In 1980 ventriloquist Roger de Courcey managed to keep his unruly chum Nookie Bear under ... more
control long enough to star in their own six-part series for ITV. This classic show sees Roger and the barely restrained Nookie appear in a variety of comedy sketches that include a trip to Mars, an encounter with a fortune-teller and a disastrous attempt to make a record.
Advantages: Superb acting; low key realism; Lack of prejudice Disadvantages: None (unless you hate reading subtitles)
Every now and then a movie will sneak up and catch you by surprise. So it was for me with Paradise Now, a film I knew nothing about, other than a website blurb about two potential suicide bombers.
Co-written and directed by Hany Abu-Assad this is a story set within the West bank in Palestine, with two friends, Said and Khaled, being offered their chance of martyrdom (hence 'Paradise Now') by carrying out a suicide mission in Tel Aviv.
Both the men react to the invitation with a mixture of relief, confusion and elation, though it is Khaled who seems the happiest to grab the chance. Said is more thoughtful, altogether darker, about the whole affair.
But they are both ready, and then readied after a blackly comic filming of their martyr speeches, as they have their hair shaved short, and bears shaved off, to make them look more ...
blackpuddinonnabike 14.04.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Paradise Now (DVD)
Advantages: A Celebrity Workout DVD that really works! Disadvantages: The instructor, you need willpower
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Natalie started off weighing 10st 8lbs, which is not actually that heavy at all, she just appeared heavier. Since this workout she now weighs 8st 1lb, and had lost 7 inches off her waist. These are really fantastic results but Natalie had to work really hard to achieve them and she has done really well, she should be proud - she looks fabulous! Obviously for the DVD she has added make up and a fake tan etc but you can still clearly see the difference in her figure.
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Natalie & The Instructor
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First things first, the instructor Natalie had coaching her was Dee Thresher, she annoyed me so much, she was awful at being an instructor, unless you knew the moves before you would not be able to follow them, she explained everything badly and just assumed everyone would know what she was talking about, it ...
Advantages: Well Filmed Disadvantages: Wont appeal to everyone
serve them drinks and lobster beside the beach.
The last time the aliens arrived it was a close run thing but, fortunately, the Americans led the world in a united battle against the invaders and we saw them off.
The documentary on that conflict, Independence Day, is out on DVD and will show you in glorious detail the arrival of massive alien ships, their unprovoked bid to exterminate mankind and how the good guys eventually prevailed.
It is a terrific piece of film-making that manages to cover the entire struggle from first contact to destruction. In between, we have massive battlescenes involving hundreds of air force planes up against alien fighters, an alien-cam view of the insides of the alien mothership, the intelligence war to crack the enemy codes and the scientific breakthrough that can save Earth.
There are close ...
Over two hours of priceless nostalgia taken from a time when everyone loved a bit of Nookie. In 1980 Roger de Coursey managed to keep his unruly chum Nookie bear under control for long enough to star in their own 6 part series for ITV. This classic series sees Roger and a barely restrained Nookie in a series of sketches including a trip to Mars, and encounter with a fortune teller and a disasterous attempt to make a record. All 6 episodes are here.
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