Movies about cancer aren’t rare. Good movies about cancer are. Think about it. Either, one of the characters is ill, but it’s left a bit by the wayside, mentioned here and there; or the whole movie is centred around the disease, but it’s more often than not romanticised. Even the hospitals. To be fair, I … Continue reading
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The Normal Heart
Many great movies either make it straight to DVD, so you don’t know they exist until you stumble upon them, or are only shown on TV (in another country!) which means access is limited. The Normal Heart is one such movie. Shown on HBO last May, it’s a star-studded version of Larry Kramer’s play. Set … Continue reading
The Fault In Our Stars (movie)
I have friends who still read a lot of “teenage” fiction. Sometimes, so do I. I do own the John Green book, I just haven’t read it yet. Nevertheless, I went to see the movie yesterday and (obviously) cried my eyes out. For those of you who’ve been living under a rock for the past … Continue reading