Just spent the last two days blazing through the ten episodes of Marco Polo, a new series by Netflix, which is gaining a reputation for amazing programs like Orange is the New Black and House of CardsThis series is based on Italian explorer Marco Polo’s time in the court of Kublai Khan during the late Song dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan ( Read more... )

All the movies I’ve seen this year so that I can keep track of them. Please ask if you’re interested in any of them! :)

Previous year: 2013

::: Animation :::

• Big Hero 6 (would love fanfic of this movie)
• The Boxtrolls
• Despicable Me 2
• Howl’s Moving Castle (because I read the book)
• How to Train Your Dragon 2

Happy New Year, everyone!

After months of agonizing waiting and trying to ignore other people’s reviews, I fiiiiiinally got to see The Imitation Game!!! The theater were in was sold out and had a line out the door (we had to stand in the cold to get tickets!), and even though we arrived very early, we had to sit on the third row because the ( Read more... )

Just got back from seeing the final Hobbit movie, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, and wanted to share my thoughts under the cut! Please beware of spoilers and don’t read until you’ve seen it!

( Thoughts under the cut! )

Hmm, I liked this YA novel, but not as much as I thought I might like it.

( Review behind the cut! )

Because The Imitation Game isn’t in theaters for me yet (*cries* I’m so jealous of those of you who have seen it already!) but I still need my Benedict Cumberbatch movie fix, it’s off to see the animated penguins for me ( Read more... )

...to Sophie Hunter! AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! She is a theater director. :)

They look really cute together; I'm so pleased he found someone he loves enough to marry. :)

And they announced it by putting out a small ad in The Times newspaper in the "Forthcoming Marriages" section--how classy is that?

Now I really have to see Burlesque Fairytales, which ( Read more... )

Ooooommmmmggggg, the deleted scene from Sherlock: His Last Vow has been posted online, and it's great. Cut for the spoiler-phobic:

( Clip and discussion )

Happy Halloween, everyone!

Yay, I’ve finally gotten to see Daniel Radcliffe’s newest movie, Horns, which I’ve been looking forward to! In it, he plays Iggy, a young man devastated by the murder of his girlfriend, Merrin (played by Juno Temple), not only because she died unexpectedly but because he is being accused of murdering her. Aaand then ( Read more... )

Just came back from seeing Pride (finally!), primarily for Andrew Scott, but man, what a great cast ( Read more... )