Love's a Bitch

Advantages: The comparisons to Pulp Fiction are well deserved - it's that good.
Disadvantages: The subtitles will prevent it getting the exposure it deserves.

...There are a few things that I should mention about Amores Perros for those who have not heard of it. The first is that it is subtitled, as it is a Mexican film and thus filmed in Spanish so for those unwilling to consider watching a foreign film read no further. The second is that the translation of Amores Perros is Love’s a Bitch, which proves a very apt title. The third is that it has received numerous comparisons to Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction and deservedly so for it is an outstanding film that was nominated for the Best Foreign Film Oscar this year. The comparison to Pulp Fiction is not for its content but for the similarity in tying together three separate stories with a central theme. As in Pulp Fiction the action is not chronological and the three stories are continuously woven into each other in such a way that...

Mercury 24.05.2001 · Read review
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Review of Amores Perros (Love's A Bitch) (Subtitled) (DVD)

Are You A Big Fat Bitch?

Advantages: Great advice on bitching
Disadvantages: Not exactly academic

...This book is actually two books in one: at one end you have The Big Fat Bitch Book For Girls and at the other end there's The Big Fat Bitch Book For Grown-Up Girls. This may seem a bit gimmicky and I was certainly ready for a flimsy book full of pseudo-psychology, but that wasn't what I got... Instead, I found an accessible, useful and informative discussion of bitching and bitches, based on actual psychology and very well-researched. It follows on from the book that inspired the Lindsay Lohan film Mean Girls, Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman, expanding its focus into adulthood as well as the teenage years. Kate Figes is a journalist/non-fiction writer whose credits include the Mail On Sunday and The Guardian. Her books include The Terrible Teens: What Every Parent Needs To Know and Life After Birth: What Even Your Friends...

DoubleFantasy11 24.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of The Big Fat Bitch Book - Kate Figes

How to be a bitch

Advantages: Fast, fun read
Disadvantages: Feminism-lite

...How would you feel if someone called you a bitch? Outraged? Hurt? Angry? Elizabeth Wurtzel says you should feel proud. She argues that difficult women should be applauded, not chastised, for being courageous enough to swing a powerful personality. Wurtzel says, ?quite simply, the bitch role offers women the only option they have to be both powerful and sexy; all other representations of powerful women essentially come down to Margaret Thatcher and Golda Meir?. This book, ?The Bitch Rules? is all about being a bitch and standing up for yourself. But in the most fantastic way. It is not about throwing tantrums and being a complete pain in the ass. It is about being righteously indignant with grace! ** SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A BITCH? ** According to the bitch rules, it is all about being a strong, sexy woman who is...

Maia 03.06.2003 · Read review
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Review of The Bitch Rules - Elizabeth Wurtzel

Strange Brew eh?

Advantages: Great film eh!!
Disadvantages: Bit old now.

...Strange Brew. What is it? Well, it?s a film about Bob and Doug Mackenzie and they are a pair of Dumbwits that are supposed to live in Canada. All they are interested in is Donuts, Beer and Hockey. They make a real stupid film and get stitched up by the brewery. That is all I am saying or I will spoil the plot for you!!! ~It?s a real old film (about 1982) and stars Rick Moranis in his early days. I really think you should watch this film if you like Canada and Hockey. Oh and Beer!!! Great quote from the film ? Take off you Hoser!?. Its hard to get hold of in UK but you can order it from special shops. Not as good as the hockey fillm Slapshot but quite funny....

andycharger 02.08.2000 · Read review
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Review of Strange Brew DVD

You Have Been Warned To Stay Away From This Bitch

Advantages: nothing
Disadvantages: Joan Collins unclothed, horrible disco music, everything really

...<<<<< TITLE: The Bitch >>>>> <<<<< RATING: No Stars >>>>> <<<<< CAST: Joan Collins, Antonio Cantafora (Michael Coby), Kenneth Haigh, Ian Hendry, Pamela Salem, Sue Lloyd, Mark Burns, John Ratzenberger, Carolyn Seymour, Doug Fisher, Sharon Fussy, Maurice Thorogood, George Sweeney, Maurice O?Connell, Tai Ling. >>>>> <<<<< DIRECTOR: Gerry O?Hara >>>>> <<<<< STUDIO: Thorn EMI >>>>> <<<<< RUNNING TIME: 93 MIN. >>>>> <<<<< RATED: 18 (UK), R (US) >>>>> <<<<< Little More Than A Teenage Boy?s Fantasy Figure >>>>> I decided it was about time to write another ?negative? film review, considering my last and only one was CROSSROADS, which caused quite a stir on Ciao. So, I was sifting through the videos I got to see if I had, in fact, a horrible film to write an op on. For some reason, I came...

eve6kicksass 16.12.2003 (17.12.2003) · Read review
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Review of The Stud / Bitch (DVD)

