Vicar of Dibley is a strange programme, somehow I forget just how much I like it, happen to find it on TV when channel hoping and end up on the floor in fits of laughter, so I eventually gave in and bought it so I could remind myself how good it was occassionally!
Dawn French is wonderful as Geraldine a vicar who probably worships Sean Bean almost as much as she worships God and who definitely worships chocolate more, but having said that this programme would be absolutely nothing without its supporting cast. Emma Chambers is an absolute dream as ditzy Alice, Geraldine's verger, and I actually told one of my friends off for never having seen the episode with her wedding. Alice's wedding is the epitomy of fabulous. Once you've seen Alice and her bridesmaids walk down the aisle you can die happy.
James Fleet plays James Fleet when playing Hugo, but he's perfect in the role, almost as ditzy as Alice, but somehow they work well together. And there is no way of describing how wonderful Gary Waldhorn is as David, a man who you always suspects absolutely adores Geraldine but will never drop his defences enough to actually let it show in anyway real way.
The plot lines are completely bizarre, but at the same times there's also a weird kinda logic where you can just about imagine it happening.
Anyway, this boils down to me saying that this is a wonderful dvd with some absolutely classic episodes on it!
A well scripted and beautifully acted second instalment in the ongoing saga of the Braithwaites - the dysfunctional family who are lottery winners. There's not a poor performance from any of the cast members but the set is utterly let down by the abysmal transfer to DVD.
Due to what I can only assume is total laziness by the technicians responsible for the transfer, each episode is split into 3 or 4 parts with the title of the series (At Home With The Braithwaites) coming onto the screen for about 20 seconds each time. In other words, they have left in the advert breaks (without the actual ads!).
If you can accept this, it is an excellent continuation of the saga, but I find this an insult to the viewer and can therefore only give this a rating of 2 (OK).
Interesting Cat-and-Mouse action film that sees Ryan O'Neal as the eponymous driver - nicknamed "cowboy" - pursued beyond the limits of the law by obsessive cop Bruce Dern. There are plenty of cool car-chase scenes, and the minimalist dialogue gives enough exposition to make sense of the plot without stifling the action; but it's chase scenes which are the set-pieces of the film lack the chic of "Bullit" and the original "Gone in Sixty Seconds"; they lack the danger of "The French Connection"; and while owning a copy of Claude Lelouch's "C'Etait Un Rendez-Vous"; I feel they lack the authenticity to really thrill. Nevertheless a good film, and better than any car-chase film made in the last twenty years.
Avoid like a turd in the bath.
If you buy it, they will make more and my urge to purge the world of idiots will take over me and I'll start taking lives.
And it will be all your fault.
So stop me becoming a serial killer and stay away from this please!!
Linklater returns from the Black vehicle School of Rock to tackle this Dick classic and tackle Dick he does!
Filmed and then 'roto-scoped' to produce a disorientating effect when watching, which works perfectly given the nature of the story.
Great turns from Downey Jr and all concerned really - this is one of the first really good adaptations of Dick's work, at once being faithful to the prose but also making the story come to life with the amazing roto-scope effects (first tested in Linklater's Waking Life).
If you are looking for the next 'Happy Feet', this aint it - if you want to watch something that is enjoyable and thought-provoking, then look no further.
Resurrecting the 'Man Of Steel' was never going to be an easy task for 'Usual Suspects' director Bryan Singer; having been denied his trilogy with 'X-Men', Singer embarked upon on an altogether riskier project, after all, no comic book saga carries as much baggage as Superman. Still, in spite of the odds, Bryan Singer and 26 year-old newcomer Brandon Routh (excellent, and at times eerily reminiscent of the late/great Christopher Reeve) successfully reinvent Krypton"s favourite, albeit only, son in a well-paced, consistently entertaining movie which stands up to repeated viewings. The story is a pretty straightforward: hero-meets-girl, hero-spends-one-night-with-girl, hero-leaves-Earth-to-find-the-remenants-of-his-home-planet-and-returns-to-discover-girl-has-moved-in-with-the-bloke-who-played-Cyclopes-in X-Men, and the girl in question is none other than 'The Daily Planet"s' intrepid reporter; Lois Lane (a blank but believable Kate Bosworth, who was cast on the recommendation of Kevin Spacey after the two worked together in 'Beyond The Sea').
"Is it bird, is it a plane?"...No, for 'Superman Returns' is part action movie and part character study (though I think David Carradine already nailed the Superman psyche in 'Kill Bill 2'), Kevin Spacey is brilliant as Lex Luther and the interplay between Luther and his moll Kitty Kowalski (a typically hilarious turn by Parker Posey) makes for some of the film"s best moments. Superman"s action sequences are also quite impressive; the attack on Metropolis in particular, sees our man flying and diving about all over the place, culminating with a suitably heroic shot of Superman hoisting 'The Daily Planet' globe high above his head. All in all, and despite a bizarre attempt at 'Passion Of The Christ'-esque melodrama, 'Superman Returns' is a resounding return to form for a franchise that ran out of steam back in 1983, though with its astronomical budget (a cool $270 million), modest returns and the fact that they"ve written themselves into a corner with the whole Lois baby subplot, it may be a while before we"re looking up for that flying man in the sky. Superman Lives!
