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Into The Wild - Hats off to Emile Hirsch

Advantages: Production, scenery, music, ending, acting
Disadvantages: None

Normally a film like this wouldn't appeal to me, i had never heard of this before and knew nothing about what it was. But one day, whilst trying to do some work and wanting to have the TV on in the background, i stumbled upon the start of this film and decided to keep it on. I have to say, i did not get one bit of work finished. Directed in 2007 by Sean Penn, this movie is based on the book written by Jon Krakauer, portraying the true life events ...
...one of that he has everything going for him, he has just gained a degree at university, his parents are very financially secure and want their son to live the American dream. However, Christopher believes that everyone is entitled to their own freedom and so embarks on a harsh and unique journey to discover himself. He gives away his life savings and runs away from home, leaving his family, to travel to alaska and live in the wild. Whilst here, he ...

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Review of Into The Wild (DVD)

Into The Wild - Nothing Extraordinary

Advantages: Beautiful scenery - fantastic acting.
Disadvantages: Slowwwwwwww

...will not only invite him into their homes, but into their hearts as well. Although a troubled young man, Chris manages to win the love of all those he meets... unfortunately, he is so driven by his desire to visit Alaska and to live off the land that he fails to see what life has to offer in the 'here' and 'now'. Although Chris and his sister were borne into wealth, they have had to endure some pretty nasty fights between their mother and father, ...
...probably wouldn't have run off into the wild in the first place. 'Into The Wild' is based on a true story, which makes it extremely difficult to judge and to criticise... simply because there is no judgement to make, no criticism to be dealt on a story that has not been imagined, or on dialogue that is not entirely machinated. True, the acting can be criticised, as well as the directing, but then again... they can't. This movie has the feel of a ...

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Review of Into The Wild (HD-DVD)

A mans life needs at least 1 hour of our time

Advantages: Cleverly worked out
Disadvantages: Not action packed - some might find boring

BEWARE! THE FOLLOWING REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS AND PLOTLINE! THE STORY The story starts with a young man of 18 on trial in court for murder. His life is in the hands of the jury of 12 men. If he is found guilty, he will be executed. All 12 must agree on a verdict. We learn that the boy is accused of killing his father. The father hit the young boy frequently and the prosecution see this as the motive. A witness who lived opposite boy and the father ...
...knife and an old man living below said that he heard the boy shout "I'm gonna kill you" before he heard something fall to the floor above. The old man ran to his door and says that he saw the boy running away. However, the boy says that he was at the cinema during the stabbing and did not return until 3 hours later where upon he was arrested. The men go into a room to decide if the boy is guilty or not. The men decide to take a preliminary vote. ...

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Review of Twelve Angry Men (DVD)

The finest show to ever grace the screens

Advantages: Everything, mostly the fab Ms Gless
Disadvantages: none at all

...most wanted thief in America. Cagney and Lacey are on the case, and soon discover he is up to his old tricks. Cagney becomes obsessed with catching him, after he challenges her, and the race is on as she tries to outwit the Grandest Thief of Them All. 10 - Recreational Use - Cagney, Lacey and Dory McKenna investigate the deaths of some senior citizens in properies owned by the same man, who it turns out is sabotaging all his buildings to raise rent. ...
...assist him with his work. Cagney disagrees with this and makes him aware of her nervousness about the use of drugs, but doesnt make an issue out of it - until the group have a social get together with Lacey and her husband Harvey at their apartment. It is later discovered that Dory used drugs at the home of the Laceys, which causes a rift between the partners - and Mary Beth offers some harsh, yet true advice to Christine about her love interest, ...

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Review of Cagney And Lacey - Series 1 - Complete (Box Set) (DVD)

Touching but sad story set during post-WWII Germany

Advantages: Touching, Emotional, handles controversial subjects sensitively.
Disadvantages: Can be a little slow in places

...woman during post-WWII Germany, and the effect it has on him throughout his life. It is a beautifully written book which has translated well on to screen, and combined with the excellent acting from Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes and the young David Kross, The Reader is not to be missed. At the start of an illness that will see him bed ridden for many months, Michael Berg is helped home by a brusque but alluring older women names Hanna Schmitz. On ...
...he realises that it signifies the end of the affair and the loss of Hanna from his life. Moving forward, Michael is studying a law degree and when he meets Hanna again during the middle of a controversial trial, he is shocked at the nature of the discovery. During this trial, Michael uncovers a secret Hanna has been keeping her whole life and struggles to decide whether to reveal this. Choosing not to, he now must live with the consequences for ...

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Review of The Reader (DVD)