I just turned two score and six years a few weeks back and lemme tell you, I'm not as upset as most Hollywood-types would have had me believe. In fact, I'm not bothered by it at all. Maybe it's because I was already braced for it, but I think that bein' closer to the Big Five-Oh… Continue reading The Fabulousness of Forty-something
Took two of my teens to see the new thriller Don't Breathe today and lemme just tell y'all, it was not what I expected. Even though I tried to go into the movie with zero expectations (all I knew was what I'd seen in the original trailer; I read no reviews and none of… Continue reading Don’t Breathe Will Leave You Gasping for Air
For as long as I can remember, daisies have always been my favorite flowers. Symbols of love, purity, and innocence, they're such sweet, homey, and cheerful flowers. Daisies always bring me sweet memories of my childhood. They remind me of the whimsical little effeuiller la marguerite [pluck the daisy] game that I used to play -- only my translation… Continue reading You’re a Daisy if You Do
This film is responsible for a generation of girls from the 90s experimenting with witchcraft and forming their own covens in order to levitate each other during sleepover parties. The Craft (1996, dir. Andrew Fleming) is one of those films that is so 1990s that it almost works as a time travelling device back to […]… Continue reading ***Fierce Female Reblog*** Thoughts on… The Craft (1996) — FILM GRIMOIRE
The Witch has been number one on my must-see list for some time, so of course I insisted on seeing it on opening day before my viewing could be influenced by critics' reviews. Basically, I went in to Robert Eggers' debut feature knowing only that it had garnered quite bit of attention at last year's Sundance Film Festival, that it… Continue reading THE VVITCH: A Deadly Descent into Paranoia
Isn't it the sad truth for book lovers that whenever the powers that be decide to take one of your favorite books and run it through the celluloid engine, they inevitably skrimp on substance? As both a self-proclaimed bibliophile and avid cinephile, this fact is one of the most heart-wrending banes of my existence.… Continue reading Words o’ Wisdom Wednesday
Micki Allen 