The Strange & Unusual

The Gashlycrumb Tinies: the Edward Gorey Alphabet Book

I’ve been wanting to own this book for a while now having seen it in a few bookstores in NYC. Not sure why I haven’t bought it yet, but the shelf space is still there waiting to inhabit it. I heard of Edward Gorey before but thanks to John Charet of Cinematic Coffee recommendation based on…… Continue reading The Gashlycrumb Tinies: the Edward Gorey Alphabet Book

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Happy 60th birthday to Tim Burton

  Tim Burton is turning 60 tomorrow and for the occasion, all of his movies are showing today and tomorrow on tv. From Nightmare Before Christmas and Ed Wood to Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands. Yeepy! So this weekend I get to recollect on my favorite Burton movies. Timothy Walter Burton was born 60 years ago…… Continue reading Happy 60th birthday to Tim Burton

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

  I am so glad I read the books first. Having read both books, I can safely say that the Tim Burton movie is way less intriguing than I thought it would be. Apart from the amazing CGI and Eva Green obviously, the movie was a bit laggish and missing so many significant details mentioned…… Continue reading Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

Extracurricular · fantasy · horror · vampires

OMG, It’s Halloween!

Happy Halloween! Are you ready to spook the bejesus outta someone or get the jitters yourself tonight? Have you packed your candies and rehearsed your Trick or Treat? Have you gruesomely decorated your front door and backyard with fake spiderwebs, jack-o-lanterns and polystyrene graves? Have you practiced singing horrific lullabies by the fire place and…… Continue reading OMG, It’s Halloween!

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Frankenweenie (2012)

A sweet and dark animation from director, Tim Burton. Victor Frankenstein is a young boy who loves science and film-making. He lives with his parents and beloved dog, Sparky, in a quiet town of New Holland. One sunny day tragedy occurs when in the middle of a baseball game, Sparky gets hit by a car…… Continue reading Frankenweenie (2012)

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Birdman (2014)

 Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu Synopsis: After his downfall from his glorious role as superhero, Birdman, Riggan (Michael Keaton) is poorly trying to sort back his acting career and family life by performing in a new self written Broadway adaptation of the Raymond Carver story. Seized by his former character’s presence, he finds he cannot change his unusual life-style so easily. First…… Continue reading Birdman (2014)

Other Film Related Stuff

New Year’s Resolution- 2015

I haven’t watched anything very interesting lately, so I’m wondering what to write about. I’d hate to not write a post at all, because I believe I should always have something to say… about film, anyways.  I thoroughly picked my brain and thought about what to write, when all of a sudden, out of the blue,…… Continue reading New Year’s Resolution- 2015

TV and online

Penny Dreadful

Penny Dreadful is one TV show you would not want to miss! A British- American TV horror based on the 19th century fiction publication Penny Dreadfuls. A series of ghastly creepy stories such as Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, Victor Frankenstein and his monster from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The London…… Continue reading Penny Dreadful

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Gotham’s Greatest

In light of the new T.V. series Gotham, I had, what I’d like to call, a Batman thread of thought. I came up with a question: who is my favorite villain in all Batman movies? You know, I have been a great follower of the entire Batman movie series, and never actually pondered upon this…… Continue reading Gotham’s Greatest

animation

Vincent

this is a story about a young boy named Vincent. he tends to keep to himself and daydreams of becoming Vincent Price, a mad and tormented scientist. Vincent likes to experiment on his dog, Abercrombie. Vincent’s mother insists he would go outside and play, explaining to her son that he is just a little boy…… Continue reading Vincent