Stories from the Calindratem

Those following my blog and my original writing can tell I love a good ghost story. In fact it was when writing a ghost story for school at the age of 12, when I fell in love with writing. I was therefore delighted when "The Haunting of Bly Manor" appeared on my Netflix suggestions.  "The Haunting of Bly Manor" is basically the second season of an anthology (simply "The Haunting"), whose first season is "The Haunting of Hill House" but since both seasons are completely independent when it comes to the story, this review will threat "The Haunting of Bly Manor" as an independent miniseries.  It starts at an engagement party for a young couple and in the evening they start talking about ghost stories. One of the guests tells a story. A young woman named Dani is hired as a nanny for two children by their uncle. The children live in an old manor somewhere in England and the only other staff are a house keeper, a gardener and a cook, none of ...

Having been a nerd for the longest part of my life, I have seen plenty of science fiction, mystery and fantasy movies, but I have to admit I was rarely as blown away as after watching The OA. This show leaves you gasping for air due to its incredible level of creativity.  Usually I start these articles with a brief synopsis of the show or movie and this is were is begins to get tricky with The OA already, as it is almost impossible to describe the fantastic premise of the show. It begins with a young woman being found, after having been missing for seven years. When she went missing she was blind and now her sight has been restored. What follows is an incredible journey of mysteries, abduction and near death experiences. Without giving away anymore of the story it is probably the most creative story telling in television. The revelations over the course of the show have to be compared to the end of "The Sixth Sense" when the audience learns that Bruce Willis' character wa...

The concept of a Star Wars tv show seemed far fetched to many people, Star War being the epitome of a blockbuster. But "The Mandalorian" has proven all critics wrong and had paved the way for several Star Wars series that are in the works, including a new Obi-Wan series starring Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christiansen.  "The Mandalorian" takes place approximately 5 years after "The Return of the Jedi" and sets itself apart from the movies by focusing on a bounty hunter. Din Djarin, is a Mandalorian and the first main character who is neither siding with the empire nor with the new republic. In a way we see for the first time how the average man in the Star Wars universe lives. Someone who doesn't fight in the war or tries to reshape the universe. The show focuses not only on Din Djarin's quest but also on the Mandalorians' culture and history, which is something that hasn't been explored in the live action movies so far.  The story is simple ...