Snatched Review

When down-on-her-luck and newly dumped Emily Middleton (Schumer) realises her life is going nowhere, she turns to the only true friend in her life; her much less-spontaneous and retired mother, Linda (Hawn). After much persuasion, Linda accompanies her daughter to a resort in Ecuador, South America, but before long things go even souther when they’re both kidnapped by a violent gang who demand a ransom from their annoying and agoraphobic brother/ son Jeffrey (Ike Barinholtz). Luckily they escape, but through much less luck they wind up lost in the jungle with the merciless gang hot on their tail.

Kualoa Ranch: Revisited

Given the fact that my last post on this awesome place was so very heavily Jurassic Park-focused, I promised that I’d return to the popular, 4000-acre, family-owned ranch that has served dozens upon dozens of movies since the 1950s. In fact, even its Hall of Fame – a modest two walls’ worth of framed pictures – tells only a tiny fraction of the movies it’s hosted over the last sixty-plus years. Sadly this post doesn’t involve an actual revisit, but it does involve a little bit more on the movies that have been filmed there as well as some interesting facts.

Kauai Part II: The Not-So-Lost Jurassic World

Following on from my post on our Jurassic Falls experience, during our stay on Kauai we stayed in Kapaa, located on the east coast of the island. And let me first mention that it was the best accommodation we've ever stayed in. The campus, composed of accommodation blocks, was surrounded by tall palm trees, and beyond them gorgeous green mountains.