A fantastic addition to the Lakeland guides by Alfred Wainwright. Julia Bradbury's enthusiastic commentaries add to the exquisite Lakeland scenery. The addition of original film footage of Wainwright himself with local reporter Eric Robson only adds to the glory of these DVD's. To any walker, climber or lover of the lakes this is a must have addition to your DVD collection.
Julia Bradbury follows in the footsteps of Alfred Wainwright in many of his famous lakeland and coastal walks.
John Ford's cinematic classic starring John Wayne is not of the modern tendencies to depict unspeakable violence. Any violence, and there is a lot, is left to the imagination, there is throughout this film many instances of conflict and symbolism.
Ethan (John Wayne) is a man who has come through a bloody war and is de-sensitised to the horrors of man's inhumanity to man. He is sometimes despicably savage but I hasten to add not sustaining pleasure from his behaviour.
Religion features as another of the sub-texts, the conflict of adhering to a belief yet being forced through circumstance to act in opposition to the teachings.
The landscapes throughout the film are stunning on a larger screen television; the story flows evenly from scene to scene.
The music is complementary to the various moods of the piece and is not overdone. The story is of a young child being taken after a raid on an isolated farmhouse in the far west post civil war America.
Her remaining relatives set out to follow the trail and deliver the child from capture.
Ethan is on a mission, to locate the girl and kill her.
Marty (Jeffrey Hunter) also has a mission, to stop Ethan from killing the girl.
The movie is set in a hard time in the west. People lived in a violent age and adversity was always present.
The ranchers lived beyond the frontier in a hostile land among peoples who were by society's measure uncivilised.
This is a cinematic masterpiece of rare quality, many directors tried to come to the standard set here but few can match the expertise of relaying a story.
Clint Eastwood comes close with Unforgiving and that's about as close as anyone got since this film was made.
Post American Civil War, Native American, Kidnapping, Multi layered story, violence.
A Good original piece of comedy with a lot of really funny scenes.
Quite random in places but well worth watching with friends.
Lessons learnt are lessons well worth remembering!
An intelligently written Bachelor Party movie that is different at last!
It seems that these days a fresh new comedy is hard to come by, most comedies seem to be written to a formula and have nothing new. Many a night I have sat and endured 90 minutes of 'blu-print' comedy and although you know what you are getting with these type of comedy films they do wear thin after a while.
That is what I expected with The Hangover... however this was thankfully different. It had me laughing out loud throughout the film for the first time in a long while.
This may sound silly but for me it was written a little like 'Memento' one of my favourite all time films (except not going back in time) it has lots of things you end up trying to piece together about the night out in Las Vegas and at the same time creating and showing the mad scenarios the central characters get themselves into.
A must see comedy for anyone who is bored of the same old rom-com or slapstick comedy. More of this type of film please! (Although I now fear this may become the template for comedy films of the future)... you just can't win.
The Doctor Who series 2 box set is brill, I watch it in my spare time and when I had gotten though it all, I ordered the next ones. Cheap as well, very good, I would recommend this to anyone.
'Crank 2', in an unlikely Dickensian parallel, may come to represent the type of film made during the best and the worst of times for Hollywood. On the plus side there's action, pace and humour, on the other hand: its vulgar, self indulgent and nonsensical (even more so than 'Crank 1'). Directors Brian Taylor and Mark Neveldin continue to wring out the demented misadventures of Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) who, having survived a helicopter fall at the end of 'Crank', is revived only to discover that 'Triads' have removed his heart and replaced it with an electrical ticker that needs massive jolts of power to keep going. Hilariously, the mob's real prize was the appropriation of Chev's enviable appendage, news of which prompts our scowling anti-hero to embark upon an adrenaline-fuelled, 90-minute rampage. Now whereas 'Crank' was essentially 'Speed' without the bus: 'Crank 2', though astutely aware of its own absurdity, makes absolutely no attempt to remain plausible, in fact, it appears that the directors have used this movie as a testing ground for ideas explored in their little seen, surrealist action satire; 'Gamer'. Even Statham's laconic one-liners can't save this disjointed, soulless and OTT sequel: Amy Smart gets naked again (I'm told she can act too), Hong Kong Film award winner Bai Ling sets her race back a 100 years whilst the late / great David Carradine makes a cringe worthy cameo as an old Chinese criminal (complete with Fu-Manchu beard and protruding false teeth) in the kind of racial parody that went stale over half a century ago. Fans of Mike Judge's underrated 'Idiocracy' (2005) may recall a scene where in the dumbed down future; America's most popular TV programme is a sitcom called 'Oww, My Balls' a show that consists entirely of a man being repeatedly kicked in his scrotum, and whilst 'Crank 2' hasn't quite descended to that level of stupidity, it certainly paves the way. I can't recommend this film to anyone, granted, its not 'Lesbian Vampire Killers' bad (few films are) but they're no redeeming features either: 'Crank 2', even at 91 minutes, feels like a slog. Jason Statham deserves better and so do we, or as it's hoped for demographic might put it: Epic fail.
