The Life Of JP

New In | April K-Pop Haul

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 13:00:00 +0000

I'm back with another K-Pop Haul post! You can see the first one here: New In | K-Pop Haul.
Also I have a couple of extra photocards, some Bt21 merch and a few other things that I'm thinking of selling, so if anyone's interested let me know!

GOT7 - Eyes On You | Stray Kids - I Am Not | GOT7 - Flight Log: Arrival - Singed by Jinyoung If you saw my last post you would have seen that I already bought GOT7's Flight Log: Arrival. It was only after I bought the signed one on Mwave that I realised I had just bought the exact same one a couple weeks before, but I didn't mind too much because I was hoping to get some photocards that I didn't have.
My 4th Muster things finally arrived!! I managed to order them when they were released on February 21st (I think) and I didn't hear anything until the end of March, I even messaged the staff twice for an update but I didn't get any response (I think because they had a large amounts of orders to sort through and send) but it finally arrived well over a month later.
I bought the mini photo card pack, cloud card set, memorial label tag and the photo binder. You can see some of the cards I got in the picture below. These are all the photocards that I got, 4 official ones I bought from Ebay, 1 came as a gift with one of the albums and the rest are from the albums. Luckily I didn't get any doubles from the Stray Kids or Flight Log: Arrival albums and the Stray Kids album came with two packs of pre-order post cards and two posters (which I haven't opened yet).

Sellers

Synnara via Gmarket
ther_korea
Culture Korean
BTS X Official Shop
Mwave Shop

Film | Movies To Watch Before You Die

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 11:30:00 +0000

Read the full article here: 50 Movies to Watch Before You Die!

The films I recommend that you should definitely watch before you die: Bride and Prejudice, Fight Club, Jurassic Park, The Dark Knight, The Shawshank Redemption.

50. The Iron Giant (1999)
49. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
46. Snow Piercer (2013)
45. Bride and Prejudice (2004) 41. Fight Club (1999)
36. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
33. Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind (2000)
29. Avatar (2009) 26. Titanic (1997)
24. Audition (1999)
21. Ghostbusters (1984)
19. Aladdin (1992) 18. V For Vendetta (2005)
12. Shrek (2001)
11. Pulp Fiction (1994)
9. Ip Man (2010) 7. Jurassic Park (1993)
6. Ray (2004)
5. The Dark Knight (2008)
4. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Blogger Picks | March

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Sat, 14 Apr 2018 13:44:00 +0000

Ayden | Little Blog Of Horrors - And Then There Were Three
Anna | Anna Saccone - Alessia's 10 & 11 month Update

Kat | With Love From Kat - Date Night in Silver Lake
Helena | Brooklyn Blonde - Colors in Optics

Emily | Cupcakes and Cashmere - Weekday Wardrobe
Luanna | Lehappy - 4 Ways To Wear Plaid Pants

Rachel | Pink Peonies - Home Update
Geneva | A Pair & A Spare - Our Renovation Plans

Christine | Hellos Fashion - Our Canada Travel Diary With the Four Seasons Whistler
Courtney | Pretty Little Fawn - Henry London Watches

Emma | Cupcakes and Cahsmere -
The Two Words You Always Say When Apologizing & Tips Every Interviewer (and Interviewee) Should Know

Naomi | Love Taza - Rocking The Boat
Geneva | A Pair & A Spare - Hello Bump!

Christine | Hello Fashion - Beckam's Dino Birthday
Emily | Ivory Lane - Life Lately
Tami | Tami Bee - What Went on This Month: February

Anna | Anna Saccone - My Eating Disorder Story
Catherine | Not Dressed As Lamb - Learning to Love The Parts You Hate #SaturdayShareLinkUp

Helena | Brooklyn Blonde - Motherhood: Our Current Schedule
Lauren | By Lauren M - 16 Weeks Pregnancy Update

In the Cinema | April #2

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 12:00:00 +0000

April 13

Rampage - Davis Okoye and his best friend white gorilla fight monsters in a big city.

