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Ironically my son was off the popcorn too as it was the cause of the trip to the dental specialist. 

That was only one kernel of course but he has sworn off all of them.

More on movies!

My son had an early dentist appointment in the city (about 5 hours drive each way) so I suggested I go with him and we go a day early and we make a mini holiday of the trip. We both got to experience a 4DX movie for the first time - boy was that a lot of laughs, popcorn flying everywhere, I thought I might get tipped out the chair facing down the mouth hole of the giant worm in Dune2

Not sure it's the best way to view a movie, but the IMAX had finished showing Dune the day before we got there, but it certainly was a life experience.

It's funny after not going to the cinema for years to see two close together :-)

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Let me start off by saying that I am not a video game person although I do like word game apps.

My (adult) daughter took me to town on a "community day" after getting Pokemon go set up on my phone - she had talked about the game for months so I went to keep her company and thought I would only play along for the one day.

However it is really quite a lot of fun with so many things going on at the same time and it makes you look at your community differently and take more notice of what is going on around you in the real world and the Pokie world. Turns out quite a lot of older people play it, I had thought it was a game for 12-year-olds.

Any players here? We could exchange gifts and perhaps get an egg to hatch from a different country.

In fact we should all get an Oscar just for viewing - not a full size one of course.

Great idea, Diane, as was the silver one.

For the past few years, I have tried to watch as many of the Oscar nominees for Best Picture as I can. Mostly streaming before the ceremony, and occasionally at the cinema. A few I haven't bothered with (possibly my loss more than theirs), usually based on genre or subject matter. But never reviews - I try hard to avoid them before watching anything so that I can make up my own mind, and often strongly disagree with the majority opinion as a result (yes, I'll have a quick look after watching... and often a chuckle). Last year, I agreed with the winner (All Quiet On The Western Front), but was totally unimpressed by Triangle Of Sadness and Tár... and found The Banshees Of Inisherin excruciating to watch (still makes me wince thinking about it).

This year, I've only seen three of the nominated films so far, all of which I thoroughly enjoyed for very different reasons, but also for the fact they were all biopics of real people. Oppenheimer was brilliant, and deserved it's Oscar in my view. Maestro was also a great watch and unlucky to miss out on winning any of its eight nominated categories. But the one I enjoyed most was Barbie, which totally surprised me. It was the only one I saw at the cinema, and I went with my 8-year-old granddaughter, who had seen it only two days before, but did an amazing job of keeping the lid on any spoilers (although I knew when most of them were coming, as she looked to see my reaction a split second before - which was adorable and added to my entertainment!). I hugely enjoyable movie, and in many ways deeply profound... (though mostly not. ).