Apollo 13

Advantages: A tense, suspense filled drama
Disadvantages: None

...As far as space films go, I am not a big fan so it was with some trepidation that I took this one in. After a few minutes, it is clear that this is going to stand head and shoulders above the rest which is due, in large part, to the immense performance of Academy Award Winner Tom Hanks, but also to a tremendous true story of bravery, skill and hope. A year after the epic moon landing of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 13 was scheduled for a moon landing of its own. The original crew of Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) and Ken Mattingley (Gary Sinise) are just days away from the launch when Mattingley is pulled from the team due to the belief that he may have been exposed to infection. Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) steps inand after a routine launch, disaster strikes, leading to the immortal line "Houston, we...

kipper54 06.02.2009 · Read review
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Sloping Cricket Pitch Seeks Apollo 11

Advantages: Good plot. Good acting. Not American
Disadvantages: None come to mind

...Ironically, I missed “The Dish” when it was doing the rounds, as I was in Australia at the time! So I was particularly pleased to obtain a DVD of it from www.play247.com in Jersey, which makes the purchase VAT-free (until HM Customs bother with small fry packets, that is) and post-free. It’s going to be difficult to write about a DVD, without mentioning the main plot of the movie, so, be warned, there will follow a stark block capitals warning for those that don’t want to know the plot. PLOT ALERT!!!!!!! Based on a true story, “The Dish”* tells of the radio telescope located at Parkes, a sheep-farming town in Australia. It is July 1969, and the Apollo 11 mission to land a man on the moon is about to get under way. *”Why is it in the middle of a bloody sheep-paddock?” It...

BNibbles 19.11.2001 · Read review
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We've lost Apollo 11

Advantages: Sam Neil, history. A film which has been filmed very well. No American flag waving!
Disadvantages: The concept doesn't grab your attention. Its almost as if you need to find yourself in the cinema before you'll consider watching it.

...the Southern Hemisphere and the United States of America isn’t. In the outback town of Parkes in the rural landscape of New South Wales there happens to be (thanks to the effort of the local mayor, we’re told) the largest radio telescope on that side of the planet. When the Apollo 11 spacecraft is on the southern side of the planet it’ll be about of reach of all the radio telescopes in the USA and so the Americans did a deal with the Australians and Parkes was brought on board to help track the spaceship. The film picks up with the Australian Prime Minster paying attention to this fact for the first time. What has grabbed his attention is the fact that Parkes’ role has been upgraded and it will now be the telescope responsible for beaming the live TV footage of the Lunar walk to the world. That’s all I’m...

Manx 11.06.2001 · Read review
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Apollo Ride On Scooter

Advantages: Range, Speed, Fun
Disadvantages: No safety cut out, heavy on land

...I rode the Apollo AV1 this weekend when I hired one from a local dive school here in Lanzarote. I use the word "rode" deliberately because it was fitted with the optional "saddle." What a fantastic experience! You actually sit down on the scooter, so that it is between your legs. There is then a pull lever with six positions on it to control the speed. Leaving it on speed one is basically and idle with the prop just turning, but maximum is awesome, flying through the water at around 3 knots. You literally "fly", controlling turns, ascents and descents by adjusting your fins like an aircraft - it's even possible to loop the loop! Battery life is excellent at 80 minutes on a full charge, and the maximum depth rating is 50 meters. The unit is heavy to haul around on land, but is just right in the water, being slightly negatively...

Estupendomike 19.11.2007 · Read review
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Apollo Mayhem

Advantages: Nice to ride, Comfortale, affordable, easy to maintain and built like a tank.
Disadvantages: Rusts quickley and is Very Heavy.

...I have a 1989 Apollo Mayhem MKI which is the original, they made them up until 2002. If you want a hardcore off road bike the this is not for you, as it would shake it's self to pieces. However as a 21 speed road bike it is good. It has a smooth ride, a nice driving position, a nice set of gears (shimano 21 speed grip shifts) which seem to change with out a problem. The Promax V style brakes can stop a bus, They are very good brakes and they do stop you quickly and safely when you need them to. The bike I find very nippy and easy to manoeuvre at high and low speeds, this is a quality that is hard to find in full sized hard-tail mountain bike's. The problems the bike has are few and far between, but. Rust, It rusts very quickly my Mayhem is very rusty (round the handle bars, the bottom of the frame and the rear fork's have badly rusted...

