Family Affairs

"BANDSLAM" REVIEW

Finally we found a film that, as my daughter said “has something for everyone”. For an American teen musical comedy with Vanessa Hudgens from “High School Musical” playing a lead part, it was a surprisingly real and intelligent teenage film with some black humour. The characters are likeable but flawed and the mother [...]

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"MARLEY AND ME" FILM REVIEW

I suggest that you avoid this film at all costs. It has had some good reviews, but in my humble opinion it is truly awful. A ridiculously cliched film with not a convincing actor in sight (apart from the 18 dogs used in the film obviously). It pulls at the heart strings [...]

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SLUM DOG MILLIONAIRE REVIEW

Danny Boyle has done it again. After his previous success with “Trainspotting”, “28 Days Later” and “Sunshine” amongst others he has created a modern day Romeo and Juliet set in the slums of Mumbai. It is an epic love story – I can already see it as a “West Side Story” style musical (clearly [...]

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