Funky Good Time/Live (Pee Wee Fred & Maceo) - JB Horns (The)

Advantages: Great food, good service, location
Disadvantages: Service a little too over the top and food a little cold

...was perfect. THE HOTEL: We didn?t stay in the French Horn but just to alert you to the fact that you can stay there. From the website it looks like the rooms are beautifully decorated. They range in price from £160 - £215 per night for two. This includes full English breakfast. Pricey then but I would think worth it for a special night. THE EXPERIENCE: We sat outside on the terrace to start off with, where we had champagne. The restaurant has quite a few outside tables so you can really enjoy the setting. It was really lovely to sip champagne looking over the river (yes, I could get used to this life!). Inside the restaurant is decorated quite traditionally. As you walk in there is an open fire which you can sit around in the winter and which is also used for rotisserie chickens! The staff were pretty good... Read review

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Advantages: Some funny moments.
Disadvantages: Not enough funny moments because of the sloppy writing.

...of the struggle to tie up all the loose ends so everyone can get their happy ending. The gag ratio isn't high enough; there simply aren't enough jokes to fill the running time and what few there are tend to be rather obvious attempts at slapstick. There's no character comedy to speak of, unless you count references to Santa's comfort eating. The relationship between the two central characters is well-developed, opening the film with a childhood flashback. But this is at the expense of the other players, who are left short of anything to do and in some cases, even a personality. Clyde Nortchut is a standard family movie villain, Santa's wife Annette the usual waspish wife, the boys' parents are little more than glorified extras and Willie the elf is a plot device to show that Fred is really a good guy. The dialogue has its moments, usually when Fred... Read review

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Advantages: great talent, amazing and unique plot, nice length
Disadvantages: not too humerous

...I am a massive film fan, and I absolutely adore going into one of the local cinemas to catch up on the latest films! Last year, my friend and I went in to see the Christmas film of 2006 (Santa Clause 3) on the 1st of December, to get us into the festive spirit. This year, we decided to carry on this new tradition, so we checked up on the latest films, and one in particular caught our attention; Fred Claus! It seemed like the perfect Christmas film for us to see, and the trailer we watched for it made it out to be very comic and amusing. So it was decided; at eight o clock' on that Saturday, we ventured to the local Vue cinema to watch the new and exciting festive film, Fred Claus! FRED CLAUS - PLOT We've all heard of good old Saint Nick, but this Christmas story shines the spotlight onto his older brother, Fred. The story begins... Read review

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