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Hi there, welcome back for another post! This month is Pride Month, and so I thought I would put together a list of books that are great to read this time of year. So as we come to the end of June, why not check out one of these fantastic books? This post contains affiliate […]

via Top 5 Books to Read this Pride Month — Not-So-Modern Girl

Welcome back 🙂 Today I wanted to review ‘The End of the F***ing World’. I watched the first series of this show a few years ago and I really enjoyed it. So when the second series came out, I binged it in two days! This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn […]

via Review: ‘The End of the F***ing World’ (Series 2) — Not-So-Modern Girl

Welcome back for another post! There are lots of books I’d like to read this summer, and now that University is over I feel I finally have the time to knuckle down and get some reading done. Whether you’re looking for a book that screams beach-read, or a more thought-provoking read to keep you busy […]

via Top 5 Books to Read this Summer — Not-So-Modern Girl

Hi there! Welcome back for another film review 🙂 I recently watched this iconic cult classic after wanting to watch it for so long. ‘The Breakfast Club’ focuses on a group of 5 high school students, placed in detention on a Saturday. Each student is part of a different social group in the school. Clair […]

via Film Review: ‘The Breakfast Club’ — Not-So-Modern Girl

Welcome to round two of Face/Off! For the next 12 weeks we will be pitting two directors who won their round one matches against each other and letting YOU, the commenters, decide on who reigns supreme! You have to decide which director is better than the other? Various factors could play into your decision from […]

via Who’s the Better Director? Penny Marshall or John Hughes — ScreenAge Wasteland

Title – On the Waterfront (1954) Director – Elia Kazan (East of Eden) Cast – Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger Plot – Once a contender to be a prized fighter, dock worker Terry Malloy (Brando) now finds himself working for corrupt dock boss Johnny Friendly (Cobb), a tenuous […]

via Classic Review – On the Waterfront (1954) — Jordan and Eddie (The Movie Guys)

Title – Meet Joe Black (1998) Director – Martin Brest (Scent of a Woman) Cast – Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Jeffrey Tambor, Marcia Gay Harden Plot – Death takes the form of a young man who becomes known as Joe Black (Pitt), with Joe tasking elderly businessman William Parish (Hopkins) to show […]

via Film Review – Meet Joe Black (1998) — Jordan and Eddie (The Movie Guys)

Title – Tombstone (1993) Directors – George P. Cosmatos (Cobra) & Kevin Jarre (feature debut) Cast – Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Bill Paxton, Sam Elliot, Powers Boothe, Michael Biehn, Charlton Heston, Thomas Hayden Church Plot – Retired Wild West lawman Wyatt Earp (Russell) and a collection of his closest companions are forced to enter out […]

via Film Review – Tombstone (1993) — Jordan and Eddie (The Movie Guys)

Title – Dances with Wolves (1990) Director – Kevin Costner (The Postman) Cast – Kevin Costner, Graham Greene, Mary McDonnell, Rodney A. Grant Plot – In the last days of the wild frontier, Army Lieutenant John Dunbar (Costner) is sent to a remote outpost where he strikes up a friendship with a local Sioux Indian […]

via Classic Review – Dances with Wolves (1990) — Jordan and Eddie (The Movie Guys)

Title – Amadeus (1984) Director – Milos Forman (One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest) Cast – F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Jeffrey Jones, Charles Kay, Kenny Baker Plot – Examines the lives of musical composers Antonio Salieri (Abraham) and the legendary Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Hulce) in the music loving surrounds of Europe. “It […]

via Classic Review – Amadeus (1984) — Jordan and Eddie (The Movie Guys)