Home Fantasy Rally Fantasy F1 Fun Stuff, Sudoku Movies Links

Forwardcharm

 

 

Latest News

25 / 07 / 2010
Fantasy F1:
The results from the eleventh race in Germany are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Hungary next weekend on 1st August.

11 / 07 / 2010
Fantasy Rally:
The results from Rally Bulgaria are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next rally is Finland on THURSDAY 29th July (a day earlier than usual!).

11 / 07 / 2010
Fantasy F1:
The results from the tenth race in Silverstone are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Hockenheim on 25th July.

27 / 06 / 2010
Fantasy F1:
The results from the ninth race in Valencia are in, including the penalties for the naughty boys driving too fast. Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Silverstone on 11th July.

13 / 06 / 2010
Fantasy F1:
The results from the eighth race in Canada are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Valencia on 27th June.

30 / 05 / 2010
Fantasy Rally:
The results from Rally Portugal are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next rally is Bulgaria on 9th July.

30 / 05 / 2010
Fantasy F1:
The results from the exciting seventh race in Turkey are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Canada on 13th June.

16 / 05 / 2010
Fantasy F1:
The Monaco scores have been updated to reflect Michael Schumacher's ridiculous penalty for daring to overtake a Ferrari. Check the updated results, see how your team did or enter a new team.

16 / 05 / 2010
Fantasy F1:
The results from the sixth race in Monaco are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Turkey on 30th May.

10 / 05 / 2010
Fantasy F1:
The results from the fifth race in Barcelona are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Monaco on 16th May.

10 / 05 / 2010
Fantasy Rally:
The results from Rally New Zealand are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next rally is Portugal on 28th May.

19 / 04 / 2010
Fantasy Rally:
The results from Rally Turkey are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next rally is New Zealand on 7th May.

18 / 04 / 2010
Fantasy F1:
The results from the fourth race in China are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Barcelona on 9th May.

06 / 04 / 2010
Fantasy Rally:
The JWRC driver lineup has been released, so you can make your selection before teams are frozen for Turkey on the night of 15th April. If you don't pick anyone, you'll get Aaron Burkart by default.

05 / 04 / 2010
Fantasy F1:
The results from the third race in Malaysia are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is China on 18th April.

03 / 04 / 2010
Fantasy Rally:
The results from Rally Jordan are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Turkey on 14th April.

29 / 03 / 2010
Fantasy F1:
The results from the second race in Melbourne are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Malaysia THIS WEEKEND on 4th April.

14 / 03 / 2010
Fantasy F1:
The results from the first race in Bahrain are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Australia on 28th March.

09 / 03 / 2010
Fantasy F1!
Yes, there's a brand new Fantasy Formula One game! Check the rules or enter your team by Friday night to qualify for the first race in Bahrain!

08 / 03 / 2010
Fantasy Rally:
The results from Rally Mexico are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team. Next race is Jordan on 1st April.

17 / 02 / 2010
Fantasy Rally:
The points awarded for a win have changed in the real WRC, so we've reflected the changes in our scoring too. Check the rules to see the details. Next rally is Mexico on 5th March, teams will be frozen at midnight on the night of Thursday 4th March.

16 / 02 / 2010
Fantasy Rally:
The results from Rally Sweden are in! Check the results, see how your team did or enter a new team.

31 / 01 / 2010
Fantasy Rally:
The new rally season is upon us - 2010 Fantasy Rally is now open! Check the rules or pick a team ready for the start on 12th Feb.

25 / 10 / 2009
Fantasy Rally:
All previous years' Fantasy Rally results are online - Check the 2009 season.

02 / 08 / 2009
Reviews:
Sorry, there won't be any more movie reviews for the foreseeable future. Events have overtaken me. Catch up on reviews you may have missed.

18 / 08 / 2005
Sudoku!
Have a go at the online Sudoku game.

 

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Cast: Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello, John Hannah, Michelle Yeoh, Luke Ford, Isabella Leong.

Directed by Rob Cohen.

Story: More undead adventures.

Running Time: 1hr 52 minutes.

UK Certificate 12A.

 

A new director, a new heroine (Maria Bello replaces Rachel Weisz) and a mummy without bandages - can The Mummy series stand to be dug up for a third time? Well, it's not as if it had much to live up to.

Luke Ford, Maria Bello and Brendan Fraser could murder a cold Carlsberg right about now. Brendan Fraser reprises his amiable bumbling-but-tough hero from the first two Mummy movies, while wifey has mysteriously morphed into Maria Bello without anyone noticing. I've always enjoyed Maria Bello in the past. A History of Violence, The Cooler, Assault on Precinct 13 - they've all been strong characters and highly watchable. Here she's in a far flimsier role, a dark wig and a plummy English accent and something's gone badly wrong. Her accent's actually pretty good, but it's one of those accents that stirs up all those anti-posh prejudices that the middle and working classes try and suppress, and ruins the whole performance. I just wanted her to stop talking.

Jet Li probably should have looked behind him before slagging off the Sand Gods. Meanwhile this season's Mummy favours the Chinese look, with Jet Li sporting an ancient crumbly ensemble topped with a heavy coating of CGI. As in the previous episodes, the computer graphics are impressive and integral to the action, but we're missing any real key memorable moments. We all remember Billy Zane's face in the sandstorm, and the icky scarab beetles, but this feels more run-of-the-mill. Looking down director Rob Cohen's CV, we see the highlight is The Fast and the Furious, which is a worry, followed by Dragonheart, Stealth and xXx. Hardly surprising there's less substance than a crate of candy floss then. Fortunately there are a few killer lines in there - I won't ruin them, but they do stand out for their quality. If only there were more.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor suffers from the absence of Rachel Weisz, but in all other respects is able to match the two previous maternal encounters. Mindless tosh, easy on the eye.

I enjoyed this film: 3/5

I think the average moviegoer will enjoy it: 3/5

Testosterone Satisfaction Rating: 4/5 - harmless fun.

To enjoy this film you should: detach the thinky bit in your head.

 

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor was released in the UK on 6th August 2008.