That Girl with that Blog

Hello dearies!  I hear the new film that's 'hot on the block' recently is this Captain Marvel one, and little old Doris does like to be hip, trendy and down with the kids *throws the equivalent of a swagger sign* so decided to hop on the bandwagon and go along, booking myself in for the 12.00 (pm just to clarify) showing at the local cinema. I'm currently cutting down on the whole chocolate/cake/biscuits scene, so sneaked a small tub of Pringles into the cinema with me...I have to say, I felt like a bit of a rebel eating food that I'd bought from somewhere else whilst inside the cinema, it was an adrenaline rush! If you're wondering what flavour Pringles they were, I obviously chose the best ones aka sour cream and onion as I'm not some sort of monster.  Anyway, I did buy one of those Tango Ice thingymabobs as I hear that's too what the cool kids like to have at the cinema. I could only have cherry though as the machine wasn't working properly, t...

I'll admit in terms of the How to Train Your Dragon films I'm a bit rusty, in fact very rusty as I have never seen the first one...or the second one. But I decided to go along and see the 3rd one as I'd heard about the hype surrounding it and thought "why not". The kids watching the film were probably less annoying than some of the parents, yes I'm talking to you the woman two rows in front who scrolled through Facebook and your Snapchat stories for half the film, 104 minutes is not a long time to go without social media - maybe give it a go!  I'm sure I'd have understood bits of the film more if I'd seen the other two but I wouldn't deem it as one of those films that make no sense without watching the first in the series. So, don't worry if you have no dragon knowledge and get dragged along to see it.  Hiccup discovers that his dragon Toothless isn't the only remaining Night Fury, and he must find "The Hidden World" that ...

Hey Earthbugs, A few days ago I went to Hull and back, we did only visit the Deep but I did want to use that reference in a blog post about Hull. If you don't recognise the reference then it is the title of an Only Fools and Horses episode, and very funny it is too. I thought I'd do a little review on the Deep because I absolutely loved it and had a really good time, the journey was only about an hour as well so it was a win win really.  I purchased tickets online before we went to get a little bit of a discount, gotta save money where you can, so when we arrived we joined the main queue to the entrance and soon enough we were looking around the exhibition. We also had the slight advantage of queue jumping a little bit on the way into the exhibition because there were several people queuing for the lift with pushchairs etc so we hopped up the stairs. Which I regretted by the time we were at the top and I felt like collapsing on the floor. ANYWAY...  As soon as you walk i...

Hello Earthlings, One of the beautiful things about being on holiday is that you have so much time on your hands that you can happily waste the days away reading. A pool day reading choice this week was Hot Mess by Lucy Vine. I didn't set out to find this book but as I was scrolling through the Store page on my Kindle trying to grab some last minute holiday reads when I came across Hot Mess followed by "Bridget Jones for a new generation" and this caught my eye. Side note: I'm currently reading the Bridget Jones diaries at home and just started the second, I did consider bringing these along but how on earth could I manage 3 extra books in my suitcase and all my clothes for 2 weeks and a big bottle of conditioner with just 20kg baggage allowance? I know, too hard, must invest in a private jet. As this was an impulse purchase I started reading with no idea of what to expect other than something that will vaguely remind me of Bridget Jones. But I soon became to feel...

The Fate of the Furious is the eighth instalment of the Fast and Furious franchise, featuring the usual line up of drivers with the added bonus of Charlize Theron, playing the criminal mastermind and cyber terrorist Cipher, development of Jason Statham's character as Deckard Shaw and a cameo from Helen Mirren who channels her inner gobby-Londoner as Shaw's mother.  Steering away from the original street racing aspect of Fast and Furious it is fair to say that this film is more action with the gasping moment where Dom (Vin Diesel) teams up with Cipher who interrupts his honeymoon with Letty, will he pull through and return to his wife (Michelle Rodriguez) and the rest of the family? The references to the much loved Brian O'Conner remind the viewers of the sense of family that does surround the Fast and Furious cast as this is the first film, apart from Tokyo Drift, where we lack the on-screen appearances of Brian, since the actor who portrayed him (Paul Walker) sadly died ...

The world's favourite forgetful fish has returned into our lives thirteen years after she made her first appearance in Finding Nemo. This lovable blue fish suffers from short term memory loss which has no doubt made you say "aww" in the past but will her disability become her strength in the quest to find her parents? Or will she just forget? To prevent this she enrols her trusty fish friends Nemo and Marlin to help her on her once in a lifetime adventure now she has been able to access some vital memories. But this emotional story really starts when she loses her friends and we witness the quest become so much bigger than originally planned as she hunts for her family and her friends hunt for her. Will they all find each other? Or will Dory forget why she started her pursuit? Ellen DeGeneres returns to voice Dory in her own personal adventure through the water, with Albert Brooks returning to be her sensible friend Marlin. However the effects of puberty means tha...