So… I’ve finally begun watching HBO’s rendition of George RR Martin’s “Game of Thrones” and, well, it’s quite spot on isn’t it? I’ve been abstinent only because I wanted to be done turning the pages of the story first, prior to hunching over a screen every night, devouring a TV dinner per episode. When I … More HBO’s Game of Thrones: Review
Now this movie was funny. Not laugh-out-loud-every-second funny, but still very hilarious at its ripest moments. Fans of young Hollywood will find this movie refreshingly indulging, given that the comic star studded cast play, yes, themselves! Now don’t get too excited, obviously, we get that they are all still actors doing what they do best, … More This Is the End: Movie Review
Listening to a new song is always a sonorous blur. They always leave you confused about how you feel once the melody bends into silence. Kind of like opening the front door to a stranger on your porch who you then scan, puzzling if you should be nodding him in or slamming him out. 60% … More Katy Perry – Roar: Music Review
I told myself I wouldn’t blog politics. But when politics is up in your face, you say bring it. Credit: S Jinadasa You can post all the statuses you want. That’s good. Keep doing that. But I’m sorry everyone, what we really also need are actionable solutions. We need active solutions and recommendations on how … More A Call for Intelligent Sri Lankans
Is it blasphemy if I say that the best part of the movie was actually the post-credits scene? You know, the one that silently crept up during the credits and BAM unleashed ballistic waves of awed disbelief and air sucking gasps in reaction to what and who we were seeing! I’ll tell you people, … More The Wolverine (2013): A Review
Oooh la laa. Isn’t this brilliant! The muggles are going rampant upon discovering that J.K. Rowling has been secretly writing under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith! Ah, scandal! Ever the more brilliant isn’t it when an invisibility cloak falls off your shoulder and we see what we should be seeing for the first time. Why Rowling, … More J.K. Rowling Exposed! Oops, There Goes Her Invisibility Cloak
Dear You, To celebrate the Literartist reaching 25,252 views as of today (some of you detail oriented guests might have already noticed but….) I would like to announce the site’s BRAND NEW domain name! That’s right, the literartist.blogspot.com will hence forth be now known as: http://www.literartist.com You’d think someone would have already thought of this … More The Literartist Hits 25,000 Views!
This will be a short review, just because there’s nothing much to say. Okay that’s a lie—the nothing much to say about part. I enjoyed this movie in its entirety, particularly because I wasn’t looking for much depth in it. Critics have been taking aim and going all gung-ho about this movie because of its … More Man of Steel: Review – Superman. Respect.
Nov. 7, 2012: President Obama waves to the crowd at his election night party in Chicago. (AP) He’s back. He’s now Messianic. An orator that arises once in a generation, prodigal, speaking rhetoric that is liquid in sense and inspiration. Goosebumps. Leaders like him are of mettle mythical. Obama’s acceptance speech was cyclical, for indeed it went back … More Obama Wins Re-election
Featuring, the work of The Literartist’s premiere guest writer: SS What’s so bad about Mitt Romney anyway? President Obama was cruising to re-election at the start of October. His (biggest) opponent had focused on making the election a referendum on his handling of the economy (which was recovering), had picked a running mate who was the … More U.S. Election Edition: The Obama Romney Tiff
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