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An amazing true story

Advantages: Great acting, great portayal of a fascinating true story
Disadvantages: There aren't any

Erin Brockovich is the incredible uplifting true story about a young mother with 3 young children who manages to win a legal damages of 6 million dollars for a small town when she discovers that the water pipes have been poisoned & have been making people seriously ill & even killing them. Erin Brockovich, played by Julia Roberts is arguably her best performance to date & with the exception of Pretty Woman is my favourite film of hers. She's fantastic ...
...from start to finish. Erin has no qualifications, the only thing she has is that she won a beauty contest when she was younger. Ed gives Erin a job as his legal secretary after she wouldn't take no for an answer. Erin was in a minor car accident that wasn't her fault & Ed promises to win her compensation which he fails to do so as a form of compensation she demands a job so she can look after her 3 kids. At first people avoid her because of her ...

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Review of Erin Brockovich (DVD)

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If I ever saw it...this is how it would look

Advantages: Its Excellent
Disadvantages: quite graphic

...The Concept Traffic is a really intelligent look at the world of drug trafficking and offers a broad scale of insight. We see the trafficking process from its beginning in Mexico where attempts at its deterrence are much beleaguered by corruption, through to America's infinitely more constitutional attempt at tackling the problem. We are also the given the chance to see the happy upper class lives of those responsible for the drugs distribution ...
...the street and its effect on individuals and their families. The film involves countless harrowing scenes of habitual drug use and lacks the glamour with which drugs are all too often associated with these days. The flagrant snorting of cocaine and disturbing scenes involving both the smoking and injecting of Heroine are intensely compelling and the audience is not patronised or guarded from the rawness of these acts in any way. This makes the film ...

j22o2 20.11.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Traffic (DVD)

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SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE.

Advantages: An excellent first fim from Steven Soderbergh.
Disadvantages: Slow paced.

- SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE - Released in 1989, Sex, Lies, and Videotape is an Independent film directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring James Spader (Secretary), Peter Gallagher (The OC) San Giacomo, and Andie MacDowell. Genre Drama. BBFC Rating: 18. RunningTime: One hour 35 Minutes.- Ann Milaney (Andie MacDowell) lives a suburban life in Louisiana, married to lawyer husband John (Peter Gallagher). She lives a comfortable existence, though she is ...
...collection of videos.- Sex, lies and videotape is quite well summed up by the film title. It is a clever, intelligent film from Steven Soderbergh. Basically 'Sex, Lies and Video Tape' is a tale of voyeurism and infidelity, feelings and relationships. Quietly spoken and beautifully shot, the film is a story of personalities and feelings, and all four characters intertwine and interconnect in a bizarre series of events, culminating in an obvious outcome ...

Morning_Becomes_Electra 07.04.2008 · Read full review
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Coming to America...!

Advantages: Intelligent, sophisticated and stylish movie-making.
Disadvantages: The interesting way of filming may put many off...

THE LIMEY Steven Soderbergh's a strange one. Not only is his surname a real pain to spell, but after winning the Palme D'or in 1989 for the acclaimed Sex, Lies and Videotape he virtually disappeared from the movie scene for near enough a decade. Although a few minor art house films of little note were produced here and there it did little to stop many from asking, "where's Wally"? To much surprise the red and white-striped jumper-wearing director ...
...decent performance from J'Lo, in the wonderful Out of Sight. Trading in his independent roots for the blockbuster scene, the likes of Erin Brockovich, Traffic and Ocean's 11 have since followed, each maintaining the sophisticated intelligence of Sex, Lies and Videotape, yet adding a dollop of beautifully crafted style to the show. But amongst these giants of cinema Soderbergh has continued in the independent scene, whereby he has produced the occasional ...

clownfoot 20.09.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Limey (DVD)

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A Faceless Revolution

Advantages: Santiago Cabrera's performance, Benicio del Toro,
Disadvantages: Hard to engage with subject

...possible to avoid the reviews. Che Guevara is a figure who splits opinion; to some he is a hero of the Cuban revolution, the symbol of an alternative culture for several generations, while to others he is a brutal murderer who put his own political ideals above the needs of a country that wasn't even his own. The truth is probably a little of both of these and more. I have my own very fixed thoughts on Ernesto "Che" Guevara and I suspected that the ...
...very short, failed to establish Che as a personality. This is not a "cradle to grave" biopic; Soderbergh (director, editor and cinematographer) has picked out what he sees as keys moments in the revolutionary's life and strung then loosely together. In order to appreciate this you need either to not ask many questions or to have a good background knowledge of the Cuban Revolution. We start with Guevara meeting Castro for the first time and agreeing ...

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Review of Che - Part 1 - The Argentine

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