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Jackie Brown Film Review

Advantages: Characters
Disadvantages: Tarantion isn't for everyone

...tend to enjoy his movies. Jackie Brown, his third as a director, may not seem like the most stylistic of his works within the first sitting -- especially when it has Pulp Fiction to contend with -- but it's a film that will grow on you each time you watch it. The leisurely pace is one of the main reasons why I like it so much. So, what is Jackie Brown about? Well, the title character (Pam Grier) works as a flight attendant for a small Mexican airline, ...
...Jackson). The FEDS soon bust Jackie and attempt to cut a deal with her to get to her boss. Feeling threatened by the law and Ordell, she hires an honest bail-bondsman, Max Cherry (Robert Forster), and attempts to work up a scheme so that no one will mess with her anymore. The plot may sound conventional, but much of the film's enjoyability stems from the interactions between the characters. Based on the novel Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard, the dialogue ...

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Review of Jackie Brown (Collector's Edition) (DVD)

ROMAN AROUND OUR DVD COLLECTION….

Advantages: Excellent acting, compelling story, fascinating, great cast, wonderful script
Disadvantages: Very basic special effects (but the acting compensates!)

So, hubby and I had finished watching Between the Lines Series 1 and the next draw from our little tub of white slips of paper produced - I, Claudius. I wasn't thrilled. Hubby's choice had won out yet again and after the fast and exciting Between the Lines, I feared I, Claudius would be slow and dull. Still, I'd give it a try… I, CLAUDIUS - THE FACTS I, Claudius is a BBC TV series shown back in 1976 (I turned seven that year.) and was based on ...
...two episodes most evenings, but I found the first episode harder to get into and yes, a bit slow, so that took me two nights! THE STORY I, Claudius tells the history of Rome over a century or so, from the point of view of Claudius (Derek Jacobi) himself. His narration frames the episodes, with 'real-time action' forming most of each episode. We see home Rome fares under each Emperor, ending with young Nero. Although not historically accurate in ...

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Review of I Claudius (DVD)

Henry V. DVD ... 'Cry God for Harry!'

Advantages: Educational, entertaining and historical.
Disadvantages: Iambic pentameter isn't for everyone. Almost no extra features.

Henry V is available on DVD in a 1989 production directed by, and starring, Kenneth Branagh. This is a direct and edgy story about England’s war with France in which the flower of the French aristocracy were slaughtered in the mud of Agincort beneath a rain of arrows from English longbow men. Derek Jacobi is the chorus who introduces the stage on which this ‘muse of fire’ will burn, and it is a modern one with electric lights and props. I’ve seen ...
...who favoured his company in Henry IV Part One, has now rejected his lower connections and assumed the mantle of royal responsibilities. Derek Jacobi appears on the White Cliffs of Dover to introduce a scene in which three English lords, Scroop, Richard, and Grey, are revealed to be traitors. Henry pretends to be on good terms with them, and then sentences them each to death. The working class subplot continues with Bardolph, Nym, Mistress Quickly, ...

FlameDruid 15.01.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Henry V (DVD)

The Gathering Storm - Finney's finest hour

Advantages: Amazing acting, strong story
Disadvantages: None to speak of

The Gathering Storm charts the course of events from Winston Churchill's Wilderness Years during Baldwin's National Government in the mid-to-late 1930s, until his return to office as First Lord of the Admiralty at the outbreak of the Second World War. = PLOT SUMMARY = Winston Churchill has become a backbencher, increasingly ridiculed as yesterday's man, a man of no-judgement and a war-monger. It is the mid-1930s, and no-one seems to have ...
...Churchill desperately seeks solace during his Black Dog moods at Chartwell, writing prolifically to pay the bills, while casting around for ways to draw the public's attention to the very real danger he senses. This film charts Churchill's struggles through these dark times, where he gets assistance from well-placed people inside the civil service in Whitehall. It shows how Ralph Wigram (a foreign office official) struggles with his conscience and ...

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Review of Gathering Storm (DVD)

So Bad It's Good?

Advantages: Pulse-pounding action from start to finish
Disadvantages: Very contrived, not much of a plot

...about her life prior to the accident. She now works as a teacher and is married with an 8 year old daughter who she was 2 months pregnant with when she had the accident. One night, an escaped convict turns up at her house hell bent on killing her, Samantha manages to fight off the attacker before snapping his neck. From there on she begins having flashbacks about her life where her name was Charley. Curious to know where her killer instinct is coming ...
...past. She soon realises that the middle class school teacher she is today is far from what she used to be… The Long Kiss Goodnight is something that I had never heard of up until a few days ago, it was shown on Channel 5 very late a couple of nights ago, I decided to record it simply based on the preview that was shown to entice the viewers. This was something that I thought I could watch if I was really bored as to be honest it did look pretty ...

Great_reviewer07 08.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Long Kiss Goodnight (DVD)