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They both reached for the gun.

Advantages: A unique musical.
Disadvantages: None.

...musical. A jazz musical. In Chicago two women, Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger) are arrested for murder, Roxie for the man she's been having a fling with, desperately trying to get into stardom and stage sensation Velma for her husband and sister double murder. Now in prison the two try to gain Billy Flynn's (Richard Gere) attention so he will try and get them out of jail. While Roxie spends time in jail, she ...
...Disk 1: A delightfull movie commentary with a deleted song 'The class' A duet featuring Velma and the warden - Mama Morten. Disk 2: The history of Chicago, extended performances and much much more about the show, director and crew. Every song in this movie is excellent and this feature packed DVD brings one of broadway's finest to your living room. ...

Mistybrook 07.08.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Chicago (Special Edition) (DVD)

How Can I Resist You? Let Me Count the Ways...

Advantages: Some decent performances.
Disadvantages: A series of Abba songs being murdered by unqualified performers (Brosnan, I'm talking about you...)

Sophie lives with her bohemian mother Donna on a remote Greek island where they run a hotel together. She is about to get married to her fiancé Sky, but there's one thing missing in her life; a father. She reads her mother's diary from the summer before she was born and discovers there are three possible dads - Harry, Sam and Bill. Unbeknownst to her mother she invites all three to the wedding, hoping she will know which is her father when she meets ...
...wedding and Donna is in for the surprise of her life. This is only director Phyllida Lloyd's second stab at directing for the screen, having spent most of her career helming stage operas. Sadly her inexperience shows with a musical that never really expands beyond its stage origins. You don't get the impression of a world existing beyond the bounds of the screen. Although some of the exteriors were clearly shot around the Greek islands, Lloyd doesn't ...

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Review of Mamma Mia! (DVD)

A Razzle Dazzle of a Film!

Advantages: Great story, acting, song and dancing
Disadvantages: None from me

...some good press to make Chicago fall in love with Roxie to get her off the murder charge. Just how will Velma take the lack of cooperation from her lawyer now he has anew client and will Roxie ever fulfil her dream of being big on stage? I really did not know what to expect from this film as it stars three big actors but all of whom I have never head sing or watched dance so for me it was a nice surprise. I found Renee Zellweger who played the role ...
...set in the 1920’s in Chicago and this is very apparent from the costumes and sets which have been used. I found it all looked very real and authentic for this year and I loved seeing how different everything was back then. I did however find that at times it was quite dark and just wished we could have seen more of the film shot in the daytime. The DVD which I have does have some bonus features which include:- Feature Commentary with Director and ...

sewbizzie 29.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Chicago (DVD)

Fabba!

Advantages: Great songs, well cast, enjoyable, fun, a great tribute to a great band and musical
Disadvantages: None!

...and one of these was Mamma Mia. I had wanted to see it at the cinema but never got around to it, so I got it for myself for a treat with an Amazon voucher when it first came out. I never managed to see it, so was determined to do so at Christmas! Well, I've been so tired every evening that I've been in bed too early to watch a film, but tonight I put it on at 8pm as I really wanted to see the bloomin' thing at last! And was it worth the wait? Mamma ...
...the film, from title song Mamma Mia, to Dancing Queen, to lesser known Honey, Honey and Slipping Through my Fingers which was an amazing emotional performance from Meryl Streep...I was welling up throughout that song! It modernises the classic hits but keeps the feeling of nostalgia, and you just cannot stop yourself singing along because its so catchy! The cast all have great voices and do all of the songs justice, none more so than the wonderful ...

mummy2harry 06.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Mamma Mia! (DVD)

Who's Your Daddy?!

Advantages: really funny, heartwarming good old fashioned fun!
Disadvantages: Pierce Brosnan...actually nah, its fantastic!

...far, the best characters in Mamma Mia are Donna played by Streep, her sidekicks played by Julie Walters (just sheer brilliance!) and Christine Baranski and Colin Firth. Pierce Brosnan, as I'm sure you have heard, is an absolutely AWFUL singer, and both times I went to the cinema the audience reacted the same way - with horror, discomfort at seeing James Bond make a fool of himself, and eventually everyone just seemed to collapse in hysterics. I say ...
...saw an interview with him where he admitted that the singing was atrocious but that he enjoyed making the film immensely. In fact, everyone in the film looked like they had the most amazing time, after the film is over there is a sing along with all the cast characters in ABBA costumes, they looked like they were just having a blast and that everyone got on really well - which in my opinion just makes the film special. There are some teary moments, ...

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Review of Mamma Mia! (DVD)