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Film Reviews: Downton Abbey. Apollo 11. The Shape of Things. Finding Normal

29 Tuesday Oct 2019

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Downton Abbey

Our favourite family and their staff are back after 4 years! This feature film was just as delightful as the series! I really hope they come back in a few years to show us what happened to Downton and the characters during WWII and then, even later, because I really want to see Mary as the grumpy old aunt. And yes, I got an A1 poster with all characters from my local cinema! I can’t wait to buy it on DVD and show it to my family! Someone asked me the other day what it is about Downton that is so good and no matter how many nice things I had to say it just doesn’t explain it well enough. A friend or two of mine watched Downton for a season or two and then abandoned it. I started watching Downton back in season 4, right after I read online about Anna’s rape storyline. I started from the pilot and after two or three episodes I was hooked on the lives of the Crawleys and Downton’s staff. Cora played by Elizabeth McGovern and Anna played by Joanne Froggatt are my favourite characters on the show, but honestly, everyone is highly likeable, even Mary. I still haven’t been to the Highclere castle, but it’s definitely on my to do list. The king and queen’s visit seemed a little far fetched to me though, and that’s honestly the only problem one may have with this film.

‘Will you have enough clichés to get you through the visit?’
‘If not, I’ll come to you.’

‘Oh Violet. After all these years you still astonish me.’
‘Oh good, I’m glad I’m a revelation and not a disappointment.’

‘You are the future of Downton’

10/10

Apollo 11

A riveting documentary made out of 11 000 hours of unused footage and never-heard-before audio recordings of Neil Armstrong’s trip to the moon. I especially liked shots of the public waiting for the launch. Just think about it, these people, some of them long gone, will never learn about this film, and those still with us, won’t probably know about this documentary. I’m glad I got to see it on the big screen, this is why I love Odeon’s Silver Screen.

‘One small step for man… one giant leap for mankind.’

8/10

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The Shape of Things

This was a great way to kick off my birthday celebration! I went in, thinking it was a rom-com, instead I was handed a refreshing twist! Rachel Weisz plays this artsy character who’s really into sex, art projects and stirring shit and Paul Rudd plays her clueless boyfriend. Rachel’s character decides to change the main character, she changes the way he dresses and even convinces him to have a nose job. The ruthlessness of Rachel Weisz’s character and Paul Rudd’s naivity balance themselves out perfectly.

8/10

Finding Normal

A big fan of Full House over here. Yes, this means I am quickly running out of the cute romcoms and murder mysteries starring Candace Cameron Bure. According to letterboxd, I’ve seen 27 of her films (out of 40), and there were maybe 3 that were genuenly good? I’m looking at you Punchline (also starring Sally Field and Tom Hanks), Freshman Fall, it’s this campus rape made for tv film were Candace plays a survivor and No One Would Tell, another 90s tv movie where Candace plays a teen who’s abused and eventually killed by her boyfirend, played by Wonder Years’ Fred Savage. Some true genius thought to put Full House agains Wonder Years. Finding Normal is an awesomely cute romcom, which seems a lot like a fresh take on Doc Hollywood. I really hope I’ll get to show it to my mum one day, as I know for a fact she would love it.

6/10

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TV Shows of 2018

30 Sunday Dec 2018

Posted by Joanne in american horror story, candace cameron bure, crikey its the irwins, f is for family, fuller house, hollywood darlings, modern family, riverdale, scandal, shameless, special victims unit, the goldbergs, the good doctor, the good fight, the good place, the middle, the simpsons, thirteen reasons why, this is us, tv series, when calls the heart

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Yet another year is coming to an end. It was a year rich in TV Shows. The below is a list of shows I followed and cared about this year. I haven’t done weekly episode reviews all year, so below is a little sum up of what I thought of each show. There were honestly so many of them, I just couldn’t find time for weekly posts. These are the 37 shows I followed in 2018.

  1. Greys

I miss Jessica Capshaw and Sarah Drew. No bigger mistake has ever been made on Greys than writers getting rid of Arizona. I am happy Geena Davis’s character came back for her and offered her a job. They brought one of my favorite characters, Teddy, back just to ruin her life. New season welcomed Chris McCormick, Nashville alum and the first half of the season entirely revolved around Meredith’s love life.

  1. SVU

I honestly hope SVU never ends, because these cases will never lose its importance and I will gladly follow Mariska chasing rapists in her 60s and 70s.

