The first time I saw One Day (released in 2011), I absolutely hated it. Though I wasn’t impressed with either the acting or direction, my main problem was with the plot itself (particularly the ending, which I found most disappointing). A friend of mine recommended…
One second you’re painting park benches to fulfill your community service obligations, and the next second, you’re being struck by lightning and acquiring superpowers. Well, maybe not you, specifically. But that’s what happens to the characters in the British teen comedy, Misfits.
A “first world problem” by definition, is a frustration or complaint only experienced by privileged individuals in wealthy countries. This phrase is most commonly used as a joke amongst my fellow Generation Y-ers, while we’re moaning about our irrelevant problems on Twitter (i.e. “The soda…
There have been very few books that have stuck with me the way Stephen Chbosky’s novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower has. I read the book earlier this year and instantly fell in love with both the novel’s protagonist and the beautiful way in…
Ten years ago, it was really taboo to say you met someone online. There was still that feeling of uneasiness about meeting someone “from” the Internet, because it’s so easy to lie on the Internet and so easy to be mislead about who a person…
Most anyone who knows me knows that I am a reluctant Twilight fan-girl. Though the books aren’t great, and the movies are arguably worse, I’ve fallen for lead actor, Robert Pattinson, like any self-respecting twelve year old would (never mind the fact that I turned…
It’s sometimes easy to forget just how vast the cultural differences are between America and Europe. Of course, there’s the accents, and the cuisine, but some aspects are often overlooked or unknown. Green Street Hooligans takes a raw look at the undercover football (soccer) firms…
High school: for some it’s the best time of their lives, and for others, it’s the worst. As clichéd as it may be, high school is an experience that can either make or break you during adolescence.
It may be telling of my age when I admit that I’ve never seen the classic Hitchcock film, Rear Window (though, to my credit, my friends and I did try to rent it last night, but most movie rental places are closed at one in…