Ashbourne's Past In Pictures DVD

Advantages: Great acting, a real passionate atmosphere, good tension between main characters
Disadvantages: A lot of material has been cut out concerning Jane's ealry years

...and feelings between Jane and Mr Rochester, and a tale of the obstacles they encounter. Oh, and of course there’s always mysterious goings on in the attic! The actors and production staff The main leads are played by Ruth Wilson (Jane Eyre) and Toby Stephens (Mr Rochester). Ruth Wilson is an actor who is relatively new to TV, with her only other role before this playing the seductive Jewel Diamond in the channel five sitcom ‘Suburban Shooter’. Toby Stephens has appeared in many TV dramas including ‘The Chamomile Lawn’ and ‘The Tenant of Wildfell Hall’. He has also appearance in a handful of films including ‘Die another day’ and ‘Possession’. Other actors which appear in this adaptation include; Lorraine Ashbourne (Playing the field, In a land of plenty) as Mrs Fairfax, Tara Fitzgerald (Waking the dead, The tenant of Wildfell Hall, Brassed off... Read review

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Advantages: Nice picture gallery on all dics, great value
Disadvantages: none

...I enjoy watching the Xena Warrior Princess program on channel 5 but when I noticed it on video I was considering buying it but as with all video tapes if you watch them often enough they end up waring out like all things, but when I found it on dvd I just had to get it. There is 3 discs in volume 1. Disc one comprises of: Sins of the past Hooves and Harlots The black wolf Beware greeks bearing gifts Disc 2: Athens city academy of the performing bards A fistful of dinars Warrior...Princess Mortal beloved Disc 3 The royal couple of thieves The prodigal Altared states Chariots of war On all the discs is a picture gallery with a nice selection of pictures. I think that when you buy this set of dvd's you won't be able to just let them sit on your dvd shelf, you'll want to watch them again and again. The set is good value, I found... Read review

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Advantages: cheap, good if you want to learn to dance
Disadvantages: doesn't work

...I thought this product was going to be amazing and i would end up looking a bit more like the girl in the picture, but this dvd is a total let down. I have been doing it everyday for the past month and seen no results. All this dvd has taught me is how to do certain dance moves. There is a tiny toning section but it isnt anything new, basically just doing stomach crunches, and the only way you could get a bum that would look good in hot pants is to do toning and this hasn't got it. You could do your own dance moves while watching mtv and it would have the same results. I would spend your money else where.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful