Over the years I’ve seen several war dramas and films. Some of them were about the Holocaust. Sometimes it was on the backdrop for a romance, other times it clearly showed the horrors of the genocide. In my twenties, I learnt that blacks and homosexuals were also...
I don’t know about you but I love Christmas movies. It’s my third favourite thing about the season. Christmas films bring such colour, cheer and charm the bleak days. Now I’m not sure if October was too early to watch Christmas film but the kids and I recently watched...
A few weeks ago I attended the private screening of Marvel Studios’ Black Panther movie, hosted by Vlogger Influencers Curlture. The event was held at Cineworld, Wood Green, London and sponsored by Revlon Realistic and Black Girl Gamers. If you have not seen the...
In preparation to attending the screening of A DOG’S PURPOSE showed the kids the trailer. Valentina was not interested. I expected that because she’s too young to understand the entire story. Angelo, however, was happy to see the film. He mentioned that he would...
Yesterday was the first day of our Easter holidays. I decided the kids and I would simply stay in JUST CHILL OUT. Angelo is now able to log into Netflix, so he found something that both he and Valentina could watch. While making breakfast I heard the familiar sounds...
Many years ago someone said to me, I was the kind of girl who wanted the white picket fence. Those words stuck with me because it wasn’t meant as a complement and because it was true. For me, the fence was an aspirational ideal of domestic bliss and safety. In the...
