Film of the
Week:
What Woman Want
(By Guest Writer: Sandra Hudson)
At last a film that all men should see. Women go through a lot in life,
whether it is only just in their heads: How they see themselves from day to
day, body image, etc. This film also proves that what a woman says and what she
is thinking are two different things. Is it true that men just breeze through
life as this film suggests at the beginning? Maybe some of them.
Nick, after being brought up by a Las Vegas Showgirl surrounding
by all women who took care of him, is now a divorced, single father of one, who
is a self-centred wannabe ladies-man who thinks he deserves what he wants. At
the beginning of the film, he seeks for a promotion, which is rivalled when his
boss hires a strong woman, Darcy, who knows what she is doing. A well thought
out plan of hers is for the team to invent a new advertisement for women’s
products by giving said box to try out. That night, Nick gets drunk and that
leads to a hilarious montage of him testing out the products on himself by
putting on the nail polish, waxing only one of his legs, and putting on tights.
In the middle of testing out products, his daughter and her boyfriend walk in,
which leads to an awkward encounter. They boyfriend finds it funny, even though
he tells the truth that it’s all in the name of research for work.
Afterwards, a series of events leads to him being electrocuted by
a hairdryer and falling into a bath full of water, and knocked out. Next
morning, his housekeeper finds him lying face down on the floor, dazed and
confused. During their usual morning conversation, he hears more than he
usually does. It is then that he notices he can hear her thoughts, and when
going to work, notices that he can hear what every woman is thinking. At work,
during a meeting, he quickly utilise this power to steal another woman’s ideas
as if they were his own, which then leads to him stealing Darcy’s thoughts in
order to achieve that promotion. It backfires when the boss fires Darcy because
of his performance, he realises that he has no thoughts of his own and asks for
Darcy back.
Running throughout as a subplot, is Erin, who organises the files.
No one notices her usually. It is only by Nick hearing Erin’s thoughts that he
discovers that she is unhappy and depressed. As the film nears the end, Erin is
missing from work and Nick knows her story when no one else does. He panics and
goes to find her, and in doing so loses his ability to hear woman’s thoughts.
This film makes you realise that you should be aware to notice everyone in the
workplace, and it is this lesson that Nick is able to convince Erin to come
back to work with a promotion that she was entitled to beforehand but Nick
turned her down.
By the end of the film, he has won over his daughter and her
friends, strengthening their father-daughter relationship.
We can learn lessons from this film by how we see people. The way
they act may not necessarily be the way they feel.
Below is the link to the IMDB page:
TV Program
of the Week:
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Our year’s Sherlock fix did not let us down. I won’t give away any
spoilers, not matter how hard it is to expel every little detail and analyse each
second to come up with an adequate conclusion about future episodes or to find
those hidden secrets and Easter eggs relating to Steven Moffat’s other popular
show, Doctor Who, it’ll be just a review expression how awesome it was from
beginning to end, full of twists and turns that will leave your mouth aghast.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman’s acting is superb. They
drew me into the world of Sherlock and didn’t let me leave until they made me
want to come back for more. Every other main and supporting character is
brilliantly written – not over or underused in the slightest.
And then we come to the mystery itself. I’ll stay true to my word
by not giving away any spoilers, but the mystery is so carefully built that any
theory that you have is the write one, and then isn’t. I genuinely believed that
I had figured it out, but Moffat’s unparalleled writing turned that theory on
its head. The way this episode was directed allowed us never to miss a beat. It
is safe the say that the director most defiantly utilised every single second
within that hour and a half.
Now we just have to wait until next year before we get another
fix. But you know what they say… An episode of Sherlock a year keeps our
beloved Doctor Who on TV.
Below is the link to episode on BBC iPlayer and its IMDB page:
BBC iPlayer:
IMDB:
Game of the
Week:
Viscera Cleanup Detail
So the hero has defeated the enemy and saved the day and is now
riding off into the sunset after a job well done. Unfortunately, he doesn’t
know how much mess he’s left behind. Somebody’s got to clean that up and I bet
he’s not going to do it – he probably doesn’t get paid enough. But it’s him
being a hero that keeps you in business.
This game is the aftermath of what happened. It is your job to
clean the hallways, the walls, and the furniture of all the blood and gore,
tidy up all the bits of robot and alien that are littered all over the place and
make sure the wet floor signs are in place. For me, the game play is rhythmic
and therefore relaxing, as well as satisfying. Seeing a big pile of mess and
then seeing the floor squeaky clean and your reflection on the walls doesn’t
get any more satisfying. It does come with its own soundtrack that suits the gameplay
well, but to help you break away from reality that much more after a hard day’s
work, you can listen to your own music and clean to the beat.
Below are two links to the steam page and the official website:
Steam:
Official website:
Video of the
Week:
RWBY: Volume 3 – Chapter 7: Beginning of the End
RWBY is quickly becoming my number one web series on the Internet.
From the studio that brought you Red Vs Blue, and created by the incredibly
talented Monty Oum, who suddenly and tragically passed away last year, I’m pleased
to say that Rooster Teeth have done nothing less than make his visions come
true. Each episode delivers nothing less than great writing and a very
well-directed fight scene that will leave you stunned and wanting more.
This episode is the first after a mid-season break and focuses on
the backstory that it set up in the previous episode and is a brilliant way of
bringing the main storyline to the entire series to the forefront.
This entire season has been great. Finally showing us the
tournament to see which school is best, it has been a funny and action packed throughout
without a doubt, and the natural development of the characters and the series as
a whole isn’t rushed, but allowed to take its time, and that kind of writing
and directing rightly deserves my and many more people’s praises. He’s to the
rest of the season, and the many more to come. I can already see it becoming
something that is on par with Red Vs Blue.
Below is the link to episode on Rooster Teeth's website:
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Antony Hudson
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