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Advantages: A hilariously funny film
Disadvantages: Some might still find it offensive

...first time I ever saw Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) was when Channel 4 showed it as part of their banned season when I was at school (it would have been late 80s/early 90s). I sneaked a video tape in to the machine to record it as coming from a very Christian family I didn't want to upset anyone but I really wanted to see what all the fuss was about and if this film really did contain all the blasphemous content that had earned it a ban. Imagine ...
...Unlike their previous film Monty Python and The Holy Grail where each of the main characters has a section of the film to themselves, this film follows events and scenes which either include or directly involve Brian and it is this focus on the central character that stops this film from becoming a series of silly/funny episodes. The scenes and scenarios are beautifully crafted with the majority of the humour coming from exaggerations of everyday ... Read review

Advantages: Hilariously funny, easy to watch, cheers you up
Disadvantages: Lack of extras on DVD

----------------------------------------------------------------- THE BASICS ----------------------------------------------------------------- Only fools and horses has always been one of the best comedy series ever. Ever since I was young, I always remember staying up to watch the antics of Del boy and Rodney on the television. OFAH The complete series 5, see's the Del witness a miracle, and the Trotters nearly moving to Australia. Only Fools ...
...up to. Every episode of Only Fools and Horses seems to get funnier and funnier, there is no doubt in my mind that I will be watching these episodes forever, and will also introduce them to my children (if I have any). It is one of those sitcoms that you just don't mind being repeated, over and over again. There is no better actor to play Del Boy, than David Jason, and most certainly no better actor to play Rodney than Nicholas Lyndhurst.Only Fools ... Read review

Advantages: It's a good carry on
Disadvantages: None

...is nothing like a good Carry On either on a Sunday afternoon or over a Bank Holiday weekend. This has to be one of my favourites from the Carry On films because it is taking history and making it funny that appeals to most ages. The Plot = We begin the film by watching the be-heading of one of his wives and just as she has the chop, Henry runs off to the chapel to marry his next one, Marie. As Henry is about to bed his new queen, he gets ...
...who appeared in some earlier Carry On and later was director of Photography for Gerald Thomas Stills Gallery - a collection of photos from the film also includes some deleted scene pictures On Location Report - includes interviews with Sid James, Kenneth Williams and Terry Scott Carry On Trivia - notes on the Carry On films and Carry On Henry in particular Collectors Booklet containing star profiles is also contain in the DVD case Overview ... Read review

Advantages: Is one of the best Carry On's
Disadvantages: None as such

Carry On Abroad truly encapsulates the feel-good spirit that made the films such an enduring success. Nearly all of the teams favourite regulars are here as well as some extra additions to the cast line-up. The usual batch of players that are present and clearly on good form are Sid James, Joan Sims, Kenneth Williams, Peter Butterworth, Charles Hawtrey, Babara Windsor, Hattie Jaques, Kenneth Connor and Bernard Bresslaw and are joined by Scottish ...
...the best endings in a Carry On film, firmly holding onto that fine, feel-good spirit which would slowly dissolve from here on. The cast are all on usual form, though Peter Butterworth and Hattie Jaques are perharps the best players here. They make an almost Laurel and Hardy kind of duo and Jaques in particular is an unusual role, playing a Spanish, downtrodden and seemingly demented cook. The rest of the cast certainly get their moments including ... Read review

Advantages: Great performances all round
Disadvantages: None as such

Carry On Again Doctor(1969) is, in my own opinion, the funniest of the medical Carry On's. There is more structure to the plot than there was in Carry On Nurse (1958) or Carry On Doctor (1968) and the film being divided into three sections works well as there really feels as though there is a beginning, middle and end of a story. Most of the same actors that were used in Doctor (1967) crop up in this entry with some playing almost identical characters. ...
...also includes all the best Carry On gang Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Charles Hawtrey, Sid James (who is not introduced until at least half way through the film), Hattie Jaques, yet again reprising her familiar role of the Matron (though plays this more gently in this one in contrast to the more ferocious steretype displayed in Nurse and Doctor) and the bubbly Babara Windsor who quickly catches Jim Dales roving eye. Carry On Again Doctor on the whole ... Read review