  1. Shameless

This season wasn’t shameless at all. Carl’s wife was annoying, but I cannot believe they killed her off and no one is bothered. I’m glad they brought Courteney Cox for an episode, and Peggy Bundy for a few. I really hope Katey Segal is coming back in January. Speaking of the Bundys, I feel like watching some Married with Children reruns.

  1. Fuller House

Netflix made us wait a full year for season 4 and then they didn’t promote the show at all. I didn’t even get an email notification about new episodes being up. I love everything the Fuller-Tanner-Gibbler family does. I love all their games and special events. I will never be a parent, but it’s my dream to be DJ Tanner and organise all these fun events and days out with people I love. I love how DJ is always on her 100 percent, a perfectionist, always nicely dressed and ready for an adventure. It’s exactly how my mom is, I could never wear makeup and nice clothes every day, especially on my days off. Maybe it has something to do with being a parent or actually being around people.

  1. The Middle

One of my favorite family shows ended, but it looks like Eden Sher has been given a spin-off. I hope they get Patricia Heaton to visit her a lot.

  1. American Horror Story

I liked this season, but then again I will always be happy with this show as long as Sarah Paulson is still doing it.

  1. The Goldbergs

Speaking of spin offs, The Goldbergs is getting one, Schooled will premiere next year and it will revolve around Lanie. I was not happy that they recast Adam’s girlfriend, instead of getting him a new one. I hope Barry and Lanie do get married.

  1. How to Get Away with Murder

I hated season 4, because it revolved around Laurel and her messed up family, that did not bring anything to the storyline, but season 5 focuses on Bonnie and I’ve been enjoying it a lot.

  1. Sharp Objects

Incredible series about self-harm based on an amazing book. It’s rarely ever that self-harm addiction is shown that realistically. Sharp Objects is one of the most relatable things I’ve come across and I wish this series was around when I was fifteen. It also has a jaw dropping twist in the very last 5 seconds.

  1. Killing Eve

My dad cannot stop saying that Cristina Yang lied to us when she said she’s moving to Switzerland, and moved to London to join MI5 instead. This series starring Thirteen’s Jodie Colmer is a ‘killer’.

  1. Ozark

A money laundering show starring Laura Linney, yes please! My dad loves this show.

  1. Good Girls

Another show my dad loved. And It’s about money laundering as well. I never cared much for Mad Men, I liked it, but it was too ‘manly’ for me, but Christina Hendricks is amazing in this and Mae Whitman also stars.

  1. Thirteen Reasons Why

Say what you want, this season was almost as good as the first one, and it wasn’t too explicit. I’m not sure where I stand on how they ended this season, but I do agree that the shooting would have been too traumatizing for teenagers. I didn’t like that Hannah had a boyfriend prior to what happened in the bath tub in season one. They portrayed her as this innocent, never-had-a-boyfriend type in season one and then they ruined it in season two. Clay was supposed to be the only person that loved her, and there was someone else. I liked her boyfriend though, and I got used to the relationship, and thought it was cute by the end, so I guess it evens itself out.

  1. This is Us

In a way I lost interest the minute we learned how Jack died. It was quite brutal and I honestly don’t think there’s anything else there left to tell. I loved how they showed Tess and what she ends up doing with her life in the future.

  1. 911

Can Connie just relax and stick to one show? I loved her on Nashville and Friday Night Lights, and AHS Murder House as well, so I was happy when she joined 911, starring opposite Parenthood and Six Feet Under’s Peter Krause. I am not enjoying this season as much, but the first one was amazing.

  1. The Resident

Revenge, Brothers and Sisters and Everwood’s Emily VanCamp stars next to Gilmore Girls and The Good Wife’s Matt Chuchry in this medical drama. I am disappointed that many of the cases look like they were copied straight off Grey’s Anatomy. In season one Emily’s character Nick, was trying to bring an abusive doctor down, season 2 lacks this leading plot. Jenna Dewan joined the cast and every time I see her on the screen, my mind authomatically goes to Step Up.

  1. Crikey it’s the Irwins

I just love this show. I have followed the Irwins since late 90s, back when Crocodile Hunter was on TV. Steve Irwin’s death broke my heart. The Irwins live in Steve’s dad’s Australia Zoo and continue his legacy as wildlife conservationists.

