Popped over to see Julie who’s designing a web-site for a friend. A few tweaks here and there and it should be OK in a few days. We picked up Jo and Janet to see the new Jodie Foster Film ‘The Brave One’. It was a really good film. A little like the ‘Death Wish’ …
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Web-Site completed/Bourne Ultimatum
We saw the ‘Bourne Ultimatum’ at the local Odeon tonight. A frantically fast-paced action movie and a worthy end to the trilogy! I finished off MS’s web-site today at Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology …
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Film ‘300’
We went to see ‘300’ with Jo and Janet. A very violent piece adapted from the Frank Miller book of the same name. He also co-directed it. Visually the style was just like his comic books – lots of vivid colours and striking back-drops. The film ancient Battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas and 300 Spartans …
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Film: – The Good Shepherd
Jan and Jo invited to the local Odeon to see ‘The Good Shepherd’ starring Matt Damon, Robert de Niro and Angelina Jolie The GOOD Shepherd?…more like the most boring shepherd in the world…ever! What a rubbish film! Strange really as the cast was good but the film lacked structure and was far too l-o-n-g at …
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Mum returns home/Lunch with Roger, Jane and Oliver/Cinema with Jo and Janet (Almost!)
We took Mum home today after her stay with us at Christmas. On the way, we stopped off at Roger, Jane and Oliver’s for lunch. After dropping Mum off we headed home. We planned to meet Jo and Janet at the Odeon to see ‘Deja Vu’ starring Denzel Washington, but the journey from Roger’s to …
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Holiday – Day 3 (Ironbridge)
Another lay in ’til 7. Weather looks ‘yuk’ today. Cold and wet, so it’s not really a day for site-seeing. …but it’s a perfect day for some retail-therapy!! So we headed for a largish retail park just outside of Telford and took a look around Matalan, Pets-at-Home and Tesco (in the middle of a massive …
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Queen Blog
We went to see the new film ‘The Queen’ starring Helen Mirren. It was EXCELLENT – a really well put together film using existing news footage and some clever reshot scenes of key events of the time. Everyone played their parts really convincingly! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my …
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Pirates 2 Blog
Off to the Odeon to see “Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Man’s Chest“ Hhhmmm…not as good as the first and a bit over-long. Still, it was good to see Johnny Depp in character again! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my …
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Ice Age Blog
We went to see Ice Age 2 – The Meltdown at the local Odeon. Excellent film! 11/10. As good as the original Best secene for us was the Vultures singing, “Food Glorious Food!” Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My …
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Narnia Blog
Mum, Ann and I joined Jo and Janet at the local Odeon to see ‘The Chronicles of Narnia – The Lion, the Witch and the wardrobe. An excellent film with good acting and superb CGI special effects. 10/10 Brilliant! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 …
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Anniversary Blog
We celebrated 21 years together today. A nice Indian takeaway and watched a good (ish) film ‘Bridget Jones 2 – The Edge of Reason’ on the SkyPlus box Got some nice pressys including ‘War of the Worlds’ 2 DVD set – excellent! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first …
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Zorro Blog
We went to see the new Zorro film “The Legend of Zorro” with Jo and Jan at the local Odeon. Wow! …a wafer-thin plot, involving ‘government types’ on a black ops mission, the obligatory bald bad-guy henchman plus a reference to weapons of mass destruction….and I don’t mean Zeta-Zones’ mammarys! What a story-line! Best bit …
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Batman Blogs…
Off to see Batman Begins with Jo, Janet and Ann tonight A great film! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing …
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Sin City Blog
Went to see ‘Sin City’ last night with Jo (too scary for Ann!) ..maybe not-so-scary…but definitely violent! A stylish film shot mostly in black and white with colour splashes – strangely watchable and enjoyable too Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my …
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Film Blog – Sahara
Went to see ‘Sahara’ with our friends Janet and Jo… The movie stars treasure-hunters Matthew McConaughey and Steve Zahn set off in search of an American Civil War battleship with the help of doctor Penelope Cruz. A good ‘action movie’, but a little slow to get going! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in …
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Holiday Blog – Day 3
We did ‘the grand tour’ today by car (of course!). Started the day by heading off to Cockermouth then Keswick and then onto Bowness-on-Windemere and finally to‘The Samling’ for GORGEOUS lunch!www.thesamling.com Back to the Farm, a cosy log fire and the afternoon film Last day here tomorrow… Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in …
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Film: The Bourne Supremacy
We went to see ‘The Bourne Supremacy’ today ayt Kettering Odeon, starring Matt Damon. Brilliant film in many ways. Good story, good music and good acting all round! Five stars! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of …
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Donkey Blog
We went to see Shrek 2 with Jo, Janet and Carol – I reckon it was the funniest film we’ve ever seen! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), …
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