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‘Up there with the best of them…A big, fat five stars from me’ Sue Moorcroft

‘An irresistible slice of escapism’ Phillipa Ashley 

 Grab your passport and escape to a land of dazzling skyscrapers, steaming bowls of comforting noodles, and a page-turning love story that will make you swoon!

For travel blogger Fiona, Japan has always been top of her bucket list so when she wins an all-expenses paid trip, it looks like her dreams are coming true.

Until she arrives in vibrant, bustling Tokyo and comes face-to-face with the man who broke her heart ten years ago, gorgeous photographer Gabe.

Fiona can’t help but remember the heartache of their last meeting but amidst the temples and clouds of soft pink cherry blossoms, can Fiona and Gabe start to see life – and each other – differently?

Readers ADORE this book!:

‘Well, wow, I adored this story…a wonderful, engaging read, transporting me to a country I've always wanted to visit’ Jeannie

‘Honestly, words cannot describe how much I have loved every single book in this series’ Holly

‘I love these books. They are utterly stunning and this is another that I haven’t been able to put down.
I love this author and this has been a perfect escape’ Vicki

‘The perfect read to take you away during the lockdown!’ Sinead

‘This is not my usual genre, I’m more of a crime/thriller reader however this story intrigued me. I absolutely loved it, truly one of the best books I have read’ Jacqueline

‘A gorgeous read which left me longing to visit Japan’ Sarah

‘A wonderful mood booster’ Jenn

‘I love Julie Caplin's writing…this afforded me to armchair travel to Tokyo.and have a taste of Japanese culture’ Amy

The Little Teashop in Tokyo, By Julie Caplin, Read by Charlotte Worthing

I love these books and have for all my life. I love this movie and am thrilled that so many fans AND non-fans are loving it too. Check out my intro as a BizzleCast quickie in a separate podcast but let’s not beat around the bush: this movie is spectacular, nearly flawless, and incredibly loyal to the source material in a way that somehow spoke to and was understood by folks totally new to this property, which is just as extremely high level of an achievement as making a good Dune movie. Buckle up in your thopter, get your shield on and your knife sharpened, and join me for a hell of a ride and a commentary I had a blast doing. You’ll be able to hear my giant grin as I talk about literally my favorite thing to talk about: DUNE!

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A Very Desert-Powered BizzleCast: Our “DUNE” (2021) Full-Length Film Commentary! Already!

*Samantha Lee Howe’s scintillating new spy series The House of Killers is out March 26th! Preorder today!*

The USA TODAY bestseller!

*Inspired by a true story & soon to be a major motion picture starring Samantha Bond, Emily Berrington and Ben Lloyd-Hughes* 

 ‘A dark, sexy thriller where no one is who they seem. I devoured it! You will too!' Sunday Times bestseller Sarah Pinborough

You think you love him. But can you trust him?

‘Dark, twisty and enthralling’ Paul Finch 

‘Wow I loved this book, every word on every page, a brilliant page turner! *****’ Goodreads reviewer 

A gripping debut psychological thriller about the dark secrets in a perfect marriage. For fans of Shari Lapena.

I ended my marriage for a man who didn’t exist…
 
I have everything money can buy. I’m a good wife, but sometimes I feel trapped. And when I start an affair with a stranger called Ewan, my life changes in ways I can’t begin to understand.
 
Because Ewan breaks apart my marriage piece by piece and then he just disappears. He uses a fake name and leaves no trace behind

The Stranger in Our Bed, By Samantha Lee Howe, Read by Jess Nesling

Books five and six of THE EXPANSE series – “Nemesis Games” and “Babylon’s Ashes” – by James S. Corey aka Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham are among, IMO, the greatest sci-fi writing of all-time, and while the TV series took a little while to get its legs, by these final two seasons we are doing all the commentaries for, they hit on all cylinders to give us both characters and spectacles we’d never forget.
#TheExpanse 
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*THE EXPANSE MUSIC BY CLINTON SHORTER*
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The BizzleCast Comms: THE EXPANSE Season 5, Ep. 2: “Churn” Full-Length Commentary By The Bizzle

THE FORCE IS STRONG. I AM ONE WITH THE FORCE. THE FORCE IS WITH ME. MAY THE FORCE BE WITH US. REBELLIONS ARE BUILT ON HOPE! SAVE THE REBELLION! SAVE THE DREAM!

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BizzleCast 134: A Brand New "ROGUE ONE" Full-Length Film Commentary ft. Simi Climo! BUILT ON HOPE!

Maybe my favorite character episode of the entire series…

Zeb and Agent Kallus find themselves stranded on an icy moon of Geonosis after a failed Imperial ambush of the rebels. Bitter enemies, they must put aside their differences and work together in order to survive.

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The Bizzle’s Daily Rebels: “The Honorable Ones” (s2e17) - STAR WARS REBELS commentaries

**The love. The passion. The heartbreak. 
This is the one, people. Open yourselves up to this, I beg you.**

"Ezra, Kanan, and Ahsoka arrive at Malachor, a seemingly dead world and home to an ancient Sith Temple, but they are not alone. Paths cross, destinies change, and fates are fulfilled…"

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The BizzleCast 196: “Twilight of the Apprentice” full commentary ft. Tim Geraci!

A Very Angry BizzleCast: DC Films made a fatal error losing Hailee Steinfeld and ruining Batgirl

Marvel outsmarts DC YET AGAIN, and the title says it all. Part of a much longer podcast to come out with Simi, and I thank him greatly for allowing me to yell for 13 minutes about the infuriating but consistent DC Films habit of making potentially long-term damaging decisions even while doing many other things really well. 