The Titan - A military family takes part in a ground-breaking experiment of genetic evolution and space exploration.

Truth or Dare - A harmless game of Truth or Dare among friends turns deadly when someone -- or something -- begins to punish those who tell a lie or refuse the dare.

Ghost Stories - Arch skeptic Professor Phillip Goodman embarks upon a terror-filled quest when he stumbles across a long-lost file containing details of three cases of inexplicable 'hauntings'.

April 20

Tully - The film is about Marlo, a mother of three including a newborn, who is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a unique bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young nanny named Tully.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Reel Pie Society - A writer forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island in the aftermath of World War II when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war.

Wilding - A blossoming teenager uncovers the dark secret behind her traumatic childhood.

The Strangers: Prey At Night - A family staying in a secluded mobile home park for the night are visited by three masked psychopaths, to test their every limit.

April 27

Avengers: Infinity War - The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.

Blogger Picks | Feburary

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 13:00:00 +0000

Daniela | Nany's Klozet - FAQ: My Pregnancy Part 1
Chloe | The Little Plum - What I Learned About Friendship After Not Speaking To My Best Friend For A Year

Helena | Brooklyn Blonde - Baby Swag & A Family Getaway

Emily | Ivory Lane - Cozy Blush
Rachel | Pink Peonies - RP Everyday New Arrivals

Kenza | Kenza Zouiten - Att Förlåta / To Forgive & Welcome To The World

Ayden | Little Blog of Horrors - What's In My Hospital Bag
Jessica | Tuula - Rumi

Tami | Tami Bee - Ways To Wear: Skirts & Over The Knee Boots
Helena | Brooklyn Blonde - A Bit of Sunshine

Naomi | Love Taza - Part II, Paris Mother and Daughter Trip & Paris Mother Daughter Trip

Kat | With Love From Kat - S'Mores At The St.Regis
Patricia | Peexo - Blogs Are Changing

Alexandra - Lovely Pepa - Pure Bliss
Kat | With Love From Kat - Wynwood Art District

Blogger Picks | Feburary #2

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 10:00:00 +0000

Wendy | Wendy's Lookbook - Sweater Weather :: Oversized Sweater & Midi Skirt
Katy | Little Winter - Time Flies

Wendy | Wendy's Lookbook - Taking Flight :: Aviator Jacket & Platform Boots
Helen | The Lovecats Inc - A Few Thoughts on Friendship

Krystal | This Time Tomorrow - Madeline
Rachel | Pink Peonies - Crisp Neutrals

Emily | Cupcakes and Cashmere - The Single Biggest Mistake You Can Make on Your Resume
Vanessa | Blog Pixie - Styling Your Blog Side Bar

Emily | Cupcakes & Cashmere - Five Things & How We Celebrated Sloan's Third Birthday

Lauren | By Lauren M - After Every Storm There Is A Rainbow of Hope
Naomi | Love Taza - Seven!

Krystal | This Time Tomorrow - The One Thing I Want For My Birthday
Helen | By Helen - A Love Letter To My Girls

Angelica | Angelica Blick - Créme
Justin | Scout Sixteen - Boy Blue

Emily | Cupcakes and Cashmere - Dear Sloan
Anna | Anna Saccone - Pregnant With Number 4

In the Cinema | April

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 11:30:00 +0000

April 1

Woody Woodpecker - The hyperactive red-headed bird enters a turf war with a big city lawyer wanting to tear down his home in an effort to build a house to flip.

April 6

I Kill Giants - Barbara Thorson struggles through life by escaping into a fantasy life of magic and monsters.

Death Wish - Dr. Paul Kersey is an experienced trauma surgeon, a man who has spent his life saving lives. After an attack on his family, Paul embarks on his own mission for justice.

Love Simon - Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends, and all of his classmates: he's gay. When that secret is leaked, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity.

