Must Watch Movie: 'The Sun is Also a Star'

Hi guys, 

I saw ‘The Sun is Also a Star’ in the cinema yesterday, and I have to say it’s unlike any romantic comedy film I have watched before! 

First of all the cinematography was STUNNING, and it showed New York as it’s not been seen before everything was photographed beautifully. 

The main stars of the movie however are the two actors: Charles Melton (who people may recognise as Reggie from ‘Riverdale’) and Yara Shahidi (Zoey from ‘Black-ish’). Melton (who plays Daniel) and Yara (who plays Natasha) meet as a result of ‘fate’ as Daniel saves Natasha’s life as she nearly gets hit by a car. However, while Natasha is grateful to Daniel for saving her life, she is sceptical as he proposes an experiment to make her fall in love with him in one day. 

Therefore, the rest of the movie sees Daniel and Natasha slowly fall in love, while she is struggling with the fact she may never see Daniel again as she might get deported. 

This movie is not like your typical romantic comedy as  the relationship happens very organically, and doesn’t have the typical ‘romantic ending’ where the characters end up happily together in love. There are many twists and turns along the way, with both characters coming from similar backgrounds, and learning about themselves. 

You will get very tense towards the end as you fall in love with both the characters and the storyline and you get attached to their relationship with each other and their families. 

A huge twist will happen at the end, and makes you question ‘does fate actually exist?’ 

I definitely recommend you watching this movie, it’s such a fantastic piece of work, and it’s nice to see Charles Melton out of his Reggie role in ‘Riverdale’! If you love both actors, you’ll love this movie. 

xNx

Netflix Must Watch: 'Trinkets'

Hi guys, 

It's been while since my last blog post, but trust me I have wanted to write about 'Trinkets' for a while. I binged it in one day and I can honestly say that I LOVED IT SO MUCH. Seriously, it's the best series I've watched on Netflix in a while; and that's saying something!  I've always watched films as I don't believe there are many good series on Netflix (I always want to watch many series, however, they're always too long, or, I watch 1 episode and become distracted and therefore don't get the full storyline). 

However, with 'Trinkets', each episode is 30 minutes long, and the storyline is so gripping that you'll want to watch it ALL. You'll get so attached to the characters and their storylines. Literally, you get to see each character blossom and the assumptions you may have had from the first episode disperse as the episodes continue. You'll just want each character to be happy and content within their lives. 

The storyline follows 3 girls (from different backgrounds) who attend the same school, but only get closer as they meet at a 'Stealing Anonymous' group every day.  Each character has their own issues and we get to see how these issues have impacted on their everyday lives. It also highlights how many people judge or assume how great someones life is, but as we get to see in one of the girls cases, it is not always true. 

This series is spectacular as it has really good cliffhangers, a great storyline, great character development and I hope to God there is a Season 2 as I don't think I'll ever be able to live without knowing what's happened to the characters. I don't want to spoil ANYTHING for you, I just want you guys to watch it and enjoy! 

xNx

Netflix Must Watch: 'Murder Mystery

Hi guys, it has been ages since I've last written a blog post. Thank God I've watched 'Murder Mystery', as that's what I'm going to be discussing today. Let's get stuck in shall we. 

'Murder Mystery' was released on 14th June and it has taken me ages to watch, I have been doing other things, so I think that got in the way. However, I'd have to say that 'Murder Mystery' is a good movie.  I like how both Adam Sandler and Jenifer Anniston are playing a married couple (Nick and Audrey Splitz),  I mean if you've watched 'Just Go With It' you'll understand how much chemistry they have; furthermore, their comedic energy just works. I love them as a couple. 

Anyway, back to the story, the main plot revolves around who killed billionaire Malcom Quince (involving family members). The way that Aniston's and Sandler's characters get invited to this family meeting is via Luke Evan's character called Charles Canvendish who's Quinces' nephew. 

We meet other characters who are also suspects of the murder such as Gemma Arterton who plays Grace (an actress),  David Walliams who plays Tobais (Quince's son), Luis Mendez who plays Juan Carlos Rivaria (a formula one racer), Shiori Kutsuna (Quince's mistress/Canvendish's forma flame), John Kani (The Colonel), Adeel Akhtar (Maharaja) and Ólafur Ólafsson (Sergi ~ the Colonel's bodyguard). 

