Monthly Archives: August 2014

Back to the Future Secret Cinema in London

Posted on August 31, 2014 by tokyofox

Since it was first launched in 2007, Secret Cinema has kept growing and punters have continued to stump up a fair whack to take part in an offline event where in the past they didn’t even know what film they’d … Continue reading →

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Various Bits & Pieces in London

Posted on August 27, 2014 by tokyofox

The family day at Hampton Court Palace and the trip back to my hometown cut into our trip quite a bit (in a good way!) thereby limiting what we could actually see and get done in London to an extent. … Continue reading →

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I Went to the ‘Bond in Motion’ Exhibition in London

Posted on August 24, 2014 by tokyofox

One of the things I really wanted to do whilst I was back in the nations capital was to visit this exhibition at London Film Museum in Covent Garden. With no-one else interested in going with me it was just … Continue reading →

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Back to my Hometown with my Parents-in-Law in Tow!

Posted on August 21, 2014 by tokyofox

Tickets to Madame Tussauds weren’t the only discounted tickets I bought ahead of our England venture as I also purchased some heavily reduced train tickets to take us from London St Pancras to my hometown of Market Harborough and back … Continue reading →

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My 1st Time at Madame Tussaud’s Waxwork Museum

Posted on August 18, 2014 by tokyofox

One of the things that my mother-in-law wanted to do in London was to visit this very famous and hugely popular waxworks museum. I have to say that I’d never had too much enthusiasm for going to this place which … Continue reading →

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Two Worlds Collide: When my Parents Met my Parents-in-law

Posted on August 15, 2014 by tokyofox

Our final day in England last year included many of the same ingredients as the first one this year but was very different in so many ways. The reason was that it was the first time for my wife’s parents … Continue reading →

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TF Top 10……Movie Locations Where You Can Stay

Posted on August 13, 2014 by tokyofox

Hot on the tail of the top (double oh) 7 hotels featured in James Bond films here are the Tokyo Fox top 10 recommendations for other places where you can spend a night amidst movie history. Just to get things clear you have to … Continue reading →

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Review: Films Set In Japan – Rhapsody In August (1991)

Posted on August 9, 2014 by tokyofox

On August 9th 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki and over 40,000 people were instantly killed including (as far as this film story is concerned) the husband and a few siblings of a woman who is now the grandmother … Continue reading →

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TF Top 5……Prague Filming Locations

Posted on August 6, 2014 by tokyofox

Thanks to the 1989 Velvet Revolution that freed the Czechs from communism the city has come on in leaps and bounds to become a very popular destination for visitors from all over the world including the lowest of the low; British … Continue reading →

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Review: Films Set In Japan – Godzilla (2014)

Posted on August 3, 2014 by tokyofox

Despite all the recent Godzilla features and movie location stuff on Tokyo Fox I didn’t actually realise that this Gareth Edwards directed version was set in Japan (in part) until I saw it at the cinema the other day. I just … Continue reading →

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