The Hurricane Heist - Thieves attempt a massive heist against the U.S. Treasury as a Category 5 hurricane approaches one of its Mint facilities.

Thoroughbreds - Two upper-class teenage girls in suburban Connecticut rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of growing apart. Together, they hatch a plan to solve both of their problems-no matter what the cost.

Wonderstruck - The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.

Entebbe - Inspired by the true events of the 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight en route from Tel Aviv to Paris, and the most daring rescue mission ever attempted.

TV | Black (2017-)

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 12:52:00 +0000

Cast: Song Seung-heon, Go Ara, Kim Dong-jun, Lee El, Kim Won-hae, Kim Tae-woo, Kim Jae-young

Summary: A woman who has seen the shadow of death all he life, meets a cold hearted grim reaper. Together, they uncover many hidden secrets all reaching down to a darker evil secret.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Season(s): 1

Watched: December 2017

In one of my early Korean lessons my tutor said that watching Korean dramas can help when learning the language, I already had this show in my Netflix watchlist so after that lesson I decided it would be the first Korean show I started with.

Black follows Kang Ha-ram (Go Ara) a woman who is able to see the shadow of death just before a person dies, Han Moo-Gang (Soung Seung-heon) a weak stomached detective and Grim Reaper #444 (Kim Tae-woo) who is searching for his AWOL partner.
It is no secret to say that Moo-gang dies because we find this out very early in the show. Shortly after meeting Ha-Ram, Moo-gang discovers her ability and persuades her to use it to help save those about to die; however an apparent mistake in identifying the culprit of a potential murder soon leaves Moo-gang dead.
Meanwhile Grim Reaper #444 on the hunt for his partner who disappeared after he was sent on a job alone, discovers that he might just be using the body of a recently deceased human in order to remain undetected and decides that the best way to track him down is too do the same.

This show definitely isn't for everybody, it requires a lot of attention and a hell of a lot of patience from the start. As much as I loved the show I definitely had trouble following everything that was happening and remembering who was who. I liked the majority of the story, although I did get a bit lost towards the end and I thought the show was a bit too long, there are 18 episodes all of which are over an hour long, some even stretching to an hour and a half long.

I can't do this review without mentioning those final scenes. I quite liked the scenes showing what happened to Ha-ram but the scene with her and Leo (Kim Jae-young) and the final scene with her and Moo-gang ruined the show for me, because it felt like a poorly written and rushed way to try and explain everything that happened. It actually leaves you with you more questions like did Ha-ram ever find out the truth about Moo-gang?
Plus I really wanted to see more of Kim Dong-jun and he was nowhere to be seen at the end.

All in all I enjoyed this show, I will probably watch it again at some point to see if it makes anymore sense the second time round, but I really could have done without the ending.

Rating: 7/10
One Final Word: Good/Very Good

In the Cinema - March #2

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 11:30:00 +0000

March 16

Tomb Raider - Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventure, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared.

Mary Magdalene - The story of Mary Magdalene.

Peter Rabbit - Feature adaptation of Beatrix Potter's classic tale or a rebellious rabbit trying to sneak into farmer's vegetable garden.

March 23

A Wrinkle In Time - After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.

Pacific Rim Uprising - Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, reunites with Mako Mori to lead a new generation of Jaeger pilots, including rival Lambert and 15-year-old hacker Amara, against a new Kaiju threat.

Proud Mary - Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crossed when a professional hit goes bad.

March 30

Ready Player One - When the creator of a virtual reality world called OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all OASIS users to find his Eater Egg, which will give the finder his fortune. Wade Watts finds the first clue and starts a race for the Egg.

Isle of Dogs - Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his dog.

Blockers - Three parents try to stop their daughters from having sex on Prom night.

Duck Duck Goose - A bachelor goose must form a bond with two lost ducklings as they journey south.

