Dealers (DVD)

beat the dealer!!!

Advantages: based on a true story
Disadvantages: can influence gambling

. Little does he know that a more viable offer is to be put on the table. Ben is propsitioned by a beautiful intelligent young student played by Kate Bosworth and he takes a shine to her. It is easy to see that he was under her spell and eventually they do fall in love. The plot thickens when Ben gets involved in a game of black jack with the professor and is trained how to count cards in order to win money, a lot of it!! The aim of the game is to be beat the dealer with your hand . Your hand must add up to 21 or beat the dealers nearest total to 21. A very exciting and addictive prospect. Ben decided to join them in Vegas and makes thousands of dollars by always beating the dealer through knowing which cards were still to appear and which had been thrown out of the game. He wins more money than he needs to get into Harvard but he still ...

christinat 22.11.2008 (23.11.2008) · Read full review
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Review of 21 (DVD)

Learn more about your car

Advantages: good learning process
Disadvantages: bit pricey

Brought this DVD for part of my Hubby's Christmas box, he's into Top Gear and other car programmes such as this, by the time he got around to putting this DVD on, I was well and truly hooked on car shows, so had no problems with watching it. Actually a very interesting DVD, which instead of just showing you flash cars, not only few can afford, this DVD gives some very useful tips and information. The basics are, that presenter Mike Brewer and a mechanic genius friend of his, have a £1000, starting fund, with this, they have to purchase a scrap, or near scrap sporty or classic car, from local papers, small adds column etc, and do it up as best they can, Mike tends to be the man, who job it is to go out and get the best deals he can for spare parts, whilst the mechanic sets to work on the car, they are given one week to complete ...

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Rockit's DVD

Advantages: Quite good extras
Disadvantages: All in one long episode

Fimbles ? Smelly Jelly I have to admit that Fimbles are not one of my favourite children?s programmes though my daughter loves it so we decided to go and get her a DVD so when we wanted to watch something on the television, she could watch it happily on the laptop ? which she enjoys doing as its mummy?s laptop and she isn?t meant to touch it! The Fimbles are Fimbo, Florrie and Baby Pom, who all live in a lovely, colourful place called Fimble Valley. The Fimbles are cuddly hippo like creatures each with lovely colourful ?skins?. Other characters in this programme include a blue tree frog called Rockit and a mole called Roly Mo, a pink bird called Bessie and her chick Ribble. Most of the other characters are essentially large puppets except the chick who is just a great ball of fluff with eyes stuck on it, unmoving in the main ...

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