Dam Busters

Advantages: great film, based on a true story, low flying sequences
Disadvantages: some special effects

...to destroy the Möhne, Sorpe and the Eder Dam's in an attempt to cripple Germany's ability to make war. The reality was that although two of the Dams were breached, output was back to pre-raid levels just over one month later. (That however is outside the remit of the film). What is distinctive about the movie is that it dedicates a lot of time (around three quarters of it) on Wallis and his idea for the bouncing bomb, from initial tests which involved shooting a marble across a water filled container, up until testing the full sized test bomb, with the actual raid only taking up the last quarter of the film. This makes the Dam Busters a kind of mini biography on Wallis himself rather than the end result of what happened with his invention. But it isn't a science filled bore of a film with lots of physics and mathematics, but instead...

sjp1966 14.09.2007 · Read review
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Who you gunna call? Grot Buster!

Advantages: Can be used for more then just loos
Disadvantages: Doesn't totally remove rust stains

...was never happy with the results. The time came when in desperation I was forced to change my favourite product for another, I had read a review by another site member (thank you MarcoG) on Domestos Grot Buster and it sounded like it could be quite a useful product, when I saw in my local Wilkinsons store for £1.99 I decided to snap up a bottle and try it out at home, after all it couldn't do any worse then what I was already using. Domestos Grot Buster comes in a similar design bottle to the regular toilet bleach "duck" shaped bottles with the angled head and nozzle making it easy to apply under the rim of the toilet and other tricky areas, it's black plastic bottle stands out against other more brightly packaged bleaches meaning you're unlikely to miss it on the shelf. It has a very fine blue nozzle for more direct application...

piggypine 16.10.2008 · Read review
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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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Hey Buster What's Beneath Your Flaps

Advantages: Lovely flap book for toddlers
Disadvantages: none

...***Background*** Buster's Day was written by Rod Campbell and was first published in 1988 so has been around for quite some time. This series of books all feature a little boy, who is very inquisitive and loves looking into things, and with your child's help he can see them by the way of flaps. As well as writing these books he also illustrates them too but is probably better known for the best selling book Dear Zoo which has sold over 2 million copies. ***The Story*** In this Buster book we learn what he likes to do, to keep busy during the day. On the first set of pages he shows us how he loves to help with the washing and we are asked, "What can you see in the washing machine?" When you open the door of the washing machine we see a pair of pants, a stripy sock and a lovely yellow bib with a cute bunny on it. The next thing...

belfin 27.03.2006 · Read review
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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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buster edwards story starring phil collins

Advantages: some great comedy moments and a fab soundtrack
Disadvantages: none

...this is one of my favourite films ever, i have always loved phil collins as a singer and i thinkhe has a great voice and his acting skills in this film are just as good as his singing skills. in this film he plays the well known train robber buster edwards and this film tells the story of the events and repercussions of that robbery. june played by julie walters is his devoted wife who sticks by him thru thick and thin even moving to acapulco when they have to escape england after the robbery, june hates it so much over there that she returns home with their daughter and buster misses her so much that he returns homeknowing that it is only a mtter of time before he gets arrested, which inevitably he does. there is a star studded cast in this look out phil mcfadden aka phil mitchell of eastenders fame. the soundtrack that...

lisac1971 24.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Buster (DVD)

More Chuck-Cake (Rant: The Oral History of Buster Casey )

Advantages: forgotten now
Disadvantages: pseudo-transgressive pseudo-art

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magdadh 06.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Rant: The Oral History of Buster Casey - Chuck Palahniuk

Say goodbye to your grottiness

Advantages: Works well on grot. Affordable. Easy to use.
Disadvantages: Doesn't shift light marks (i.e. faded tile grout)

...Feeling inspired from household product reviews from fellow reviewers, such as Butterflywings/Just.bcoz and lilmissgiggles/lizngaz, I've taken a whole new view of cleaning products as I meander down the supermarket aisles, on my monthly shop. They are like little beacons of calm that fix and destroy the raging germs in your dwelling. I needed to get more bleach and some other cleaning gubbins, then stumbled across (well, I didn't exactly stumble, thought it might make the sentence more interesting) a black bottle that I didn't recall ever seeing before: Domestos GROT BUSTER (I used capital letters because they do, it must be good in that case, right?). It's basically a 'super thick bleach cleaning gel' and the bottle goes on to boast: 'Brilliant on the grime you can see, brutal on the germs you can't.' It stood out on the shelf for me...

MarcoG 28.07.2008 · Read review
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YAMAHA DVD-S 557 this is THE DVD player of all time.

Advantages: Brilliant DVD player, perfect quality
Disadvantages: cant think of any

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plainpaul 22.02.2009 · Read review
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Plugholes need love too!

Advantages: effective treatment to clear plugholes and pipes, no harsh smell
Disadvantages: would be better if sold in a 400ml bottle

...The only disadvantage about having long hair, coming from a person who for most of my life has kept my hair short, is that the hair gets everywhere and as a result of this my bathroom plugs and pipes have suffered. I came across Buster Bathroom Drain Clear in the laundry/detergent aisle in Tesco and had not heard of this company before. What caught my attention was the fact that Buster Bathroom Drain Clear cost £2.99 for 300ml which is £1.00 cheaper than all the other sink and drain unblockers such as Mr Muscle, Domestos etc. Bathroom Crain Clear is a plughole treatment which blasts the blockages, smells and germs caused by hair and soap-sludge build-up down your plugholes and used regularly prevents slow running pipes and keeps everything fresh and free-flowing. I have to agree that the claims are true. This is a great product...

sweetdaisy 11.04.2007 · Read review
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