New In | K-Pop Haul

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:29:00 +0000

So I haven't done a haul post since way back in 2013 (you can find it here: New In), that's 4 years ago people!.

Since I got into K-pop I've been buying bits and pieces every month so I thought I would show you what I bought over the last month. I'm hoping to make this a regular thing either every month or every 2 months, so keep an eye out for more!

BTS - You Never Walk Alone x2, 화양연화 x2, GOT7 - Flight Log: Arrival, BTS - 2 Cool 4 Skool These are the photocards that came last month, 7 of which came from 5 of the albums above, 3 I bought and 4 were gifts that came with an album. All of these including the albums were bought on Ebay. Now these beauties are the BTS BT21 products from Amazon. I missed out on the products the first time round but a few weeks later they did a restock (without telling anyone) and I managed to grab a couple of bits, although I think I may sell two of the item. I really wanted some of the cushions but I don't know if they sold out before I visited the site or they were never restocked.

Sellers

tg_itscheap
ther_korea
Line Friends Global - All the BT21 products have sold out, there hasn't been any information on when/if they will restock but you can buy other Line Friends products.

Special Blogger Picks #2

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Sat, 17 Mar 2018 13:30:00 +0000

Laura | A Life With Frills - 5 Scary Movies To Watch This Halloween
Maegan | Love Maegan - The Magic of Not Giving A F*ck

Sade | In My Sunday Best - Touching On: Being A 2nd Genereation Immigrant
Megan | For All Things Lovely - Behind The Blog + Life Updates

Sarah | College Fashion - 16 Things To Keep In Your Car
Vanessa | Flip & Style - How To | Pack Carry On

Emily | Ivory Lane - A Birth Video: London Leigh & Graden Lewis
Lauren | By Lauren M - We Lost Our Baby

Naomi | Love Taza - When You Can't Make It To The Gym
Career Girl Daily - 7 Killer Ab Workouts You Can Do At Home

Lucy | Fashion Me Now - A Weekend On The Riviera
Caroline | Burkatron - Travel | 10 Things To Do In Barcelona

Kristabel | I Want You To Know - How To Choose The Perfect Braids (If You're A Little Bit Clueless)...
Megan | Megan Ellaby - Manchester <3

In the Cinema - March

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 16:50:00 +0000

March 1

Red Sparrow - Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to 'Sparrow School' a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. But her first mission, targeting a CIA agent, threatens to unravel the security of both nations.

March 2

Meg - After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-footshark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible.

Samson - After losing the love if his life to a cruel Philistine prince, a young Hebrew with supernatural strength defends his people, sacrificing everything to avenge his love, his people, and his God.

Monster Family - In an attempt to reconnect as a family, Mum and Emma plan a fun night out. However, her plan backfires when an evil witch curses them, and they're turned into Monsters.

Game Night - A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves trying to solve a murder mystery.

March 9

Mom and Dad - A teenage girl and her little brother must survive a wild 24 hours during which a mass hysteria of unknown origins causes parents to turn violently on their own kids.

Sweet Country - Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defence and goes on the run as posse gathers to hunt him down.

You Were Never Really Here - A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.

Gringo - A dark comedy mixed with white-knuckle action and dramatic intrigue, explores the battle of survival for businessman Harold Soyinka when he finds himself crossing the line from law-abiding citizen to wanted criminal.

Wonder Wheel - On Coney Island in the 1950s, a lifeguard tell the story of a middle-aged carousel operator, his beleaguered wife, and the visitor who turns their lives upside-down.

Outfit | Flashback Fashion

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 11:00:00 +0000

Back in September, we went on holiday to Lanzorote (I never actually finished that holiday series but it's not the first time it's happened), where I actually managed to take some outfit photos but didn't end up posting them.

I wasn't really keen on them when I first looked at them on the computer, but after having another look (around 5 months later) they're not as bad as I first thought so I've decided to post them.

Enjoy!

