Just Dance and make a fool of yourself

Advantages: Great fun, intensive workout
Disadvantages: No real structure

...Introduction Dance games have been popular in arcades and on consoles now for the past decade. All previous games have relied on the player placing their feet in certain positions in time to the music. Just Dance for the Wii however brings a much needed change of focus to this genre of game, now your hand and arm movements are they key to big scores but does it work or will it just sell thousands of copies to people desperate to lose a few pounds after binge eating over Christmas? Getting Started I actually bought this game for my 9 year old daughter who fancies herself as a bit of a dancer. She loaded the game up with excitement, not really knowing what to expect. The first thing the game requests you do is a warm up. This is a nice gentle introduction to the game which is designed to get your muscles working in...

craggybuk 29.12.2009 · Read review
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Review of Just Dance (Wii)

Dance for love

Advantages: great dancing, storyline and soundtrack
Disadvantages: none

...The plot ------------- This is set in the summer of 1963, seventeen-year-old Frances "Baby" Houseman is on holiday with her wealthy, family at Kellerman's. Baby is somewhat different to her sister Lisa and they both have different outlooks on life, and what they want to do with their futures. She has been named the first woman to hold a position in the U.S. Cabinet. Baby's father, Jake saved the resort owners Max's life and Max has been trying for years to get him up on his mountain. One evening, Baby goes for a walk and that is when she first sees Johnny Castle, the dance instructor, you can see from her face she instantly likes him. Although she does think he is spoken for by Penny. Johnny is used by a lot of women there, as he is young and athletic, and they just chose to use him for sex, he is quite gullible, and is not used...

kineticspade 16.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Dirty Dancing (DVD)

Lt Dunbar Dances With Wolves

Advantages: amazing acting and storyline, gorgeous scenery and music
Disadvantages: May be too long for some

...Dunbar was great. He started off as a proper US Army soldier and was always turned out correctly in his uniform but as the film moved on it was nice to see him change and mellow. He manage to show so many different sides to his character and I loved watching him grow. He worked very well with all of the actors playing the Sioux Indians. The Sioux Indians came across in a very good light and I loved watching and learning how they loved and took care of each other. There were some aspects of them which I was not too keen on, like when they painted their horses for battle and the scary looking dances they did around their fires but this was their way of life so I had to accept it. The main Indians which we saw were Holy man and the white woman who was raised by the Indians. They gave excellent performance sand really moved me at times...

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Review of Dances With Wolves (DVD)

Keep on dancing

Advantages: Enjoyable movie, with a good cast and good dance scenes
Disadvantages: Somewhat predictable, overuse of steriotypes

...The Story: Sara Johnson is an aspiring young ballet dancer, well on her way to making it big. That is, until her mother gets into a car crash on the way to an audition Sara made her mum promise to attend. Distraught from her mum?s death and devastated from her poor audition, Sara is forced to move to Chicago and live with her father. It?s quite a culture shock to Sara and she had trouble fitting in ? a lone white face in a predominantly black school, where security checks and body searches are carried out before you?re allowed into class. A friendly face, Chenille, takes Sara under her wing and introduces her to her brother, Derek. Sara may be an established ballet dancer, but she doesn?t know any hip-hop to fit into the local dance scene. Derek befriends Sara and becomes her dance teacher. Their relationship develops due to their love...

liz1102 20.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Save The Last Dance (DVD)

First Dance. First Love. The Time of Your Life.

Advantages: Superb soundtrack
Disadvantages: A simple chick-flick so not for those who like comlexity

...Dirty Dancing is just one of those films that everyone is expected to have seen. Now obviously the fact that I am writing this review lets you know that I have seen the film and so I am definitely one of those people who just presumes that everyone else has seen it. Dirty Dancing was released in 1987 but is set in the Summer of 1963. It stars Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in the lead roles of Johnny Castle and Frances 'Baby' Houseman. The summer of 1963 sees Frances holiday with her parents and older sister in America's Caskill Mountains. Almost immediately she is swept off her feet by the talented and extremely sexy dancing heartthrob that is Johnny Castle. Uninterested in the activities that the resort has to offer she discovers more about this mesmerising dancer and after stumbling into an all-night dance party she finds...

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Review of Dirty Dancing (DVD)

It's all about the dancing!

