Of all the animated movies I’ve seen this year (academic), The Croods definitely comes up first place. In fact, it gets a special mention, because my Mum liked it, and that’s a hard feat for an animated film these days. From writer and director Chris Sanders (the man behind Lilo and Stitch) comes this awesome … Continue reading
Author Archives: Diary of a Chocaholic
Travalo Or Your New Best Friend
Have you ever thought to yourself “How annoying! My favourite perfume is in a massive chunky bottle and I’d love to be able to reapply during the day. Maybe I can get a trial version in a shop?” Well, this inner monologue is now over. The Travalo will solve your problem in less time it … Continue reading
Sleepless in Seattle
After watching You’ve Got Mail a couple of weeks ago, I was itching to go back to the original Hanks-Ryan movie Sleepless in Seattle. If you haven’t yet seen this, you may have lived on another planet, or rom-coms really aren’t your thing. If they are, rent this NOW. Jonah Baldwin (Ross Malinger), an eight-year … Continue reading
French Toast, An Alternative To The Fry-Up
Ever woken up on a Sunday morning starving? Yeah me too. But I don’t like a British Fry-up too much, the whole beans and tomatoes and mushroom isn’t really my thing. What I can deal with however, is egg and bread. Of course I could just boil the thing, or scramble it. But a good … Continue reading
Safe Haven
I’m a sucker for romance, and Nicholas Sparks is possibly the most amazing male romance novelist. Every book he writes makes me laugh out loud, sigh with envy and cry like a baby. Luckily for us, many of his books aren’t just left on the shelves. The Notebook, Dear John, The Last Song or The … Continue reading
You’ve Got Mail
Back in he 90s, the Internet was making its first appearance into the home and the lives of people, and Starbucks was starting to turn into the giant it is today. Both feature in Nora Ephron’s hit romantic comedy You’ve Got Mail. Set in New York, the story follows book shop owner Kathleen Kelly (Meg … Continue reading
The Host (novel)
If your only exposure to Stephenie Meyer has been Twilight, then don’t run away screaming. While her teen/young adult series was generally ok, it was badly written, the female character was apathetic and served no other purpose than to be protected at all times, until the very last book; and the supernatural was mainly used … Continue reading
Wreck-It Ralph
The latest Disney movie is a bit of a Toy Story lookalike, with characters from our favourite video games coming to life. The story happens in an arcade, where all kinds of video games cohabit peacefully. One of them, Fix-It Felix, features ‘bad guy’ Ralph (John C. Reilly), whose sole job it is to constantly … Continue reading
Food, Glorious Food!
Everybody needs to eat. We all know that, yet food shopping is often likened to a chore rather than a pleasure. But do you ever remember going food shopping with your parents when you were young? How exciting it was to sit in the trolley and pretend you were driving a car through the aisles? … Continue reading
I Give It A Year
Whenever an advertisement hails a movie as the ‘British comedy of the year’ I get dubious. So many movies have been dubbed this and haven’t lived up to the hype that you need to approach each with a wary eye. But I Give It A Year only got good reviews, so we decided to give … Continue reading