Chantal's Hollywood Adventures

I know this review is way overdue, but here it is. I will be reviewing the British film ‘Walking on Sunshine’ directed by Dania Paquini and Max Giwa . Going to the cinemas is something that I love doing so when the 2014 film ‘Walking on Sunshine’ came out my sister insisted we go and see it. The film had been categorised as a ‘British version on Mamma Mia’. I’ve always been a little unsure about British films, which I guess is kind of ironic considering I’m a British Actress but for some reason or another they always seem quite low budget and just cant reach the same standard as Hollywood. My sister was very eager to see the film so I thought why not; I had nothing else to do and maybe this film would change my expectation of British films. So we headed off to Harlow Cineworld with our orange Wednesday discount to watch the film. The first thing that grabbed my attention was the cast list. I was quite surprised to see such a random mix of people in one film. I was mostly shocke...

So.. this week has been an interesting week. For some reason since returning from the lovely USA  everything has seemed to go wrong. First the stupid hotel in Los Angeles messed up our payment and ended up charging me twice, then my phone decides to break at the exact same time and then I worked on the worst promo shift possible and for the first time I actually ended up walking out.  I think god was trying to tell me I should have stayed in LA. I also couldn't stop thinking about how I'm going to raise the funds for next year. Knowing that I got into the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and actually being able to see it in real life for the first time was amazing, but after returning home all I could seem to think was 'What if I can't raise the funds?' 'What if my dream is over before it's even started?'. I know I'm getting a little ahead of myself considering I still have nearly a year to go and my mom keeps trying to reassure me, but I can'...

Hey boys and girls, So I just got back from LA a few days ago and it was amazing. My cousin got married in San Francisco and my sister and I were lucky enough to be her bridesmaids. We thought while we are in California why not take a road trip to LA. We left  for LA two days after the wedding, which took place a gorgeous vineyard an hour away from San Fran. We decided since my sister and her husband has never seen LA that we would take the coastal route through the mountains stopping off at Santa Cruz, Carmel and Santa Barbara on the way. We planned it out so well.. well we thought we had. A day and a bit travelling with a stop off to a Motel in Santa Barbara and be in LA by the afternoon. We had our plan all worked out, so we packed our stuff, waived goodbye to Pleasant Hill where we were staying with our cousins and off we went. I was so excited to stare out the widow in admiration at the sea with the wind blowing in my hair, the music on loud, sun glasses, looking cool. This ...