  1. When Calls the Heart

What a year it was for the Hearties. Daniel Lissing has been absent through most of season 5 and then quit altogether, so they had to kill him off. The winter episode didn’t lack the usual sweetness of the show, but It wasn’t as good as previous episodes.

  1. Modern Family

Everything after season 3 has been mediocre, but I’m still sticking with it.

  1. For the People

I have been following Britt Robertson’s career for 8 years now, while Girlboss wasn’t her big break, neither will this be. I still love this Shondaland show and can’t wait for season 2.

  1. Scandal

I just hated what happened to David, it ruined the series for me.

  1. Riverdale

Season one was amazing, season two was average, but ended well, and I really hope season 3 will have an actual killer, and it will not go all supernatural on us. I like the darker, illuminati vibe, but now that we’ve seen Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, we don’t need it anymore.

  1. The Simpsons

I honestly hope The Simpsons has 60 seasons, I love the school and family episodes, and hate all the sci-fi. I wish they only stuck to those.

  1. The Good Fight

Season 2 was all over the place, are we even getting a third season?

  1. The Good Place

Everyone seems to be loving this show and I find it average and haven’t even been following this season.

  1. The Good Doctor

Same as with The Resident, we’ve seen all this on Greys and some cases are coincidentaly similiar. I haven’t caught up with season two yet.

  1. Hollywood Darlings

It’s fun, but I don’t think it’ll be getting a third season. You never know though, as they’ve added it on Netflix earlier this month.

  1. F For Family

Not as good as previous seasons, but it’s still a nice way to spend 6 hours.

  1. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

I do like the darker bits and Miranda Otto’s character.

30. Nashville

I miss it already, sadly it was never the same after Connie left. Lennon Stella now has a music career, and I still wish the Stella sisters continued as a duo.

31. Station 19

I love this one, it’s not brilliant, but I have the exact stable opinion on it every single week.

32. Younger

I loved Sex and the city and it’s been 20 years that I’ve wanted to live in New York, so it’s always a blast to see a little more of city life, even though it’s clearly gone to poop. I still like the same characters and hate the ones I hated in season 1. I am so happy about Liza and Charles, they should be together.

33. The Handmaid’s Tale

I liked the first season more.

34. One Day At a Time

I love this show, Elena’s story is amazing and I love all characters.

35. The Insatiable

This Netflix comedy staring Jessie’s Debby Ryan was a bit psycho, but I liked it anyway.

36. Divorce

The Sarah Jessica Parker comedy. It’s funny and I’m waiting for season 3.

37. Absentia

Stana Katic centred show about a cop that gets kidnapped, is stuck in a fish bowl and is waterboarded. All leads to a childhood mystery and It will be back for season 2.

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20 Sunday May 2018

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The Strangers 2: Prey at Night

I’m really disappointed they didn’t use the ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’ song from the trailer, it really is perfect for this. The sequel was alright, but it wasn’t worth waiting 10 years for. Back in 2008 what hit me the most was the eeriness of the answer to the question: ‘Why are you doing this?’ ‘Because you were home’. The sequel did not have any moments like that nor did it know how to create tension. But if you’re into slashers, you’ll like it despite its flaws.

6.5/10

Mom and Dad

Refreshing! Modern horror needs more new ideas, as at this point it’s all heavily recycled. My local cinema showed the trailer for this for 2 months before every single film and then they chose not to show the film at all.

8/10

Savannah Smiles

It has the ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ vibe to it, so I’m all for it. This summer I’m planning to watch every Bridgette Andersen film I can find.

‘She fell out of the car.’
‘Should I call a doctor?’
‘No no no, she’s used to it.’

6/10

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Ghoulies

If you never really liked Gremlins, you will certainly not like this.

2.5/10

The Trails of Cate McCall

I love courtroom dramas, and this was surprisingly interesting!

7/10

The Night Before

I did laugh when the baby said ‘fuck you’, so I guess the film could have been worse.

4/10

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My Girl

They just don’t make family films like this anymore.

10/10

Father Figures

The only thing I actually enjoyed was one of the brothers’ obsession with SVU and Mariska Hargitay.

3/10

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Last Scene Alive

Bruce Dawson (John), one of the original members of the Real Murders Club is no longer doing these? Aurora Teagarden films suddenly got… dreadful.

1/10

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Fat Girl

I was warned about the ending… and yet I wasn’t ready.

