The Ugliest Woman In The World (Subtitled) (+CD) (DVD)

Advantages: Interesting to see colour footage
Disadvantages: None, really

...This DVD is part of the History Channel World War II in Colour. It is the story (shown in colour) of how the people of the USA and Britain coped on the homefront, whilst the service personnel of both countries were away fighting against the Axis countries in what must have seemed like the four corners of the globe. The Atlantic, the Pacific, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the far East, Australasia, and so forth. The first chapter of the DVD is entitled "making do." Because the programme was created for the American audience, it begins not at the start of the homefront in Britain, but with the homefront in America, which was basically created only when Pearl Harbour was attacked by the Japanese. Suddenly, America new what it was like to face a relentless enemy who seemed implacable and incapable... Read review

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Advantages: A good place for new politics students to start.
Disadvantages: A cop-out ending and little of substance.

...discussions on deeper issues. It seems like a beginner?s guide to bin Laden and the extremist school of thought he comes from. It occasionally feels as though the director is treating his audience like idiots ? particularly in his tendency to subtitle conversations with people that are entirely comprehensible. The speedy pace and the filmmaker?s cheeky demeanour carry the film to a certain extent. But there is an awful lot of fluff and very little substance. So once the credits roll after ninety minutes, you?ll have learnt nothing new. The screenplay by Spurlock and co-writer Jeremy Chilnick has a shaky central premise; Spurlock wanting the world to be a safer place for his unborn child. His theory is that if the whole of the Western world?s security forces can?t find bin Laden, then why not go the action movie route and send in one man to do... Read review

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Advantages: Some funny moments, its entertaining, range of actors used (both English & American)
Disadvantages: Slightly slow in parts, a bit cheesy/predictable

...I found this DVD being sold very cheap (under £3 including delivery) on Amazon Marketplace and as I generally enjoy Chan's comedy adventures such as the Rush Hour and Shanghai movies and I heard there's a cameo in this movie featuring the Wilson brothers who I also am very much fond of, so I decided I had to get this and got it earlier in the week, I watched it last night and I wasn't too disappointed either. This is a good general entertainment family movie, it would make for a good early Sunday evening family movie on TV or something similar, I reckon! This movie is very loosely based on the original book by Jules Verne and there have been many different reincarnations of this, from what im aware of, I remember as a child watching the cartoon version on, I think, CBBC, which featured a rather posh cat as Fogg, that was quite amusing... Read review

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