Drama > 20 GBP to 30 GBP Drama

Advantages: Compelling viewing
Disadvantages: You might notice you've lost a huge chunk of your life

It's the nineteen-eighties and Thatcher is closing down everything in sight, there's this "Robbie Williams" type character (Everybody loves him, but I can't see why, and yet I can't bring myself to dislike him). Our hero, Stephen Crane (Clive Owen), is working for a big city finance house under the tutelage of a public school bore (The delicious Leslie Philips) and competing for promotion with the heir to a stately home and title, Piers (Simon Shepherd). ...
...him to lose his job, steal some money from his boss and become the knight in shining armour for an old-fashioned British car maker. But, I'm giving away the plot, there are many twists and turns and shifts in allegiances, tragedy hits left right and centre. Absolutely nobody ever gives a straight answer to any question. The cast list is a veritable who's who of British acting talent, from an evil, "Peter Vaughn"(Porridge's "Groutie") as Chancer's ... Read review

Advantages: Released on DVD
Disadvantages: Recorded in Mono

Howards way is a drama set in 'Tarrant'. It is all about the ongoings of the Howard family, hence the title Howard's Way. The second season follows on with the story of the Howards and the Mermaid boatyard. The second series kicks off with the Mermaid yard celebrating another sucessful launch while its future hangs in the balance. As the series progresses more revelations are revealed as Tom Howard continues his business at the Mermaid Yard and ...
...results in broken hearts and spilt blood on the beaches and blouses of Tarrant. DVD Extras include audio commentary from 2 of the original cast members, Jan Harvey (Jan Howard) and Stephen Yardley (Ken Masters) Currently series 1 - 4 (of 6) have been released on DVD by 2 entertainment. We await the release dates of Series 5 and 6. ... Read review

Advantages: Witnessing the start of the best series for girls everywhere
Disadvantages: It only runs for 290 minutes..!

...consequential 11 Episodes: 1. Sex and the city - the start, we meet Carrie and her friends 2. Models and mortals - this episode takes a look at models, their effects of men and also on the women that want to be them! 3. Bay of married pigs - Carrie has an unfortunate run in with her married friends husbands penis, take it from there..why do married people hate singles? 4. Valley of the twenty-something guys - The girls try the younger man route, ...
...of female sex - Carrie comes into financial issues and unwittingly gets paid for sex! 6. Secret Sex - this episode looks at the idea of hiding someone you are sleeping with from other people, why do men do it and is it happening to Carrie? 7. The monogamists - take it from the title, Carrie gets serious with the man of the moment, Mr Big. 8. Three's a crowd - Charlotte, the innocent one, considers the idea of a threesome, should she, would she, ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to watch
Disadvantages: Basically an extended episode

...I'd write a review on Sex And The City from a males point of view. Before any comments are made I was dragged along with my girlfriend and had no choice in the matter! She is a massive fan of Sex And The City and over the years I've been subjected to my fair share of it so while I know the characters and some of the background, there is plenty that I don't know. From what I can gather, the Sex And The City movie is set a few years after the last ...
...of as "that one off Sex And The City." There is no doubt this film is purely aimed at women! I went on the opening night and the cinema was at least 90% women. This, obviously, meant that there was a ridiculous amount of "oooohhh's" and "aaahhh's" which got quite frustrating at times. I'm a person who wishes people would just shut up in the cinema! So, as a bloke what did I think? It was ok. There is no way I'd go watch it again even though my ... Read review

Advantages: Involving Storyline
Disadvantages: A Bit Slow to Get Into and Slightly Gory

...and you can see why Cleaner was, for me, a must watch movie. Samuel L. Jackson plays the role of Tom Cutler, a retired cop who has now set himself up with the very pleasant business of cleaning the aftermath of bloody, gory crime scenes. Following a standard clean up job Cutler has to return to the premises where he encounters the wife of the victim, Ann Norcut [Eva Mendes] who is oblivious to any crime having being committed in her house or Cutlers ...
...of the situation Cutler makes his retreat and begins some investigation into events. It soon becomes apparent that he has cleaned up a murder that, contrary to all the paperwork etc, had never been documented as a murder. Calling on the help of his old cop friend, Eddie Lorenzo [Ed Harris], Cutler begins the journey to discover what is going on and who has set him up. However, this journey opens up old wounds about the murder of his own wife, his ... Read review