Top - H&M | Jeans - Mint Velvet | Wedges, Necklace & Earrings - Missguided

Special Blogger Picks

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 12:28:00 +0000

Why is this a special blogger pick I hear you ask?! Well these are some of the posts from the last couple of years that I loved but didn't include in my monthly series and I had quite a few of them so I thought I would put a post together.

So here we are. Enjoy!

Blair | Atlantic Pacific - //A Day in Williamsburg
Rachel | Pink Peonies - Chic Fall Look

Vanessa | Blog Pixie - Best Blog Themes for Wordpress and Blogger
Stephanie | Coco Chic - Web Design and HTML Tips for Bloggers

Amy | The Little Magpie - When Paris Came To Edinburgh
Joëlle | La Petite Noob - OOTD - The Bardot Top

Helena | Brooklyn Blonde - Weekend Cool
Emily | Ivory Lane - Feminine

Lee | Style Lee - 10 x 10 Challenge
Geneva | A Pair & A Spare - How To Pack: the 5,4,3,2,1 Guide

Naomi | Love Taza - A Birthday Post For My Love
Sendi | Sendi Skopljak - Oversized T-Shirt & Jeans

Kristabel | I Want You To Know - Gift Guide: Uk Black-Owned Businesses
Emily | Cupcakes and Cashmere - 12 of the Best Summer Reads: 2016

Louise | Sprinkle of Glitter - Mother Nature Maternity Shoot
Daniela | Nany's Klozet - We're Having A Baby

In the Cinema - February #2

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 14:00:00 +0000

February 12

Black Panther - T'Challa, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as King.

Annihilation - A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition where the laws of nature don't apply.

February 14

The Shape of Water - At a top secret research facility in the 1950s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.

February 16

Father Figures - Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in order to find him.

Lady Bird - In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.

February 23

I, Tonya - Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.

Dark River - Following the death of her father, Alice returns to her home village for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers.

The War With Grandpa - Upset that he has to share the room he loves with his grandfather, Peter decides to declare war in an attempt to get it back.

Finding Your Feet - On the eve of retirement a middle class, judgemental snob discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend is forced into exile with her bohemian sister who lives on an impoverished inner-city council estate.

Blogger Picks | January

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:01:00 +0000

Catherine | Not Dress As Lamb - My 2017 Fashion Blogger Bloopers and Outtakes
Vanessa | Flip & Style - Wardrobe Staples For 2018

Daniela | Nany's Klozet - The Day I Told My Parents I Was Pregnant
Emily | Ivory Lane - A Birth Story: London & Graden

Megan | Lush To Blush - Palm Trees & Pink Perfection
Kenza | Kenza Zouiten - Ready For 2018

Georgia Georgia Luisa Meramo - A Re-Introduction + Resolutions
Naomi | Love Taza - My Small Improvements List For 2018

Emily | Ivory Lane - Pink x Black
Caitlin | Southern Curl & Pearls - Instagram Roundup!

Mary | Happily Grey - 9.17.17
Lydia | Lydia Elise Millen - Wedding Traditions That Didn't Work For Us

Emily | Ivory Lane - Twin Life & Sunday Strolling

Daniela | Nany's Klozet - 18 Things I'm Looking Forward To 2018 - Happy New Year
Helena | Brooklyn Blonde - Hello, 2018

Liz | Late Afternoon - Like Cotton Candy
Emily | Cupcakes and Cashmere - Weekday Wardrobe

Christine | Hello Fashion - Nike With My Mini
Helena | Brooklyn Blonde - American Classics

Film | 12 Films To Watch On Netflix Right Now

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Sat, 10 Feb 2018 12:30:00 +0000

Criminal Activities - Four young men make a risky investment together that puts them in trouble with the mob.

Schindler's List - In German-occupied Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazi Germans.

Fight Club - An insomniac office worker, looking for a way to change his life, crosses paths with a devil-may-care soapmaker, forming an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more.

Stakeland - In a world of vampires, an expert vampire hunter and his young protégé travel toward sanctuary.

