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Not just another cop show but finds a clever way into crime drama
Advantages: New idea, good characters, varied stories
Disadvantages: More divorcees
Overview Tim Roth as Cal Lightman is an educated man who has travelled the world studying and working on his ability to read body language especially facial expressions. He has setup The Lightman Group; a consultancy with who is now his ex-wife. His working partner is the beautiful Dr. Gillian Foster (Kelli Williams) and the company sells its unique psychological investigative service. Story Initially the main players are Cal, Gillian ...
...the media laboratory who believes in radical honesty which really means he tells the uncomfortable truth, most of the time. The team do work for private individuals but mostly government and local law enforcement. Along the way Cal is allowed access to law enforcement records and identifies Ria Torres (Monica Raymund) working in Customs with an exceptional record. After investigating and testing her he discovers she is natural and offers her a job ...
 banker1 03.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Lie To Me - Series 1 - Complete (DVD)
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It could Have Been Great
Advantages: A good film, amazing cast, and some very strong preformances
Disadvantages: Not as good as it should have been. Poor direction in my opinion
After walking into Blockbusters and picking up three DVD’s I needed one more to complete the 4 DVDs for £10 and rent for 4 night’s deal they have on at the moment. I needed one more, and then saw this one sat on the shelf. I was shocked that the film had so many well known stars but I had never heard of it before. When I turned the DVD on however, I was surprised to have a sense of déjà vu. I still don’t know where it came from, but I knew exactly ...
...maybe I rented this film out previously, or maybe I saw a clip on the TV, I have no idea, but it did make me want to watch the film a bit more. I was also shocked when it came to reviewing the film, that no one else had reviewed it before me. It seems it truly is one of those films which is blessed with some amazing Hollywood actors, but it has not received any publicity. I read a lot of magazines and watch a lot of tv shows to do with movies, and ...
 DixieChick10 02.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Fireflies In The Garden (DVD)
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Hand me the Fly Spray
Advantages: Some strong performances.
Disadvantages: Soapy plotting and pedestrian direction.
Best-selling author Michael is on his way home to a family reunion, but doesn’t expect to enjoy himself thanks to his failed marriage and his tyrannical academic father. Things are further complicated when his mother dies in a car crash on her way to the party. So Michael and his family are left in mourning with years of bitter recriminations borne of family secrets and a history of abuse. As he remembers growing up in his father’s house, he remembers ...
...Writer-director Dennis Lee goes for a bland semi-autobiographical family drama as his second film, but shows how easy it is to fall foul of formula. With the exception of the top-drawer cast, everything about the film makes it look like it was made for TV. Despite the time-hopping narrative which shuttles back and forth between Michael’s childhood and the present day, the film lacks scope. The director is obviously going for a low-key, intimate atmosphere, ...
 afy9mab 28.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Fireflies In The Garden (DVD)
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The Munich massacre - its aftermath, as noted by Spielberg
Advantages: Incredibly powerful drama in places
Disadvantages: Takes too long to get anywhere
Munich is a poignant and dramatic, slow-moving Spielberg film that has at its core the effects and fallout from the 1972 Munich Olympic Games massacre. Members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and eventually killed by a group known as Black September, reported to have ties to a militant group linked to the Fatah organisation.
The film opens with some graphic scenes showing the massacre within the first five or ten minutes, before Spielberg ...
...safely say it was a good film, it did take too long to give the impact it did so well.
Munich is a film I recommend watching. I am glad I saw it, although I probably wouldn't bother again. It is available from amazon.co.uk for £3.90 at the moment. ...
pmcds 25.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Munich (DVD)
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~ In the Ring ~
Advantages: Excellent story, Great acting, Interesting settings, Fab characters
Disadvantages: None
~ In the Ring ~ The Wrestler has been released for a while now and this weekend I had a chance to watch it. I have wanted to see this since it was released on DVD but was not too sure if it would be any good. This Friday as my boyfriend was on call we decided to go to blockbuster and rented a few films for the evening. We both had not seen it and thought it looked pretty good. The idea of a film being based around wrestling was a bit of an off put ...
...was younger of the WWF wrestling. I remember sitting watching my favourite ‘The Rock’ and thought that the film could be quite interesting. The plot sounded relatively good and the fact that we have just brought a new tele and PS3 which has surround sound and buy-ray we wanted to test how good it was. The cover is quite simple but effective. It doesn’t give much away and has a sinister picture of Mickey Rourke who plays the man character. You can ...
blackmagicstar4 02.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Wrestler (Blu-ray)
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