Stormy Weather (DVD)

Advantages: If you love the weather this is great
Disadvantages: already seen footage could be longer

...If you love the weather you love this too. Presented by Donal MacIntyre With great informative facts about how hurricanes are made and how fast winds can reach in the wake of the moment. With stunnng CGI to breathtaking filming techniques. There are four programmes on the DVD which talk about the 'Wind', 'Water', 'Winter' and 'Summer' Donel shows us the heat of the Sahara to a fury of a monsoon then through the coldest of temperature's to the artic and swimming under the ice. Then once again shows us that no man can withstand hurricane force winds up 150 mph, has he reconstucts this for us in a wind tunnel The BBC should make more DVD's like this in the future this is excellent series really shows us the true Forces of Nature... Read review

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Advantages: loads of funny parts that will have you laughing for ages afterwards
Disadvantages: story line sounds better than it is and film gets a bit silly in places

...and causing her to read he's: lacked enthusiasm when giving b.j's had a disagreement as to how important this was, I thought very. Special features on the disk include the making of the weather man, extended outlook: the script a talk with screenwriter Seven Conrad about the film , atmospheric pressure about Chicago's unique weather during the winter months one of the toughest jobs due to the temperature climate, the style and palette, a little chat with the characters and a trailer, here's a link to see a trailer http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=i3KgbI0PKY Comes in your normal DVD case, blue with a large picture of Nicolas cage under an umbrella on the front. Overall not a very good comedy as the storyline is not as promising as it sounds.It reminded me in places of white chicks which i just couldnt watch because i thought it was to... Read review

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Advantages: A couple of decent performances
Disadvantages: A frosty film that fails to entertain

...Chicago weather man Dave Spritz makes $240,000 a year for two hours work a day. So he should be on top of the world. Except he's still in love with his ex-wife (who hates him) and is estranged from his secretive son and obese daughter. He also thinks he's a disappointment to his dying father, a world-class novelist. And as if that wasn't bad enough, members of the public have taken to pelting him with fast food and drinks. But with the chance of a new job in New York, Dave might actually be able to turn his life around. Director Gore Verbinski is still a bit of an unknown quantity, having directed such disparate films as "Mouse Hunt", "The Ring" and "Pirates of the Caribbean". He skips happily from genre to genre, providing quality entertainment. But he may have met his match in "The Weather Man". It is ostensibly a comedy but plays... Read review

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