Movie Lists
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Some Of My Favourite Things: Book-To-Screen Adaptations
I recently (finally) finished watching the first season of The Wheel Of Time. As I eagerly wait for season 2, I began to think about adaptations and how they are received by fans of the original source material. It is safe to say no adaptation is above criticism. There is always someone who will find some flaw, some thing to nitpick and complain about. I know I have done the same. Even then, fans always want to see their favourite books translated onto the screen. There have been so many adaptations over the years. As long as movies and shows have been made, there has been someone interested in taking…
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Hallmark Presents; December Movie Rec List
We have officially rung in the New Year. And I am still watching feel-good Hallmark and Lifetime movies. I don’t think this particular hobby is going anywhere any time soon. Hallmark’s Countdown To Christmas and Miracles Of Christmas events drew to a close in the second last weekend of December 2022. It took me a while to sit down and watch the ones I’d wanted to, but now that I have, I’m back with part two of my recommendation list! You can find part one, covering the first half of the holiday events, here. Movies marked with ‘*’ are movies that lived up to my (quite high) expectations. Movies marked…
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Hallmark Presents; A 2022 Movie Rec List
Earlier this year, when I came down with Covid, I wrote a post about how I was watching a lot of Hallmark movies. This has not really changed. For the past few months, I have been watching so many of these feel good, predictable movies because – as much fun as Netflix romcoms can be – Hallmark (and Lifetime) movies have an earnestness most Netflix movies lack. They laugh with you, even the ones that are genre aware, never at you. And because I’ve been talking about this A LOT with friends, some of them have asked me for recommendations for the days when you just want a pick me…