Set in Edinburgh in three distinct periods in the life of Frankie Mac, 16 Years of Alcohol ... more
provides a challenging introduction to a man's belief in the meaning of hope.As a young boy Frankie Mac (Kevin McKidd - Trainspotting) watches the world around h...
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Advantages: the ilm settings are good Disadvantages: the acting and directing and the number of mistakes in the film
one hundred million year's b.c dvd
the plot
A senior member of the united states navy, from a failed philadelphia experiment leads a team of navy seal soldiers to rescue the team he sent during the Nineteen Forties. eighteen out of twenty ene soldiers go through a time portal and by mistake a dinasour is sent through the time portal. The dinosaur makes it to los angeles. during the nineteen forties dr reno, sent a team through a time warp, that took them back in time to some seventy million years ago. Archeological evidence and proof of the mission surfaced. The team is briefed regarding the philadelphia project led by Dr Reno's. It is his time warp technology which enables the team to go back in time. once the time travel is complete, the story largely focuses on trying to effectively kill and escape from dinosaurs as they ...
Advantages: Some insight into Manchester music scene Disadvantages: Not much insight into alcoholic haze of central character
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The film is 50 minutes long
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The commentary.
The extra short films which are also on the DVD?
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Two additional short films are included -
"Everyday something" - 14 minutes
I really enjoyed this, a John Peel narration, offbeat storytelling of offbeat stories, based on actual newspaper stories.
"Stalin my neighbour" - 15 minutes
Alicia Eyo (from "Bad girls") plays a girl who is being challenged by her interviewer about dark events in her childhood, and all she can do is evade the questions by talking about the history of the London places near her home.
Both films are worth seeing, and probably more rewarding than the "Alcoholyears". ...
Advantages: Mos Def's character Eddy Disadvantages: Mod Def's character's voice
So I was bored the other day, I don't know if anyone on Ciao is from Belfast but does anyone actually like Victoria Square? I was getting a lift home from uni for Easter and my mum felt compelled to go and have a look. I wondered around bored for awhile then decided to gothinking about going to get something to eatand then walked past noticing HMV had a sale on. With only £5 to my name I didn't think I should go in, but I couldn't help it. 16 Blocks caught my eye and thus I starved in its name.
The Story
The film starts at a crime scene, some latin gangsters have been murdered and the police officer in charge wants to get an "unimportant" officer to cover the crime scene, an aged out of shape Bruce Willis walks in with a newspaper and plants himself on a seat and takes out a hip flask of whiskey. He plays a charcter called Jack ...
Phelthew 01.04.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of 16 Blocks (DVD)
The story of one man's battle against the effects, both socially and psychologically, of alcohol. Frank's problems go back to his childhood when he witnessed his father as a womaniser and drinker making him feel both rejection and a need to imitate him.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
PALISADES TARTAN; LACE GROUP; SONY DADC
Release date
24/01/2005
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
TVD 3505
Barcode
5023965350527
Languages
Main Language
English
DVD Description
The story of one man's battle against the effects, both socially and psychologically, of alcohol. Frank's problems go back to his childhood when he witnessed his father as a womaniser and drinker making him feel both rejection and a need to imitate him.
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