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After my first time watching The Secret Life of Water Mitty, though the film didn’t make it to my list of favourites, I thoroughly enjoyed its calm and pleasant vibe, the breathtaking sceneries and the soundtrack, especially the use of David Bowie’s Space Oddity. Before this film, I have listened to one or two trackContinue reading “David Bowie: an artist, an icon and a legend”

Among the legions of films about high school that I have watched, no movie, animated or not, connects with me the way that Whispers of the Heart does. Considering how much I had already loved Ghibli, the studio that made this film, before watching it, my very positive oppinions about it could have been aContinue reading “My Favorite High School Film”

I have a thing for period pieces. No matter if it’s a book, a comic or a film, if something had a historical tag on it, I’m more likely to try it on than any other similiar stuff that is set in modern times. When it comes to novels, my interest is even more specific.Continue reading “A thing for period pieces (English)”

Part III I know that this is already my third post about Austens’ adaptations, but bear with me because I still have a number of interesting movies to introduce to you. I don’t just want to give you a list. More than telling you the things that I find interesting about these movies, I wantContinue reading “A quick movie and TV review (last for Austen)”

North and South Cranford Wives and Daughters

Growing up with a brother whom I idolize and look up to my entire life, I’ve always had a soft spot for stories about the relationship between siblings. The Darjeeling Limited, with its emphasis on brotherly connections, brought me a new yet somewhat familiar experience that touched me deeply. Everything about the movie, from theContinue reading “The Darjeeling Limited”

War and Peace Anna Karenina The Kreutzer Sonata Others

Let’s dive into the world of the Bronte sisters! Jane Eyre Wuthering Heights The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

From the moment I first came across North and South in a bookstore, I knew it was perfect for me. For a book that already has a strong-willed heroine with an emotionally restraint love interest, the only one way to make its premise more intriguing to me is to set it in Victorian England. NorthContinue reading “Elizabeth Gaskell and North and South”

I admit that it was my devotion to Jane Austen that first led me to this book, which is referenced in Northanger Abbey. As ridiculously obsessed as I have always been with anything related to Austen, I visited to this book and unconsciously looked for something similar to what one could usually find in aContinue reading “Maria Edgeworth and Belinda”