Week 42

Britain's gone crazy over The King's Speech. I was so excited when I saw a trailer for it last year and couldn't wait to see it. Finally in my busy diary there was an easy week and on Wednesday we braved the crowds in the cinema. Please note, that in the UK Wednesday is a 2-4-1 night in cinemas, so they always are packed, as people take advantage of a good deal. But this week the queue was extra long in Islington Vue and as we were midway they announced that all showings were sold out. Instead of a movie we headed for a pub (a wonderful Angelic on Liverpool Road).

Saturday night at home is a sad thing, so we rushed off to the cinema. Well, King's Speech was again sold out, which is actually not that surprising – all the middle class royalists in Muswell Hill came in droves to see Colin Firth stammering. But all films were sold out for the night! And so we find ourselves in Blockbuster across the road – the most depressing store on the high street. There are lots of third rate comedies and action movies with never-heard-of heroes. We settled on It's Complicated staring Meryl Streep. The trailer looked fun, yet I heard critics slating it. But what do they know – Meryl Streep doesn't do kaka! Unfortunately, this was kaka, so boring with one or two laughs. This is a sort of movie my boss loves – no offence, no deeper meaning, no sense and a happy ending.

That was all this week. But I have some goodies waiting next week.