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For All You Slipknot Fans!

Advantages: Lots Of Songs, When Slipknot Were At Their Best
Disadvantages: None

...Bought. I Was A Huge Slipknot Fan Back When It Was Released And Still Am. The DVD Isnt Short, So You Get Your Value For Money. Also If You Are A True Slipknot Fan Or If You ARe Not Then You Will Love All The Songs On This DVD. All Songs On It Are Big Hits From Slipknot And Are Ones That Catch Your Ears And Make You Want To Listen Over And Over Again. Also It Is From The BRUTAl Days Of Slipknot When They Were At Their Heaviest And Most Ruthless, This ...

Jukey123 06.09.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Slipknot - Disasterpieces (DVD)

Keeping Freddie's memory alive

Advantages: The biggest names in music contribute, money goes to AIDS charities
Disadvantages: A bit boring in places, some questionable performances

...Stadium to pay tribute to Freddie Mercury who died of AIDS on 24th November 1991. It's embarassing to admit, but because I'm only 19 now, a lot of the artists on the video I didn't know when I first bought it, and admittedly some of them now I'm still not that familiar with (although a lot more familiar than other people my age I'd guess) Because it's so long, you're not going to want to watch it all at once, unless you really have nothing else ...
...be pretty amazing to rival Freddie Mercury's vocal range and performance talent. Some tried, some failed, and some just did their own versions of the songs. In my opinion, George Michael gives one of the best performances, he sings "These Are The Days Of Our Lives" with Lisa Stansfield and rocks out "Somebody To Love" perfectly, getting all the audience going, I can only imagine what it'd be like to have seen him perform this live. Elton John sings ...

sandy_01 02.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (10th Anniversary Edition) (DVD)

Dum Diddy diddle diddy dum diddy dee..

Advantages: Cool, mellow, nice!
Disadvantages: None.

. . Title refers to the theme tune of the Old Grey Whistle Test of course! Presenter Bob Harris (AKA "Whispering Bob Harris", because of his quiet voice and "laid back" style). did a brilliant job of presenting a programme a lot of you won't have heard of. You may have seen mickey takes of it on shows like "The fast show" doing a parady called The Jazz Show (cool) and even Monty Python's Flying Circus did a sketch of it, The show brought onto the ...
...special effects to improve anything. The stage props were either curtains, or more often just the backs of the walls from other sets. Released by BBC Video, in conjunction with Warner Home Video, there are three DVDs in the series. They are available individually or as a set. Packaging is the same as all DVDs. You will see interviews with former performers, as well as getting comments from the old presenters. The show first went on the air in the ...

smudgeybabes 21.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Old Grey Whistle Test - Vols. 1 To 3 (DVD)

Who Calls So Loud?

Advantages: Fantastic acting, lurid characters, excellent drama!
Disadvantages: VERY long but worth every minute!

This filmed version of the Royal Shakespeare Company's famous production of 'Nicholas Nickleby' is utterly timeless. In hours and hours of non-stop entertainment, virtually the whole novel is transposed to the stage, and much of Dickens's original lurid prose survives this translation. The huge cast narrates and dramatises the lengthy tale, encompassing virtually every theatrical genre. There is pantomime-style audience participation, farce, melodrama, ...
...the adventures of the young Nicholas Nickleby and his family. It opens as the Nicklebys arrive in London after the death of their father, and seek the support of their rich but harsh uncle, Ralph Nickleby. Nicholas is sent to become a schoolmaster in Yorkshire. The cruelty he finds there launches the story's main action. Nicholas finds himself Ralph's enemy, as well as the enemy of the headmaster, Wackford Squeers, and his grotesque family. On his ...

Olly_Plimsoll 23.04.2005 · Read full review
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Review of The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby - The Royal Shakespeare Company (DVD)

Il Trovatore

Advantages: Pavarotti is a wonderful singer
Disadvantages: but he is not a great actor.

...as The Anvil Chorus etc. Il Trovatore (The Troubador) is a very good, if slightly complex story, about a baby stolen at birth and unknowingly finding himself the arch enemy of this own brother over a girl. The woman calling herself his mother, in fact a gypsy who stole him suceeds in making life for The Troubador more difficult, as he is torn between his love for her and for the woman he longs for. I have seen this with slightly different endings, ...
...to this is the great Pav himself. Now I AM a fan. His voice is truly something magical and I never tire of listening to him. However he is not this best actor in the world, and this opera was filmed when that wasn't as important as it is today, and I did find him somewhat wooden. As well as a little large for the role. But if you are used to opera, you find thats not uncommon! The best perfomance I would say, came from the Gypsy, his mother. She ...

Cydd 22.04.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Il Trovatore (DVD)