Drama

Have a LIttle Fishy In A Little Dishy

Advantages: Gripping tale of poverty, sex, affairs, theft, sheep stealing, dynamiting buildings.
Disadvantages: weak middle part

...the mid 1970’s, which is when I first watched it, it is set immediately following the First World War. There are four series. A Total of 42.5 hours of very excellent TV. You get all this for £49.99 from Amazon, or £56.99 at Play.com. When I bought it cost about £120. I think this would make a great present for anyone over 50. Though I think younger people would get a great deal out of watching it. It shows how many people struggled to survive at ...
...sort of honary son. Though when his romance with Jessie ends acrimoniously as Jack has got his best friend’s sister pregnant the family take against him for a while. One of the most influential men in Jack’s life is Horatio Manners, this is the father of Jack’s captain in the army. The captain had died in Jack’s arms and he uses this to get in favour with Manners, who offers him a job. He turns this down when he marries Dolly sister to Matt, Jack’s ...

Dollshouselady 18.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of When The Boat Comes In - The Complete Series (Box Set) (DVD)

truly amazing !

Advantages: The story, actors
Disadvantages: the tears :(

...spoilers *** Allie is the rich girl on vacation. Noah is the hard working poor local boy. But Allie’s parents do not approve and try to split the two up. It takes only the first half hour for allie's parents to split them up. For seven years the two never cross paths until Noah coincidentally sees her in the street. But before he can talk to her he sees her with another man which is her fiancé. In between the scenes of Noah and Allie are scenes ...
...losing her memory. Hes reading the story out of a notebook. There is a scene where Noah and his best friend join up to fight in World War II. Normally that would take up alot of the movie, This scene is less than 3 minutes long and Noah really doesn’t seem that affected. The only reason the scene was there was to kill off his best friend i think It was a wasted plot and they could of made it more part of the film. further on in the film There is ...

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Review of The Notebook (DVD)

Incredible

Advantages: Everything, Storyline, soundtrack, actors,
Disadvantages: Only 10 episodes, some special effects are now a bit dated but mostly fine.

I've loved Band of Brothers since it came out years ago. Each of the episodes has something special about it. Each episode is an hour long and almost like a mini film. The whole experience is incredibly cinematic and for anybody who loved "Saving Private Ryan" etc... this will be ideal. I've watched this series a few times and each time it is enjoyable. The cast is huge and not one performance disappoints. Damien Lewis carries the series well. I've ...
...is enhanced and even more enjoyable. The special effects can be dated if you look closely but on the whole are incredible. It would take an essay to describe everything a thing is good about this series. I'll finish by saying I've recommended this series to many people and nobody has regretted watching it. ...

Dunkan 02.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Band Of Brothers (Box Set) (Blu-Ray)

Bean 'n Gone

Advantages: Disc would make a nice Frisbee
Disadvantages: Too many to count.

...and since this, I wonder? Jack (Costello) gets a job babysitting a young prodigy-cum-brat, and Abbott plays his manager. The prodigy-cum-brat is basically a… well… brat. In an attempt to settle the boy down, Jack reads the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. We leave their black and white world and, very ‘Wizard of Oz’ like, we appear in a colourful world where Jack lives with his mother. The story is pretty much the fairy tale story that everyone ...
...the gist? However, when Jack starts to climb the beanstalk, along with Abbott – who plays a butcher (Jack swapped his cow for the beans with the butcher – was basically conned, but the giant takes the cow and Abbott wants it back; plus the giant has a goose that lays golden eggs… added incentive for Abbott), the village below bursts into song. This surprised me somewhat as I did not expect that. A bit of ‘filling in,’ I suspected at the time. But ...

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Review of Jack And The Beanstalk - The Real Story (DVD)

American History X, racism at its worst.

Advantages: Never a boring moment. Keeps you gripped.
Disadvantages: Squeamish moments.

...their characters very well. American History X is about two brothers, the eldest being Derek Vinyard and the youngest is Danny Vinyard. Before his incarceration Derek is looking for retribution for the murder of his father. Eventually Derek becomes entwined in a Neo Nazi group which leads to brutal murders, attacks, his leadership and finally his arrest. Dereks brother Danny is showing signs of trouble while his brother is in prison by making it ...
...head teacher decides a good way to deal with this is to get Danny to write an essay on his brother. When Derek is released from prison after three years he returns home a changed man, prison life seems to have set Derek straight and he now realises its not a race which is bad news it’s the individuals, including himself, who are in the wrong. He now realises how wrong his actions were and he is ashamed of who he was. What he finds when he gets home ...

Lele76 09.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of American History X (DVD)