Hipsy's View

       Like many, I felt deeply affected by the deaths of musician David Bowie and actor/director Alan Rickman earlier this month (January). The news about them has been discussed so much that I noticed that two other deaths of very well-known and beloved artists' deaths have almost been surpassed*. Both Rickman and Bowie were sixty-nine, and were taken from cancer. 1946-2016 1947-2016      I was introduced to these two men's work when I was very young: I was four or five when I first saw the  Labyrinth ,  Kevin Costner's Robin Hood  and Die Hard  were constant favorites in my household. To tell the truth, I didn't like Alan Rickman at first because I only knew him as a bad guy. And probably like other girls that grew up watching Jennifer Connolly telling Jareth "you have no power over me", I had a small crush on David Bowie. This was the only way I knew them when I was a little girl: a really bad guy (Rickman) ...

     This is the first movie I have watched in theaters for 2016. I know that it is a 2015 movie, but since it was released towards the end of the year, it technically falls under the 2016 movie register for me. SPOILER ALERT: Though I may not be writing out the movie for you, there are some plot points that I will mention that you may not want to know about. If you have not seen the movie I am about to review, either stop reading now or proceed with caution, knowing that some sub-plots will be discussed.      The Revenant  for me was awe-inspiring. All I could say after seeing it was that it was an art film. Some may think I am strange for stating this, but once it is seen, it's hard not to notice how much work was put into it. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the main character, the story follows the journey frontiersman Hugh Glass must face after being mauled by a grizzly bear and left for dead in a par...

So, I am now in a new chapter in my life. Last semester here at ASU made me feel like my head was about to explode. It was so stressful that I actually kept a worry stone in my hand throughout almost the whole semester. But even though it was a tough semester, as you can tell, I survived it. In fact, some good things came out from it. I am now part of the English Honor Society Sigma Tau Delta and I am a trainee for an online literary magazine (which will hopefully lead me into an internship and a future career). Though I cannot promise this, I am going to try to use this blog how I originally meant to, by giving my reviews on the arts and things that interest me, mostly on literacy. Some of the work I will review/critique will be the works I will be reading this semester and whatever I can read or attend during my free time. So, hello again everyone; I'm back on my blog, and I hope to keep up on writing on this blog.