Pulp Fiction - The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

Adventureland - In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.

Battle Royale - In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.

The Warriors - In the near future, a charismatic leader summons the street gangs of New York City in a bid to take it over. When he is killed, The Warriors are falsely blamed and now must fight their way home while every other gang is hunting them down.

The Breakfast Club - Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.

Titantic - A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.

The Shawshank Redemption - Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.

Beasts Of No Nation - A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country.

TV | The Sniffer (2013-)

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 12:10:00 +0000

Cast: Kirill Käro, Ivan Oganesyan, Nikolay Chindyajkin, Maria Anikanova, Nina Gogaeva, Sergey Leskov

Summary: They call him the Sniffer. He's the proud owner of an acute sense of smell, he knows things about you even you don't and would rather keep to yourself.

Genre: Action, Drama, Crime

Seasons: 2 (Season 3 is on the way!)

Also Known As: Нюхач, Nyukhach

This is yet another show I decided to watch based on the very cool poster, but perhaps if I had paid more attention to the description I would have spotted the foreign cast names, instead my first hint that the show wasn't going to be in English was when the characters started speaking.
The show is actually Ukranian and recorded in Russian, but I quickly got over the fact that I would have to read the subtitles and settled down to watch the rest of the show.

The Sniffer is about a man called the Sniffer (Kirill Käro)(he's never actually given a proper name) with an incredibly acute sense of smell and the show focuses on him as he investigates a series or cases with his special ability and we are first introduced to the Sniffer and his ability in the first episode where he foils an attack after discovering a bomb hidden on the arm of a fellow passenger on his flight, after he notices the particular smell of acetone peroxide plasticized.

We also quickly learn that he is frequently contacted by childhood best friend Victor Lebedev (Ivan Oganesyan), a colonel in the Special Bureau of Investigation, to help him investigate various crimes. Alongside this he also works freelance and takes on a number of clients including a gangster who wants him to solve the murder of his underling and an embassy who worry that a returned painting is a fake.

Along with solving crimes and dealing with a best friend who thinks of himself as a ladies man, he also has to deal with his angry ex-Julia and their teenage son Alex.
Ex-wife Julia turns up frequently, usually to ask for money (because apparently she has none of her own) or to complain about always being in trouble and how it's the sniffer's fault for not being a good father.
15-year-old Alex doesn't really get on with either parent, he doesn't seem to like his mother one bit which I can completely understand, especially after seeing the episode where she told him to shut up because he was nothing. He only tolerates his father (at times) typically when he wants something but doesn't want to involve his mother.

I really enjoyed this show, there were a few off moments with some of the action and acting but I thought the idea and the story we very interesting.
Now I'm just patiently (or maybe not) waiting for season 3 to be shown on Netflix!

Rating: 8/10
One Final Word: Worth the watch

Films I Want To Watch This Year

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 14:00:00 +0000

There's a lots of awesome films coming out this year so I thought I would do a quick round up of what I want to watch in the first half of 2018.

What will you be watching?

February

Recognition - In the near future, a married woman secretly works for an organisation that manipulates memories, while her husband is experiencing visions from a past he can't remember which is tearing them apart.

Black Panther - T'Challa, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king.

The Shape of Water - At a top secret research facility in the 1950s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.

Annihilation - A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition where the laws of nature don't apply.

March

The Meg - After escaping an attack by what he claims was by a 7--foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible.

Tomb Raider - Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared.

Pacific Rim: Uprising - Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, reunites with Mako Mori to lead a new generation of Jaeger pilots, including rival Lambert and 15-year-old hacker Amara, against a new Kaiju threat.

Proud Mary - Mary (Taraji P. Henson) is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.

Ready Player One - When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune. Wade Watts finds the first clue and starts a race for the Egg.

April, May & June

Rampage - Based on the classic 1980s video game featuring apes and monsters destroying cities.

