It is a challenging task to write about something society considers a taboo. British author Edward St Aubyn did just that with his semi-autobiographical book series commonly known as “The Patrick Melrose Novels” (published between 1992 and 2011). Threatened with death, lucid, sweat soaked and restless at night; sometimes he lost consciousness from the effort […]
Written by freewomenxgrape on 19 April 2018. No comments »
Category: Books, Film & TV, Quotes
Tags: book review, Edward St Aubyn, Never Mind, Patrick Melrose, trigger warning
It is a challenging task to write about something society considers a taboo. British author Edward St Aubyn did just that with his semi-autobiographical book series commonly known as “The Patrick Melrose Novels” (published between 1992 and 2011). Threatened with death, lucid, sweat soaked and restless at night; sometimes he lost consciousness from the effort […]
Written by freewomenxgrape on 19 April 2018. No comments »
Category: Books, Film & TV, Quotes
Tags: Bad News, book review, Edward St Aubyn, Patrick Melrose, trigger warning
It is a challenging task to write about something society considers a taboo. British author Edward St Aubyn did just that with his semi-autobiographical book series commonly known as “The Patrick Melrose Novels” (published between 1992 and 2011). Threatened with death, lucid, sweat soaked and restless at night; sometimes he lost consciousness from the effort […]
Written by freewomenxgrape on 19 April 2018. No comments »
Category: Books, Film & TV, Quotes
Tags: book review, Edward St Aubyn, Patrick Melrose, Some Hope, trigger warning
It is a challenging task to write about something society considers a taboo. British author Edward St Aubyn did just that with his semi-autobiographical book series commonly known as “The Patrick Melrose Novels” (published between 1992 and 2011). Threatened with death, lucid, sweat soaked and restless at night; sometimes he lost consciousness from the effort […]
Written by freewomenxgrape on 19 April 2018. No comments »
Category: Books, Film & TV, Quotes
Tags: book review, Edward St Aubyn, Mother's Milk, Patrick Melrose, trigger warning
It is a challenging task to write about something society considers a taboo. British author Edward St Aubyn did just that with his semi-autobiographical book series commonly known as “The Patrick Melrose Novels” (published between 1992 and 2011). Threatened with death, lucid, sweat soaked and restless at night; sometimes he lost consciousness from the effort […]
Written by freewomenxgrape on 19 April 2018. No comments »
Category: Books, Film & TV, Quotes, Various
Tags: At Last, book review, Edward St Aubyn, Patrick Melrose, trigger warning
Imitation Game: Man or Enigma? “Are you paying attention?” Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) says glaring down in a cold, gloomy police station interrogation room “You think you are in control of what will happen, […]
Written by Destiny on 29 September 2014. 2 comments »
Category: Books, Education, Film & TV, History, Quotes, Social & Political
Tags: Alan Turing, Allen Leech, Andrew Hodges, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bletchley Park, Charles Dance, Enigma, film review, Graham Moore, Imitation Game, Keira Knightley, Mark Strong, Matthew Goode, Morten Tyldum, Movie, Studio Canal, The Weinstein Company, World War II
Season 4 of Sherlock could not come fast enough. No, seriously, it couldn’t come fast enough even if we wanted it to. With it’s main leads busy making movies, landing TV shows and staging the West End, fans will be lucky if they see the detective show in the year 2016. We all know […]
Written by Destiny on 29 August 2014. No comments »
Category: Film & TV, Quotes, Various
Tags: Amanda Abbington, Benedict Cumberbatch, Entertainment, Hartswoods Films, John Watson, Martin Freeman, Martk Gatiss, Sherlock, Social Media, Steven Moffat, Sue Vertue, TV, Twitter
Hollywood, California-August 25, 2014- held the 66th Annual Primetime Emmys. Critics all across the board from Hollywood Reporter, Deadline Hollywood, Variety, and even Buzzfeed all anticipated a grand sweep from Breaking Bad and Modern Family (since they have been consistent reigning champions these past years) and had predicted that Netflix’s original series; “Orange is the […]
Written by Destiny on 26 August 2014. No comments »
Category: Audio, Film & TV, Places, Quotes, Various
Tags: 66th Annual Primetime Emmy's, Awards, BBC, Benedict Cumberbatch, Emmy's, Fargo, Hartswoods Films, Martin Freeman, PBS, Sherlock
Courtesy AMPAS In preparation for the 2013 Academy Awards telecast, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (“a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures” – Wikipedia) created a gallery of actors who would be presenting Oscars during the telecast. Benedict Cumberbatch would be paired with Jennifer Garner during the […]
Written by Lisibelle87 on 24 August 2014. No comments »
Category: Film & TV, Quotes
Tags: Academy Awards, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jean-Dominique Bauby, Oscars, Quotes, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
“Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.” – Benedict Cumberbatch via @ScreenSlam interview at 2014 San Diego Comic-Con. Cumberbatch also discusses what he enjoys about voice-over work in animation, his character in The Penguins of Madagascar, his busy schedule, living in the […]
Written by Lisibelle87 on 4 August 2014. No comments »
Category: Film & TV, Quotes
Tags: Benedict Cumberbatch, Comic-Con, Interviews, Penguins Of Madagascar, Quotes, San Diego Comic Con, YouTube