Blood Brothers

Advantages: The best musical I have ever seen
Disadvantages: None whatsoever

...Blood Brothers is a fantastic musical that has been around for over 20 years and is still as popular as ever. I have now seen it 5 times and cant wait to go again its that good. Book, lyrics and music are all by Willy Russell. Plot is centred around the working class Johnstone family with Mrs Johnstone becoming a single parent quite soon into the story as her husband leaves her with a brood of children. To feed her family Mrs Johnstone gets a job at the upper class Lyons household as a cleaner and is a big hit. Soon after she realises she is pregnant with twin boys and cant possibly afford to bring up another two children. Mrs Lyons however is desperate for a child and unable to get pregnant so offers to 'buy the baby. Reluctantly Mrs Johnson agrees and the deal is done. The story follows the children growing up and one day they...

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Review of Blood Brothers - Willy Russell

You need to know about my Brothers Blood...

Advantages: An assortment of amazing tracks
Disadvantages: A couple of not so amazing tracks

...him a listen. I was immediately taken, and so sought out his studio albums. Who is He? Kevin Devine is a songwriter and musician from Brooklyn. He has played in a couple of bands since graduated from university in 2001, and built up popularity doing open mic nights when he was studying. Although he is pretty unknown still (bet you haven?t heard of him?) he has managed to build up a large fan base through his exposure with Brand New, having supported them numerous times. This is mainly due to being close friends with Jesse Lacey, the singer from Brand New, who has appeared on a couple of his songs. Since 2002 he has released 5 albums in the US, and four here, his fifth, ?Brother?s Blood? is due out in mid July. He was dropped by Capitol Records in 2007, and then moved to join Procrastinate! Music Traitors, a Record Label started by...

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Review of Brother's Blood - Kevin Devine

Blood Brothers

Advantages: Strong cast, effective use of tension, well organised
Disadvantages: Length, some ideas not fully explored, repetitive at times.

...Blood Brothers, the Society of West End Theatres has awarded a play written by Willy Russell and directed by Bob Thomson ?The greatest musical of the decade.? After seeing Blood Brothers at the Phoenix Theatre, I must agree that it is one of the most streamlined performances I have seen in the past. The play Blood Brothers is set in Liverpool, which interestingly was also the birthplace of the writer Willy Russell who was born just outside Liverpool. In this essay, I will be writing about the effect of and use of dramatic tension in the play. I will also be reviewing the plays general strengths and weaknesses. I will attempt to streamline the review with a degree of professionalism and fairness. The play written by Willy Russell is set In Liverpool and revolves around Eddie and Mickey (Johnston) as they become separated by...

deanparkr 07.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Blood Brothers / Phoenix Theatre (London)

Blood Brothers

Advantages: Has many important themes to learn about
Disadvantages: None

...Blood brothers has been on the GCSE syllabus now for how many years? And that?s how I first got introduced into the play so I read it over and over and over and over again so I'd like to say I know it pretty well, and I didn't get all that bored of it. The play begins with telling you the ending, believe it or not. It tells you that there were twins, one given away and one kept yet they both died on the same day. The narrator tries to tell us that Mrs Johnstone (the twins' mother) was cruel and heartless, yet we learn throughout the play that she is a sweet and caring mother that would never wish to hurt a fly. The beginning of the play really sets the mood telling us about Mrs Johnstone and how she became pregnant so often, and it also sets the light-hearted mood for the play. We learn that Mrs Johnstone clearly has to bring...

Jojo14 06.08.2007 (07.08.2007) · Read review
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Review of Blood Brothers - Willy Russell

Blood Brothers

Advantages: Good action film
Disadvantages: Some weak plot areas

...This is a flm only review and is not about the DVD. Four Brothers is an excellent gritty film that I watched on Film 4 a couple of nights ago, it has a strong cast and a pretty good story line that focuses on family relationships and the quest for revenge. The four brothers in the title are all adopted and are bought back together to the city of Detroit one winters day for the funeral of their foster mother who provided them with a loving home and precious childhood memories in a rough working class area. The mother has been killed in a convenience store robbery while she was shopping for groceries and the thre of the brothers vow to get revenge despite the close attention of the local police to whome they are well known. Cast List Mark Wahlberg ... Bobby Mercer Tyrese Gibson ... Angel Mercer André Benjamin ... Jeremiah...

fuzzybear967 11.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Four Brothers (DVD)

Musical with every emotion.

