A fine directorial debut from Ben Affleck

Advantages: Strong performances and direction
Disadvantages: Some discrepancies

...Despite being touted as one of America?s golden boys during the late 1990s, Ben Affleck?s film career has been marred by a succession of commercial and critical failures, most notably Pearl Harbour and Daredevil. Whereas close friend Matt Damon?s career has thrust him into the limelight, thanks to the successes of the Bourne trilogy and mobster film The Departed, Affleck has found himself wanting in many of his screen performances, either through a lack of direction or scripting problems. Pearl Harbour was one of Affleck?s most high profile films, a high strength mixture of war torn drama and emotional fragility, that sadly failed to win over audiences still riding on the Titanic bandwagon of four years earlier. Despite star billing Affleck?s performance as a young soldier was prosaic, not helped by a leaden script and meandering...

bigmike33 06.05.2009 (08.05.2009) · Read review
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Review of Gone Baby Gone (DVD)

Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck star in complex thriller

Advantages: acting
Disadvantages: can't figure it out

...A bag thief is chased down and murdered in a back alley, and an aide for a congressman dies under mysterious circumstances, but what links the two? In State of Play, Russell Crowe stars as eccentric journalist Cal McAffrey. Cal is investigating the bag thief murder when his old friend, Congressman Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck) comes into his life again, linked to the death of the female aide. The movie follows Cal playing more detective than journalist, as he seeks out the truth in a twisted world of corrupt politics and industry. Plot-wise, this is a well though out film full of twists and turns, that is set in the corrupt world of American politics and business. Whilst it never gets dull, the one thing I didn't like about it is that there's no real way of working out what's happening (the twists and turns are just thrown on you...

bruffyboy 03.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of State Of Play (DVD)

FREE DVDs

Advantages: Free trial, large choice, post included,new realeases
Disadvantages: see review

...I like movies and I like freebies, so when you get offered both in one swoop you?re bound to accept! I used my two week free trial with this company and remained with them for a couple of monthsbefore moving on to try many other companies free trials (and winning a new DVD player on Tesco DVD rental site on their free trial offer). I then had an email from DVDs 365 asking me to go back, and offering me a free DVD if I did so. I had just left Tesco (with my new DVD player) so I chose to go back with them. ∆◊◊ THE SERVICE THEY OFFER ∆◊◊ Basically it?s like going to a video shop and hiring films on DVD, except you don?t pay for each film you chose ? rather a monthly fee for which you can watch as many movies as you can fit in, for us this is usually around 8 a month (2 a week usually weekends...

dabmim 15.11.2004 · Read review
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Ben Hur ~ A Tale of the CHRIST ~ (and His Times)

Advantages: 4-disc Collector's Box Set includes fully-restored 1925 Silent Version with Carl Davis Score
Disadvantages: The Chariot Race, originally set at Antioch, was moved inconceivably to Jerusalem in 1959 version

...'s Edition ~ Presentation Pack The outer cardboard sleeve shows the classic Stone Lettered BEN-HUR with the giant statues from the arena and Ben Hur's chariot and team. On the back of the sleeve are a contents list for the discs, stills from the film, hologram, certification (PG) and other information. The inner opens out into three folds showing a Matte painting style panoramic view of the arena and chariot race. The front fold has a pocket (inset picture of Pontius Pilate crowning the victor on the flap) containing a facsimile 1959 program such as would have been available for purchase, and a leaflet listing disc contents. The other two folds have plastic DVD mounts to hold 2 DVDs each. The four discs have appropriate pictures in Matte painting-style. Just like in the film, the Overture, Intermission and Entre'act are set against...

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Review of Ben Hur (DVD)

Is that Ben on your back ?

Advantages: A good way of carrying things
Disadvantages: None

...Ready for school? ~~~ Don?t forget your backpack full of those essential things. There are so many backpacks around these days with pictures of favourite characters. I had to use a boring school satchel carried over 1 shoulder. So if your child is Hannah Montana mad or Ben 10 crazy you will find the back pack to suit them. I know a child who is Ben 10 mad so his parents bought him a back pack featuring Ben. This back pack is available from several sources. ToysRus have it for £9.99 Amazon have it from £12.99. Looks~ This is a black and green backpack. The main compartment is black with a green trim this closes with a long zip. This has the word Ben 10 written centre front .On the front of the bag there is a small zipped pocket this has Ben ten in an action shot .on it and is the green colour. On the sides of the bag there...

