of this film, because the actors, and the filmography or photography always are the ones who literally make me fall in love with his films. This time it was literally the story, the plot, the scenography, the actors, every little detail of this movie. Old fashioned and beautiful, just do yourself a favor and watch this fantastic movie.
Leon: The Professional: It has been on my film list forever, and I finally had the guts to sit and watch it. I'm not a huge fan of those films where violence is the main plot in a movie, but this one is such a huge breakthrough for me. Never in my entire life I would ever prefer to love this movie so much, more than movies I've said I'd love before. This movie stars Jean Reno and Natalie Portman, and this relationship stars after Mathilda's family has been killed by a gang of corrupt officers led by Gary Oldman's character, which is a really terrifying villain, so later, Leon and Matilda have this unique relationship and you just literally can't get enough of. Prepare yourselves for encountering every emotion you have because this movie will forever be fantastic in its way.
Scoop: a movie by Woody Allen, starring himself, Scarlett Johansson and Hugh Jackman. I thought to myself, okay well let's give it a try since those actors and that director are a top A team. I was slightly wrong about it. I didn't love it that much because in reality the movie wasn't good, it had plot holes or script holes, sometimes the plot was really not quite good as half as the movie was going. Not really an intelligent movie from Woody Allen, so I didn't enjoy it as I thought I would, but here's the trailer and if you ever get to watch, leave your comments below about it.
Funny Face: AUDREY HEPBURN IN PARIS, A FASHION ICON AND HER ICONIC DANCE IN THE FRENCH CLUB, FRED ASTAIRE AND THEY ARE A COUPLE AND IT'S A MUSICAL, AND PARIS OKAY. Enough said. I'm in love with this movie, and you should forever watch it. New on Netflix and I hope it stays forever there.
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