Showing posts with label Reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reviews. Show all posts

Tuesday, 16 May 2023

BOOK REVIEW: THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS

 

 


Hi, everyone! Have you ever heard of the New York Time bestselling “The Love Hypothesis”? It is a rom-com that became very popular on BookTok, which is a sub-community of TikTok,  focusing on literature and books,  where people discuss and review what they have read through their Tik Tok. I have just finished it and I really loved its plot and style. It is  funny, light and lovely. If you enjoy romance as much as I do, you must read it!

Tuesday, 29 November 2022

THIRTEEN LIVES

Thirteen lives is a film directed by Ron Howard. It tells the incredible true story of the tremendous global effort to rescue a Thai soccer team who got  trapped in the Tham Luang cave during an unexpected rainstorm in 2018. 

Wednesday, 4 May 2022

ANGELICA'S BOOKS: THE TIME OF INDIFFERENCE

 


 


The Time of Indifference is a novel written by Alberto Moravia and published for the first time in 1929.

This book talks about the bourgeois Ardengo family. Mariagrazia Ardengo, a widow, has two children: Carla and Michele. Moreover, she has had a lover, Leo Merumeci, for 15 years.

Tuesday, 29 March 2022

ANGELICA'S BOOKS: THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH BY LEV TOLSTOY

 

The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a novel written by Lev Tolstoy and published in 1886.

This book starts with the death of Ivan Ilyich, a member of the appeals court. His colleagues, hearing of his death, do not show displeasure. Actually, everyone hopes to take his place.

Pëtr Ivanovich, one of the protagonist’s friends, proves to be insensitive to his death. Indeed, while he is taking part in Ivan’s funeral, he thinks about the card game he is missing.

Wednesday, 23 February 2022

ANGELICA'S BOOKS: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

 



To Kill a Mockingbird is a bildungsroman and crime novel written by Harper Lee and published in 1960, which in the same year the Pulitzer Prize.

The protagonist and the narrator of this book is Jean Louise Finch, a child nicknamed Scout. She and her brother Jem, orphans of their mother, live in Maycomb (in Alabama) with a dark-skinned governess, Calpurnia, and their father, the lawyer Atticus Finch.  

Thursday, 25 November 2021

ANGELICA'S BOOKS: ONE, NO ONE AND ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND

 

 


One, No One and One Hundred Thousand is a psychological novel written by Luigi Pirandello. This story was published in instalments in 1925 in the magazine “La Fiera Letteraria” and, as an integral volume, in 1926.

Monday, 8 November 2021

A VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE WORLD: FRANCESCO'S REVIEW OF THE NEW ALBUM BY DREAM THEATER



Today I’d like to share with you my musings on the latest album of one of my favourite bands, Dream Theater.

Let’s delve into the world of their  latest work,  released on 22nd October 2021. I’m always excited when a new Dream Theater’s album comes out and so I am this time.

Friday, 22 October 2021

ANGELICA'S BOOKS: THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER

 


The Sorrows of Young Werther is an epistolary novel written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and published in 1774.

The protagonist is Werther, a bourgeois young man. He decides to move to Walheim to restore the inner balance he feels lost; here he feels connected to nature. Meanwhile, he sends letters to his friend Wilhelm.

Thursday, 3 June 2021

ANGELICA'S BOOKS: AGNES GREY BY ANNE BRONTE

 

 


Agnes Grey is a novel published in 1847 and written by Anne Brontë, the younger sister of Charlotte and Emily Brontë.

Agnes Grey, the protagonist of Anne’s novel,  is a girl who has grown in a happy family, in contrast to the protagonists of Jane Eyre (by Charlotte Brontë)  and Wuthering Heights (by Emily Brontë), her sisters’ masterpieces. Her dad is a minister, while her mum is woman who has given up her prosperity for love.

Wednesday, 5 May 2021

ANGELICA'S BOOKS: MARINA BY CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON

 



 

Marina is a gothic novel written by Carlos Ruiz Zafón and published for the first time in 1999.

This book tells about Oscar Drai and his adventure. At the beginning, Oscar recalls one of his memories, something happened to him fifteen years before, which he has pretended to forget.

“I didn’t realise then that sooner or later the ocean of time brings back the memories we submerge in it”

Thursday, 3 December 2020

THE DEVIL'S VIOLINIST

 


Hi guys and welcome back to our blog! Today I’d like to talk  about a film I watched some days ago. This film is titled “The devil’s violinist” and it’s the story of the greatest and most virtuoso violinist, and composer, in the history of Music: Nicolò Paganini.

Saturday, 31 October 2020

CLOSE TO THE HORIZON

 

  


Hi everyone! Have you ever seen this movie? I love it!

It’s the story of Jessica,  a kind and caring girl, who meets Danny,  a successful and independent  boy. They start dating and fall in love, but Jessica sees something else lingering underneath Danny’s perfect face. Later Jessica finds some harrowing truths about Danny’s traumatic childhood.

