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Still not certain how to celebrate New Year’s Eve? Monica and Ross from Friends show you how to rock just about every party.
Enjoy!
Senin, 28 Desember 2015
Manic Monday: The Routine
Still not certain how to celebrate New Year’s Eve? Monica and Ross from Friends show you how to rock just about every party.
Enjoy!
Kamis, 24 Desember 2015
Christmas Countdown 2015: Day 24
That's it. The final day of our Christmas Countdown is here. We hope that you've enjoyed the past 23 days anticipating the holidays with us and our posts about Christmas-themed movie and television moments.
In any case, the BSP crew would like to wish you a
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Savour the upcoming days with your family and friends. Relax, eat, carol, be joyful and festive, and don't forget to watch a good movie or TV series during the holidays.
See you soon, all happy and healthy.
Cheers!
Rina, Squuls & Nata Lie
Rabu, 23 Desember 2015
Christmas Countdown 2015: Day 23
Our Christmas Countdown is nearing its end. Just one more day to go till Christmas! We hope you have all completed your gift shopping and other pre-Christmas chores and can now fully enjoy the last days before the great feast.
With that being said, let’s get back to business. In case you also followed our Christmas Countdown last year, you’ll know that we are of the opinion that there is only one way to celebrate the night before Christmas and it has something to do with this friendly fella here:
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Jack Skellington from The Night Before Christmas!
Enjoy the song!
Selasa, 22 Desember 2015
Christmas Countdown 2015: Day 22
The time until it's finally Christmas Eve is getting shorter and the days are getting merrier. For this reason, without further ado, I give you a short but merry clip of the world-famous detective Mr. Sherlock Holmes breaking into a world-famous Christmas carol, on the violin no less.
Senin, 21 Desember 2015
Christmas Countdown 2015: Day 21
It’s the 21st of December already, which means Christmas is almost on our doorstep. And if you are even one bit of the last-minute shopper that I am, you are probably living through the most stressful time of the year right now. But even if not, all the gift wrapping, cookie baking and dinner planning easily shove us to the brink of exhaustion.
That is why, three days before Christmas, we celebrate World Humbug Day. This special holiday means to encourage us to give vent to all our pent-up frustration, so we'll be able to embrace the holiday spirit to its fullest.
So take it easy, BSPeeps, don’t be a Scrooge and enjoy the last days before Christmas!
Christmas Countdown 2015: Day 20
On day 20 of our Christmas Countdown we join the Muppets and Sesame Street gang in a little Christmas carolling. Whether you are spending the 4th Advent with your family, are driving home for Christmas, or just relaxing on a Sunday - feel free to sing along!
Jumat, 18 Desember 2015
Christmas Countdown 2015: Day 18
It's "Ugly Christmas Sweater Day", but it is also day 18 of our Christmas Countdown. So for today, as a service to you, we have compiled a list of ugly Christmas sweaters that will help you unleash your inner TV- or movie geek. By far Home Alone and Star Wars dominate the scene this year but let's see some of what else is out there:
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2. Star Wars
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3. The Muppets and Sesame Street
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4. Dr. Who
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5. Elf
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6. Superheroes
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7. Cartoons
9. Dr. Seuss
10. Griswold Family Christmas
What will you be wearing this Christmas?
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Kamis, 17 Desember 2015
Christmas Countdown 2015: Day 17
Because it's so much fun, here's another, and unfortunately the last, emoji quiz. Can you guess the titles of these Christmas movies?
Level 1:
Level 2:
(To find out if you guessed right, do a left-click and select the empty spaces above to reveal the answers.) Have fun guessing!
All emojis can be found here.
Answer Level 1: The Nutcracker
Rabu, 16 Desember 2015
Christmas Countdown 2015: Day 16
On day 16 of our Christmas Countdown we collaborate to present you with a festive Top 3 of our favourite movies to watch during the holidays that technically are not Christmas movies. Come on, you all know you have these! Anyway here are ours:
Squuls:
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Rina:
3. Anastasia (Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, 1997)
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2. Sissi Trilogy (Ernst Marischka, 1955-1957)
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The Sissi movies are basically the epitome of sugar-coated, kitschy, melodramatic German post-war cinema. They catapulted young lead actress Romy Schneider to international stardom and - even though she was one of the most charismatic and daring actresses of her time - forever linked her to her rendition of lovey-dovey Empress Elisabeth of Austria. The Sissi trilogy doesn't aim at historical accuracy. It lives from its epic costume and set design, and its utterly and absolutely ridiculous nature. Rural romanticism, traditional family values, a schmaltzy love story amidst a strict court regime, handsome Karlheinz Böhm as the male lead, men in lederhosen - these movies got it all. Germany still loves to show the Sissi films during the Christmas holidays because, let's face it, they're entertaining escapism of the highest order and three times as sugary as Christmas candy - and one's always sure to have a good laugh.
