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I bet that at some point in your life you’ve thought that your family was weird, don’t worry you’re not the only one. Meet the Yamada’s!!

This is the ultimate family movie. When it started I thought ‘is this a thing for kids?’ Even though I watch movies made for children (child at heart <3) I was taken by surprise. It is nothing like any anime movie, Ghibli never cease to surprise me. No, it is not hand painted, the whole movie is made on computer and given water color effects.

It is a compilation of various incidents of the Yamada family. This is the story of a middle class Japanese family. What makes it special is its simplicity. The characters are well developed and you can’t help but smile at the quips. Shige, the grandmother is stubborn, wise and a little childish. The father Takashi is hard working and daydreams about taking a break. The mother Matsuko is a typical housewife, and every child can relate to her mom-hood! The siblings are great, Noboru, a teenage boy with witty remarks and his sister, sweet innocent Nonoko.

Sometimes the story gives us advice, sometimes it makes us laugh and sometimes it makes us emotional but it never bores you. You can understand the nature and personality of each of the characters, even the supporting characters in just 104 minutes. And the haikus just add to the charm of this movie.

Do you ever wonder if you are living in a real world? Maybe someday you’d wake up on some weird planet and realize ‘Oops it was just a dream!’

Inception directed by visionary Christohper Nolan is all about dreams. It was released in 2010, shot in six countries at a reported cost of $160 million. Was it worth it? Yes! Every single second!

Dom Cobb is a professional inceptionist. What’s an inceptionist you ask? It’s a person who invades people’s dreams to steal their secrets. Scary eh? His trusted associate Arthur is his partner in crime. Played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Josheph Gordon-Levitt [double hotness, though I’m partial to Josheph ;) ] this duo assembles a team to do something they’ve never done before. Plant an idea. Cobb and his team are hired to plant an idea in the Fischer’s subconscious, portrayed by Cillian Murphy. To do this job they have to create layers of dream in which they can get lost.

This film revolves around Cobb, his desire to go meet his children and haunting memories of his deceased wife Mal. Cobb struggles with his emotions as Mal lives in his subconscious and what he knows, she knows too.

This amazing movie is a combination of epic science fiction and action that’ll keep you on the edge. The most amazing thing about this film is how it evolves. It has the ultimate plotline, I try not to compare movies but this one beats them all, well not all but most of them. It’s like a blooming flower; every time a petal opens you realize something new.

The whole 148 of this movie captivates you, I was never bored or wondered when this scene would end. It keeps you interested until the very end. I can’t say that it is easy to understand, some may find the concept a little difficult but keep an open mind and you’ll be asking for more.

The visuals in this film are A –wait-for-it─ mazing, AMAZING! Avatar takes us to a alien planet with fancy plants and blue aliens, it’s great. But this film gives us simple places and turns them upside down, literally ;) Architect of Dreams, ever heard a job title like that one? No? It exist peeps, it really does.

Nolan has made me wonder about reality, what is reality and how do you know if you are lost in a dream or not?

My lovely people, I’m a chef in training and this book is a wish come true! Well it’s not exactly a professional gourmet bible but I love art and this is epic. Salli Swindell and Nate Padavick the founders of this amazing website http://www.theydrawandcook.com provided a platform for artists around the world.

What do they do?
They create illustrated recipes, how cool is that?

This book features 107 illustrated recipes from their website. Every artist has contributed to this book with their own unique style. The illustrations are beautiful, humorous and sometimes downright cute. There are so many variations! The recipes range from drinks to desserts and everyday to extraordinary. You can’t be sure who’s cooking. I could be a cat cooking brownies or sexy anime like characters making hot apple citrus punch or a Yeti tossing ingredients here and there. Even the recipe names are fun; Starving artist goo-lash, Colcannon, Beetrooty-Yogurty-Thingummyji, Monkey banana cream, etc.

The book is sturdy, hardcover and very colorful. The pages are glossy and the illustrations are hand drawn and then scanned so the originality of the art remains. Even though you are not a big fan of kitchen work, this book will surely make you smile.

This book is the perfect blend of art and food and what could be better than that? Oh wait the website!

What a fairytale!

Released in May 2012 and directed by Rupert Sanders , Snow White and the Huntsman had a lot of expectations which the film did not meet. I like the idea of a revolutionized story of a warrior Snow White and a scorned feminist stepmother. The visual effects of the film are amazing but alas it lacks a plot.

There is no story build-up, no suspense, no nothing. The best part of the movie, which was the dwarfs, was really short. The movie has no sense of purpose. It has some useless scenes like the Queen’s back story. It lacks pace and wobbles from one scene to another.

Charlize Theron played the evil stepmother Ravenna. In this movie the stepmother is a feminist. She knows that men use women and throw them aside when they are done playing so she invade kingdoms, assassinates kings and wreaks havoc on people. Ravenna is a tantrum baby and I don’t blame Theron for the awful character. After all she was the only thing worth watching in this movie.

