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Aziza's Picks
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Daily picks and recommendations in movies, music, books, magazines, tv shows and others! Occasional ramblings on certain celebrities or topics, but otherwise, a rather simple, straight-up, friendly blog by a 22 year-old girl living the fabulous London life!
LATEST ARTICLES ( 178 )
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas [1998]
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a movie under the influence of drugs- from beginning to end, the large quantity of addictive substances influence not only... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Valentine's Day Special: Romantic Scenes
I'm not a fan of Valentine's Day, mostly because the last few years, coincidently, I have spend it without a significant half, so the single people can... Read more
Posted on 14 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The BAFTAs 2012
For me, the BAFTAs are better than the Oscars. Why?The reasons, in no particular order are- the show is in London ( although I am not at the Covent Gardem... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Superhero Double Bill: Thor and Captain America [2011]
After seeing the SuperBowl trailer of Avengers, I got interested in the movie, so I decided to check out the two movies I didn't get to see last year in order t... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Muppets [2011]
Last Saturday I had the pleasure of seeing The Muppets at the Prince Charles Cinema (yet again, I am becoming a regular), with the help of Den Of Geek- I won a... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Hey, Guess What? I Received an Award!
You love me, you really do love me!I was very happy to wake me to a lovely comment from Chip Lary at Tips from Chip announcing that he has honoured my blog... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Tyrannosaur[2011] + Q&A; w/ Director and Actress
A couple of days ago, I had the pleasure of seeing Tyrannosaur, the directorial debut of Paddy Considine, a talented British actor, known for his In America... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Descendants [2011/2012]
I had low expectations going in to see The Descendants- the trailer and the synopsis suggested an Oscar bait (like others noticed), George Clooney kept winning... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
A Separation [2011]
A separation, the Oscar-nominated foreign film, and one of the best movies of last year, is directed and written by Asghar Farhadi. It follows the life of a... Read more
Posted on 02 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
January Recap
January has been a good month for me, but I wish I would have done more and seen more movies. You'll see I like to count and take into consideration more... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Birdsong- BBC Series 2012
Birdsong, the novel by Sebastian Faulks, has been recently adapted into a miniseries by the BBC, with a screenplay written by Abi Morgan (Iron Lady, Shame) and... Read more
Posted on 30 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
IMDb's Top 10 From the Last Decade
Posted on 29 January 2012 CELEB, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Easy Going Saturday: 2 in 1 Edition!
Since it's Saturday, a day in which we all should just relax, I decided to recommend two movies, two sweet Romantic Comedies, from different eras, with totally... Read more
Posted on 28 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Skin I Live In [2011]
Almovodar's latest movie, La piel que habito- "The Skin I live in", is quite remarcable. I think it is one of the best I have seen in the last year and it's... Read more
Posted on 25 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Random Recommendations Post
Hey guys!Since it is Monday and I know most of you, like myself, love discovering new films, tv shows, music, magazines and so on, I decided to share with you... Read more
Posted on 23 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Artist[2011/2012]
[SPOILER ALERT]Wednesday night, with an Orange code in hand, I went to see The Artist! It tells the story of silent movie star George Valentin, who wonders if... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Favourite Scene 1: Fight Club- This is a Chemical Burn
Now, I know this kind of feature or post has been done numerous time by different bloggers, but it's nothing wrong if I do my version as well, right? We are... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
War Horse[2011/2012]
First thing I said after I saw this movie, and I think I actually tweeted it, was: Steven Spielberg is stuck in the 90s! If he would have released this movie 2... Read more
Posted on 18 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
...and the Golden Globe Goes To:
As I did in the last few years, I stayed up and watched the Golden Globes. Although I said I wouldn't tweet about it, I broke my rule for about 6-10 times, but... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Shame[2011/2012]
[SPOILER ALERT- I discuss most of the important scenes, but don't give out the ending]Today I finally saw Shame- I have been anxiously waiting for it for over... Read more
Posted on 14 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES