Eleanor Reviews

**** Following on from the events of Jurassic Park , there’s a new dinosaur theme park in town, ‘Jurassic World’. However, with numbers in decline and the ‘wow factor’ now missing from the island, the in-house scientists and management team band together to create a new attraction, one that has far-reaching and bloody consequences. I am no Jurassic Park aficionado, yet I do have fond memories of the first of the franchise: the terrifying moment as the goat was lowered into the pit; the scary raptor chase through the building; and, of course, the moment in which the Rex lifts it’s head and roars as the banners fall down around it. Undoubtedly, it was a true blockbuster. It was not my intention to see this latest dinosaur-based offering, and yet, once seated in the cinema, I ended up rather enjoying myself. For one thing, the film isn’t overly long, and doesn’t hang around giving us hours of back story before actually arriving at the island and showing us some dinosaurs, whi

***/**** (3.5 stars) Desk-bound CIA agent Susan Cooper is used to being the voice in the ear of Bradley Fine, a top-class agent always on active duty. When Fine’s latest mission is compromised, Cooper must step out from behind the desk and save the world from destruction. Dear readers: You may be wondering why I, a self-confessed lover of films dark, painful and war-based, would venture to see the latest comedy release, especially as I found Bridesmaids , Feig and McCarthy’s breakthrough film, only mildly amusing. Well, it’s true – I was mostly swayed by the promise of some delicious ‘Ben & Jerry’s’ a la parental unit. However, and I even shocked myself, I found myself laughing (out loud!) at Spy , and this is mostly thanks to the excellent Jason Statham, playing Cockney ‘been there, done that’ spy Rick Ford. Sporting polo necks and hideous suit jackets, he steals the show as a spy gone rogue, who inadvertently ends up assisting Cooper (McCarthy) as she rampages acros