UK dementia scientists are set to gain from a huge funding boost after Alzheimer’s Research UK committed a record amount of money to new research projects. The UK’s leading dementia research charity has pledged a further £5.5m investment in new projects, increasing its current commitment to research to over £20m. … Continue reading
Killing Them Softly is a film about incompetent gangsters. Seriously, these gangs certainly aren’t The Sopranos. We feel for Brad Pitt’s hitman Jackie Cogan, who is exasperated when he learns the very people he is tracking down almost want to be caught. When you see Cogan’s frustration, you might even … Continue reading
The Myth of the American Sleepover will for many be one of the most nostalgic films of the year. Anyone who remembers being a teenager, and the growing pains that ensue when adulthood beckons will find something bittersweetly familiar about this teen drama. And while all the elements of this … Continue reading
With fashion – it just gets better, what with Marc Jacobs rolling in with models on a Louis Vuitton train at Paris fashion week, it really sets what were in for this season! For women the shapes of the clothing seen on the catwalk this season are still between athletic … Continue reading
Imagine for a moment that you are screenwriter in Hollywood. You come up with this idea for a psychological thriller about a young boy who is kidnapped, and then some years later a boy is found claiming to be the missing child. He looks nothing like the kidnapped boy, but … Continue reading
More than 300 families each year will have somewhere to stay close by to their sick child thanks to a new ‘Home from Home’ opened today by The Sick Children’s Trust. at the new Rosie hospital, Cambridge. The charity launched a £400,000 appeal to build the house in Spring 2011 … Continue reading
This picture had all the makings of a blockbuster. However it moved so fast, you didn’t really get time to see much of anything. This was a pity as the ensemble cast was one of the best I’ve seen. But like a demented roller coaster ride, there were no lulls … Continue reading
After an August break during which the CWB household travelled to Burgundy and the south of France, we returned to a cold, wet and miserable late British “summer”. Now, with the schools just back, that seems like a distant memory with temperatures rising and a barbecue Indian Summer in the … Continue reading
OH… MY… GOD… (As Janice from Friends would say). To warn anyone who actually might want to watch this, I’ll quote Dr Ian Malcolm from Jurassic Park II to flag a warning. “ Watch out, this is going to be bad!” For something that’s billed as THE best dinosaur movie … Continue reading
Renowned British designer, Emma Bridgewater, has provided a much needed boost to a Cambridge based charity’s fundraising campaign with the donation of some of her famous home ware. Emma has donated dinner plates, side plates and mugs to The Sick Children’s Trust’s new ‘Home from Home’ at the Rosie hospital … Continue reading
As soon as I saw the title of the book, I was intrigued. So What The F*** Should I Eat? It was a question I had asked myself many times over the years as I moved despondently from one fad diet to the next, trying to find an eating plan … Continue reading
Recently the spy genre, that usually involved tuxedos, continental locations, and loads of explosions, has been brought crashing back down to Earth. Now even the new James Bond film will be taking place in London’s underground. Spies are going through a bit of a reality check, and Shadow Dancer is … Continue reading
I didn’t like the original version of Total Recall at all. But when I heard that Colin Farrell was in the remake I decided to give it go. I’m thrilled to have seen it. For me it was much better. The double agent storyline remains along with the original character … Continue reading