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The Bell Sounds

Advantages: Amazing story, Great Acting, wonderful movie
Disadvantages: Nothing

...he did not commit. The story follows Ruben "Hurricane" Carter (Denzel Washington) a professoinal boxing champion that is hunted throughout his life by a racist policeman intent on putting him behind bars for the rest of his life. It is his time in prison that Ruben tries to reach out to people and tell his side of the story by writing a book in prison. It is this book causes a change of events that lead to people reaching out to help Ruben. For ...

jai247 01.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Hurricane (DVD)

Pure class

Advantages: Sidney Poitier
Disadvantages: None

...the best films I've seen in a long time. The film won an Oscar for Best Picture in 1967. The plot A senior police officer specialising in homicide, Virgil Tibbs, is passing through a small town on his way home to Philadelphia when he suddenly finds himself dragged to the local police station and accused of the murder of an important businessman. The only reason for the locals' suspicion of him is that he happens to be black. Eventually, after much ...
...is requested by his boss in Philadelphia to stay on and help the Chief solve the crime. The Chief is not happy that the "nigger" as he calls him has to stay around and does his best to persuade him to leave, but the wife of the murdered man, impressed by Tibbs' investigating skills, demands that Tibbs stays. Tibbs has the intelligence, but the Chief has local knowledge and - it is soon clear that the Chief cannot work without Tibbs and that Tibbs ...

sunmeilan 05.05.2006 · Read full review
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Review of In The Heat Of The Night (DVD)

Stolen Painting and Heart

Advantages: Great storyline and acting
Disadvantages: None

...is a billionaire working in the finance business. He seeks thrills as he finds his life boring. His latest plan is to steel a painting he likes from his favourite gallery in the daytime in front of everyone. To do this he gets a gang of people to bundle a robbery where he can then sneak in and take the painting unnoticed. Thomas is successful in his robbery and soon he has the painting hanging in his home. The gallery owners claim for the painting ...
...to have an officer investigate the claim and help with the police investigation and this happens to be Catherine Branning. She assists the police but soon she is drawing her own conclusions about the robbery and suspects that Thomas Crown stole it. She does question him and he in fact does no deny the robbery but she is not able to prove he did take it. Soon the heat is on Catherine to prove Thomas did steal the painting and return it to the gallery ...

sewbizzie 02.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Thomas Crown Affair (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. ...

rufusredcoat 31.12.2009 · Read full review
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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, ...

angel01laura 30.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Cagney And Lacey - Series 1 - Complete (Box Set) (DVD)