Rush - Replay (+CD) (DVD)

Advantages: sweet fantasy and fairytale
Disadvantages: one dimensional characters

.... Once August's Rhapsody starts, Lyla and Louis both hear it. Lyla turns back and Louis realises it is the same kid he met in the park and rushes to the park too. Both listen to August in awe, with Lyla realising it is her son. Louis spots Lyla in the park and follows her as she heads towards the stage. Louis takes her hand and she smiles at him. At the same time, August turns round and sees Lyla and Louis. A big grin opens on his face as he realises he has found his parents. :o) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FILM & DVD INFORMATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The DVD does not have any special features. From the Main Menu, you can only access the following features: * Movie * Scene Selection * Setup Options The film is advertised as 100 mins, but is actually 103 minutes. The BBFC rating is PG. It is generally suited... Read review

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Advantages: It's a brief 80-minutes, Chan is great
Disadvantages: Tucker is more annoying than ever, thin tired plot

...that kind of spend. Ratner does his usual solid but uninspiring direction yet he seems to be under the illusion that his name carries some weight with an audience, well Mr Ratner you are not a Scorcese or a Spielberg, once you've made something of note then may be you can have your name in big letters on the poster and have voice over man announce your name on the trailer. But until then lacklustre efforts such as this and your take on X-Men simply don't cut the mustard. This franchise should now be closed because when you even struggle to fill 80-minutes of screentime then you know the game is up. - The DVD - Rush Hour 3 is shown in widescreen and gives you a nice crisp picture throughout. The film also has some good moments that utilize the surround sound of a home cinema, it's not one to show off the home cinema but you get ample... Read review

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Advantages: A moving story that can be read again and again
Disadvantages: None

...Replay by Ken Grimwood is my all time favourite novel. It begins with the death of the main character in the book, a guy by the name of Jeff Winston, a 42-year-old newsreader for a local radio station. On the 18th October 1988 at 1.06pm Jeff suffers a heart attack whilst sitting at his desk on the phone to his wife. This rather odd start to this novel takes a dramatic turn when Jeff wakes up again in bed. Realising that he hasn't died after all he looks around at his surroundings, which look oddly familiar. There's an old song playing on the radio and a poster on the wall that Jeff recognises as being similar to one that he'd bought when he was at college. It's at this point that it dawns on him that he is in fact in the same room that he stayed in at college. His immediate thoughts are that this must be some extremely elaborate... Read review

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