Crawshaw's Watercolour Cruise DVD

Advantages: Great flying stunts
Disadvantages: None come to mind

...Great film about elite pilots that go to an elite school to learn how to be the best of the best. Tom Cruise is the star and he falls in love with one of the trainers. He is a brilliant pilot, but takes a lot of risks, one of these resulting in the death of his partner, which he has trouble forgiving himself for. He eventually gets back into a plane, but is nervous. They all graduate, but Tom Cruise's rival wins the elitve position. They are all on a ship when there is a call for them to fly into battle. Tom Cruise manages to save the day. Brilliant film worth watching.... Read review

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Advantages: good plot
Disadvantages: a bit "gung ho"

...Top Gun is one of those films that doesn't seem to have dated since it was made nearly 15 years ago. It tells the story of a hot shot US pilot (Cruise) and his efforts to make "Top Gun" at the airforce training academy. There are lots of airborne sequences and the effects are good. Tom Cruise is believable as the young pilot, and the supporting cast - Meg Ryan, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer and Anthony Edwards - perform their roles well. There is the obligatory romance between the student (Tom Cruise) and his teacher Kelly McGillis. The movie is action packed, and doesn't require too much brain power to follow the plot. perfect viewing for Saturday nights.... Read review

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Advantages: A highpoint of the screen ghost story
Disadvantages: May seem dated to some

...rather than actual experience; therefore, based on the rave reviews I'd come across and Nigel Kneale's other work, I took a chance on the BFI DVD of it. I wasn't disappointed; if one ignores the aspects that cannot help to have dated (the sets, the "special effects", the hairdos, and a certain amount of grandstanding acting from a section of the male cast (think "Life On Mars"' 70s police officers)). But the concept is intriguing; I don't know if the theory originated here, but the idea that hauntings are recorded memories repeatedly played out to sensitive onlookers by a particular environment certainly gained a lot of momentum from Kneale's exploration of it. The acting is mostly good, especially Jane Asher, whose fragility (playing a character obviously teetering on the brink of a breakdown) renders you a lot more sympathetic towards her... Read review

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