This is about Batgirl — my favorite DC comics character — and it’s about my favorite sub-25 actress by far, the hilarious, brilliant, and increasingly famous and loved popstar, TV star, and movie star Hailee Steinfeld; who instead is going to get paid what I would guess is $100 to $200 million by Disney and the Marvel Cinematic Universe to star in anywhere from 3-7 movies over 10 years as the New Hawkeye aka Kate Bishop; not to mention being made perhaps the main piece of the New (female) Avengers. 

It’s a much smarter career move for Hailee because Marvel is God right now and DC can become a mess at anytime. But I still believe the superhero role she was destined for that DC TOTALLY F*****KED UP is Barbara Gordon’s iconic and extremely important Batgirl, but DC instead decided to put forward (to me) an irrelevant Batgirl named Cassandra Cain and NOT BATGIRL AND DC LEGEND BARBARA GORDON. Even worse, we are getting Batgirl with seemingly mind-blowingly terrible casting as well as the absolutely wrong character.

I think I make a pretty compelling case of why this is even dumber and worse than it seems, and I get extremely passionate so you’ve been warned.

Sorry DC. You are 95% killing it but made a TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE DECISION on every level about your most important and iconic young female character in your long, storied, but bizarrely troubled history.

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A Very Angry BizzleCast: DC Films made a fatal error losing Hailee Steinfeld and ruining Batgirl

James Gunn and his buddies are going to take SUICIDE SQUAD 2 into a whole new territory of greatness for the first time if you are us and for an even better second run if you already liked the first one.

We also discuss:
-How brilliant Margot Robbie is an increasing influence on new DC Films properties
-Wonder Woman 2 looks spectacular already and we haven’t seen anything but seriously: Gal Gadot, Patty Jenkins, and Kristen Wiig? FUHGETABOUT IT it’s going to blow the world away

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The BizzleCast 255: SUICIDE SQUAD 2, Wonder Woman, state of DC movies feat. Jason Ritter!

STAR WARS REBELS Season 4 Episodes 3-4: “In the Name of the Rebellion Parts 1 &2” starring Forest Whittaker as Saw Gerrera

COMMENTARY STARTS AT: 27:00

Other topics:
0:00:00 Intro & Reylo/Episode 9 Talk

20:22 Disney’s female “problem” in Mavel and Star Wars due to extreme idiots in American politics

COMMENTARY PART ONE STARTS AT: 27:00
COMMENTARY PART TWO STARTS AT: 54:40

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The Bizzle’s Daily Rebels: “In The Name of the Rebellion 1&2" (S4 eps 3 & 4) ft. Simi Climo

The definition of a good-not-great movie but with an excellent handful of lead characters — especially the illustrious Hailee Steinfeld, the hilarious John Cena, and the man of the hour, BEE!!! Some very sweet and funny moments and thrilling if short action scenes hold this together, but mostly, it’s further proof that Hailee Steinfeld can be funny, sweet, dramatic, and just generally awesome in literally ANY context on screen. Can’t wait for her to be Kate Bishop and a leader of the Avengers! Enjoy, Bizzlers.

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The BizzleCast 256: BUMBLEBEE Full-length commentary by The Bizzle!

After finally seeing and loving THE DARK KNIGHT, Papa Bizzle stumbled on to the excellent Alfred prequel show on Epix called PENNYWORTH, and we spend most of the time hearing why it’s so damn good while DC on TV and film is so damn uneven. We also talk Black Widow vs Wonder Woman movies next year, continue the Hailee Steinfeld situation discussion, and more!

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The BizzleCast 257: PENNYWORTH, BLACK WIDOW, HAILEE STEINFELD ft. Papa Bizzle!

"The Song of The White Wolf"
Music Composed & Produced by Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli
Lyrics by Declan de Barra
Performed by Declan de Barra

The Witcher (Music from the Netflix Original Series)

The Song of the White Wolf

2018: AU’s awesomest nerd journalist Alaisdair Leith of Novastream and beyond returns to the podcast!! It’s been almost 15 years since I first spent time in Africa and fell in love with the people of the Light Continent, so I need all the perspective possible on what people new to African culture think of BLACK PANTHER. Luckily, I have awesome friends and colleagues coming on to talk about it, and it’s fitting that Alaisdair from Novastream Network is the first, as you’ll hear in a podcast that I still love to revisit and Alaisdair has some great insights that are even truer today.

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A BizzleCast Classic: Alaisdair RETURNS! & joins The Bizzle to Deep Dive BLACK PANTHER (2018)

Set photos and casting roles continue to bolster the BizzleCast Prediction that Team Witcher is not going to stop at the end of THE BLOOD OF ELVES (Ciri Saga Book 1) for the end of Season Two on Netflix but in fact would ***go deep into Ciri Saga Book 2, THE TIME OF CONTEMPT*** having to do with getting the main bad guys and plot going sooner than later....

***This podcast contains *MAJOR SPOILERS* for Book Two of the Ciri Saga, THE TIME OF CONTEMPT, so I highly recommend you get through at least half of that book as I will be putting forth a theory having to do with that book appearing in the upcoming Season Two rather than waiting for Season Three and has some MAJOR reveals. Be warned and enjoy!****

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A Very Angry BizzleCast: DC Films made a fatal error losing Hailee Steinfeld and ruining Batgirl

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