| Simon Hamblin's Film Review 
Dear Movie lovers,
I'm afraid I haven't been much to the cinema lately, except Colin and I saw Rush Hour 3 last Summer and it was quite funny. The best part was the battle scenes on the Eiffel Tower of Paris which was where that part of the film was set in.
Thankfully, I've seen Ratatouille with Colin and Stardust with Victoria. They both were really good. One part of Stardust was set in Norwich in Elm Hill. I passed the scene when I was walking to work at Oxfam and I asked the crew who was in it and they told me – Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes and Charlie Cox.
Victoria enjoyed The Golden Compass and said she preferred it to Stardust and liked the polar bear scenes. It starred Nichole Kidman, Daniel Craig and Dakota Blue Richards as Lyra the hero in the story.
Conrad enjoyed all of Sweeney Todd and said he liked watching the special effects when the demon barber cut the poor customers with the razor blade. It starred Johnny Depp as the title character, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall and Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs Lovett.
I'm looking forward to next month and next year's films too. Here's some of them:
The Golden Compass, 10,000 B.C., Horton Hears a Who, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, and many more!
If any Asperger adults or older independent teenagers would like to join me, Colin, David and John please contact Shaunagh: email shaunagh@asperger.org.uk or Maddie by telephone on: 01603 620500
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