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ROMAN AROUND OUR DVD COLLECTION….

Advantages: Excellent acting, compelling story, fascinating, great cast, wonderful script
Disadvantages: Very basic special effects (but the acting compensates!)

So, hubby and I had finished watching Between the Lines Series 1 and the next draw from our little tub of white slips of paper produced - I, Claudius. I wasn't thrilled. Hubby's choice had won out yet again and after the fast and exciting Between the Lines, I feared I, Claudius would be slow and dull. Still, I'd give it a try… I, CLAUDIUS - THE FACTS I, Claudius is a BBC TV series shown back in 1976 (I turned seven that year.) and was based on ...
...two episodes most evenings, but I found the first episode harder to get into and yes, a bit slow, so that took me two nights! THE STORY I, Claudius tells the history of Rome over a century or so, from the point of view of Claudius (Derek Jacobi) himself. His narration frames the episodes, with 'real-time action' forming most of each episode. We see home Rome fares under each Emperor, ending with young Nero. Although not historically accurate in ...

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Review of I Claudius (DVD)

Rome

Advantages: Everything, quality, great storyline!!
Disadvantages: Nothing, perfect almost.

...ANYWAYS, to the point, Rome is amazing: the acting, the setting and great historial facts about Rome and Gaius Julius Caeser. It starts of with two characters Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pollo both serving in the Roman legion, having finished the war against the Gauls, Mark Antony gives Vorenus the order to find the stolen "Eagle Standard" hence the journey of Pollo and Vorenus begins . It depicts the reality of what went on in Roman times, murder, ...

1988mike1988 20.11.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Rome - Series 1 (DVD)

If You Believe They Put A Man On The Moon

Advantages: Thought Provoking, Informative
Disadvantages: One Sided, Padded out too much

...are winning. Following on from the successful Apollo 13 movie, this series looks at the American space program in more detail. This is the brainchild of Tom Hanks and Ron Howard. This is less of a documentary and more a factual dramatisation. Conclusion The story of sending men to the moon is one of the most fascinating of the 20th century. So there is a lot of story to tell, going back from the Mercury program through Gemini to Apollo. ...
...the telling of the story from the American point of view, so all the people are portrayed as whiter than white. Whether this is the truth or not is open to speculation, but all the Astronauts have perfect nuclear families. The Apollo One disaster that cost three Astronauts their lives and put the whole program in jeopardy is told here very well indeed, with emotions running very high and tempers fraying. The consequences of the accident are told ...

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Review of From Earth To The Moon (Tom Hanks Signature Collection) (DVD)

Drip drip drip.....

Advantages: An interesting biographical movie.
Disadvantages: An interest in art is really a prerequisite.

...the name Jackson Pollock. Pollock stunned the world with the novelty of his paintings. Instead of painting with a brush Jackson used a stick which never actually touched the canvas; instead he dribbled and flicked the paint over the surface of the canvas which was laid out flat on the floor. The pieces he created in this manner, nicknamed his 'drip period' were produced 1947 and 1950 and they are incredibly famous. I believe most people will be familiar ...
...Ed Harris, who also played Pollock and was released in 2000. Pollock is simply a biographical movie portraying Pollock's life, from his time painting as a nobody in New York City and depicting his discovery by Peggy Guggenheim (played by Amy Madigan) and his subsequent rise to fame, fortune and ultimately disaster. Lee Krasner (played by Marcia Gay Harden), Pollock's lover who then became his wife in 1944, plays a huge role in the film. Lee was also ...

nickyturnill 03.03.2007 · Read full review
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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 ...

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