Thursday, April 10, 2014

I is for In The Loop & cover reveal!


IN THE LOOP
UK, 2009

Running Length: 109 minutes

Cast: James Gandolfini, Tom Hollander, Peter Capaldi, Anna Chlumsky, Steve Coogan, Gina McKee

Director: Armando Iannucci

Cinematography: Jamie Cairney




If Yes Minister was set in the modern day, and its participants had been allowed to swear, In the Loop would be the result. This is biting political satire at its best and has more than its share of laugh out loud moments.



In London the Director of Communications is enraged by another minister’s comments on a radio broadcast and demands he toe the party line. Meanwhile, US senators and aides are uncovering a secret war planning committee. Needing allies on both sides, the British are called in.

This is farce, but bitingly accurate farce. The politicians are constantly flip-flopping their positions and back peddling to get out of trouble. None of the key players seems nearly as smart as the super-ambitious aides and assistants who do the dirty work, and words are there to be spun rather than taken as truth.



Hilarious, frightening and vicious, this film manages to succeed despite there not being a sympathetic character anywhere to be found.




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And now for something completely different, I'm thrilled to be part of the cover reveal for Another New Life, a new NA novel by Sydney Aaliyah Michelle.....


Title: Another New Life
Author: Sydney Aaliyah Michelle
Publication Date: June 2, 2014
New Adult Contemporary Romance
**This book contains adult subject matter. Not intended for young readers.**
Cover Design by: © Arijana Karčić, Cover It! Designs
Miranda Preston is a walking contradiction. Beautiful on the outside, but, insecure, haunted and damaged on the inside. Despite these contradictions, she’s ready to start Another New Life.
When her talent wins her a piano scholarship to the University of Texas at Austin, Miranda arrives on campus determined to experience everything college has to offer and to keep her secrets in the past where they belong.
An easy task, until the first guy who catches her eye happens to be someone, she’s known all her life.
Eight years have passed since the last time Miranda and Troy saw each other. He reminds her of the best and worst times of her life, but she can’t think about one without dwelling on the other. As they grow closer, every day their attraction reminds them they are no longer kids.
The epic romantic love story that is Miranda and Troy seems to be destined for a happy ending, but Miranda knows it's only a matter of time before her secret is discovered. A secret that will not only destroy their relationship, it will destroy Troy, too.
Can Miranda focus on her future with Troy while preventing her past from tearing them apart all over again?
Giveaway
About The Author
 
  
Sydney Aaliyah Michelle is a New Adult Contemporary Romance writer, a voracious reader and movie fanatic who 
Sydney has been blogging at sydneyaaliyah.com for three years, where she interviews people about their tattoos, discusses her favorite movie quotes, reviews books (New Adult & only the ones she loves) and journals about her writing and editing process.hailsfrom Texas. After surviving 5 1/2 years living in China, she had the courage to finally pursue her passion and become a writer.
Sydney’s self-published debut New Adult Novel Another New Life will be available June 2014. An active tweeter, she is also a JuNoWriMo (2x) and NaNoWriMo (2x) winners who notes the sci-fi action flick “The Matrix” as the best representation of her life in the past. She is blessed to be awake now and doing what she loves.

8 comments:

  1. Haven't seen it yet, but Hollander and Coogan, not to mention the new Doctor, are certainly huge selling points!

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  2. That's a movie I haven't seen, but the weekend is coming. Rental ahoy! Awesome cover, too! :)

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  3. This movie sounds great! I saw one a bit like it: "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen." If you haven't seen that, you should. :)

    Congrats to Sydney!

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  4. I will have to watch this movie! And check out this book! BTW--I used to live in NZ (Auckland) but once went to the movies in Wellington--kind of a classic film theater. It was wonderful--the theater cat sat on my lap during the whole show. Also--did you know Laini Taylor is going to be in NZ sometime Aug/Sept?

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    1. That's the cinema I run now! Unfortunately we no longer have the cat...

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  5. "Hilarious, frightening, and vicious"...what's not to like?

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  6. Sounds like an interesting read. Congratulations on the new cover reveal.

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  7. Kate, thanks so much for participating in my cover reveal and for your support. I appreciate it so much.

    Thanks Spacer Guy. Cool name!

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