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Director: Pat Healey Rating: 3/5 Take me is a new film of Netflix, which only had 88% score for me on the programme matching. Given the experience with The Incredible Jessica James (see here) and other films that were scored low on matches and I ended up disliking (see also here) I was considering skipping…
Director: Jim Strouse Rating: 2/5 This is a new film on Netflix, and it came up in my search stating “because of your interest in Naked”. I freaked out because I really did not like that film (see here), and while this film is better than Naked I was still disappointed. Like I said in…
Gypsy is a new series on Netflix, and I honestly do not know what to say about it. I knew right from the beginning that this would not be everybody’s cup of tea since there is lots of talk and thoughts, rather than action. But, I do like that especially when directors are telling us…
Director: Tommy Wirkola Rating: 5/5 If you liked the Hunger Games, Netflix’s series “3%”, Stasis and similar TV and film production depicting dystopian future, you will love this new film on Netflix. And, if you are like me and you don’t like when the film is based only on action but you prefer to watch a…
Director: Peter Hutchings Rating: 3.5/5 The Outskirts is a fun and entertaining movie, with a typical story of US High School drama that teenagers go through before they go to college. We’ve seen many movies with this theme, and this one is very similar to other movies on the same topic. There is an evil…
I watched this series as soon as it came out, and I did not let it go until I saw all episodes. So, there I am back to enthusiasm with Netflix’s programme and I clearly seem to be a fun of TV programmes based on really good and detailed research by their directors and writers…
Rating: 4.5/5 This is a new film from F.C. Rabbath and the film is not out yet (scheduled for October this year for the US audience). I’ve got it from the director himself and watched it immediately given the fact I loved his film Listen, which remains a film hard to beat when it comes to…
Director: Michael Tiddes Rating: 2/5 I was recently worrying that my blog does not look serious enough because I love everything Netflix produces, and vast majority of my blogs are too positive and enthusiastic. Then along came Naked to sort the balance out. This film is a classical example of the new era in…
This is the final blog in the #SaveTheCulture series. The last book is a true story, “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight”, published by Picador in 2002. The book is written by Alexandra Fuller and it is about her life and growing up in Africa. Thus, we get to follow her life from childhood…
Rating: 4/5 Stasis is a new film on Netflix, and yet another story of time travelling and the doomed future ahead of us. The film is directed by Nicole Jones Dion. I naturally enjoyed time travelling as I am a fan, and I enjoyed a distinctive characteristic of this film, which is travelling to the…
Rating: 5/5 Netflix’s new film features a story based on a real-life experience of a survivor of an eating disorder. The film was directed and and written by Marti Noxon who survived this condition and wanted to tell a story about it by hiding nothing. I knew about anorexia and bulimia before, but I can’t remember I saw…
Rating: 4/5 The Circle is a new film directed by James Ponsoldt starring Emma Watson, who keeps proving she is much more than a little witch from Harry Potter film series. In this film, Emma Watson plays Mae Holland who gets a job in a tech company The Circle through the mediation of her friend Annie…
Rating: 4/5 Amazon’s new film is a prime example of what happens to people when they can’t cope with bureaucracy and when they fall from the ladder. This film, directed by Ken Loach, shows just that. The film was officially released in 2016, but it came to DVD and Amazon this year. Daniel Blake (Dave Johns)…
Glow is a new series from Netflix, and it is coming from Andrew McCarthy, director of fabulous Orange is the New Black (OITNB), about which I have written already (see here and here and also here). Just like in OITNB, this show also celebrates women and their independence. Surprised I liked it, huh? This series portrays women trying…
Friends from College is a new series on Netflix, and it is about old friends from college (as the name says) who end up living together in the same city after living elsewhere for a while and partying as they used to when they were college students. However, they are still trying to grow up…
I always try to stay on a higher moral ground and refrain from revenging, and the 5th season of Orange is the New Black has vividly portrayed the decision making process when it comes to gaining power to hurt your enemy. In other words, the series demonstrated that vengeance eats people alive and turns them…
Anne with an “E” is a new series on Netflix based on a book ‘Anne of Green Gables’ (see here). I watched the series as soon as it was released but was too busy to write this blog to comment on it. Until now, that is. The series is a combination of classical stories we…
Chanel has recently released a new advert as part of the chapter 18 of their famous ‘Inside Chanel’ campaign. What is particularly interesting in this campaign is that not only the main film features the story of Gabrielle and invites for emancipation and the freedom of choice of women, but Gabrielle’s bags are also shown…
New book by a group of European scholars discusses what constitutes excellent communication. Communication Excellence: How to Develop, Manage and Lead Exceptional Communication has been published by Palgrave (see here) recently, and the authors are Ralph Tench, Dejan Vercic, Ansgar Zerfass, Angeles Moreno, and Piet Verhoeven The book is a result of 10 years of the…
Director: Steven Brill Rating: 3/5 Adam Sandler keeps returning with fake voices that irritate viewers who have to ask why was that necessary. This is the case in his new release, Sandy Wexler. Sandy Wexler (Adam Sandler) is a talent manager who hunts potential talents, but unlikely for others he genuinely cares and promises he…
Availability: Vue Cinema Leeds Director: Damien Chazelle Rating: 5/5 I finally watched La La Land. At first, I was saying to myself that the reason why this film received so many Oscars and Golden Globes is beyond me. But, as the film progressed I realised I was thinking this only because I am not really…