The Woman In Black - Movie Review

Woman In Black – Movie Review

In this chilling thriller Daniel Radcliffe plays the widower lawyer, Arthur Kipps who has to deal with the legal documents of a woman who recently passed away. He must leave his son with a nanny and travel to where the woman lived, in a tiny village in a countryside corner of England. The locals there are all very quiet, stiff, and mysterious, all living on edge, and in fear, of ‘The Woman In Black’ who they believe if seen compels/hypnotises the children to take serious actions and kill themselves.

He finds out that the ghost woman had lost her own little boy, who drowned in marsh land and whose body was never recovered. He tries to bring peace and help the spirit, but she has other tormenting intentions.

Firstly I’d like to say this film scared the crap out of me. But I loved it. At the beginning it was a little slow starting, but as it went on things got a hell of a lot more exciting. I have to say, I think it was a little more jumpy than scary, when the storyline was building up in the middle of the film every few minutes something made you jump out of your seat. For example when he was in the house and it was raining he put his hand on the window and then suddenly her hand is on the other side! I have to admit I squealed a little then.

The thing that creeped me out the most in this movie was the little toys. It sounds baby-ish but when he walks into that room and the fury monkey toy starts moving I got so scared, but maybe that’s just me. Another thing that was really gory and a little sad is when Arthur is at the constable’s office and two little boys walk in with their arms round their sister and tell him she had drank bleach. The little girl was as white as paper and so fragile, and then the next thing you see is her coughing up a bucket load of dark red blood. Now as a vampire fan this wasn’t an unusual sight for me because of the stuff I usually watch, but I was still squinting at that part.

I won’t say too much more in case I ruin it for those of you who haven’t seen it yet, but just please take this advice, and do not watch it alone. You’re going to need a hand to hold for this film.
I think this was actually the first time I’ve heard screams in a cinema, and to be honest I don’t think it should be rated a 12A. I’d say it should be at least a 15, but I’m glad it wasn’t or I wouldn’t have been able to watch it.

I know a few of my friends could not sleep after this film (pfft...not me...) so good luck if you haven’t seen it yet, be prepared to scream your ass off!

Whitney Houston Tribute

Whitney Houston Tribute

We all know about the sad and tragic death of Whitney Houston,48, earlier this week so I decided to write a little tribute about her as a big fan of her music.

Whitney was a legendary artist that many will always look up too; she had a stunning soulful voice that will be remembered. She was a worldwide star, she’d sold over 170million albums in her career, and I’m not even surprised with such a big number, if you just listen to one of her songs you’d know how amazing she was.

She had suffered from drug problems recently but nobody could have suspected that she’d die so young, we all thought she’d live to be as old as other music legends like Etta James who also recently passed aged 73 this January.

It’s such a huge loss to the music industry and all our hearts, I know some of my favourite songs ever were sung by her, like I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Million Dollar Bill and I Will Always Love You. The other thing is, it’s not only a loss to her family, friends and fans, but to other artists too. Singers such as Rihanna and Mariah Carey paid their tribute over Twitter. Mariah tweeted “Heartbroken and in tears over the shocking death of my friend the incomparable Whitney Houston” whilst Rihanna tweeted “No words just tears. #DearWhitney”.

Some new information that was streamed this morning is that it’s been confirmed Whitney’s funeral will be held at New Jersey Church that she attended every Saturday and even sang many times as a child.  Involved press got a deal with Ms.Houston’s publicist to get the ceremony on live TV, 12pm in New Jersey and 5pm in the UK; it will also be made available online.

She achieved what many artists aspire too, she did so much in her career, 30 UK hit singles, 6Grammy awards, a beautiful daughter, The Bodyguard (film) etc. Though she had problems and challenges she still graced the world with the sound of her magnificent voice. And though it saddens people to accept her death, she’s up there with Michael, Etta and Amy now. She’ll always be remembered.

I know I’ll be digging out her old albums and listening to them on full volume!

R.I.P Whitney Houston.