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What a fashion show!

Advantages: brilliant performance, great story
Disadvantages: none

The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 comedy-drama directed by the American film director David Frankel. He directed Marley & Me recently. The film got several nominations and several awards. For example Meryl Streep won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. The screenplay was written by Aline Brosh McKenna based on the novel of Lauren Weisberger. The film was distributed by 20th Century Fox. The running time is 109 minutes. The classification is 12 ...
...Cooper (Andrea’s boyfriend) The Plot ------------ Andrea Sachs is a young woman who freshly graduated from Northwestern University and is looking for a job. She wants to be a journalist. She goes to an interview to Runway. She is not dressed as stylish as the members of the staff so everybody looks very strange to her. Her interview is not a success so she goes home but right after she reached the reception she is called back that Miranda gave her ...

D_i_a_n_e 08.12.2009 · Read full review
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"I wanna be a producer..."

Advantages: Strong vocals and musical leads
Disadvantages: Missing a certain sparkle

The Producers is one of those films that I've wanted to see for a long time. I can't to be honest think why this is the case but it is and so when I noticed it whilst out shopping the other day I simply had to buy it. Now I knew upon purchasing the film that I was going to be a musical style film with a good helping of humour and to be fair that is what I received. I must say however, and this is reflected in my rating of the film, that I was expecting ...
...just wasn't there. The Producers tells the story of Leo Bloom an accountant and a down on his luck producer Max Bialystock who despite Leo's initial reluctance plot a somewhat bent get rich scheme. This scheme however will only succeed if the play that they produce is a complete flop. The money they have then raised to invest in the play will be theirs and they'll be raking it in. With this in mind the pair go on a hunt to find the worst play ever ...

MI9to5 23.09.2008 · Read full review
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The original Oceans 11!

Advantages: A simple film with lots of surprises
Disadvantages: None

The story is set in the 1930's in Chicago. We see 2 men, Hooker (played by Robert Redford) and Luther (played by Robert Earl Jones) con another man. They race off with money that they have taken unaware that the money is being delivered to an illegal betting empire boss. Later Hooker meets with Luther and Luther tells Hooker that he is giving up the con game. He tells Hooker to go to an old friend, Henry (played by Paul Newman) to learn from him. ...
...Hooker runs off afraid that the killers are still around. Hooker finds Henry and they plan to avenge Luthers death by making the biggest con of their life, swindling the betting empire boss Doyle Lonnegan (played by Robert Shaw) out of $500,000. What follows is an elaborate plan with the help of many friends. However, the police and FBI are on their tail. Will the Sting work? Or will the city's most dangerous mobster catch the boys and have the ...

rufusredcoat 14.11.2009 · Read full review
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Wonderful little gem of a film

Advantages: Wonderful story and script
Disadvantages: May be too slow paced for some

...film progresses with more people being charmed by Chauncey and taking his words as symbolic and deeply meaningful, rather than the words of a simple sheltered gardener, he becomes a huge powerful celebrity while not really knowing anything about it, or does he. The film begins to make you question yourself and your own belief of whether Chauncey is a man who has been misunderstood and developed greatness or whether this quiet gentle man really is ...
...and take his words as being the utlimate truth, another of an excellent glut of intelligent Seventies films questions politics and people. Peter Sellers ... Chance Shirley MacLaine ... Eve Rand Melvyn Douglas ... Benjamin Rand Jack Warden ... President 'Bobby' Richard Dysart ... Dr. Robert Allenby Richard Basehart ... Vladimir Skrapinov Ruth Attaway ... Louise David Clennon ... Thomas Franklin (as Dave Clennon) Fran Brill ... Sally Hayes Denise ...

paulie1975 24.05.2009 · Read full review
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The Dragon Lady and the Doormat

Advantages: A strong cast, sharp one-liners and put-downs, glossy direction.
Disadvantages: Some cliched writing and dodgy clothes.

...and becomes an assistant to the editor of "Runway" fashion magazine. Her boss is Miranda Priestly, full-time dragon-lady and soon to become the bane of Andrea's life. No errand is too lowly for her junior assistant, no demand too outlandish and every whim must be pandered to no matter what time of day or night. Soon Andy has no life to call her own. And on top of it all, her wardrobe comes under constant scrutiny - pushing her to have a top drawer ...
...the glamour and losing her down-to-earth boyfriend Nate. Former "Sex and the City" director David Frankel seems the ideal choice to helm this adaptation of Lauren Weisberger's backstabbing chick lit novel. He's got the glossy visuals down pat and keeps the pace up with short, snappy scenes. And of course he knows how important the clothes are to his aspirational audience. Though if you ask me, there are a few too many ludicrous ensembles on show ...

afy9mab 17.01.2007 · Read full review
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