Advantages: Moving, great music, funny
Disadvantages: None (apart from cost perhaps)

.... He becomes very depressed and even when he gets out he continues to take anti-depressants. This is the spoiler - if you don't want to know what happens - read on to the end. Linda tires of Micky taking the tablets and runs to Eddy. When Micky finds out he takes a gun and follows Eddy. Mrs Johnstone finds them and tells them that they are brothers, Micky can't believe that he could have had the privileged upbringing that Eddy had. I won't tell you how they die, but you realise at the beginning of the musical that this is how it ends. THE MUSIC: I love the music for Blood Brothers. Many of the songs use the same music with different lyrics, eg 'My Friend' and 'That Guy'. My favourite songs are 'Shoes Upon the Table' which is sung by the narrator and 'Tell Me its not True' sung by Mrs Johnstone. Some of the songs are very...

tartlette83 05.04.2006 · Read review
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Review of Blood Brothers / Phoenix Theatre (London)

BLOOD BROTHERS an emotional thriller

Advantages: -
Disadvantages: -

...Blood Borothers has now been showing at the Phoenix Theatre for nearly 12 years and in my opinion is the best musical i have seen. I don't know a lot about theatre productions but i know when something is good. The Plot -------- I won't give away the main events of the story and the consequences incase you havn't seen the show, hopefully i will just inspire you to go and see it. Willy Russels objective when he wrote this play was to show up how adsurd the current system was and he did this is an excellent way. He showed up the differences between the classes using a satirical play. Willy Russel himself was a member of the lowqer class so he experienced what life would have been like. Mrs Johnstone is a poor woman, left single after her husband left with 8 children. To earn money she is working for an middle-upper class family...

swerty 26.07.2001 · Read review
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Review of Blood Brothers / Phoenix Theatre (London)

blood brothers for life"!

Advantages: great musical
Disadvantages: it ends

...This is a great show for all the family and is another musical that left me in tears. The performances are brilliant and have some real stars in the making! The story is great and a real entertainer with it begin orginal and exciting. The songs are great and stay in the head for ages after - espceially if you get the CD!!!!!!!! I want to see this again as it was that good and there are not that many plays I can say that too. I see a lot of muscials a the west end and this is one of the best - but try not to see it at the matinee if you can especially if you want to avoid all those school parties!...

joelamathews 18.07.2000 · Read review
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Review of Blood Brothers / Phoenix Theatre (London)

Step brothers

Advantages: see review
Disadvantages: see review

...Lat night I was in need of watching something light and funny. Searching the shelves of my local video shop I spotted Step brothers starring Will Ferrell and decided to give it a try. Cast. ***** Will Ferrell-Brennan Huff. John Reilly-Dale Doback. Mary Steenburgen-Nancy Huff. Richard Jenkins- Dr Robert Doback. Adam Scott- Derek Huff. Kathryn Hahn- Alice Huff. The film runs for 98 minutes and is a certificate 15. The film is directed by Adam Mc Kay The plot. ********** Nancy Hoff and Dr Dale Doback meet and fall in love. They soon decide to get hitched and move in together. Both parents have 40 year old unemployed sons still living at home. Neither has ever had to take any responsibility and act more like 10 year olds than men. The sons have very similar characters and resent each other at the start. They both work...

anwar 19.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Step Brothers

Step Brothers

Advantages: Over fairly quickly
Disadvantages: Just not very good...

...***Film Only Review*** Last night I sat down to watch Step Brothers after being told by a friend, who has a similar sense of humour to me, that it was pretty funny and worth a watch. Story ------- Brennan (Will Ferrell) and Dale (John C Reilly) are two 40 year old who still live at home with their parents. Dale's dad and Dale have been living together Dales' whole life, Dale doesn't work and loves the lifestyle of being able to do what he wants when he wants, especially jamming on his drum kit. Brennan is a slightly more sensitive character having been raised by his mother his whole life and likes still being looked after even though he is middle aged. When Dale and Brennan's parents hook up and get married, both of the boys (I say boys, meaning men!) have to learn to share and get along as step brothers. Initially...

chugglebunny 13.03.2009 · Read review
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