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March Favourites! | 2017

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Hey Guys x I'm really sorry that I haven't posted a lot this month! It's been really busy trying to get everything done before I broke up from uni. And April probably won't be any better, because I'll be writing essay after essay trying to finish everything! However, I always make time for a 'Favourites' post, mainly because I love doing them. I find them so interesting to write and to read. Anyway, let's get on with the post! Favourite Movie: Get Out WOW. I think I'm gonna do a full post on this within the next week or so, so I really don't want to say too much about it now. However, by next week, I'll have seen it three times with three different people, which tells you how much I loved it! Seriously, go and watch this if you haven't! Favourite TV Show: 90210 My sister and I recently got back into this show, and I'm so happy! I used to watch it when it first came on, but kind of fell out of it as the seasons went ...

ANNOUNCEMENT // No Answer

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Hey Guys x I've been wanting to announce this for weeks, but I wanted to wait until it was completely done before I got anyone excited for no reason. But, I can finally announce that I... Bria Lou, aspiring director, writer and filmmaker, Have WRITTEN AND DIRECTED A SHORT FILM!!!!!!!!!! I made a short film!! I can't say that enough times, you should see the smile on my face right now! It's on YouTube, and I'd really love you all to watch it and tell me what you think! Obviously I'm not the more proficient filmmaker in the world. After all, this is only my first. But I am so proud of it! I have to give a huge thanks to the actress in the movie, Kate Ovenden. You can find her contact information in the description of the video, but she was amazing, and the loveliest person in the world! I'd love to work with her again! I also have to give a HUGE thank you to my friend and the cinematographer on the movie Karen, who has been amazing throughou...

February Favourites! | 2017

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Hey Guys x It's been a busy month, probably because it's the shortest month of the year and I have a lot of stuff to get done! However, I still have many favourites to share with you, so I hope you really enjoy seeing them and, hopefully, making my favourites, your favourite too! Favourite Movie: Hidden Figures Of all the Oscar movies, this was my favourite. And because, for this month, I've only been watching Oscar nominated movies, this has to be my favourite of the month. I've reviewed it already so I won't waste time doing it again now, but it's a really powerful movie that I think everyone should watch. Favourite TV Show: This Is Us This show is amazing! Honestly, everyone who isn't currently watching this show really needs to because it's awesome! It's about three siblings, their lives, and the way that they connect to each other. Two are twins and the other is adopted, which is significant to the story and really is the central p...

The Oscars: My Wishes and Predictions!

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Hey Guys x I'm so fricking excited for the Oscars I can't even describe! I'm also excited to write this post, which I've been wanting to write for so long! So today, I'll be filling you in on the Oscar categories and nominees, telling you who I think will win, and telling you who I want to win. I really hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoy writing it. But before I go into the categories, I'm going to rate my best picture nominees, because I've finally gotten around to seeing all of them! I've reviewed all these movies. Click their names to see my post about them! 9. Arrival 8. Fences 7. Lion 6. Hacksaw Ridge 5. La La Land 4. Hell or High Water 3. Manchester By The Sea 2. Moonlight 1. Hidden Figures Hacksaw Ridge and Lion are pretty much interchangeable on this list, as are Moonlight and Manchester, but I definitely stand by the rest! Now, onto my wishes and predictions! Best Picture The nominees are abo...

Hacksaw Ridge | Film Review

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Hey Guys x I've done it! I've seen all the films nominated for a 'Best Picture' Oscar! And I must say, it's a great list of movies that everyone should dip into. But anyway, last on the list was Hacksaw Ridge, which I've just finished watching! (Technically its still on, got about 5 minutes left, but I want to review it early so that I can put up my final Oscar related post tonight!) This film is about a man called Desmond Doss. He goes into a war as a pacifist, choosing to never pick up a gun or take a human life. He's branded a coward and made to feel like he is wrong to standing up for himself and his beliefs, but is he any use in the war if he won't use a weapon? I enjoyed this film. I'll admit, it took me a while to get into, and some of the battle scenes went on for way too long in my opinion, but when you look at it as a whole, when you know the story, it's a really great film. The fact that it's a true story...

Lion | Film Review

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Hey Guys x I know it's the middle of the night (in the UK), but I just finished watching this movie and the Oscars are tomorrow so I wanted to get this up as soon as possible! That means that that this will be a 'live' post, meaning that I'm uploading it as soon as I finish writing it and not editing it or anything. So, Lion. This movie is about a boy called Saroo. He's a five-year-old living in India when he gets separated from his brother and ends up in Calcutta, and eventually adopted by an Australian family. But he never forgot where he was and decides that he wants to find his real family, before it's too late. I have to preface my review by saying that, for some reason, the version of the film that I saw didn't include subtitles. So for the first hour, because all of the characters were speaking in an Indian dialect, I didn't really understand what was happening fully, and had to read the Wikipedia page to work out what was...

Hell Or High Water | Film Review

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Hey Guys x You may or may not know, but I saw this film AGES ago, all the way back in November. At the time, I obviously had no idea that it would be nominated for an Oscar, so I didn't review it (Not that I only review Oscar Nominated films, of course!) But then, I thought it would be a bit unfair if I reviewed every film I saw and left this one out. So, a few months late, I'm getting around to reviewing it! This movie is about two brothers, Toby and Tanner Howard. They live in Texas and basically, to try and stop their mother's ranch from going into foreclosure, they rob banks. However, after a slip-up or two, two policemen are on their tail, and will stop at nothing to make sure that they catch the thieving brothers. Now, I said this when I first saw it, but I'll say it again now, I loved this film! My description probably made it sound less profound than some of the other Oscar films, but this is definitely one that can't be captured with a ...