Playing with the lions

Advantages: good toy
Disadvantages: none

...You had better be careful if you come to play with me today. The Lions are out! I opened that packet of playmobil lions we got from the playmobil site http://www.playmobil.de/on/demandware.store/Sites-GB-Site/enGB/Product-Sho w?pid=7895&cgid= they cost about £7. These lions are an addition to the zoo set but could be used for circus play too. There are 4 lions a female lion a male lion and 2 identical lion cubs. These lions are made of a golden coloured plastic. The male has a brown mane. The animals all have brown eyes and noses. The male and females jaws are open wide. The heads of all the animals can be moved up and down, where the necks of all the animals join the body they are jointed. The lions all have an elegant golden body and 4 legs. The legs are moveable so that you and your children can make the lions walk. These...

mumsymary 04.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Playmobil Lions

A Toothless Lion

Advantages: Some solid performances.
Disadvantages: It doesn't have a point of view and the direction is pedestrian.

...for approaching a dangerous plateau, featuring cellos, violins and drums and a fire-fight in the dark, which is accompanied by taut strings and echoing drums. In fact most of the noticeable music appears during the storyline about Ernest and Arian. It's as if the other scenes don't carry as much weight for the composer, although there are some warm string motifs when Todd is looking around his tutor's office. Overall it's a score that has a one-track mind. "Lions for Lambs" is a well-balanced, but ultimately hollow commentary on the US presence in the Middle East that doesn't offer any answers to the big questions it poses. Robert Redford's direction is pedestrian and the writing struggles for deeper meaning, hampered by a lack of character development. I wouldn't pay to see this film, but it might be worth a punt when it's on television. At best it...

afy9mab 05.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of Lions For Lambs (DVD)

Secondhand Lions

Advantages: Great viewing from start to end
Disadvantages: None

...My husband bought this film and I recuctantly agreed to sit and watch it expecting it to be about lions as the title suggests. I can now say that I was very plesantly suprised by this film and found it to be great and very funny in places. The cast includes Haley Joel Osment, Robert Duvall and Micheal Caine who all give fantastic performances throughout the film. We see Walter (Hayley Joel Osment) who is 14 years old taken by his mother to live for the summer with his 2 crazy old great uncles, who are played by Duvall and Caine, The Great Uncles have lots of money and if the rumours are to be believed then they were once bank robbers and thats where the money all come from. We see family members turning up and trying to get their hands on the money and the occasional sales rep calling but all are seen of by a shotgun! The uncles do...

sewbizzie 16.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of Secondhand Lions (DVD)

A London Lion

Advantages: lovely footage of lions
Disadvantages: DVD a bit short

...In 1969 two young Australians living in London visited Harrods and amazingly their animal department had a lion cub for sale. They fell in love with the lion who they named Christian and took him home to their flat after paying the equivalent of £3000. The lion had the run of the furniture shop that they ran downstairs, used a huge kitty litter box, drank from the bath and they bundled him into the back seat of the car to take him for exercise in a churchyard or to parties with friends. Looking after a lion cub was fun but as Christian grew they started to realise that a fully grown lion could not live in a small flat in the city; his appetite was growing and as he became more mature he started to become less submissive towards his owners. A chance meeting with the stars of the film Born Free leads to the idea of releasing him in...

wigglylittleworm 15.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of A Lion Called Christian (DVD)

Lions and tigers and....butterflies!

Advantages: lovely story
Disadvantages: none

...I've recently been looking for some slightly longer books to read with my daughter and Michael Morpurgo is an author that I like very much. The latest story of his that we have read is The Butterfly Lion, which is a most heart, warming story going back to the First World War. It is actually a story within a story as it starts in the present and then due to a chance meeting between a small boy and an old lady, goes back in time as she tells him her story! At the start of the book we meet the teller of the story - a young boy whose name we don't know. He is very unhappy at his boarding school so one Sunday, decides that he has had enough and runs away. However, he has not gone far when he comes across an old rambling house hidden away behind an old brick wall and a huge gateway protected by a stone lion. Before he can move on, he is...

kingfisher111 17.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Butterfly Lion - Michael Morpurgo

The lion, the witch, the wardrobe and its review

Advantages: Great story, wonderful scenery and fantastic visual effects
Disadvantages: The additional footage seems a tad pointless