Black Label Society - Sonic Brew

Advantages: Zakk Wyldes Brutal 4-some at its greatest
Disadvantages: Overall audio mix may be too brutal for some speakers

...expecting it, it comes round and brewtalises the listener. 12. World Of Trouble if theres a song to listen to when driving at 90mph down the motor way when everythings going down the drain, this song is it. to me screams, lifes a bitch, but lets get drunk. 13. Spoke In The Wheel so this songs un amped, unplugged and just zakk and his acoustic, a relaxing song showing the mans influences and him living his true potential. 14. The Beginning... At Last an upbeat track sporting the bands signature guitar masterwork, and zakks un missable lyrical conent with signs of guns n roses, and this songs shows what ozzy osbournes last few albums would be like if zakk had the full creative controll 15. No More Tears this is what i dont understand, zakk wylde wrote this song with ozzy osbourne in the early 90's. but yet he covers his own works...

sonicbrew 11.11.2006 · Read review
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Review of Sonic Brew - Black Label Society

Satan's Brew

Advantages: There are no advantages to drinking this poison
Disadvantages: Tastes absolutely disgusting

...Special Brew, eh? The creme de la creme of Tramps' Stew style beverages. If you're drinking this rather than Tennants' Super, then you're obviously a higher class of hobo. It's not cheap, but that isn't really the point, because a pint of this stuff does things to you that normal pints will never do. I last had this stuff when I was sixteen but boy does it stick out in my mind even today. I drank three cans and proceeded to get lost in a field. I eventually came to after being enveloped in a nightmare for nigh on three hours, by which time I'd walked into a telegraph pole. Twice. It tastes worse than almost anything else I've ever tried. Only (a) tramps and (b) Chavs out to cause trouble, are ever going to drink this stuff habitually. This drink doesn't deserve any stars at all. In fact I'd give it negative stars if I could....

bagoproverbial 02.12.2004 · Read review
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Review of Carlsberg Special Brew Lager

SPECIAL BREW .. OH IT'S DEFINATLY SPECIAL

Advantages: CHEAP NIGHT IN - GREAT VALUE FOR MONEY - A STUDENTS WET DREAM!!
Disadvantages: TASTE ISN'T THE BEST - POSSIBILITY OF WAKING UP IN A&E

...Well well well .. me and the mighty Special Brew meet again and to be quite honest I'm glad theres a screen between me and the might lager as I can honestly say I've had some good times but oohhh I've definatly had some bad times on it! The first time I ever drunk this so called lager was at the age of 15 (nearly 5 years ago) in a park close to my home. I only had £10 per week from my paper round and armed with a bottle of White Lightning and 4 cans of Special Brew I decided to take on the world. Anyway with a bit of courage I decided I could drink all 4 cans with ease and still stand to tell the tale - I was definatly niave then!! Anyway after pulling back the ring pull and taking a sniff I realised why it was so cheap as the smell of it spelt out disaster but anyway I decided to close my eyes and take a swig ... first of all I...

Phoenix7891 16.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of Carlsberg Special Brew Lager

Interesting Home Brewing beer and wine resource

Advantages: Regularly updated, pictures, detailed reports, intersting mini-projects
Disadvantages: Kit brewing only currently

...Bell's Beer Home Brew Blog (at http://bellsbeer.wordpress.com ) is a really interesting and useful resource for the amateur home brewer. There are extremely regular posts (several times a week) which means there is always something knew to read when you decide to take a look. The RSS feed is brilliant for being able to keep up to date. There a a large number of photos included with the posts, which is both athetically pleasing, and useful. The posts are also very detailed, explaining exactly what was done. In addition to just reports on Bell's beer and wine, he also undertakes numerous interesting experiments and mini-projects, such as how to attach and remove bottle labels, and the conversion of a cupboard under the stairs into a brewery. This are pleasant asides from just brewing reports. While the blogs writer is a relative...

JamesGreen1978 06.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Bell's Beer Home Brew Blog

An exotic brew

Advantages: Healthy, tasty, organic, caffeine-free, yeast-free
Disadvantages: Price

.... ~ Internal use ~ It is known to cleanse the blood and improve liver function. Firstly it helps remove toxins from it, secondly it increases bile flow so more fats can be broken down therefore it aids digestion. It also acts as a mild laxative and diuretic (removes excess water). ~ Side effects ~ No side effects are known when consumed though it can cause occupational contact dermatitis when handled at plant growers. The brew I pour just boiled water on the teabag and leave for approximately five minutes to soak. Spices need slightly longer brewing time as they come from hard or fibrious parts of the plants and therefore need to soften to release their flavour and beneficial contents. Egyptian Spice is a toning, energizing and soothing blend of cinnamon, ginger, orange peel, cardamom, black pepper chicory root, barley malt...

lillamarta 17.04.2008 (24.04.2008) · Read review
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