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Advantages: Shows how one group of men can change the views of many
Disadvantages: I cant think of any - it really is an amazing film that everyone must see

Well what can i say another dramatic masterpiece starring Denzel Washington. Based on a true story it tells how one american football team pull together to battle against the racial discrimination that has haunted our history. We explore the growing relationship between two strong characters Gerry Bertier, who is a young white player, and Julius Campbell, who is a young black player. They are brought together within the team when Coach Boone (Denzel ...
...On a training camp before the football season begins the two races are made to interact with eachother and to unite as a team. This results in many heated conflicts however by the end of the camp the team present a united front and head back home. When home they face all the racial discrimination that they thought they had left behind and are therefore forced to chose between the life that they have built for themselves or to revert back to their ... Read review

Advantages: Cinematography, stellar cast, faithfulness to original
Disadvantages: Keanu Reeves' wooden villain

...to teach the story of Much Ado About Nothing to traditionally disinterested 13 year -old SATs students. Though, it sticks ridgidly to the original text it does so in a way that makes the text come alive using a combination of excellent acting, high production values and judiciously selected moments of slapstick. The comic moments are genuinely funny and the shoes of the relatively small parts of Dogberry and Verges are filled impressively by the ...
...am sure this joke owes much to Monty Python). Indeed the cast list is of the highest calibre from Shakespearean veterans such as Kenneth Brannagh to Hollywood A-listers in the form of Kate Beckinsdale. Keanu Reeves is typically wooden and Claudio has the charisma of a comatose gnat but there are the only real smudges on this multi-faceted diamond! The story of 'Much Ado' is fairly easy to follow but it gives you a chance to enjoy the word play ... Read review

Advantages: Good performances, interesting story
Disadvantages: Nothing special about it

Please note: I am reviewing the 1984 film about a drink-driving case and not Licence (with a c) To Kill, the James Bond one! Lynne Peterson is a talented teenager; having done brilliantly at school, she is about to go away to college. Then one day her life is tragically ended following a car accident caused by a drunk driver. Her parents and sister are devastated; her mother goes to bed and refuses to get up and her father copes by trying to find ...
...many stops and starts, the court case seems doomed to failure and it seems that the driver will get off scot-free. Can lawyer Martin Sawyer ensure that justice is done? James Farentino plays Mr Peterson and, on the whole, does a quality job. Losing a child is one of the most difficult things a parent can face, and Farentino is certainly convincing in his grief and frustration at the problems with the case. Penny Fuller as Mrs Peterson is also good. ... Read review

Advantages: Great storyline, plenty of extra features, bargain price 2 disc special!
Disadvantages: They need to make a second film to see more of his dancing!

...about a young boy called Billy Elliot who is caught up in the struggles of the miner's strike in England. He relies on his father and older brother who go on strike. However he does not fulfil his fathers dreams of boxing, but instead uses what little money they have to attend ballet classes that go on in the next room. He faces a cold reception when his father finds out about the ballet which is not the manly thing to do, but eventually he realises ...
...true for Billy - so you should buy this to see how they story turns out in the end!! It really is a must have, and there are extra features such as: behind the scenes of making the film, the making of the west end stage production and much more! ... Read review

Advantages: great dramatic movie with so much realism.
Disadvantages: none at all

Director: John Singleton Producer: Steven Nicolaides Writer: John Singleton Stars: Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding jr, Morris Chestnut, Laurence Fishburne, Nia Long and Angela Basset Released in the summer of 1991 this brilliant hour and forty minute movie takes a look into the lives of the gangs who struggle to survive in the ghettos of South central Los Angeles… **BRIEF PLOT** When a bright student, Tré Styles, (played by Desi Arnez Hines), moves ...
...until he is reunited with his old friends, Ricky Baker, (played by Donovan McCrary), who is a up and coming American football player, and Darin "doughboy" Baker, (played by Baha Jackson), who is spends his time selling cocaine in the ghettos… Years later, and set in 1991, Darin, (now played by Ice Cube) spends most of his time hanging out in the "hood" after being released from prison with no real hope for the future… Ricky, (now played by Morris ... Read review