It didn't seem to be my so-called "cup of tea" but after being coerced into watching it, it appeared that I was wrong. Not entirely wrong but it certainly wasn't as bad as I imagined.
Eddie Murphy, starring as almost the entire cast of the Klump family, is outstanding, bringing much of the PG-rated parts his revered stand-up show to screen in the different characters. However, Professor Klump and his Mr. Hyde counterpart, Buddy love, are the main attractions, exhibiting very opposite but wholly entertaining facets of comedy.
This is not a film for any particular age group or for any particular person, just an all-round good film.
The highly anticipated, "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" has finally reached DVD!!!!! This film is definitely the best of the six because of the acting, the locations and the adrenaline in this masterpiece of a film.
Daniel Radcliffe is simply wonderful as the ever going Harry Potter: he really has raised his game for this film. Rupert Grint delivers most of the laughs, of course and Emma Watson returns again as the brainy Hermione Granger. Of course, the usual lot were in here as well, all giving great performances like Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman and Helena Bonham Carter.
Newcomers this time are Jessie Cave as Lavender Brown, Jim Broadbent as old, bumbling Horace Slughorn and Dave Legeno as the evil, spine-tingling Fenrir Greyback. Jim Broadbent really gives 110% into all his scenes and Greyback is just horrible to look at!!!!
The actual film is excellent. It's much darker than the previous films; nowhere near as much bright colours like before. The film also develops into quite a love story. Ron falls in love with Lavender, then Hermione and Ginny falls in love with Dean, then Harry: it's quite hard to follow!!!
But of course, the real objective is for Harry to defeat Lord Voldemort. Harry takes 1 to 1 lessons with Dumbledore and keeps getting closer and closer to defeating Voldemort throughout the duration of the film. I'm not going to tell anyone why as I will spoil it: Watch it for yourself!!!!
So, David Yates, once again, I bow to you for another great film from you. Good Luck on the next two: We're all hungry for more!!!!
Step Brothers oozes comedy, it's rowdy, sharp and has plenty of "Oh My God, they didn't" moments!
Fledging entrepreneurs beg sneering millionaires for cash in the BBC's modern day equivalent of a medieval peasant's court. Camp compere Evan Davis ushers prospective pitchers up the winding stairs of doom to face 'The Dragons'.
In the pre-James Cann days: you've got brilliant, smarmy Scot Duncan Bannytine, Somatropin enhanced twat Peter Jones, amiable Aussie Richard 'Franchise' Farleigh, bespectacled knickers & tat peddler Theo Phaphitas and leisure industry magnate Deborah Meaden, a woman who perfectly epitomises the colloquial sobriquet: 'Face Like A ..... 'The Dragons' deserve to be slain though many of the pitchers invite their scorn with a host of ludicrous ideas and hopeless inventions. Only Antipodean risk-taker Richard Farleigh comes across as a relatively decent human being, and I'm actually considering e-mailing him one of my business ideas: Rusks...Farleigh's Rusks, now there's an idea worth franchising.
"I don't wanna die without any scars.....do you?"
Edward Norton plays a disgruntled insurance office worker suffering from insomnia. His only relief comes after visiting self health groups for people suffering from terminal illnesses and pretending to be one of them, like he says 'when people think you're dying they really listen'. After meeting another 'tourist', Marla, played brilliantly by Helena Bonham Carter, Norton's insomnia returns. However after a freak accident destroys Norton's apartment and belongings he is forced to shack up in a rundown building with new acquaintance Tyler Durden, played by Pitt. Pitt's portrayal of the anarchic rebel is a wonderful contrast to Norton's character. Together they create a series of fight club's where men gather to fight and find out about themselves. However when these clubs turn into something more sinister Norton must try and work out who Tyler really is, which leads to a plot twist which makes the 'Sixth Sense' look predictable.
Although highly criticised upon its release for glorifying violence, this movie has a strong social message and struck a chord with the 'office drones' of the late 90's. It's hard to believe it was first released 10 years ago, and it truly hasn't aged a bit. Fincher's mastery of subtle CGI effects is now commonplace in modern film and TV. The opening title sequence which sees the camera panning through the unnamed narrator's (Edward Norton) brain is now copied weekly on such programmes as House and CSI, however upon its release it truly was groundbreaking. This originality is also apparent in the Dust Brother's sound track which pops and fizzes with a freshness which sounds just as good a decade on.
