A Summer Of Movies I Am Looking Forward To
I’m quite a big film and TV person, I can often be found quoting random film quotes in any given sentence. Whilst I have stopped buying DVD’s (I already own over 400), I have been lucky enough to see many new films via the medium of the internet. With new releases come trailers for other films, a judging by some of the small clips on YouTube, we have some pretty decent films being released this summer.
Below are a few that will definitely get me into the cinema to view:
1. Funny People
IMDB Synopsis – George is a very successful stand up comedian who learns that he has an untreatable blood disorder and is given less than a year to live. Ira is a struggling up-and-coming stand up comedian who works at a deli and has yet to figure out his onstage persona. One night, these two perform at the same club and George takes notice of Ira. George hires Ira to be his semi-personal assistant as well as his friend.
2. The Brothers Bloom
IMDB Synopsis – The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they’ve decided to take on one last job – showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.
3. Public Enemies
IMDB Synopsis – The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.
Yes there are only three listed here, it would make the page load slower than a granny running a marathon if I listed any more. I also forgot to mention I am going to see Transformers on Saturday! I loved the first and will be sure to enjoy the sequel.
What do you make of the films? What do you want to see?
November Already?!
Is it me or is it when November started looming, it suddenly dropped about eight degrees? It went from being a really warmish October to suddenly having to crack out your winter coat and gloves.
Anywho, that aside, it’s been a pretty run of the mill couple of weeks, I don’t know why but I haven’t felt like updating recently.
Going back to some of my recent posts, Katie discharged herself from hospital as soon as possible, with over seventy stitches in her back. The nurses took her off her morphine drip for her pain and sent her home with some really strong pain relief in the form of Paracetamol, not really in the same ball park is it?! She has since been laid up, not allowed to sit on her bum, trying to find comfortable positions by laying on her side.
This weekend Katie and I ventured to an event run by my employer, an NLP taster day. After working at my current employer for over three years, I had asked Katie if she wanted to experience the field in which I worked and to see if it would benefit her in some way. Leaving at half past seven Saturday morning, I overcompensated for the journey time with us arriving over an hour and a half early, I expected inner-city London to be packed but that was certainly not the case!
The day itself was very enjoyable and we left just before six in the evening, hoping that because the heavens had opened, we would be extended a less busy route through London…that was not the case. In total it took us nearly an hour and half to navigate two miles, getting stuck between Kensington High Street and Piccadilly Circus, later getting stuck in roadworks just before The Tower Of London. Once through that however, it was plain sailing driving along the A13, pushing through the rain to get home just before 8pm.
We got in, changed into less formal attire and just chilled for the rest of the evening.
On Sunday I was up early, I played football, narrowly losing in a tight match. I managed to get on the score sheet, pretty much claiming a fifty yard free kick which sailed over everyone’s heads! After that, I quickly showered and got changed ready to get some food shopping and get the kittens vaccinated and de-wormed/de-flea’d (sp?).
As the kittens were introduced to the vet, Pusskins was like a big man on campus, strutting about without a care in the world, whereas Niblet was holding firm in the carry cage. As they were inspected, Pusskins stood there proudly not making a sound as he was injected, a tough little trooper. Niblet was very similar except as she pushed the vaccination in, he looked at me as to say; “Daddy, I hate you right now!”. We purchased a christmassy penguin home for them both and took them home so they could sleep off any grogginess.
That evening I completed Fable 2 and we watched the new Liam Neeson film; Taken. We also viewed The Spiderwick Chronicles but as you may have seen from my Twitter feed, the first film was awesome but latter was very average.
Nothing is really happening this week except we are going to hope the kittens don’t go crazy when the 5th of November celebrations commence, deep joy.
And……Relax
This weekend Katie treated me to something I had never experienced before………..(and no it wasn’t sexual 
) A relaxation package at a beauty therapist.
Waking up early Saturday morning, I typed in the location into my iPhone, memorised the route and headed for a place appropriately named “Hello Gorgeous”. Upon arriving, the owner kindly let me park in the staff car park as to not incur any parking fines and I was taken into one of the rooms situated just off the reception where my pampering session would commence.
The therapist explained to me what was in store (no, there were no happy endings), and firstly I was to enjoy a manicure which basically meant she would file my nails and give me a hand massage. I had cuticles moved and manipulated, cuticles that I’m sure didn’t exist before that morning and treatments that left my hands so soft I found it difficult to hold the steering wheel on the way home.
The next part consisted of a facial. Lots of lotions and potions were rubbed into my face, leaving my face tingling and smelling slightly of watermelon. I had some sort of sticky solution added and was then mummified so it would soak in and leave me invigorated later. Once this was removed, I was asked to make myself comfortable and lie face down for the final part of my treatment, the massage.
The massage took place for about thirty five minutes and it was so relaxing, I was almost nodding off again after being awake only an hour. I had palms, fingers, elbows pushed in my back and it was delightful, truly relaxing. I lied there wondering what I had done to deserve this luxury, my wife must truly love me!
The massage finished and I was told to meet the therapist in the reception where she gave me a few complimentary lotions and I went on my way, trying to navigate round corners with the softest hands on God’s green earth!
The rest of the weekend saw Katie and I watch Jarhead that evening, me play 3 hours of football and then head to a friends for a BBQ. On Sunday evening we went to the cinema and watched the film: “The Strangers”. The film was very entertaining and exactly what Katie and I had been after, a scary horror film (incidentally you can catch a load of films I have watched recently in my Movie Reviews section).
And that was it, a very quick weekend but entertaining nonetheless.
RocknRolla Trailer
This movie trailer is being broadcast everywhere at the moment and from what I can see it will be another Guy Ritchie “Gangster” film that could possibly rank up there with Lock Stock and Snatch.
Enough babbling, here’s the trailer:
Comments?
Bumblebee Takes To The Floor
Look’s like an amateur film but it’s some slick animation!
The second film in the franchise is being made as we speak, can’t wait!