TV MOVIE BLOG

A movie that kicks ass just as much as the main character.   The movie Wonder Woman hit cinemas earlier this year on June 2nd and took the world by storm. It stars the lovely Gal Gadot who can also be known as Giselle in some films in the Fast and Furious franchise. This movie received many positive ratings due to its ability to break down barriers against sexism including doubts some people had with the female director. It is said to be known as one of the best superhero movies of the year as well as being called one of the best films in the DC Extended Universe. It includes a great mixture of action and girl power which I think makes it fair to say that this movie is influential to its female audience. So, what makes this movie so powerful?  This movie in unlike your average superhero film. To start off the main character is a woman and the background basis of the story conveys a deeper representation of women and girl power than most films have befor...

Perhaps one of the best and well-known Japanese animated movies, Hiyao Miyazaki's Spirited Away , incorporates elements of love, kindness, and generosity in conjunction with the complexity of animation and how Miyazaki's imagination and endless creativity produces a piece of work that is magical and enchanting for the viewer. Spirited Away was released in 2002 to audiences in Japan, and became so popular that it was then released to the rest of the world in which Miyazaki won several awards because of its captivating storyline and graphics. It appeals to other cultures and audiences because of the installation of Western influence; texts such as Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Homer's Odyssey to embellish a narrative that is alluring and exciting for different audiences and cultures to experience. The movie opens with the young protagonist Chihiro in the car with her parents leaving their hometown to live in the provinces; it sets up Chihiro as a spoi...

Ever wanted to know how film came to be? Its roots are buried deep within history, even before the invention of the camera and photography!  The history and development of film came from the Renaissance (a time period in Europe where science and art thrived) as people experimented with perspective within artworks, utilising light and darkness to create this dimension within their works. There was also a sparked interest in how time and space worked together and by themselves because of this shift in perspective: Time-keeping became a part of the Medieval society (due to the invention of the clock) and became a part of the social fabric as it gave structure to society, and space became objectively defined through cartography (the practise of drawing maps) as exploration of 'new worlds' became an important part of civilisation.  After the invention of the Camera Obscura (dating back to Medieval times), and the Daguerrotype Camera invented in 1837 by Louis Daguerre and...

(Potential trigger warning) Over the past weekend during Uni holidays, I logged into my Netflix account and the first recommended movie that came up was 'To The Bone.' A couple of months ago there was a large controversy surrounding this movie (starring Lily Collins, an absolute icon of mine) as people had viewed it as 'romanticising eating disorders.' I wanted to see for myself if it was really as controversial as media outlets had reported it to be, such as The Sun's article, which I have linked here.   https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3943117/anorexia-nervosa-the-bone-netflix-lily-collins/ While I actually quite enjoyed the film, I could see how this could potentially provoke someone who already has developed or on the verge of an eating disorder of the same type of manner that Collins portrays as the character Ellen/Eli. Anorexia Nervosa is an extremely devastating and dangerous disorder that effects people all over the world, and especially teenage gir...