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MOVIE OF THE WEEK: TED 2
There aren’t many films that improve on a shaky start quite like Ted 2 – but in fairness, that’s not really the film’s fault. The major comic set pieces of the first half hour are so dependent on very American references that, unless you’re one of the three Brits who give a toss who NFL player Tom Brady is, they fall almost embarrassingly flat for European audiences. But stick with it and director Seth ‘Family Guy’ MacFarlane does unleash jokes you have a chance of actually getting - a lot of them in fact. MacFarlane’s less interested in the plot - where sentient teddy bear Ted mounts a legal challenge to have himself declared a person - than delivering a constant stream of near the knuckle gags, that when they land, land hard. And there’s a Liam Neeson cameo worth the price of admission alone.
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MULTIPLE GREEK TREATS
From Kalamata oil, to Koulouri bread (pictured), to some seriously fresh Cretan salads, the Great Western Arcade's newest deli has arrived. And we likey. The consummate family affair, Treat has been opened by father and daughter, George and Aggeliki Xiarchou, with a relative-filled staff and multiple recipes inspired by Aggeliki's Yia-yia (that's Nan to you and me). Choose from a whole heap of filo pies (made daily), hourly made green and feta salads and - if you can get it - the pomegranate topped greek yogurt, the first specially imported batch of which sold out in less than a week on its introduction to Brum. Treat's iced coffee was the most refreshing we've supped in Brum and that assertion has precisely nothing to do with the near-Greek temperatures on the day of our visit. We don't think.
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