Pack your bags for another trip to Rajasthan and ‘The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’

This movie was worth it, if only for Richard Gere 🙂

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We get a chance to revisit India as ‘The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ captures the essence of its chaotic culture and bewitching colours. You can almost feel the heat and take in of the heady fragrance of exotic spices.
This charming film, with its beloved all-star cast, is a celebration that people of all ages can enjoy, and a chance to think about making the most of the opportunities in our lives.
Now that The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has been filled with long-term residents, co-managers Muriel Donnelly (Maggie Smith) and Sonny Kapoor (Dev Patel) have a dream of expansion and things take an unexpected direction. This gives us a chance for a return trip to the enclave of British pensioners in Rajasthan.
Evelyn and Douglas (Judi Dench and Bill Nighy) venture into the Jaipur workforce, wondering where their regular breakfast dates will lead. Meanwhile, Norman and Carol (Ronald…

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Review: Kingsman: The Secret Service

So this is what I did today, and here is a review matching my own thoughts (without having to rewrite it myself, bonus) 🙂

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I’ve paid to see this movie twice already so I should have a pretty clear idea of my reaction to it.

Before I begin this review, I’d just like to point out that last night and last Saturday night, I did the exact same thing: ate two lots of spring rolls and chocolate cake at Sushi Bay, and then watched Kingsman: The Secret Service, in that very order. The only difference is last night I was by myself. It wasn’t even out of choice either. Can you say bizarro?

Enough about my stellar social life… Kingsman: The Secret Service is a new British film starring Colin Firth, Samuel Jackson, Michael Caine and Taron Frotherton… oh I mean Egerton. The film puts Egerton in the role of Gary “Eggsy” Unwin (because we all know someone with the nickname Eggsy), a young charming-yet-aggressive Brit who is thrust into a world of…

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