|| Magnolia ||When it rains, it pours ( Read more... )

Take my love. Take my land ( Read more... )

I recently watched a movie about a little, lonely girl. This nine-year-old girl lives a very tough life of a slave amongst people who could not care any less. She rises and she works, day after day. One day, she meets a kind gentleman who takes a moment out of his busy life to talk to her, buys her a cup of sweet ice, and gives her some money for ( Read more... )

On a rare occasion does one watch three movies consecutively and find them all brilliant. I recently experienced one such occasion.

The Mirthful

You do not ask for ones opinion on A Fish Called Wanda; since to watch Wanda is to love Wanda. This is a universal truth. It’s a tale of murder, lust, greed, revenge, and seafood. A bunch of greedy ( Read more... )

When I sat down to list my favorite female characters, my first thought was that of The Bride from Kill Bill. Next on my mind were Bridget Jones, Ally McBeal, and Amelie. However, these memorable characters did not feature anywhere on my final list. Despite being unique and unforgettable, these characters are unreal. The ones that feature on my ( Read more... )

As the mercury drops lower than ever before, in my lifetime at least, I decide to stay in and do some catching up on my hoarded comics. And that is how I begin my lonely journey into the world of dying men!

Y - The Last ManNope, no super heroes this time around. It is a story of a simple, unmotivated man with very worldly problems (job, parents, ( Read more... )

This kind of certainty comes but once in a lifetime.

When I first read The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller, I thought that the magical web of emotions that Waller created should not be meddled with. And can they make a movie out of a book without monkeying around? Look at Message in a Bottle, for instance. Waller's book comprises ( Read more... )

From where, you ask. From the land of sun and sand. I spent the last few weeks relaxing on the beach, sipping martini and reading one good book after another. I let the cool breeze gently rock my hammock, I inhaled the sweet smell of the ocean as its waves calmly lapped the shore, and I am totally given to wishful thinking ( Read more... )

Repeated viewing of Before Sunrise and Before Sunset has made me relate to Celine from the first movie. I see a reflection of my thoughts in her ideas. Her romanticism, her beliefs, her faith, her insecurities - all seem to be so me ( Read more... )

WHERE I TRY NOT TO APOLOGIZE FOR MY ABSENCE ( Read more... )