Set during the brief hours of light one day in February when the sea has frozen,The Winter ... more
Guestis about how four pairs of people at different stages of life attempt to fill the emptiness in their hearts. While that sounds bleak--and the setting in a s...
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Set upon the shores of a picturesque Scottish seaside town, in the icy depths of winter. ... more
The Winter Guest is a moving, funny and tender story about life, love and the need to feel wanted.Frances (Emma Thompson) is trying to overcome the loss of her husband; while Elspeth (Phyllida Law), her mother, is attempting to rekindle the relationship between herself and her daughter.As their lives intertwine with those of two young boys playing truant, a teenage couple on the brink of sexual awakening, and two elderly ladies who spend their time choosing which funeral to attend, their affections for each other begin to thaw, while all around them is cold, frosty and snow covered.
Set upon the shores of a picturesque Scottish seaside town in the icy depths of winter ... more
The Winter Guest is moving funny and tender story about life love and the need to feel wanted. Oscar winner Emma Thompson and her real life mother Phyllida Law bring extraordinary emotional depth to this sometimes comic often poignant story of four sets of odd couples each representing a different generation from childhood to old age. Frances (Emma Thompson) is trying to overcome the recent loss of her husband: while Elspeth her Mother (Phyllida Law) is attempting to rekindle the relationship between herself and her daughter. As their lives intertwine with those of two young boys (playing truant) a teenage couple (on the brink of sexual awakening) and two elderly ladies (who spend their time choosing which funeral to attend) their affections for each other begin to thaw while all around them is cold frosty and snow covered...
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Production Year: 1995 - Drama - Director: Ang Lee - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Greg Wise, Hugh Laurie, Robert Hardy
Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Production Year: 1995 - Drama - Director: Ang Lee - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Greg Wise, Hugh Laurie, Robert Hardy
Advantages: features different characters Disadvantages: Barney!
I really get fedup of watching the same childrens tv programmes over and over , so last week we were in Tesco`s and we spotted this dvd for £5. It has a variety of characters on here like Thomas the Tank Engine , Barney , Oswald and Fireman Sam with a wintery theme.
Here are some of my favourite episodes :-
Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends
The fogman
It is winter and is foggy , Cyril the fogman lays detenators on the tracks to warn the trains when there is fog.
The fat controller shows the trains a new invention a foghorn which is very noisy and the trains are really not impressed.
Cyril loses his job , Percy gets so annoyed with the foghorn because it is so noisy it makes the hillside shake and causes a landslide and is covered with rocks. The foghorn gets damaged , oh no not far away Thomas is on the track ...
Advantages: Some great events and a chance to dress your Mii up for winter. Disadvantages: This game will hold your attention, but for how long is a different matter.
With the Winter Olympics fast approaching it?s time for the old rival companies Nintendo and Sega to reunite for their third game outing together to feature characters from the two respective gaming series? in the form of Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympics. The game is the first in the range of various games that are being released to coincide with the upcoming Winter Olympics in Vancouver and will be exclusive to the Wii and Nintendo DS, well after all Nintendo aren?t going to let Sony and Microsoft get their grubby little hands on their prize characters now are they.
For those of you who did not have the pleasure of playing the Summer Olympics game that Nintendo released for the Beijing games this game works in a very similar fashion with you taking control of your chosen character/athlete and competing in ...
Advantages: All my old favourite clips Disadvantages: Not the best have ever seen.
Picture this, chestnuts roasting on an open fire, a huge christmas tree covered in beautiful decorations, presents dotted here, there and everywhere and brightly coloured stockings hung with care. A toy train snakes its way through the brightly coloured present mountains and so it is that the scene is set, ready for the festivities to begin! So this is how the scene is set for the Disney dvd, Winter Wonderland.
This dvd is in effect a compilation dvd of new and old Disney clips, featured on this single disc is:
" jingle bells", "deck the halls" and "we wish you a merry christmas", three classic carols sung in the Disney way by all the old characters(Mickey, Donald,Goofy, Minnie, Daisy and Pluto).
This clip is taken from Mickeys once upon a christmas, another wonderful feel good christmas film.
"Once upon a wintertime", which ...
"...[The film] luxuriously drinks in a magnificent desolation that conjures up somber thoughts of mortality and human loss..." (New York Times, p.E5, 23/12/1997)
"...[Law and Thompson] give touchingly true performances..." (Rolling Stone, p.67, 05/02/1998)
"...Ravishing, resonant images.....What is most striking about Rickman's debut is his control of mood, delicately teasing out the metaphorical possibilities of freezing and ice..." (Sight and Sound, p.56, 01/01/1998)
"...The actresses share looks and even body language..." (USA Today, p.3D, 26/12/1997)
DVD Description
A dense, filling slice-of-life set in a tiny snowbound Scottish burg, where four pairs of characters grapple with various aspects of human hardship. Thompson plays opposite Law, her actual mother, as a recently widowed photographer whose haze of grief has driven a wedge into their relationship. Rickman's directorial debut, adapted from the stage play by Sharman MacDonald.
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