Dear readers, I am SO sorry that I let you down and didn’t write anything for ages (years!). Life has a nasty habit of throwing you a bunch of curveballs and the last couple of years have been filled with a lot of stressful situations that just took over, and so at weekends I didn’t …
I had to wait almost 2 weeks to go see the new Star Wars, because of course it was released in the UK the day before my flight home for Christmas, and as much as I’m a Star Wars fan, I wasn’t going to dump the family to go see it over the festive season. …
I kinda like Ridley Scott. I prefer the stuff his brother Tony did, but they’ve also worked together so much (see The Good Wife), that you sometimes have to stop and think “which one was that?” I’m a big fan of Kingdom of Heaven, G.I. Jane, 1492: Conquest Of Paradise, Thelma & Louise. Later movies, …
Back in 2002, a movie inconspicuously rolled into cinemas worldwide, no one prepared for the phenomenon it was about to create. I’m talking of course of Gurinder Chadha’s amazing Bend It Like Beckham. The premise, Indian football-loving girl breaks all the rules in order to follow her dreams, seemed a bit far-fetched, yet oddly well-timed …
As a half-German, I’ve been around my motherland a few times, but mainly in the southern half. As a child/teenager I’d been to Munich, Bonn, Cologne, Aschaffenburg, Mittenwald and Wiesbaden, where my family lives. So when I was invited to a wedding in Melle, which is a small town between Hanover and Osnabrück, I thought …
Many great movies either make it straight to DVD, so you don’t know they exist until you stumble upon them, or are only shown on TV (in another country!) which means access is limited. The Normal Heart is one such movie. Shown on HBO last May, it’s a star-studded version of Larry Kramer’s play. Set …
Awards season is upon us, and with it an astonishing amount of biopics. “Same procedure as every year” I guess (check here if you don’t understand that reference). Anyhoo, after seeing The Imitation Game (which I didn’t review, but it was a great movie), The Theory Of Everything is the second contestant I’ve checked out. …
You know those movies that just make you feel good when they’re done? Well 2014 has seen quite a few of them, like Belle, The Fault In Our Stars, If I Stay, The 100 Foot Journey etc. Latest in line is Love, Rosie, based on Cecilia Ahern’s book Where Rainbows End. As with PS I …
While Coldplay have been around for quite some time (1998!) I only found out about them back in 2005 when a friend of mine told me she wanted to go see them live (it was their Twisted Logic tour, celebrating the album release). I still remember the first song she played me, sitting in her …
If, like me, you possess an extensive movie library, you will know that some of your favourite movies are completely unknown to everyone else. And it bugs the hell out of you, that a movie you’ve seen twenty five billion times doesn’t even stir a “oh I think I’ve seen the trailer” recognition moment. So …
I recently discovered Mozzarella sticks (yes, I know, I’ve been missing out) and when I had some leftover mozzarella from my Mediterranenan Chicken, and I was about to eat gnocchi with pesto sauce (store bought, I’m not at THAT stage yet- lol) I decided to try them out myself! I found a couple of recipes …
Nancy Meyers does amazing movies. Many of the movies I own and love have been written and/or directed and/or produced by her: It’s Complicated, Something’s Gotta Give, Baby Boom, Jumping Jack Flash, The Holiday, The Parent Trap, What Women Want. She’s very good at showing love stories and friendships between people who are older than … Continue reading
Movies about cancer aren’t rare. Good movies about cancer are. Think about it. Either, one of the characters is ill, but it’s left a bit by the wayside, mentioned here and there; or the whole movie is centred around the disease, but it’s more often than not romanticised. Even the hospitals. To be fair, I … Continue reading
I’ll admit it freely: I didn’t like Bridesmaids. I thought it was OK, but all the poop and whatnot jokes were all lost on me. So when I kept seeing posters for Trainwreck, with “From the guy who brought your Bridesmaids” plastered at the top, I immediately thought “no way”. But then I caught a … Continue reading
After a “cool” mum in It’s Complicated, and a “stuffy” housewife in Hope Springs, Meryl Streep is back as an ageing rocker mum in Ricki And The Flash. Playing opposite her real daughter Mamie Gummer, Streep shows us not only that she can still sing as well as she could in Mamma Mia, but also, … Continue reading
Based on a successful TV show dating back to the 60s, this new Guy Ritchie movie managed to surprise everyone. Part James Bond (think Sean Connery, NOT Daniel Craig), part Mission Impossible (the old TV show, not the movies), it’s a great film with a lot of potential for sequels. 1963, East Berlin. Meet Agent … Continue reading
Whenever there’s a new Disney/Pixar movie, I’m on tenterhooks until it’s out, feeding myself with trailers until it hits the big screen. Inside Out was the same, especially as there was no actual inkling on the plot for ages. Away on holiday for a long time, I had to wait until last week to finally … Continue reading
If you’ve been on Facebook today, you may have noticed a bunch of articles popping up about the infamous Investigatory Powers Bill proposed by the Conservative Government in the UK. Simply put, it’s a bill meant to take away a big chunk of our freedom of speech, privacy and take the whole country back to … Continue reading
Ever since Despicable Me hit the cinemas back in 2010, Minions have been everywhere. And whether you find them annoying or endearing, you won’t get rid of them so easily. After countless mini films, Despicable Me 2 and now the Minions movie, a third Despicable instalment is already on the works. Geoffrey Rush narrates parts … Continue reading
I’m an undisputed Nicholas Sparks fan. I have all the movies, and almost every book he wrote. So, of course I went to see The Longest Ride when it finally hit the screens. And I’m happy to announce, it’s a good one. The Best Of Me was an amazing book, but the movie missed the … Continue reading
I can’t remember the exact age I was when I first saw Jurassic Park, but I reckon I must’ve been 8ish. My Dad had no qualms about me seeing films that were intended for an older audience, and to be fair, I ended up being more scarred by ET (and the pink slime from Ghostbusters … Continue reading
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