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
Category Archives: Movies/TV
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
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
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
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
Being Erica
Have you ever wanted to go back in time to fix a mistake you made? Have you wondered what life would have been like if you had/hadn’t done something? Well, Erica Strange feels the same. Her life is falling apart and her list of regrets is getting longer and longer, until one day everything seems … Continue reading
A frightful ‘Flight’
I’ve never been on a plane, so any movie about plane crashes increases the amount of time I will remain flightless. Yes I know, I know, flying is the safest form of public transport and movies exaggerate loads. But that’s off-topic really. As is mu lack of drug-use, what with me being T-Total and all, … Continue reading
Hooked
There’s a reason why I can sometimes justify staying in all day and doing nothing but watch TV. It’s called TV series. These things are highly addictive and can/will take over your life. They mainly come from the US, land of the shows, but can be from anywhere really. Not only do they keep you … Continue reading
Something… So 90s
Did you ever hear the saying ‘The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach’? Well, I guess it’s true in a way as few are the men who would say no to a woman cooking them dinner. So yeah, you can probably make him stay by filling his plate with steak. But there’s … Continue reading