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Advantages: brilliant necessary truth telling
Disadvantages: the truth hurts!

it's both utterly harrowing to watch this, but it is also a beautifully exact record and film. the film makers let the people, landscape, mad race haters speak for themselves, they approach a very wide range of people very tentatively usually allowing us to encounter them as they are, and want to present themselves and gradually introduce more contentious things to the conversation, often with horrifying results. this film is the twin of Lanzman's ...
...historical film about a unique horror that happened decades earlier. This is a unique horror that is decades long and ongoing; placades all over Israel screaming Arabs Go/Out/Expel/Transfer. Warning! The views expressed by Israeli officials soldiers etc. in this film are truly shocking, the hypocrasy grotesque, the echo in the mouths of Presidents and Prime MInisters a matter of the deepest shame -on all of us. You must see this film, without hesitation: ... Read review

Advantages: very entertaining, interesting to watch due to the risks involved
Disadvantages: some of the drivers fall-out and resign

...Northwest Territories and the infamous ice roads. It is very similar in style to the 'Deadliest Catch' and the British 'Trawlermen', so if you're a fan of these you're sure to love this. To date there have been 2 complete seasons and 29 episodes made, it's a very popular show. The format is simple, the drivers are regular truck drivers for ten months of the year, but when the sharp winter sets in they turn their hand to driving trucks on the ice ...
...known to fall through the ice before and therefore police implement a strict speed limit on the ice road. If trucks breakdown they can be stranded and because they're miles from anywhere it can take hours for them to get help, drivers sometimes attempt to fix their vehicles, but the temperature is so low their hands can stick to the tools if they forget to put their gloves on etc. The most obvious danger is probably coming off of the road itself ... Read review

Advantages: Very entertaining!
Disadvantages: Some may find it boring.

...the dangerous world of the Ice Road Truckers. Although this has been shown on numerous channels such as The History Channel, Discovery Channel and Sky One, it has been a ratings success on Five where it has been shown in the prime time at 8pm slot on a Wednesday night with a repeat over the weekend. As the narrator at the beginning of each episode says: "At the top of the world, there's an outpost like no other...and a job only a few would dare. ...
...thin ice." The ice has a road marked out on it so the drivers can see where they must go which allows them to stay on a relatively clear path. Now be aware that these trucks are fully loaded with loads in the regions of tonnes and they are travelling 50mph over frozen water that in some places can be less than a metre thick!!! For the drivers the loads appear to be endless and the race is on to make money by simply delivering as many loads as possible ... Read review

Advantages: Great Information
Disadvantages: none

...is an excellent view into Jackie Chan and how he makes movies. The DVD is in 2 parts both on the same disc = Jackie Chan - My Story + Jackie Chan - My Stunts. Jackie Chan - My Story is a bit of a potted biography and presented in a sometimes irritating MTV type pop up format it certainly is a useful introduction into who Jackie Chan is and contains some interesting footage and interviews. Jackie Chan - My Stunts has been termed a primer for Hong ...
...footage towards the end where Jackie Chan stunt-team members carry out some quick stunts that where choreographed including the 'bad' takes with an explanation as to what went wrong and why. Some interesting behind the scenes footage again with some interviews of Jackie explaining what went into the stunts. ... Read review

Advantages: A lost Italian classic
Disadvantages: A little overlong

...Shameless Screen Entertainments latest offering, Oasis Of Fear (AKA Diry Pictures, An Ideal Place To Kill, Un Posto Ideale Per Uccidere), a movie that journeys back to the directors early career. Made and set in 1971, Oasis Of Fear is a like a leftover product of the 1960's, its message during the opening moments is one of peace and love. The opening credits show young lovers Dick Butler (Ray Lovelock here credited as Raymond Lovelock) and Ingrid ...
...More than anything else Oasis Of Fear is a cultural education, lots of throwbacks to the seventies, while almost debunking the aspect that some European countries offered a much more sexually liberating lifestyle than our own. After all, the couple made their way from country to country selling pornography to the masses, and its far from being the hardcore end of the business. It's curious that even the sound of a couple having sex, would be enough ... Read review