Adorable. Lovely. Re-watchable. Hayao Miyazaki’s 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film, produced by Studio Ghibli, is an absolute delight. Two sisters, Satsuki and Mei, move to the countryside with their father whilst their mother recovers from an illness in hospital. While in the countryside, the sisters experience an adventurous life with the spirits from the forest: [...]
Confessions
Cunning. Chilling. Psychotic. Tetsuya Nakashima’s 2010 Japanese psychological thriller Confessions has a wonderful though very disturbing storyline: a secondary school teacher enacts revenge on two of her pupils who killed her four year old daughter. Narrated by the teacher, a pupil in the class, one of the killers’ mothers, and both of the murderers; each [...]
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Fun. Entertaining. Funny. Everything you could ask for from a Robert Marshall directed film. Jack Sparrow returns again, this time in London – though only briefly, on his quest for the fountain of youth. The Captain comes across Barbossa, Blackbeard, zombies, mermaids, and a priest on his journey. Johnny Depp is on fine form, and [...]
After Dark
I’ve never read a full film script before, but after reading After Dark I feel like I’ve read a short film script. Haruki Murakami’s short novel takes place in Tokyo, in the time of seven hours with only a handful of characters that are mysteriously connected. Female protagonist Mari has her world turned upside [...]
University Monies
Wow, just wow. I came across this video from a hilarious Asian American comedian called Eliot Chang who I absolutely adore: This is frickin’ hilarious!!! I say this as I’m currently revising through hell for my last exam, and some people may or may not be revising… I have heard some ridiculous stories whereby students [...]
Power cut
So I spent five hours yesterday without electricity. You know what that meant: revision. All. Day. Long. You never really realise how much you depend on electricity until it’s gone: No revision on the laptop No hot lunch No cold food from the fridge (I lie, but I was too afraid to open the fridge [...]
Ding-dong! The witch is dead…
I’m sure everyone has heard, one way or other, Bin Laden is now dead. Here’s where I read it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13256676 After 40 minutes of “firefight” in Pakistan, US forces succeeded in killing Bin Laden, his son and his trusted courier. No Americans were injured, but some of the opposition were. The forces then took hold [...]
Writing > books > internet
It’s hard to get my head around the world now. These days the internet has taken over: with blogs taking over diaries, Twitter taking over stalking, and Facebook taking over life. What has the world come to? Or is everything going to be like this from now on? I sit here, and think, does anyone [...]
Endless May Dreams 