January 2012
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The History Boys: A film review
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In an attempt to justify this 2006 film via review, the reviewer realizes why it took her so long to write a review on her most favorite film of all time.
Probably the most amazing thing about Nicholas Hytner’s The History Boys (I call it that because I am talking about the 2006 film as opposed to Alan Bennett’s The History Boys, the stage play from which this film is based on,...
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December 2011
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First Love
Wherein I introduce the work (and the world) that has dictated the way I read and love today.
I know that I am probably much more known as a Harry Potter fan but let me tell you that, as much as I am aware that some may raise eyebrows at this declaration, it is true nonetheless.
I first read The Lord of The Rings when I was 10 (a good 2 or 3 years before I picked up The Sorcerer’s...
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One term down.
My best friend Pau took this photo of me. That’s me, on my bed, in my Amy Pond sweater, with a half-eaten bag of chips crashing through the material we were supposed to give a report on the next day. I think it’s the best photo to sum up my first term as a Literature Major.
This was taken while we were cramming preparing for our finals in KRITIKA (in English: Literary Theory and...
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November 2011
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ATTENTION!: A call for Sherlock Holmes questions!
Good evening my dear followers,
Seeing as I am one of the lucky 100 granted a “seat” at The Great Sherlock Holmes Debate, and part of that privilege is being able to ask questions to the panelists/debaters in the event, I would like to ask all of my followers to send in any questions they might have about the Sherlock Holmes stories and their subsequent adaptations. I need some ideas...
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October 2011
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CALLING ALL NERDS! Put you useless knowledge of... →
And if you wish, add me as a friend! Username: sabisahippie
(Yeah, this is what I do now.)
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Don't worry, I'm still alive.
…but terribly, terribly busy. I’m sorry. I’ve started taking my literature courses and they are eating too much of my time. I love them, don’t worry, but having them there just means that I have less time for this blog.
That does not mean that I have been idle, though. I’ve amassed a great number of films over this so-called hiatus, and I’ve watched a great...
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Live solely on starlight. (Today-forever)
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Talk, talk, talk. Don't think. Talk.
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The world's busiest street is empty.
Something I’m probably going to turn into a full-blown short story.
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Aladdin throws the dirty lamp away.
A six-word story by Sabrina.
What is it with me and throwing magical items away?
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Trashed the cards and crystal ball.
(You’ll be seeing more of this now. I need to exercise my creative-writing muscles. Thanks to tintination for reminding me of one of the reasons I set up this blog in the first place.)
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Your Whovian is showing.
Just a small anecdote about the effects of the series finale of Doctor Who.
I was in my Literary Theory and Criticism class when our professor started to ask how fiction still portrays an accurate image of life despite the fact that fiction is based largely on make-believe. I never really had the intention of answering the question until she said “How can science fiction or fantasy depict...
September 2011
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A call for films!
This is a call for film suggestions. Anything and everything strange, amazing, weird, unique is welcome. I suppose the best prompt is: What is the film that’s changed your life?
Please leave your film suggestions in my ask box. If I end up liking your film suggestion, I will write an essay-review on it (and as always, you are welcome to pick my brains about it).
Anything goes here....
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Nightwatching: A Film Review
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Where a really swamped student finds time to review Peter Greenaway’s visual masterpiece Nightwatching for the love of the film. Though the following review is generally spoiler-free, I would recommend watching the film before reading on.
Peter Greenaway’s Nightwatching is worth a watch if only to see the truly unique way the director synthesizes the key elements of the...
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“I usually say, “Fuck the truth,” but mostly, the truth fucks you.”
– Prior Walter (Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes by Tony Kushner, 1993)
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A Little Personal Pep Talk
The following is a little pep talk I’m giving myself (yes I do these things. I suggest you do too). I know most of you won’t be interested but I’ll post it here anyway because I do need to get it out somewhere.
Today I have officially met all of my majors professors which means that this is it: I truly am starting work as a Literature major. Syllabi have been distributed,...
August 2011
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Womb: A film review
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In which I plunge into Benedek Fliegauf’s challenging film: Womb. If possible, please watch the film before reading this review-essay, though the following piece is spoiler-free. Many thanks again to thegirlwhowaitedloves for such an excellent film recommendation.
I start this review fully aware that I am treading on thin ice. This film by Hungarian filmmaker Benedek ...
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Just finished Let's Kill Hitler.
It was brilliant. Absolutely flawless and brilliant and definitely worth the long wait.
I will not fangirl on this blog. On this blog, I am calm and collected.
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Freedom, thy name is Sabrina. Or what have you.
