T-L Spencer: Dreaming, Writing, Reading

Okay, I've found a new film that everyone should become addicted to!     When this film was first released in the cinema, I was gutted when I didn't have time to go and see it. Let me tell you, it was worth the wait!   A retelling of the folk-tale Jack and the Bean Stalk, this movie starts off with a very dramatic opening sequence; a five minute bed time story on the ominous and gory history of how a great king of Albion and the magic meddling monks defeated the evil giants that climbed down from a magic stalk: 'Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum, ask not whence the thunder comes,. Ask not where the herds have gone or why the birds have ceased their song... for monsters roam in Albion.'   Talk about an exciting and refreshing way to revamp an old folk-tale. This film really had everything for a family get together: action, adventure, danger, comedy, romance, magic, suspense, good vs evil... I could go on all day!   Obviously, to all those who know the ta...

I return as promised! Back in July when I challenged myself to conquer the novels (well, the six of them that I owned) of Jane Austen, I decided that writing a review of each would be a great idea. And when I discovered that Jane herself would be placed on one of our lovely British bank notes, I thought it would be deemed a sort of celebration. So, to get the book pages turning, I thought I'd start - obviously - with one of today's most popular romances. This novel, it can be argued is the forerunner of all contemporary romances and has produced some awesome films, an epic televison sereis (Colin Firth - yay!) and so many laughs and one-liners that it simply had to go first. I'm speaking, of course, about Pride and Prejudice . Pride and Prejudice "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a large fortune must be in want of a wife." The story of the five Bennet sisters and the unfolding love stories between Mr Darcy and Eliz...

Apologies blog spotters! I have been neglecting my writing duties of late... Here is a little pic to keep you going and I promise you there are reviews aplenty on the way!