I’m thinking of holding a Carry On fancy dress party later this year.
It would be immense fun to hold it on a cruise liner, but sadly my finances won’t stretch that far, so it’ll probably be more like Carry on at Your Convenience than Carry on Cruising.
Oh well, I’m sure it’ll be fun anyway.
This was the first Carry On film to be filmed in colour.
This heart-warming fact-based film shows how taking the blinkers off can make your life (and your bank balance) all the richer.
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This holiday favourite was never my spoonful of sugar. It bored me as a child, so I’ve never even watched it from start to finish. Needless to say, I wasn’t planning to pick it for today’s viewing, but then I came across Mark Kermode’s Top Ten Reasons to Love Mary Poppins on his movie blog.
Now, if a critic gives me just two reasons to love a film, I’ll give it a go, and since Mark’s reasons include great songs, financial advice and horror, I’m curious. I can’t not check it out now.
Click here to find out what he has to say, but come back for the horror:
Happy New Year.
For me, New Year’s Day is the perfect day for being a couch potato since I’ve usually stayed up uncharacteristically late to welcome in the new year. So, this multi-Oscar winning romantic comedy is ideal for a lazy afternoon’s viewing with its anachronistic jokes and playful gender bending plotline.
As the 1999 Oscars rightly acknowledged, Judi Dench (Best Supporting Actress) is fantastic in this film. Her total time on screen may be short, but wow, she has amazing presence as Queen Elizabeth I.
I have a dream that someone one day will set up a film club called Meals on Reels. For your ticket you’d get a screening of a great foodie film followed by an exquisite dining experience in which a top chef recreates the dishes from the movie.
These are the Top 5 films I’d love to attend if this dream ever becomes a reality:
This Mexican romantic drama is the perfect appetizer before consuming a menu of morsels cooked with fiery Latin American passion.
Tasty Taiwanese treats would go down perfectly after watching Ang Lee’s acclaimed comedy drama.
A magical Danish period drama followed by a delicious Danish spread.
4. Big Night
A charming comedy drama topped off by a sumptuous Italian banquet.
5. Chocolat
Mouth-watering chocolate treats should always be consumed while watching this delicious tale.
Imagine how irritable you’d be if you’d spent an unsatisfactory night in your hotel room while on a business trip. For some reason you’ve been unable to sleep and an unpleasant smell has been troubling you. The following morning you’re glad to get away and can’t wait to get in the taxi when it arrives to take you to the station. The cab driver asks you about your stay, so you’re honest, you tell him about your unpleasant night and lack of sleep.
Imagine how you’d feel if he then revealed to you that the hotel you’d been staying in was built on the site of a former Magdalene asylum?
I know someone who had this experience. When she got home she checked out the hotel on the internet and verified the taxi driver’s revelation, learning also that the room she’d stayed in was particularly notorious for its bad energy.
Magdalene asylums were Roman Catholic Church-operated institutions designed to rehabilitate “fallen” women. In Ireland they were known as Magdalene laundries and existed until as recently as 1996.
Set in 1960s Ireland, tonight’s fact-based film paints an extremely powerful picture of life in one of these places. The main characters include Margaret (Anne-Marie Duff), who was raped by her cousin at a family wedding, thereby bringing shame on her family, Rose (Dorothy Duffy) who has given birth out of wedlock and orphan Bernadette (Nora-Jane Noone), who is deemed in ‘moral danger’ simply for being too attractive. The girls interned in the laundry are treated with shocking cruelty by the nuns in charge. It’s incredibly harrowing to watch, but essential viewing.
It’s surprising that they decided to make this film, considering the reputation of the infamous Superman curse. Whether you believe in it or not, it’s undeniable that a extraordinary number of those involved in the Superman franchise have since suffered illness, unhappiness or hardship.
So has anyone been afflicted since this movie was made three years ago?
Apparently so, click here to find out who’s fallen victim to the hateful hex.
A couple of years ago, my partner and I headed out on a drive into the countryside and found ourselves passing cheery people huddled at the roadside on their camping chairs, clutching their flasks and waving as we drove by.
How odd, we thought, until we spotted a shiny vintage car chugging along ahead, and then another, and then we got stuck behind one which eventually ran out of steam and had to pull over…
Yes, we’d found ourselves on the same route as the infamous London to Brighton car rally, which is what this classic movie today is about.
Like those cheery roadside well-wishers, this film comes with a good-hearted sense of fun, as well as offering the drama of a few spats between the contestants en route.
This is the perfect film for a Sunday afternoon.
If you’re a fan of University Challenge, then you’ll know that the title of tonight’s romantic comedy refers to the popular programme’s famous catchprase.
On this popular quiz show, starter questions are answered individually on the buzzer and are worth 10 points.
