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Advantages: No holds barred look at wrestling
Disadvantages: NA

Beyond the mat is a documentary style film by Barry Blaustein, who confesses to being a big wrestling fan and has been for years. the documentary mainly covers 3 particular wrestlers, for those reading this who are not that knowledgable on wrestling, i will explain some background on the wrestlers: Terry Funk: a wrestling legend who first announced that he was going to retire in 1983 and remarkably is still wrestling today in 2003! Funk is a hardcore ...
...outcome of the match is still decided before the match takes place but they use various weapons sich as, barbed wire, thumbtacks, glass and fire! and any thing else they lay their hands on really. a lot of these matches take place in Japan but some in the USA as well. he also has wrestled in WCW and WWF so he is a very well respected wrestler. Jake the snake Roberts: most fans will have heard of Jake, he was one of the leading wrestlers in the WWF ... Read review

Advantages: Joyful and evocative documentary. Great music.
Disadvantages: None.

...used to play in the Buena Vista Social Club. The result is a poignant tale of them getting the first chance to perform in many years. They may have been forgiven, therefore, for being a little rusty. However, the music carries the listener away. I did not know the names of the musicians involved, but the Buena Vista apparently hosted some of Cuba's best bands. They had not forgotten their talents, even after a span of nearly 50 years. Most of the ...
...living in poverty, yet are all blissfully happy and full of energy. There is no clash of egos, just the joy of sharing in a wonderful musical experience. So get hold of a copy and get a small glimpse behind the long-closed doors of the Buena Vista Social Club. ... Read review

Advantages: Tells you important Dates
Disadvantages: -

...myself," he once said, "but I couldn't speak for the millions they killed." In 1986, he succeeded in having gypsy representatives included on the Holocaust Memorial Council in Washington DC. His biggest disappointments were his failure to secure the capture of Gestapo chief, Heinrich Muller, and Auschwitz doctor, Josef Mengele, who died in Brazil in 1978. Simon Wiesenthal died in the Austrian capital, Vienna, aged 96. Mr Wiesenthal died in his sleep ... Read review

Advantages: More detailed than the TV series
Disadvantages: Not everyones taste

...of the first trip that Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman made together on motorbikes. The DVD i am reviewing is the 2 disc set which contains both unseen and extended footage. The trip took a long time to play and ultimately was a journey from London to New York via Europe, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia, USA and Canada. The DVD covers the entire television series. The way the two discs are split is disc one conatins episodes ...
...disc has the remaining episodes on , namely 4, 5, 6 and 7. The total running time is about 6 hours so ideally you wont want to watch them in one sitting. The extras are the unseen material, the photo gallery and the exclusive post trip interview. The DVD's start with the planning stage where they have to trial possible motobikes that may be suitabel for a trip like this, they settle on either a KTM or BMW. Those that have watched the series will ... Read review

Advantages: A Good Insight into the Survivors Battle
Disadvantages: Very sad if you only focus on the event and not the rescue mission

World Trade Centre, as it says on the DVD cover, is definitely a true story of courage and survival. I saw this in my local Asda and thought it would be interesting to watch. It did not disappoint me. THE FILM The film is based on the tragic events of the September 11th disaster in America where the World Trade Centres were flown into by 2 planes and ultimately collapsed. The start of the film shows a police team heading into the first tower to ...
...footage which appeared on the world news that day when the actors were sitting watching their televisions. I would have liked to have seen more involvement from the rescue teams as I don't fell they were given enough credit in the film. The ending was quite moving as it told of the actual fatalities and casualties from the tragedy but also dedicated the film to all the rescue workers and everyone involved in the rescue missions and helping with ... Read review