Eight Below DVD

Advantages: Brilliant family films, Disney quality picture & sound
Disadvantages: Some parts a bit unrealistic in eight below

...Eight Below & Snow Dogs I bought Snow Dogs on video years ago when it first came out and really enjoyed it so when I saw the 2 piece set of this and the new similar film on DVD I went and bought it from play.com as I already wanted to replace my old copy of Snow Dogs with a DVD so this was the best reason to do so. Snow Dogs A Walt Disney Film The first film came out in May 2002, directed by Brian Levant. The cast includes *Cuba Gooding Jr, who plays Ted Brooks a Miami Dentist. *James Coburn, who plays Jack Johnson (Thunder Jack), an old grumpy man that keeps a team of sledge dogs who then turns out to be Ted's real father. *Sisqo, who plays Dr Rupert Brooks who plays Ted's assistant at his Miami Dentist Practice. *Nichelle Nichols, who plays Amelia Brooks, Ted's mother. The of course there is the dog actors... Read review

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Advantages: Beautiful dogs and some good adventures
Disadvantages: Paul Walker

.... The music takes itself too seriously most of the time, as if the composer wants to be given responsibility for something more epic. If only it had more of the sense of fun that shows itself in the playful flute motifs of the dogs' playtime it would be less overbearing. "Eight Below" will keep animal-mad kids happy for a couple of hours, though there isn't much to draw in the over-tens. It's a solid family movie that has enough action and adventure to make it watchable, though it is undermined by the quality of Paul Walker's acting. It lacks the attention to detail that could have made the characters feel more believable and the situation more engaging. I wouldn't rush out to see it, but I daresay it would brighten up a boring bank holiday afternoon when it's on television.... Read review

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Advantages: An interesting insite to a side of Blaine that has not be shown before.
Disadvantages: Dark and violent. Slightly extreme for mainstream.

...challenges, David decided to go for the make or break trial, and set about to survive on nothing for 44 days, in a clear Perspex box in the middle of central London, near Tower Bridge. The box was constructed so as it was just a little bit wider than him, and a little bit taller than him, and was about 2 metres lengthwise. Anyone with claustrophobia need not apply. The entire ordeal was shown live on Sky Digital, and the rights to the shows were bought by the terrestrial channel, C4. So in 2003, during the summer, he climbed in to the infamous box and took on the challenge of a life time. The DVD is split up into 3 parts; Above the Below, the additional footage, and Vertigo. I shall now analyse each individual segment. ~~ Above the Below Main Feature ~~ Unlike previous Blaine TV shows, Above the Below is presented much more like... Read review

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