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Advantages: Discovery Channel production
Disadvantages: a bit too short

...methods used to create the seven wonders of ancient Rome- the Pantheon, the aqueducts, the Via Appia, the baths of Caracalla, the markets of Trajan, the Circus Maximus and the Colosseum. It is really interesting especially for people who have had the chance to see these sights, it puts things into perspective. I was amazed when I visited the Colosseum and had some many questions about the way it was build around 2000years ago (89 AD) and that DVD ...
...uses superb CG graphics and 3D modelling to recreate brilliantly the key structures and architectual devices that made the Roman Empire famous. The DVD can be purchased in pretty much every big store- Virgin, HMV etc. Online it can be bought from all the usual places- amazon, ebay and also it can be rented at amazon.co.uk DVD rental. The only drawback is the lack of any interesting features. It is a Discovery Channel productions and runs for 53minutes. ... Read review

Advantages: Well put together programme
Disadvantages: Featured only American troops

World War Two In Colour Face to Face is a truly remarkable documentary film. It consists of rare colour film footage, shot during the evil and desperate days that made up the Second World War. The film was, in the main, all shot by film cameramen who were military personnel. Who genuinely braved the same hardships and difficulties that beset their military colleagues, compatriots and fellow combatants. As the commentary on the DVD points out, the ...
...in six men who, during World War Two, did experience the hell and horror of the Second World War. But whose efforts and heroic deeds and ordinary acts were recorded. But not in Black and White. But in colour. There are also the voices of the War Correspondents. Not civilian journalists "embedded" (a strange choice of words) in a unit. No, these correspondents were military personnel. The first correspondent's voice heard on the programme is that ... Read review

Advantages: Persuasive, hugely entertaining documentary on the Sexual Revolution
Disadvantages: Those who hate porn period may not bother

****************************************************************** TITLE: Inside Deep Throat RATING: ***** CAST: Gerard Damiano, Linda Lovelace, Harry Reems, Charles Keating, Larry Parrish, Larry Flynt, Hugh Hefner, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, John Waters, Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, Bill Kelly, Erica Jong, Lenny Camp, Dr. Helen Gurley Brown, Susan Brownmiller, Dick Cavett, Wes Craven, Carl Bernstein, Andrea True, Ron Wertheim, Xaviera Hollander, Arthur ...
...I saw the 2005 documentary INSIDE DEEP THROAT which I got a perfect picture of those troubled times. Now, some of you maybe thinking of “Deep Throat,” the secret informant who provided Woodward & Bernstein vital information about President Richard Nixon and the Watergate break-in; actually, INSIDE DEEP THROAT is about the 1972 porn film which came onto the scene like a bolt of lightening, infuriating the conservative government at the time who was ... Read review

Advantages: Enlightening and important piece of filmaking
Disadvantages: Shocking and disturbing in areas

...and important films such as Bowling for Columbine and the more recent Fahrenheit 911 he also writes books which are equally important to read (Downsize This, Adventures in a TV Nation, Dude, where's my Country, Stupid White Men etc). I don't agree with everything Mr Moore has to say but I am thankful that someone has finally come along who is willing to stand up for what he believes in at any cost. Finally a small fish (Michael Moore isn't that ...
...along with a big helping of humour. The one this Michael Moore does exceptionally well is keep the balance between entertaining and informing. So often documentaries loose their audience due to lack of stimulation. When I first watched Bowling for Columbine I wanted to watch it over again almost immediately. ... Read review

Advantages: Stunning scenary, excellent commentary
Disadvantages: Is a little sad what with all the penguins getting killed

General This is a simple production of what must be one of nature's greatest feats and an example of sheer tenacity to survey and a commitment to parenting which humans should aspire to! Thousands of Emperor Penguins bravely trek the arduous 70 mile journey through some of the most hostile terrain in the world. Morgan Freeman narrates this Warner / National Geographic festival of stunning artic beauty. As I watched the movie I was awed ...
...I saw what human avarice is slowly destroying with our over indulgent world wide consumerisation. Freeman tells us a story; it is a story of deep love and the struggle to survive, as the handsomely beautiful Emperor's commence their journey to find a mate, through the hostile winter of the Antarctic South Pole, this quest by the penguins has been going on from before the time of the Pharaoh's. We see a society in which the male penguins appear ... Read review