The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock (review copy) - Alaska, 1970: growing up here is like nowhere else.Ruth wants to be remembered by her grieving mother.Dora wishes s… Read More
So it's come to the end of the year, and again I want to look back over the year on Once Upon a Bookcase and my reading, and what I'm looking forward to in 2017.Favourite Books of 2016:Fave… Read More
Over my years as a book blogger, there is something I have found: 9 times out of 10, the US edition of a book will have a better cover than the UK cover. I also think there's a kind of style… Read More
Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, John Lennon, Martin Luther King, Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, what do they all have in common? Every one of them had crazy ideas they trusted, believed in… Read More
2017 NHL Offseason Analysis
CENTRAL DIVISION
Once thought to be the strongest division in the National Hockey League, the Central Division has seen its reputation drop in recent years. With… Read More
How to Make Footage from Different Cameras Look the Same
Home editing has changed vastly over the past few years and one of the driving forces behind that change is the availability if foot… Read More
Take your Sound Design to the Next Level
A very common set of questions I get on this site and I see on many video editing forums is, “Where can I get more… (insert appropriate… Read More
Maureen O’Hara (17 August 1920 – 24 October 2015) was an Irish-American actress and singer. She was known for playing fiercely passionate but sensible heroines. She was considere… Read More
“Her head felt like elephants were doing the merengue on her cerebellum.”
Susan Fanetti, Move the Sun
When I was 17 and as soon as I had passed my driving test, I set myself up a… Read More
50 years ago today, The Woodstock Festival took place in White Lake, NY. It was an event that transformed the youth culture and established the Music Festival template that continu… Read More
Sean O’Casey is known globally as an amazing Irish Playwright. He has written many plays that are still watched and studied widely today. He is known for many of his amazing plays, inc… Read More
“How insurance should be,” is how Michael Miller describes the company he co-founded, Brightway Insurance.
Along with his brother David, he founded Brightway and invented the &ld… Read More
Early movie-goers enjoying a silent film(Source: Katherine Linley – emaze)
Silent Cinema was the earliest era of cinema, lasting approximately from 1895 – with early experimen… Read More
Death of Me begins with an intriguing central concept: a cellphone video of a crime committed by husband against wife neither party remembers. But soon falls into supernatural shenanigans th… Read More
Since its creation in the early 1830s, cinema has and continues to entertain and fascinate the world. People quote movie lines in their daily conversations, they wear shirts featuring on-scr… Read More
Bloodshot Heart has an intriguing horror film premise initially but the recipe is missing a dash of something. The art house style, jigsaw puzzled narrative will likely turn off more than a… Read More
Video Editing Mistakes 90% of YouTubers Make
Some excellent yet very basic editing tips here especially for videos aimed at a YouTube audience.
Pay particular attention to the section on… Read More
San Francisco Madame Tussaud’s Tourist Attraction Information
Madame Tussauds San Francisco is a wax museum that opened on June 26, 2014. The museum is the 17th of its kind in the w… Read More
Looking for a spooky Halloween staycation this year? England is host to its fair share of spooky stories and lots of horrifying horror novels have been inspired by its villages and castles… Read More
When you hear Old Hollywood your mind automatically goes to the glamour and the glitz of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Although not many of us grew up in this era, it is a time in history… Read More
In terms of geography, Hollywood is just as small as a sand grain compared to the rest of America. More specifically, Hollywood, whose area is only 64.6 square kilometres, just makes 5% of t… Read More