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Sweetbreads Anyone? – WARM BODIES
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Actually, I found out sweetbreads are not sauteed brains; but rather the thymus gland or pancreas of a calve. It’s still a disgusting proposition in terms of delicacies, unless of course, you happen to be a zombi, in which case, everything is good from the toes on up. Now an interesting new zombie fact is revealed in Jonathan Levine’s (The Wackness, 50/50) creature feature Warm Bodies – and that is, by eating your victim’s brain, you get to experience their memories and for a moment, feel almost alive again! Nicholas Hoult plays a very credible and adorable zombie, who’d you’d never believe is British, and…
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Candi’s Corner: THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
I met a lovely, fun, bright freelance writer named Candace Cordelia Smith at the BlackStar Film Festival, so I asked her if she’d be interested in guest blogging for Tinsel & Tine… And here’s her first post! When I first read “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, I finished the book in one day within a span of seven hours. I don’t remember the last time I’ve read a book from beginning to end, having to run to the bathroom afterwards to wash my face from crying. As a result, I had to see Stephen Chbosky’s film adaptation of his book, more now than ever after reading it first. I…
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The Twilight Saga: A Franchise to Sink Your Teeth Into
One thing you haven’t seen me write about on Tinsel & Tine is the Twilight Movies and I can’t tell you why. I’m not one of those that hate things just because they’re popular. I love eerie, romance, science fiction, fantasy, magical type stories. I’ve always enjoyed The Harry Potter franchise and Chronicles of Narnia, so it’s not as if I feel Twilight is aimed at too young a demographic. Kristen Stewart gives off this persona of being ultra self-conscience and at the same time, judge & jury of what is cool or uncool. Which is annoying to me, but certainly wouldn’t keep me away from a movie. I know…