Blackberry Fields forever ?!

Advantages: One of natures free fruits
Disadvantages: none

...of the fields in search of those blue-black shiny berries that grew prolifically in the hedgerows. Woe betide you if you weren't wearing long sleeves to protect you from the thorny briar's. Yes you can buy cultivated blackberry bushes to plant either in your garden or allotment but I would far rather go and hunt for my treasure. Blackberry bushes start to produce flower in the Spring ready to produce fruit late Summer to early Autumn. The bushes grow tall and wide and will make a takeover bid if they are left to their own devices. The blackberry bushes have medium sized rich green leaves that are deeply veined and jagged edged, the fragrant blossom produced during the the Spring has the palest of baby pink leaves I know exactly where to find my Blackberries and that is the spot that I will revisit every year to gather my fruit. It is strange...

Sarahjh1 28.03.2009 · Read review
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"I wanna be a producer..."

Advantages: Strong vocals and musical leads
Disadvantages: Missing a certain sparkle

...The Producers is one of those films that I've wanted to see for a long time. I can't to be honest think why this is the case but it is and so when I noticed it whilst out shopping the other day I simply had to buy it. Now I knew upon purchasing the film that I was going to be a musical style film with a good helping of humour and to be fair that is what I received. I must say however, and this is reflected in my rating of the film, that I was expecting something else. Now what this something else is I don't know either but all I can tell you is that I was expecting a little sparkle that just wasn't there. The Producers tells the story of Leo Bloom an accountant and a down on his luck producer Max Bialystock who despite Leo's initial reluctance plot a somewhat bent get rich scheme. This scheme however will only succeed if the play...

MI9to5 23.09.2008 · Read review
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Producing a flop or a hit?

Advantages: Encouraged me to see the stage play
Disadvantages: A bit too theatrical for a film

...Max Bialystock is a producer, but not a very good one. After another flop, he is ready to give up. That is, until he meets shy accountant, Leo Bloom, who suggests that they raise the cash for a play that they know will be hugely unpopular, then pocket the surplus cash once the play has closed. And they think they have found their perfect potential flop in 'Springtime for Hitler', written by Franz Liebkind, a Nazi. Will Bialystock and Bloom be successful in their attempt to fail? Will Bialystock be as rich as he has dreamed of? And will Leo Bloom finally find happiness and a woman to love? I should mention before I go any further that I have not seen the stage version of The Producers, or the original film written and directed by Mel Brooks back in 1968, and so cannot comment on the similarities/differences between them. Nathan...

sunmeilan 12.09.2008 (13.09.2008) · Read review
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Blackberry days

Advantages: great fruits and good for wildlife too
Disadvantages: maggots

...or the devil will curse you. Apparently when the devil was cast out of heaven he landed in a bramble bush. If you have a blackberry bush you need to prune it as soon as it finishes fruiting prune the stems that have fruited back do not prune this years new bramble canes, as they will produce fruit next year, The blackberry is self-fertile so you only need one bush. The canes /stems can grow up to 5 metres long and do need a little support I grow mine over other hedgerow bushes pyracantha and hawthorn this gives the support it needs if you are growing yours without a hedgerow you may need a stick to support it. Where the cane runs along the ground it will develop roots and grow a new bush. One of my favourite recipes is for a blackberry crumble cake I will give you the recipe then stop rambling about brambles. Blackberry crumble cake...

mumsymary 02.11.2004 · Read review
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I Want to be a Producer

Advantages: Great song and dance routines and a marvellous central performance from Lane
Disadvantages: A touch too stagey and a less endearing turn from Broderick

...Unscrupulous Broadway producer Max Bialystock discovers he can make more money with a flop than a hit. So with bumbling accountant Leo Bloom, he sets about finding the worst play in history, planning to pocket all the money the moment it closes. Luckily he finds "Springtime for Hitler" - the most tasteless musical ever created. But even with a hopeless cast he finds himself with an unexpected hit on his hands. What's a dishonest man to do to make a little cash? The remake roundabout makes a convoluted stop with a film remake of a stage musical of a film. Broadway director Susan Stroman makes her movie debut with this adaptation of the play that made her name. She feels far too attached to the stage conventions of the piece. Instead of making the most of what film can offer her, she is intent on keeping everything as close to...

afy9mab 22.04.2006 · Read review
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Blackberry Curve 8310

