March film & tv wrap up: The Mandalorian, Infinity Pool, Ant-Man, Succession + more!

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Tune in for all the Movies and TV shows I watched in March.

On the film front, there are some classic French New Wave movies courtesy of Jean-Luc Godard, Scandinavian period dramas - one of which is based on the acclaimed book by Per Pettersen, the messed up whirlwind that is Infinity Pool and another bizarre film from Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi as well as the worst marvel film ever - Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania.

Meanwhile, for TV, I've been gushing over Grogu, aka Baby Yoda in The Mandalorian and laughing my head off at Succession season 4 - ludicrously capacious may just be my new favourite phrase. I've also watched a brilliant Nordic Noir series called Face to Face, which has the biggest cast of Scandinavian actors ever; it would seem, like seriously, everyone is in this show. Then there's Travis Fimmel's new show Black Snow, and also I've been catching up on The Last Kingdom before the film The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die comes out on Netflix this month.

February Wrap-Up: Han Kang's new book, too many Nordic dramas, The Whale + more

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Hi, welcome to my longest video for the shortest month of the year! Because that makes sense somehow.

I read some fantastic books in February, including a mysterious horror, a hilarious Medieval Icelandic Saga where everyone is called Thor and Han Kang's latest book to be translated, just to name a few.

I watched quite a few movies, and it was a rollercoaster ride of emotions from the heartbreaking The Whale and a devastating Holocaust drama to Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Cédric Klapisch's latest film En Corps (Rise) and Netflix's Troll!

TV shows were pretty much all Nordic dramas because I recently subscribed to Viaplay - so I watched Exit, which is about 4 bankers in Norway who are despicable, Furia a drama about Fascist extremism in Europe, Jordskott a Nordic Noir meets dark Brother's Grimmesque, fairytale and Valkyrien a medical drama with a dark twist.

Essay: Sworn Sisterhood? On the (Near-) Absence of Female Friendship from the Íslendingasǫgur: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/...

December wrap up: Brandon Sanderson, Dragonflight, The Secret History and more

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It's the final wrap-up of the year! I read two rather chunky but great books in December, played too much (or just enough) World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, watched the worst movie of the year and revisited an old favourite TV Show...among other things.