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!

Wow! I have done it! I've taken the time (two days) and read six Jane Austen masterpieces. And I have to say that they were thoroughly enjoyable- perhaps some of the best novels I have ever read! I'll be posting a few reviews later on, so stay tuned, watch this space, keep reading and wait and see! Pride and Prejudice x Sense and Sensibility x Emma x Mansfield Park x Persuasion x Northanger Abbey x ;)  And remember what Jane Austen said about gentlemen and ladies who don't take delight in good novels! Who wants to be intolerably stupid?  Not me xxx Sees y'll later!

It's not over... The Blair Witch lives! I am off to read the books! Have faith everyone, and a pillow to hide behind!

Any character who has respect for grammar gets points from me!

Now, I'm not usually one for sitting and watching tons of TV, but this one had me interested. Aired originally in 2010 and cancelled after its first season, CMSB was made as a sort of spin-off from the very popular crime drama Criminal Minds - which, by the way, I have never seen. Anyway, bored and a little wired from typing, I decided to sit back and find something to watch and came across (on Love Film) the above psychological/thriller/suspense crime show. And once I started watching it, I couldn't seem to stop. If any of you are familiar with these police procedural dramas, they all have the same kind of M.O. There's a murder, a team is called in, the investigation starts and eventually - after one or two bumps in the road - the culprit is caught. CMSB is much the same, but with a few interesting additions. The entire team is what the FBI call a RED CELL - a special response unit within the behavioural analysis unit that answers only to the Director of the FBI,...