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Michael Caine is The Whistle Blower.

Advantages: A brilliant piece of acting by Michael Caine
Disadvantages: A little slow in the first 15-20 minutes.

...Whistle Blower” DVD The Whistle Blower carries a Parental Guidance (PG) classification. The genre is Espionage/Drama and the film was first released in 1987. It has a run time of 1 hour 40minutes. The copy I am reviewing is a single disc edition with a limited special feature selection of Scene Selection and Photo Gallery. Cast, Director and Producer The DVD has a strong cast list which includes Michael Caine, Nigel Havers, John Gielgud, James ...
...is Simon Langton and the producers Geoffrey Reeve, Jim Reeve, John Kelleher, Peter Dolman and Philip Nugus . Soundtrack by John Scott. The Plot The Whistle Blower is based on a novel by John Hale, this film is basically a cold war spy story. Frank Jones (Michael Caine) is a war veteran, he served his country during the second world war and is now an ordinary civilian, a law abiding business man. Frank has a son, Bob, (Nigel Havers) of whom he ...

brittle1906 19.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Whistle Blower (DVD)

Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

Advantages: Great film and loads of special features
Disadvantages: The special films can be repetetive

...1994, Frank Darabont finished making The Shawshank Redemption, based on the novella, Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King. It was largely overlooked by audiences and slated by critics. However, a few years later, it topped the rental charts and critics lists becoming hailed as one of the best films of all time. The Shawshank Redemption tells the tale of Andy Dufresne, an accountant who is sent to Shawshank prison for the murder ...
...with Red (Ellis Boyd Redding), the man who can get you things. Andy’s time at Shawshank is anything but uneventful, he has run-ins with “The Sisters” - a rather unpleasant groups of prisoners, he helps the wardens and he builds a library. The Shawshank Redemption is story about friendship, hope and a examination of a prison system. The Shawshank Redemption features some of the finest performances of the 90s. Andy Dufresne is played ...

shister_not 16.07.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The Shawshank Redemption (10th Anniversary Edition) (DVD)

Just As it Was All That time Ago.

Advantages: A trip back in time,
Disadvantages: None

...from my point of view Saturday Night and Sunday Morning directed by Karel Reisz is one of those that fall into that category. The film is based on an autobiographical novel by Alan Sillitoe, it is set in the 1960's hence the film is in black and white and when it was first released it was a major box office hit. I can clearly see why it was such a hit at the time, the film is life as it was, no frills or airs and graces, just a story of working ...
...well with the females. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning has a simple storyline, when Arthur is not at work he is at the pub, when he is not at the pub he is with Brenda ( played by Rachael Roberts ), who just happens to be the wife of his good workmate Jack. Maybe the best way to describe Arthur is to tell you that he is smart, selfish and chauvinistic, his Mother waits on him at home and when he spends time with Brenda at her house then she is ...

Sarahjh1 21.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Saturday Night And Sunday Morning (DVD)

Sex and the City

Advantages: funny, great performance
Disadvantages: long

...so many exciting reviews on Sex and the City that I decided I watch it. It is a real chick flick romantic comedy and that evening it was the perfect entertainment for me. The film was written and directed by Michael Patrick King. Actually he was the co-producer of the film as well with Sarah Jessica Parker and Darren Star. Michael Patrick King is an American film director and screenplay writer. Besides Sex and the City he wrote the screenplay of ...
...balance. She and Steve have sex about twice a year and even then she is not so involved. She is hurt and devastated when Steve confesses that he had sex with another woman. Miranda separates immediately from him and sees no chance to forgive him. Charlotte has a happy family since they adopted Lily. She is a beautiful girl. Charlotte soon realises that since they gave up trying to have a baby she is pregnant. Can she carry out the baby? My opinion ...

D_i_a_n_e 29.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Sex And The City - The Movie (DVD)

There's final hits and final hits. What kind is this one to be?

Advantages: One Of The Best Films To Come Out Of The UK.
Disadvantages: None!

...I first saw the film Trainspotting after hearing so much controversy about it on television, from reading about it in the newspapers and from everyone talking about it around me at the time. It was all everyone was talking about on it's release in 1996 and of course I just had to see it for myself to see what all the hype was about. Well I went to the pictures to watch this film and was quite shocked by this outrageously, yet brilliant tale of five ...
...ago that my husband purchased Trainspotting to add to our DVD collection as we both really enjoyed watching it over the years at various times on television (in a sick kind of way I guess). He picked it up second-hand for £1 at a car boot sale, so it certainly was a great bargain. This film really will not be suited to everyone though. I think you will either love it like I do, or absolutely hate it. It certainly is worth watching once though just ...

hillhead 28.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Trainspotting (DVD)