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This film starts off fast paced. After going to sleep on their first night on their 10th anniversary trip away, yes, what is going on? Liz (AnnaLynne McCord) is back home, so the ‘Paradise’ aspect was short lived so far. Maybe this film could be called by another title. From going at a fast pace this has slowed down a lot and it seems to be far longer than the story actually needs it to be so far. I still have no idea what is going on or why. Yes, a ‘Set up’ but why? This is intriguing. It is sad to hear about being in prison being beneficial to Liz’s cellmate. At first I judged that Liz could be in for a rough time but this just goes to show that sometimes you and I just get it plain wrong. This film, sadly, high-lights ‘Do we really know someone?’ The flashbacks of the trip are a good idea but it does seem all drawn out. Yes, either Andrew (Philip Boyd) is still alive or the owner of the ‘Dental records’ are not who Andrew said he is. This film does make me think that there are two s...

I like how at the start it is explained in the ‘Foreword’ that the name Molly was an unofficial change of name from her rightful name Margaret or Maggie when she was a child. This book also starts off with Margaret arriving aboard and travelling on the Titanic. I know that the thought of the day that no other ship had been built like the Titanic but her sister ship the Olympic was a pretty close match. So overall, to me, the Titanic wasn’t as unique as they thought. Sadly, in light of the events on her maiden voyage her uniqueness comes from the iconic legacy the ship leaves behind. Although this is a biographical account of the ‘Unsinkable Molly Brown’ on the Titanic the description of life aboard and the people on board is brilliantly done and the detail is much more informative than anything I have read or seen before about the Titanic. The noise coming from the Titanic whilst the ship was sinking was really well described, I could picture all the items listed and I get the sense th...

The start of this film is, shall we say, silly. If they were trying to prove a point it certainly hammers it home. The point could have been made better. This film is very dated, but as it was first out in 1964 and now it is the year 2021, being out of date can be mostly overlooked. It is of its time. It is sad that Molly (Debbie Reynolds) is being talked about and laughed at while she was there. The advice Molly’s father gives her is nice to hear. The scenery and the echoes are lovely to see and hear as well. It is nice to see Mr Brown’s (Harve Presnell) hospitality, but not nice and a bit ungrateful of Molly. It is nice to see Molly being given a chance, fainting on her first encounter is not good though and is amusing but yes, sad to see. Her first song is good though. As romance is blossoming, it is a strange way of going about it. It is sweet also though. As romance, courting and wooing goes it is lovely as to what Mr Brown did for Molly, he nailed it, well nearly, ‘The ring?’ is ...

  I don’t like it, although I find it amusing that 47 years of age is considered old in this book. It is, to, me a bit disconcerting as I am a little over that age. Also this book is written in modern times and is set in world war 2, so to read of the attitudes towards women/wives at the time which are very much out of date not necessarily a bad thing as it shows how far, over the years women have come and that they have made a difference. It is good and I can see that Polly wanted to help James and yes, the situation he is facing is partly down to Polly, and now it is amusing to read of what Flo found, did and said the next morning. It is intriguing as there seems to be an underlying issue between Flo and Archie. Chapter three comes to an abrupt end, so I want to read further to find out what happens, as they say’ Leave them wanting more’. I don’t want to put this book down now and roll on Christmas, in this book anyway. So now it is Christmas Day, it is all written really well, a...

  A person(s) dressed as a nun in hiding, this is similar to the film Sister Act with Whoopi Goldberg except these gangsters are not only on the run from the boss, they are also hiding from the police and the rest. Whereas in Sister Act it is one trusted police officer that puts Deloris into hiding and is the only one who knows where she is. This seems that Nuns can be very useful in undercover hideout/hiding films. Who’d have thought, a gangster with a conscience? It is nice to see. Yes, they want to leave but not in the way they were dropped in it as they were. The next part, although shocking, is a little predictable. It is sad to watch that as Brian (Eric Idle) and Charlie (Robbie Coltrane) are just about planning to leave, Brian actually starts to build another life for himself. However, it/this could be a good thing in the long run. That is, of course, if the basics are remembered. And now the film really begins. I love the conveniently placed ‘Pharmacy’. They ‘Don’t know’ a ...

  This book is a sequel to Clive Cussler’s book and film ‘Raise the Titanic’. It is clever how it is done by basically declassifying confidential files at certain times and distributing them to the relevant people, and no I cannot think of anyone better to receive the ‘Titanic file’ than Dirk Pitt himself. However, I do find it strange that a sequel has been written as when Raise the Titanic was written we didn’t know what we know since that the Titanic is in at least two pieces on the bottom of the Atlantic ocean having broken up when the ship sank. I know this is a fictional story set to an almost reality so I am not saying that it shouldn’t have been written, just surprised it was, it also seems Clive Cussler wasn’t done with the Titanic even though the truth is that finding it in pieces should have finished it. However, fiction is fiction and this does look a great story to continue with. It is interesting reading about the archaeology dig of the ‘Turtle submarine’ at the work ...