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Carve Her Name With Pride. A classic DVD

Advantages: A true story of a young woman during WW11
Disadvantages: May be uncomfortable viewing for some

...The Plot Carve Her Name With Pride is a dramatic story. It follows the true story of War heroine Violette Szabo. Violette, a fluent French speaker, who after the death of her husband, volunteered during the Second World War to be parachuted into France as a secret agent to re-organise the shattered French resistance movement. Her mission is fraught with danger and although she manages to parachute in successfully and obtain supplies for the Normandy ...
...in war torn France. Carve Her Name With Pride is well worth watching as it is not only a true story but an unusual slant on the typical war film. The subject matter is uncomfortable viewing at times yet it is in no way gratuitous and there are no horrific scenes of torture, yet you are in no doubt about what is happening. Violette Szabo was clearly a very brave young woman who believed in what she was doing. She took risks that I cannot Imagine myself ...

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Review of Carve Her Name With Pride (DVD)

A Last Hurrah for Quality Drama

Advantages: Slick and moody with excellent storylines
Disadvantages: Perhaps a little too moody for some

...*** Series Background Vincent Gallagher (Winstone) is an ex-cop now running a team of private investigators in Manchester. They tackle anything, from insurance swindlers to benefit cheats, but the series itself deals (naturally) with the team's meatier and more dramatic investigations. Vincent is aided and abetted by his two senior assistants, Beth (Suranne Jones) and John (Ian Puleston-Davies) as well as by the two 'office juniors', a sweet single-mum, ...
...devoting his time to investigations Vincent is struggling to come to terms with his ruined love life. As the series gets under way we quickly learn that his partner, Cathy (Eva Pope), has walked out on him and moved in with one of his former police colleagues, DCI David Driscoll (Philip Glenister). The tensions between the trio will dominate the first series as will the subtle and understated attraction between Vincent and Beth. Episode 1 The team ...

Volta120 25.06.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Vincent - Series 1 (DVD)

Leaves me Breathless everytime

Advantages: A true classic
Disadvantages: Subtitles and in French

...Bout de Souffle (transalated to Breathless in English) = is part crime noir, part romantic thriller and basically a good old fashioned chase The film is about petty, foul-mouthed criminal Michel Pioccard (played by 26-year-old Jean-Paul Belmondo's) , who is obsessed with the film star, Humphrey Bogart . He steals a car and in the process kills the policeman following him. He goes on the run with a young American journalist, living in Paris, Patricia ...
...of filming. Credits Director: Jean-Luc Godard Script: Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut Photo: Raoul Coutard Music: Martial Solal Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo (Michel Poiccard), Jean Seberg (Patricia Franchini), Roger Hanin (Cal Zombach) Country: France Language: French Subtitles Runtime: 89 min, B&W Aka: Breathless ...

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Discover the best of European cinema

Advantages: A fantastic collection of shorts.
Disadvantages: None.

...1996 - Nanni Moretti. A cinema vérité-like short that focuses on Nanni Moretti himself, playing an anxious and slightly over-the-top manager, in charge of the Nuovo Sacher cinema, meticulously preparing the opening day for Abbas Kiarostami's Close-up. It's a charming look at a passionate man, madly in love with cinema; in other words a film director acting the part of a devotee of another film director. Very special. 8. Gisèle Kérozène - Holland ...
...A wonderful DVD that should be considered an imperative buy for all world cinema lovers. Each short has a wonderful and unique feel to it; Cinema16 is the perfect European shorts collection. A must have. * (Written by myself - no violation, no lifting, no breach of copyright) ...

gantzgraf 26.08.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Cinema 16 - European Short Films (DVD)

Alfie (original 1965)

Advantages: a product of its time. highly watchable
Disadvantages: slow in places

...performance is just brilliant. Alfie is a story of a young cockney limo driver who is out to have a good time. Set in the 1960's, when single people - who perhaps, single men were a lot more relaxed about commitment. Of course, the perspective of the film is definitely a male one, and the women in the film do not share the same relaxed views about commitment, in fact quite the opposite. This film was made in 1965 - two years before the Abortion ...
...abortionists' - and the original 1965 Alfie offers this true raw sense of realism. The re-make whilst being highly watchable and entertaining,just did not have the same effect. In the 1965 version, Alfie's guilt and self -loathing is visible, he truly did want to change his ways in that moment. ...

obsessive 22.10.2007 · Read full review
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