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"Movies are movies Howard, not life,"

Advantages: Some wonderfully filming
Disadvantages: Too long, some poor character portrayals

THE AVIATOR DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE 2008 DVD FORMAT FILM FACTS Rating: 15 Format: Colour Director: Martin Scorsese Producers Leonardo DiCaprio, Charles Evans Jr., Graham King, Sandy Climan, Michael Mann Screenplay/Writing Credits: John Logan Cinematographer Robert Richardson Release Date: December 17, 2004 Movie Length: 170 Minutes DVD DETAILS Format: PAL Region: Region 2 Number of discs: 1 Classification: ...
...- Ludlow THE FILM When 'The Aviator', directed by Martin Scorsese, was fist released in 2004 I quite fancied watching it but just never got round to doing so. While ordering some books from Amazon I looked up the DVD and as it was only £1, I added it to my order. In retrospect - I'm glad that it was only £1!! The story follows around twenty tears in the life of the infamous, eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes from his making of his epic ...

oldchem 17.08.2009 · Read full review
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Arabian Nights

Advantages: Great for action adventure and romance
Disadvantages: May be a bit too long for some people

A swashbuckling fairytale of heroes, genies and fantastical creatures. The main story centres around Scherherazade played by Mili Avital who marries the sultan played by Dougray Scott who is bitter and vengeful against all women since his wife cheated on him with his brother. The sultan decides that the woman he marries will be murdered the next day after the wedding night and Scherherazade who loves him volunteers to be the bride both to save her ...
...Sultan and believes she can turn him from his vengeful ways. To do this Scherherazade has to distract the Sultan each night with fantastical tales that then have their own full stories within the film. The first tale is of Ali Baba played by Rufus Sewell and how Ali Baba discovers a theives den full of riches and decides to steal it and the consequences that he and his brother have to pay for that. The second tale is a humourous tale of a court ...

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What could Have Been

Advantages: good story and acting
Disadvantages: A bit predictable

...business man who is making the most of his single life and wealth which he has. He is working on Christmas eve when he gets a message from an ex girlfriend asking him to call him. He takes no notice of the message but he is reminded of the time he gave up their relationship to return from England to American leaving her and their relationship behind. That evening as Jack is on his way home he stops a robbery and soon finds he is with a very strange ...
...different bed and next to the ex girlfriend which he got the message from. He soon discovers that he married Kate and they bow have 2 children. Jack is shocked by all of this and goes back to new York to find out how this has happened but he soon realises this is no mistake and the man he met the night before is showing him how his life could have been. Will Jack be able to settle into this happy family be life and not crave his old life back and ...

sewbizzie 24.12.2009 · Read full review
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Devdas DVD - AMAZING SETS, BEAUTIFUL COSTUMES AND A GREAT CAST

Advantages: good cast, great cinematography
Disadvantages: its a little too coey for the guys

...The love triangle of Paro, Devdas and Chandramukhi. Chanrumukhi is the most interesting character to me because she is perceived by society as a strong 'iron maiden' type figure who can stand up to anyone. However it is she who ultimately sacrifices more than Paro as she devotes her life to serve and love Devdas. In my view this film definitely leaves the viewer entertained from start to finish ...

meghna 24.12.2009 · Read full review
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Twilight - Not Just For Teenagers!!!

Advantages: Quirky vampire -human - romance - fab music
Disadvantages: The main character Bella lacks depth - poor special effects

Twilight I have to admit that I avoided seeing this film, being vaguely aware that it was the new 'teen movie'. My daughter saw the dvd at a friends house and nagged me to rent it which I did. We sat down to watch it and I must admit I did not give it my full attention the first time round - I was on my laptop at the same time. Then slowly as the film came towards the end, I began to become interested. I decided to watch it properly alone and ...
...film is at heart a romance and yet even though it is about teenagers in love, it is a captivating story for all ages if you have any romantic bone in your body. The main protagonist is Bella who has gone to live with her father in Forks, which has constantly bad weather. Her mother has remarried and Bella decides to give the newly weds some alone. On arrival at Forks she is settling into her new school, when the family of The Cullens arrives at school, ...

LAURALILIA 23.12.2009 · Read full review
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