9/10

Picnic at Hanging Rock

This miniseries is an intriguing interpretation that tries to explain what happened to the missing girls from the book/film by adding new storylines.

7.5/10

Sherlock Gnomes

Another example of where trailer is better than the film itself. They didn’t use the scene where Sherlock accidentaly breaks one of the gnomes while saying he’s there to protect them, and then Juliet says ‘Like the one you just broke’ and the broken gnome asks ‘Who’s broken?, checks his hat and says ‘Holy fertilizer’. There was this little four year old girl one row behind me who screamed ‘Oh no!’ twice and when one of the gnomes fell and we heard it break, she asked her mom what happened and the mother had to explain the concept of death to her. Eavesdropping on how she struggled not to hurt her feelings or scare her was more entertaining than the film. The only good thing is that animation got better than in the first one, face expressions were clearly more natural.

4/10

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Sisters

I bought this on DVD for less than a quid, and even though It wasn’t that funny, these two lines certainly were:

‘They can’t fucking roll in here like Jehovah’s Witesses!’

‘Take you dick out of the paint!’
‘Nooo, I’m gonna draw something!’

4/10

The Rachels

Lifetime keeps redoing the same story over and over and they will never make it right.

3/10

Breaking In

Panic Room wannabe.

6/10

 

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  • Film Reviews: Sing Street. Ghost Stories. Love, Simon. Tad the Lost Explorer. Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas. Zoe Gone. Winchester. Status Update. Children of the Corn 666: Isaac’s Return.
  • Film Reviews: I, Tonya. Game Night. West Side Story. A Mother’s Rage. The Wool Cap. She’s Having a Baby. Everybody’s Fine. When Billie Beat Bobby. Kindergarten Cop. Elle. Who Killed JonBenet? Maze Runner: The Death Cure. Imaginary Heroes. Sharknado 4. Sharknado 5
  • Greys 14.10. Greys 14.11. Greys 14.12. Greys 14.13. When Calls the Heart 5.01. When Calls the Heart 5.02. When Calls the Heart 5.03. The Middle 9.14. The Middle 9.15. 911 1.01. 911 1.02. 911 1.03. 911 1.04. 911 1.05. 911 1.06. 911 1.07. Scandal 7.10. Scandal 7.11. Modern Family 9.14. The Good Fight 2.01. The Simpsons 29.10. The Good Doctor 1.10. The Good Doctor 1.11. Absentia 1.08. Absentia 1.09. Absentia 1.10.
  • Film Reviews: Molly’s Game. Wonder. Paddington 2. Elizabeth Smart: Autobiography. A Bad Moms Christmas. Murder on the Orient Express. All the Money in the World. Kappen! Paulina. Sister Cities. Switched for Christmas. Finding Santa. When Calls the Heart: The Christmas Wishing Tree. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Tin Toy. The Blue Umbrella. Keeper. Cinderella
  • Film Reviews: The Tree of Life. Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri. A Most Violent Year. First They Killed My Father. The Florida Project. The Greatest Showman. Darkest Hour. Prom Night. Coco. Insidious 4: The Last Key. The Commuter
  • Greys 14.06. Greys 14.07. The Middle 9.06. HTGAWM 4.06. HTGAWM 4.07. Scandal 7.05. The Good Doctor 1.06. The Simpsons 29.05. Modern Family 9.06. The Goldbergs 5.06. AHS 7.10. AHS 7.11. Riverdale 2.05. Riverdale 2.06. Absentia 1.05. Absentia 1.06. Absentia 1.07. The Good Place 2.02. The Good Place 2.03
