Racing Green (DVD)

Advantages: great film
Disadvantages: n/a

...I watched this film one Sunday afternoon and I could not believe that I had not seen it before this was a great children's film and was very entertaining. Just when you think your eyes are deceiving you yes it really is, it's a Zebra and he is really cute. This film like all animal films has animals that can talk. The film begins when a travelling circus accidently leaves a zebra in Kentucky on a miserable stormy night. The zebra is later found by Nolan Walsh played by Bruce Greenwood, a horse trainer who's given up his job after a riding accident killed his wife, his daughter Channing played by Hayden Panettiere who wants to be a jockey like her mum when she grows up, although her dad has other ideas for her, she decides to name the zebra Stripes who is voiced by Frankie Muniz. Stripes then grows up and as he lives near race... Read review

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Advantages: Erm, none?
Disadvantages: Everything you could possibly imagine.

...Without being entirely ignorant, there are always certain films that I anticipate seeing more than others. After the pretty dreadful Green Street, I'd be lying if I said hearing the rumours about a straight-to-dvd sequel had me, in any way, twitching in extreme anticipation. Green Street 2 tracks the members of rival firms West Ham United and Millwall, who are now serving time in a tough prison for their fighting in the previous film. After wasting an hour and half of my life to watch this pathetic attempt at filmmaking, I can conclude that my instincts were indeed right. Firstly, how they can even call it a "sequel" is way beyond me, as it contains just one actor from the first film- Dave (and no, I can't remember him either). The violence is explicit, but poorly choreographed; never exciting or partly intriguing. The acting I... Read review

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Advantages: Entertaining, tons of action, great special-effects.
Disadvantages: Cheesy cars, flimsy storyline.

...Director: Paul W.S. Anderson Screenplay: Paul W.S. Anderson Genre: Action - Sci-Fi - Thriller Country: USA/Germany/UK Certification: 15+ Language: English DVD Release: 2nd February, 2009 (UK) MAIN CAST: Jason Statham (Jensen Ames) Joan Allen (Warden Hennessey) Ian McShane (Coach) Tyrese Gibson (Machine Gun Joe Mason) Natalie Martinez (Elizabeth Case) The year is 2012--unemployment is at an all-time high, the economy has never been worse, but life is still looking pretty good for Jensen Ames, a happily married steelworker who has just recently become a 'daddy'... but then, because all good things eventually do come to an end, he loses his job, is beaten up by police, and steps out of the shower only to discover his wife has been killed, he's holding the knife, and the police are arresting him for murder... Read review

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