However painful the cliché, it must be said: The Blind Side blind-sighted me. It is such a touching story (and features one of my favourite actresses) that I haven’t yet been able to watch it without crying. I completely randomly thought about it just as I was about to start working on this post and… Read More Sahar’s Reviews Presents: Maeve’s Monthly Movie Review
I have been working on a short story collection with, amongst others, Maeve. The topic is the real meaning of heroism, so no wonder that her recent review of the Netflix documentary “Virunga” captured my attention and made the cut for this month’s Maeve’s Monthly Movie Review feature. Virunga — Nobility and heroism in the… Read More Sahar’s Reviews Presents: Maeve’s Monthly Movie Review
Yet again, Maeve grabbed your attention last month in her review of the quintessential mean girl movie of the same title as the phenomena, Mean Girls, starring Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, and Tina Fay. Readers have been adamant, and it’s confirmed: Maeve’s Monthly Movie Review feature on Sahar’s Reviews is here to stay. And for… Read More Sahar’s Reviews Presents: Maeve’s Monthly Movie Review Number 3
Readers have been quite adamant: they really liked the first movie review of Maeve’s that I shared here last month, and wanted more. Some I know have already gone to Maeve’s blog and read much of it; I strongly encourage more of you to do the same, as Maeve writes very insightful yet easy to… Read More Sahar’s Reviews Presents: Maeve’s Monthly Movie Review Number 2
There are so many great reviewers out there whose work isn’t getting enough attention. With the recently added feature of Borna’s Monthly Book Roundup here on Sahar’s Reviews, I was hoping to share with insatiable readers of this review site more of the same. The response has been very positive, and requests were sent it… Read More Sahar’s Reviews Presents: Maeve’s Monthly Movie Review Number 1
My Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr feeds have been taken over by an increasingly acerbic conversation between fans and critics of the newly released 50 Shades of Grey movie and the book that inspired it. With the best of intentions, a critic of the movie could share a long list of reasons why it’s unhealthy—such as… Read More 50 Shades of Shaming: Regaining the Lost Art of Conversation
Using music as a means to achieve healing — be it physical, mental, emotional or spiritual — is hardly a new concept. But although music can be a “ladder to the soul,” it must be used in a certain way to allow for the soul to ascend. And this is where The Hip Hop Project… Read More DVD Review: The Hip Hop Project
More often that not, the thirst for anything Michael Jackson-related has increased exponentially after his passing. Even hardcore fans who know everything there is to know seem to have broken down and accumulated more Michael Jackson memorabilia – well, at least the many hardcore fans that I know are doing that. As for me, I… Read More DVD Review: Michael Jackson – The Life and Times of The King of Pop 1958-2009
This is it, here I stand / I’m the light of the world, I feel grand / Got this love, I can feel / And I know, yes for sure, it is real — Michael Jackson, “This Is It” The tears didn’t come until the very end. For my friends and me as well as… Read More Movie Review: This Is It
Academy Award winner Sandra Bullock stars in The Blind Side (available on DVD and Blu-Ray March 23). Based on Michael Lewis’ 2006 book, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, this movie tells the extraordinary story of Michael Oher and the woman who helped him achieve his potential, Leigh Anne Tuohy. Michael Oher spent the… Read More DVD Review: The Blind Side