Voices Of Our Time - Felicity Lott (Wide Screen)

Advantages: A rich score, articulate singers and athletic dancers. As close to a 'live' experience without being there
Disadvantages: Makes you long to be 'live'

...and reveals himself to be Paris and that he is taking Helen off to Troy. This production is sung in French (although I switched on the English subtitles). The libretto is written in short rhyming couplets which are often repeated. Even with my dim schoolboy recollection of the language, the soloists' diction, actions and facial expressions make the plot is very easy to follow. The voices are excellent, clear and unforced. Dame Felicity is a delight and can handle the vocals with clear diction as well as the humorous and sultry actions. Yann Beuron is a young classical operatic tenor and holds the pace and pitch with ease. Michel Sénéchal is the typical opera-bouffe comic - not necessarily with a well endowed voice but with good timing. François Le Roux is a stalwart of this theatre company. This is all backed by a full sized... Read review

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Advantages: Superb to see Partridge back on the screen. Brillant one liners, and the character of Alan is as usual top notch.
Disadvantages: Dry storylines (but perhaps with reason). High expectations piled upon it because of it's predecessors.

...I'm Alan Partridge Series 2 Review. Alan Partridge is a name that will go down in history as the funniest man to ever come out of Norfolk. No doubt you will have heard of the infamously awful radio DJ and ex-TV star Alan Partridge, who has been on our screens for over ten years now, and no doubt you will know a little about the man himself. Played by the very talented comedian, Steve Coogan, Alan Partridge is a piece of comedy genius. In his patterned jumpers and his Lexus car, Partridge defines satirical middle agedness, and is without a doubt one of the most cringeworthy men to ever grace the screen. Partridge started out as a BBC4 radio show, along with a short weekly segment in the hugely popular satirical news spoof The Day Today written and performed by Chris Morris. With a big fan base developing BBC took the plunge... Read review

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Advantages: great plot, superb choreography, magnificent scenery, well performed
Disadvantages: long (but it is so good this isn't really a disadvantage)

...is handsome Bhuvan, played by Bollywood stalwart Aamir Khan in excellent form, who while he is not saving the native wildlife from the bunny-blasting British or trying to remove the barriers of caste division, is busy fighting against social injustices. Khan has a lot of on-screen charisma, and plays Bhuvan with perfect conviction, revealing many layers of personality from cheeky to sincere spirit. Gracy Singh, in her first lead role, puts in a very good performance as the expressively wide-eyed Gauri, a young village girl trying to support the man she loves, while letting him know how she feels. Paul Blackthorne is also exceptionally good as the supremely arrogant, controlling and vindictive Russell, with the kind of face you just want to slap through the screen, when he raises that menacing eyebrow and says things like, "You bloody slaves... Read review

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