Lorelei Lee, the adorable character played by Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Howard Hawks (1953), had an obsession for diamond jewellery and she was lucky enough to marry a her very rich fiancè, who surely fostered this passion. Nowadays girls still love diamonds, but sometimes they can also be pleased by equally glittering [...]
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Crystals are a Girl’s Best Friend
Posted in about cinema, fabulous bags, tagged animal-shape minaudiere, animals, cupcake, dolphin, elephant, heart n' soul, judith leiber, minaudiere, sex and the city on November 9, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Not Just High School Evil
Posted in about cinema, tagged adam brody, amanda seyfried, back to the future, carrie, cinema, diablo cody, footloose, grease, jennifer's body, megan fox, never been kissed, pretty in pink, prom movies on August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the main features of horror movies/black comedies is the suspension of disbelief [1], the willingness of the audience to overlook the limitations of a medium, to suspend their judgment in exchange for the promise of entertainment. Some of the events in such movies are so over-the-top and excessive, that it is nearly impossible [...]
The Splat Pack
Posted in about cinema, about fashion photography, tagged horror movies, interview magazine, scream queen, splat pack, terry richardson on July 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It’s not a secret my passion for the horror genre: my favourite author is Stephen King (I wrote my degree thesis about the double personality in The Dark Half and The Shining) and I’ve always had a thing for horror movies from the 70s and the 80s (the first three movies of A Nightmare on [...]
