Soundtrack Review: Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries – Music from the Television Series (2012)

May 3, 2012 By Jen in Music, Rating: 4, Reviews, TV No Comments Tags: art deco, miss fisher's murder mysteries, soundtracks

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries is one of the most lavish and endearing costume dramas on Australian television, and it’s been a delight to look forward to a new episode every Friday night (only three left now—sad face anyone?), considering I hardly stay committed to watching live TV. It owes its popularity to a strong cast with great chemistry, slightly absurd but charming murder plots with a touch of Christie grandeur, meticulous set and costume designs and that quintessential Australian-ness. 1920s Melbourne has never looked classier.

And then there is the fabulous music.

Soundtrack Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 by Alexandre Desplat

Apr 28, 2011 By Jen in Rating: 4, Reviews No Comments Tags: alexandre desplat, harry potter, soundtracks

I suppose it’s excellent timing to post this, as the first trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 was released today. And oh my God how FANTASTIC does it look! But my excited squees will come later. Put simply, Alexandre Desplat is my favourite film composer of all, followed by Dario Marianelli, [...]

At the Movies

Nov 7, 2008 By Jen in Film, Rating: 3, Rating: 3.5, Rating: 4, Rating: 4.5, Rating: 5 No Comments Tags: animation, batman, christian bale, comics, costume drama

(I initally meant to post this on the 1st October. Go me.) Brideshead Revisited Up until this point I always assumed Evelyn Waugh was a woman, but this is the name, in fact, of a man. And I had no idea that the mini-series adaptation was held in such high regard. I got “free” tickets [...]

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Feb 1, 2008 By Jen in Film, Rating: 4 No Comments

Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Ed Sanders Synopsis: Based on the hit Broadway musical. After hard years in exile for a crime he didn’t commit, Benjamin Barker now Sweeney Todd, returns to London to find his wife dead and his daughter in the hands of [...]

The Painted Veil

Jan 21, 2008 By Jen in Film, Rating: 4 No Comments

Saw this a couple weeks back (but it feels like months)! Thank goodness for the internet, you know. I just wrote the longest review ever and it got swallowed up ’cause I still can’t effing use WordPress properly! WEEP! Anyway, I just bought The Painted Veil off eBay, but I probably won’t get it ’til [...]

Enchanted

Jan 9, 2008 By Jen in Film, Rating: 4 No Comments

Starring: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Timothy Spall, Susan Sarandon Synopsis: An animated fairy tale meets modern, live-action comedy. The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment [...]