Donghua Review: Heaven Official’s Blessing

Donghua Review: Heaven Official’s Blessing

Heaven Official’s Blessing (Tian Guan Ci Fu – 天官赐福) is a Chinese danmei novel written by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (墨香铜臭). Bilibili and Funimation launched an exciting LGBTQ romance series in October 2020, based on the novel of the same name. The first season of the donghua is also available on Netflix, and a second season has already been announced to much fanfare from fans of the series. The novel first debuted in 2017 and it was soon adapted into a manhua illustrated by STARember. Furthermore, there are English translations of the novel made available by Seven Seas Entertainment in addition to a live-action film being currently developed. 

Beer & Skittles: Cruella: Born to be Bad

Beer & Skittles: Cruella: Born to be Bad

Backstory

When Disney released the historical 101 Dalmatians live-action film in 1996, Cruella was introduced as the haute couture house-  the “House de Vil’s” owner. Cruella was portrayed as a villain who tried to kidnap the puppies that belonged to her worker Anita. The question is why did she want coats made of Dalmatians so bad? 

Beer & Skittles: Wonder Egg Priority

Beer & Skittles: Wonder Egg Priority

Wonder Egg Priority: Cracking the Egg on Girl’s Suicides

Wonder Egg Priority, whimsical as the name sounds, may seem at first to reflect in its multi faceted rainbow art with our main characters shroud with bright blissful colours, a complete contrast to what emotions young girls go through.

Beer & Skittles: F.R.I.E.N.D.S Reunion

Beer & Skittles: F.R.I.E.N.D.S Reunion

The well-known orange couch at Central Perk, the iconic fountain and the golden frame hung on the purple door. All of that brings back memories for the cast of Friends, an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman. Lasting for as long as 10 seasons from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, the series revolved around six friends in their 20s and 30s who live in Manhattan, New York City. Throughout the series, fans got to know each of the characters of the show and grew up with them, which include Rachel Green (played by Jennifer Aniston), Monica Geller (played by Courteney Cox), Phoebe Buffay (played by Lisa Kudrow), Joey Tribbiani (played by Matt LeBlanc), Chandler Bings (played by Matthew Perry) and Ross Geller (played by David Schwimmer). And finally, after the series officially ended, they are back! Since the finale, the cast have only been in a room together only once, until now. 17 years later, HBO presents everyone with Friends: The Reunion.

Sunway Says: Reclaiming Cinderella

Sunway Says: Reclaiming Cinderella

Cinderella has recently received a lot of negative attention due to the notion that Cinderella is an anti-feminist and not an appropriate role model for young girls. The 1950’s movie has been used as a straw man argument that Disney princesses are not good role models for girls. However, this is all a misconception if we take a closer look at the actual movie.

Beer & Skittles: Snowpiercer

Beer & Skittles: Snowpiercer

Snowpiercer is an American, post-apocalyptic, sci-fi series about a perpetual-engine-train on which humanity must survive after the world has frozen to death. Its story is based on a 2013 film by the same name directed by Oscar winning ‘Parasite’ director Bong Joon-Ho. The film was originally based on an 1892 French graphic novel called Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob. The show went through a turbulent development phase to then be released to an onslaught of criticism for deviating from the original film’s plot. Despite this, it managed to garner decent popularity among its audience.

Beer & Skittles: Fate: The Winx Saga

Beer & Skittles: Fate: The Winx Saga

The Winx Saga is a teen drama series based on Nickelodeon’s animated series Winx Club. Winx Club has attracted many young fans since 2004. On 22nd January 2021 “The Winx Saga” released their first episode on Netflix. According to Rotten Tomatoes, the series has received an audience score of 75% and 35% on the Tomatometer. These are some reviews on the show:

20 Movies for Valentine’s Day

20 Movies for Valentine’s Day

This Valentine’s Day, because we should be staying at home and not spreading the virus further, I have 20 movies (and more) that I believe you should watch. Take the recommendations and stay home! Netflix and chill or eat ramyeon with someone (*wink wink*), just stay home so that next year we can spend Valentine’s Day outside again!