Culture Club - Live In Sydney DVD

Advantages: Good acting, Good story line
Disadvantages: None!

...instructor. Dre drags along Sidney to the restaurant where Reese and the guy are, and makes a huge scene, and then says that he wants a divorce from Reese then Sidney drags him off by his ear. Literally. They go back to Sidney's flat and Dre seduces Sidney and they up sleeping together. Sidney conscience soon catches up with her and realises that Dre is still married (but estranged), and she is soon to be married, and she's just slept with her best friend (I think their a bit more then friends now ;) ). In the end Sidney gives back Kelby's ring but is too stubborn to admit that she's in love with Dre. So Dre decides to ask her to go out with him and drives to the recording studio, where shes having an interview and he goes old skool and writes on a piece of paper with a yes box, a no box and a maybe box. And well, the rest is history... =DVD... Read review

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Advantages: Wholesome Entertainment for Pre-Teens
Disadvantages: Too Cheesy for the Masses

...In this movie Amanda Bynes plays Sydney White, a girl going off to college with the ambition of following in her mother's footsteps. Her mother was a member of a popular sorority. Sydney is guaranteed a bid, but the 'mean girl' sorority president refuses to let her in the fraternity. Sydney has no choice but to turn to the dorks. Together with her seven dorks she rises up against the evil popular girls. I am normally a huge fan of Amanda Bynes, but this was honestly not one of her better movies. While it has comedic moments and Bynes' usual clumsy behavior, the story line is cliche and more than a bit overdone. It does have its funny moments, but the pathetic attempt at a bigger humor is just a bit too overdone. Sydney White and the seven dorks is all too reminiscent of Snow White and the seven dwarfs. Hardy... Read review

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Advantages: a good way of spending some time in front of the telly
Disadvantages: none

...of the book, and maybe it was because of the censorship at the time. Peter Lorre role as Joe Carlo was a person who was hoping to find the Falcon first and sell it to the highest bidder, and happy to get it at any means. While the role reflects the cultural images of the time, I felt that the role was in many ways stereotypical, that Joe was almost like a ‘woman’ in this ways and manners, and there was the racial overtones in that he was a bit sleazy and dark. Again this is in the book, but more strongly hinted at, that Joe Carlo maybe gay, but this was missing from the film, again maybe cause of the censors of the time. Sydney Greenstreet who plays Mr Gutman is the real villain of the film. His screen image lives up to the name of Mr Gutman, and there a hardness to him under a false jolly image. This man would go to any lengths... Read review

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