Once upon a time, there lived a reader. Her name was Matilda. No, Matilda wasn’t just a common reader. She began reading at the age of three, and at the age of four she devoured all newspapers and magazines she could find laying around her house, along with one cooking book that happened to be the only book in the household. Poor Matilda, being a … Continue reading Matilda – Roald Dahl
Yes, I usually write movie reviews in Bahasa Indonesia, but I think this one deserves a special treatment. So here I present to you…. 10 Reasons Why You Should Watch The Great Gatsby 1. Leonardo diCaprio Yep, he’s the main attraction, I cannot lie. If you can’t get enough of Leo then a movie which starred Leo as the pink-suited, lovestruck millionaire is for you. … Continue reading Adaptation Review: The Great Gatsby (2013)
Bunburying—a term that indicates a double life as an excuse for absence. (Source: Wikipedia) Have you ever felt the need to escape some certain situations and create a fictitious character as your excuse? John (or “Jack”) Worthing, a landowner in Hertfordshire of twenty nine years of age, presents himself as Ernest Worthing in front of his love interest, Gwendolen Fairfax, her mother Lady Bracknell, and … Continue reading The Importance of Being Earnest – Oscar Wilde
In 1874, in the Imperial Russia, the aristocratic Anna Karenina travels from Saint Petersburg to Moscow to save the marriage of her brother Prince Oblonsky, who had had a love affair with his housemaid. Anna Karenina has a cold marriage with her husband, Count Alexei Karenin, and they have a son. Anna meets the cavalry officer Count Vronsky at the train station and they feel … Continue reading Adaptation Review: Anna Karenina (2012)
Sebenarnya kurang tepat kalau disebut review juga sih. Saya hanya ingin berbagi pengalaman dan kesan-kesan setelah menonton film Les Misérables. (Mungkin) banyak diantara pembaca yang tahu bahwa Les Misérables adalah salah satu buku favorit saya, dan sejak saya pertama tahu akan ada film musikalnya, saya excited banget. Apalagi dari awal sudah beredar nama beken Hugh Jackman dan Anne Hathaway. Jadwal rilis Les Mis di Hollywood tepat … Continue reading Adaptation Review: Les Misérables (2012)
The theme of January meme for LRP event hosted by Listra from Half-Filled Attic is Stage/Film Adaptation. Honestly, I prefer films than stage performance. Therefore I am writing about 2 film adaptations (modern versus period drama) of the play I read last month, Twelfth Night (Or What You Will), by William Shakespeare. I have written a review of the play here. Like I said on … Continue reading Twelfth Night Brought Into Screen: LRP January meme
Sinopsis: Philip “Pip” Pirrip hanyalah seorang anak yatim piatu miskin yang nasibnya hendak diubah seratus delapan puluh derajat oleh takdir yang mempertemukannya dengan seorang buronan bernama Magwitch (Ray Winstone). Walaupun dibawah ancaman, Pip bersedia mengulurkan pertolongan untuk Magwitch yang sedang dikejar-kejar serombongan tentara. Dan ia melakukan sedikit lebih daripada apa yang diminta Magwitch. Di hari yang sama, Uncle Pumblechook, seorang kerabat, datang ke tempat peleburan … Continue reading Adaptation Review: Great Expectations (2011)
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Mencintai BUKU atau PERPUSTAKAAN?!? Wajib nonton ini!! Cuma 15 menit-an loh. Ada buku-buku terbang di perpustakaan. Pokoknya ciamik. Tonton sendiri.Ini linknya:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adzywe9xeIUAaaakk…coba aja PERI BUKU ada yang bikin filmnya… ƪ(♥•*⌣*•♥)ʃ Keterangan: Directed by William Joyce Brandon Oldenburg Produced by Lampton Enochs Alissa Kantrow Trish Farnsworth-Smith Written by William Joyce Music by John Hunter,[1]BREED Studio Moonbot Studios Release date(s) January 30, 2011(Santa Barbara)… Continue reading (FILM) The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore
ORANG KAYA BARU DI INGGRIS ERA VICTORIA. Adalah Amy Dorrit (Claire Foy), gadis muda yang miskin namun tekun, yang setia mendampingi sang ayah, William Dorrit (Tom Courtenay), yang telah sangat lama dipenjarakan di Marshalsea debtors’ prison karena masalah hutang. Amy terus bekerja tanpa lelah sebagai penjahit untuk menghidupi dirinya dan sang ayah, kepada seorang wanita tua bernama Mrs. Clennam. Sementara itu, putra satu-satunya Mrs. Clennam … Continue reading Adaptation Review: Little Dorrit (2008)
*** SPOILER ALERT *** Sebelum anda protes mengapa ada movie review di dalam surgabukuku, ijinkan saya mengatakan bahwa film yang satu ini masih erat hubungannya dengan buku, atau lebih tepatnya orang-orang ternama di dunia literatur. Meet Gil Pender (diperankan Owen Wilson), seorang screenwriter film-film Hollywood, yang sedang berlibur ke Paris bersama tunangannya, Inez (Rachel McAdams) dan kedua orang tua Inez. Gil yang sedang menggumuli karya … Continue reading Movie Review: Midnight in Paris
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