Lionel is an ex-army officer who returns to England to write his memoirs. Fate reunites him with his lost love of 38 years ago, Jean. Can their love be rekindled? Features the... more
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As Time Goes By
With at least four albums of unheard Carpenters material already released, you'd have
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thought the well would surely be dry by now. Yet with As Time Goes By, Richard Carpenter digs up another batch of outtakes, demos and TV performances to delight the duo's legions of fans. A legendary perfectionist, he's eschewed the "warts and all" approach, and instead rearranged, remixed and often rerecorded the original backing tracks to lend that famous Carpenters smoothness to even the ropier TV efforts. Most interesting are the endearingly innocent garage versions of "Nowhere Man" and "California Dreamin'", recorded in 1967 when Karen was just 16, a sweet 1971 cover of Wildweeds' "And When He Smiles" and a pretty take on Kermit the Frog's classic "The Rainbow Connection". Elsewhere, there's a warm and loungey medley where Karen and Perry Como sing each other's songs, and a glorious duet with Ella Fitzgerald where "My Funny Valentine" and "Someone to Watch Over Me" are made to shine once more. Richard displays his keyboard virtuosity with "Dizzy Fingers" and a grand medley of sci-fi themes, and the only disappointment is a cover of "Dancing in the Street" where Karen fails to really capture the song's joyous mood. Despite this, it's a must for all fans of easy listening. --Dominic Wills
As Time Goes By
No stranger to covers, Bryan Ferry has often opted for classics from other times and
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places. As Time Goes By focuses on music largely from the 1930s and 40s and conjures that era's aura of fine cigars, satin gowns and gentlemanly romance. The opening title track summons images of Bogie and Ingrid and is one of the finest moments in the collection. The swanky versions of Nina Simone's signature "Love Me or Leave Me" and "I'm in the Mood for Love" (which has a faint Martin Denny overtone) are perfectly suited to Ferry's low-key vocals (he's no real crooner, let's face it). His talented band swings with fervour, especially on the upbeat tunes "The Way You Look Tonight", "Lover Come Back to Me" and "Just One of Those Things". There are a number of intimate, romantic moments, but the highlight is Ferry's take on "Falling in Love Again", first made famous way back when with devastating sadness by Marlene Dietrich. Ferry's version is almost as moving. --Lorry Fleming
Actor(s): Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer, Philip Bretherton, Moira Brooker, Jenny Funnell, Daniel Ryan
Director(s): Sydney Lotterby
Genre: Comedy
Classification: Parental Guidance
Running Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Video Category: Television
Plot: Lionel is an ex-army officer who returns to England to write his memoirs. Fate reunites him with his lost love of 38 years ago, Jean. Can their love be rekindled? Features the episodes when Sandy and Harry return from Canada and a young man arrives from Africa in search of his father, Lionel!
DVD Description
Lionel is an ex-army officer who returns to England to write his memoirs. Fate reunites him with his lost love of 38 years ago, Jean. Can their love be rekindled? Features the episodes when Sandy and Harry return from Canada and a young man arrives from Africa in search of his father, Lionel!
Release details
DVD Region: Region 0 (All Regions)
Studio(s): ACORN MEDIA; ARVATO SERVICES
Release date: 09/01/2006
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: AV 9347
Barcode: 5036193093470
Screenwriter: Bob Larbey
Producer: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Bob Larbey
Languages
Main Language: English
Technical information
Special Features: Interview With Geoffrey Palmer, Picture Gallery, Production Notes
...When two spoiled party girls come to town.... life on the farm will never be the same!
Series one oh this comedy shows the 2 of the richest girls in the world living life on a farm for a month, Paris hilton & Nicole Richie find themselves in a small town in Arkansas and try to survive without credit cards, nightclubs, and Saks fifth avenue!
Tjhis series consistes 9 episodes and they are:
1) The start of the journey
2) First day of work
3) A new job
4) Meeting the mayor
5) Live stock auction
6) Fill 'er up
7) Kicked out
8) Homesick
9) Reunion
Also with the special edition DVD set comes another disc which has special features such as Simple Life Test presentation, & Four Outtakes.
The run time of the DVD is approx 210 Minutes and is in full colour.
All in all this was a great purchase, i believe you can now get it for as little...
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Advantages: Classic Film, Classic Cast Disadvantages: Hard to navigate DVD extras, not really any for children
...-Mary Poppins……Julie Andrews
-Bert………………Dick Van Dyke
Certificate - U
Running Time: 134mins
Jane and Michael are two slightly mischievous children from a strict middle class family in London. When yet another nanny quits due to the children's behaviours Jane and Michaels prayers are answered when Mary Poppins Magically arrives on their door step. Joined by Bert (Dick Van Dyke) the children and Mary Poppins have many adventures including a tea party on the ceiling and a horse race in a pavement picture. But for me the real magic comes from the classic songs including 'a spoon full of sugar'.
The 40th Anniversary Edition is a 2 Disc Special of the Award-Winning Film.
DVD Extras:
- BONUS SHORT:
- All-New animated Adventure hosted by Julie Andrews
- MUSIC & MORE:
- Musical Reunion featuring Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke & Richard...
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Batman Revisited Review ofReturn To The Batcave - The Misadventures Of Adam And Burt DVDby
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Advantages: It's the sixties Batman, cult classic!!! Disadvantages: All clips used are from the film, due to legal reasons.
...or edited to keep within the time constraints of the show.
There are also some questions that I felt the film answered; yes Adam and Burt were not always friendly to each other on set, Adam's stuntman was used far more than Burt's was. Adam always was allowing others to pay for him and dodging the bills, which led to him having a reputation for his thriftiness, as well as the Health and Safety Council requesting seatbelts must be added to the Batmobile as an example to drivers of America.
It's the little things like this that makes this DVD a gem and so enjoyable to watch. You can watch the full episodes anytime you want to on You Tube or even download them if necessary, but the DVDgoes deeper than what most documentaries on many of the recent major releases fails to achieve.
Although the actors do look there age as one would expect, Julie...
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