You are here: Latest Updates Latest Updates Please wait... Film Review NewHook Directed by Steven Spielberg An interesting take on the story of Peter Pan sees a grown-up Peter (Robin Williams) having forgotten his time in Neverland and now a high profile executive who has little time for his family. It is Christmas… 2019-08-11 Film Review NewMy Fair Lady Directed by George Cukor When a snobbish phonetics professor Harry Higgins (Rex Harrison) comes across an obviously lower-class woman with a strong east-London accent selling flowers in Covent Garden following a night at the opera… 2019-08-11 Film Review NewOperation Finale Directed by Chris Weitz In the years following the second world war Mossad, the intelligence agency of Israel, learn that one of the architects of the Holocaust Adolf Eichmann (stunningly portrayed by Ben Kingsley) is living… 2019-08-11 Film Review NewWillow Directed by Ron Howard Using black magic the evil queen Bavmorda (Jean Marsh) has enslaved the people. She is determined to kill a child who has been born with a particular birthmark which the prophecies fortell will bring… 2019-08-11 Travel Information NewStockholm Travel Information We really enjoyed Stockholm. Here is some information gathered from our recent trip. 2019-08-10 Travel Information NewHelsinki Travel Information Some information from my recent visit during my Baltic cruse. 2019-08-10 Film Review NewApollo 11 Directed by Todd Douglas Miller “Apollo 11” is a documentary that tells the story of the first manned mission to the moon using newly discovered footage that has been painstakingly restored to theatrical brilliance. It is only the audio… 2019-08-01 Film Review NewFor the Love of Spock Directed by Adam Nimoy “For the Love of Spock” is a documentary by Leonard Nimoy's (Spock from the original Star Trek series) son, Adam, who tells us it is his effort to understand his late father. A large number of famous… 2019-08-01 Film Review NewMortal Engines Directed by Christian Rivers An odd film produced (and written) by Peter Jackson, the director of the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films telling an equally odd story based on the young adult books by Philip Reeve. 1,700 years in… 2019-08-01 Film Review NewPacific Rim: Uprising Directed by Steven S. DeKnight After actually kind of enjoying the first Pacific Rim film I was looking forward to the sequel but my hope was squashed with this disappointing follow-up. It is ten years… 2019-08-01 Film Review NewToy Story 4 Directed by Josh Cooley You thought that Toy Story 3 was the last toy in the box? Well, no, Disney and Pixar have decided there is another story to tell but, sadly, it is a confused…though fun…mess. Woody… 2019-08-01 Restaurant Review NewJolibee London (England) - Earl's Court The Philippines-based fast food burger chain finally lands in the UK to the delight of many who have experienced this alternative to McDonald's and KFC in the fast-food business. When I visited Manila… 2019-07-07 General Event Review NewRed Bull Soapbox Race London 2019 London (England) We have always been big fans of the Red Bull Soapbox races we have seen on television. The sheen lunacy of the spectacle has always been appreciated as amateurs in the races around the world attempt to… 2019-07-07 Film Review NewGladiator Directed by Ridley Scott Maximus (Russell Crowe) is a successful general in the height of the Roman empire and much loved by the ageing Emperor, Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris). Before his death the Emperor agrees to allow Maximus… 2019-07-06 Film Review NewPassengers Directed by Morten Tyldum When technician Jim Preston (Chris Pratt) is accidentally woken from hibernation 30 years into a 120 year voyage to a distant colony planet, “Homestead”, he finds himself alone with no chance of returning… 2019-07-06 Film Review NewTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Directed by Dave Green A follow-up to 2014's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, “Out of the Shadows” is a much more by-the-numbers action flick with little added to the story of the four ninja turtles. The… 2019-07-06 Restaurant Review NewMaison Bab London (England) - Covent Garden Having very much enjoyed our trip to Le Bab we very much looked forward to visiting their sister restaurant “Maison Bab”. Thankfully, we were not disappointed… 2019-07-01 Film Review NewCowboy Bebop: The Movie Directed by Shin'ichirô Watanabe Travelling around in the spaceship “Bebop” a group of bounty hunters headed by Spike Spiegel (voiced by Kôichi Yamadera), heavy Jet Black (voiced by Unshô Ishizuka), beautifully deadly Faye Valentine… 2019-06-22 Film Review UpdatedHighlander: The Director's Cut Directed by Russell Mulcahy In the world of the 1980s immortals continue their age-long battle to become “the one” - The last of their kind who will receive great power. The immortals can only be killed when their heads are removed… 2019-06-22 Musical Review NewCome From Away London (England) “Come From Away” is the hit musical relating the touching and uplifting story of the airline passengers diverted to Gander, Newfoundland (Canada) after being caught up in the grounding of all flights during… 2019-06-17 More Recent Items Click for more items... 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