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I Watched Love is Blind…And It Was Wild
It was Shakespeare that said, ‘love is blind’. But, I’m sure that he did not intend for Love is Blind on Netflix to be a result of one of his most famous lines. Love is Blind is Netflix’s reality TV series where single men and women date without ever seeing one another in person. Full disclosure, this review is for those that have seen the show and wish to reflect on its events. Spoiler alert! At the beginning of the series, 30 single people enter the house of Love is Blind where the women live together on one side, and the men on another. They continue to live together in…
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Film Review: ‘To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You’ Revisits ‘Happily Ever After’
The highly anticipated sequel to To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before delivers a refreshingly real take on first relationships and young love, while still keeping a rom-com spirit. Netflix released P.S. I Still Love You on February 12, two days before I settled down to watch it on Valentine’s Day. The decision to capitalize on the romantic holiday was clear––which is why I think it hit harder when Lara Jean and Peter’s first steps into their newfound relationship weren’t quite what I expected. Instead, what I got was something a little more complex than a feel-good rom-com.
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Review: The You I’ve Never Known
Summary from Goodreads: “How do you live your life if your past is based on a lie? A new novel in both verse and prose from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Ellen Hopkins.” For as long as she can remember, it’s been just Ariel and Dad. Ariel’s mom disappeared when she was a baby. Dad says home is wherever the two of them are, but Ariel is now seventeen and after years of new apartments, new schools, and new faces, all she wants is to put down some roots. Complicating things are Monica and Gabe, both of whom have stirred a different kind of desire. Maya’s a teenager who’s…
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Review: The Wonder
Summary from Goodreads: “An eleven-year-old girl stops eating, but remains miraculously alive and well. A nurse, sent to investigate whether she is a fraud, meets a journalist hungry for a story. Set in the Irish Midlands in the 1850s, The Wonder—inspired by numerous European and North American cases of “fasting girls” between the sixteenth century and the twentieth—is a psychological thriller about a child’s murder threatening to happen in slow motion before our eyes. Pitting all the seductions of fundamentalism against sense and love, it is a searing examination of what nourishes us, body and soul.“ Thoughts: Before I rave about this book, let it be known that I have…
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Review: The Hate U Give
Hoooo boy. I’ve sat here staring at this blank word document for a while. I don’t really know where to start. I think the only thing I can really say is: Wow. The Hate U Give is a novel by Angie Thomas, set to come out on February 28th, 2017. I got an early copy through a guest speaker from HarperCollins that spoke to my class. Super quick side note: I LOVE FREE BOOKS. Bigger side note: I love free books that are this incredible. The Hate U Give is about a teenager named Starr who witnesses her childhood best friend get shot by a cop. The novel is directly…
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Review: Edge of Seventeen
If you’re going into this movie thinking you will hear Stevie Nicks’ 1982 song of the same title, be informed that the song, sadly, was not part of the (surprisingly good) soundtrack. They do, however, follow very similar storylines. A tragic death, the intensity of dealing with that loss, and the changes that follow. First things first: this is a story that we have all heard before, if we haven’t lived it ourselves. Truly, it’s not a movie you trek through the snow to pay $13 to see. It’s the kind of film you curl up on the couch on a cold winters day to watch. It’s the typical coming…
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Don’t Forget, It’s a War Movie!: A Rogue One Review
Although all of the Star Wars films are about, well, war, Gareth Edwards’ installment into the franchise structurally lays itself out as such. While the other films are science-fiction, fantasy, action, adventure, and western films, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is a flat out war movie and it wants you to know that. The premise of the film is simple: the Death Star has been created, but there’s a flaw in the system forged by Galen Erso (Mads Mikkelsen), a rebel taken hostage by the Empire. Our main characters must then fight their way into Imperial territory and retrieve the plans before all hope is lost. If you have…
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Manchester by the Sea: A Review
[SPOILERS AHEAD] If you had to pick one word to describe Kenneth Lonergan’s new film, it would have to be “real.” Manchester by the Sea takes a brief look into the life of a middle-aged man named Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck), who is racked with tragedy and must return to the site of all his woes—Manchester, Massachusetts—when his brother dies of heart failure and he is left as guardian of his nephew, Patrick (Lucas Hedges). The film revolves around grief and how it is dealt with. It is not, however, a film that you need to bring a box of tissues with you to see. There is no build up…
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Book Review: “Who’s that Girl?” by Mhairi McFarlane
Summary from Goodreads: When Edie is caught in a compromising position at her colleagues wedding, all the blame falls on her – turns out that personal popularity in the office is not that different from your schooldays. Shamed online and ostracised by everyone she knows, Edie’s forced to take an extended sabbatical – ghostwriting an autobiography for hot new acting talent, Elliot Owen. Easy, right? Wrong. Banished back to her hometown of Nottingham, Edie is not only dealing with a man who probably hasn’t heard the word ‘no’ in a decade, but also suffering an excruciating regression to her teenage years as she moves back in with her widowed father…
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Review of Allure Body Bar Waxing Specialists: Offering More Than Just A Stylish Package
Toronto’s Danforth Ave. is quickly becoming a playground for the young and the established. The mecca of sophisticated restaurants, designer coffee shops, and contemporary boutiques have a uniquely southeastern European feel. Nestled among some of Danforth’s hot spots you will find a little piece of heaven dedicated to all your waxing needs by the specialists at Allure Body Bar. Allure Body Bar offers various waxing services and caters to both men and women and prides itself on making everyone feel welcome. The Waxing Specialists promise their clients a clean and relaxing atmosphere where they can feel at ease while their Curly Q’s receive the special treatment they deserve. Continually well informed,…
