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The Hobbit Review

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Fany Savina

I very much enjoy the Lord of Rings movies, so much that their great lengths don’t scare me or impede my watching them. And when I learned the Hobbit was being made, I decided to take it to the next … Continue reading →

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Spaceballs Review

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Fany Savina

Spaceballs, in one word, can be described as goofy. It is one of those movies ranking alongside Top Secret! and Airplane!. Spaceballs makes fun of various movies and cultures, but the main identifiable one is Star Wars. However, other references … Continue reading →

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La Boum Review

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Fany Savina

La Boum, a French 1980 teen flick starring Sophie Marceau, was directed by Claude Pinoteau. It tells the story, quite simply, of a teenage girl falling in love and all the little hardships she will experience with the first love, … Continue reading →

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Forbidden Games (Jeux Interdits) Review

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Fany Savina

Les Jeux Interdits, known as Forbidden Games in English, is a movie set in June 1940. It was directed by René Clément in 1952 and tells the tale of a little girl, Paulette, orphaned in a French air raid, who … Continue reading →

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Catching Fire and Mockingjay Review

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Fany Savina

I don’t have too much to say about the second and third installments (Catching Fire, Mockingjay, respectively) in the Hunger Games trilogy. The author is the same therefore the writing is the same. The story itself begins to really complicate … Continue reading →

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The Hunger Games Review

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Fany Savina

Pressured by the all-round praise for this book, I took it upon myself to read it to see what everyone was going on about, and it turns out I finished it (454 pg.) in half a day. So now, without … Continue reading →

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Under the Dome Review

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Fany Savina

Under The Dome is Stephen King’s latest novel, published in November 2009. As a brief plotline, it is the story of a small town in the Maine countryside which is mysteriously closed off from the world by a huge invisible … Continue reading →

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The Art of Getting By, Review

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Fany Savina

The Art of Getting By just came out to the cinemas in Ireland, and I couldn’t wait to watch it. I had fallen in love with the trailer I had seen three months beforehand, and I was dying to see … Continue reading →

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Thérèse Raquin (The Adulteress) 1953 Review

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Fany Savina

Thérèse Raquin is a movie directed by Marcel Carné, based on a novel of the same name by Émile Zola. Thérèse is married to Camille, a sickly, cowardly man who is still living with his mother. She is sad and … Continue reading →

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Rosemary’s Baby Review

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Fany Savina

Rosemary’s Baby is a 1968 movie by Roman Polanski. It was based on the 1967 novel by Ira Levin (author of the Stepford Wives). A young couple move into an apartment with a murderous reputation. Their neighbors are the over … Continue reading →

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