Having only read the first book in Ally Carter’s Gallagher Girls series, I was still excited when I learned she was releasing an adult novel and the plot would follow a woman who wakes up in the middle of the night in Paris with no memory and ends up on the run with a hot…
Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970)
I finally got around to watching the gorgeous Faye Dunaway in Puzzle of a Downfall Child, which I thought was wonderful, and I wanted to share some screenshots I took during.
Review: The Idol, Episode 1 — Pop Tarts & Rat Tails
Contains spoilers for episode 1 of The Idol. The Idol, created by Sam Levinson, Abel Tesfaye aka The Weeknd, and Reza Rahim, follows aspiring pop star Jocelyn (Lily-Rose Depp) after a mental breakdown derailed her last tour, likely due to the death of her mother. She is determined to reclaim her title as the sexiest…
Review: A Tale of Two Bunnies
Set in 1960s Chicago, inseparable best friends Ruby (Julia Condra) and Holly (Marina Black) both work as seamstresses but dream of fame and fortune. Both women are absolutely gorgeous in their own right but their personalities differ. Ruby is exuberant, carrying more confidence and determination. She wants to be a fashion designer and start her…
Review: Beautiful Disaster
Freshman Abby Abernathy (Virginia Gardner) is a poker prodigy, known as Lucky 13, who was taught by her father, Mick (Brian Austin Green), and spent her childhood bailing him out while living in Las Vegas. Wanting a fresh start, Abby heads off to college in hopes of having a normal life. When she arrives, her…
Review: Dreamland
After her theatre debut in 2:22: A Ghost Story, for which she received an Olivier nomination, Lily Allen makes her television debut as Mel O’Sullivan in Dreamland. The series opens with Mel travelling via bus to Margate, her seaside hometown on the Kent coast, where her close-knit family still live, featuring some great class commentary on the…
Review: A Little White Lie
“They all wanna be writers but none of them like to read.” In order to prevent Acheron University’s annual literary festival being cut from the budget, English Professor Simone Cleary (Kate Hudson) knows she needs to secure a big author. In desperation, she reaches out to a famous yet reclusive writer named C. R. Shriver,…
Book Review: Is This OK?
I am obsessed with this book! It perfectly encapsulates what it’s like to grow up online and be caught in the lifelong search for connection while capturing the changing culture and social media of the 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s. Harriet Gibsone manages to write about all the embarrassing and cringeworthy stuff we do and think and…
Review: Ghosted
“We only have one life and you are too afraid to live it.” Directed by Dexter Fletcher (Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman) and written by Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, and Tom Holland-era Spider-Man writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, Ghosted is more action-packed than romantic-comedy, but it takes its shot at both anyway. Needy farmer Cole Turner (Chris Evans) and…
Killing Eve’s Tragic Love Story
Also featured on Medium. Contains spoilers for Killing Eve Season 4 finale. Killing Eve’s finale was a betrayal of what made the series so remarkable in the first place. Television producer Sally Woodward-Gentle, who optioned Luke Jennings’ Codename Villanelle in 2014, said: “The notion of a female assassin was not unique,” but Jennings’ take was “fresh, intelligent, and tonally…