The dialogues were a bit off, well more than a bit and the casting was almost good. Chris Hemsworth portrays the huntsman. He goes into the dark forest to capture a girl but falls in love with her. William acted by the most handsome and charming Sam Claflin is the love of Snow White.

Remember that almost up there? Well Snow White is played by Kristen Stewart. I’m not in a habit of criticizing actors but one crack and the glass shatters. Throughout the movie Stewart has one singular expression. She acts ‘numb snow white’, even when she is crying she hardly shows any sorrow. My dog has more expressions on her face than Stewart.

William is supposed to be her lost love but out Snow White hardly spares a glance at him when they meet, even the kisses are sisterly. There’s supposed to be chemistry between the Huntsman and Snow White but when Hemsworth is full of emotion Stewart gives him empty eyes. Her encouraging speech is a disaster; C-3PO has better tones in his voice than our warrior princess.

I wasn’t going to watch it but I saw The Huntsman: Winter’s War trailer, which by the way looks very promising. I thought maybe the previous movie was good after all but naw.

If you still want to get a glimpse of this film then my advice is to skip the trailer and watch the Fairy Sanctuary scene on YouTube, it’s the only scene worth watching.

Hello Sweetie!

Sorry for the delay in posts, my laptop died and I had to revive it.
Some years back my dad showed me a paper cutting of this amazing black and white film.

Ida is a Polish film directed by Pawel Pawlikowski. It is set in Poland 1962 after the Second World War. The story revolves around two women, Ida Lebenstein and her aunt Wanda Gruz.

The overall atmosphere of the movie is intense. Pawlikowski manages to express the pain of a whole generation through two characters who are very different from each other.

The camera work is magnificent. The whole film is captured in a single frame. When I watched this film, I only watched it because it was black and white and I was ready to be disappointed but it had the opposite effect. Pawlikowski uses shadow and light to his advantage.

Ida is an orphan who grew up in a nunnery. She is quite, shy. She is saintly, a devout presence who rarely shows any strong emotional reaction when confronted with disturbing news. Agata Trzebuchowska plays the role of Ida. Even though she is a new actress, Trzebuchowska shows the innocence and vulnerability of her character.

Agata Kulesza plays the role of Wanda Gruz perfectly. The character is complex. Wanda is a bitter woman with a horrible past. She is an alcoholic and has multiple partners. Kulesza’s acting is hypnotic; she takes you along for the amazing 80 minute ride.

The movie is slow paced and sometimes there are scenes where the characters are just staring off into the space. It’s like an excellent wine which matures over time. Throughout the movie Ida and Wanda seeks truth about what actually happened to their family. They meet a charming man, Lis, on their journey to whom Ida is attracted.

After discovering the truth Wanda jumps out the window. Ida attends the funeral and meets Lis and they have a night out. Lis asks her to come with him but in the morning Ida goes back to take her vows. The ending is confusing and open for interpretation. I think that Wanda made an impact on Ida’s life.

After all you can’t sacrifice what you’ve never had.

Dear readers (if there are any lol),

I opened this blog to share my thoughts about my passion aka, movies and books! I’ve read a lot of different reviews about different stuff and I don’t always agree with them. Sometimes I outright hate them ( lol ) and I’m pretty sure that I’m not the only one who has read some idiotic reviews so here I’m writing my own stuff. You are all welcome to share your thoughts with other readers <3

I just watched A Trip to the Moon by the French filmmaker Georges Méliès. The film was published in 1902 and it has colors! It’s a simple 15 minutes video so why is this movie so amazing?

Because it is the first science fiction movie in the history of movies, how incredible is that! To be honest I love the fact that it was hand painted. And to have such imagination, it’s genuis! It is one of the earliest movies to use fading effect in the movies. Georges Méliès was the inventor of special effects. Imagine seeing normal black and white usual movies and then lo! The actor vanishes right in front of your eyes! It might not seem that special these days but in 1902 it was sensational.

The plot is really simple. A group of astronomers decide to go to the moon. They build a space craft for their voyage. The man in the moon watches the voyage approach and then it hits him in the eye. The astronomers explore the moon and find a race of the aliens called Selenites which are easily killed by the astronomers. In the end they have to run for their lives and they come back to earth where their success is celebrated.

The film is simple yet it captures your imagination. Even without a word you can understand the plotline. The props, costumes, even the backgrounds are up to the mark. The surroundings in various scenes is very detailed; the smoke coming off from chimneys, the mushroom forest, the kingdom of Selenites. Georges Méliès directed the film and wrote the plot. How can one not appreciate this amazing man!

My favorite scene of this movie was when the spacecraft lands in the eye of the man in the moon. I bet even Neil Armstrong can’t beat that landing!