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Advantages: Great storyline, fantastic acting and good action shots
Disadvantages: Will not please die hard King and I fans

...Killers) - Jodie Foster as Anna Leonowens (Panic Room, Contact, Nell, Silence of the Lambs) The Film is based on the diaries of Anna Leonowens, who died in Canada, Quebec from a stroke in 1915. I think this is better than the original (King and I) despite my fondness of musicals. The acting is superb and there is a huge cast of extras. I can't imagine how difficult this was to make a film with the costumes (that are superb) and locations involved. ...
...Fiesty teacher, recently widowed who travels to Siam to teach the children of King Mongkut. There she learns that Siam is very different from all that she knows back in England. The film is set in the 1860s and the relationship between the Teacher and the King develops from a cold respect for each others values, into a love interest/ sparring contest. Chow Yun-Fat is magnificent in the title role of the King and plays a philosophical Ruler with ... Read review

Advantages: Released on DVD
Disadvantages: Sound originally 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 first season starts with Tom Howard, played by Maurice Colbourne being made redundant from his job and follows the familys struggles. During the series he becomes involved in new a new project, building boats. Currently series 1 - 4 (of 6) have been released on DVD The main characters in this BBC 80's drama are as follows. ... Read review

Advantages: Great story told with tight suspense and great pace.
Disadvantages: The sex scenes unneccessarily overplayed and explicit.

Are you a person that just can't say no? or are you a person who harbours a secret passionate jealousy? Then this movie is for you. Lady Cho hates rivals. She is an 18th Century Korean version of the lady who lunches. She has a voracious appetite for power and sex and she is highly displeased that her husband has spurned her and taken upon himself a young virginal concubine. In order to exact revenge she enlists the help of her friend and notorious ...
...her to bring shame on to the concubine's family. Sir Jo won is a person who can't say no. His sexual voracious appetite is legendary and Lady Chos's challenge is something that he accepts eagerly but he is not happy. His trophy has always been Lady Cho who has rejected him. Then she offers him an enticing offer. She gambles that even he will not be able to bed a beautiful virtous widow, Lady Sook... however should he succeed.. Lady Cho offers herself ... Read review

Advantages: great show, love the characters
Disadvantages: none

...is the third series of Cold Feet. By now we all love the characters and can't wait to see what happens next in their lives. The series is based around the lives of three couples and what happens next. Rachel Bradley - Helen Baxindale Adam Williams - James Nesbitt Jenny Gifford - Fay Ripley Pete Gifford - John Thompson David Marsden - Robert Bathurst Karen Marsden - Hermione Norris Ramona Ramirez - Jacey Salles At the start of the series: ...
...are new parents again Rachel and Adam are happy together. Episode 1 +++++++++ Karen gives birth to twin girls, but their son Josh, does not like them and is very jealous of them. Karen's mum arrives to stay, but appears to be an alcoholic! Adam and Rachel look after Josh in order to give Karen and David a break and are surprised by how much they enjoy looking after a baby. It makes them start to think about having a baby . Pete is still living ... Read review

Advantages: Great concept, excellent performance by Shahrukh, good direction
Disadvantages: Tries to take on too many issues, drags in the final 15 minutes.

...all Well yes and no, Swades has a fantastic concept of returning to ones roots and there are some pretty good moments in the movie, but serious flaws in screenplay and execution prevent it from attaining classic status. So here is my take on the movie. The Story Mohan Bhargava (Shahrukh Khan) is an engineer working with NASA in US for quite some time. On the occasion of his parents death anniversary, he remembers his forster mother Kaveriamma(Kishori ...
...be seen on the screen. Swades has got many high points that mark it out from the typical Bollywood fare. First things first Ashutosh Gowariker needs to be lauded for his courage and vision in attempting to look at the reality of India as it is. No sugar coating here, no speeches on the superiority of Indian culture vs the rest of the world, what is shown is simple reality. What Ashutosh has done is , he has simply put up a mirror to India and asked ... Read review