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Evita - Watch out Buenos Aires

Advantages: A good film
Disadvantages: Not historically accurate

A touching, if not altogether historically accurate, account of the life of Argentina’s saintly matriarch, conveyed somewhat quirkily via the music of Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Tim Rice. Narrated by a strangely omnipresent Che (Antonio Banderas) the film tells the story of Eva Duarte, the illegitimate daughter of a middle-class Argentine rancher, and her determination to make something of her life, from her lowly, almost impoverished childhood in ...
...actress, to her chance meeting with Colonel Juan Peron, an upcoming star of the Argentinean army and would-be president. Focusing mainly on the Argentine people’s affection for their first-lady and only touching briefly on the many corruption allegations that dogged her and her husband’s reign, the film does actually give you a sense of the unity she brought to a country that had, hitherto, been gripped by years of civil unrest and of the rankling ...

rabidbadger 08.10.2009 · Read full review
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Should have left it on the shelf!

Advantages: erm.......... good songs
Disadvantages: Weak plot and script, wooden acting

...any of them get the fame they so desperately want? Well the plot may sound a little basic but this is really all there is to the film. I did find there was a little about the student outside of school but it was mainly centred around the School and their school work. For me I was expecting a lot but was sadly disappointed. I know the film was made back in 1980 but for me it just looked very cheap and as if they had no interest in making a good script ...
...and Maureen Teefy Making of Fame Featurettes Fame Field Trip visit’s the school that inspired the movie Trailer I have watched any of these so I am not able to make comment on the, The running time of the film is 128 minutes and I personally found this was very long and at times I was very bored. The certificate is a 15 and I do agree with this as there is a lot of strong language and moderate nudity. I paid just £3 for this DVD over 2 years ...

sewbizzie 06.11.2009 · Read full review
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Bugsy Malone Sing Along is a must buy!

Advantages: Subtitles for all the songs
Disadvantages: It makes you wish you were a better singer and dancer!

The Bugsy Malone Sing Along Edition is a must buy for any fan of the film!! I just bought it for my boyfriends birthday and he hasnt stopped playing the songs ever since.. The basic idea is you can watch the film as normal, or have the option to go to a screen where you can select the song you want to hear and see. The song you choose starts and subtitles come up at the bottom of the screen so you can sing along to all the words. Great fun, and helpful ...

pinkshallo 04.07.2007 · Read full review
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A surreal journey based on truth!

Advantages: An absolute classic
Disadvantages: none

...extraordinary film loosely based on the story of Pink Floyd's first frontman, singer Syd Barrett. To say this film is surreal is an understatement , however it is gripping from the first scene until the end credits roll. THE WALL stars Bob Geldof as "Pink", a rock star losing the battle to stay in touch with reality. Through the haze of insanity he remembers his tortured childhood, and the memories drive him further into oblivion. Although the ...
...wasn't long before he went insane. Extra features include a documentary entitled "The Other Side Of The Wall", commentaries by Roger Waters and by Gerald Scarfe, a retrospective, and much more. If you are interested in music in any way, you HAVE to have this in your collection. ...

thundersmurf 04.11.2005 · Read full review
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No-Man in concert an experience not to be missed!

Advantages: A great live DVD for lovers of crafted, beautiful music.
Disadvantages: Not long enough!

No-Man are (currently) Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson, a UK duo who have an occasional recording partnership that spans over 20 years. I only came to listen to them fairly recently, about three years ago I think, when a friend gave me a couple of their CDs to listen to as I had at that time become a fan of one of Steven Wilson's other projects, Porcupine Tree. Since then they have been elevated to be one of my favourite bands ever, for their creativity, ...
...with one of my favourite no-man songs, "Only Rain", from the 2001 album Returning Jesus. Classical violinist Steve Bingham layers loops of violin harmonising with each other, perfectly complementing Tim Bowness' sung verses. Things soon take a noisy and sinister turn as the music transforms into "Time Travel in Texas", originally on the Wild Opera album from 1996, and here given a radical reworking into a stomping rock-out, where it was a moody, ...

melinda3536 30.12.2009 · Read full review
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