If you’re planning to hit the movies this fall or winter, there are some great book adaptations hitting the theatres for avid readers out there. It’s not uncommon to see books being…
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The so-called “Before trilogy” that consists of Before Sunrise, Before Sunset and Before Midnight is one of my favorite pieces of film production ever. When I was in Vienna, I’ve checked filming…
There is a passage in the book that covers the scarcity of our attention and I especially liked the quote by a Nobel prize winner Herbert A. Simon who once said: “…a…
About a month ago I decided that I have to change something about my reading habits and start reading more. The list of books to read had become way too long for…
On 20th October 2014 Alexandra Alter published an article in New York Times titled E-Book Mingles Love and Product Placement. She described an interesting development in the field of product placement in…
The third season of Scandal ended with Olivia Pope on the plane heading into the unknown. So where did she go? The opening episode of the fourth season provided the answer. She…
In the twelfth episode of The Big Bang Theory‘s season 7 (S07E12) Sheldon tries to learn how to be funny. On his mission he even studies a book on that topic. Sheldon…
I’ve already written about Audi’s unintentional product placement in Fifty Shades of Grey, but as the premiere of the film is moving closer and closer, there are more and more deals that…
The second episode of Modern Family’s fourth season got us a glimpse of something that might turn into an interesting and real thing. Phil Dunphy read some thought from his “book” called…
Have you read Fifty Shades of Grey? I haven’t. Yet. But I might, just because there were 40 million copies of the series sold worldwide and I’m curious what all the fuss…
December is the month for various lists, best-ofs, worst-ofs, Top 10s, Top 100s … So; here are some of my favourite moments of 2010 – the best examples of product placement and…
When I read approximately half of Stieg Larsson's third novel of the Millennium trilogy The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, I found an unusual passage. I was surprised and kind of…
Recently I’ve finished reading the second instalment of the Stieg Larsson’s bestselling Millenium trilogy: The Girl Who Played with Fire. Even though it’s quite long it’s very interesting and has also some…
A few weeks ago a colleague of mine brought me two books and suggested that I read them. The reason: besides the fact that they are good books, they include a lot…
Summer time is perfect for reading some fiction novels or bestsellers. At the top of bestsellers lists in the US and the UK we can see similar names: Stephenie Meyer and Stieg…