Must Watch: 'Guava Island'

'Guava Island' is an exclusive short film that you can only see on Amazon Prime. The film features an all star cast from Donald Glover, Rihanna, Letitia Wright to Noso Anozie and was filmed secretly on a small island in Cuba. 

I won't spoil this movie for you because it is definitely worth the watch, but what I will say about it is the cinematography is just stunning.  I loved the way the movie was shot, and I loved the vibrancy that was shown throughout the film. The director who shot this film was the same person who directed Childish Gambino's song 'This is America' which was a delight for the ears and eyes. 

This film was a secret project that both Donald Glover and Rihanna had been filming as most people hadn't heard about it, unless you went to Coachella where it was streamed on Coachella's YouTube page and on Twich. 

This is worth the watch as it will keep you mesmerised for the 55 minutes it is on, it is honestly a masterpiece, and features Childish Gambino's mainstream songs  e.g. 'This is America' and 'Feel's like Summer' as well as other less well known songs of his. However, this is only available to people who have Amazon Prime, so if you haven't got Amazon Prime , I urge you to subscribe because this is just a truly magnificent movie with a really good message, and a easy plot to follow.  

If you haven't got Amazon Prime, see if you can still catch the movie on Coachella's YouTube page,  otherwise you'll miss out. 

This is something I would not usually watch but because it has Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino and Rihanna, I knew this was going to be a good watch and I'm so glad I've seen it! 

xNx 

Netflix Must Watch: 'The Perfect Date'

'The Perfect Date' stars Noah Centineo, Laura Marano, Camila Mendes and Odiseas Georgiasdis. I watched this last week as I found out it was on as I follow Centineo on Instagram.  When I watched it, I fell in love with the cast and the storyline. I feel that Noah and Laura had brilliant chemistry considering they worked together years ago in Austin and Ally. If you've been living under a rock, yes, Noah was the cell phone shack owner. 

However, if you haven't seen 'The Perfect Date' it has got a similar plot line to 'To All The Boys'... which is another Noah Centineo movie. If you liked 'To All The Boys' you will love this movie too. Personally, I believe this movie is better than 'To All The Boys' because in my opinion this storyline has more development for Centineo's character (the male protagonist) to grow and learn from his character's mistakes.

I don't want to give you any spoilers so I'm going to end this blog post here and now. I definitely recommend that you should watch this if you loved TATBILB, or if you liked the trailer and are curious to see how the movie pans out. 

xNx

Come to Florence and Pisa with me....

Hi guys, today I'm doing a different post than what I would normally do. Instead of explaining things or doing a review, I'm going to do a picture diary of my trip away. Hope you guys like it . 

Trip 1 : Florence  

The architecture in Italy

The River Arno flowing through the city 

The Ponte Vecchio bridge 

The Duomo Florence

The Piazza della Signoria

Fiesole 

An Amphitheatre in Fiesole 

Roman museum in Fiesole 

A statue depicting the past and the future somewhere in Florence 

Piazzale Michelangelo 

The architecture in Florence, I'm sitting directly opposite the library 

At the Galileo Galilei museum 

The Uffizi Gallery Florence 

 Trip 2 : Pisa 

A mini Duomo  

A piece of art I found in the city centre 

Pizza in Pisa 

Me holding the Leaning Tower in Miracles Square 
                                                                                 

Inside the Baptistry in Miracles Square 

The outside of the Baptistry

The ceiling of the Duomo in Miracles Square 

The three buildings together in Miracles Square. 

I hope you enjoyed some photos of my trip. I definitely recommend both Pisa and Florence as they are beautiful and have a lot of history and architecture. 

If you want some more of these please say, and I will do this when I next go away.

xNx

Let's Talk About: Five Feet Apart

'Five Feet Apart'... where do I begin? I'll start by giving you a brief summary of the plot, now it will be very brief because I don't want to spoil this movie for you guys as I want you to watch it. 

This movie is basically about two teenagers who fall in love but the sad thing about this particular love story is that they both have Cystic Fibrosis, meaning they cannot touch each other, they must stand six feet away from each other at all times. This way they cannot infect each other with bacteria. However, Stella (played by Haley Lu Richardson), thinks this rule is absurd, so as she's lived with CF all her life; she decides to take control of CF, trashing the rule, and making up her own rules,  hence the title 'Five Feet Apart'. 

