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At last the movie we have all been waiting for – The Great Gadsby – with lots of pomp and hype, this moving has hit our cinema screens to mixed reviews. Since the film’s trailers have started appearing, I have seen more and more people reading The Great Gadsby at bus stops and trains. The cinema was packed (in contrast [...]
Movie Review: The Great Gadsby
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At last the movie we have all been waiting for – The Great Gadsby – with lots of pomp and hype, this moving has hit our cinema screens to mixed reviews. Since the film’s trailers have started appearing, I have seen more and more people reading The Great Gadsby at bus stops and trains. The cinema was packed (in contrast [...]
Movie Review: I am So Excited
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I was sooo excited about going to see “I am So Excited” (“Los amantes pasajeros”), as the previews made it look really quirky and fun! And I am great fan of foreign language films that make it main stream. Yes, it was quirky and yes, I guess it was funny, but overall I thought it was a little disappointing and e [...]
Movie Review: Promised Land
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It was one of those nights, we really wanted to go to the cinema, but “not much” grabbed our fancy. So Promised Land with Matt Damon was sort of a default choice. Overall, yes, uhm, fine. Go watch it. Was interesting and good enough – all about the tactics of large corporations to get what they need to get ahead in bus [...]
Kids’ Theatre: Charlie & L...
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Well.. it was Kids’ Theatre time for us again and there is no better place than the Polka Theatre in South West London (we last went to see Window in the Willows), this time for the new “Charlie and Lola’s Extremely New Play“. If you saw the first one of these plays and enjoyed it, you will enjoy this second prod [...]
Book Review: Undertaking Love
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Well, let me begin – if you like Chick Lit, then read on. If you don’t, well then don’t. And don’t read the book either. Underaking Love, by Kat French definitely falls into the easy ready, take on holiday, think about nothing Chick Lit category. There are beautiful people, crazy situations and of course lots of [...]
Kids Book Review: Giraffe and the Pel...
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Guest post from Ali who writes at KidsChaos.com – Mum of two boys, Ali tells us about her kids’ love of Roald Dahl.
Oh how our boys LOVE Roald Dahl….. A recent encounter with the writer/performer Laura Dockrill has re-ignited their passion for these fabulous books, after Laura spoke so lovingly of her favourite autho [...]
Movie Review: Django Unchained
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Though not a fan of violent films (at all), for some reason I do find the Quentin Tarantino films generally worth watching. So when a friend suggested Django Unchained as our Sunday evening movie, I was keen. And the film did not disappoint. Great storyline, great actors and uhm lots of gratuitous violence. Tarantino claims the violence [...]
Kids Book Review: Darcy Burdock by La...
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Well, 10yo and I were lucky enough to be able to meet the wonderful Laura Dockrill in Chiswick recently – she’s so delightful it’s tricky not to completely fall in love with her!
So, if you’ve not heard of her, you really must check her out most immediately…Her new book is about ten-year-old Darcy Burdock, who sees the extraordinary in [...]
Movie Review: Safe Haven
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Welcome to today’s Movie Review for Safe Haven. Another film that I got “dragged to” by a friend, with little prior knowledge to what the film was about. Overall we did both really enjoy it – my friend had had read the book before and I hadn’t. So if you like the book, you may well enjoy the film too! Thoug [...]
Movie Review – Adventures in Za...
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As you may know, we are a fan of the odd “family movie” night, so I am always partial to the latest kids film out on DVD. So we quite happly wanted to write the Adventures in Zambezia review. Overall, we enjoyed the film – it has some scary and exciting bits as well as big tear jerker moment. I am glad we watched this [...]