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"I Y'am What I Y'am!"

Advantages: Nostalgic, lightly entertaining, ahead of it's time!
Disadvantages: "I got millions'o emenies. And you is 10 or 12 of 'em!"

How did Popeye the Sailor become strong to the finish? Where did he come from, and what was his family like? This charming 1980 film musically explores Popeye's origins, and the quirky town of Sweet Haven with it's criminally pinioned populace. From the moment Popeye discreetly rides an ebbing storm into this odd port, we know his life will never be the same again. Street toughs and the local crime-boss, The Commodore, rule the town, and the only ...
...Williams and Shelley Duval as Popeye and Olive Oyl. "Children! They cry at you when they're young, they yell at you when they're older, they borrows from you when they's middle-aged and they leave you alone to die. Without even paying you back!" ~Poopdeck Pappy This joint production between Paramount and Disney displays a lot of talents. Harry Nillson wrote all the original songs. There is plenty to enjoy for those who are fond of musicals. The lullaby ...

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Herbie the Bug you wouldn't wanna Squash

Advantages: More of that little love bug
Disadvantages: can never find a problem with herbie

Herbie goes bananas, I don't think the title is anything to this little bugs health, more to do with the films location. This time Herbie's in Central America (Rio D, Janero) were he's set to enter the Grande Premio race. But the fun starts as his owners are setting of on the voyage to Rio, This time the owners after deal with a smuggling syndicate, a midget pickpocket and little Herbie even has to go head to head with a mad Bull. As usual with ...
...cheekiness brings smiles and laughter all the way through. Allthough I am biased on my views as I love anything to do with Herbie, a lot of the humour may seem a bit outdated for the younger generation (teens) of today, and some of the acting a touch prim and proper compared to what there used to. It will be enjoyed by most, but possibly more of a nostalgia trip for the older ones. The film is 88 minutes long, which I find is about perfect timing ...

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A Flash in the pan - I think not!

Advantages: Good fun
Disadvantages: Bad Acting

...And that film is Flash Gordon (1980) directed by Mike Hodges (who is probably best known for directing Get Carter - the original and better version with Michael Caine) and produced by Dino de Laurentiis (he has produced the likes of Manhunter, Hannibal, Red Dragon and Hannibal Rising to name a few). Why I should love this film so much is more deeply rooted by circumstance than anything else. I loved it before I even saw it in full. My parents are ...
...holidays which showed the original Flash Gordon series which tweaked my interest. So when I realised there was a film not only did I want to go and see it (only to be told no by my parents) but I also collected all the picture discs for my Viewmaster (you know the chunky red devices that allowed you to view pictures on paper discs with film in) from cereal packets that I could find. I collected stickers for my sticker album so I knew all the characters ...

Suzela 29.04.2008 · Read full review
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Good fun!

Advantages: Dialogue, cracking pace, excellent animation
Disadvantages: May not be suitable for children who are old enough to understand innuendo

...for adults as well and Ice Age 3 certainly delivered on that front. I've seen Ice Age2 on TV but not the first film and never in the cinema. On top of that this was a 3D show. The story essentially follows Manny, the mammoth, his heavily pregnant wife, Ellie and Diego, the sabre toothed tiger as they venture under the ice to a land where dinosaurs are not extinct. They do this to try and rescue Sid, who feeling unloved due to the impending arrival ...
...subsequently been carried off with his 'children' by their real mother. In dinosaur world they meet Buck, the weasel with the Sylvester Stallone eyepatch and knife, the British accent (Simon Pegg voices him) and the literary connections to Captain Ahab of Moby Dick (both have been left injured by 'the great white beast', both are unnaturally obsessed and slightly unhinged by it). As a sideline, Scratt is still seeking his acorn but this time there ...

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Review of Ice Age 3 - Dawn Of The Dinosaurs (DVD)

"I thought you guys were extinct?"

Advantages: amazing picture quality, good fun for all the family!
Disadvantages: Cant think of any.

I bought my wife Ice Age 3 for Christmas. She asked for it. Can't say its my type of film, but being a loving husband I sat down and watched it with her anyway. The first thing that struck me, being a blu ray, is the amazing quality. Animated films and comic-esque outings (like the Simpsons) always take full advantage of the High Definition nature of blu ray and make a movie a pleasure for the eye to behold. Ice Age 3 is quite possibly the best example ...
...were apparently living below the ice and meeting a swash buckling weasel who helps save the day. All the while, we get to watch the fun adventures of the little chap chasing his acorn, that have been present in the past films. This time, there's a love interest!! Its quite a good watch and plenty of fun for all the family. The usual deleted scenes and such are present, I can't say I watched them though, sorry, but its not my cup-of-tea, as I said. ...

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