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Extremely Dodgy Spy Spoof

Advantages: David Niven is OK... Just
Disadvantages: Ludicrous plot, bad performances

...and their grip on the Casino Royale... I think. There are also other characters called James Bond including one played by Peter Sellars and one by Woody Allen. You can probably tell from the brief and fairly confused synopsis that this is a fairly confused film that unfortunately is not mercifully brief. With a star-studded cast such as the one assembled here (add to these Orson Welles, William Holden, Ursula Andress, Deborah Kerr and Ronnie Corbett ...
...fails to be entertaining. One of the key problems is that it makes very little sense. The plot is incredibly confused and although perhaps not essential to such a film, you do need to have some understanding of what is going on. This was not helped by the fact that 5 directors were on board (including Huston). It also suffers from actually not being very funny too despite the roster of 'comic' actors. Niven probably fairs the best as the aging Bond ...

Nixu1980 16.10.2009 · Read full review
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Scrubs - The complete fifth series

Advantages: Great performances from all actors and the characters have not changed from previous series.
Disadvantages: The relationships between characters is hard to understand for new viewers

Scrubs is an American sitcom based in and around the sacred heart hospital run by chief of medicine Dr Bob Kelso (Ken Jenkins). Following the hugely successful series 1-4, the fifth does not disappoint! All 24 episodes are packed with outrageous humour like never before including many of JD?s (Zach Braff) classic girly antics and ridiculous fantasies often getting him into trouble with the egotistical Dr Perry Cox (John C. McGinley). You would ...
...Cox when he suffers a major blow after losing 3 patients, which sees him on a leave of absence from the hospital. The very last episode also finishes with a very significant twist. I highly recommend this series if you are as much of a scrubs fan as I am! ...

Greenyman 18.02.2009 · Read full review
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Have a Laugh - The Worst Week of My Life

Advantages: Exceptionally well written, acted and observed. Very funny.
Disadvantages: Only 14 episodes, leaves you wanting more!

...perfectly. It is about the worst week in the life of Howard Steel, a man who falls in love with a girl from a more refined social background than his own. Don't let that mushy stuff put you off, this is far more rewarding than that! This is another series that comes from a company that seems to have amazing success at writing first class comedies. Hat Trick is an independent company with hits like Father Ted, Have I Got News For You and Room 101 ...
...and each programme represents a consecutive day in the week and there begins the story; the first series concentrates on the run up to the marriage of the two main characters (outlined below) and the second represents the build up to the birth of their first child. A 2006 3 part Christmas Special was also made and whilst hilariously laugh out loud funny, it is not included as part of this box set. Both series were shown on BBC 1 primetime Friday ...

bananamanuk 15.04.2007 · Read full review
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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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Feel good family of Freaks.

Advantages: Funny, and all round good comedy and acting.
Disadvantages: none!

...believes she can win the Little Miss Sunshine beauty contest, 800 miles across the country. The film shows how even the most dysfunctional families can pull together when they need to. Steve Carell heightens the humour as a suicidal brother in law, living with the dysfunctional Hoover family. Foul Mouthed grandpa (Alan Kirkin) is a sex-obsessed drug addict, with a son – Richard (Greg Kinnear), who’s speeches to his children about winning are as interesting ...
...shown in the film) Also little girls reaching perfection, overshadowed by their parents own eagerness to succeed, is not the best way to start a young girls life; the early years of life is when our personalities develop. If young children are lead to believe their worth and value as human beings depend on their physical appearance, then this is likely to become their belief throughout their life. As much as the end is funny, it does seem to end ...

jamespaton 26.11.2009 · Read full review
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