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A multicoloured film!

Advantages: great music and story
Disadvantages: none

...ipoints for the DVD of Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat as it is a show that I have seen and loved a couple of times at the theatre and felt sure that my daughters would love it too - which they do! This DVD is really a must for anyone who is a fan of musicals especially those of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. I wasn't sure from the photos on the cover whether this was going to be showing an actual stage version but it's not. In fact ...
...few pieces of scenery. Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat takes us back to biblical times and tells the story of Joseph and his eleven shepherding brothers. Joseph is not at all popular with his brothers - partly because he is their father Jacob's favourite and partly because he keeps telling them about the dreams that he has that make out that he is destined for far greater things than the others! They get so fed up of him that they sell ...

kingfisher111 29.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (DVD)

Not Just For Abba Fans

Advantages: Great performances, great fun, the songs (If you like Abba)
Disadvantages: Younger cast are a bit flat

...Christmas, my mum asked for Mamma Mia! on DVD because my dad wouldn't let her rent it. Come Christmas day and after eating copiously and drinking similarly we sat down (dad excluded) to watch (mercifully not the sing-a-long version). I was apprehensive. I'm not good with musicals and I'm definitely not good with Abba. Begrudgingly I joined in willing my loathing along. From minute one I thought, 'this is horrid', but by the end I was toe tapping ...
...on what makes this film so enjoyable but somehow it is, and somehow I'll try. So, the story. Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) is due to get married on a Greek island but prior to exchanging her vowls she wishes to find out the identity of her father. She secretly invites the three potentials (Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan and Stellan Skarsgård) to the wedding without letting her mother (Meryl Streep) know. What ensues is her quest to find out his identity, ...

Nixu1980 29.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Mamma Mia!

Come up to the lab. . .!

Advantages: Great fun , optional Participation . . !
Disadvantages: Love it / Hate it

...Come up to the LAB . . . . And see what's on the Slab Rocky Horror Picture Show is an instant classic and to this day still is one of the best films out there. . Its unique and one of a kinda. The films about a young couple (Brad & Janet) who one night , get stuck with a flat tire and the only near by house is an old castle a few miles from where there stranded. The young couple venture to the house only to discover they have arrived on a special ...
...house must stay in the house . . . . If you didn't know how to do the time warp you soon will. . . This is great fun if you wanna throw a Rocky Horror party, Dress up , Take part and just have a great laugh. By the end of the movie you will be left wanting MORE, this isn't just any dvd. This give you as the audience at home the chance to Participate with on screen prompters so you can enjoy the film in true theatre style while sitting the in comfort ...

nowitsonlyme 05.08.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (DVD)

ULLAdubULLA

Advantages: Great to see a live action version at last
Disadvantages: Limited on the small screen

When composer Jeff Wayne devised the musical version of War Of The Worlds in 1978 he knew it would be big, exactly how big it would become was an unknown. By 1982 the album had become one of the biggest selling records of all time, so Wayne made preparations for phase two a version so show in America's Broadway, and London's West End. With plans firmly afoot to bring the entire original cast and musicians to stage 1984 bought things to a staggering ...
...audience up to speed with the phenomena Jeff Wayne created a slightly remixed "highlights" album and the first release of War Of The Worlds on the new CD format. 1987 saw the demise of another important cast member Phil Lynott met a tragic end. 1994 saw the album again re-released with several X-files inspired remixes as an optional extra, this included a remix of Forever Autumn and The Spirit Of Man two of the best known tracks from the CD. In early ...

sghawken 27.01.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The War Of The Worlds Live (Special Edition) (DVD)

Thank you for the music, Mamma Mia! triumphs

Advantages: Great music, vivid scenary, great setting
Disadvantages: Storyline could have been improved on.

As members of the british public will know, the musical is a genre that has died out over the last few years. Yes, we've had high school musical and that was good for the kids. But what about us adults? Anything since saturday night fever worth watching? That debate is for another time, but this film brings back the musical genre, in full Abba style. From start to finish this film does not disappoint with the fantastic toe-tapping, karaoke dream ...
...focus of attention sometimes, fits lovely into the songs. Anyone who has seen the stage show, will have walked away playing all the songs over and over in their head and be humming them all the way home. The film does exactly the same. From the opening of I have a dream, to Thank you for the music running over the credits, you almost feel like you have been watching an abba concert, your voice is sore. Even if you are not an abba fan, or generally ...

stozzerman 17.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Mamma Mia! (Blu-Ray)