KFC's Scorcher Meal

So last night on a fat day tip I decided to try out KFC's latest box meal offering, the Scorcher and indulge in some calories, say something!

But why oh why did I go to the Peckham branch to get it though? I do it to myself all the time and I always end up disappointed. After paying for my meal, why did the guy at the till then proceed to tell me that he had given me three hot wings because they had run out of hot shots *say what now* bloody thieves. But not only that they didn't even give me the 2Hot4U sauce, cheek!

To cut a long story short minus the Hot Shots and 2Hot4U sauce what did I think?

I bloody loved it the burger that is, the Peri Peri relish alongside the spicy Supercharger sauce definitely complimented the Zinger burger perfectly. It was just the kick I needed and was definitely spicy. You know sometimes when you hear that something is spicy and there's just a small hint and you're really disappointed, well this wasn't one of those times; the Scorcher burger had me reaching for my Tango many a time. Shame about the dry ass wings though, but I guess because they were from Peckham I wasn't expecting much anyway.

Sorry diet but this is definitely going to be eaten again.

Scorcher Box Meal 3.5/5  (maybe if I had been given my Hotshots and 2Hot4U sauce it might have been higher but I'll give the Scorcher burger 4/5)

The Host Mini Review

The Movie that is. Love loved the book. Hate hated the movie.

Where oh where do I start? (Oh there's gonna be spoilers btw)

Trance Mini-Review

What can I say about Trance?

Ooh ooh, I got one. It put me in a trance.

Haha did you see what I did there? I made a play on the title... cos you know the film is called Trance and it involves people going into trances and... okay I guess you get what I'm saying.

Anywhoo, as a big fan of Thrillers, as you may know some of my faves are Memento and Shutter Island (totally underrated film amazing twists and Easter eggs); I was  really excited to go and see this one.

I mean there were so many moments of brilliance, it started off with so much potential. But then somewhere around the middle I got completely lost. That whole hyper reality thing became very baffling. I can recall so many times where my cinema mate would lean over to me with all their theories and all I could reply was "Dude, I have no idea what's going on, I'm so confused."

I really liked the reveal though. I mean yeah though it was partly predictable, there were so  many 'oh yeah, I remember when that happened and was like hmm that's a bit odd' moments (tryna not do any spoilers here people). However I wasn't really happy with the end though (I'm talking the end end, the bit that happens right before the credits rolled). I found it very weak and it kinda watered the movie down for me, just felt it was very unnecessary.

Don't get me wrong I'm not saying it was a bad film. I quite liked it, but it wasn't amazing.

Young Adult Mini Review

Okay, so I know this is an oldie, but I don't really get round to watching certain films so I've decided to dedicate small parts of my free-time to catching up on some; so you might see a few more oldie mini reviews floating around on this here blog.

This film was so not what I expected it to be, maybe if I had watched the trailer I might have got some sense of what it was actually about. I totally thought it was gonna be on the same track as 13 Going on 30 (which I also have not seen).

Mavis Gary, a thirty-something ghost writer for a fading young adult fiction series; decides to return home to a small town in Minnesota to win back her married high school sweetheart (who has also just had a baby), you can only imagine the chaos that ensues; cue to many cringey moments where you just wanted her to close her mouth, get back into her Mini Cooper and go home.

It was an alrightish film, but it wasn't really for me. I found it to be quite slow at times and found certain moments too much to watch (in the is she really gonna do this sense). However, the build up of the friendship with former classmate Matt gave the film some redeeming qualities.

Shame - Mini Review

So err I finally got around to watching Shame last night.


Hmmm I dunno about that one. I mean it's a good arty/indie film but it wasn't something I was highly impressed by.

And I felt highly uncomfortable by Brandon's (Michael Fassbender) relationship with his sister Sissy (Carey Mulligan). I just remember saying over and over when they had scenes; please don't sleep with her! Please don't sleep with her!

To be honest if I wasn't told prior to watching, that it was about a man battling sex addiction I would never have known.

Kudos to Steve McQueen though, I'm glad it wasn't one of those typical films you see most black directors producing.

Oooh and I also liked the fact that the love interest was a black woman. Not something you see everyday.

Overall thoughts. It was okay, but I wasn't blown away.