However, things get a little complicated when other murders are committed and Audrey and Nick are constantly getting blamed for them. 

They have to convince everyone they are not to blame for the murders, and doing that sees them owning up to the truth as well as working together. 

Finally, I have to say that I absolutely loved how this was slightly comedic with a good plot line. I also loved the European locations the movie was filmed at. If you haven't watched this movie, I recommend that you do. Don't listen to reviews saying this movie isn't good, be curious and see for yourself. Only you can answer that once you've watched it. It's such an easy watch as well, enjoy!

xNx

Netflix Must Watch: 'Always Be My Maybe'

Hi guys, 

As soon as I saw this movie trailer on Netflix, I knew I had to watch it. I saved it in ‘my list’ category on Netflix as it hadn’t been released when I first saw the trailer. However, as soon as I came home, I forgot what was on Netflix as I was busy doing other stuff; so when I logged on I instantly clicked on it. Let me tell you. It is FABULOUS. 

It’s so comedic, heartwarmingly precious and annoying at times, (you just want both characters to get together). 

The plot focuses on Sasha (played by Ali Wong) and Marcus (played by Rendall Park), who were neighbours, hence growing up together. 

However, they grow apart and we see what has happened to them as the story comes back to the modern day. Sasha, has become a Chinese chef who is looking to open up a San Francisco restaurant, while Marcus has continued to live in his dad’s house; working for his dad’s business, while also playing gigs in his spare time. 

The rom-com storyline is very predictable as this is where they get to know each other again, and see where their lives have taken them. Falling in love with each other as they do. But, what I love about this is the fact that it’s so comedic and hooks you right until the very end because the plot is less than straightforward. 

Furthermore, I love how great the soundtrack is and I love how it’s main characters are Asian. I love how the media are making movies to showcase the great Asian talent which seems to be becoming more and more eye-opening. I mean we have ‘Crazy Rich Asian’ and ‘To All the Boys’, which are also great movies; and seeing Asian actors/actresses in this light demolished the stereotypes once thought about them. 

I hope you take the chance to watch this movie as it’s hilarious and worth the watch. Plus, a special guest makes an appearance, and to me this makes the storyline even more comedic. I totally recommend this movie to anyone who just wants a laugh, while it has got emotional scenes, the comedic scenes will make you cry with laughter! 

It’s definitely worth the watch. 

xNx

Must Read: 'The Summer I Turned Pretty'

Hi guys, 

This is the first book I’ve read in a while, and thought I’d review it. 

So here we go, ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ is a fictional romance novel written by Jenny Han. You may know her as her book ‘To All the Boys..’ was turned into a hit Netflix movie; staring Noah Centineo and Lana Condor. 

I digress, but ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ follows the same plot line the way ‘To All the Boys’ does. The main protagonist called Isabel aka (Belly) is head over heels in love with Conrad who is the son her mother’s friend. 

Every summer, Belly and her brother go to ‘Cousins’ a holiday resort and stay with Susanna and her sons (Conrad and Jeremiah). 

During their summer breaks , Steven and Conrad have always made fun of Belly through brotherly banter as she is a couple of years younger than them. However, Jeremiah who is the same age as Belly has treated her as his equal. 

The storyline focuses on Belly owing up to her crush on Conrad and looks at how she has built up a wall to deal with it. This book also focuses on how Belly grows up and develops a sense of realisation. This occurs as all the boys at the house make fun of her, however when she is outside of the summer house, boys begin to notice her; therefore her confidence and self-esteem grows from this. 

While the book has a lot of elements of romance in it, this book also deals with issues of  death and grief. I felt like this really wasn’t touched on a lot, only towards the end of the book. Personally, I feel like it could’ve been dealt with better as I believe the stereotypical emotions took place in this book. If you want to find out what these emotions were, you'll discover what these emotions are as you read the book, since I don't want to give much away. 

