Author Archives: Elizabeth Flux

About Elizabeth Flux

Writer, rambler and reformed tea addict. Can be found at www.haroldiscool.wordpress.com or @ElizabethFlux

RED DWARF X – AN ALLEGORY FOR ROGER FEDERER’S TENNIS CAREER

Posted on February 11, 2013

Creator of Wild Horse and self confessed “target audience member” Rowan Roff leaves the despair squid behind and just goes with it in his discussion of the long awaited Red Dwarf X. After Roger Federer’s disappointing loss to Andy Murray … Continue reading →

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GANGSTER SQUAD: A MADE UP STORY ABOUT REAL PEOPLE [REVIEW]

Posted on January 24, 2013

It’s 1949 in Los Angeles and while the young men have finally come home, the war is not over. Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) is a Jewish boxer who has risen up the ranks of the mob, and has his sights … Continue reading →

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you may have missed the boat on: HARPER’S ISLAND

Posted on January 24, 2013

What is it? Harper’s Island is the ideal location for a wedding retreat if you overlook the gruesome killing spree that took place there seven years earlier. For everyone other than Abby,whose mother was one of the original victims, enough … Continue reading →

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LIFE OF PI [REVIEW]

Posted on January 10, 2013

Life of Pi brings a whole new meaning to the nautical term “there’s no room to swing a cat,” with the bulk of the film being centred around the 227 days protagonist Pi (Suraj Sharma) spends trapped on a boat … Continue reading →

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THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY INTO THE SILMARILLION [REVIEW]

Posted on December 18, 2012

Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) just wants to be left alone to blow smoke rings and eat a healthy six meals a day. What he doesn’t want is a flood of dwarves raiding his larder and a wizard telling him to … Continue reading →

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