Reviews by Kake (5)

Duchy Originals Truffles

/5 (minimum 1) on 03 Jan 2008
Sorry - didn't realise we can't edit reviews once we've made them. To add to the above: the shaping is also quite sloppy; around a third of the truffles in my box were lopsided. This definitely isn't a luxury product.

Duchy Originals Truffles

3/5 (minimum 1) on 03 Jan 2008
Advertised as "a luxurious selection of milk and dark chocolate truffles made with the finest organic chocolate". Profits go to the Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation.

Unfortunately they're nothing special; the low cocoa content is quite obvious and the different flavours are barely distinguishable. I bought this box on a half-price offer (360g for around GBP5) and still felt ripped off.

The Star Tavern, Belgravia, London

4/5 (minimum 1) on 19 Jun 2007
It _is_ a lovely pub. Worth noting that you can book the upstairs room. Also should point out that drinking outside on the street is not permitted, and they do ask that you leave quietly in order to avoid disturbing the neighbours. Apparently posh people deserve their sleep more than people who live near pubs in other parts of London...

Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto Del Fauno)

4/5 (minimum 1) on 19 Jun 2007
It is quite depressing; but I didn't feel it really deserves the tag of "horror". I _hate_ horror films because they stick in my mind and give me nightmares, but I didn't get that from this.

Lovely characterisation, and a pretty gripping story.

Nicholas Nickleby (2002)

2/5 (minimum 1) on 19 Jun 2007
A film adaptation of the Dickens novel, starring Charlie Hunnam in the title role. Unfortunately, it's rubbish. Hunnam is bland and tedious, and his accent keeps slipping all over the place. He also falls prey to the "we do not use contractions" style of movie-speak (yes, I know this isn't likely to be entirely his fault) — a small point, perhaps, but a distracting one. Christopher Plummer as Ralph Nickleby is rather gorgeous but his character development makes no sense at all.

I didn't bother watching to the end, since I was already quite fed up of it. It might have got better in the last 20 minutes, but I doubt it.

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