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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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Review of The Aviator (DVD)

Father and Son?

Advantages: Heartwarming, Great scenes
Disadvantages: Almost too short, ending both joyous and sad

"Dear Frankie" released in 2004, is the heartwarming story of a 9 ½ year old boy, living with his Mum and Grandmother, whose relationship with his father stems totally from the letters he receives from him while his father is on board ship. Set against the backdrop of the Clyde in the Greenock area, in the fictitious Port Howat, the film depicts of poverty and a struggle of one woman to protect her son in an era which could almost be modern, but ...
...into the life of a single Mum, Lizzie, and her son, for whom she would move mountains to protect. For it is Lizzie who has been writing letters to Frankie for years, pretending that they are from his father, who is travelling the world with his ship. Frankie adores receiving letters from his father, and is an intelligent child, particularly with regard to world geography, marine life and stamp collecting, interests he has gained from following his ...

helencbradshaw 12.06.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Dear Frankie (DVD)

A heart felt film

Advantages: Great acting
Disadvantages: Can be sad

Dying Young, 1991 I am a big Julia Roberts fan, but this film somehow escaped me until last week when it was showing on Flim4. The Story: It is one of her earlier films, but it is also one of her best as far as I am concerned. Julia plays Hilary a young lady looking makes something of herself. She applies to work a home career/ nurse even though she has little to no experience. Victor is a young man suffering from Leukaemia, his father wants him ...
...Victor insists that he chose and interview his own. When Victor interviews Hilary he is taken in not only by her beauty but by the way she treats like a normal person rather than someone who is dying. He gives her the job straight away and Hilary jumps at the chance, the money is great and she will also get her own room. On her first day Hilary is in for a shock, Victor is undergoing intrusive chemo therapy that leaves him very sick, he gets the ...

LIZKEMPO 11.10.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Dying Young (DVD)

If you see one film in your life...this is it

Advantages: Gritty, dark and realistic.. you feel like you are there
Disadvantages: It is one of the few films I wished that could have been longer than three hours

There are some things in life you will always remember and I think this film is one of those things. I went to see it originally in the opening week of its cinematic release. I had heard about this film and was very interested to see it because I have a huge interest in the holocaust and what led to it happening. I knew before I went who some of the actors cast were and I also knew that it was a film lasting for three hours. The film gripped me lice ...
...lit...to it gradually changing into black and white. I was absorbed with the power of the nazis and the futility of existence for the Jews. What this film portrays so well is the need in capitalism for exploitation. The nazis, although intent on killing every jew, still believe that they should get the most out of them before they die. they feed them minimal calories and expect them to work round the clock, you hear them talking about this at different ...

excelsior81 31.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Schindler's List (DVD)

Artificiality

Advantages: Good graphics, very involving
Disadvantages: Disturbing, far too long

This film was shown on television a while ago, and although I had heard the name of the film several times, I really had no idea what it was actually about. I was certainly expecting some sort of robot film, but from there my ideas of what the film was about turned out to be dreadfully wrong. There was barely anything on television so after flicking through several channels I spotted this movie and thought 'ah, a movie,' then settled on it with a ...
...much, although to be honest they are not usually my type of film, so my expectations were not that high. Future The film is set in the future, at a time where our current fears of global warming melting ice at the poles and drowning the land have become a reality. This has not stopped the human race and the good old fashioned cuddly toy we know of now is not a thing of the past, but a thing transformed. In fact, this film does feature robots, in ...

Ayesha- 18.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of A.I. - Artificial Intelligence (DVD)