Latest Movie Reviews

Pitch Perfect 2

I'll admit I shed a tear when I heard there was a prequel to my absolute favourite film and I basically went into hibernation for three years until finally Pitch Perfect 2 came out.. leaving the cinema after Pitch Perfect I was blown away and to be honest could give any show girl a run for the money, give me a musical any day. However saying all this I hate to admit it but I didn't fell the wow factor with the second movie as I did with the first. Don't get me wrong the songs were great, the performances amazing and constantly thanks to Fat Amy, I was laughing my head off but it kind of felt like something was missing. Also the fact that it was one of those last year in college before everyone goes their separate ways kind of movies it hit me right in the emotions. I guess all in all nothing will ever top the first one and that's just the way its going to be, I guess I'll just have to watch both of them another seven times to make sure. #Acca-out



The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

This was an unexpected film to watch one evening I felt like chilling in my jammy's with a big ole bowl of popcorn and I'll be honest I don't quite get the whole thing, I think that has to do with never seeing Lord Of The Rings though. However it was a nice film to watch as the storyline was easy to follow, the whole Shrine (? Shire can't remember what its called) was really great graphics and there was funny moments in it too my the brilliant Irish dwarfs. The title basically gives away the story as the Hobbit ( Bill Bo Baggins) goes on a journey that's well unexpected.. now actually thinking of it I'm pretty sure I fell asleep because I honestly can not remember an ending at all... I will get back to you on this one.

21 and Over                                                                                                         

I've been wanting to see this film for a long time because it is right up my ally, three best mates having an unforgettable night. This film had me cracking up constantly at the antics the three got up too and the situations they found themselves in...think The Hangover but with college students. I honestly can't describe this film all I have to say is its a must see for a great laugh and if like me your starting college soon hey heres an insider.

Insurgent, Snow White & Home Movie Reviews

Insurgent

As with Divergent I came home doing karate chops and not waiting to be anything but in Dauntless or a Divergent. I absolute love that the main hero is a girl and can I just say Tris is BADASS. Shailene is an amazing actress (simply by going from acting with your brother to being in love with him (TFIOS) to him being your brother again). If I thought the Divergent series couldn't get any better.. I was wrong, the fact that Insurgent was in 3D was a whole new level of awesomeness, and there wasn't a single moment when you could relax and breathe, constantly there was always a new turn of events and things you never thought could happen. If your a fan of Divergent obvs your already planning on seeing Insurgent, but if this is all new to you, give it a chance.. you will be blown away.




Snow White and The Huntsman. 

Now this aint no Snow White you remember from your Princess days, this is a dark twist on the pretty black haired, paled skin girl. It's the same story, Snow's father falls for the witch who kills him and locks her up because shes the 'fairest of them all'. This take however makes the witch, if it's even possible, more evil and scary than back in the fairy tale versions. It's a complete dark twist on the tale and for things as simple as the forest, they have made them a whole lot more evil. So really before you watch this you must get it out of your head that its a nice fairy tale and all will be happy ever after.. because this has Charlize Theron as the evil Queen and she is harsh to say the least.







Home 

This was simple Brilliant. From the moment I seen the trailer with Oh saying 'I am putting my hands in the air like I just do not care' I was hooked. There wasn't a moment where I wasn't giggling at the Boovs quirkiness and their 'interesting' way of talking, and the cat called Pig.  Jim Parsons aka Sheldon Copper was cast perfectly to play Oh and I kept finding myself thinking 'that is such a Sheldon thing to say'. I can say I have never had such a laugh at the
movies before but this changed all that as I ended up in tears of laughter by the end. Got to be another favorite animation movie, Dreamworks you've done it again.

W7 UH-MAZING Product reviews

This week started off with my beaming smile as I met my postman at the door with a package from W7, which to be fair is every girls dream.. getting products from your favorite brand.