If you’ll gather from my vague and horribly put-together title, final exams are over for me. All I have to do now is wait for my grades to come out and hope for the best. In the meantime, this means more time to watch, re-watch, analyze and review all the movies I’ve lined up for the week-long term break (which involves a big party, one you’ll find out about later).
In...
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“At school you don’t get parole. Good behavior just brings a longer...”
– Hector (The History Boys by Alan Bennett, 2006)
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“Wheresoever she was, there was Eden.”
– Adam at Eve’s Grave (Eve’s Diary by Mark Twain)
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Oh blog you have been neglected for so long.
I promise to get things going here ASAP. Term is ending and final projects, exams, requirements and the like are haunting me. I’m staying up late for schoolwork, folks! Things just got serious.
So when the term does end and I’ll have a glorious (although brief) term break, here’s what you can expect:
A film review for Womb
A couple of short film recommendations
A review...
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The TOW Show Episode 1 (08/10/11)
Episode 1: In...
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Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round: And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of...
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“Music is the space between the notes.”
– Claude Debussy, French Composer
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On Inseparable (a review)
The problem I find in drama (here used to generally refer to the art somewhat practiced in film and theater) is that people usually think that the bulk of the material comes from the written text, or the script when this is not the case at all. Debussy once said that “Music is the space between the notes”. The same can be said for drama. The art itself does not lie in the lines spoken by the...
July 2011
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Frankenstein DVD: This is good news
According to this, the clamor for the release of a DVD of the recently-concluded run of Frankenstein by Nick Dear is being positively received by The National Theatre. Granted, there is no hundred percent assurance that we will be watching Benedict Cumberbatch and Johnny Lee Miller and all the amazing this production apparently was on our home entertainment systems yet, the general buzz remains...
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Tennant and Smith (Tenth and Eleventh)
In this essay, a newcomer to the Doctor Who fandom evaluates the performances of David Tennant and Matt Smith as well as their respective Doctors. (Dedicated to thegirlwhowaitedloves for all the amazing support given to this blogger.)
Confession: I am a newcomer to the Doctor Who fandom. I started watching sometime in June or late May and have marathoned the entire New Who series in two months. ...
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To everyone who liked and reblogged my post about...
Thank you all so very much! I would thank you all individually but you’ve all become too numerous for my skills! Really, it’s heart-warming to know that people appreciate the things you find and the things you write about.
You keep this blogger/essayist/Whovian happy.
EDIT (7/27 17:14): 102 notes for the petition! Oh you are all too lovely. I will not be surprised if a Time...
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A petition to cement Doctor Who in history.
Another testament to the wonderful humor and great dedication of Doctor Who fans.
The petition reads:
To the Olympics 2012 committee, We wish for you to consider David Tennant as the official Lighter of the Olympic Flame. David portrays the Tenth Doctor on Doctor Who, a programme which has been part of our national consciousness for almost half a century and of which it can be said, captures...
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On a Harry Potter essay.
I’ve been meaning to write it for some time, but I’ve been putting it off because I haven’t really felt like writing it yet. I have some very strong opinions on the last movie and the issue of this whole “End of an era” feeling that’s been going around. I wanted to wait until the whole thing quieted down a bit to write my essay (plus, I wanted to watch the...
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It's confirmed that Emma Watson will star in... →
I am in love with this news. So far, Emma Watson has failed to impress outside her Harry Potter endeavors (Granted, she hasn’t done much outside Potter. But Daniel and Rupert are already miles ahead of her in the transition to legitimate actor phase). I hope this film, coupled with what I’m sure will be an amazing Perks of Being A Wallflower will help Emma form a career that will...
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On the 11th Doctor, Amy Pond and Steven Moffat.
In this essay, an audience accustomed to a Doctor Who characterized by Tennant and Davies explores a New Who with Smith and Moffat.
I must admit, the 5th series of the New Doctor Who started on a very bland note for me. The great burden was accepting that almost everything I had grown accustomed to since the 1st series of New Who will be lost. New Doctor, new companion, new head writer (which...
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Thoughts on Rose, Martha and Donna.
Rose Tyler, Martha Jones and Donna Noble, these are the three women the 10th Doctor has traveled with. Each a stark contrast to the others, each different in every way except for one: the Doctor changed their lives. This end isn’t only the 10th Doctor’s; it’s the end of these three as well. The end of their companionship with the Doctor., their last stand as the Doctor’s Children of Time. How...
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Another day, another blog.
Warning: Obligatory awkward introduction post ahead. Reader discretion advised.
Do you know what I hate the most? It’s finding something amazing and keeping it to myself. Whenever I finish reading a book or watching a movie or a TV show and realize that I’ve been struck by that piece of media, my initial instinct is to find someone to talk about it to. The first victim of my...