...In a fit of boredom, what with the rain and everything, I decided to escape the dreary estate I live on and transport myself to another realm. Seeing as I do not own a TARDIS I settled for 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'. Maybe not as interesting as seeing the crab nebula or travelling 'round in a box with a beautiful assistant but we can't have everything can we? I am sure by now that everyone out there already knows the salient points of the book and/or film but for those of you out there who have never known nor cared about the story then this next bit is for you. Everyone else can skip this next paragraph..... The film is the story of four children, Edmund, Lucy, Peter and Susan Pevensie, who are evacuated during the war and sent to live in a large house occupied by the eccentric professor...

david_1967 28.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of The Chronicles Of Narnia - The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (Royal Edition) (Box Set) (DVD)

The Lion Hotel

Advantages: Good breakfast, fluffy soft towel, location, helpful staff
Disadvantages: Rooms need revamp, rooms hot, beds uncomfortable, slow Wi-Fi, on many levels

...We stayed in the Best Western Lion Hotel for one night on 19th Jan 2008 as we were attending my Aunt & Uncles 50th wedding anniversary party in the nearby Shireoaks Inn. The reason we chose to stay at the Lion was mainly down to its proximity to the Shireoaks (just round the corner) and because we had stayed at Best Westerns in the past and found them to be very agreeable. Also the same day as we got the invite to the party we received an offer from Best Western in the post for up to 50% off stays in January and February. We decided to upgrade to an executive room (wasn't my decision) and this cost us £73 including breakfast instead of £53 for the standard room with the offer. We booked online via the Best Western website. Hotel Information The Lion Hotel is a 3 star hotel with 46 rooms and on site parking located in the centre...

rd52169 06.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Best Western Lion Hotel, Worksop

The Lion's Den

Advantages: £ star hotel near to town centre
Disadvantages: Oldy worldy, small car park

...Forty years ago as a student at a catering college, I went to work along with several other friends as a waitress at a ball at a prestigious hotel in Shrewsbury. For this I earned the princely sum of £1.00 and a meal! Extortion comes to mind! Things have moved on and last week I went to the same hotel, now under new management and this time I was waited on, and enjoyed the experience much better. The Lion hotel is reported as being a 16th century coaching inn, situated at the top of Wyle Cop, a hill leading into the town, just after crossing the English Bridge and it is a Grade I listed building. It is a great situation for exploring the lovely streets with beautiful black and white houses and shops. Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire in the West Midlands and is a historic market town. As you enter from the main road...

jo145 21.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Lion Regal Hotel, Shrewsbury

Lions for Lambs - A Movie with a Deep Thought

Advantages: Insite to the todays political structure
Disadvantages: heavy political dialogue studded film

...Lions for Lambs is a exigent flick on current issues which deals with a lot of most urgent subjects of todays times. This movie is in particular for classes and not for the masses... so not necessarily all will like the movie... Its high funda - heavy dialogues and situation would demand a watcher with either high intellect or some one whos aware of the todays problems and the current scenario ... and this movie is strictly not the one which you would wish to watch on a weekend to lighten the mood yet this movie is also not a cliche attack against the power that be. The film stars Tom Cruise, Merle Streep and Robert Redford, there are certain expectations that come with superstardom and Well they do justice to the expectation... now that you find out for your self plz.. :) Written by Matthew Michael Carnahan (who also wrote...

spinywrites 06.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Lions For Lambs (DVD)

A Loveable Lion Called Leo

Advantages: A lovely moral story, ideal for bedtimes
Disadvantages: Tricky for children to read to themselves

...This book was given to Shortie for his first Christmas. Inside his Auntie had written the words "We hope that you grow up to be like the lion in this book ~ friendly, brave and true to your beliefs." * The Story * This is the story of Leo, the small lion, who lives in the African heartlands. Now as everyone knows lions are generally fierce, brave and are willing to hunt for there prey. Sadly for Leo, he bucks the trend and wants to simply enjoy his friends and love other animals. Leo confesses his love of other animals to his mother, and she in turn banishes him from the pride. Instead of moping around in the jungle, Leo helps sick and injured animals and makes friends with everything from hippos to baby birds. Then, one day disaster strikes and poor Leo gets swept away in the river whilst helping a Cheetah who has fallen...

ciaomeister1 23.05.2006 · Read review
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Review of The Lion Who Wanted To Love - Giles Andreae