Reviews by KarenRobin Williams plays an absent-minded inventor who invents a new product called Flubber, that is an evolving bouncy green goo.
He also has to show more attention to his neglected fiancee who doesn’t like playing second to Flubber.
5/10
This is a film about a magic VW Beatle called Herbie who helps a rally driver win a race.
5/10
This special Zoom virtual table read in support of the Royal Theatrical Fund starred Joanna Lumley as the (self-titled) Narratress, Robert Lindsay as Estragon and Sir Michael Palin as Vladamir in Samuel Beckett’s play.
The play is a bit odd and seems to be about two depressed men talking to each other waiting for Godot to arrive to meet them (spoiler – Godot doesn’t turn up).
Despite the limits of the virtual setting with each performer performing from their own homes (including a phone going off at one point), it was impressive that they still had some costumes, props and movement and the narration using the stage directions helped to set the scene.
The main problem was that it was too short as the entire event was only an hour, including an introduction and Q & A. This meant they only included the start and end of the play (about 30 minutes worth of a 2.5-hour play).
7/10
In this short Pixar film the Toy Story 4 character Forky learns life lessons about friends and friendship.
4/10
This slightly odd but emotional Disney Pixar film about two elf brothers who miss their dead father. They get a magic staff that will restore him for 24 hours, but something goes wrong, and they only get the bottom half.
They go on a quest for a stone to restore the rest of him, but don’t have much time.
6/10
This approximately tells the story of how the Muppets all met and formed their entertainment group.
5/10
This is an odd family fantasy about a brother and sister orphans who have special powers as they are aliens. When a local man becomes suspicious, he tries to adopt them so he can take advantage of their skills. They have to try to escape.
3/10
Nathan Lane and Lee Evans star as brothers who inherit an old house inhabited by a stubborn mouse who refuses to leave in this odd comedy.
4/10
I watched this drama on BBC iPlayer.
It is based on the true story of Anthony Bryan who was caught up in the Windrush Scandal and was one of many people wrongfully detained by the Home Office between 2012 and 2017 despite having a legal right to live in the UK due to the “hostile environment” promoted by the Tory Government.
The drama shows the lengths he had to go to to clear his name and stay in the country.
8/10
Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder star in this romantic fantasy with a slightly unrewarding ending about a lonely robotic young man who is taken in by a family with a teenage daughter who falls in love with him.
6/10