Reviews by Magnolia
SPECTRE [12A]
Magnolia
This film has it all - plot (bad guy with cat wants to rule the world), Q's odd watches, cars with ejector seats, the inevitable Bond girl(s), and a finalé in which Bond has to deal with the baddie ...
9 years ago
SPECTRE [12A]
45 Years [15]
Magnolia
If you want a superficial 'flash/bang' movie - this is not for you. This film was slow, a bit like life is for older people with health issues. No wonder Tom Courtnenay remembers his 20s with such ...
9 years ago
45 Years [15]
Pomegranate Restaurant
Magnolia
The food was delicious, and the portions generous. Huge plates of tasty meze. We had ordered a sharing meat (sausages/chicken/beans/houmous/fried potatoes) and sharing vegetarian ...
10 years ago
Pomegranate Restaurant
Dosa Park
Magnolia
There is no need to fear that the food at new 'smart' Dosa Park is a pale imitation of the scruffy 'old' plastic tabled Dosa Park. It is powerfully good (and quite hot) home-cooked ...
11 years ago
Dosa Park
Chocology (closed August 2013)
Magnolia
I think that this is the only cafe in Oxford that sells hot chocolate which is made from melted chocolate! Not 'sweet' powders! Joy.
12 years ago
Chocology (closed August 2013)
Alpha Bar
Magnolia
The only bonus to breaking my shoulder (eg. means I can't cook!) has meant that I have been eating at the Alpha Bar daily. With a wonderful selection of hot food and the fantastic salads it is ...
12 years ago
Alpha Bar
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [12A]
Magnolia
The racial subtlety of a Black and White Minstrel Show abounds in this film. The domineering Indian mother, the witless 'anything you want, memsahib' Indian hotelier, the elderly sex-mad ...
13 years ago
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [12A]
Oxford Thai
Magnolia
The good reviews were the reason a group of us went. What a mistake. I can only say that Tesco Stir Fry is tastier than the Pad Thai I ordered. My friends did not fare better. Then we learnt the ...
14 years ago
Oxford Thai
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest [15] (Swedish original)
Magnolia
'We'll keep the veins, just do away with the arteries' - so said Dr Beeching in the 60's as he dis-assembled the efficient and intriguing UK railway system.
This is what the film makers have done ...
14 years ago
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest [15] (Swedish original)
The Girl Who Played With Fire [15] (Swedish original)
Magnolia
My expectations were high for 'The Girl Who Played With Fire' as the prequel '...Dragon Tattoo' had me hooked from beginning to end. The friend with me had not seen '...Dragon Tattoo' and was ...
14 years ago
The Girl Who Played With Fire [15] (Swedish original)
Méli
Magnolia
If you are in search of a great cup of coffee, try their Cafe Misto, which is just black coffee with a bit of milk - it 'tastes' of coffee. The food is excellent as well. Will be back.
14 years ago
Méli
Gino's Spaghetti House
Magnolia
Back to being brilliant! A couple of years ago Gino's became rather lacklustre, so when I returned at the weekend I was not expecting to be 'wowed' by the food. I was wrong - it was great food ...
15 years ago
Gino's Spaghetti House
Autumn Poetry Competition
Magnolia
Falling leef
Make me heef
Pleef
Let me leeve
Like a speeve
In thunny thspain.
18 years ago
Autumn Poetry Competition
Tracy Beaker Gets Real
Magnolia
A young girl, unable to cope with motherhood abandons her child. This child, Tracy, is taken into a care home (The Dumping Gound)where her social worker's atempts to foster Tracy fail becuase of ...
18 years ago
Tracy Beaker Gets Real
The Merchant of Venice
Magnolia
Love it or hate it - you'll remember this production.
Its a production of two halves - the first half being vacuous self satisfaction set to 'pop' music.
After the interval, as the ...
18 years ago
The Merchant of Venice
Charley's Aunt
Magnolia
For an evening that does not stretch the 'little grey cells' - here is a night of panto for grown-ups.
A silly story acted with good timing meant an evening laughing, not just at the actors, but ...
18 years ago
Charley's Aunt