Sometimes genius is not immediately understood and that certainly applies to 'fight club' - a truly refreshing film in terms of plot and style this is a must see. As Pitt apparently remarked to Norton when watching the premier 'this is the best film we will ever be in!'
Norton's portrayal of a disgruntled Insurance office worker suffering from insomnia contrasts brilliantly with Pitt's anarchic care free Tyler Durden character. After meeting Tyler on a plane Norton's character returns to his apartment block to find it destroyed and all his prized belongings nothing more than smouldering remains.
"Goodbye, Charlotte"
"One of the Boys" (episode 6 of Series Seven) is my favourite episode of My Family ever and strangely, it's not really because of the comedy element.
It may seem a bit strange to admit that when I first saw this episode, the part where Ben is defending Charlie, it brought a tear to my eye because it shows a side to Ben that we don't often see - it brings out his loving, caring side, the part where you can see why Susan fell in love with him and married him (among other things, of course), because, deep down, Ben really cares and he obviously can't stand people like Rogers mother - someone so selfish that she believes only her view of the world is correct, one where sex change isn't right.
Every time I think of the series and what I really love about it, I think of that scene in that episode. As I'm sitting here writing this review I could easily just go and watch that episode, over and over again, and enjoy it for all sorts of reasons (same with every episode, really) but I always feel the need to rewind to that scene and watch it again, and every time I do, I smile.
"One of the Boys": An old friend of Bens turns up, and he's changed a bit more than expected...
Having not watched it for ages and then suddenly getting the urge to do so, 'Austin Powers - International Man of Mystery' was absolutely hilarious. Packed with puns aplenty and the sort of humour to make your gran go "oh, I say!" but in a way where she chuckles to herself too.
As long as you take it for what it is, you will enjoy every minute of this modern classic.
Just when you're wondering (again) where the plot of 'House' can go, the writers pull this one out of their seemingly never-ending bag of tricks. Fear not, this review has no intention of spoiling anything like the SkyOne adverts for season 6.
Put it like this: there is still the fair share of typical House cases throughout the season, rife with odd medical complications and otherwise banal personal life causes but when it hits the plot peaks, you'll realise what a good ride it is. And then there's the finale - A finale that spans several episodes in building up to its climax. However, the entire season is worth watching just for that. Amazing!
When 'The Big Bang Theory' first aired in the UK, I was hopeful, as I had become a big fan of 'The IT Crowd' and it seemed like, although in different domains, were treading similar ground. After watching a few on TV, I soon became disillusioned with it, disliking how American it was. However, since then, which is now quite a long time ago, I have given the full first season a proper go and have been pleasantly surprised. I think that it must have been a case of not being able to generalise the population from the sample I drew.
The first season grows in confidence through the first half and seems to find its feet at the halfway mark before truly becoming a very watchable and hilarious sitcom. The science twist of the show as a whole and also in more specific parts proves to be interesting, allows for clever writing, as well as widening the target audience, where you might think it would close it off.
'The Big Bang Theory' is a charming comedy programme and the first season merges wonderfully with the second, which really shows what it's made of.
Having been forced to watch 'Elf' only hours after ignoring its showing on the TV by my girlfriend at a time when I was less than in the festive spirit, I was unimpressed with the prospect. However, ol' Will Ferrell did it again and, although a film aimed at kids, he still manages to pull out a cracker of a performance that entertained even a scrooge. Don't get me wrong though, it is jam-packed with typical holiday cheer and almost sickeningly happy clichés of Christmas but its mix of slapstick and cheeky wit made me "lol" more than a few times.
To someone that likes this kind of film, it would be excellent but even to me, who generally steers clear of such festive film fun, it was good.
This is a particularly enjoyable episode of Midsomer, set within a golf club and on the course. It has a series of events interlinked with intrigue that involves the committee and various members of the golf club. It involves money lending, snobbish class rivalry and brutal murder. I would recommend this to all who enjoy a good old fashioned mystery story. I did not solve the crime myself until the end.
A golf course is alive with intrigue and murder.
Hilariously funny, the characters really bounce off each other. It has all the elements of a great show: humour, action, romance. Chucks character is one you really associate with and you want him to get the girl in the end.
Chuck is about an ordinary guy who has a PC application downloaded into his brain with all the government secrets on it and he becomes an asset.
An absolute classic DVD! If you love family guy as much as I do then this is a perfect present for you!
I suggest you put it on your Christmas list NOW!
It's hilarious, one of them things you can watch over and over again
This bride-off is superficial and although it's aimed at girls, the catty behaviour of the two supposed 'best friends' makes you feel ashamed to belong to the gender -unfunny stuff!
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