Monday, 30 March 2020

4 REASONS WHY “NORWEGIAN WOOD” IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE BOOKS



Hi guys! Today I want talk about a fantastic book, Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, one of the most famous Japanese writers. 

It is the story of a teenager (Tōru Watanabe) traumatized by his best friend’s suicide,  which happened some years before the narration begins. He meets a lot of characters, teenagers and adults, who bring him from the carelessness and the liabilities of teenage, to maturity and to the personal acceptance of adulthood.

It is one of my favorite books, as well as the coming-of-age story par excellence, and I’m ready to point out why.

WARNING! HUGE SPOILERS AHEAD

Tuesday, 5 November 2019

INTERSTELLAR: MANKIND'S NEXT STEP WILL BE OUR GREATEST




“Mankind was born on Earth. It was never meant to die here.”

The movie

Interstellar is a 2014 American science fiction film written and direct by Christopher Nolan. It stars Matthew McConaughey as Joseph Cooper, Anne Hathaway as Amelia Brand, Jessica Chastain as Murphy Cooper, Bill Irwin as TARS (voice and puppetry) and CASE (puppetry), Ellen Burstyn as old Murphy and Michael Caine as Professor Brand.

Interstellar has some of the most beautiful images of  the space. The space is vast and the depiction of a wormhole accomplishes amazement especially to science fiction space. The black hole is even more amazing and it is a recurrent image throughout the movie. It’s in these lingering shots of a tiny spacecraft floating through the galaxy that we can recognize the influence of Kubrick’s space Odyssey. 
Interstellar include complex but fascinating theories referring to Physics,  thanks to a scientific consultant,  Kip Thorne, who also wrote a book where he explains all the Physics in the film (The Science of Interstellar).

Wednesday, 23 May 2018

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A FAN OF VAMPIRES TO LOVE TWILIGHT

The Twilight Saga




The first time I heard about it, I was studying at home with a friend of mine, who told me about this saga, Twilight.  I couldn’t wait to see the films so I started asking her questions about it. “You don’t have to be a fan of vampire stories to  like these films”, she said. “The Twilight saga talks about a girl, Bella Swan, who fell in love with a vampire named Edward Cullen. From the day she saw him, everything changed”. That was enough, I saw the films and … here I am! I am a huge fan now.

This saga is made up of 5 films: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn part 1 and Breaking Dawn part 2.  My favourite ones are Breaking Dawn part 1 and 2 because Bella is transformed into a vampire by Edward after nearly dying living birth to Renesme, Bella and Edward’s daughter.

Friday, 27 April 2018

MOVIE REVIEW - THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE (2017)



Those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat it   

We saw this interesting movie at school a little while back.  It is about the Holocaust during the Second World War.Do you want to know more about it? Enjoy the reading!

The zookeeper's wife is a 2017 war drama directed by Niki Caro. The main protagonists are  Antonina Zabinska (Jessica Chastain), Jan Zabinska (Johan Heldenbergh),  a nazi soldier Lutz Heck ( Daniel Bruhl).

Wednesday, 10 January 2018

THE TRUMAN SHOW: A MOVIE THAT CHANGED MY LIFE


''We've become bored with watching actors give us phony emotions.We are tired of pyrotechnics and special effects.While the world he inhabits is, in some respects,counterfeit,there's nothing fake about Truman himself.No scripts, no cue cards.It isn't always Shakespeare,but it's genuine.It's a life.''


- Christof  
  
The Truman Show is a satirical sci-fi movie directed by Peter Weir and released in 1998. The protagonist of this movie is Truman Burbank played by Jim Carrey. You may have already seen this movie starring Jim Carrey and you will agree with me if I say it's a funny movie. But that’s not all it is, funny, I mean. It's an intriguing and charismatic movie that will make you think about various issues. A thought- provoking masterpiece.

Sunday, 9 April 2017

MARIA ADELE SAW THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN - MOVIE REVIEW


The Plot

Life is not always  fair and   seventeen -year- old  Nadine knows that very well.

Her already shitty life is going to get worse when her elder brother will start dating her best
friend Krista. But somebody out there is going to make her life better...

After a series of funny events there will obviously be the happy ending everybody expects in a teen comedy. You must see  this film because it is cool and hilarious!

Friday, 16 December 2016

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT COLDPLAY? (PART II) A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS












A Head Full of Dreams is Coldplay’s 7th studio album. It was released on December 4, 2015. Coldplay recorded the album with a different style and sound from its predecessors. For various songs, they collaborated with Beyoncé, Noel Gallagher, Tove Lo, Khatia Buniatishvili and Merry Clayton. The album also features a sample of President Barack Obama - a great fan of Coldplay -  singing "Amazing Grace" at Clementa C. Pinckney's funeral on "Kaleidoscope".

What about having a detailed look at the tracks in this album? They are all fantastic!

1. A Head Full Of Dreams
This song marked a rebirth for Chris Martin , after a long period of depression because of his divorce from his ex wife, Gwyneth Paltrow. He managed to give back colour to his life . He said :
everything that happens to you is fine. The idea is to accept everything without running away from anything, and believe that things will turn for the better and become colored