  • Greys 14.05. SVU 19.04. The Middle 9.03. Modern Family 9.02. Modern Family 9.03. How to Get Away with Murder 4.03. How to Get Away with Murder 4.04. Scandal 7.02. Riverdale 2.02. Liar 1.06. The Good Doctor 1.01. The Good Doctor 1.02. The Simpsons 29.02. The Simpsons 29.03. American Horror Story 7.07. American Horror Story 7.08. Absentia 1.04
  • SVU 19.02. Greys 14.01. Greys 14.02. Greys 14.03. Greys 14.04. The Middle 9.02. How to Get Away With Murder 4.01. How to Get Away With Murder 4.02. This is Us 2.01. American Horror Story 7.01. American Horror Story 7.02. American Horror Story 7.03. American Horror Story 7.04. American Horror Story 7.05. The Goldbergs 5.02. Scandal 7.01. Liar 1.01. Liar 1.02. Liar 1.03. Liar 1.04. Liar 1.05. Absentia 1.01. Absentia 1.02. Absentia 1.03. Gifted 1.01. Gifted 1.02. SEAL Team 1.01
  • This is Us 1.18. Hollywood Darlings 1.07. The Good Fight 1.10. SVU 18.21. Nashville 5.12. When We Rise 1.01. When We Rise 1.02. The Handmaid’s Tale 1.01. The Handmaid’s Tale 1.03. The Handmaid’s Tale 1.04. The Handmaid’s Tale 1.05. The Handmaid’s Tale 1.06. The Handmaid’s Tale 1.07. The Handmaid’s Tale 1.08. The Leftovers 3.05. The Leftovers 3.06. The Leftovers 3.07. The Leftovers 3.08. Younger 4.01. Younger 4.02. Pretty Little Liars 7.15. Pretty Little Liars 7.17. Pretty Little Liars 7.19
  • Gone Baby Gone. You Again. The Boys Are Back. Pirates of the Carribean 5: Dead Man Tell No Tales. The Wicker Man. Serendipity. The Last of Robin Hood. Foxcatcher. Monsters: Dark Continent
  • SVU 18.18. SVU 18.19. SVU 18.20. The Simpsons 28.20. The Simpsons 28.21. The Simpsons 28.22. The Good Fight 1.07. The Good Fight 1.08. The Good Fight 1.09. The Leftovers 3.03. The Leftovers 3.04
  • That Netflix Renewal Problem
  • The Middle 8.23. The Goldbergs 4.24. Riverdale 1.13. Scandal 6.14. Scandal 6.15. Scandal 6.16. This is Us 1.16. This is Us 1.17. The Simpsons 28.19. Hollywood Darlings 1.05. Hollywood Darlings 1.06. The Good Fight 1.06
  • Greys 13.23. SVU 18.17. The Middle 8.22. Scandal 6.13. Nashville 5.14
  • Greys 13.22. The Goldbergs 4.23. Nashville 5.13. Riverdale 1.12. Pretty Little Liars 7.14. Pretty Little Liars 7.18. Girlboss 1.01. Hollywood Darlings 1.04. Modern Family 8.20. Modern Family 8.21. F is For Family 2.08. F is For Family 2.09. F is For Family 2.10
  • A Perfect Getaway. About A Girl. Any Day Now. Mystic Pizza. Normal. Edge of Seventeen. The Angriest Man in Brooklyn. Annie. Horrid Henry: The Movie
  • Greys 13.21. SVU 18.15. SVU 18.16. The Middle 8.21. The Goldbergs 4.21. The Goldbergs 4.22. Riverdale 1.11. Scandal 6.12. F is For Family 2.03. F is For Family 2.04. F is For Family 2.05. F is For Family 2.06. F is For Family 2.07. Modern Family 8.04. Modern Family 8.05. Modern Family 8.06. Modern Family 8.10. The Leftovers 3.02
  • The Middle 8.19. The Middle 8.20. SVU 18.15. Bates Motel 5.09. Bates Motel 5.10. Scandal 6.07. Scandal 6.08. Scandal 6.09. Scandal 6.10. Scandal 6.11. Modern Family 8.01. Modern Family 8.02. Modern Family 8.03. Modern Family 8.12. Modern Family 8.19. Riverdale 1.09. Riverdale 1.10. The Simpsons 28.18. F is For Family 2.01. F is For Family 2.02. F is For Family 2.03. Hollywood Darlings 1.01. Hollywood Darlings 1.02. Pretty Little Liars 7.11. Pretty Little Liars 7.12
  • Greys 13.19. Bates Motel 5.06. Bates Motel 5.07. Bates Motel 5.08. Switched at Birth 5.10. American Crime 3.08. Pretty Little Liars 7.13. The Leftovers 3.01
  • Bates Motel 5.05. This Is Us 1.15. Switched at Birth 5.08. Switched at Birth 5.09. Scandal 6.05. The Good Fight 1.05. American Crime 3.04. American Crime 3.05. Hollywood Darlings 1.04

