Drama > Byrne, Gabriel Drama

Posh Brits and straight-talking Americans

Advantages: Gently humorous look at growing up
Disadvantages: Dull at times

At the tender age of 11, Ralph Compton is subjected to witnessing his mother, Lauren, and her lover having sex. If this isn't bad enough, she later decides that she has had enough of being wife to a British diplomat in Swaziland and leaves her husband to seek new horizons with her lover, leaving Ralph with his father. Mr Compton's drinking gets out of hand, leaving Ralph with little choice but to go away to school. When he returns, he is shocked ...
...American woman called Ruby that he has only just met. Ruby and Ralph quickly become very close, just as Ruby and her husband start to drift apart. Will Ruby stay with the family? Or is Ralph destined to have to deal with his father's drinking alone? Nicholas Hoult (About a Boy, Skins) plays Ralph, and shows that he is very much more than just a one-trick pony. Ralph is a complicated character, and has to run the entire gamut of emotions during the ...

sunmeilan 30.08.2008 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Wah-Wah (DVD)

Even non-Dicaprio fans will enjoy it

Advantages: Three great films for an amazing price
Disadvantages: No special features on Titanic and Romeo + Juliet

It is clear that anyone considering buying this has at least a slight admiration for Leonardo Dicaprio. I can therefore ay wholeheartedly that this box set is a must-have for Dicaprio fans, but also, the lesser enthusiatics. It is also appropriate for those who enjoy cinema, or at the very least a good movie night in. The Man In The Iron Mask is a film I had only seen partially before purchasing this box set. I can say that I think this is by far ...
...play two alter egos at the same time, and he does so convincingly. The supporting cast are memorable and outstanding> the same can be said for the most part for both Titanic and Romeo & Juliet. It is rare to find such a collection of movies in which not one is the 'filler' - that is to say, the weak link. I purchased this set for £9.99, which I consider to be well worth the money. It is rare to pay so little so see the huge variety of talent on ...

huntressofthenight 24.05.2008 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful
Review of Titanic/The Man In The Iron Mask/Romeo And Juliet (Box Set) (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
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
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
Ciao members have rated this review on average: exceptional
Review of Trainspotting (DVD)

Empire Records!

Advantages: Great actors/performances
Disadvantages: non really

Empire Records Empire Records, a comedy with actors as Renée Zellweger, Liv Tyler en Ethan Embry. General information Running: 90 minutes Category: comedy year: 1995 Director: Allen Moyle Language: English Country: United States of America Actors : Rory Cochrane as Lucas Renée Zellweger as Gina Johnny Whitworth as A.J. Ethan Embry as Mark Liv Tyler as Corey Mason Debi Mazar as Jane Robin Tunney as Debra Anthony LaPaglia as Joe Reaves ...
...Empire Records Empire Records is a record shop in the nineties in Amerca. In the shop, the employees are teenagers that feel home there and can almost do whatever they want. They can wear what they want and play the music in the shop what they like. No stupid regulations like big chain shops have. The employees are like one big family and the manager Joe as the father, who loves them all. But on one day he leaves Lucas in charge to close up the ...

JL132 28.12.2009 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Empire Records (DVD)