Drama > 10 GBP to 15 GBP Drama > Irons, Jeremy

Amazing! A brilliant buy

Advantages: Amazing film, quality extras, wonderful acting, beautiful story
Disadvantages: Extras are few, otherwise it's a brilliant buy.

With Lolita, Adrian Lyne has done something a bit unusual. He has taken a staggeringly good novel and created from it a film which doesn't let you down. The story is one of a young boy in France who falls in love with a girl who abruptly dies. The pain of the loss haunts him through his life and he eventually finds himself living with a woman and her daughter. He focuses his haunted heart on the 12 year old Dolores. From here a story of love, crime, ...
...taken along a route which may seem morally dubious but is beautifully bittersweet, touching and tragic. There are many things to say about this film. Firstly, the performance of the actors is brilliant. Jeremy Irons is absoultely wonderful and really carries the character. He IS Humbert. Dominique Swain is also great and doesn't miss a trick. I really enjoyed the inclusion of Frank Langella as Quilty as he gives a great performance and really shows ...

JeanReno 21.08.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Lolita (DVD)

Brideshead Revisited

Advantages: Great DVD Quality, Very Entertaining and Great Value for money
Disadvantages: None

...of the very best quality. Brideshead Revisited tells the story of the lives of the aristocratic Marchmain family narrated by a character named Charles Ryder. The story originates from the relationship between Charles Ryder and Sebastian Flyte, the son of Lord and Lady Marchmain. The drama is filmed at Castle Howard in Yorkshire and gives a tour of this thought after stately home. The episodes are pure entertainment from the beginning and make a great ...

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Review of Brideshead Revisited (25th Anniversary Edition) (Digi Pack) (DVD)

A mans life needs at least 1 hour of our time

Advantages: Cleverly worked out
Disadvantages: Not action packed - some might find boring

BEWARE! THE FOLLOWING REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS AND PLOTLINE! THE STORY The story starts with a young man of 18 on trial in court for murder. His life is in the hands of the jury of 12 men. If he is found guilty, he will be executed. All 12 must agree on a verdict. We learn that the boy is accused of killing his father. The father hit the young boy frequently and the prosecution see this as the motive. A witness who lived opposite boy and the father ...
...knife and an old man living below said that he heard the boy shout "I'm gonna kill you" before he heard something fall to the floor above. The old man ran to his door and says that he saw the boy running away. However, the boy says that he was at the cinema during the stabbing and did not return until 3 hours later where upon he was arrested. The men go into a room to decide if the boy is guilty or not. The men decide to take a preliminary vote. ...

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Review of Twelve Angry Men (DVD)

The finest show to ever grace the screens

Advantages: Everything, mostly the fab Ms Gless
Disadvantages: none at all

...most wanted thief in America. Cagney and Lacey are on the case, and soon discover he is up to his old tricks. Cagney becomes obsessed with catching him, after he challenges her, and the race is on as she tries to outwit the Grandest Thief of Them All. 10 - Recreational Use - Cagney, Lacey and Dory McKenna investigate the deaths of some senior citizens in properies owned by the same man, who it turns out is sabotaging all his buildings to raise rent. ...
...assist him with his work. Cagney disagrees with this and makes him aware of her nervousness about the use of drugs, but doesnt make an issue out of it - until the group have a social get together with Lacey and her husband Harvey at their apartment. It is later discovered that Dory used drugs at the home of the Laceys, which causes a rift between the partners - and Mary Beth offers some harsh, yet true advice to Christine about her love interest, ...

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Review of Cagney And Lacey - Series 1 - Complete (Box Set) (DVD)

Touching but sad story set during post-WWII Germany

Advantages: Touching, Emotional, handles controversial subjects sensitively.
Disadvantages: Can be a little slow in places

...woman during post-WWII Germany, and the effect it has on him throughout his life. It is a beautifully written book which has translated well on to screen, and combined with the excellent acting from Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes and the young David Kross, The Reader is not to be missed. At the start of an illness that will see him bed ridden for many months, Michael Berg is helped home by a brusque but alluring older women names Hanna Schmitz. On ...
...he realises that it signifies the end of the affair and the loss of Hanna from his life. Moving forward, Michael is studying a law degree and when he meets Hanna again during the middle of a controversial trial, he is shocked at the nature of the discovery. During this trial, Michael uncovers a secret Hanna has been keeping her whole life and struggles to decide whether to reveal this. Choosing not to, he now must live with the consequences for ...

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