Epinions Recent Reviews for lordlucan

Time to come of age ?

Wed, 20 Nov 2002 07:29:34 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author lordlucan - So here we are with the 20th film in the 40 years of the Bond franchise, and doesn't that word (franchise)seem a little worrying. Are we here to make great films or is this simply a money-making experience ? And, if it is the latter are we ever going to...

Brewing up a movie script

Thu, 13 Jun 2002 06:40:04 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author lordlucan - K-Pax, it sounds like a lunchbox or something that you would buy in a grocery store ("I'll have five oranges, a tin of beans and two K-Pax of Diet Coke please !"). However, in fact this is the world invented by Gene Brewer, or more aptly by his mental...

Not another sequel, prequel, smeequel !

Thu, 30 May 2002 10:07:48 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author lordlucan - I have previously read Jonathan Coe's tribute to "Arf,Arf!" humour "What a carve up!" and bought "The Rotters Club" expecting some more of the same. There is an interesting habit, though, which some Epinioneers have been accused of, where a circle of...

Surreal ? No, just Silly !

Mon, 13 May 2002 10:14:40 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author lordlucan - Androids from Milk was not recommended to me, nor had I even heard of it or its author Eugen Egner. This was simply a case of going into a shop, checking out the back cover, and getting on with reading it. In retrospect I should have been sharper, and...

They're not all monsters !

Fri, 5 Apr 2002 06:53:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lordlucan - The story starts with a family gathering at a large mansion in North Yorkshire, in celebration of Mortimer Winshaw's 50th birthday. The gathering is the first for many years, due to the habitual disasters that have historically happened at these events...

Spanish Knights

Thu, 28 Mar 2002 07:46:17 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lordlucan - The Crusades are a well known, and fascinating, period of history where the religious divides between Muslim and Christian descended into bloody combat. An incidence which has continued regularly over the thousand plus years since. My previous readings...

Japanese Dancing Partners

Fri, 22 Mar 2002 07:01:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lordlucan - I was faced with a long train journey and nothing to read except an old till receipt. With this in mind I stumbled into the nearest book shop, checked out the back cover reviews and ended up with a copy of "Dance Dance Dance" by Haruki Murakami. Not...

Who needs the Colbys when you've got the 18th Dynasty !

Wed, 27 Feb 2002 10:11:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lordlucan - A novel containing the rich, the famous, political scandal, warfare, murder, romance, religious fanatics, incest and wife swapping. Surely, something from the pens of the trashy novel set, maybe Jackie Collins or perhaps something that starred her sister...

...and the world goes on.

Mon, 25 Feb 2002 09:33:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lordlucan - Sebastian Faulks' work Birdsong is a brilliant and vivid tale of the trials of living in Europe in the early 20th century. The life and loves of the central character, Stephen Wraysford are complex enough, but add in the further "complication" of the...

Lucky to Break out laughing

Tue, 30 Oct 2001 10:46:34 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author lordlucan - I went to see Lucky Break full of hope and anticipation. I mean, this has been touted as being the next "Full Monty" one of those films with typically phlegmatic British writing and acting, but which will still get audiences laughing. I was also...

Of course I know where I'm going !

Tue, 28 Aug 2001 14:06:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lordlucan - My first view of "Why men don't listen..." was on a stag trip (aka batchelor party)in Barcelona. As you might expect, the last thing that a participant in a gentleman's last rites before marriage is supposed to do is to spend their days reading, however...

London from the inside

Wed, 15 Aug 2001 05:40:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lordlucan - You may travel the world and see the cultures of many distant far off places, but it is often the attractions on your own doorstep that seem to be ignored. Luckily, over the years I have played "tour guide" to a number of guests from Europe, the US and...

Pearl Beach - Paradise found

Wed, 8 Aug 2001 13:42:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lordlucan - When planning a visit to the South Pacific I knew that I had to go to Bora Bora, but chose to go to Moorea first on the presumption that this would be an ideal "warm up" before the main event. However, having been very impressed with Moorea I actually...

The Beachcomber is dead - long live the Beachcomber !

Wed, 25 Jul 2001 14:16:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lordlucan - As per previous notes on this resort, there was a dire need for the hotel to be thoroughly refurbished. Happily, the three Polynesian resorts that we previously "Parkroyal" are now controlled by the well respected "Intercontinental" group. The new owners...

Algarve - Faded Beauty

Thu, 14 Jun 2001 10:45:37 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author lordlucan - When I first went to the Algarve it was the early 1980's and the biggest draw about the area was that it was like Spain (Costa Brava / Costa Blanca) before it was destroyed by the British package tourist. I am sad to say that, in the ten or so times that...

Luxembourg, Land of contradiction

Wed, 13 Jun 2001 14:27:49 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author lordlucan - My knowledge of Luxembourg is pretty extensive having hid out there for a number of years. However, it is one of the least known countries in Europe, but still earns a very good percentage of its national income from tourism. One note to start with...

Gravetye Manor: Updated - Nothing grave about Gravetye ! The VERY HELPFUL version

Wed, 13 Jun 2001 13:09:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lordlucan - Gravetye Manor is found in the beautifully green and woody county of Sussex, but remarkably is within approximately a half-hours drive from Gatwick airport. The nearest towns are Haywards Heath to the south and East Grinstead to the north-east.
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Captain Corelli's Island

Tue, 12 Jun 2001 06:47:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lordlucan - When the island of Kefallonia was first suggested to me, I probably knew less about it than I would about package tours to Mars. Thanks to Captain Corelli it is now one of the best known destinations in Europe.

Whether this will spoil the...

Not a place for a Rendezvous

Tue, 12 Jun 2001 05:47:11 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author lordlucan - St Lucia is a fantastically verdant country, from the amazing beaches all the way up to the mountain tops - which our guide claimed were covered in the world's finest grass, and it looked as though he should know !!!

I would thoroughly...

Into the female psyche ??

Tue, 12 Jun 2001 05:18:28 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author lordlucan - Well for all you guys out there, you are going to have gone to this film with all the dread of being dragged round the shopping mall for an afternoon. Generally touted as being a "chick flick" you may be expecting something more akin to a Mills & Boon...