Becoming The Muse

You might think life is difficult but be thankful you arent navigating through life as a giraffe looking down on people

catching up over a virtual cup of coffee on teh new currency in Zimbabwe and the Starlink ban

A review of the multi-award winning scifi dark-comedy movie Poor Things with an Oscar Award winning perfomance by Emma Stone as Bella Baxter.

Review of Disney+ British historical fantasy adventure television series Renegade Nell

The Good | The Bad | The Ugly

How do you tell if AI created certain content are the trigger words that are used only by AI and not by real life people?

Commenting a social media post about AI and non-native English Speakers

If you were having coffee with me we would be chatting about the rollout of Zimbabwe's new gold-backed structured currency The ZiG Zimbabwe Gold.

Have you ever seen money with a QR code on it?

A Review of Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Two, the second installment of the two part adaptation of the Dune Book.

It is currently highest grossing movie of 2024

Review of Netflix Series The Gentlemen an action comedy show created by Guy Ritchie

Do people still do April Fools pranks?

If you were having coffee with me I would tell you that everyday in this teapot shaped country feels like an April Fools prank and I keep expecting someone to announce that its all a big joke...

Happy new month

A review of short story collection written by Zimbabwean sarungano Yvette Lisa Ndlovu titled Drinking From Graveyard Wells

A speculative fiction anthology with stories inspired by Zimbabwean and African folfolklore

Review of 3 Body Problem a science fiction television series from the creators and Game Of Thrones and adapted from an award winning book of the same name.

Murombo haarove chine nguwo a Shona Proverb is a that forecasts how a poor person is fated to not rise above their station-- backing in the hunting era, the poor person would return from the hunting expedition with the smallest catch which was usually not something large enough to be made into clothing - nguwo.

If you were having coffee with me we would be looking at the Zimbabwean Culture's hunting metaphors and proverbs.

Breaking down the pheasant situation and why the gardner Uejiro had to commit seppseppuku over a pheasant in episode 5 of Shogun

If you were having coffee with me I would invite you to a barbecue with a marinade which includes a had to pronounce sauce, Worcestershire Sauce and talk about how it got its name from a county in England. We would catch up on royal gossip and spiders in the castle with its missing princess and the democracy and elections in Ukraine and Russia and how Zimbabwe ranks as the third happeist country in Africa

All the Plot Twists in the Argylle Movie

Catching up over a virtual cup of coffee with everything from John Cena at the Oscars to how assumptions can be misleading in presumptive tax, sanctions and even Starlink.

Review of Damsel a 2024 American dark fantasy film directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and stars Millie Bobbie Brown.

"There are many stories of chivalry where the heroic knight saves the damsel in distress. This is not one of them."

A review of the 2024 spy thriller action comedy movie Argylle from the creators of The Kingsman movie franchise with a star studded cast that includes Samuel L Jackson, John Cena, Bryan Cranston, Henry Cavill and Dua Lipa

If you were having coffee with would be catching up over life at 40 in a teapot shaped country.

Phone booths were a yesteryear communication which for a time seemed like we could never leave without and now all but forgotten.

A trip down landline menmory lane

A letter to my crush on Valentine's Day

Dear heart do you know how Valentine's day originated? The people it got its name from died rather violently.

Isnt it creepy watching flowers die simply because someone loves you?

Review of The Painter an action thriller movie about an ex-CIA agent now a painter.

Review of the action thriller movie The Bricklayer

If you were having coffee with me, we would be catching up on ama happenings in a teapot shaped country Zimbabwe.

What is sovereignty?

A review of The Beekeeper an action movie starring Jason Statham as Adam Clay a beekeeper with deadly set of skills.

Highest grossing movie of 2024 so far.

Review of the Netflix British dystopian scifi drama movie The Kitchen by directed by  Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya, starring Kane Robinson as Izi and introducing Jedaiah Bannerman as Benji

If you were having coffee with me we would talk about the origins of Chibuku in Africa, how a traditional brew became the beer of Africa as well as the new flavours of Chibuku

A review of Lift - A Netflix heist movie starring Kevin Hart

Chakafukidza dzimba matenga is a Shona Tribe about how appearances might be decieving...

Why do walls separate our homes?

Review of the season 2 of the crime action thriller series Reacher based on the Reacher Novel Series by Lee Child.

A review of the top Netflix Animated Series Blue Eye Samurai set in the 17th century Edo-Japan era.

The Good | The Bad | The Ugly

If you were having coffee with me we would catch up of the happenings in Zimbabwe a teapot shaped country in January with its January disease that comes from over indulging

if you eat in bed you will get two bell buttons.... and other superstitions

Catch-up over a virtual cup of coffee about whats been happening in Zimbabwe in the first week of the new year, the viral catchphrase nawanadem, taxes and passports with qr codes

A review of the apocalyptic psychological thriller film Leave The World Behind produced by the Obama's Higher Ground company.

A review of Black Cake a miniseries produced by Oprah Winfrey

A recap post of blog post posted on Becoming The Muse

Happy New Year

A review of Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire a space opera directed by Zack Snyder

If you were having coffee with me we would chat about wearable art in the form of neckwear from Zimbowties and about the festive season with updates about the proposed taxes in Zimbabwe

Happy Holidays

A review of the scifi movie The Creator starring John David Washington of the Tenet fame.

The Good | The Bad and The Ugly

If you were having coffee with me we would catching up on Zimbabwean Current Affairs, Birchenough Beach, El Niño, Wealth tax and increased cost of the Zimbabwean dream as passport prices go up...

A review of the JTBC series Strong Girl Nam-soon 힘쎈여자 강남순 which is now streaming on Netflix

Review of Amazon Prime TV Series Upload Season 3

Review of the Netflix assassin action thriller movie The Killer starring Michael Fassbender as a stone cold Killer

Review of Treasonous Paragons an action thriller debut novel by Zambian author Pauline Manze