The book that 'will drive every body mad' is now the film that will drive everybody mad. Cronenberg captures the drug induced paranoia and psychosis of W.S Burroughs' autobiographical account. Weller is excellent as the taciturn William Lee, junky and exterminator. The film itself strays from the written text incorporating accounts of Burroughs' life like the "William Tell" incident and the death of Joan Burroughs. This film, like the anti-novel itself, merges dreams with junk-fuelled reality plunging existence into an irremediable psychosis; accompanied throughout by the inspired jazz soundtrack of Ornette Coleman. A Cronenberg classic! Nightmarish and exhilerating.
This is the absurd at its most sublime. 19 cinematic versions of 19 plays by the Nobel Laureate Samuel Beckett, beautifully shot and rendered for the screen. All that is lacking is some contribution from the writer himself, but as beckett was a very private man, his absence is as telling as his work.
Excellent series. A bit like CSI but with more substance about it. Boreanez plays a rough and ready FBI agent to Descanel's cut off from the world patholoigst with excellent charachter development. If you think you need to be a science buff then don't worry, it is great watching with all the action and side story lines to keep you thoroughly entertained.
Atmospheric and full of bloody action - def the best of the Aliens Quadology and def the best action film ever made. The special edition gives you another 30 mins of action and story line that completes some of the holes seen in the Aliens released film, including the terraformers finding the alien spacecraft - also look out for the auto guns action when the aliens attack. Brilliant. Get your surround sound system, dim the lights and enjoy
A decently acted if predictable romantic escape-from-the-ghetto drama, set against the backdrop of "gender-blind" amateur boxing circuit. There are better films which offer the same thing only less predictable, and better written.
Considering this was a Hollywood production it was not too bad. Salma Hayek gives a splendid individual performance of the tormented artist Frida Kahlo; but the story portrays her not as one of the 20th Century's most brilliant artists and admirable women, which she was; but rather disappointingly as a neglected and jilted wife. Those familiar with Frida's life and work will be, like this reviewer, disappointed....
Laugh, I nearly died, this is the funniest DVD for a long time, enjoy I did.
Lavish romantic drama where insult or injury must be avenged, and impetuosity is rewarded with love. A beautifully shot film with enough pomp and gesturing to exemplify the era which it represents. Perhaps a tad too long; the film slows down half way through, but nonetheless, a brilliant film, a worthy addition to the tradition of "La Reine Margot".
In 1999, three films all sharing a similar principle - The Matrix, Fight Club and American Beauty - literally changed people's perception of the world.
American Beauty"s Lester Burnham hates his mundane employment and his empty marriage. But meeting his new neighbour Ricky, Colonel Fitts' drug-dealing son, changed his life. He"s about to quit his job and break free from his materialistic, consumer-driven lifestyle.
As Fight Club's Tyler Durden would put it, "It's only after we've lost everything, that we're free to do anything."
So Lester listens to Pink Floyd, pumps iron and flips burgers - responsibility just isn't his bag, baby. He buys a 1970 Pontiac Firebird to piss off his sexless wife and enjoys lustful fantasies about Angela - his teenage daughter's temptress of a best friend. Lester has become the uninhibited, gregarious, fearless guy that all men want to be. He is Tyler Durden. He is Neo. And he loves it. At least until, in a fit of homophobic rage, Colonel Fitts kills him.
American Beauty is in every way an expertly crafted film. Conrad Hall"s exquisite cinematography and Thomas Newman"s unforgettable score is the perfect backdrop for Alan Ball's deliciously barbed script that"s brought to life by the bravura performances of Spacey, Bening and Cooper. Whilst Sam Mendes' polished and controlled direction, theatrical expertise and well judged pacing allow us time to get to know and understand Ball's complex characters.
American Beauty is a brutally effective and entirely absorbing piece of filmmaking.
This show is the most funniest one I have ever seen in all my life. I was off work with stress for a long time and my husband took me to see the show and within weeks I had perked up so much I just wanted to go back to work to tell everybody about Mrs Brown's boys. The show was the best tonic anybody in the world could have asked for I would say to anyone that is feeling a bit under par to go and see Mrs Brown and her boys and what a lift they will get.
Brendan please do not stop writing the scripts
YOU ARE AMAZING
He at his best yet again he knows how to put on a show i cried in laughter
Especially when you've got a drink as well very amusing for company.
If you don't live next door to Mrs Brown, then she should be living in your dvd collection!! Watch the hilarious antics of mrs brown a typical Dublin mammy as she tackles love, life, death and marriage in this wonderful boxset! If you have been in space and not seen the live shows then this is the next best thing! Brendan O'carrol is a living legend and will have you jumping six feet in the air with laughter, and the wit will leave you on the floor in stitches!
Striding onto TV screens in her trusty red, white and blue, Wonder Woman set off on her mission to rid the world of the Nazi terror. Complete with her arsenal of lasso, belt and tiara, as well as the frankly amazing invisible plane (one must forgive the production values - it was the 70s!).
This is a must for any fan of kitsch, as well as being thoroughly enjoyable morning/hangover television. I've been a fan for a long time and there's lots to appreciate for fans new and old.
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