About me

I am the dark and twisty Meredith Grey, the mad Dexter Morgan, hoping to grow up to be a little more like the wise, but fun Nora Walker. I am an aspiring filmmaker. My favorite actresses are Jodie Foster, Sally Field and Julianne Moore. Favorite genre – psychological drama. I watch anything with a sexual or mental abuse plot. I used to be a horror freak. I am obsessed with Grey’s Anatomy, SVU and many more. My other interests include making oil and pencil portraits and wildlife conservation. I cannot say no to beautiful landscapes, travel, Aussie accent, TV/film quotes and avocados. I have recently moved back from Australia to the UK. I’ve been running this blog for the last 9 years. Here I comment on films and episodes I watch. Enjoy! – Joanne

The 100 Shows I’ve watched and am writing about

Private Practice
Grey's Anatomy
Bones
SVU
Gilmore Girls
Parenthood
Dexter
Judging Amy
The Big C
Friends
Full House
Desperate Housewives
Lost
Castle
Cougar Town
Brothers and Sisters
American Horror Story
Shameless
Revenge
The Good Wife
Orange is the new Black
Bates Motel
Close to Home
Chase
The Goldbergs
When Calls the Heart
Switched at Birth
Sex and the City
Dirt
My So Called Life
Skins
Camp
Grandfathered
Secrets and Lies
Younger
Eye Candy
Surviving Jack
Everybody Loves Raymond
Married With Children
Starved
The Slap
Pretty Little Liars
Past Life
Scream
Friday Night Lights
30 Rock
Sugar Rush
Go On
V
Suburgatory
Save Me
No Ordinary Family
Off The Map
The Carrie Diaries
Bunheads
Weeds
Awkward
Transparent
Unbrealable Kimmy Schmidt
Puberty Blues
The Leftovers
Faking It
Scream Queens
The Good Place
Freaks and Geeks
The Whispers
90210
Riverdale
American Crime Story
Divorce
23.11.63
Dead of Summer
American Crime
Modern Family
Degrassi Next Class
Thirteen
Amber

currently following on tv

greys
svu
shameless
how to get away with murder
911
the resident
modern family
riverdale
the simpsons
carol’s second act

currently rewatching

for once nothing

shows I need to catch up on

feud
when we rise
transparent
the catch

films that have been on my watchlist for years and years

The Rose
Private Benjamin
Agnes of God
Music Box
The Golden Pond
Rambling Rose
As Good as It Gets
The Contender
Airport
Women in Love
Patton
The French Connection
California Suite
The Deer Hunter
Chariots of Fire
Amadeus
The Accidental Tourist
A Woman under the Influence
The Happy Ending
Travels with My Aunt
Sounder
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Hedda
The Turning Point
Coal Miner’s Daughter
Lorenzo’s Oil
Last Summer
Julia

will watch at the cinema

a beautiful day in the neighbourhood
little women
like a boss
jumanji the next level

 

Last films watched at the pictures that I loved

knives out
le mans ’66

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my twitter bios

15.04.2011 'You forgot the number one rule about remakes: never fuck with the original.' (Scream 4)

01.06.2011 'We need to become doers.' 2x16 'You're a doer, remember?' 5x22 (Greys)

5.08.2011 "It's just... Meredith always makes me think screwed up people have a chance." (Greys)

9.10.2011 'You be wowed, I'll be drunk.' (The Big C)

10.11.2011 'George is dead and Izzie is gone and we’re all different. We’re different.' (Greys)

17.12.2011 'I thought I was headed in the right direction. My Dark Passenger back behind the wheel. But if I was so sure I knew where I was going...How did I get so lost?' (Dexter)

23.01.2012 'You're drowning, Grey.' (Greys)

18.11.2012 'You're a serial killer and I'm more fucked up than you are.' (Dexter)

7.05.2013 'I think my antidepressants just kicked in.’ (The BIg C)

26.08.2013 'Serial killer’s convention.' (Dexter)

10.05.2015 'The sad widow is my friends. My best friend.' (Greys)

My tumblr titles

10.10.10 – ‘Like I said, I’m screwed.’ (Greys)

15.04.11 – ‘It’s just a good story.’ (Greys)

22.06.11 – ‘I should have fought for you, Violet.’ (Private Practice)

20.12.11 – ‘I am a father, a son, a serial killer.’ (Dexter)

8.08.12 – ‘You have to pick the girl who lives.’ (The Big C)

5.10.12 – ‘You are my person. You will always be my person.’ (Greys)

10.11.12 – ‘Thirty second dance party. Dance or you’re fired.’ (Greys)

