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Advantages: Brilliant twists, fantastic acting
Disadvantages: Slightly long, but that's nit-picking

When I first heard of The Sting, I thought it was a horror movie about killer bees. Hence my surprise when I found out that it won the 1973 Best Picture and Best Director Oscars. However, since then I realised that it was a conman movie, and I liked the sound of this version even more. Particularly as I'm a huge fan of the BBC TV series Hustle, which in fact did a complete copy of this story for one of the episodes in the first series. So, if you ...
...the tail, which kind of spoils it. The story is set in Illinois in 1936, during the depression, and goes as follows: Robert Redford plays a young conman named Johnny Hooker, who plays the short-con, i.e. taking small amounts of money at a time from people in the street. After taking several thousand dollars from a man, his partner is murdered by crime boss Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw). So he tries to track down the crook responsible and get revenge. ... Read review

Advantages: Interesting spin on a thrice used storyline
Disadvantages: Clumsy scripting

Prizzi's Honour (or Honor as the Americans who made the film title spelt it) came to me in a bundle of DVDs as a present. Not exactly the kind of film that I would immediately want to own, but equally I was willing to give it a go. You may recognise the storyline as it is the basis from which the recent "Mr & Mrs Smith" was developed: Charley (yes, that is how it's spelt) Patanna is loyal to the Prizzi family and, as their hitman, is prepared to ...
...overall enjoyment of the film. Prizzi's Honour is presented in 16:9 widescreen format, which I have little to comment on, but thought I should include for those of you who either have a widescreen TV or don't and hate those black lines at the top or bottom. In terms of special features, the back of the DVD case advertises a fair number, but some are a bit of a con. The moving menus and chapter points can be completely disregarded, it's actually more ... Read review

Advantages: brilliant plot and strong acting
Disadvantages: none, that i can think of

...is murdered, Hooker goes on the run and seeks out Luther's old friend Henry Gondorff to help him put together a major sting to take revenge on Lonnegan. However with so much heat on Hooker and the stakes so high can they pull it off and get away clean? Almost a follow up to Butch and Sundance, this film partners the stars of the day Newman and Redford to good effect. The story is a little less fun but still very enjoyable to watch as it builds to ...
...hearted and jovial as the theme music suggests it still manages to flow nicely with the slightly darker drama not spoiling anything but only serving to make it feel more grown up. The cast are all very good and make the film easy to watch. Redford comes off the best in terms of characters and his role really suits both his carefree attitude (the start of the film) but also his more serious side (the rest of the film). Newman has a lesser role that ... Read review

Advantages: perfect quality
Disadvantages: None

...uncles and becomes very lonely. Casper finally sees an advert about a man who can get rid of ghost and Casper immediatley takes a shine to his daughter.The woman who is entitled to the house also wants rid of the ghosts, she tried an excorist even ghost busters , but none of them can put Casper and his uncles back were they should be . The lady asks the doctor to come by to defeat the ghosts and his daughter. Kat , befriends Casper. The uncles continue ...
...Age 7+ shouldn't be disturbed by the film, but be cautious still as I am only writing from my point of view. Casper is an enjoyable film for all the family and will knock your socks off at the funny times. Watch out though, as parts may cause uncontrollable laughter!!!!! ... Read review

Advantages: Fun family film
Disadvantages: None

...film playing the part of Uncle Buck. He is a fun loving bachelor who doesn't like hard work and is forever getting nagged by his girlfriend to get himself a job. Buck receives a phone call late one night from his brother who needs his help. His father in law has had a heart attack and he and his wife have got to go but they need Buck to come and watch their 3 children for them. Their usual babysitter is unavailable and Buck agrees to help. He turns ...
...bucket car and he soon makes his presence felt. The children do not know what to make of him at first, the youngest two, Miles and Maizy soon warm to him but the eldest Tia decides she does not like him and tries to make his job even harder. Buck struggles with the household jobs and cooking for the family but the consequences and the outcome are very funny. He ends up drying the washing in the microwave! Tia defies Buck at every opportunity and ... Read review