Talkie Tuesday: The Apothecary Diaries Pt 1

 

"Be wary of everyone."

 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome back.

 

I'm apparently on an anime kick recently, but don't worry, there's going to be something else making its way onto the blog soon enough.

 

I just have to get through this first haha!

 

It's what happens when I'm bored and randomly browsing Netflix, allowing the streamer to choose suggestions for me based on what I'd already seen and liked.

 

And seeing that I rather enjoyed My Happy Marriage, I figured tonight's topic of choice could be something equally nice to watch.

 

Turns out, it's more than just that - it's full-on entertaining and hilarious, while also weaving a rather complex plot in the background!

 

So without further ado, strap in, because we're heading back to Imperial Japan with The Apothecary Diaries.

 

Talkie Tuesday: My Happy Marriage

 

"We should try to find our own shape of happiness."

 

Hello everyone! 

Welcome back.

 

Tonight, we're taking a look at the acclaimed second season of the series that won my heart over so fast, it's a miracle that no skidmarks were left behind!

 

As I said before in my previous posts, I'm not really an anime person.

 

But this?

 

This one is prime quality entertainment, with beautiful animation, heartfelt story-telling, and a main couple for the ages.

 

So make sure you've got your popcorn, sit back, relax, and let's dive right back into an alternate universe of Imperial Japan, of all places.

 

Then again, the best anime stories seem to happen around that time, and the same goes for My Happy Marriage.

 

Talkie Tuesday: My Happy Marriage

 

"We should try to find our own shape of happiness."

 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome to tonight's blog post of choice, and I'm pretty sure none of you saw this coming.

 

I've never really been an anime girlie, and I don't really consider myself one at the moment either, HOWEVER, Netflix has suddenly grabbed onto me with some of their select choices that they suggested I watch, and I have to say ... there's something there.

 

Howl's Moving Castle was of course my first foray into this animated world as an adult (I think I watched something else by accident when I was much younger, and I don't clearly remember it), but I've since expanded a little.

 

And I may have ordered all the manga volumes for this particular title because ... well.

 

Listen, if there's one thing that will ALWAYS get me, it's a ridiculously good story. And this is a ridiculously good story.

 

We'll be dividing the topic into two posts, as the show consists of two seasons, so tonight is covering the first. Just get your fans and admire the kimonos, because we're diving into My Happy Marriage.

 

Talkie Tuesday: Tomb Raider

"Us Crofts, we have responsibilities; jobs to do."

Hello everyone!

So hot on the heels of learning Shadowhunters have been cancelled after three seasons (NOOO!) I'm here tonight with another movie review and it's actually, FINALLY a more recent one. 

Although yes, I do still have movies back-logged that I have to either put on here or simply watch, this was one that suited me the evening when I watched it, and then of course what happened was that it led to a bit of a movie night with me watching ... everything else afterwards haha.

It's one of those action flicks that you either love or love to hate, there never seems to be a middle ground anywhere which is kind of sad, all things considered.

But then, audiences are NEVER satisfied these days.

So what movie am I talking about, you ask?

Why, the 2018 action retelling Tomb Raider, of course.

Talkie Tuesday: The Last Samurai

"I think a man does what he can - until his destiny is revealed."

Hello everyone!

I can honestly say I was halfway to writing up a hiatus post when I decided, you know what, screw it. I'm going to write about a movie I've already reviewed because this is something I'm at full liberty to do. 

Which basically means you'll be seeing a bunch of links down at the bottom since, you know, been there and done that kind of thing.

Still, since reviewing the movie for the first time, both my style and my commentary have changed somewhat, so I thought I might add some extra light to the entire factor without really taking away from what I had previously already done.

I'm talking, of course, about The Last Samurai.

And yes, I'm having a Tom Cruise kind of week.