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The "truth is stranger than fiction"

Advantages: makes you feel warm and fluffy inside
Disadvantages: a bit of a weak ending

...films we picked up was Stranger than fiction, because he loves Will Farrell. I wasn't that bothered, and didn't really pay much attention, as we had also picked up a copy of Family Guy, Blue Harvest. Anyway I digress, I think my padding here is done… ~The Film~ The protagonist is Harold Crick (played by Will Farrell), gifted with super human mental arithmetic skills, so naturally, working for the IRS. Harold is a solitary existence, his only "friends" ...
...does interact with on a daily basis, he is straight laced and focused on work, compelled to live his life following as many rules and routines as possible. The film begins, and a woman, with an English accent is narrating, as if reading from a book, or as if film's script had been taken straight from a novel, sort of like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Harold goes about his daily life, and then one day, whilst brushing his teeth, 13 strokes ...

tazzywazzy 05.02.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Stranger Than Fiction (Blu-Ray)

Talladega Nights DVD

Advantages: Very Funny, Sacha Baran Cohen was V funny
Disadvantages: None

I purchased this Blue Ray DVD from the internet. I have not heard of Blue Ray before but the disk worked fine when played. The film starred Will Ferrell (he appeared in Elf) as Ricky Bobby and Sasha Baron Cohen, (aka Borat and Ali G) as French Racing driver Jean. The plot The film starts with the birth of Ricky Bobby – in a fast car. Dad (Gary Cole) is drunk but a mad racer. He doesn’t appear in the early stages of Ricky Bobby’s life but when ...
...Ricky the only way to live is to be first (not last). Several years later Ricky Bobby works in a pit crew for the NASCAR (Indianapolis 500) races. He’s a plain chap and has a best friend Cal (John C. Reilly), they have been mates at school for years. The existing driver decides not to finish a race and Ricky takes over and comes third in the race. He then becomes the main driver and starts to win everything. He becomes NASCAR\\\'s most popular and ...

SHARTFIE 30.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Talladega Nights - The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby (Blu-Ray)

Robin Williams NOT at his best.

Advantages: The kids will love it...
Disadvantages: Parents probably won't.!

...a road trip in the RV will bring them closer together... obviously the family are not aware that Williams is steering the RV towards an important meeting with a potential client, and manages to hide the fact that he's actually still on the job... one adventure leads to another along the way, add to that a chance meeting with an obnoxious family of over-achieving RV'ers who are just too happy to be real... and there you have a very simple, somewhat ...

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Review of RV (Blu-Ray)

Sorry Adam you seem to have lost the spark

Advantages: Acting quality
Disadvantages: Not what you expect from an Adam Sandler film

Before we talk about the film itself lets talk about blu-ray. Blu ray discs can hold up to around 50gb which is a huge improvement from the standard dvd which can hold around 5 at the max. Blu rays work by using an incredibly thin laser to read the disc therefore more information can be stored on the disc resulting in a much higher picture and sound quality. Blu ray dvds will only work on a blu-ray dvd player or PS3 which is connected up to a HDTV ...
...times better than that of a normal SD dvd and although that doesn't sound like much trust me it is a huge difference. If you have blu ray dvd player and hdtv it is worth splashing out a bit more money for a blu ray dvd. The film itself is about a man who wants to enjoy life and get promoted but miss out all of the boring stuff like looking after his family and spending time with them. When a strange man comes out from no-where and gives Michael ...

Diggyzed 25.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Click (Blu-Ray)

Fashionistic comedy

Advantages: great fashion, great acting, good plot
Disadvantages: something now quite there

...a fan of sex in the city and I thought this would really be along the same lines. I chose to watch it as I love Meryl Streep and believe that she is a very talented actress. However this film actually has good characterisations, a plot and a very good cast indeed. Once the Director has got over the setting up of Miranda Priestly (Streep) as the Uber Bitch and Andrea Hathaway (Andy Sachs) as the dedicated journalist who knows nothing about fashion ...
...Blunt playing the dangerous senior assistant Emily, Stanley Tucci as the fashion guru Nigel and Simon Baker as the seductive journalist Christian Thompson the story starts to build well. We see Andrea's (Andy) friends at first scoffing then jealous at her progress, watch while Miranda starts to trust Andy and cheer when Andy finally sorts out her priorities. Regrettably the ending is pure Hollywood Saccharine, but nevertheless I still found it ...

Treacle1983 19.08.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The Devil Wears Prada (Blu-ray)