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Chrysanthemum Cliff is all about movies this month! If you weren't able to catch Last Christmas in the theater this holiday, it's now available for purchase (either on Bluray/DVD or digital)! This cute Christmas themed romantic comedy stars Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) as a cynical 20-something that works year-round as an elf at a Christmas store. Her world view is changed when she meets Tom (Henry Golding, Crazy Rich Asians) who challenges her to look at things in a different way. Co-written by Emma Thompson and set to an incredible George Micheal soundtrack, this is definitely a Christmas movie that you'll be watching for years to come.Chrysanthemum Cliff and Merry & Bright Brooke got a fantastic movie for Christmas from a Brooke's best friend (who also listens to the podcast, hi Jaymie!) called The Man Who Invented Christmas. It wasn't a movie they'd heard of, but it's definitely going to go into the yearly Christmas movie rotation going forward. The movie stars Dan Stevens (Beauty and the Beast) as Charles Dickens and shows how his creation of "A Christmas Carol" went on to define a ton of the Christmas traditions that we still celebrate today. Although the story itself is a fictional retelling of Dicken's life, the movie itself is pretty historically accurate. Finally, if you are looking for something a little bit...offbeat...try Santa with Muscles, starring Hulk Hogan!Heather is all about Self Care this month and, let's be honest, it's about the best gift you can give yourself! Heather tried out two different treatments, a HydraFacial and Keratin Treatment.According to their website, a HydraFacial "...uses a unique, patented Vortex-Fusion delivery system to exfoliate, extract and hydrate skin, and, the spiral design delivers painless extractions." The end result? Heather LOVED the treatment and her skin was literally glowing days later. If...
Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones, Me Before You, Terminator Genisys) is an English actress. She sits down with the Armchair Expert to talk about her Hogwarts-esque boarding school, learning Dothraki and her experience having two brain hemorrhages. Dax describes his love of male physiques and Emilia appreciates a Boston accent. The two discuss round features, struggling with imposter syndrome and Emilia weighs in on the difference between British and American sexual escalation.
Jojo Moyes is a novelist, best known for her bestselling book Me Before You. Jojo has been a full time novelist since 2002, before that she was a journalist for 10 years. Her first book Sheltering Rain was published in 2002 Since then she has written a further eleven novels, all of which have been widely critically acclaimed. Jojo has won the Romantic Novelist’s Award twice, and Me Before You has been nominated for Book of the Year at the UK Galaxy Book Awards. Me Before You has since gone on to sell over 8 million copies worldwide. The film adaptation of Me Before You starring Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games) and Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) was released in June 2016 and was a huge box-office success. The screenplay was written by Jojo. We spoke about dealing with rejected manuscripts, changing jobs, her new book Still Me, the power of listening to feedback and the excitement of being on a film set when you wrote the main characters.Favourite quotes from this episode:“My publishing career was in such a perilous state at that point I just wanted a book that sold enough for me to keep going as a writer.”“You can only do so much as an author, so much of it depends on timing, it depends on retailers, it depends on whether people like the cover, it can be a million different factors that you have no control over.”“It’s not about how you fail, it’s about how you respond to that failure.” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Get ready to weep. Jojo Moyes' 9th novel, Me Before You, became a runaway bestseller, selling over 5 million copies around the globe. As Vanity Fair put it: “It’s an existential work that’s masquerading as a beach read.” Now the author of 13 novels, the film version of Me Before You marks a first: Jojo Moyes' very first screenplay - the naturally visual writer adapted her own novel for the big screen (and by all accounts, thoroughly enjoyed the process). A LitLovers selection, Hollister & O'Toole discuss both the book and the movie - film directed by Thea Sharrock; starring Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) and Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games). Listen in; we promise to tell you something good.