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Advantages: Very funny / Visually stunning / Extremely authentic looking.
Disadvantages: None

...Buster Keatons finest film . The story is based on reminiscences of the Civil War, William Pittengers ' 'The Great Locomotive Chase' in which the author, a northern soldier, recalls a daring raid which he had taken part in. in 1862. The story obviously had great attraction to Keaton;of a band of soldiers disguised as southerners making there way from Tenessee into Atlanta to sieze a train while it's passengers were still at breakfast.The object being ...
...forces with the union troops.along the way burning bridges and severing communications en-route,but despite delays, were overtaken , upon almost reaching there destination, by another borrowed locomotive which forced them to give up there prize.The men being apprehended and some, later, being eventually executed. Keaton was once asked why his film looked more authentic than ' Gone With The Wind ' to which he replied after a little thought ' Well' ... Read review

Advantages: A funny silent film
Disadvantages: No extras and some poor vusual quality

...watch able that once seen the images will stay with you for a very long time. I refer to film in this review, but the product is the DVD of the film. I cannot recall when I first saw this film. I have always liked the silent films, particularly slapstick comedy. Here you will find no smart one liners, or withering put downs. Here the humour is strictly visual. And you should remember that these films were made before most special effects. Here the ...
...novelty. Sound was still in the future as was colour, and as for CGI, well computers had not even been invented yet. Films were black and white and any accompaniment was by a piano player in the theatre. Technically we have come a long way since then. This film, The General, is arguably the best film made by Buster Keaton. The story is about a historical raid by union soldiers that took place in 1862. The film is based on these events but not completely. ... Read review

Advantages: Lovely idea, heart warming and funny.
Disadvantages: A little bit typical.

In 'Run, fat boy, Run' Simon Pegg plays a loser dad who ran out on his pregnant fiancée on the day they were getting married. For 5 years he has desperately attempted to win her back and has beaten himself up so many times about leaving her and whether he was ready to win her back. But when she starts seeing a new boyfriend, who seems polite, charming and brilliant, Pegg thinks he is beaten but decides to try even harder to win his ex-fiancée(Thandie ...
...- running the marathon. It's the perfect answer as the new boyfriend has run many marathons. However there is one problem; Pegg is now where near fit, he can't eve run to the end of the street without taking a rest!!! But with lots of training and little bit of help from his friends Pegg begins to become a marathon runner. But then disaster strikes and Pegg decides to give up. Then discovering that his little boy would be moving to Chicago he decides ... Read review

Advantages: fantastic all round smutty humour
Disadvantages: none... if you can handle smut

Creator and writer: Jonathan Harvey. Directors: Liddy Oldroyd and Tristram Shapeero Producers: John Plowman, Peter Bennett-Jones and mark Chapman Stars: Kathy Burke, James Dreyfus, Beth Goddard, Brian Bovell and Rosalind Knight. Released for the BBC in early 1999 running through until December 2001, creating 18 episodes, at 25 minutes each, split into 3 series, together with a Millennium special… and give a 15 certificate for very obvious reason ...
...IDEA ** Starring the funny Kathy Burke as Linda La Hughes, a fiery loud mouth woman with a mass of ginger hair and big white glasses covering her face, who, although being rather unattractive, sees herself as the most beautiful person on the planet, and James Dreyfus as Tom Farrell, her gay out of work actor flatmate who is so desperate to be loved he tries it on with anyone he sees, but constantly fails at friendship. They share a flat who they ... Read review

Advantages: Funny, hilarious, amusing
Disadvantages: None, watch it!

Peter Bretter (Jason Segal) is a successful composer who has it all. Fantastic apartment, good looks, great job and a celebrity girlfriend, Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell) to drool over. When his girlfriend's crime show is dropped from TV, he is also dropped as composer to the show. Then Sarah confesses that she has found someone else and is breaking up with him. Devastated, Peter runs away to Hawaii to help himself forget Sarah, but unknowingly he ...
...her new beau. Whilst recovering from Sarah's shocking appearance, Peter meets up with hotel staff member Rachael Jenson (Mila Kunis), and slowly begins to see things in a different light. This film is absolutely hilarious. Russell Brand completely steals the limelight and delights with his spot on timing and vast portfolio of expressions. If you want to laugh into your sides are really really hurting, watch this movie ... Read review