19.02.13 – ‘There’s nowhere on Earth I’d rather be right now.’ (Castle)

29.07.13 – ‘The family that kills together.’ (Dexter)

15.01.15 – ‘Let’s go home.’ (Parenthood)

20.05.2015 – ‘The sad widow is my friend, my best friend.’ (Greys)

What i’m tweeting about

  • RT @ImLizzieM: Hilary Duff confirms on her Instagram story that a Lizzie McGuire reboot is happening! https://t.co/xCpBXLbiZg 3 months ago
  • RT @ImLizzieM: Hilary Duff reveals she will reprise her role as Lizzie McGuire in an upcoming Lizzie McGuire reboot coming to Disney Plus h… 3 months ago
  • Lizzie McGuire is coming back and I'm so happy, I'm speechless! 3 months ago
  • Ladies, if you've ever been belittled for being a woman, @taylorswift13's The Man is your new anthem. #Lover #TheMan #TaylorSwift #everyday 3 months ago
  • Happy Birthday to Madeleine Stowe! 3 months ago
  • RIP, Peter Fonda. 3 months ago
  • Just finished watching the final season of Orange is the New Black. Summer 2020 will not be the same without this i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 4 months ago
  • Congrats to Dead to Me for being renewed for season 2! 6 months ago
  • Just came back from a #NTLive screening of The Old Vic's production of #AllMySons! @sally_field, Bill Pullman and t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 6 months ago
  • Congrats to The Goldbergs and Schooled on getting renewed! 7 months ago
  • Congrats to Grey's Anatomy on being renewed for seasons 16 and 17! #greys 7 months ago
  • RIP, Lorraine Warren. 7 months ago
  • Congrats to Good Girls on being renewed for season 3! 7 months ago
  • RT @erinkrakow: “You are always there for me” “And I always will be” 💕 https://t.co/7YwXacS3to 8 months ago
  • Jo literally became Olivia Benson in this #LawandOrderSVU style wonderful #GreysAnatomy episode. Just like Olivia,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 8 months ago
  • RT @TVGuide: Law & Order @nbcsvu just made TV history! tvgd.co/2UaH0nC https://t.co/lQdH357NgZ 8 months ago
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Spent some time in Bham this week.
Goodbye 2018! Happy New Year featuring my favorite book of 2018 and 5 favorite covers of the year. I think I may make it a tradition and take a similar photo next year. May 2019 be everything you want it to be and so much more!
Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄🎁
Binley, I've missed you.
The indoor aqua park in the middle of the city centre is starting to make Coventry look worthy of its City of Culture 2021 title, especially from this spot, accompanied by the Coventry Cathedral.
Worth staying up for! Coventry, 7:34am.
🎄 Merry Christmas! #coventry
Bull Yard looks especially magical today
Christmas came early! Let's be honest, it's the only snow we'll see all year.
Morning!
This lovely sunset greeted me as I stepped out of the cinema after seeing Suburbicon last Thursday.
Doesn't get more Cov than this. #godiva #ladygodiva
Sunset right now.
For someone who lives 2h from London, I sure don't visit enough.
Got to hear the gong one more time before the renovations fully start!
Subtle sunrise just now.
Obsessed with this one! Best sunset we've had in months!
Sunset from my house.

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favorite quotes

‘I used to think about
your life in New York. I tried to imagine your room. I kept track of the time difference, so I  knew when you were awake and when you were asleep.’ (Disobedience)

‘Nothing’s clean, Howard. But we do our best, right?’ (The Aviator)

‘You’re doing it worng. If you’re trying to kill yourself, cut vertically. They can’t stitch that up.’ (American Horror Story)

‘It’s impossible to worry about anything else when there’s blood coming out of you.’
(Short Term 12)

‘I wanted it to happen. And when we were girls… Even then, it was the same. It’s always been this way! I have always wanted it.’ (Disobedience)

‘No razors, no scissors, no fucking freedom.’
(Short Term 12)

‘Sometimes it’s easy, sometimes you play games in your head. You make up someone, someone good.’ (Greys)