Avengers: Infinity War - The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.

Game Night - A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves trying to solve a murder mystery.

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.

Ant-Man and the Wasp - As Scott Lang balances being both a Super Hero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission that finds the Ant-Man fighting alongside The Wasp to uncover secrets from their past.

In the Cinema - February

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:39:00 +0000

February 2nd

Phantom Thread - Set in 1950's London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.

Den of Thieves - A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.

Winchester - Eccentric firearm heiress believes she is haunted by the souls of people killed by the Winchester repeating rifle.

Roman J. Israel, ESQ - Roman J. Israel, Esq., a driven, idealistic defense attorney, finds himself in a tumultuous series of events that lead to a crisis and the necessity for extreme action.

Journey's End - Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, it is the story of a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously awaiting their fate.

February 9th

Fifty Shades Freed - The third installment of the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' trilogy.

The 15:17 To Paris - American soldiers discover a terrorist plot on a Paris-bound train.

The Mercy - Yachtsman Donald Crowhurst's disastrous attempt to win the 1968 Golden Globe Race ends up with him creating an outrageous account of travelling the world alone by sea.

Film | 50 Best Movie Posters Ever

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 12:00:00 +0000

In the Cinema | January #2

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 11:30:00 +0000

January 19th

Coco - Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer.

The Post - A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government.

The Commuter - A businessman is caught up in a criminal conspiracy during his daily commute home.

January 24th

Downsizing - A social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in wealth and splendor.

January 26th

Last Flag Flying - Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry "Doc" Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, to bury his son, a young Marine killed in the Iraq War.

12 Strong - 12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.

Maze Runner: The Death Cure - Young hero Thomas embarks on a mission to find a cure for a deadly disease known as the "Flare".

Early Man - Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, Early Man tells the story of Dug, along with sidekick Hognob as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth and his Bronze Age City to save their home.

2017 Best TV Shows

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 14:30:00 +0000

according to Empire

The Good Place - A woman struggles to define what it means to be good.

Star Trek: Discovery - Ten Years before Kirk, Spock and the Enterprise, the USS Discovery discovers new worlds and lifeforms as one Starfleet officer learns to understand all things alien.

GLOW - A look at the personal and professional lives of a group of women who perform for a wrestling organization in Los Angeles.

Master of None - The personal and professional life of Dev, a 30-year-old actor in New York.

Stranger Things 2 - It's 1984 and the citizens of Hawkins, Indiana, are still reeling from the horrors of the demagorgon and the secrets of Hawkins Lab. Will Byers has been rescued from the Upside Down but a bigger, sinister entity still threatens those who survived.

Taboo - Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London during the War of 1812 to rebuild his late father's shipping empire. However, both the Government and his biggest competitor want his in heritance a any cost - even murder.

Dear White People - At a predominantly white Ivy League college, a diverse group of students navigate various forms of racial and other types of discrimination.

Line of Duty - Superintendent Ted Hastings and his Detective Sergeants Kate Fleming and Steve Arnott investigate DCI Roz Huntley following a possible miscarriage of justice.

Girls - Aspiring writer Hannah is shocked when her parents, visiting from East Lansing, Michigan, announce that they will no longer financially support her as they had done since her graduation from Oberlin College two years earlier. Left to her own devices in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Hannah navigates her twenties, "one mistake at a time".

Silicon Valley - Follows the struggle of Richard Hendricks, a silicon valley engineer trying to build his own company called Pied Piper.

Catastrophe - American boy Rob gets Irish girl Sharon pregnant while they hook up for a week on a business trip to London.

American Gods - A recently released ex-convict named Shadow meets a mysterious man who calls himself "Wednesday" and who knows more than he first seems to about Shadow's life and past.

The Leftovers - Three years after the disappearance of 2% of the global population, a group of people from New York struggle to continue their lives, while they cope with the tragedy of the unexplained nature of the event.