Advantages: Great phone
Disadvantages: None

...So bear with me as this is my first stab at writing a technology review but I received a new Blackberry for work a few weeks ago and I'm really pleased with it so I though I would write a review on it. The model in question is the Blackberry Curve 8310 Smartphone. I got mine free but with price plans available with the different service providers it can be anywhere up to £200 I believe. The first thing I noticed about the phone (which is what made me choose it and as you can probably tell that I'm not very technologically minded!) is that it looks good. The phone has a lovely metallic finish, almost like a gunmetal grey colour to it although it does come in a pink version too (I wasn't allowed this for work unfortunately!) It has really nice rounded edges too and in my opinion is quite sleek. It's very light weight too, just like...

Spottydog11 12.09.2008 · Read review
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Blackberry Storm

Advantages: instant email, brilliant user interface, touch screen, battery life, reliable
Disadvantages: camera, slow boot up

...I have always been a fan of blackberry, all my friends and family own pc?s oe have office type jobs. With the instant email function I can stay in touch with them all without extra charge to myself or to those who wish to email me. First let?s talk about the price plans available. As you may be aware the blackberry storm is exclusively available to Vodafone customers only, so if you wish this to be your next mobile, you must either transfer your number to Vodafone, be a customer already, or purchase a new contract. Remember everything in this review is accurate to date. Now to date you can get the blackberry storm for free from £35 a month on a 18 month contract or £30 on a 24 month contract. On both the 35 and 30 contracts you get 200 minutes and unlimited texts (3000 ? nothing is unlimited) unlimited internet (500MB) and unlimited...

sheephat 26.03.2009 · Read review
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Blackberry Bold 9000

Advantages: Easy to use, pleasent to look at, good battery life, big memory, good camera, easily customisable.
Disadvantages: May not be for those who prefer a smaller phone.

...I have previously been an owner of the blackberry curve and pearl and the bold by far is the best phone I have ever laid my hands on. The phone is stylish and the format is set out in a clear and easy to use way. Although fonts are limited, the new fonts added to the bold are nicer to look at than the previous. The phone is very easy to customise, with a vast variety of covers, cases, skins to protect the phone, although the phone is very durable. Unlike the other blackberry's, the bold has a leather look hard battery/back cover, this is also very useful, because if your one that is careless and drops the phone, like myself, no scratches are seeable. Many themes can be downloaded and bought for the blackberry bold, meaning you can customise it to your personality as much as possible, you can even make your own themes...

l_ulie 10.06.2009 · Read review
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The Producers - Hit or Miss?

Advantages: Light-hearted, brash, funny in places - great for fans of musical theatre
Disadvantages: Over-acted, poor soundtrack, too long

...Sad to say this film didn't stand much of a chance following as it did my viewing of the outstanding 'Brokeback Mountain' (also reviewed on Ciao by myself). I was hoping for a laugh-out-loud comedy to lighten the mood after feeling fairly crushed from the forementioned film, and lighten the mood this film certainly did. However, laugh-out-loud it was not, and coupled with other short-comings it proved to be a disappointment all round. Written by Mel Brooks and based on the original award-winning musical, 'The Producers' charts the ups and downs (mostly downs) of has-been Broadway producer Max Bialystock (Nathan Lane), and his unlikely partnership with OCD-riddled accountant Leopold Bloom (Matthew Broderick), following a visit by Bloom to look at Bialystock's rather corrupt accounts. The story evolves when during his accounting...

katyparles 05.05.2006 · Read review
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i heart my blackberry

Advantages: it does everything!
Disadvantages: battery life can be small

...Okay so I admit it im a netaholic. I love the internet and feel totally disconnected without it so I knew that my next phone even though I'm not a business person would be a blackberry. As I am on Three I had little choice which in Blackberry- in fact the Bold was the only choice but after reading numerous reviews I felt that was probably the best option anyway as I don't like touch touchscreen phones so the storm would annoy me and the curve has ever so slightly slower internet. So the phone! Well visually it does look great. Both business like but also attractive with nice curves and a glossy very good quality screen. My husband also agrees that the leather back cover is a particulary smooth feature in the design. The trackerball which glows white is easy to use and I think looks nicer lit up than the curve's which is not. Yes it is...

f1re_cr4cker 16.09.2009 · Read review
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