 Will and Viola - a bard's love story
Review of Shakespeare In Love DVD by
markd_uk
Advantages: Excellent Cast, Amusing
Disadvantages: Slightly Weak Plot, Slow To Get Going
...that explores the notion that Shakespeare wasn't that great a writer and was, in fact, simply a lusty man ever in search of a muse - or, in other words, a woman to lay that might, if he's lucky, give him some inspiration for a new play. I kind of like his style, actually.
Trying to write "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," Shakespeare - played by Joseph Fiennes - discovers he's suffering from writer's block, a phenomenon known to many of us ...
...appease both her desire for Shakespeare and the stage itself, Viola takes to the boards as a young boy and plays the part of Romeo in Will's new play.
Shakespeare himself discovers quickly that this new muse has, indeed, unlocked his writer's block and he starts to write his new play, helped by the input of his financially depressed theatre owner, Hugh Fennyman (played by Tom Wilkinson) and his lead actor, Ned Alleyn, who ultimately suggests a new ...
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women pay good money to see men strip
Review of The Full Monty (Wide Screen) by
jessiicaa_7
Advantages: LOL film
Disadvantages: a bit slow in some place's
...of rasing some money after the steel factory shuts down six desperate working class men decide to go a step further then your average part time job and form an exotic male dance group.
the film was Producted in 1997 it is a 'LOL' Comedy, Directed by Peter Cattaneo this film will sertantly make you giggle but you must be of 15 years and over to watch it. although you dont actully see any male parts, it has a suicide attempt and some 'strong' language.
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