A rather recent German TV adaptation of the Grimm brothers' Cinderella, Aschenputtel has pretty quickly become my favourite film to watch during the Christmas holidays. Since we're all prone to fairy tales, it has always made my entire family gather in front of the screen, which is nice. This Aschenputtel follows the traditional pattern of the story but it's still a modern take on the established narrative. Here Cinderella (or German Aschenputtel) is a kind-hearted, yet strong and feisty young woman, and Prince Charming even has got a name. I mean, can you believe it? The film profits from Aylin Tezel's lovely performance as the oppressed maidservant, and I especially like how it allows her relationship with Prince Viktor (Florian Bartholomäi) to grow rather than to shove the two into a happy ever after without any previous signs of affection. During Christmas time, it's nice to live vicariously through such a sweet blossoming romance and Aschenputtel's eventual rise from doormat to princess.
Nata Lie:
This animated classic is broadcasted every Christmas and I always try not to miss it. The Last Unicorn is a mythological movie about a unicorn, who is afraid to be the last of her kind and sets out to search for others. It features all the classic elements of a fairy tale: the good vs. evil theme, a dangerous quest beset with obstacles and challenges to rise to and overcome, true friendship, a broad range of fantastical creatures and most importantly a happy ending. Despite being a family movie, there are several scenes that might end up terrifying the littlest ones, like the nightmarish Red Bull and the evil witch. Nevertheless, The Last Unicorn has a kind of haunting, poetic beauty that makes it the perfect movie to watch during the Christmas holidays.
Like Rina, I also count the Cinderella story to my Christmas favourites. However, to me the only true version is the Soviet one of 1973, featuring Libuse Safránková in the role of Popelka (which is the Czech word for Cinderella.) We all know Grimms’ fairy tale of a kind girl who loses her parents and is then raised by an evil stepmother and tantalised by her no less evil stepsisters. That is until a prince finally comes to rescue her from this misery. But the movie from 1973 gives a new spin to the traditional story. Popelka is not the helpless damsel in distress, who needs a prince to save her. She is shown to be clever, feisty and skilled. Moreover, she does not simply fall for the prince, but expects him to prove that he is deserving of her love. Christmas, as such, plays no role in this movie, but the wintry scenery and the romantic and charmingly hilarious plot make Three Wishes for Cinderella a must-see for the entire family.
The Tenth Kingdom is a TV mini-series about a father and daughter who stumble into a parallel universe, where all the known fairy tale characters actually exist and everyone lives happily ever after. At least until the evil stepmother rises to power. With the aid of the evil Troll King, she tries to seize the crown of Prince Wendall, grandson of Snow White. He is transformed into a dog and flees by leaping through a magic mirror into the Tenth Kingdom – our world. There he meets Virginia and her father, who think he is a stray dog. Still hunted by the Trolls and the Big Bad Wolf, the three of them flee back into the Nine Kingdoms. There they form an alliance with the purpose of returning Prince Wendall to his real body and saving the Nine Kingdoms from the rule of the evil stepmother and getting Virginia and her father back into their own world. But of course this turns out to be a most difficult mission.
Like my entire Top 3, The Tenth Kingdom is another movie for the entire family with a fantastic fairy-tale charm. The series is full of twists and turns that don’t allow for a moment of boredom and it’s laced with a kind of silly humour that will keep you smirking or covering your eyes with embarrassment most of the time. Pretty perfect for Christmas, wouldn’t you say?
1. Aschenputtel (Uwe Janson, 2011)
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3. The Last Unicorn (Jules Bass, 1982)
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2. Three Wishes for Cinderella (Václav Vorlícek, 1973)
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1. The 10th Kingdom (David Carson, 2000)
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Like my entire Top 3, The Tenth Kingdom is another movie for the entire family with a fantastic fairy-tale charm. The series is full of twists and turns that don’t allow for a moment of boredom and it’s laced with a kind of silly humour that will keep you smirking or covering your eyes with embarrassment most of the time. Pretty perfect for Christmas, wouldn’t you say?
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