Category Archives: Unlikely Reviews
Pride
You know those Churchill Insurance adverts? I don’t reckon that’s a real dog. Dogs are proud creatures whose main failing is that they are cursed to worship Man. I don’t believe that a real dog would talk all that rubbish, … Continue reading
The 300 – Review
This film depicts the heroic defence of the pass of Thermopylae by 300 Spartan soldiers against a massive Persian army. As it happens there were about 1,700 other dudes helping them so really it should be called ‘The 2,000’ but … Continue reading
Concert review
Thousands of people who complained about the facilities at a Barbra Streisand concert in County Kildare in July are to be compensated. Traffic jams, seating problems, a lack of stewarding and mucky conditions led to 1,144 letters of … Continue reading
The Forward Guide Vane – Atonement review
The wife has been to see ‘Atonement’ at the cinema and was keen to discuss the finer points of this dramatic masterpiece. “When she gets out of the fountain her dress is so wet that you can see her front bottom. She’s got … Continue reading
Shivering sands
I’ve had a ‘phone call from my mate Dunston! Things aren’t too good. It turns out that his ‘island’, Shivering Sands, is actuallly a World War II defence station! He wondered why people looked at him strangely when he mentioned the … Continue reading
Captain America Civil War – film review
Knowing it was a long film we stocked up on supplies in the foyer. I fancied an ice cream tub. The 1litre and half litre tubs with their many varieties of mixed flavours, sprinkles and choc-drops to choose from looked … Continue reading