Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Director: Luc Besson

Release date: July 2017

Plot summary: In the 28th century, the historical core of the space city is contaminated with radiations. When the Commander is abducted by aliens unknown to the database, Major Valerian and Sergent Laureline must enter the "dead zone" to try and retrieve him and unravel the hidden truth about the Mül species.

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Lately, I've been in a kind of Robin Hood frenzy, watching several films and TV series based on this character. It's always been one of my favorite heros, and Maid Marianne is, I believe, one of the characters I've ever most wanted to impersonate.

So, here's my personal top 4 (+ special awards) and reviews! (keep in mind that I didn't watch all the Robin Hood films, far from it, so it really is a very personal ranking...)

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Since last year, I've been helping a family friend improve her English. She's in highschool and will be known on this blog as "the Royal Shrimp" [her request of pseudonyme]. This year, I helped her mostly with her "final tasks", a special homework that English teachers ask their pupils to do at the end of a thematic "sequence".

The first final task we completed was about fast fashion. She had to create either a leaflet or a video condemning fast fashion. We went for the leaflet option:

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