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Can they survive a new Ice Age?

Advantages: Brilliant special effects, solid storyline and acting, looks and sound terrific on Blu-ray
Disadvantages: None! A thoroughly enjoyable experience.

...issue in modern society, with the Government releasing advertising campaigns to help make the public realise the detrimental effect everyday activities are having on our planet. Everything from television adverts telling us to switch our TV's off standby to the mystery voice on the radio reminding us to turn off the light everytime we leave the room have become an everyday occurrence. Climatologists and Scientists strongly believe that our wasteful ...
...issue in 2004 by directing The Day After Tomorrow, an epic blockbuster which shows the threatening prospect of a new Ice Age arriving. The film begins with Climatologist Dr. Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) drilling ice cores in Antarctica when a piece on the Antarctic shelf breaks off, nearly bringing Jack and his colleagues to their death. This event makes the Doctor realise how serious an issue global warming is becoming and sparks Jack in to action ...

Bax88 25.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Day After Tomorrow (Blu-ray)

Heartwarming story, it doesnt use standard cliches

Advantages: Great Baseball movie about following your dreams
Disadvantages: Tad slow-moving in the middle where younger kids may squirm

...opinion reveals major details about the movie's plot. I dont like to give to much away though. I'm a baseball fan. And as a baseball fan -- the movie works. It's a movie that you can bring your kinds too (it's G rated) but it's more intelligent than Major League. It's a heartwarming story -- one things immediately to Robert Redford's "The Natural", but it is not as cliched. What pulled me in was the fact that the movie was based on a true story. ...
...at the age of 38 quit his job as a teacher and high school coach to join the minor leagues. He eventually achieved his dream to become a Major League pitcher. Shades of Rudy and Kurt Warner. The first scene of the movie was innovative storytelling-- I won't spoil the surprise -- but it sets up the entire story very well. The film then flashes to Jim Morris as a boy and immediately we are engaged -- who hasn't as a boy dreamed of being a major leaguer ...

Uncle_Tippet 11.03.2004 · Read full review
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Review of The Rookie (DVD)

Poorly Expressed

Advantages: It tries to bring a little known hero to light.
Disadvantages: It's hackneyed in all respects.

...football player Ernie Davis was the first African-American to win the prestigious Heisman trophy and his pioneering spirit changed the face of American sport forever. Raised in penury in Pennsylvania, Davis overcame financial and social obstacles to become one of the greatest players in American college football. Under the tutelage of legendary Syracuse coach Ben Schwartzwalder, he set records that stand to this day. Schwartzwalder was a tough-talking ...
...worked. But despite their clashes, the coach taught Davis everything he needed to know about American football, but was unable to safeguard him from tragedy. Director Gary Fleder has mainly worked in TV and that is perhaps why this film feels more like a made-for-television movie or a miniseries. It lacks scope; shot on grimy film with a phlegm-toned palette that makes everything that happens feel slightly old-fashioned and somehow workaday. This ...

afy9mab 01.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Express (DVD)

'Red 70 Black Star, Red 70 Black Star'

Advantages: Great for fans of the game
Disadvantages: Not so good if you don't know much about the sport or don't like big budget blockbusters

...this led him to make Any Given Sunday in 1999/2000. The cutthroat world of sports politics and financial pressure are mixed with some well filmed on the field entertainment to produce a film that many have praised and many have slated. I am in the first category, but I can see why some wouldn't find this their cup of tea. The Plot Any Given Sunday follows the Miami Sharks, a Associated Football Franchises of America (AFFA) Team through the highs ...
...the doctor who will use any accepted and unaccepted means of getting the players out onto the field. Other mentions go to LL Cool J and Lawrence Taylor as J-Man and Shark, two of the central player characters, and also Moatthew Modine as Ollie, Mandrake's assistant who questions his superior's unethical procedures. Ann Margret plays Margaret Pagniacci, Christina's mother, and Charlton Heston makes an appearance as a Commissioner. Also watch out ...

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Review of Any Given Sunday (Director's Cut) (Blu-ray)

"There's Only One Maltese Falcon"

Advantages: Great acting, great dialogue
Disadvantages: May not be for those who prefer lots of action

...I wouldn't say I'm the world's greatest fan of Film Noir or even of Humphrey Bogart. I like them, but other genres are higher on my list. When I first watched this, although I had heard of Humphrey Bogart, I had no idea what he looked like. I hadn't seen terribly many black and white films either. One fine day, some years ago, my mom got Turner Classic Movies. I can't remember why I turned it over onto TCM or even if it just happened to be on when ...
...and when I got to the end, I realised I needed to see it from the beginning as it was that good. And when I watched it again from the beginning, I thoroughly enjoyed it and have since watched it several times. The Story Humphrey Bogart plays Sam Spade, a private detective in 1930’s San Francisco. One day a woman walks into his office asking him to take on her case. She says that her sister has got involved with a man and that she wants him ...

Rebeccs 14.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Maltese Falcon (DVD)