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Advantages: A must for any die hard Robbie fan
Disadvantages: none

...I saw Robbie in September 2006 and thought he was excellent. I remember seeing him when he was still in Take That. Robbie has definately got better as he has got older. Its a 2 disc set, which also features his TV appearances. Hope you enjoy, as i have. ... Read review

Advantages: Solo Videos, rare last Freddie interview, a lot of extras
Disadvantages: Some of the extras are a bit long and boring

Freddie Mercury-Lover Of Life, Singer Of Songs DVD I had this DVD bought for me for my birthday in November 2006 when it had just come out. I also have the Freddie Mercury CD "Lover Of Life, Singer Of Songs, The Very Best Of Freddie Mercury Solo" being a big Queen and Freddie fan. I love the name of the CD and DVD as I think it sums Freddie up perfectly, as it says on the back of the DVD booklet, it was Brian May's inscription for the Freddie Mercury ...
...with the boy who played Freddie as a child in the documentary. Subtitles DVD 2- Singer Of Songs...The Solo Videos 1. Barcelona 2. The Great Pretender 3. I Was Born To Love You 4. Time 5. How Can I Go On 6. Made In Heaven 7. Living On My Own 8. The Golden Boy 9. In My Defence Bonus Video's 10. Barcelona (live version) 11. The Great Pretender (Extended version) 12. Living On My Own (1993 Remix) Extra feautures: Rare interviews-including ... Read review

Advantages: If you know next to nothing about Guns n' Roses, might be worth a look.
Disadvantages: Bad layout, no real conclusion, repeated facts, uninteresting interviews.

I am an avid Guns n' Roses fan and bought this DVD a while back. However, it was a waste of my money as I didn't learn anything new from it. If you don't know much about the general history of the band and want to learn more, then it might be worth purchasing it but otherwise I wouldn't bother. Most of the people that are interviewed in the DVD seem to be complete randomers with no real connections to the band at all. You don't really get to see ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent value, great selection of his best documentaries
Disadvantages: Lack of extras, missing Max Clifford documentary

...Louis Theroux: The Man Louis Theroux is best known as a documentary maker specialising in films about off-beat, quirky subcultures around the world (but predominantly in the USA) and also for his celebrity profiles of some of Britain's more eccentric personalities. He started out his television broadcasting career with a few segments on a documentary show by Michael Moore called 'TV Nation' in the mid-1990s. His first major series, Weird Weekends, ...
...with a series called 'When Louis Met...', originally aired on British television between 2000 and 2002. During 2003, Louis made three special episodes before disappearing from our screens for three years. In which time he signed a deal to make ten films for the BBC over the course of three years. To date, five of those films have been broadcast on television since the start of 2007. His interviewing style is quite unique, mainly due to (what I think ... Read review

Advantages: wonderful film of a true story
Disadvantages: none

I remember watching Apollo 13 when it first came out at the cinema in 1995. Base on the real events of the unsuccessful moon mission in 1970, it would have been possible to hear a pin drop as the entire audience watched as the events unfolded - and this was even when we knew what happened. For the purpose of this review I am going to assume that most people know the story of Apollo 13 - if you don't and you are likely to watch the film it's probably ...
...on the Apollo 13 mission which was intended to be the third moon landing by US astronauts. The mission was led by Commander Jim Lovell (played by Tom hanks) who had already circled the moon on an earlier mission. His crew was meant to be Fred Haise (Bill Paton) and Ken Mattingly (Gary Sinise) but a threat of contracting the measles while in Space meant that Mattingly could not go and his place was taken by Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon). The film charts ... Read review