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!!

"Brand New Mint In Box"

Of the ways to describe the most premium of items in your makeup collection "Brand New Mint In Box" should not be one of them. One of my most awful habits is buying makeup and then not using it and to my even greater shame it is usually with my most expensive purchases. There is an Alan Carr joke about the extortionate price of a Spanish Onion, the punchline is "when do you save an Onion for best?" This is kind of how I feel about expensive makeup. It's so pretty and so precious that if I get up the courage to actually purchase it, I'm then usually too scared to use it. The pride and shame of this habit is these two items from Dior. The absolutely sublime Dior Skin Nude Tan highlighter which I purchased as a pre-release special edition from House Of Fraser TWO YEARS AGO has sat in box all tightly wrapped up only being shown the light to show off to my friends and family. Yes I do show off my prettiest of pretties to my friends and family...

No Halloween Costume Needed

It's become an accepted norm that once December 1st comes around the nations will don their snowflake print leggings and their novelty jumpers but so far the other seasons are lacking in their effort. Yes, Halloween is famous as being the single greatest costume day of the year but I need October to step and represent in the seasonal apparel game. Thankfully retailers have heard my inner goth cry and have come up with some seriously cute Halloween inspired items. For those who love a slogan tee you have every variation of saying that could possibly be made by rhyming witch with bitch and if you don't say every one of with Emma Roberts' attitude then you need to watch season 3 of American Horror Story immediately! Dressing with the seasons is clearly big money but it doesn't have to cost the world. Here are my choices of how to get into the Halloween spirit all under £30. Boohoo Starting with my favourites because I can! I actually bought the f

The super cuteness of Studio Ghibli nail art

These were done with various Gelish colours over a Hard Gel overlay with embedded glitter. Characters featured are Totoro - My Neighbour Totoro, Soot Sprites - Totoro & Spirited Away, No Face - Spirited Away, and Calcifer - Howls Moving Castle.

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