It’s Movie Trailers Time! The 15 Upcoming Movies You Shouldn’t Miss!
The upcoming months will have a ton of great movies again. Here is a very small selection of this huge list of appealing trailers raiding the internet these days. I've intentionally left out the third Hunger Games movie and The Hobbit, considering that everyone already knows about them. If you don't, there's no hope....
From Under The Dome to The Strain: How Adaptions Are Taking Over TV
In times when the Vampire Romance was taking over young adult female's hearts, the release of
The Strain in 2009 started a refreshing new trend in the genre: Vampire novels going Horror again with new modern characteristics. Guillermo del Toro, director of Pacific Rim and Pan's Labyrinth, and Chuck Hogan created a masterpiece with their debut trilogy. Vampirism as a disease which transforms their hosts into brutal monsters taking over the world - a great mix of Vampire fiction with a post-apocalyptic backdrop. Only a year after, in 2010, Justin Cronin released his first Vampire novel
The Passage - a tome that spans over several eras after a similar post-apocalyptic invasion of the undead and also the first novel of a trilogy.
Now, in 2014, Cronin's final installment of
The Passage Trilogy has yet to be released, but
The Strain has already taken over another medium: the TV Screen.
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Movie Review: Maleficent
When I went to see
Maleficent I expected a simple and slightly boring Disney movie, but what I got was so much more!
The re-imagining of Disney's
Sleeping Beauty tells the classical tale from a different point of view: it is the tale of the antagonist - the evil fairy Maleficent.
Angelina Jolie is starring as the main character, while Elle Fanning stars as Princess Aurora. Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton and Sharlto Copley can be seen in supporting roles.
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Movie Review: “Godzilla” – The Cons of a MUTO Picnic in San Fran
Last weekend I went to see THE movie of the year: "Godzilla". Apparently half of humanity saw it as well, cause my Facebook timeline has been full of "Godzilla"-themed statuses since its release day. Considering that I love action movies, especially with big monsters, I had high expectations. Did it live up to them? Before you read this review, be aware that it contains major spoilers!...
Book Review: Learning not to drown by Anna Shinoda
Two lessons. That's all I had. One from Luke: learn to float. One from Peter: a basic crawl stroke.[...]Dad's idea of teaching me was throwing me into the deep end and yelling, "Sink or swim!" Mom refused to help, using her disgust for the lake water as an excuse.
With her debut novel "Learning not to drown",
Anna Shinoda tells the heartbreaking story of a young girl trying to cope with the criminal nature of her brother while her family fails to support and understand her.
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Movie Review: Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier
I was one of 5000 lucky people in Germany who won tickets to a pre-screening of Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier - thanks, Marvel! While I try to keep this review as spoiler free as possible, you will still get lots of information about the movie's themes, so read at your own risk!
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With her debut novel "Learning not to drown", Anna Shinoda tells the heartbreaking story of a young girl trying to cope with the criminal nature of her brother while her family fails to support and understand her.
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