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Honest Jeff

Advantages: Shows One Man Can Make A Difference
Disadvantages: But Only In The Movies

Jefferson Smith (Jimmy Stewart; It's A Wonderful Life, Vertigo) is a regular guy from rural Montana who believes in democracy, liberty and the ideals encapsulated by American politics. After the death of the senator representing his state, he is chosen by the powers that be to go to Washington to replace him. Seen as an innocent, naive and completely under the thumb yet extremely patriotic yokel; the fat cats that have decided his fate feel comfortable ...
...heads to the capital to take his place in the U.S senate, he encounters a world far removed from Abraham Lincoln's vision of government of the people, by the people, for the people. Indeed the cynicism and corruptness of the system and the betrayl by Senator Paine (Claude Rains; Casablanca, Lawrence of Arabia), a close friend of Smith's father, regarding the building of an unneccesary dam, leads him to a jaded state in which he questions the true ...

JustJoe4Life 05.06.2005 · Read full review
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Life Is Wonderful

Advantages: Strong story, strong cast, strong message
Disadvantages: None - unless you have a heart of stone

After the second world war, some strange things happened - things which should have been dead certs didn't always reach the winning post. Winston Churchill couldn't win the 1945 election such was the mood for change in this country. Harry Truman wasn't expected to win the US presidential election in 1948 and one newspaper even printed an edition proclaiming victory for his opponent - which the victorious Truman posed with the next day. And Frank ...
...only to see it flop at the box office in 1946. Time however has been kind to this movie, and "It's a Wonderful Life" has become the classic Christmas film, particularly in the United States, where it is impossible to miss on TV over the holiday season. I first saw "It's a Wonderful Life" on TV when I was a teenager and classic Hollywood movies were still shown pretty regularly. I had enjoyed previous Capra movies, particularly those he had made before ...

rosebud2001 20.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of It's A Wonderful Life (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)

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
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Review of Empire Records (DVD)