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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First things first, no, "An bhfuil Gaelige agat?" doesn't mean "The Gaelic Revival" in Irish... Is litterally means "Is there Irish with you?", which then means "Do you speak Irish?" => .

During this semester, I took a seminar about Ireland and did an oral presentation about the Gaelic Revival. I had a partner, Red, who did the part about the use of Irish in modern society, while I talked about the historical aspects of the language, its almost loss and its revival at the end of the 19th century. Our professor insisted on our playing songs and showing Irish dances, so we gladly complied!

This is the written version of my presentation I handed in. Of course, I am not going to publish Red's work, but I saved some of the videos we used. So, enjoy!

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La La Land

Director: Damien Chazelle

Release date: dec 2016

Plot summary: A young barista from Hollywood dreams of becoming an actress and goes from casting to casting. She meets a jazz pianist and they fall in love.

I just read a few dithyrambic press reviews about this film and I also saw that it has already won many awards and distinctions, in Venice, Toronto, Boston, New-York, at the Golden Globes 2017 and it is nominated for God-knows-how-many Oscars.

And I am very sorry to announce that this review will be rather different... But I am truly sorry, because I love musicals, I love the very concept and essence of musical, and I really truly wanted to love this film!

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