The Finest Blossoms Of Music - Oriental Dreams (DVD)

Advantages: Luxury hotel. Brilliant food. Excellent service. Great location. Value for Money!
Disadvantages: Having to go home!

...of turning what I imagine to have been a very minimalist monks room into a room that was warm and full of luxury, whilst retaining the original features. They had combined the traditional architecture with beautiful far eastern silks and fabrics and kept it all in keeping with the property history. As you first opened the door you walked into a hallway. The bedroom was to one side and the bathroom to the other. There was a wardrobe area and a place to store your luggage. As you walked through to the bedroom you were greeted by two large windows looking out over the city, a huge double bed with bedding to die for, a writing desk and finally a sideboard with a large LCD TV and DVD player. After you had gotten over the beauty of the bedroom came the bathroom. It was huge and was designed with masses of marble and slate and filled with the finest... Read review

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Advantages: Great story, good actng, good music
Disadvantages: Hugh Grant's vocals are average

...predictable and both me and hubby had worked the ending out after only watching about the first half hour but this did not really bother either of us and it was still nice to watch. The music in the film was very good and I did like some of the old 80?s songs which were played and also the current tracks. I think this added a lot to the film. The film was set in the present day so not much time and effort was needed for the settings and costumes and they all did look very nice and fitted in well with the story. I did find the shots which were supposed to have been from the 80?s looked authentic and the costumes were great and they certainly showed what crazy clothes people used to wear! The DVD which we have does have some bonus material which includes:- Additional Scenes Gag reel Note for Note - The making of Music and Lyrics Po... Read review

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Advantages: Good fun film with Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore.
Disadvantages: A little forgettable.

..., the new popette sensation "bigger than Britney and Christina", wants to see him, he thinks that it could be a good idea. When Sophie Fisher turns up at Alex's house one morning to water his plants, he at first thinks she's a wacko and doesn't really pay much attention to her. That is until he's given a week to write a whole new song for a duet with Cora. He knows its going to be the biggest break he'll get ever again, and knows it will boost his career, but he's never been the writer and has no inspiration. So when Sophie butts into Alex and his managers song writing session, they all realise she has a knack for song writing, and he ropes her in to help him. Together Alex and Sophie write a great song which Cora adores, and their own relationship blossoms and their friendship becomes closer and closer. But when Cora changes the music to... Read review

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