I love Sex and the City. I love it because it’s fun, hilarious, entertaining and light. I love that it isn’t like rom-coms; it talks about a host of women’s issues – marriage, friendship, career, class, race, motherhood, sex lives, relationships – in a more down-to-earth way than rom-coms with […]
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Mental illness in Game of Thrones
I watched a video on YouTube about mental illness in this wonderful epic fantasy which inspired me to write my own post. Westeros is clearly not the place of emotional and mental stability and utopian joy.Psychopathy. Ramsay Bolton, Joffrey Lannister and Euron Greyjoy are the most obvious characters that spring […]
What Game of Thrones says about humanity
In Game of Thrones, Martin gave an extensive back-story onto the creation of his world. He didn’t quite go into how it all began (no Big Bang or evolution) but frankly he did so much on the history of the world that the sciency-stuff would have been a giant bonus! […]
Favourite TV Shows Part 2
I did a list of my top 10 favourite TV shows a while ago; here are some new editions to add to the list (nearly all are shows I’ve watched and adored this year). I’ve also blogged about them all so will include links to individual articles I’ve written about […]
Film Review: Magic (1978)
Magic is this creepy psychological thriller that came out in 1978. It’s about a struggling magician named Corky Withers who becomes a well-known performer once he brings his ventriloquist dummy, Fats, to his shows. Corky is a very disturbed guy; he suffers from either schizophrenia or dissociative identity disorder. He […]
Discussing Characters on Game of Thrones
(Note: this post contains spoilers). How can a show make you laugh, cry, scream in terror, smile in delight, and have you in constant suspense? It twists and turns every cliché, every character arch, interweaving plots and pulling them up and back down again. Game of Thrones is a truly […]