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Who Calls So Loud?

Advantages: Fantastic acting, lurid characters, excellent drama!
Disadvantages: VERY long but worth every minute!

This filmed version of the Royal Shakespeare Company's famous production of 'Nicholas Nickleby' is utterly timeless. In hours and hours of non-stop entertainment, virtually the whole novel is transposed to the stage, and much of Dickens's original lurid prose survives this translation. The huge cast narrates and dramatises the lengthy tale, encompassing virtually every theatrical genre. There is pantomime-style audience participation, farce, melodrama, ...
...the adventures of the young Nicholas Nickleby and his family. It opens as the Nicklebys arrive in London after the death of their father, and seek the support of their rich but harsh uncle, Ralph Nickleby. Nicholas is sent to become a schoolmaster in Yorkshire. The cruelty he finds there launches the story's main action. Nicholas finds himself Ralph's enemy, as well as the enemy of the headmaster, Wackford Squeers, and his grotesque family. On his ...

Olly_Plimsoll 23.04.2005 · Read full review
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Review of The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby - The Royal Shakespeare Company (DVD)

A beautiful production of a poignant piece.

Advantages: Great acting and superb production
Disadvantages: Might need a few watches to fully understand it in its full genuis

...Plot Overview Death of a Salesman is a tragedy of Willy Loman, an everyman's character. The play is mainly concerned with the fulfillment of the American Dream, but it also shows the nuances of familial relationships and commercilalism. Willy is a failed salesman, who forces his aspirations and dreams onto his two sons, Biff and Happy. Biff had a promising future but soon has an epiphany and refuses to partakein the American dream, and chooses ...
...father's annoyance. His brother Happy is the assistant to one of the assistant buyers, but sees himself as a great success. Miller concentrates on how the characters lie to themselves about who and what they are, and this is ultimatly the downfall of the central characters. * Perhaps the highlight of this versions Dustin Hoffman's performance, animated and brilliant, which brought him the 1985 Emmy Award for Outstanding lead actor in a TV movie ...

arsenalskydivers 22.12.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Death Of A Salesman (DVD)

Status Quo - XS all areas

Advantages: not bad album
Disadvantages: only 2 new songs

The Status Quo - Xs all areas, greatest hits albums was released in September 2005 I think, this albums all the original hit spanning throughout the years where Status Quo, with songs like, Pictures of mastickmen, Ice in the sun, Rocking all over the worls, Again again, whatever you want. This album is a double album and this album was releasedwith 2 new singles (you're come round) and (thinking of you), my point of view to this album that theres ...

rossidanny 07.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Status Quo - XS All Areas - Greatest Hits (DVD)

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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Review of Fame (DVD)

Porcupine Tree's first official live DVD impresses

Advantages: Excellent setlist, and a great introduction to the band for a newcomer.
Disadvantages: the 'art-house' production may be off-putting to some.

...DVD from British rock group Porcupine Tree was filmed in 2006 at Park West, Chicago, during the Deadwing tour. The setlist is strong, predominantly featuring songs from Deadwing and their previous album In Absentia, but also from a little further back, for instance Hatesong (a standout track, showcasing drummer Gavin Harrison) and the acoustic, lesser-known and hauntingly atmospheric 'Buying New Soul'. The film has a very 'art-house' feel, with sometimes ...
...everyone's taste, but in my opinion it adds to the atmosphere of the concert footage. Frontman Steven Wilson is a charismatic presence throughout, and the performance is backed by several films by their frequent artist-collaborator Lasse Hoile. Tracklist: 1. Revenant 2. Open Car 3. Blackest Eyes 4. Lazarus 5. Hatesong 6. Don't Hate Me 7. Mother And Child Divided 8. Buying New Soul 9. So Called Friend 10. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here 11. Heartattack ...

melinda3536 05.11.2009 · Read full review

Review of Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere (DVD)