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Sweet, Funny and Tender

Advantages: Fanatastic script, excellent cast, the soundtrack
Disadvantages: Hard to track down, might be a little too whimsical for some

...When Daniel sees Melody Perkins at school it is love at first sight for him and over time he manages to befriend her, eventually deciding he wants to marry her. Melody and Daniel become closer and she eventually accepts his proposal. So far so good – except Daniel and Melody are both twelve years old, and have quite some opposition to overcome. Opinion I first saw “Melody” when I was thirteen years old and I could almost immediately relate to ...
...to spend his time with Melody rather than go on japes with him and he steals almost every scene he appears in. It’s easy to dismiss Wild as “just” the Artful Dodger, but “Melody” shows his talent and his charisma as an actor, and leaves one wondering what might have been had he made better choices in his life. Roy Kinnear plays Melody’s father and while he’s only in a couple of scenes he is memorable in both, particularly the scene where he, along ...

rosebud2001 01.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Melody (VHS)

A Triple bill from the Boys

Advantages: Very Funny
Disadvantages: Nothing

Laurel And Hardy - Duck Soup / Why Girls Love Sailors / Putting Pants On Phil The Boys: Stan Laurel (June 16 1890 – February 23 1965). Real name Arthur Stanley Jefferson. Stan was born in Lancashire but toured with Charlie Chaplin and hence on one tour ended up in America. He had ‘Arrived’ Oliver Hardy (January 18 1892 – August 7 1957). Real name Norvell Hardy. Ollie was ...
...The magnificent Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy star in this wonderfully funny collection of 3 films. 'Duck Soup', ‘Why Girls Love Sailors’ and ‘Putting Pants on Philip’ A brief synopsis and a short opinion of each and then a summary at the end will follow. Duck Soup The boys are Tramps and find an empty house in the woods. So of course they move in but then a forest fire breaks out and they are caught up in pretending to be the owners. ...

Maximus-Qualitus 04.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Laurel And Hardy - Duck Soup / Why Girls Love Sailors / Putting Pants On Philip (VHS)

The Wedding Date To Remember.

Advantages: The chemistry between the charecters comes across very well.
Disadvantages: Quite predictable.

The Wedding Date is a brilliant romantic comedy about Kat Ellis who travels home from New York to London for her sister Amys wedding. Kat decides she cant face going to the wedding alone and with her ex fiance being there it gives her an addded reason to take a partner. The film starts with a very worried overly anxious Kat trying to get hold of her date who is a very desirable male escort Nick. They finally meet on the plane to London to begin ...
...while joining in with all the events Amy and Ed have planned for the wedding party. Kat has a turbulet ride in London with loads of ups and downs where she eventually finds herself and figures out what is the best path for her to take her life down. I would class this film as a romantic comedy as there is romance in the air at every turn with quite a few smoldering moments between different charecters, although it wasn’t absolutely hillarious there ...

Lele76 04.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Wedding Date (DVD)

How I Met Your Mother - The New Friends....but better.

Advantages: Great Characters With Great Acting, Funny, Addictive, Great Concepts
Disadvantages: Can be confusing for new watchers

How I Met Your Mother has been one of my favourite American Sitcoms since I got a glimpse of it back in 2007 when BBC 2 showed the first season and I have secretly been longing for the past 2 years, hoping that BBC will show it again someday. Thankfully my secret prays have been answered by E4, which makes sense since they are the ones famous for bringing the British public Friends, Ugly Betty, Samantha Who and the other American sitcoms. I have ...
...How I Met Your Mother has had, I have never come home looking forward to a show as much as I have in the recent months, even epic shows like Lost or Heroes failed to grip me as much as How I Met Your Mother has, and I am glad because it brings a little ray of sunshine into my usually miserable day. What’s It About The show usually begins with a man who we never see in the stated year of 2030, who is telling his 2 teenage kids stories about ...

Shellshocker 04.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of How I Met Your Mother - Series 1 (Box Set) (DVD)

Rhod Gilbert The Award Winning Comedian...

Advantages: Exceptionally funny
Disadvantages: The DVD Menu, and Menu Music. Also, frequent swearing if thats not your cup of tea

...what is coming next. Rhod has great interaction with the crowd, and his quick wit is proven with the way he deals with situations on the spot, with barely a seconds thought. The extra's on the DVD are also a joy to behold...I always love a heckler being put in their places, and Gilbert really shows off his technique in this section of the DVD. ...

beave106 04.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Rhod Gilbert And The Award Winning Mince Pie (DVD)