Monthly Archives: July 2004

Film Review – Dear Frankie

In this Scottish film, a young boy who writes letters to his father he believes is away on a ship experiences being with his dad for the first time as his ship comes in to dock. Of course, it’s not quite that simple. Really, his mum has been replying to his letters all the boy’s [...]

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Film Review – The Prince And Me

This was a pretty good, lighthearted, uplifted film. A fair mix of comedy and slush, where a rowdy Prince going to sow his royal oats meets up with a down-to-earth US girl (Julia Stiles). Will she tame him? Will he ever settle down? Will they live happily ever after? And such. It’s just nice to [...]

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Film Review – Mean Girls

Not sure how to describe this one. Pretty funny teen comedy about college social groupings, misfits, in-crowds and bitchyness, mixed in with the usual themes of parties and whatnot. I found it surprisingly good compared to what I was expecting of it (though I was not expecting a whole lot tbh). Yes, erm. Go see [...]

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Film Review – Around The World In 80 Days

This is a comedy with Steve Coogan as Phileas Fogg and Jackie Chan as his assisstant Passepartout attempting to cross the globe in 80 days. Of course it can’t be that simple, Chan is trying to save his village by returning a Jade Budda, but others are determined to prevent him, and to prevent Fogg [...]

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Film review – The Lady Killers

Tom Hanks stars in a remake of an older film of the same name. Here we see a gang of thieves attempting to rob a gambling den of its funds by tunnelling underground from a basement they are renting from an unsuspecting old lady. This film was very funny and entertaining. Tom Hanks I felt [...]

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