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Advantages: Great classic time team with all the Team
Disadvantages: Your favourite dig may not be in there

...Never seen it? Well heres the premise: Tony Robinson presents it, the Team do some research into a site which needs to be archaelogically dug then he acts like the layman and asks lots of questions about what they are digging and what they are finding and tries to get them to uncover the myseries of the site. But the archaelogists really make this programme. Mick is the chief arch and he looks like a mad professor with long wispy hair and never ...
...on his bike looking at the geometry of the area. John is the geophysics guy who picks up all the electro magnetic activity and stuff to guide them to where they dig and lastly theres Phil, this guy has so much energy, hes a west country chap with just so much enthusaism for what he finds it just sucks you in. Anyway, to the DVD! This DVD is a great one for getting into Time Team because it has all the interesting episodes on it! I mean, Time Team ... Read review

Advantages: Persuasive, hugely entertaining documentary on the Sexual Revolution
Disadvantages: Those who hate porn period may not bother

****************************************************************** TITLE: Inside Deep Throat RATING: ***** CAST: Gerard Damiano, Linda Lovelace, Harry Reems, Charles Keating, Larry Parrish, Larry Flynt, Hugh Hefner, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, John Waters, Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, Bill Kelly, Erica Jong, Lenny Camp, Dr. Helen Gurley Brown, Susan Brownmiller, Dick Cavett, Wes Craven, Carl Bernstein, Andrea True, Ron Wertheim, Xaviera Hollander, Arthur ...
...I saw the 2005 documentary INSIDE DEEP THROAT which I got a perfect picture of those troubled times. Now, some of you maybe thinking of “Deep Throat,” the secret informant who provided Woodward & Bernstein vital information about President Richard Nixon and the Watergate break-in; actually, INSIDE DEEP THROAT is about the 1972 porn film which came onto the scene like a bolt of lightening, infuriating the conservative government at the time who was ... Read review

Advantages: Enlightening and important piece of filmaking
Disadvantages: Shocking and disturbing in areas

...and important films such as Bowling for Columbine and the more recent Fahrenheit 911 he also writes books which are equally important to read (Downsize This, Adventures in a TV Nation, Dude, where's my Country, Stupid White Men etc). I don't agree with everything Mr Moore has to say but I am thankful that someone has finally come along who is willing to stand up for what he believes in at any cost. Finally a small fish (Michael Moore isn't that ...
...along with a big helping of humour. The one this Michael Moore does exceptionally well is keep the balance between entertaining and informing. So often documentaries loose their audience due to lack of stimulation. When I first watched Bowling for Columbine I wanted to watch it over again almost immediately. ... Read review

Advantages: Typical Michael Moore
Disadvantages: Some scenes badly shot

...as I like to think the people that post here usually get things right, unfortunatly, and this is meant to be in no way a personal attack on the writer of the other review, I do not know him/her and have no beef with them at all, but I feel that thier review did not do this DVD justice, so here is my humble attempt. Altough this was one of his first movies, it was one of the last ones that I bought on DVD, for no real reason other than I never had ...
...tell you, it was worth the wait. MICHAEL MOORE?? For anyone unaware of Michaels Moore's work, he is basically your average Joe who likes to stand up against corperate America and fight for the litte man, his most famous works are probably - Bowling For Columbine and Ferinheight 9/11, the shame is that most people just think that is all he has ever done. Anyway this is a DVD review, not a general review about him! MAIN PROGRAM The Big One is basically ... Read review

Advantages: Great use of footage, analysis from experts and pieced together wonderfully
Disadvantages: None

'When We Were Kings' is a documentary by Leon Gast, centred around the 'Rumble in the Jungle', the boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, which will undoubtedly go down as one of the most famous sporting events in history. Held in Kinshasa, Zaire, the event generated massive interest from all around the world. The documentary focuses primarily on Muhammad Ali, who at this point in his career, and with Foreman's dominance in the boxing ...
...the fight. Ali's charisma, personality and charm meant he was always going to be the man the fight centred around. 'When We Were Kings' charts the build-up to the fight, utilising interviews with experts in the boxing field, members of the media who were in Zaire at the time of the fight, and natives of Zaire as well as interviews and press conferences with the two boxers involved. It tells of us how the natives felt a connection with Ali and supported ... Read review