I feel like I've summed this plot to a tee here. However, I am going to say that this movie is really intense so bring some tissues along to the cinema when you go and see it. 

The reason why I love this film is not just because of Will (played by Cole Sprouse) but Oh My God, I could literally look at him all day. He is art and he knows it as well! I digress.... 

But I do love this movie as it is a very tender movie to watch and if you're like me, a total romantic you will love this movie as it's just so emotionally bittersweet. I cannot tell you how much I love it, I would watch it again as I feel like I haven't gotten over the ending and I need to hysterically cry as it was beautiful. I definitely recommend this movie,  for me this was like 'The Fault in Our Stars' but more intense as it got me emotionally attached to the characters. I feel like as I'm older than I was when I watched 'The Fault in Our Stars' I understand the depths of love the characters felt for each other. 

'Five Feet Apart' is a movie you can see with your boyfriend/girlfriend,  your best mates or even with your mum.  This movie gives a good message as it's all about touch and attachment. The monologue at the end highlights how important touch is and how touch intensifies a relationship, without touch, individuals do not know how to express their feelings. 

This movie has everything in from Cole Sprouse being the angsty boy you'll fall in love with to coverage and importance of understanding how living with Cystic Fibrosis affects peoples relationship. It even explores issues like death, and grief. This movie has every component which makes this a good movie, and I will say that this has got to be my favourite movie of this year. 

Hopefully, they will do a sequel of this movie as there are so many unanswered questions. 

I hope you go and watch this, or if you have watched this movie comment down below your favourite parts. I may be biased but I can't pick, I loved this movie so much. 

xNx

Netflix Review: Isn't it Romantic

I know its been a while since I've written some blog posts. I've had assignments and essays, plus these last few months have been difficult  so that's why there is lack of posts. However, today I will review something that I have saw ages ago with my friends. (End of exam celebration evening which included pizza and watching this movie). 

I want to start off by saying, although I watched this movie, some bits of it I can't remember as I have only watched this once. Fortunately, I did watch most of the film to have a rough idea what this movie is actually about, so here goes. 

'Isn't It Romantic' is a movie starring Rebel Wilson as 'Natalie' a girl who has always believed that there are no such thing as happy endings, this was told to her by her mother while she watched 'Pretty Woman' as a child. 

Now grown up, Natalie works in an office where she struggles to take control, even her client Blake played by Liam Hemsworth believes she is the coffee girl. However, as she finds her 'Blake' attractive, Natalie cannot help but tell her colleague how she will never be attractive to men like that as she believes she is not the regular stereotypical woman that men fall for.  

While she is doing this, she heavily criticises rom-coms as she believes they are all rubbish, since nobody really acts like that in real life. 

Unfortunately, for Natalie when she returns home, something happens to her which results in her living in her own 'fairy-tale' (a romantic comedy). 

However, things are not all they seem.. she gets the guy (Liam Hemsworth) but learns some valuable lessons along the way which show how unhappy she is. She realises she loves someone else, and tries to turn back time to her regular lifestyle. She does eventually do this, and loves herself more, while also responding to the person she likes who has always liked her in the first place. She has just never realised it. 

Which just goes to show some things are worth pursuing. 

In regards to the film, this film is funny, got an all star cast and is a great film to watch with the girls/friends. The message behind the movie is good too, don't always believe what you see in romantic comedies as people do not act like that in real life; and I love how this movie shows the audience this by making it a parody. 

Comment down below if you've seen the film and liked it, also tell me what else you would like to see on this blog.  

xNx

Let's Talk About: 'thank u, next' (Album)

Hi guys, 

today I am going to be reviewing something which I cannot stop listening to, I even stayed up at 5am to listen to the album before anyone else could. I love it so much and now that the album 'thank u, next' has been released I regret not getting tour tickets (they sold out) or even going to Coachella (I have Uni then) 😞

So without further ado: here is what I think about the album: 

My favourite songs on the album are: 'fake smile', 'ghostin' and 'makeup'. I love these songs as they are all different genres of music, fake smile being a pop single with a hint of R&B, while ghostin is a pop ballad expressing a biographical account of her experience grieving over her ex boyfriend Mac Miller who died of an accidental drug overdose last year.  On the other hand 'makeup' is an upbeat song which you can jam out to with your girlfriends. 

