From the depths of the Sea.

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Disadvantages: see review

...I am always on the look out for anti-ageing creams that actually work, so was thrilled when a family member treated me to a jar of Elemis pro-collagen cream. The cream comes in a square white and silver box and really does look very classy. Inside the box is a round glass jar with white and silver lid. Full marks for the tasteful packaging from me! I always like to read the information on the box and this one makes lots of impressive promises. Elemis state that this cream will give noticeable results in just 15 days, by reducing the depth of your wrinkles by up to 75% and increasing the hydration of your skin by up to 45%. Elemis also promise that the cream will an accelerated lifting effect through increased collagen support. Before I tell you what I think about the cream, let me explain how this cream works. The clue is in...

anwar 06.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Elemis Pro-Collagen Marine Cream

At The Edge of the Abyss....

Advantages: Well executed, incredibly atmospheric, good, subtle song progession
Disadvantages: None

...'In the Depths of R'yleh' is the debut album by US Lovecraftian funeral doom band Catacombs, with an all-Ancient Ones band roster consisting of Cthulu on vocals and lead guitar, Dagon on rhythm guitar, Yog Sothoth on bass and Sub Niggurath on Drums. Obviously the second half of that sentence is blatantly untrue: Catacombs is in fact a one-man project masterminded by one Xathagorra Mlandroth, also of funeral doom band Hierophant. The album is an exercise in crushing and oppressive doom very much in the style of genre-veterans Evoken and Esoteric, and its Lovecraftian theme suits the music perfectly, evoking powerful images of immense, aeons-old underwater megaliths, vast subterranean caverns and long-dormant god-like beings of unfathomable age and immeasurable horror. The music rumbles along relentlessly, merging slow, hypnotic...

Burning_Darkness 15.08.2009 (16.08.2009) · Read review
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Review of In The Depths Of R'lyeh - Catacombs

Plenty of Imagination, but No Depth

Advantages: A plethora of ideas.
Disadvantages: The paucity of execution and lack of coherent story.

...stutters as we flit back and forth between real and imaginary worlds and the flashbacks to different points in the titular character?s life add more to the running time than they do to narrative depth. The story meanders as we get caught between Parnassus? story and the subplot involving the mysterious Tony, making the film feel more like a series of insubstantial flights of fantasy rather than a real attempt at storytelling. Consequently the hundred-and-twenty minute running-time seems excessive. Gilliam?s renowned visual style falls foul of budgetary constraints and there is an uneasy mix of physical and digital effects. The Imaginarium itself is a small marvel, rumbling about like a land-borne ship, creaking open to reveal its faded wonders to drunken revellers or bored housewives. You get a strong sense of the amount of time...

afy9mab 09.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus (DVD)

A historical novel, with hidden depth...

Advantages: well researched and written
Disadvantages: subject matter may not appeal to all

...be completely deluded, though her conviction that everyone should understand Montaigne's genius as she does is all encompassing. It sees her refusing to be tied down by the expectations of society on her to marry or become a nun, and becoming a woman who lives alone and devouts herself to Montaigne and his works. The book opens with Marie on her death bed, with only her trusty servant Jamyn for company, but then follows her life from being a young girl who hides away in her dead father's library and teaches herself to read and study in Latin, to her discovery of the Essais and her engineering of a meeting with Montaigne in Paris. On meeting her hero, she is overcome by emotion and stabs herself with a hairpin to show the depth of her feeling - Montaigne is rather understandably a little scared by this, perhaps from her letters he...

azana 19.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Apology for the Woman Writing - Jenny Diski

Man without depth

Advantages: A few good bits
Disadvantages: Shallow

...?t quite as successful and really the lasting impression is of anticipation undelivered. The whole thing is a bit tepid and shallow and never really gets going. There isn?t enough action, humour, melodrama or depth, and it?s all on a bit of a small scale. Ben Affleck as the title character is okay, but a little too sure of himself as the blind lawyer. He?s not vulnerable enough and comes across as terribly self obsessed and smug. You really can?t believe him as a blind man, and it?s no surprise that a number of the other characters suss out who he really is long before the end. Many of those characters have only minor and pretty irrelevant contributions to make and some judicious and sharp editing might have brought more pace and drama to the event. Daredevil probably had every bit as much going for it as Spiderman, with the added...

thehud 28.07.2004 · Read review
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Review of Daredevil (DVD)

Could have been more in depth

Advantages: Keeps you from just watching TV, generally fun for the first few plays.
Disadvantages: Gets old fast, not enough substance to games.

