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Into the Woods film review

January 14, 2015

The problem about having an engaging trailer and a really good cast is you go to see a film with high expectations. I enjoy musicals and I love fairytales, so as you might expect, I was thoroughly looking forward to Into The Woods. This is how I imagine the conversation in film-making offices went….

The Hobbit – Battle of the Five Armies

January 3, 2015

Last night we drove to Yeovil to watch the final in the Hobbit Trilogy. Proof really, that it really should have only been two films. The second was my favourite – we indulged in the luxury of watching it at our nearest imax theatre in Cardiff and it was an amazing experience. I’m glad we didn’t bother with this one though….

Courtney Love tour at Bristol

I am playing all my Hole and Courtney Love albums again, and I’m even inspired to get out the electric guitar and have another go at trying to learn how to play it! As we queued at the O2 Academy in Bristol last night, we realised it was twenty years ago when we first saw Hole play at Reading festival in 1994. Well, that made me feel flipping old! The crowd was a real mix, and there were plenty of people older than Chris and me; along with teenagers who have discovered her music later. Our kids were brought up listening to Hole, so they came along too – well it was actually them who new she was touring here before we did and asked to buy tickets…

Eddie Izzard Force Majeure live dvd

November 26, 2013

I don’t know why, but I’ve gone off Eddie Izzard a bit lately. Maybe it’s because he was being a little too boastful about his wonderful mind when he was interviewed on the Last Leg earlier this year. Or maybe it’s his politics. I watched the dvd with an open mind though…

Atlantis review – Saturday evenings on BBC1

September 30, 2013

I loved Robin Hood and it is definitely my favourite kids BBC drama (well, up to the point where they stupidly killed off Marian). It took a couple of episodes to get into it, but I really enjoyed Merlin as well (forgetting the last episode which contains the most stupid decision in BBC drama history). So now we have Atlantis…

glastonbury festival 2013

Thursday Glastonbury 2013 Review

So the day began hot and sunny. This time prepared for it and did the suncream before leaving home. On site about 11:30am after a lot of faffing about remembering things; but still managed to forget my phone…..

Wednesday Glastonbury 2013 review

On site at 10:15am and helped a friend pitch their tent in the family camping field. Couldn’t believe how fast it was filling up. Here’s a tip if you’re looking for a space next year: you have to navigate past other people’s tents, but there’s a surprising amount of room to the right of the path as you’re going up the hill; so it may not be necessary to keep going up if you don’t want to……

The Hobbit: An unexpected journey

February 15, 2013

My review of the new film, out now in 3d. Directed by Peter Jackson

Let’s do the time warp again!

January 19, 2013

Just got back through the snow after watching the Rocky Horror show at Bristol Hippodrome. This is what I thought…

January 17, 2013

Unfortunately we had to eat several packets of minstrels last summer in order to save up enough packets for the ‘Sweet Sundays’ free cinema tickets. We managed it though, and last week used our free tickets to watch Les Miserables…

The Comedy Box at the Hen & Chicken in Bristol

November 6, 2012

It’s quite difficult finding family outings that two teenagers also enjoy going on. They have recently started watching some of the comedy panel shows with us, so when Chris found that Katherine Ryan and Chris Stokes, compered by John Robins, were performing in Bristol at £10 a ticket, we thought we’d treat ourselves to a night out…

October 24, 2012

The latest BBC costume drama, The Paradise is quickly becoming my favourite ever. I already look forward to watching it more than Downton Abbey, and Larkrise to Candleford is my other contender. It isn’t surprising considering they are made by the same team…