In my opinion, I believe the book was my cup of tea as I love books about romance; however I did find it a bit slow and annoying as Belly is confronted with overwhelming situations that she finds difficult to deal with at her young age. I might even read the sequels as the story doesn’t feel as though it has finished yet. I'm sure the plot will get better as the story picks up. 

xNx

May Favourites

Here we go again! This month I feel that I haven't really watched much or tried many new things but here are my May favourites. My goal next month is to try new perfumes rather than just stick to my old fragrances. But anyway here is what I've been loving in May. 

Beauty 

I'm starting with beauty because I just felt like it and I feel like this section isn't too extravagant. However, even though I am saying this, there is one brand I'm loving; and that brand is Fenty. ALL my makeup products are slowly turning to Fenty as I just cannot get enough of Rihanna's makeup brand. Plus, I adore Rihanna so why wouldn't I buy her products?? I'm especially loving her highlighter in 'Whatabratt' and her matchstick in 'Unicorn' and you'll see why when I paste the pictures down below. Also, I'm loving her Summer range, the new 'popsicle' lipsticks are just lush. 

My next beauty favourite is a perfume called 'Good Girl' by Carolina Herrera. This perfume smells so fresh but so musky, it's got to be my favourite perfume of all time; it's an everyday perfume, so you can wear it all day, at anytime . It's quite expensive, but I will definitely buy it again. 

Fenty highlight in 'Whatabratt'(left)
Fenty matchstick in 'Unicorn' (right)
(If you want to check out /buy click the links)

'Good Girl' by Carolina Herrera

Fashion 

I've only got two fashion favourites this month. I have been loving these Topshop wide jeans and blocky white trainers. I feel that I wear these ALL the time, and I feel that these  items are definitely staple items you should have in your wardrobe. Items will be linked in the descriptions so you can check it out or buy these products for your wardrobe. Side note; even though I have not been wearing this t-shirt often this month as I have only just bought it, I will also link the t-shirt brand down below. 

T-shirt ~ offbeat.tees
Jeans ~ Topshop Wide Leg Jeans 
Shoes ~ Misguided Chunky Trainers 

Miscellaneous 

I have been loving some new music lately as I have finally joined the Shawn Mendes bandwagon. I listened to his album 'Shawn Mendes' and had to buy it because it was too good not to. Thank you to some people who haven been telling me to join the Shawn Mendes fandom because it's honestly great. Also, I have been loving podcasts this month as I feel that they relax and motivate me.  I love listening to different topics and listening to other people's opinions on things. Down below I will give you an insight into my favourite podcasts this month. However, I would like to listen to more, so in the comments down below recommend  me your favourite podcasts, and I'll give it a listen. 

  

   

xNx

Netflix Must Watch: 'Someone Great'

Hi guys, 

as you know I've recently had exams so obviously I've been revising for those. But now I haven't, so it's time to binge watch everything I wanted to before going into these exams. 

I wanted to start off these movie reviews by reviewing a film I have really wanted to watch. It's a romantic comedy called 'Someone Great'. However, it is not your typical 'rom-com', while it is funny it's juxtaposed with the grief of going through a breakup. 

'Someone Great' is a typically girly movie, set in New York, and focuses on an aspiring music journalist (Jenny's) transition as she has been accepted at 'Rolling Stones' magazine and has to move to San Fransisco, as the job is there. Unfortunately, this causes her 9 -year relationship to end, which is truly heartbreaking to watch as we as the audience get to experience the trails and tribulations within the relationship. 

Hint; certain songs and moments trigger her memories off, so watch out for those. 

While we as the audience get to experience her relationship, there are two other subplots which are also included within the main plot; surrounding her two friends Erin and Blair. I will not spoil this for you as I truly urge you to watch it. 

The wardrobe, cinematography and soundtracks which are used within the movie are basically a millennial's dream come true. Plus 'Someone Great' stars 3 amazing female actors: Gina Rodriguez (Jenny), Brittany Snow (Blair) and DeWanda Wise (Erin). 

While the movie does not end on a typical 'rom-com' happy ending, Jenny's silique is definitely 'food for thought'. This movie is not about finding 'the one', but I personally think it is about growing up and feeling comfortable in your own skin without having a significant other beside you. 

Hopefully you'll watch it, or you have already viewed  it. In the comments let me know your thoughts and favourite moments within the movie. 

Until next time... 

xNx