My month in film (and Netflix)

Hi guys! So I lost track of this series very quickly but for good reason. I've been blasting through a few series and building up a serious "to watch" list for my time in hospital next month. I'm gonna be in for at least a week so I figure I'll need some good easy to watch stuff. Send your recommendations on a self addressed envelope, please!

So let's get stuck in...

The Search For General Tso

In the UK we don't really have General TSO's Chicken, the sweet and spicy dish that is apparently ubiquitous in Chinese-American food culture. This documentary searches for the origins of the dish and why it is just so dearly loved in a country where only 1% of the population are actually Chinese.

TEDTalks: Love, No matter what

TEDTalks are only a few minutes long so it's easy to blast through them. Unfortunately Netflix were pulling their entire catalog of TEDTalks so I didn't have the chance to get through more than just this one series. They are all on YouTube though so you don't need to miss out.

Tomorrowland: A World Beyond

I missed Tomorrowland in the cinema and the trailers don't really tell you much so Tomorrowland was a nice surprise. Far from the Utopian Future idea this is actually a movie about preventing global annihilation. Whilst they gloss over the actual "prevention" it is still a cute film with a heavy message about hope and dreams.

Star Wars: Episodes IV - VI

Usually I refuse to watch the manky digitally ruined versions of the original Star Wars trilogy which, due to George Lucas' spectacularly bad judgement, are the only ones available online or on DVD (legally); but I was in the mood and they were available on my NowTV trial. It happened.

Love

There are two options on Netflix at the minute both with the singular title. Please make sure you choose the series and not the film. The film is awful. The series is fab. Not PYP funny (piss your pants) but definitely a few giggles and a whole lot of feels. The amount I relate to this series is slightly depressing. Forever disfunctional.

Daredevil

I know I mentioned Daredevil in the last post but series two was released and oh my god. So good!

Batman vs Superman

Speaking of things that are good, here is an option which is not. Don't get me wrong, it's not bad, it's just not good either. It's definitely something to switch off your brain to. Enjoyable on the surface but frustrating to scratch that surface because it's got more holes than a holey metal island (key nerd reference there).

Wonder Woman was predictably bland and under used. Superman was as one dimensional as he always is. Lex Luthor was the most interesting character in the thing because he was the only one with any element of light and shade and oomph about him. Last but not least Ben Afleck (or Batfleck as we like to call him) did the best he could with a poorly written characterisation and paper thin plot line. But big boom, flashy light, ooh punchy... These is the level of thinking you'll need to watch and enjoy this movie.

I also finished Pretty Little Liars and sunk back into the new episodes of Once Upon A Time. I love that Netflix shows up to date series but I conflicted with my love of Boxsetting. Why must we have to wait!!

The Ordinary by The Abnormal Beauty Company (or how I dipped my toe in to Deciem)

The Ordinary by the Abnormal Beauty Company ; If you haven't heard about this cult brand yet then you might not know they are hot shit right now and with their parent company, Deciem , being bought up by Estée Lauder they're only going to get bigger. The internet has been a buzz for months now with beauty gurus far and wide raving about these high end products for low end prices. I couldn't believe it myself when I saw that there wasn't a product in the range that cost more than 8.00 quid! So I joined the cult. I have to say that I was really impressed by the counter staff in House Of Fraser Belfast , they were friendly, knowledgeable and able to point me in the direction of the products I needed with just a short chat about my skin. I bought the Hyaluronic Acid 2% and the Niacinimide 10% Serums. If you have no idea what these mean then basically the Hyaluronic is for hydration and, whilst The Ordinary say that Niacinimide combats blemishes, I would ac...

Matcha Madness: The Body Shop Matcha Tea Face Mask Review

My name is Bex and I am a mask addict! I love masks. Cream, clay, mud, peeling, sheet, cellulose, nourishing... you name it and I love it! I recently spent an evening with the amazing staff from The Body Shop Belfast learning about all their key products and celebrating their cruelty free status and at the end of the night I was very kindly gifted their Japanese Matcha Tea pollution clearing mask - I was delighted! We all know that the world has gone Matcha crazy but beyond an occasional frappe from a well known coffee house my main experiences have been with Matcha flavour cakes from my local asian supermarket. They are seriously amazing and the lightest sponge I've ever eaten but it doesn't exactly scream "good for you". Thankfully, apart from being seriously tasty Matcha is ridiculously good for you. Traditionally brewed as a simple green tea it is packed full of antioxidants - 10 times the amount in normal green teas as you are consuming the precious groun...

Faeriwood Eats: Wolf & Devour, gluten free dining done right

I get asked a lot about how people can go about promoting their businesses and whilst it is a huge question one of the things I will always recommend is social media and Instagram. I love it. I've discovered so many good restaurants while browsing hashtags and local accounts. Recently I was scrolling through #Glutenfreebelfast and spotted five glorious words. Gluten. Free. Mac'n'Cheese. Balls. Cue heavy breathing. It wasn't until we were sitting down in the small but gorgeously laid out premises - think modern cantina with industrial and urban garden accents - that I realised I've actually seen the Wolf & Devour food truck around festivals and fairs but I had always assumed, being full of all things bready, that they were just a no go for little old Coeliac me. Knowing that they had at least this one gf item on the menu gave me the confidence to go and visit their Ballyhackamore restaurant as soon as I physically coul...

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