I'm going to start straight off with the BEAUTIFUL 10 out of 10 (brown) palette. First I must say this package was sent with random bits so I was in shock that this set was sent out of all W7 palettes because brown is my favorite eye shadow color ever and a must have color I use on a daily basis. This palette contains the color for every occasion, 10 browns ranging from light to dark, matte to glitter which are of incredible quality and last all day. If like me your eyebrows don't know if they want to be brown/fair/black this is also brilliant for filling in them little forehead buddies as there is a shade to match all types. This handy little palette is also perfect for travelling as it contains two double ended brushes and is perfect handbag size.

WOOP now I'm excited. The W7 Prime Magic Camera Ready Face Primer is just simply amazing. W7 I bow down to you . I have never seen a product like this. Yes it does its job by being a Primer, but once you see it you'l understand, it's almost like a jelly texture and is SO unbelievably soft your face is softer than a marshmallow wrapped in candyfloss sitting on a cloud. Having your face so  primed and ready it leaves you with the perfect canvas to get to work on and will last all day.

                                    Lashed up.. well if you insist.
You know that mascara you always go straight for when your heading out and always the same one you will be picking up each time you drop into the chemists, well this is going to be it now. It does what most mascaras do.. lengthens, give volume and leaves you ready to wink to make the boyzz blink (did I really just say boyzz) but also the mascara is great for no clumps which we pray for every time we pull the wand out of the bottle. I highly recommend this mascara because not only is it simply amazing it's W7 which means a fantastic bargain.

To be honest here, when I first seen this I was nervous. 1: the color, not me at all. 2: the texture of the liquid.. lets just say calling it lip 'paint' is a good name, but bare with me here its a good'un.

There's not many glosses out there that will last and remain vibrant all day long, but this is one of them. I can't get over this gloss, trust me if your a fan of gloss you need to get this on you now. 

W7 Draw the line eyeliner.. well it does what it says on the.. eh pencil. But anyway another great product from W7 that will leave you with the most amazing lined lashes with a gorgeous dark charcoal color.  I can't get over W7 they are.. as I've said simply amazing.

Latest movie Reviews

Cold nights in, no better way to spend them with a hot chocolate, some popcorn and a good movie. These are the latest movies I've seen and I'm going to attempt to tell you about them without spoiling them of course.


The Maze Runner
Okay so going with my Bestie on her birthday to see The Maze Runner I was a little skeptical because I hadn't seen a trailer or nothing so I didn't know what to expect. But what I can tell you is I'm MIND BLOWN. Quick brief..  people of all ages are taken from the normal lives and wake up in a forest, but not an average forest as this one is surrounded by a maze, the only way out. Thing is you will never survive a night in the maze and its too big to escape during the few hours of a day. Along comes Thomas and his knew ideas of conquering the maze. I'm pretty sure it's not spoiling it if I saw they did escape the maze, to spoil it would be to tell you about the results of escaping. Let's just say the maze, the world they live in and their lives before the maze are completely messed up and will never be the same again. I really enjoyed this film, was a proper on-the-edge-of-your-seat movie and also had some really good one liners from good old 'Chuck' (Blake Copper). It was so old seeing Thomas Brodie Sangster all grown up since Nanny McPhee, Action lovers and general all round movie lovers will really enjoy this movie. It has                                                             left me wondering will there be a second.





We're The Millers

I was gutted I missed We're The Millers in the cinema but was delighted to find in on sale on DVD.
David your local drug dealer needs to take a 'smite' of drugs over the boarder from Mexico. To do this he comes up with the idea of a fake family on vaccination to cover there backs. Along comes Kenny ( weird next doors kid), Rose (a delightful Stripper) and Casey ( homeless kid filled with attitude) and he has his family. All these random personality's in a camper van, we all know its going to end in trouble. You will laugh more at this then you will breathe. It's a proper feel good movie with brilliant one- liners. Will Poulter (Kenny) really shows his acting skills with not alone an American accent but playing a right airhead. Emma Roberts (Casey) is brilliant at getting the teenage angst across too while also creating a nice bond with Jennifer Aniston (Rose). All hell breaks loose as this 'family' attempt to make it back to America and you will never believe the outcome. No spoilers, but happy ending.




