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Read me

Advantages: touching love story
Disadvantages: none

The Notebook is a romantic drama directed by Nick Cassavetes. He directed the Alpha Dog and My Sister’s Keeper among other films. The Notebook was based on the novel of Nicholas Sparks. The screenplay was written by Jeremy Leven. He wrote the screenplay of The Time Traveller’s Wife too. The film was released in June 2004. The classification is 12 years and older. The running time is 123 minutes. Main Cast: ------------- Rachel Mc Adams – Young Allie ...
...Calhoun (Duke) and Narrator of the film Plot: ------- In a nursing home Duke, an elderly man comes to a patient and begins to read a love story from his notebook. The old lady lost her memory but she is very interested in the story. Then we see a carnival where Noah Calhoun sees the beautiful and rich Allie Hamilton. Naturally he falls in love with her for the first sight. With the help of their friends they get to know each other and they spend ...

D_i_a_n_e 28.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Notebook (DVD)

Bean 'n Gone

Advantages: Disc would make a nice Frisbee
Disadvantages: Too many to count.

...and since this, I wonder? Jack (Costello) gets a job babysitting a young prodigy-cum-brat, and Abbott plays his manager. The prodigy-cum-brat is basically a… well… brat. In an attempt to settle the boy down, Jack reads the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. We leave their black and white world and, very ‘Wizard of Oz’ like, we appear in a colourful world where Jack lives with his mother. The story is pretty much the fairy tale story that everyone ...
...the gist? However, when Jack starts to climb the beanstalk, along with Abbott – who plays a butcher (Jack swapped his cow for the beans with the butcher – was basically conned, but the giant takes the cow and Abbott wants it back; plus the giant has a goose that lays golden eggs… added incentive for Abbott), the village below bursts into song. This surprised me somewhat as I did not expect that. A bit of ‘filling in,’ I suspected at the time. But ...

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Review of Jack And The Beanstalk - The Real Story (DVD)

Have a LIttle Fishy In A Little Dishy

Advantages: Gripping tale of poverty, sex, affairs, theft, sheep stealing, dynamiting buildings.
Disadvantages: weak middle part

...the mid 1970’s, which is when I first watched it, it is set immediately following the First World War. There are four series. A Total of 42.5 hours of very excellent TV. You get all this for £49.99 from Amazon, or £56.99 at Play.com. When I bought it cost about £120. I think this would make a great present for anyone over 50. Though I think younger people would get a great deal out of watching it. It shows how many people struggled to survive at ...
...sort of honary son. Though when his romance with Jessie ends acrimoniously as Jack has got his best friend’s sister pregnant the family take against him for a while. One of the most influential men in Jack’s life is Horatio Manners, this is the father of Jack’s captain in the army. The captain had died in Jack’s arms and he uses this to get in favour with Manners, who offers him a job. He turns this down when he marries Dolly sister to Matt, Jack’s ...

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Review of When The Boat Comes In - The Complete Series (Box Set) (DVD)

"Marriage, fun? Fiddle-dee-dee. Fun for men you mean."

Advantages: A pure classic
Disadvantages: Very long.

GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) DVD (2006) "There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South. Here in this pretty world, Gallantry took its last bow. Here was the last ever to be seen of Knights and their Ladies Fair, of Master and of Slave. Look for it only in books, for it is no more than a dream remembered, a Civilization gone with the wind." The opening words of Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With The Wind" I ...
...Classification PG Gone With The Wind runs four hours including a brief intermission. It is rated PG, but with its war violence and frightening images it is inappropriate for most kids under 8. And it may not hold any interest for children under 10 or 11. AWARDS The film got 13 nominations for Academy awards and won eight: Won Best Actress in a Leading Role Vivien Leigh Best Actress in a Supporting RoleHattie McDaniel Became the ...

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Review of Gone With The Wind (DVD)

American History X

Advantages: fantastic fim
Disadvantages: none

wow. one word to describe this film, it's insight into political america is fantastic. It's from the street and shows the drama and feelings of a character reformed of his neo nazi ways. Some really shocking scenes but realitic in it's attempt to show what occurs when racial divide is umongst us. Edward Norton is fantastic as the nazi fanatic and also plays well the reformed nazi. A must see for any film fan action drama politics the lot if you ...

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Review of American History X (DVD)