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Review of Ben 10 Back Pack

Ben-Hur

Advantages: Direction, Characters, Performances
Disadvantages: May be Run Time

...Ben-Hur is an epic movie released in year 1959. Film was directed by William Wyler. The movie was written by Karl Tunberg, Gore Vidal and Christopher Fry. Movie won 11 academy awards including, Best film, Best Direction and Art Design. Movie is an adoption and third film version of novel by Lew Wallace. Star Cast: Charlton Helton portrays Ben-Hur. Martha Scott plays a role of Miriam. Stephen Boyd portrays Messala. Plot Summary: Judah Ben-Hur is a very rich person lives in Jerusalem. He is shivered when he heard that his old friend Messala is coming to command the Roman garrison of Jerusalem. He meets Messala after very long time and feels that he is changed. His political view is changed and he is supporting Rome. This thing separates them. Judah refuses to accept the Roman rule and to disclose the name...

cool.dude 05.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Ben Hur (DVD)

Gentle Ben

Advantages: Ben, the two of us need look no more..........
Disadvantages: .......We both found what we were looking for

...Now I?m a big fan of Ben Sherman, I wear his shirts and T-shirts, I occasionally slip into his pants, and I always strap a watch of his onto my wrist and can be seen adorned with his sunglasses in the summer months. So when I heard tale that he had lent his good name to a range of deodorants and body sprays I was excited beyond compare. Now I could smell like my hero as well as wearing all of his quality clothing and accessories. Hot foot, I race to my local Tesco store in search of the latest addition to the body care range and a quick scan of the deodorant and body spray aisle soon had me united with the product in question. And to be fair, you?d be hard pushed not to notice Ben Sherman body spray as it comes resplendent in a lime green canister. Both the body spray and deodorant come in three scents, all given cheeky little names...

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Review of Ben Sherman

Surprising Picture Quality - Panasonic DVD-S54

Advantages: Incredible picture quality when compared to my old non-upscaling player with a scart lead
Disadvantages: Sometimes disc drive can be really noisy when DVD's initially load.

...At first I wasn't convinced by up-scaling DVD player technology but was persuaded after reading an article in "What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision" magazine. Unable to afford a Blu-Ray player my sister and I bought the Panasonic DVD-S54 to match our parents brand new Panasonic TX-32LZD80 LCD television as their Christmas 2008 present. Admittedly it was a slightly selfish purchase as we both live at home and wanted to watch DVDs on the big new TV ourselves! We bought the player from the electrical retailer Comet for about £100 just before Christmas so there were no discounts applied. On Christmas day when opened we found a relatively small box tightly packed with the player in polystyrene packaging. All the components such as cables, remote and manuals were well presented in their own protective plastic bags, to keep them protected. The player...

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A Monster of a Ben10 Scooter!

Advantages: Smart looking scooter. Sturdy and well made. My son loves his!
Disadvantages: Secret fold out drawer and little alien figures are a little bit of a gimmick

...My six year old son is obsessed by the Ben 10 cartoon series, currently showing on the Cartoon Network TV channel. The programme itself features a boy (Ben) who can transform himself into alien super-heroes by using his omnitrix (a sort of watch) and defeats villians using his special powers. As with any successful children's programme, there is an abundance of spin-off products available designed to part parents from their cash - little figures (got them), DVDs (got them) and now even a scooter emblazoned with Ben 10 images. As far as tv programme merchandise goes, this scooter is actually of surprisingly good quality and, to be fair, not badly priced. We did some price comparisons before buying this for our son's birthday last September and found the cheapest stockist then to be Argos (at £34.99 compared to the RRP of £39.99.) Yes...

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Ben Eltons fertility questions

Advantages: fascinating, easy to read,
Disadvantages: far too absorbing

...As I am currently not working I have plenty of time on my hands and am so far using a fairly large chunk of it reading and re-reading some of the heaps of books that litter my bedroom (I was meant to be tidying up, but you know how rude it is to pick up a book and not read it don't you?). This is one that for whatever reason had previously been overlooked so must have been languishing in book purgatory for over a year, given that I have always enjoyed Ben Eltons other books it was time to devote my eyes to this one. It is well known that this book is about one of the hardest topics for any couple to come to terms with. The reasons behind infertility and the solutions to this problem. Of course it is also known that Ben Elton is writing from his own experiences as he and his wife had to get IVF treatment before they could become...

scuba_angel 30.04.2007 (28.04.2007) · Read review
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