Hong Kong starlet Brigitte Lin (The Bride With White Hair, Chungking Express) stars in a ... more
masterful swordplay classic as the protector of a magical lyre with destructive forces which can only be unleashed by a skilled musician.In ancient China the land ...
Production Year: 1990 - Martial Arts - Director: Lucas Lowe - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring: Loren Avedon, Keith Cooke, Billy Blanks, Richard Jaeckel, Don Stroud
Production Year: 1991 - Martial Arts - Director: Tsui Hark - Original Language: Cantonese - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Donnie Yen, Jet Lee, Rosamund Kwan, Yuen Biao, Mok Sui Chung
Advantages: Well written, tense, black humour, make up and effects, Davina McCall(!) Disadvantages: Violent and very gory, a little padded in places
Before reading:
1. Contains several plot spoilers. But you can probably guess what happens at the end anyway.
2. Assumes a basic knowledge of the Big Brother TV show and format.
3. Parts of Dead Set are pretty gruesome, so if you?re of a nervous disposition you may not even want to read the rest of this review, never mind follow any of the links at the end.
Not Ideal Boyfriend Material
How?s this for a nightmare scenario? You?re a lowly female member of the production team on Big Brother. No no, that?s not it. There?s more. Not long ago you were engaged in a passionate clinch with Danny, your new almost-boyfriend, for whom you?re in the process of trading in your long-standing but boring current model. Danny has now left the room on an errand for your mutual tyrant of a boss and while he?s gone ...
jonathanb 06.11.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: exceptional Review of Dead Set (DVD)
Advantages: good action and thrills with a bit of a story Disadvantages: the 'iffyi special FX...again.?
Director: George A. Romero.
Producer: Richard P. Rubinstein
Writer: George A. Romero
Stars: Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joe Pilato, Sherman Howard, Antoine Dileo and Jarlath Conroy.
Released in 1985, 17 years after Romero's original idea of the dead walking the streets, this hour and forty minute horror sees the undead being held at a unorthodox military base and used in experiments to try and find a cure for the state of the world.
* BRIEF PLOT
Somewhere underground there are a groups of surviving humans who are holding a heard of zombie creatures in a massive prison type cell?
The group consists of a couple of scientists, Dr Logan, (played by Richard Liberty) and Dr Ted Fisher, (played by John Amplas) and Sarah (Lori Cardille), who are studying the zombies in the hope of finding a way to defeat them.
And a team ...
Advantages: Really Good Music Vids Disadvantages: Missing Some Of My Favorite Songs
and really couldn't decide which version I thought was better. So, I liked them both the same,...
The song was really released to mark the celebration of, both its singular success around the world and to boost the success of their (Dead or Alives) 'Hits Collection'. Both the CD and DVD. Which is what I will be talking about now,... (The DVD, I mean...)
~~~Some Info About The DVD~~~
Well, lets start of by actually listing whats on the DVD then, shall we.....
~~~The Music Videos~~~
01 - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) (2003 Version)
02 - Brand New Lover 12"
03 - Something In My House
04 - Turn Around & Count 2 Ten 12"
05 - Come Home With Me Baby 12"
06 - Lover Come Back
07 - In To Deep
08 - I'll Save You All My Kisses
09 - Your Sweetness Is Your Weakness
10 - Hooked On Love
11 - My Heart Goes Bang
12 - Thats The Way ...