Wainwright's Memorial Walk DVD

Advantages: Ronnie Barker's Finest Role
Disadvantages: Ummm, i can't think of any........

...After watching a tribute to the magnificent Ronnie Barker on the Telly just now, I thought I would take a moment to review the DVD of what the great man believed to be his finest work. Who are we to argue? Porridge is one of the greatest programmes ever made by the BBC, never mind greatest comedy programmes. Infinitely re-watchable, it hasn't dated a bit, still as fresh and relevant today as it was back in 1975 when it was first aired. It's hard to believe they had worries about how they could make prison life amusing before they made the show. This DVD contains all six episodes from the second series, Just Desserts, Heartbreak Hotel, Disturbing the Peace, No Peace for the Wicked, Happy Release and The Harder They Fall, as well as the pilot episode Prisoner & Escort. It was from a series of one off comedy... Read review

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Advantages: The lead actors are all fine, and the atmosphere is creepy
Disadvantages: Weak story full of holes

...Another end-of-millenium something-bad-isgoing to happen film, directed by Rupert Wainwright and scripted by Tom Lazarus(is that name for real??). Apparently this was like Dogma, a controversial film in that it's main selling point was an important part of Christianity, the appearance of Stigmata. It's all very bombastic with lots of special effects and blood (obviously). Without giving too muuch of the plot away , a stigmatic priest dies in South America, and is investigated by the Vatican's trouble shooter, Father Andrew Kiernan (Gabriel Byrne). The dead priests rosary is stolen , sold in a market and given as a birthday present to Frakie Paige (Patricia Arquette) a hairdresser, who then develops the stigmata and starts writing, in ancient Aramaic, messages that the Catholic Church "mafia" led by Cardinal Daniel Houseman (Jonathan... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent story, excellent acting
Disadvantages: I can't think of anything....sorry

....... Jenny (Young & Senior) & The Witch Alison Lohman .... Sandra Bloom (Young) Robert Guillaume .... Dr. Bennett (Senior) Marion Cotillard .... Josephine Matthew McGrory .... Karl the Giant David Denman .... Don Price (Age 18-22) Missi Pyle .... Mildred Loudon Wainwright III .... Beamen (as Loudon Wainwright) Ada Tai .... Ping Arlene Tai .... Jing Steve Buscemi .... Norther Winslow As a fan of Tim Burton films (Planet of the Apes excluded!!) I was expecting great things from Big Fish, and I am pleased to say that I wasn't disappointed. It was an absolutely fabtastic film, and in my opion possibly his best yet. Burton has stayed away from his trademark dark side films and has created a wonderful blend of real and fantasy. I don't want to tell you all about the story, as you can get the gist from the synopsis and I don... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful