Learning Guitar For Dummies (DVD)

Advantages: Funny acting
Disadvantages: poor death scenes

...When a film is written, produced, directed and starred in by one man, you get an idea that it may be a low budget smalltime movie. And in this case you would be right for assuming. However, there are many films that ar far from Hollywood blockbusters and yet still hold your attention throughout. The Dummy sits on the line for this one with a mix of funny and entertaining scenes as well as some pretty poorly acted ones. The acting quality ranges drastically throughout and features some actors who seem as if they might get somewhere half decent and others that seem to just be friends of the the director. The story is simpl and has been heard before in lots of films ecpecially budget ones. A guy's dummy starts to kill people. That's it. Not much else happens. You find out the doll was carved from voodoo relics but there is no more... Read review

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Advantages: Characters, Issues
Disadvantages: A little over-ambitious in places

...John Singleton?s Higher Learning deserves some serious respect for exploring a number of sensitive issues that many University students encounter at some point in their lifetime-- some of which include institutional racism, rape, and the individual desire to be accepted. While some of the characters lack emotional complexity and the story at times may feel a little "preachy", the film is still a very enjoyable and thought-provocative experience -- one that'll linger with you for quite some time afterwards. Primarily, it's a film concerned with identity, with the numerous individual struggles interlinked. Malik Williams (Omar Epps, In Too Deep) is the campus track star convinced that everyone is against him because of his skin colour ("It's no longer about what a person says but what they think," he says. "So in my mind, you've been... Read review

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Advantages: Groundbreaking intro. to trip-hop
Disadvantages: Tears will well up. Guaranteed.

...?.then there's the string/bass interlude which takes the track spiralling ever upward to a dizzying height of splendour that seriously drives tears to the rims of your eyelids?.you don't know why or what it is but it beggars whether the Mozart effect is outdated in design, presentation and overall impact?"How can it feel this wrong? Cant anybody see, we've got a war to fight, never find our way regardless of what they say?how can it feel this wrong?.from this moment?how can it feel this wrong?" Wandering Star: Voice?smoothed?.almost distant?heavy almost monotone reverberating bass line. The hook...harmonica?shrill bluesy mixed with hypnotically entrancing simple lead guitar riff?.scratching backgrounds?sleeeeeeeeeep. ~ Discography ~ Albums 1994 Dummy 1997 Portishead 1998 Roseland NYC Live Compilations 1998 Glory Times (CD... Read review

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