‘Why did you get married, Esti? Why didn’t you just leave? So everything was all right when I left?’
‘No. I was ill.’
‘What sort of ill?’
‘In my head.’
‘If I had to sleep with a man, why not with our best friend?’
‘Oh, Esti…’
‘It hasn’t been a complete disaster.’
‘And that’s enough?! Do you have to have sex every Friday?’
‘It’s expected.’
‘It’s medieval. What happened to you?’
‘Nothing. You happened to me. And then I started teaching and that became important. I give them ambition.’
‘To do what? Push out seven babies and be a good wife?’
‘Don’t. Don’t. I help them to value themselves.’
‘Okay, but what about you?’
‘That is me. And you? Are you happy?’
‘Yes, I am.’
‘Have you been with other women?’
‘No. Not really. And you?’
‘No.’
‘But, Esti… Do you still
only fancy women?’ (Disobedience)

‘I just need something to happen. I need a sign that things are going to change. I need a reason to go on. I need some hope. And in the absence of hope, I need to stay in bed a feel like I might die today.’ (Greys)

‘She saved me my whole life. Without her, I’m nothing.’ (The Favourite)

‘Don’t wonder why people go crazy. Wonder why they don’t. In face of what we can lose in a day, in an instant, wonder what the hell it is that make us hold it together.’  (Greys)

‘I am not food, you cannot just eat and eat.’ (The Favourite)

‘At the end of the day, the fact that we have the courage to still be standing, is reason enough to celebrate.’ (Greys)

‘It was a good day. Maybe even a great day. Even when it was hard, I was the me in my head. There was a moment when I thought I cant do this, I cant do this alone. I close my eyes and imagine myself doing it, and I did, I blocked out the fear, and I did it.’ (Greys)

‘What happened last year when you fell in the water?’
‘I almost drowned. Do you think I did that for kicks?’
‘You put your hand in a body cavity that contained unexploded ammunition.’
‘I was trying to save a patient!’
‘Why is it that every other person in that room had the sense to hit the deck? You know people run away from this line between life and death. You seem to stand on it and wait for a strong wind to sway you one way or the other. You’re careless with your life. You’re not slitting your wrists but you’re careless. Probably because your mother told you you were a waste of space on this planet. The problem is you believed her. And if you don’t want out one of these days you’re going to die because of it.’  (Greys)

‘Was your life not working when you let that slip out from under you?’
‘When are you going to stop suggesting that I’m suicidal?’
‘When you start acting like someone that wants to be alive.’
‘Give me my chart.’
‘Why?’
‘Because I’m not suicidal, and if it says that I am, then it’s wrong.’ (Greys)

‘No, I’m not quitting. I don’t quit things.’
‘No, actually you do. Your mother quit your father. Your father quit you. You quit your boyfriend and if I read your hospital chart correctly you quit your life momentarily on a couple of occasions. You quit. It’s what you know how to do.’ (Greys)

‘There is nothing wrong with me.’
‘Then show me your arm.’ (Degrassi)

‘When I lived in Porpoise Spit, I used to sit in my room for hours and listen to ABBA songs. But since I’ve met you and moved to Sydney, I haven’t listened to one Abba song. That’s because my life is as good as an Abba song. It’s as good as Dancing Queen.’ (Muriel’s Wedding)

‘You can’t take a picture of this. It’s already gone.’ (Six Feet Under)

‘Look, my whole life, I have been the freak. The girl who nobody picked for dodgeball. The girl who didn’t have a mom. The girl who dressed funny because it was her dad buying her clothes. And then, tonight I looked at these people, and I thought maybe there’s a future where I don’t have to be a freak. Maybe I can be who I am and that’s okay.’ (Everything Sucks)

‘Dr, I have been this way since…since I can remember. There is no cure.’ (American Horror Story)

‘He was so crazy about me, I couldn’t breathe. So we tried drinking our way back into love, but it never made sense in the morning. So I ran. And every time I came back, he was here. And he was still crazy about me.’ (My Blueberry Nights)

‘All we have is this moment. The future is just a fucking concept that we use to avoid being alive today. So be… here…. now.’ (Six Feet Under)

‘On the train coming here, we were in the same cart, I saw you, you were reading and you feel asleep. I didn’t dare to look at you, you were so beautiful, it was scary. Afterwards,  I couldn’t stop thinking about you. It made me smile. Then I thought of all the men who would get to hold you, who’d make you laugh. How lucky they were.’ (Enemy at the Gates)

‘Where the hell was I that year?’
‘Your were watching television’. (Everybody Loves Raymond)

last films watched that I loved

Parasite
City of God
Luce
After the Wedding
Knives Out
Spirited Away

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