Saturday Snippet: The Red Queen

 

"Boo."

 

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Saturday Snippet: R2D2 has problems

 

Droid version of PTSD.

 

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Talkie Tuesday: Mirror Mirror

 

"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?" 

Hello everyone!

You didn't think I'd leave you hanging and not review the second Snow White-themed movie that released at around the same time (or at least the same year) as Snow White and the Huntsman, did you?

Of course not.

I remember thinking at that time that it was a bold choice to have both movies in that same time frame, especially given the fact that it was such a competition back then, and still is, but it looks as though people may have learned from that by now and stuff like it doesn't happen anymore.

Or maybe I just haven't noticed it, which could also be the case.

In any event, I'm getting wildly off-track here.

For this week, we continue on with our Snow White extravaganza, because there is no escaping the magic mirror and Evil Queens who can't bear to have anyone be more beautiful than they are.

The very aptly titled Mirror Mirror is up next!

Saturday Snippet: We All Love Martha

 

 

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Talkie Tuesday: Jumanji The Next Level

"I swear man, if we survive, I am gonna kill you!"

Hello everyone!

Sadly, there was no Outlander this previous weekend as the show has apparently decided to leave us hanging (literally) to see the aftermath of the shocking revelation that was the end of The Ballad of Roger Mac.

Now, I'm a book reader, so I know what happens, and I've managed to gnaw my way through the re-read of The Fiery Cross as well, meaning I know which big points the series will attempt to hit going forward.

But STILL.

So while there is nothing to report on the Outlander front, I've been watching the occasional movie when time allowed.

Not much, you see, but just enough to keep interested in all the stuff happening on the big screen.

And while I may be behind on several more popular releases, I figured it couldn't hurt to cover one that had action, adventure, and a Jack Black-sized dollop of humour.

Jumanji: The Next Level awaits!

Saturday Snippet: Lucifer

Only just getting to it now. Oops 😅

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Sunday Scrap: McDanno

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Pride and Prejudice (Booktober)

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in

 possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

 

Who didn't see this one coming? Of course you can't really have any kind of autumnal read without a Jane Austen novel. In this case, Pride and Prejudice is pretty much the author's most read and known work, and it also happens to be my favourite (sharing the spot with Persuasion). The timeless classic that features Lizzy Bennett marching across the wet fields to give Mr. Darcy a piece of her mind is one of those you can't miss out on during a long, rainy autumn afternoon.

Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child" and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid performance of civilized sparring. And Jane Austen's radiant wit sparkles as her characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, making this book the most superb comedy of manners of Regency England.

(from Goodreads)

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Tempting Autumn (Booktober)

Harry Potter (Booktober)

The Hobbit (Booktober)

Saturday Snippet: Cartoon

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Saturday Snippet: The Sim4 100 Babies Challenge

I dare you not to laugh!

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Talkie Tuesday: Smallfoot

"Smallfoot exists, suckas!"

Hello everyone!

After being thoroughly amused by watching The Rock serenade as Maui and his 'You're Welcome' song from Moana, I felt the need to go and watch another cartoon-style movie instead of an action flick or anything of the sort.

I'd heard about tonight's blog post theme before but never got to it.

Why?

Well, I kind of have to be in the mood, I suppose.

And then of course, I keep getting distracted during the week by the Turkish soap opera I watch, Siyah Beyaz Ask.

I know. First world problems!

But anyway.

Without further ado, let's put our warmest winter jackets on, because we're going up high in the mountains. We'll try to locate Smallfoot!

Talkie Tuesday: The Spy Who Dumped Me

"Happy birthday, Audrey."

Hello everyone!

Question: what do you watch when you're bored out of your head, you don't feel like really thinking hard through whatever it is you'll be watching, and you REALLY don't feel like pulling a brain muscle trying to figure it out?  

Well, if you're currently waiting for the Outlander season four finale, then you'll probably pick up something that has Sam Heughan in it.

And since it's kind of the wrong time for A Princess for Christmas (one of the more adorable things I'd watched with Sam in it), you go for something a little more up-to-date.

And then you see photos of Sam in a tux holding a gun up in a very Bond-like position.

Why hello there, handsome!

The Spy Who Dumped Me is sort of a mix-and-mash of a lot of other spy movies, incorporating all the more insane ideas (not to mention the absurd ones) and making it all seem like a lark in comparison to, say, Bond or Bourne.

Saturday Snippet: Famous Last Words

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Saturday Snippet: The Outpost

 

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Tome Thursday: 9 From the Nine Worlds

Hello everyone!

I'm back with another Rick Riordan book review, because, well, I really enjoy reading his books.

Some people argue that he's beginning to repeat himself and that Percy Jackson was the best book series he pushed out, but I disagree.

I think the humour remains just the same, you just have to be willing to absorb and accept it!

And of course, you really need to be prepared for just about anything. So far as that goes, we've seen freak griffins, talking rivers, ships built out of fingernails, and of course there are the gods that keep popping up all over the place.

You'd think they'd have something better to do than bothering us mortals, but nope.

Especially if it means getting us into all sorts of trouble and mischief. Including waging war against other gods or, you know, accusing us of stealing some of their priceless artifacts.

9 From the Nine Worlds delivers just what you want, if you're open to receiving it.

Talkie Tuesday: Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle

"Get me the HELL out of here!"

Hello everyone!

Time to talk about movies again. 

I need to figure out a better way to introduce these blogs, but that being said, however, the point is that this is where I chatter on and on about the movie I'm going to be writing about subsequently in the post.

Now as you know, my list to catch up is still pretty much a mile long, however, I'm finally starting to make some sort of a dent in it!

And still I manage to go back and rewatch the Hobbit franchise for some reason or other ...

Ahem.

I was on a Dwayne Johnson binge it looks like, and I'm continuing it with another one of his movies soon enough, but for the time being let's start talking about this hilarious flick.

Of course it's Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.