Identify Thief

Another one I missed in the cinema but am catching up on with the DVD. First things first (I'm a realest.. sorry) this movie went places I never thought it would and it was one shocking ending. Melissa McCarthy plays 'Diana' a lovely sweet woman who steals people's identity's because. .well she never said why but it looked fun. When she stole Sandy's (Jason Bateman) though she didn't know he was going to put up a fight. After tracking down Diana, Sandy convinces her to go home with him to tell his boss it was her that maxed out his credit cards. 'Going home' was not as simple as they thought seeing as all 'Diana's id's are under the name Sandy Patterson, and two Sandy Patterson's getting on the same flight won't work, so they have to drive back to Colardo. A road trip with an ex-con is not going to go well and as you might guess it's not all that simple. But after the many adventures along the way they do get back and this is where the real shock begins. I highly recommend Identify Thief for the laughs, shocking moments and actual tear jurkers, if not only to find out what 'shocking' ending I'm on about.

Blogtober Day Seven: Top list Tuesday

I've come up a few little ideas for posts to keep some variety on this blog and I hope to do one each week starting today.

-Mood Board Monday       - Top List Tuesday      -Wish List Wednesday   - Tell me about it Thursday                - Feel good Friday              - Surprise Saturday             - Sleepy Sunday 

So to start off today on Top List Tuesday I'm going to do my Top Autumn Films which mostly includes Halloween movies to be honest, once October starts my witch side comes out.

Being my Dad's daughter and being named after Spencer Tracy I have grown up with a love for films. The excitement of the surround sound in the cinema, turning all the lights off for home movies and grabbing a big ol' bowl of popcorn brings so many good feelings and I'm sure many film lovers understand what I mean, just the whole atmosphere around settling down to watch a good old classic or the latest thriller can be the highlight of a week and now with the cold Autumn weather creeping in its the perfect time to check out some of the best Autumn movies.

Hocus Pocus (1993) is my all time favorite Halloween movie. I always remember my neighbors, my brother and I gathering each year to watch it with our trick or treat candy piled in front of us. I think its a right of passage for any 90's kid and will always be a good classic. This film was out before I was born but still is a must see every year. Only now have I realized its Sarah Jessica Parker playing Sarah Sanderson, you do learn new things everyday. 

I don't think there is a particular time for Harry Potter based movie marathons but what better time to start back at the beginning then on a chilly night in and watch in awe as your inner child relives the magic of Hogwarts and all it has to offer. Harry Potter will always be top of the list when it comes to good movies and with seven of them in the collection you might just finish before Christmas.

Of course another good old classic is The Adams Family (1991). I never quite understood what was going on with this wacky family but any girl with a name like 'Wednesday' was going to catch my eye. I also had a strange liking for Thing which would probably creep out most kids but I thought he was rather cute. Of course any movie with a catchy soundtrack will win over and when the theme song starts you know there's going to be some good Zombie dance moves.

If your feeling like a real tear jerker My Sister's Keeper is the one. Unless you have a heart of stone there is noway around this, so call the girls round, get a jumbo box of kleenex's and some double chocolate chip ice cream and let the tears flow. There's something about a 'tugging-on-the-heart stings' film that makes you leave the film behind knowing your not as unemotional as a orange. I think this beautiful story is a perfect Autumn movie because Autumn is the time to appreciate things be it the changing leaves, the start of winter or that fact that you can eat soup 24/7, this film really makes you appreciate the finer things in life. 

Lastly a movie most have for Autumn is the good old classic Casper the friendly ghost. I don't think there's a child in the country who hasn't grown up knowing Casper and of course his uncles Stretch, Fatso and Stinkie. This feel good family friendly movie is just a perfect Sunday afternoon wind-down film, so grab your onesies and tub of m&m's and get watching. 

Well that's it for my Top List Tuesday of Top Autumn movies. I actually quite enjoyed reminiscing my childhood movies and surprised myself by some of the things I found out like Christina Ricci played Wednesday in The Adams Family and not only that but Kat in Casper, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone is THIRTEEN years old and despite my love for Autumn Films I've missed out on some great classics so I know what I'l be doing this Autumn catching up on more great movies like Halloween and The Nightmare Before Christmas and of course all the others on my list.