Film Review: Crimson Peak

England, film, gothic, USA

Par Marie A.

Yet, I must say, I was rather disappointed. I saw that the reviews of the film were quite positive in general, and that Stephen King himself called the film "gorgeous and just fucking terrifying". Now, the thing is that I know nothing about horror films,...

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Film Review: Thor (and Thor: The Dark World and Thor: Ragnarok)

film, hero, myth, storytelling, USA

Par Marie A.

All this being said... ************ Thor or the making of mythology [review part] Once upon a Christmas (read: four months or so ago), Santa brought me the DVDs of The Hollow Crown, which series 1, being myself a big fan of both British history and British...

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The Lovers of Reading Abbey - part 2

Par Marie A.

About "The Lovers of Reading Abbey"

Par Marie A.

This short story was written by my pupil for an English class assignment in her first year in high school. They spent the whole year studying detective stories in class, and as a "final task", they had to produce their own detective story. We worked on...

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The Lovers of Reading Abbey

LoveJaneAusten, gothic, love story

Par Marie A.

The Lovers of Reading Abbey by The Royal Shrimp (about author and writing context) Part 1

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Film Review: Pride and Prejudice (2005)

LoveJaneAusten, England, film, Jane Austen, society

Par Marie A.

As I am strongly considering writing my Master's dissertation on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (as well as Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho), I recently decided - since I'm reading Radcliffe - to watch the 1995 BBC Pride and Prejudice again....

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Book Review: Howl's Moving Castle

book, England, humour, magic

Par Marie A.

Howl's Moving Castle is the first book of a series of 3, although it is muuuch better than its two sequels - *ultra partial mode ON*. I say I'm going to be partial because this book is one of my favorite EVER, along Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice....

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The Road Not Taken

choice, interpretation, literature, misinterpretation, poetry, Robert Frost

Par Marie A.

The analysis that we did at the end of the answer sheet (which included a short biography of Robert Frost), was that this poem reflected on his own life. As he was said in his biography to have been a "pioneer" in poetry, we assumed that the "road less...

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Book Review: Channel Blue

anticipation, book, scifi, society, TV, USA

Par Marie A.

Overall - yep, let's start with the conclusion - Channel Blue is a very nice read. It is easy to read - although I should point out that I read it in French, so I can't exactly judge the style itself - and never boring. I read this book because I am now...

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Final Task: American Dream

AmericanDream, American Dream, art, history, poetry, USA

Par Marie A.

Once upon a dream by The Royal Shrimp and Myself They had a dream An American dream They came from far away They reached the bay To escape the misery Of their own country They were supposed to find a land But instead, they found an island They discovered...

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