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The best Disney movie ever (Mary Poppins)

Advantages: Great for the whole family
Disadvantages: you will go around singing "A spoonful of sugar"

In my opinion Mary Poppins is one of the best Disney movies ever made. This musical was filmed in the 1960's but film is set in London around 1910. It is about a magical Nanny named Mary Poppins who comes flying in on her umbrella to take up the post of "Nanny, for two adorable children" Jane and Michael Banks. they soon discover that "she's tricky" as she takes them on the most extraordinary outings, such as jumping in and out of chalk pavement ...
...ceiling. Mary Poppins has promised to stay until the wind changes, then when it does she just up and flies away again on her umbrella, whilst Jane and Michael are out flying their kite with their parents. This is a brilliant film for the whole family to enjoy. It is normally on TV at least once over the Christmas period, If you have never seen it you should. The songs are infectious, and if you've seen it more than a few times like me, you just can't ...

nay_money 20.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Mary Poppins (DVD)

The Phantom of the Opera

Advantages: Has wonderful music
Disadvantages: Can be scary at times

...love with her childhood sweetheart, the man that taught her to sing, the phantom of the opera decides he wants Christinne all to himself. If you love musicals or just like singing then i really recommend this wonderful film to teenagers and above as it might scare younger children because of the bone chilling music and murders.This film has many famous faces such as Gerard Butler (who played Dracula in Dracula 2000), Emmy Rossum (played Laura Chapman ...

lilminxey24 02.09.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Phantom Of The Opera (Wide Screen) (Deluxe Box Set) (DVD)

Whip crack away.... Whip Crack away!

Advantages: feel good film, good songs, great actng,
Disadvantages: bad backdrops and awful songs from Howard Keel!

...who plays the role of Calamity Jane, a tom boy who is more than happy to spend her time being ‘one of the lads’ and chasing of the Indians. She gets very annoyed when she beings in the wagon which contains all the goodies for the towns people and the men starts ogling a cigarette card which has a picture of Adelaid Adams on. A few evenings later when the Theatre / Bar has advertised a beautiful female star for the evening entertainment they are in ...
...as they have been robbed. Calamity steps in to help the theatre owner who is her close friend and promises she will go off to Chicago and fetch Adelaid Adams to bring her back and perform for them. Calamity sets off and soon find where Adelaid is performing but unbeknown to her Adelaid has already left and it is her maid who is trying on the costumes. Calamity thinks she is Adelaid but really she is Katie Brown and talks her into going back and performing ...

sewbizzie 26.04.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Calamity Jane (DVD)

Like you've never seen him before

Advantages: Inside look at would have been the greatest concert ever
Disadvantages: Would have been amazing to see it all pulled together in one final rehersal.

...a life long fan of Michael Jackson, there was never any question as to whether I would see this film or not, more a case of when I would see it. Me, my cousin and my little sister decided to go see this on Sunday, and thoroughly enjoyed every moment of this film (even if my 14 year old sister asked me what it was about when we sat down - I had to alugh, bless her!), which was only ever meant for Michael Jackson's archives for personal viewing. So ...
...of Jackson's video's and then Michael Jackson would emerge from the suit to perform 'Wanna Be Starting Somethin'. There is a small snippet of footage showing the dancers rehearsing a "toaster" mechanism whereby they would literally jump out of the floor. The next song would have been 'Jam', followed by 'Bad' and then 'They Don't Really Care About Us', where a film was made to be played on the big screen behind them where literally thousands of dancers ...

carlz2001 14.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Michael Jackson - This Is It (DVD)

A Brilliant Film About The Legend Who Is Prince.

Advantages: Outstanding Film And Soundtrack.
Disadvantages: Absolutely None

...of course the fantastic song Purple Rain. You could not wish for a bigger quantity of consistently fabulous music wrapped into one film. It makes me wish that Prince and other 80s singers would stay the way they were because music from that decade was the best it has ever been and in my opinion there is very few singers "now," regardless of how good they are. Who have that same ability to take a song and make it magical like the ones in the 80s did. ...
...like those I heard in Purple Rain. But, I was sadly disappointed! I wonder how it happens that musicians as good as Prince lose their effect? The only reason I can find is that they are conforming and trying to blend in with the music you hear now and because of that they lose the "essence" that made thier music so special and different in the first place. Its a shame! If his music was still anything like his earlier stuff and like it was in Purple ...

danielleg1989 14.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Purple Rain (DVD)