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All-Black Version Of Wizard Of Oz

Advantages: The array of legendary stars
Disadvantages: Too much schmaltz!

The Wiz (1978) was a hip, modernised, all-black version of L. Frank Baum's famous fantasy, adventure story, The Wonderful Wizard Of (first published at the dawn of the century). We all know of course that the best version of this famous childrens story will forever be the delightful Judy Garland classic of 1939. Though brave and ambitious, The Wiz in it's favour is a diverse though failed experiment to bring the story into a more contemporary setting. ...
...as Dorothy with the character in this film being a rather neurotic, wet-behind-the-ears 24 year old harlem school teacher who is whisked away in a snow blizzard one night and lands in Oz. I really wanted to like this film being such a huge fan of the diva of all diva's Diana Ross and although Ross is, as always, vocally excellent throughout each film (especially on her spine-tingling delivery of the exalting number, Home) she just was never suited ...

IanPhillips 22.08.2006 · Read full review
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Review of The Wiz (DVD)

Spiceworld the movie

Advantages: Great if you love the spice girls!
Disadvantages: none

Spice world the movie features the spice girls! The girls are preparing for their first live show at the Royal Albert Hall. They go round the city of London , attending photo shoots , interviews and parties. This is a great kind of like real-life story of the girls made into a movie! It's funny! Especially when Posh is driving the spice Bus! If you like the spice girls - you'll love this movie! Features the girls performing some their hits including ...
...in this movie is infrequent and mild. The running time of this movie is approx. 89 minutes! I bought this video from a car boot sale at a prics of 50p. Because it was produced in 1997 I'm not sure whether it is available to buy on Dvd! I give this movie a 7/10 ...

xdonzx 25.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Spiceworld The Movie (DVD)

Moulin rouge is a musical admirers dream

Advantages: Great chemistry between main characters ,feel good film .
Disadvantages: The singing throughout the film can get a bit tiresome

In my opinion you must see the film if you like musicals, otherwise you might find the singing a bit off putting .At times the siniging can seem a bit over the top but in general this is what makes the film interesting.It is worth watching just to see the on screen chemistry between Ewan Mcgregor and Nicole Kidman they are a great pairing and seem to have good on screen presence allowing you to follow the romantic tale which is played out . The ...

pepsi27 28.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Moulin Rouge (Special Edition) (DVD)

I'll watch this some more!

Advantages: great family film
Disadvantages: none

...remember loving the musical film Oliver! as a child and singing and dancing along to so many of the wonderful songs that accompanied the story. I was also lucky to see the West End production many years ago, long before Andrew Lloyd Webber took an interest with his search for a Nancy and an Oliver in the great series ‘I’d do Anything’. My daughters loved watching the TV shows and started picking up the words to some of the songs. Therefore when I ...
...in our big armchair watching Oliver! Oliver! (made in 1968)is based on the classic novel of Oliver Twist that was written by Charles Dickens. It tells the story of a poor workhouse boy who had the audacity to ask for more of the disgusting gruel that was served to all the boys daily while the workhouse governors were fed roast dinners. As a consequence Oliver is sold to the local undertaker where he is teased about his dead mother. Feeling desperate, ...

kingfisher111 28.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Oliver! (DVD)

Bring the music to life with VH1 Storytellers

Advantages: It's raw, it's real and it provides great insight into the band
Disadvantages: Grainy dvd, short running time.

...was a dvd of the matchbox 20 session on VH1 storytellers. My boyfriend got me this for my christmas because he knows how much I love this band - I'd go as far as to say that it's in my top ten favourite bands along with the likes of Counting crows and the goo goo dolls. What is VH1 Storytellers Basically VH1 storytellers is a music series produced by VH1 which started back in 1996 with Ray Davies during his "storyteller" tour which is where ...
...VH1 storytellers shows the band matchbox 20 back in 2001 at a studio in chelsea piers in New york City several months after the realease of their 2nd Album "mad season" and so the performances feature several songs from the album including; * Bent * Mad Season * Black and White People * Push * If you're gone * Crutch * You won't be Mine * Rest stop Along with these album tracks the band also get involved in a question and answer session ...

stillclueless 27.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Matchbox Twenty - Storytellers (DVD)