Game of Thrones - Nine noble families fight for control over the mythical lands of Westeros, while a forgotten race returns after being dormant for thousands of years.

The Handmaid's Tale - Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.

Fargo - Various chronicles of deception, intrigue and murder in and around frozen Minnesota. Yet all of these tales mysteriously lead back one way or another to Fargo, ND.

Twin Peaks: The Return - Picks up 25 years after the inhabitants of a quaint northwestern town are stunned when their homecoming queen is murdered.

Big Little Lies - The apparently perfect lives of three mothers of first graders unravel to the point of murder.

Legion - David Haller is a troubled young man diagnosed as schizophrenic, but after a strange encounter, he discovers special powers that will change his life forever.

The Deuce - A look at life in New York City during the 1970s and '80s when porn and prostitution were rampant in Manhattan.

2017 Best Films

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Sun, 14 Jan 2018 15:00:00 +0000

according to Empire

War For The Planet of The Apes - After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts
and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind.

Paddington 2 - Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and a popular member of the local community, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy's 100th birthday, only for the gift to be stolen.

Thor: Ragnorok - Imprisoned, the almighty Thor finds himself in a lethal gladiatorial contest against the Hulk, his former ally. Thor must fight for survival and race against time to prevent the all-powerful Hela from destroying his home and the Asgardian civilization.

Mother! - A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

Raw - When a young vegetarian undergoes a carnivorous hazing ritual at vet school, an unbidden taste for meat begins to grow in her.

Florida Project - Set over one summer, the film follows precocious six-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Disney World.

Manchester By The Sea - A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.

The Lost City Of Z - A true-life drama, centering on British explorer Col. Percival Fawcett, who disappeared while searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon in the 1920s.

The Big Sick - Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.

Baby Driver - After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.

La La Land - While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.

Call Me By Your Name - In Northern Italy in 1983, seventeen year-old Elio begins a relationship with visiting Oliver, his father's research assistant, with whom he bonds over his emerging sexuality, their Jewish heritage, and the beguiling Italian landscape.

The Handmaiden - A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.

The Death of Stalin - Follows the Soviet dictator's last days and depicts the chaos of the regime after his death.

Blade Runner 2049 - A young blade runner's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former blade runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.

Logan - In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X, somewhere on the Mexican border. However, Logan's attempts to hide from the world, and his legacy, are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.

Moonlight - A chronicle of the childhood, adolescence and burgeoning adulthood of a young, African-American, gay man growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.

Get Out - It's time for a young African American to meet with his white girlfriend's parents for a weekend in their secluded estate in the woods, but before long, the friendly and polite ambience will give way to a nightmare.

God's Own Country - Spring. Yorkshire. Young farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker for lambing season ignites an intense relationship that sets Johnny on a new path.

Dunkirk - Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surrounded by the German Army, and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.

Documentaries and TV Shows Watched in 2017

noreply@blogger.com (JP) — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 13:50:00 +0000

Instead of setting myself another film or book goal for 2017 I decided to catch up on TV shows and documentaries that had been sitting in my Netflix watchlist. I didn't get to watch as many TV shows as I wanted to so I might do the same again for next year, although me Dad wants me to do another 100 film goal.

Team Foxcatcher was my favourite documentary, if you're interested in sport or the Olympics this is definitely a good one to watch.
With TV shows I loved A Series of Unfortunate Events and I can't wait for it to come back in March next year, The Sniffer which I think is my top favourite show from 2017, I'm not sure when season 3 is going to air but I can't wait to watch it and Black, a Korean crime drama, my second favourite show from 2017.

Anyway here's the full list for 2017. Have you seen any of these?
The Woman With No Face | Tabloid | Life, Animated | Team Foxcatcher | The Woman With 7 Personalities | The Girl Who's Muscles are Turning to Bone | Tyke Elephant Outlaw
Shadowhunters | Helix | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Grimm | Hawaii Five-0 | The Sniffer | The Mist | Black