Rach Loveday
Disney Era Analysis – My ranking of the Silver Age films
Now that I’ve watched and written analysis pieces on the eight animated feature films of the Silver Age: Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians, The Sword and the Stone, and The Jungle Book, I’m going to rank them from my least favourite to my favourite. 8 – Peter Pan While I appreciated the beautiful animation and themes,
Read moreMy Life is Murder – Season 4, Episode 4 (One Man’s Poison)
This episode is all about a rich, entitled family and poison. The episode kicks off with Harry meeting up with Alexa to give her the case of the week – Tyler Wicks, A-list chef accused of poisoning his rich, entitled client, Louie, by Louie’s in-laws, the wealthy Boyd family. The Boyd family were away on a private yacht, but Louie
Read moreDisney Era Analysis – The Jungle Book
As mentioned in the first blog post in this series, I’ll be writing analysis content on all 60+ Disney animated feature films and their film making eras. The third era is the Silver Age, which ran from 1950 to 1967 and started with Cinderella. As mentioned in a previous blog post, the Silver Age is also known as the “restoration age,” as the films
Read moreMy Life is Murder – Season 4, Episode 3 (Location, Location, Location)
This episode was all about a murder at a “haunted” house. The episode kicks off with Alexa meeting up with Harry after getting kicked out of an outdoor boxing class and getting the case of the week – a real estate agent, Payton Green, who was found dead in the pool of a 100-year-old home, although the autopsy showed a
Read moreMy Life is Murder – Season 4, Episode 2 (Tough Love)
This episode is all about tennis and Alexa possibly meeting her match (and competitor). Alexa meets up with Harry to be assigned the case of the week – Griff Springfield, a tennis pro and coach at the Kingston Racquet Club, who was found dead on the court, killed by a malfunctioning ball launcher. He was found by Callum Armstrong, the
Read moreMy Life is Murder – Season 4 Premiere (To Dye For)
This season premiere was all about hair, gossip, and betrayal…and of course, murder. The episode kicks off with Alexa meeting up with Harry and getting the case of the week – Lulu Vandervorn, a rich, socialite divorcee found dead on a nudist beach. She was dressed to go to a perfume launch party. The coroner ruled her cause of death
Read moreJohn Marsden Writing Topic #575
Write a scene with you and a character as totally unlike you as you can get, and put the two of you in a situation: e.g. a teacher puts you and the other person together, over your objections, to work on an assignment.** #I decided to not have this topic focus on me, rather two characters who are totally unlike
Read moreFurious Fiction – June 2024
The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – June 2024 short story competition was as follows: *** Teacher’s Pet I’ve been Cindy’s teacher since kindergarten. She’d always been such a good girl: polite, eager to please, conscientious, smart. But now she’s a teenager. She’s rebelling at the moment: talks back, smokes, hangs out with a bad crowd, and is sending
Read moreJohn Marsden Writing Topic #547
Write a conversation which consists entirely of questions** Centre of Attention “Why did you have to steal my thunder, Maggie?!” “I didn’t steal your thunder at all, Esther! Why would you say that?” “Why would you choose my wedding day to announce your pregnancy and make my day all about you?!” “Why not? You’re my best friend, aren’t you happy
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Loveday Writing 