Vintage Collection - London To Brighton : Commercial Vehicle Road Run DVD

Advantages: VERY IMPRESSIVE FILM
Disadvantages: NONE

...'s lives are hard and hopeless and they grift as best they can to get by. The gloom extends to the locations too, from the grey and empty streets of London to the cold and desolate Brighton beach. And yet despite the despair and the lengths that street worker Kelly (played quite brilliantly by Lorraine Stanley) has to go to to simply survive, she discovers a streak of maternal compassion and morality when she takes the lost 12 year-old Joanne (a stunning debut by Georgia Groome) under her wing as the girls go on the run from some very bad men. The cast is uniformly excellent but particularly the two female leads and the vicious thug Derek who is played with such clinical and chilling effiiciency by Johnny Harris. This truly impressive first feature film, announces a major talent in Paul Williams, both as director and writer. His... Read review

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Advantages: fun in motors, for men and women to enjoy
Disadvantages: Porche, Ferrari, Lotus I want one

...; they batter the poor thing in every conceivable manner, just watch, its incredible survival rate, got to buy one of these. Watch Clarkson in an Aston Martin race across France, against his co presenters, who are on board a 200 mph TGV Train to the South of France, Who will win? The Hilarious People carrier race, with vehicles such as the Renault Espace, all raced by top professional racing car drives, and number 1 car presenter James May, does he stand a chance? Amazing a Mitsubishi Evo (okay a rally car) racing of all things, a Bobsleigh, of course the car has to handle its self-downhill in similar conditions. The piece I really enjoyed, was when the trio had £1500 and have got to buy the best Porsche they can for their money, and then put them through a series of tests, including a 70 mile London to Brighton trip, This was one... Read review

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Advantages: Great Chaplin films
Disadvantages: Could have used more extras

...My interest in vintage films started when I was a young child in the 1960s. There was a programme on every Sunday afternoon (if my memory serves me well) it was hosted by the late Bob Monkhouse and featured old vintage films that were form his own, personal collection. Charli Chaplin Volume 1 is a two CD collection released through the wonderful British Film Institute. It features a number of films fromm the very early days of Charlie Chaplin's Hollywood film career. From the days of Essanay Films and beyond. The first film is His New Job. His character (down on his luck, though not, exactly, a tramp) is trying his luck with open auditions at Lodestone Studios. There's a little bit of business in the waiting room when he shamelessly makes up to a pretty and simpering girl also waiting for an audition. He enrages the manager... Read review

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