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11/365 But the tigers come at night…

January 11, 2013 By Ellen

Oh my goodness. 

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, cinema, film, Les Miserables

The Angels’ Share – putting sex appeal into a whisky glass

June 15, 2012 By Ellen

The intense Paul Brannigan The Bridges of Maddison County had me leaving the cinema sobbing, after In The Loop I was sniggering in a deranged manner, The Hunger Games had me empowered, while Twilight utterly revised my opinion of vampire flicks.But this week I left a picture house with a yearning for a drink… not […]

Filed Under: cinema, film, Ken Loach, Paul Brannigan, review, Scotland, The Angels' Share, The Hunger Games, whisky

Swearing: Is it time for a new taboo?

May 24, 2012 By Ellen

Two things have shocked me in the past couple of days. Not in a rattled-to-the-core-Kerry-Katona-did-what kind of way, but shocked nonetheless. The first was at the park with the kids. A wee boy – probably about four – was exclaiming about how much fun he’d had on the zipslide. The lad said: “Oh my god, […]

Filed Under: Angel's Share, Blasphemy, censorship, cunt, film, Ken Loach, OMG, swearing

Review: Frankie and Benny’s AKA the birthday outing

April 24, 2012 By Ellen

Obviously there should be a series of photos to go with this post showing plates of yummy food and contented diners. But there aren’t.  It’s not that there weren’t plates of yummy food or contented diners, it’s just that we were in Frankie and Benny’s on Saturday evening with five 10-year-olds, an over stimulated 12-year-old […]

Filed Under: Aspie, birthday, booking fee, film, Frankie and Benny's, local review, Odeon, review, The Pirates

The Hunger Games – I’m glad I took the children.

April 6, 2012 By Ellen

If you’d bumped into me last week on Twitter I was wandering round wondering whether or not to take my older children – aged nearly 10 and 12 to see The Hunger Games.  On the one hand the film seemed to be a quality movie – and, in my book, there are far too few […]

Filed Under: boys, film, The Hunger Games

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