Movie Reviews Anna Karenina
Welcome to this week’s Movie Reviews Anna Karenina – I was enchanted and here is why… Film Info Rated 12A Drama English (American)Director: Joe Wright Cast: Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron...
View ArticleBook Review The Tiger’s Wife
This is a book I picked up at the airport on my way to Australia – indeed a long flight ahead of me, so a good read was required. And indeed the read was good. I read it cover to cover (well I had the...
View ArticleBook Review: The Lighthouse by Alison Moore
Welcome to a Guest writer for The Lighthouse Book Review (by Alison Moore) by Steve Morris. Steve owns a small creative studio called Seedr Creative and is a keen blogger (mainly about Marketing and...
View ArticleMovie Review: Arthur’s Christmas
Well… what to write in an Arthur’s Christmas review? We watched the movie about 2 weeks ago, when The Boy was feeling a little poorly. A great afternoon watch. I remember liking it then and now,...
View ArticleMovie Review: Argo
Now this is an interesting review.. I am PRETTY CERTAIN that the friend that I went to see this with, intended on a completely different film. I just went along, expecting a comedy and a man in a wheel...
View ArticleBook Review: Between The Assassinations by Aravind Adiga
Before I write this “Between The Assassinations Book Review” (by Aravind Adiga), I just wanted to remind you, that I write these book reviews as someone who loves reading and who devours books. I will...
View ArticleBook Review: The Hundred-Year-Old Man (Who Climbed Out of The Window and...
So a review of The Hundred-year-old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson… Firstly, I just need to GUSH! Another one of my random picks at the book shop – The Hundred Year...
View ArticleMovie Review: Life of Pi
Well… I have this fortunate habit of TOTALLY forgetting that I have read a book… or maybe remembering that I have read a book, knowing that I liked it, but not being able to remember either what...
View ArticleKids Theater Review: Wind in the Willows
Some of you may know that I am a great fan of the children’s theatre “The Polka” in south west London. I use to go there as a child, and since having my own children we have already been many times and...
View ArticleTheatre Review: Old Times – Harold Pinter
This was a lastminute theatre trip for me, as a friend of mine had a last minute spare ticket (think, England, snow, partners at work and all that). I confess to not even asking “what we were going to...
View ArticleMovie Review: Safe Haven
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...
View ArticleMovie Review: Django Unchained
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...
View ArticleMovie Review: Promised Land
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....
View ArticleMovie Review: The Great Gadsby
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...
View ArticleMovie Review: Francis Ha
Francis Ha, was another one of those movies, that I hadn’t really heard anything about. It was showing at our local independent cinema and it sounded like a quirky good bet (having briefly watched the...
View ArticleMovie Review: Calvary
We decided to go and see Calvary on our “date night”. To be honest, the only reason we went to see it, was because “nothing else much was on, that we could agree on”. Well, that is always a good reason...
View ArticleMovie Review: Pompeii
Ok.. this definitely isn’t in the style of my usual reviews. I have only this to say: Pompeii the Movie was RUBBISH. The worst film I have seen in years. Do not go and see it. I already spent 90+...
View ArticleBegin Again – Movie Review
Begin Again – this was one of those movie… I had no expectations (actually, when hailed a “Musical”, I thought it would be naff), that blew me away. I LOVED every single minute of it. Such a lovely...
View ArticleThe Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night Time
Sometimes stage productions of a much enjoyed book can be a real let down. Also, I had “heard” that the play “was a bit of a disappointed”… so when we went to see The Curious Incident of a Dog in The...
View ArticlePeter Pan – Magical Kids’ Theatre at The Polka
We had the pleasure of being invited along to see the Peter Pan production at the Polka Theatre (Wimbledon, UK) this weekend. The kids and I LOVE going to the theatre (and cinema), so we were very...
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