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Monthly Archives: June 2015
Film review: Minions
Minions, which ought properly to be sub-titled “Any colour so long as its yellow” is a zany, impossible, ever-so-slightly patchy comic tale of dastardly villains, daring deeds – and bananas. Located in 1968, alongside a mostly contemporary 60’s soundtrack, this … Continue reading
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Tagged bullock, comedy, coogan, film, film review, michael keaton, sandra, sandra bullock, steve coogan
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Film review: Mr Holmes
Don’t get me wrong: i like my entertainment light, trivial and frothy. Which is why i so enjoy cinema. Whether it is Schwarzenneger with the fantastical notion that through science and technology, it is possible to re-create a being who … Continue reading
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Tagged film, film review, holmes, Ian Mckellen, mckellen, mr holmes, sherlock, sherlock holmes
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Film review: Jurassic World
Incredible! Unbelievable! No, not the technical gee-whizzery that sits behind the latest in the seemingly neverending saga of dinosaurs reborn. Because for all i know, somewhere in the world, at this very moment, a bunch of bio-geniuses are working on … Continue reading
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Tagged bryce, bryce dallas howard, bryce howard, chris pratt, dinosaurs, jurassic, jurassic world, park, raptor, theme parks, world
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La Bohème: an opera virgin’s guide
It is said one always remembers the first time: and last night was very much a first for me. My first opera, that is: La Bohème (“The Bohemian”), by Puccini, beamed live to the Broadway Letchworth from the Royal Opera … Continue reading
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Tagged Boheme, La Boheme, live events, Marcello, Mimi, Musetta, opera, Rodolfo
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Film Review: Spy
Phew! I was looking forward to Spy with the sort of trepidation that every mum must feel when their favourite daughter leaves home for the first time. Because, with two of my favourite women – Melissa McCarthy and Miranda Hart … Continue reading
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Tagged bechdel, comedy, hart, jason statham, jude law, mccarthy, melissa, melissa mccarthy, miranda, miranda hart, spy
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Film Review: San Andreas
San Andreas is a “disaster movie”. Not one of those new-fangled, armageddon-style take downs in which the entire world perishes in fire, or ice, or at the claws of unexpected aliens, but a disaster movie in the good old Towering … Continue reading
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Tagged disaster, disaster movie, dwayne, dwayne johnson, film review, kylie, kylie minogue, san andreas, the rock
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Film review: Tomorrowland
Tomorrow is not what it used to be. With that sentiment, and a seriously grumpy George Clooney, Tomorrowland is out the starting gate and off on a roller coaster of a ride from past to potential future and back again. … Continue reading
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Tagged children, disney, film review, future, jet pack, letchworth. broadway, retro, tomorrowland
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