Trimalchio's Feast
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'I blush to say what happened next.' A satirical portrait of a drunken, orgiastic Roman banquet,...
Mrs Rosie and the Priest
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Four hilarious and provocative stories from Boccaccio's Decameron, featuring cuckolded husbands,...
Femme Fatale
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It is a selection of Maupassant's brilliant, glittering stories set in the Parisian beau monde and...
Goblin Market
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'She kissed and kissed her with a hungry mouth' A selection of Rossetti's most famous poems, from...
The Awkward Age
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In a Victorian terraced house, in north-west London, two families unite in imperfect harmony. After...
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David McK (3425 KP) rated Shanghai Knights (2003) in Movies
May 27, 2023
I know I've seen that earlier movie, but don't remember all that much about it, other than it was Wild West set and starred the same two lead actors in Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson.
This time around, the two end up in Victorian London in search of a McGuffin after Chon Wang's (Chan's) father - who is the keeper of the Imperial Seal - is murdered, with Wang then reuniting with his estranged sister.
As expected, they then encounter a whole host of historical characters, and get involved in all sorts of escapades, with it never really being in any doubt how it will end ...
So, yeah, family friendly fare that relies heavily on Owen's laid-back approach contrasting with Chan's high-energy slapstick martial arts.
The Whispering Muse
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Be careful what you wish for... it may just come true. At The Mercury Theatre in London's West...
The Thieves of Threadneedle Street: The Victorian Fraudsters Who Almost Broke the Bank of England
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Late in 1873, London was gripped by the astonishing story emerging from the highest court in the...
Bradshaw's Guide South East Railways: London, Chatham & Dover
John Christopher and Simon Jeffs
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This fourth volume of illustrated Bradshaw's Guides takes the traveller from the London Bridge and...
The Uncommercial Traveller
Charles Dickens and Daniel Tyler
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At the height of his career, around the time he was working on Great Expectations and Our Mutual...