When I first saw this advertised I thought oh no not another cutesy cartoon. When I saw this film I throroughly enjoyed it. It is funny and irreverent and has lots of hilarious Gross out touches!

The Shrek is an Ogre and lives in a fairytale land contentedly in his swamp. Lord Farquaad banishes all of the other fairytale folk to the swamp and Shrek sets about sorting this out.

He ends up going on a daring mission to rescue a princess - the only princess I know with attitude. There are lots of nice touches and jokes for the grown ups throughout this feature and on second and third viewings you appreciate more of the ones you missed first time around.

The voices of Cameron Diaz, Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and John Lithgow bring the characters to life.

You don’t need children as an excuse to watch this movie - I recommend that you add it to your DVD collection today - This is GREAT!

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Lara Croft - the ubiquitous adventurer well known for her large  pair of ………… pistols!

Fans of the game will love this movie - It’s about 80% action 30% story and 20% Dialogue - Ok so It’s not very well balanced. Region 1 cut is different from the Region 2 cut. Essential elements of the game are retained and the film stays true to the Tomb Raider tradition.

The movie is a big budget production and has brilliant locations and a ridiculous amount of hardware for Lara to destroy. The opening scene is really well executed. Chris Barry makes an excellent butler and the movie is generally well thought out and fast paced with some amazing locations.

Andrew is a unique machine with real emotions, a sense of humour and a burning curiosity to discover what it really means to be a human.

Over the course of his service spanning two hundreds years and several generations, Andrew discovers much about the intricacy’s of life and love, and finds there are many things he can teach as well as learn.

This is one of the saddest (most depressing) films I have ever seen, but it still manages to pack in some good laughs.

This film is good but make sure you have a large supply of tissues - don’t miss it!

Based on the original H G Wells classic novel - The Time Machine.

What’s done is done or is it? Alexander Hartdegen builds a fantastic machine to undo a devestating personal tragedy by travelling through time.

After a visit to the past an accident hurls the inventor into the distant future where humanity is facing certain doom.

The acting was good and this film really pulls you into the gripping story. The scenes are breathtaking and the period costume of the inventor has been meticulously researched. Although the plot becomes a little scrambled towards the end of the film.

Fans of the original 1960’s film may well be dissapointed with this modern adaptation of Wells fantastic story.

Peter Parker - a shy nerdy teenager was bitten by a genetically altered spider etc… (the original comic book was radioactive spider - but I suppose that things move on!)

So is this any good - we have waited about 20 years for the movie - in the main it delivers - action romance and humour. The clever but not totally convincing computer animation this movie brings spiderman to life as he swings between buildings.

He is a little darker on the screen (mood not colour!!!) than in the original cartoon series and the story is well paced and amusing as he comes to terms with his remarkable new powers!

Spiderman faces the Green Goblin his long time arch enemy.

This is a definite addition to any ones movie collection. Fans of the original will not be disappointed although there is a strong scene that may not be suitable for younger members of the family hence its 12a rating.

A great site aimed at student artists. Artycity contains a number of tongue in cheek biographies and profiles of influential artists from history and provides an opportunity for undiscovered artists to get their work seen by others. There is a section containing art posters for sale and order fulfullment is from Allposters.com and they also link to relevent pages on Amazon should you be searching for a book about your artist.

The site has been running for a number of years now and has built a good reputation with its members. The site also contains a directory of art galleries from around the world and includes links to artists sites.

ArtyCity are still taking submissions of new work from artists but unusually have a very strict acceptance criterion relating to acceptable content of pictures. It does ensure that the site remains family friendly and accessible to all. Give them a visit and seek some inspiration or just buy cheap art posters.

Train hols (formerly called Eurostar holidays.com) are offering great value breaks to France via Eurostar and Eurotunnel.

The site has been recently relaunched and now offers a wider selection of destinations and hotels. The look and feel of the site is quite funky and fresh and there are some great offers on at the moment with 3 nights for the price of 2 offers.

So if flying is not your thing and you don’t fancy takin a ferry then a Eurostar Break or Eurotunnel Break might be right up your street. France is now only a short train journey away from england and with eurostar you can get to Paris in a couple of hours.

Follow this link to see the range of Eurostar Holidays on offer via the channel tunnel.

Short Break Market have recently relaunched their site with a completely new look and feel. It is simple to navigate and intuitive and through negotiation with Hotels and carriers like SeaFrance, Eurostar and Eurotunnel are able to offer really competative prices.

Areas covered are mainly northern France, Belgium and Holland although with a quick phone call to their customer service team multiple hotel stop overs can be arranged throughout France in Leading hotel chains and small independant and family run hotels as a complete package break. They also have a selection of themed breaks on offer for romantic breaks, shopping trips or just short seaside getaways with the family. 

Visit their site and give them a call today.

Cheap Hotels In France - excellent prices with a night in Paris from £49 Per person!!!!

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