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Classic British Comedy at its best!

Advantages: Laughter in a box!
Disadvantages: Visiting the hospital after your sides have split with laughter!

Having purchased the Monty Python box set from Amazon I couldn't wait for the legends of British comedy to arrive at my door. Luckily this wasn't too much of a wait because as always the purchase to door delivery service offered by Amazon is always one of speed! Now I could review each film from start to finish in detail covering all the comedic genius of John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle etc... however this would be very unfair to the perspective ...
...a fantastic collection of films away from you. All I will say is the battle for the holy grail is a tough one, I now know the meaning of life, I without a doubt experienced something completely different and soon realised that he's not the messiah, oh no, he's a very naughty boy! This box set contains the genius that created a blueprint for many of the comedy shows we see today and will always remain intelligent, classic British comedy at its very ...

vernontessio 06.01.2009 · Read full review
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The Blues Brothers Collection

Advantages: The special features are brilliant and unrelesed footage is fantastic
Disadvantages: The are none

...music and for whitty comedy, the blues brothers can not be beaten. This collection offers high qualtiy productions set over 4 discs which all add to the blues brothers experience. Disc 1 has the film on it in its orginal state. Not remastered so it keeps that 70's look it has. It has some of the biggest names in soul and blues such as James Brown (RIP) Aretha Franklin, Jonny Lee Hooker and more in an all star cast. The plot keeps getting thicker ...
...camio role in the film. It trully is a masterpiece hat no modern day film can equal. Disc 2's copy of the blues brothers 2000 still has the good music and the good songs but can't beat the orginal. Disc 3 Has live performances from the 1970's which shows you why the hollywood money men let them make the film in the first place. Disc 4 is a digitaly enhanced version of the film, which takes away some of the value of this movie, the orginaly blurryness ...

bbjbb 04.02.2008 · Read full review
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Austin Powers DVD (shagadelic) box set

Advantages: Very Funny
Disadvantages: Only one of the films is rated 15 and the box set is rated 15

Austin Powers DVD Box Set With three separate dvds this was a very well recieved christmas present. They were definately the best films that i saw last year. Austin Powers is a spoof of James Bond and the films have brilliant plots and excellent jokes. When i was ill it really did make me feel a lot better. The box set is rated 15 but two of the three DVDs suitable for people 12 years old. For these prices i would say that they were bargains, and ...

TiffA759 17.01.2009 · Read full review
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When Richard Beckinsale met Paula Wilcox

Advantages: Richard Beckinsale
Disadvantages: Very out of date, some annoying figures of speech

...Geoffrey are a courting couple. The only problem is that, whereas Geoffrey is desperate to get Beryl into bed and has a strange reluctance to commit, Beryl is determined to be a good girl and wait until she's married before she goes too far. This mismatch makes for a long period of ups and downs in their relationship. Will they finally commit to each other and get engaged? Or are they simply too different? This is the show that was to make Richard ...
...and Porridge, before dying at the untimely age of 31 of a heart attack, and Paula Wilcox starred in Man About the House, and after a period off the TV screens, more recently, Footballers' Wives and Emmerdale. I think, before I go on, it is necessary to point out that the series was screened in 1970 and 1971, when society still frowned upon sex before marriage - the show is based around this premise and won't make much sense if you don't take it on ...

sunmeilan 05.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The Lovers (DVD)

Trees Lounge

Advantages: Great acting
Disadvantages: Abit depressing but with lighter parts

This Steve Buschemi's debut as writer and director. Made in 1996 it is a relatively unknown film but was a critcal if not commercial succes for Buschemi The film is about an alcoholic named Tommy (Steve Bushemi), the film starts and he is trying to wangle one more drink out of the barmaid 15 minutes after 'time'. The barmaid Connie(played by Carol Kane - Hester Street, Taxi) is obviously familiar and serves him with Tommy, which is an interesting ...
...small suburb and everyone knows Tommy and he seems to recoil from it in shame. The bar 'Trees Lounge' is always populated by Tommy, an elderly alcoholic Bobby and another successful alcoholic Mike (Mark Boone Junior - Batman Begins, Lonesome Jim) Tommy starts to form a friendship with Mike thinks he is a looser. Mike is a strange character as he is a very successful man with a family and a thriving business. There is no reason for his depression ...

Phelthew 04.06.2008 · Read full review
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