I first watched The Shining when I was sixteen with a friend. Neither of us adored it. It was an okay movie with some humorous and creepy parts but had a boring slow-moving atmosphere to it. It wasn’t a particularly terrifying film. I’ve seen it a couple times since and […]
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On Stephen King’s ‘It’
In 2015 I read a book called On Writing by Stephen King. I was aware that this man was one of the most prolific fiction writers out there. However, I was also aware he wrote horror, and being a scaredy-cat I was too afraid to read any of his books. […]
Theon Greyjoy: The Tragic Traitor
Oh Theon. He is one difficult character within the Game of Thrones universe and a character that stirs up a lot of debate among fans. Is he a treacherous arsehole who deserved what he got? Has he managed to repent his sins? Is he a tragic character that was wrongly […]
Four of The Greatest TV Shows of Our Time
I love stories, whatever their form; book, play, movie, TV show. If there is a good story I will be interested. Game of Thrones, Mad Men, The Sopranos and Breaking Bad are four TV shows that I believe are some of the best of our time. Together they have great […]
Discussing Characters on Breaking Bad
Time for another character discussion post! After a few years of watching the first season then stopping, watching the first and second season a few years later and then stopping, and finally completing seasons three, four and five, I finally finished Breaking Bad. And what a phenomenal show with an […]
Margaery Tyrell: The ‘Perfect’ Vixen
Margaery Tyrell is one of those characters on GOT that I have never worked out if I like or not. On the whole, I don’t dislike her and believe she is fundamentally a caring person. But what makes her character great is that she is neither purely sweet like Sansa […]