Advantages: fantastic film
Disadvantages: none

...Dirty Dancing has to be one of my all time favourite films. I have watched it so many times and each time I enjoy it just as much as the last time. It hasn't got the greatest of story lines but it has the best soundtrack ever and some absolutely captivating dancing! The film stars Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey who play Johnny and Baby. These two characters could not be more different from one an other - he from the streets and she from a privileged background - but they end up meeting and falling in love, although with a lot of misunderstandings along the way! The film is set in the 1950s and takes place at Kellermans which at the time seemed to be the ultimate holiday expoerience - a very up market Butlins type of holiday! Baby is a guest there with her family and Johnny is the dance instructor. Due to a series of events they...

kingfisher111 07.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Dirty Dancing (DVD)

Dances With Wolves

Advantages: It's a Classic
Disadvantages: Absolutely None

...Barry's score is a wonderful representation of understated yet epic, simple yet powerful, long-drawn but melodious music. Barry deliberately steered away from writing a Western score (after all Dances With Wolves is not your everyday Western), as well as deciding to leave the period Native American music to other hands. Instead Barry took John Dunbar as a starting point, preferring to focus on his story; his journey to the American frontier, his encounters and observations with the Sioux, and his assessment of these people. The main John Dunbar Theme is one of the most recognizable themes ever to rise from the movies and it is a popular addition on many compilation albums. The theme has two distict personifications: one is a small, haunting fanfare that opens and closes the film and the second (the more important one) an extended string...

berlioz 22.01.2005 · Read review
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Review of Dances With Wolves [Remastered] - Original Soundtrack

Striclty Come Dancing - Can You Sit On The Sofa For Two and a Hal

Advantages: Good family entertainment
Disadvantages: A bit too long in it's present form, could do with some new dances

...Strictly Come Dancing Series Saturday night - you're either in the Strictly camp or X-Factor. In our house the girls watch Strictly on BBC 1 and the boys watch X-Factor (ITV)and then we catch up on Sunday with whatever we haven't watched. What's It All About? For those people who have lived in a bubble for the last 6 years, Strictly Come Dancing is a dance competition, where professional dancers are teamed up with celebrities. It is presented by Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly. The celebrities are made up of sports personalities, actors and actresses and presenters etc, both young and more mature. Each week (we are now in week 4) each couple perform either a latin or ballroom dance. There are four judges that offer constructive criticism and then score each dance out of 10. In the later stages when there are less couples...

LAURALILIA 10.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Strictly Come Dancing

Good dance DVD for beginners

Advantages: Fun, great music, basic and easy to understand
Disadvantages: not so good to "get fit", too basic at some points

...I've literally just finished the end of this DVD and thought Id write the review whilst it was still fresh in my mind! Pineapple Studios Everybody Dance does what it says on the tin "Learn To Dance, Get fit, & have fun!" - but only just. The choreographer is really good, and her credibility is backed up by the fact that she has worked with stars like the Sugababes, Rihanna and Mary J Blige. You definitely warm to her, shes not patronising, and you do feel part of the dance class whilst she is teaching you the moves! There are three main routines that she teaches you, each with a chorus and verse - "Maneater" by Nelly Furtado, "SOS" By Rhianna, "Aint No Other Man" by Christina Aguilera and "Beep" by The Pussycat Dolls. The DVD also includes other extras like meeting the dance troupe, make up tips etc as well as a full routine...

burtybookworm 03.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Pineapple Studios - Everybody Dance (DVD)

Dance baby dance

Advantages: Julia Stiles, decent modern soundtrack
Disadvantages: A bit predictable

...Washington) and her popular brother, Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas). Through a shared passion for dancing, a romance blossoms, and with Derek's help she decides to try out for Juilliard once more. But the romance doesn't fit well with everyone, as Derek's gangland brothers blame Sara for taking him away from them. Facing the huge opposition from everyone, will their romance survive? Will Sara get in to Juilliard? And will Derek end up on the streets? So, having bought Save the Last Dance purely because it features Julia Stiles, I was very impressed with every aspect of this film. Save the Last Dance is a modern teenage love story, set against the backdrop of a neighbourhood which regularly sees gangland fighting and racial tension. With such tense subject matter, this film could have easily overly focused on the racial and gangland elements...

christianfilmcritic 01.04.2006 · Read review
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Review of Save The Last Dance (DVD)