However, all the songs on the album have a different story to tell and while these are in my top three, all the songs on the album have a different layer of Grande which she shows to the world, she is not one dimensional she has many different layers which can only be explored if you listen to her songs on a much deeper level. I have not stopped listening to this album all week and when I have tried to detach myself from it, I tend to end up listening to it over and over again. 

I wish the album was longer as I would have loved to listen to more of Grande's songs, I first listened to it on BBC Radio One at 5am and could not believe she wrote these truly amazing tracks, I was gobsmacked as  ALL of the tracks were equally as good as one another. I love how she's used friends and families conversations to introduce the tracks as this makes it more intimate and personal to Grande. I'm glad that she's released the album out to the audience and I am glad we no longer have to wait as this is her best album yet. 

I'm still disappointed that I couldn't get tickets as I believe this concert would have been her best. 

Comment down below your favourite tracks 

xNx

January Favourites

As January is FINALLY ending, (it seems to be going on forever), I thought I would share some of my winter favourites. These include things I've worn, listened to and watched. 

Programmes/Films 

Since it has been cold outside I have not been going out as much and have instead watched multiple programmes on Netflix. However, if I have gone out, It would have been most likely to  watch a film with my family as I came home from University for Christmas. These are the shows/ films that have been my absolute favourite things to watch. 

• 'The Good Place' (only just recently started watching it and so far so good). You can view it on Netflix or Channel 4 as I know they have recently just started showing episodes. It's about this woman who has been sent to 'The Good Place,' however she should not be there, the series explains how she succumbs and becomes a good person in the afterlife. 

• Glass ~ The film is about three men who think they have superpowers, however the institute  they are in have been brainwashing them into believing their powers do not exist. These three men have to make people believe that they do in fact have superhero powers, and how the institute has not worked. 

• 'Sex Education' ~ Another Netflix series that I have binged and enjoyed. You can read more about my thoughts of 'Sex Education in another one of my blog posts which I will link below.   (https://middlingaround.blogspot.com/2019/01/netflix-review-sex-education.html)

Music 

I only have one music favourite because I could not stop listening to it! I kid you not, I've watched the video on repeat and when the song was released I swear the song was literally the only thing I listened to on that day!!

7 Rings ~ This song, uugghh, what can I say about this song, it's just awesome. I love the pink Japanese aesthetic Ariana Grande has going on, and I love the fact that she has many genres in this song such as R&B and pop. She even raps a few verses as well. I love this song and cannot wait to get her album I have already pre-ordered it!

Fashion 

Fashion has always been important to me, but I made a resolution on the 1st of January that each day I would wear a killer outfit. I ordered from Misguided and bought a few things from Topshop to help me feel like each outfit I wore stood out, so without further ado I will share some of my favourites that I have loved wearing. 

• Misguided Teddybear Coat in a rose gold colour. (https://www.missguided.co.uk/rose-teddy-trucker-jacket10120155)
• Misguided white boots (https://www.missguided.co.uk/white-three-buckle-flat-pointed-biker-boots-10106603)
• Topshop belt (https://www.topshop.com/en/tsuk/product/bags-accessories-1702216/belts-466/buckle-belt-7449427
• Topshop necklace (https://www.topshop.com/en/tsuk/product/bags-accessories-1702216/jewellery-469/sovereign-ditsy-necklace-7701355)
• River Island Sweater (https://www.riverisland.com/p/cream-check-crew-neck-jumper-729197)
• Nasty Gal skirt (https://www.nastygal.com/gb/totally-clueless-check-skirt/AGG84932.html?color=152)
• Misguided Jogging Bottoms (https://www.missguided.co.uk/black-utility-pocket-cargo-joggers-10111965)

I have linked every item of clothing for you so you can check out my favourite pieces for yourselves.

Hope you enjoyed this post

xNx

P.S. What have your favourite things in January been, comment down below.