Empire (Wide Screen)

Advantages: Wide view of Picture as intended for cinemas
Disadvantages: Unsuitable view for Portable DVD's

...The third and final part (as of yet) of the Die Hard series and Bruce Willis is back this time alongside Samuel L Jackson. This Widescreen version is suitable for anyone who's television set as the ability to show widescreen pictures. With this you can see more of the film has it was intended to be seen at the cinema. Sometimes films are cut to fit onto standard screen sizes. The film is probably the best of the three films and Jackson gives Willis a run for his money in the action scenes. The Villian played by Jeremy Irons although not as good has Alan Rickman in the first Die Hard film does an excellent potrayal of a German villian. If you are a fan of the series but have only watched them on television (with adverts betwween) then go and purchase this film and see how it was intended to be seen.... Read review

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Advantages: It ends
Disadvantages: The list is too long

...Empire Of The Ants begins with a lesson on Ant’s the narrator tells you things about ants that you might never have known, and probably did not want to either come to that. All the same this creates the illusion of structure to this 1977 movie, often dubbed as the worst movie of all time. A sad fact when you consider the tales author is none other than H.G. Wells. Marilyn (Joan Collins) is a con artist, her way to secure her future is to con a group of prospective buyers into purchasing property on a new island development, and of course the development will never be built because by the time building should start she is hoping to be long gone with the cash in hand. In order to ensnare buyers Marilyn tempts people to the idea of a cruise style vacation, unbeknown to Marilyn however the group with the exception of maybe one party has... Read review

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Advantages: action packed, amazing special effects
Disadvantages: Some may find it all too predictable.

...Having been a fan of the Tomb raider computer games since their release, I was excited about seeing Lara Croft's character being transformed into a real life character on the big screen! Having thoroughly enjoyed Angelina Jolie's first big screen outing as Lara croft, I was eager to see if the sequel could live up to it! The critics gave it a very poor review but this didn't deter me from purchasing the DVD on the day of its release, and I certainly wasn't disappointed. Plot Lara Croft ( Angelina Jolie) returns in her second feature outing, and this time is on a round the world mission to recover Pandora's Box before it is found by a maniacal scientist ( Ciaran Hinds) who plans to use it for mass annihilation! For this mission she recruits former lover Terry Sheridan (Gerard Butler), a mercenary who has previously betrayed... Read review

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