...I first got this at Christmas along with my Wii. I liked the fierce competition at who can get the highest scores in all the mini games, after you've unlocked them all. I liked how, when you were bored with one game, you could just move onto another. But I didn't like how little substance each game had to offer. I know that they aren't meant to be in depth or even playable in levels, but take the table tennis game for example. In 1-player mode, all you do is return balls to the other side of the court. You're meant to do 100 returns, but to be quite honest, you'll probably make it to 50 and you'll be watching paint dry, for the sheer excitement compared to the game. The game I do really really rate is the Tanks game. It has a lot of depth and is really easy to get into playing for a long period of time. This is because the levels...

Selfish 26.08.2008 · Read review
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Quality in depth

Advantages: The biggest band of the 90's.
Disadvantages: One for the fans.

...What a great testament to the band that everyone has their own views on what should be here. I think it shows real depth in the Oasis locker. Personally I would have included Little By Little, Let There Be Love, Stand by Me, Don't Go Away & Who Put the Weight of the World On My Shoulders (stunning track from the 'Goal' soundtrack) I can perhaps see why the band went with the track list they have. It shows the range of the band with the adrenaline fuelled opener 'Rock n Roll Star' through many acoustic and of course anthemic rock tunes, topped off with the beautifully crafted and personal 'Don't look Back In Anger' I also think it was wise to include a few b-sides. I remember when every Oasis single came out it was like buying a mini album with gems like Acquiesce, Talk Tonight, Half the World Away and Of course the stunning...

Osaitfc 05.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Stop The Clocks - Oasis

A History That Rises To The Depth And Subtlety Of Myth

Advantages: The Perfect Addition To The Tolkein Collections Of Fans
Disadvantages: The Language And Material Will Put Off Those With Only A Minor Interest

...The Lord Of The Rings and the Hobbit are books that have become ingrained into the very fabric of British culture, with the former being named as the nations favourite book of all time, a feat that I doubt Tolkein would have predicted when he was writing it. But from these books, many things are suggested about the world of Middle Earth, from its histories, to its literature and races, but little can be said within the realms of the fiction itself. The in-depth appendixes at the end of the Lord Of The Rings go some way in describing some of the events, but it is really within The Silmarillion that we gain a greater understanding of how the world that Tolkein created came to be and how its cultures came about. The book is essentially a history of the creation of Middle Earth, something that I would relate quite closely to something along...

Robin_Hod12 30.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Silmarillion - J.R.R. Tolkien, Ted Nasmith

Dark Satanic Depths (Scar Night: Deepgate Codex - Alan Campbell)

Advantages: compelling, moody, imaginative, well written
Disadvantages: too long

...for god-like status with a supreme arrogance of a scientist. Certain Mr Nettle, a lout hell-bent on reclaiming his killed daughter's soul. Rachel, a temple assassin, assigned to protect the innocent Temple angel, Dill; and her reluctant charge himself. The last two are the most human and most likely to provide the hook for the reader, so important when reading books like that, but all the playing characters - even the renegade psychopathic angel - are drawn with excellent depth and richness. The city of Deepgate itself is a character, too, and perhaps the most compelling one. It unravels itself in front of us with great confidence, the exposition is completely natural, without breaking the structure of the novel at all. Alive but somehow decaying, swaying on its powerful foundation chains, centred on the mighty Temple, surrounded by hostile...

magdadh 05.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Scar Night: Deepgate Codex: Bk. 1 (Deepgate Codex Trilogy 1) - Alan Campbell

A drink with depth and character

Advantages: delicious, thick and frothy, a bit different from the rest, double caffeine kick, reasonably priced.
Disadvantages: double caffeine kick

...fine. There is no strong aftertaste, though the lovely coffee taste lingers in your mouth for a while after. So there you have it, a drink with depth and character which comes highly recommended from me. Though the instructions state to add water, I like to add milk to give it that extra creamier, frothier and thicker consistency and I'm shocked to admit I haven't tried that yet. Ah well I'll try it tonight and update later on and give my verdict on my alternative way of making this. In the meantime I recommend you go get yourself some of this and if you don't like it feel free to send it over to me! Otherwise, any complaints/comments/queries should be sent to: (1) If in the UK: Premier International Foods Bridge Rd Long Sutton Spalding Lincs PE12 9EQ (2) If in the ROI: Cadbury Ireland Ltd Coolock Dublin 5...

Fiz_whiz 06.10.2002 (02.04.2003) · Read review
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