MichaelDickens 06.06.2008 · Read review
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Apollo Justice Ace Attorney - latest in this Nintendo DS series

Advantages: Fun game, good graphics and sound, interesting and lots of game play
Disadvantages: Shame there aren't a couple more cases

...This review is for the Nintendo DS game, Ace Attorney Apollo Justice. The game was developed and published by Capcom and is a detective game where you are the attorney Apollo Justice, and have to get your defendants found not guilty. The aim of the game is to work through and try to find all the pieces of evidence that you need to get your client off and get a not guilty verdict from the court. It?s a two part process, where firstly you have to find all the right evidence, and then secondly, you have to present that evidence in court, cross examine witnesses, in a bid to get your clients off. There are four cases in the game in total which you have to complete. For me, the court scenes were the most fun to play. You have to watch the other witnesses very carefully, trying to spot any signs that they might be lying. You can at any stage...

julwhite 04.07.2009 · Read review
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Should Have Been Called Apollo 12a

Advantages: Ron Howard has done his homework to bring us a realistic film showing the true events of this sad Apollo mission.
Disadvantages: I cannot see any. This film contains great actors acting at their best!

...This Ron Howard directed film is based on the true events surrounding Apollo 13’s mission to the moon, which sadly had to be aborted due to an explosion in the oxygen tank. It goes into the lives of each of the Astronauts as they build up to mission launch. The astronauts, Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) and Ken Mattingly (Gary Sinise), go through the usual checks and tests. It is found that one of the back-up crew has developed measles and as Ken Mattingly has never had the measles he is told he cannot go, so they bring in reserve astronaut, Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon). Take-off goes well as does the LLM extraction (the un-docking and re-docking of the Lunar Landing Module). Suddenly they hear a loud bang and discover they are leaking oxygen. “Houston, we have a problem.” They...

carolinesite 17.02.2001 · Read review
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Bryan Adams - 11

Advantages: Bryan Adams's distinctive voice
Disadvantages: Some of the songs sound at times like they morph into each other

...really experimented or tried anything new. The 12 song tracklisting for the album I have is as follows: 1. Tonight we have the stars - 4.05 mins 2. I thought Id seen everything - 5.06 mins 3. I aint losin the fight - 3.56 mins 4. Oxygen - 3.35 mins 5. We found what we were looking for - 3.38 mins 6. Broken Wings - 3.37 mins 7. Somethin to believe in - 4.01 mins 8. Mysterious ways - 4.28 mins 9. Shes got a way - 4.41 mins 10. Flower grown wild - 3.53 mins 11. Walk on by - 2.53 mins 12. Way of the world 3.18 mins...

lauzdoors 18.08.2008 · Read review
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Fake tales of the arctics at the apollo

Advantages: Tune after tune played flawlessly
Disadvantages: None

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Capodon 23.02.2009 · Read review
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Suk 11

Advantages: Cheap, clean and more interesting than most.
Disadvantages: None

...This summer we stayed in the Suk 11 Hostel off Soy 11 Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok. Don’t be put off by the fact that it’s not in the centre of town, it’s just a 3 minute walk away from the new sky train which can jet you to wherever you want to go in under half an hour for less than a tuk-tuk or taxi. You can download maps of the area from their website - http://www.suk11.com/. We paid about £8 between us per night for a double room with air-conditioning, en-suite bathroom and breakfast. This isn’t the cheapest you can get in Bangkok, but it’s not far off. And it’s worth it. For a start the rooms are spotless. You could eat your dinner off the tiles in the bathroom and the linen is white and smells fresh. As well as this the owners have really put some effort into the décor. The floors are...

Rowan 26.09.2001 (28.11.2001) · Read review
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