Lone Star (1996)
Drama/Mystery/Western Rated 15 Spoiler Free As part of our incredibly sporadic but very enjoyable “Soho lunch and cinema” day out, my friend and I went to see Lone Star . This time it was my choice, and after the allergy laden disaster of In the Mood For Love , I went for a western, a nice bit of gunslinging action, instead of a laborious love story. Choosing not to look up the film past its poster (I know, I know) I was flying blind into this mid nineties mystery. Lunch was at Speedboat Bar , a Thai place with a pleasingly small menu and a frozen Johnnie Walker and soda drink on tap, which we gleefully soaked our spectacular and tasty food in. Regular readers (hi Mum) will know how much I love ceviche and the prawn ceviche was astonishing and with a decent kick. The pork, prawn and octopus in fried noodles with gravy was superb, and my mate’s ox cheek curry was packed with flavour. We wandered to the cinema with full bellies and a lovely buzz from the booze. Then, disaster struck, the...
