The Most Unconventional Pairings in Westeros

About a year ago, a highly imaginative vidder named Coolcia produced this little diamond in the very, very rough of a fanvid. Set to Muse’s outrageously erotic Time is Running Out, its goal is to imagine what the ‘most unconventional pairings in the whole Westeros’ would be. The consequently crazy result is the hooking up…

The Swordfighting Women Conundrum: A Study

The issue of the swordfighting woman and whether or not we should be rolling our eyes at her is something that we’ve only touched on briefly on this blog. In order to get a more interesting conversation going, let’s refresh our memories on what we’ve said so far, notably in the post For the love…

Diderot by Arthur M. Wilson: Book Review in French and English/Critique de livre en français et en anglais.

Le tricentenaire de la naissance de Denis Diderot nous donne tous le plaisir de se perdre tranquillement dans un véritable tsunami de nouvelles recherches, mais aussi d’honorer les recherches que les spécialistes ont effectuées dans les années passées ; spécialistes qui ont dédiés leurs vies à nous éclairer sur la vie et les œuvres d’un homme…

The Moonstone: An Imaginary Cast List

Her Ladyship amuses herself by drawing up an entirely imaginary cast list for the BBC’s proposed new adaptation of The Moonstone, since they don’t look like they’re going to do it themselves any time soon. Franklin Blake A character capable of being both mortifyingly unconventional thanks to his cosmopolitan education (a fact that he strongly denies);…

Onegin (1999): Film Review

It’s infinitely possible to imagine the world of Onegin without its characters, and that is perhaps the film’s principle strength. The darling child of Fiennes siblings Martha (director), Magnus (composer) and Ralph (seriously, he needs an introduction?), Onegin uses gorgeous, arthouse cinematography and a thrillingly sensual, psychological score to create a hypersensitive adaptation of Alexander…

3 Great Performances: A Tribute to Anne Hathaway

Through a study of her performances in Becoming Jane, Alice in Wonderland and Les Misérables, let us take a moment to pay tribute to the work and art of a great actress gifted with versatility, subtlety and a deep understanding of human nature that has characterised each of her roles and contributed vastly to their…

A Frivolous Flying-Through of the Third Game of Thrones Season 3 Trailer.

There’s nothing like waking up first thing on a Monday morning to a new Game of Thrones trailer. Let’s discuss the healthy doses of new footage to be found in our latest fix, many of which boast the same strength of previous trailers in that they show key moments without giving too much away. This…

Parade’s End, Downton Abbey and Dumbasses: A Study in Fandom

Disclaimer: mean comments about Downton Abbey are only directed at fans that unfairly criticise Parade’s End. The rest of Downton fandom who allow people to have their own preferences are accorded this same right by the author of this post. The genesis of this post lies in a comment made by a certain individual on the…

Noomi Rapace versus Rooney Mara: who is the best Lisbeth Salander ?

This isn’t going to be the kind of rant that one usually hears from die-hard Millenium Trilogy fans, i.e. the Swedish version was so much better, the American version was an abomination, adapting his work was against Stieg Larsson’s principles, so why make movies in the first place? This is simply a question of doing…

Are you fucking kidding me?

School of Thrones would be a great parody if it was…you know… funny. Unfortunately, what it actually is is the equivalent of Renly and Loras’ sex scene in the HBO show: something that was meant to be hot, but is just plain lame. Doing a complete analysis would frankly give this crap more attention than…