You are here: Latest Updates Latest Updates Please wait... Film Review NewBlade Runner 2049 Directed by Denis Villeneuve Finally, the sequel to the cult and critic favourite “Blade Runner” comes to the big screen. I found the original movie incredible to look at and with an interesting story based on Philip K. Dick's “… 2017-10-14 Book Review NewStars in my Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delany In the prologue we are introduced to a troubled young man who is forced by society to undergo Radical Anxiety Termination (RAT) treatment that renders him effectively a mindless automaton who is sold and… 2017-10-05 Musical Review NewKinky Boots London (England) Kinky Boots is most definitely a British musical both in body and soul. It tells the story of Charlie Price (David Hunter) a young man whose father runs a men's shoe factory in Northampton. Charlie and… 2017-10-04 Talk/Lecture Review NewMargaret Atwood London (England) I have always been a fan of the outspoken Margaret Atwood not because she is a fellow Canadian but because she is an excellent author with interesting things to say (said in interesting ways). She has… 2017-10-02 Film Review NewThe Dark Tower Directed by Nikolaj Arcel Jake (Tom Taylor) is a young man troubled by disturbing dreams of children being harnessed for their power to attack the “Dark Tower”, a tower that saves the universe from the darkness. After he runs… 2017-09-26 Film Review NewEight Days a Week: The Touring Years Directed by Ron Howard “Eight Days a Week” tells the story of the years when the Beatles toured beginning in the 1960s. Through the use of archival footage and modern interviews we follow the group from their initial performances… 2017-09-24 Film Review NewPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg This fifth instalment of the Pirates of the Caribbean introduces us to Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem), a hunter of pirates, who persues a younger Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp). Sparrow tricks Salazar… 2017-09-21 Film Review NewThe Lego Batman Movie Directed by Chris McKay Following his star turn in The Lego Movie, LEGO Batman gets his own movie. Batman (Will Arnett) is facing loneliness as the caped crusader. The Joker (Zach Galifianakis),… 2017-09-21 Film Review NewThe Founder Directed by John Lee Hancock Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton) is dissatisfied salesman selling milkshake mixers who comes across the McDonald brothers, Dick (Nick Offerman) and Mac (John Carroll Lynch), who are running a very popular hamburger… 2017-09-15 Film Review NewLife Directed by Daniel Espinosa After a successful mission the unmanned space probe Pilgrim 7 returns with a soil sample from Mars. The six-member crew of the International Space Station intercept the probe and examine the sample which… 2017-09-15 Film Review NewLogan Directed by James Mangold It is the year 2029 and we find a much diminished Logan (Hugh Jackman) (formerly “Wolverine” of X-Men fame) driving a limousine in El Paso. Logan aided by an albino mutant Caliban (Stephen Merchant) is… 2017-09-15 Film Review NewColossal Directed by Nacho Vigalondo Gloria (Anne Hathaway) is an alcoholic whose relationship has just ended so returns to her home town to figure things out. She quickly resumes a friendship with a childhood friend Oscar (Jason Sudeikis)… 2017-09-15 Musical Review NewFive Guys Named Moe London (England) “Five Guys Named Moe” is a musical featuring the music of 1940s R&B legend Louis Jordan. The somewhat superfluous story is that music-lover “Nomax” (Edward Baruwa) is having trouble with his love life… 2017-09-12 Film Review NewPower Rangers Directed by Dean Israelite Jason Scott (Dacre Montgomery) is under house arrest after a school prank goes wrong. In detention Jason defends geek Billy Cranston (RJ Cyler) from a bully. Billy offers to remove the police monitor… 2017-09-11 Restaurant Review NewThipsamai Bangkok (Thailand) The best “Pad Thai” in the world? Maybe… The restaurant was quite easy to find. Google Maps had pinpointed the location and with a bit of GPS on the phone we easily spotted the bright sign for the… 2017-08-30 Film Review NewThe Magnificent Seven Directed by Antoine Fuqua A remake of the classic movie from 1960 (which, itself, was a remake of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai) sees the small town “Rose Creek” being terrorised by land baron Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard). When… 2017-08-28 General Event Review NewFoodies Festival: Alexandra Palace London (England) We have been busy with all sorts of food festivals this summer. There seem to be quite a number of them and we seem to pretty much go to all of them. Last weekend we were at the … 2017-08-27 Book Review NewFifty Degrees Below by Kim Stanley Robinson Following on from the events of Forty Signs of Rain Washington DC is recovering from the massive floods that devastated it. Frank Vanderwal is with the National Science Foundation… 2017-08-26 Play Review NewHarry Potter and the Cursed Child London (England) On the morning of Thursday, August 4th, 2016 I opened the booking web site for the “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” play where, we were promised, many thousands of tickets were being released for purchase…. 2017-08-26 Restaurant Review NewChick 'N' Sours London (England) - Covent Garden On Thursday (August 24th) it was National Burger Day and despite knowing we were going to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child we thought it would be good to try… 2017-08-26 More Recent Items Click for more items...
