An excellent quality hotel

Advantages: Excellent service and very nice rooms
Disadvantages: Limited sunbathing space at the pool

...I have just returned from a trip to Hong Kong during which time I stayed at this hotel (check-in 01 Aug 2007, check-out 05 Aug 2007). Having previously stayed at the Nathan Hotel and the Pruton Prudential Hotel in Hong Kong, I can safely say the Eaton Hotel is far better than either of these two. The hotel is conveniently located near Jordan Station on the MTR subway system. It is also only a short walk from the A21 bus which offers return journeys from the airport for 55 Hong Kong Dollars (HKD). Although located on Nathan Road, its entrance is somewhat concealed, and its main entrance appears to be on a side street off the main road. However, the hotel is clearly marked from the outside with big lettering on the building visible if walking southwards down Nathan Road (towards the Harbour). Once you arrive, you are greeted by...

jp7541 09.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Eaton Hotel, Hong Kong

Cross Stitch Motif Bible

Advantages: Size, colour charts, range of designs
Disadvantages: No pictures of finished stitching

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Opinion on Carry On Nurse

Advantages: good solid film
Disadvantages: not hilarious

...Carry On Nurse was the second of the Carry On films, being made in 1958, released in 1959. As you would guess by the title, this film is set in a hospital - a format that was so successful, it was used again in future Carry On films ! This film is a lot tamer & calmer than the future Carry On Doctor et al. This is more subtle & rather more serious, although there are funny bits, but it is not as hilarious as the later films, in my opinion. The focal point of this film is the romance between Nurse Denton played by Shirley Eaton & Ted York played by Terence Longden. Hattie Jacques has her first chance to play Matron & is outstanding as always. Joan Sims makes her first appearance in a Carry On film as Nurse Dawson, with Kenneth Connor, Kenneth Williams & Charles Hawtrey completing their second film. This is definitely worth watching...

KarenUK 01.09.2000 · Read review
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Blackmail in Black and White

Advantages: Strong cast, great characters, very funny
Disadvantages: The fact it's in black and white may put some people off

...a vulnerable edge and it is hinted that in her youth she dabbled in prostitution. Her daughter Ethel is loyal but timid, and she is played by a young Joan Sims who refers to her repeatedly as "Mumsie". Mount is particularly funny when she is trying to get some drugs in an attempt to murder Dennis, especially during a scene in a pharmacy where she loudly requests some "knock out drops". Sims is wonderful as Ethel and proves her mettle as a comedy actress here. It's also lovely to see her play a character so very different from the type she ended up playing regularly in the "Carry On" films and on TV later on in her career. Shirley Eaton plays Melissa Right, a model who clearly has a secret she is trying to keep from her jealous billionaire Texan boyfriend. Eaton doesn't really have much to do in the film apart from look lovely, but she manages this...

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Review of The Naked Truth (DVD)

A minor but enjoyable lost b & w gem...

Advantages: A good ensemble piece with many well known character actors
Disadvantages: Loses the plot slightly towards the end

...The late 1940's until the early 60's was a golden era for British comedy. You know the sort I'm talking about,. the ones that now often get shown on Sunday afternoons on (usually) the commercial channels and seem to feature a cast of well known British character actors of that period. I'm primarily thinking here not just of the superior Ealing comedies and the ones by the Bouting brothers but also the ones that are more obscure. The Naked Truth falls into this latter category. Made in the year I was born (1957), it features Dennis Price as a caddish, blackmailing, scandal magazine (the 'Naked Truth' of the title) editor, earning loadsamoney by blackmailing hundreds of prominent and/or well placed people, of which Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Shirley Eaton and Peggy Mount are but four. He has damaging information on all four that...

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Hello, Hello, Hello, what's going on 'ere

Advantages: Good clean fun, some good performances, great cast
Disadvantages: Will be dated and silly to some. Is in Black and White

...or farce. It is all very harmless, a little silly in parts but good clean fun as they say. Well apart from a slight glimpse of a couple of naked men's bottoms which are nothing compared to today's offerings. The DVD can be picked up quite cheaply at Amazon and the like. The DVD is widescreen Running Time is a brief 83 minutes The full cast is:- Sid James as Sergeant Frank Wilkins Kenneth Connor as P.C. Charlie Constable(in other words Constable Constable) Charles Hawtrey as P.C. Timothy Gorse Kenneth Williams as P.C. Stanley Benson Leslie Phillips as P.C. Tom Potter Joan Sims as Woman P.C. Gloria Passworthy Hattie Jacques as Sergeant Laura Moon Eric Barker as Inspector Mills Joan Hickson as Mrs. May (much later Joan Hickson played a pretty good Miss Marple in the Agatha Christie television series) Shirley Eaton played...

grafter123 21.12.2007 · Read review
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Review of Carry On Constable (DVD)

A decent option in the heart of Toronto

Advantages: clean, central, friendly staff
Disadvantages: normally expensive, breakfast overpriced

...***Location*** For those spending a few days in downtown Toronto, there is certainly no better location than this hotel. It is right in the heart of the city, in walking distance from everything a tourist may want to do: The Eaton Centre, Queen Street West, Yonge Street, CN Tower. ***Arrival*** Upon arrival, we were greeted by a very friendly front desk person who was well aware that we had booked this hotel at a bargain price via Priceline. Nonetheless, he treated us with as much courtesy as he would have treated a full-paying customer and even upgraded us to one of their special rooms for Starwood Preferred Guests. We also were able to choose whether we wanted to stay on a high floor or a low floor, so we opted for a higher floor. The elevators are simply brilliant - they take you up to your room in no time. One quibble...

Elusive_Dreamer 05.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Sheraton Centre Hotel, Toronto

This is one of the best cases that I have seen.

Advantages: It is a great leather carry case for your palm.
Disadvantages: Clips to hold your Clie in are not very strong.

...I have this carry case for my Sony Clie Peg-TJ25. It fits all TJ models and has clips and velcro to hold your PDA in. It has a slide in/out catch which will hold your PDA securly. It also has an elastic band to keep the covers together. Inside there is a suade finish with two memory stick holders and a buisness card slot. It has very nice finish and has a very proffesional look with the black leather. The cover is scratch resitance and it has served me well in the five moths that I have had it. It is quite expensive ( rufly around $39-$50 ) but if you want your PDA to last then it is worth it. I hope this has been some help to you. Tom Eaton...

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Review of Sony PEGA CA33/B

Do you expect me to talk

Advantages: The biggest and boldest Bond of all
Disadvantages: TOO big?

...be gold?), and full on. The sets and locations are in your face - It's huge, enormous and amazingly impressive. Everything about this film just reeks excess and has become something of an icon for the 1960's. We also have some of the most memorable scenes, items, and lines in cinematic history. Who can forget golden girl Shirley Eaton, the fantastic Aston Martin DB5, or the deadly mute Odd Job? Connery puts in one of his best performances as Bond and gets another great supporting cast. Gert Frobe does a great job as Goldfinger (despite being dubbed), and Honour Blackman gives us something more than the helpless heroines of the two previous films. In fact the only disappointment comes in the form of Cic Linder as Felix Leiter - Is this really the same character as Jack Lord played with ultra cool in Dr No? Enhanced by one of the best...

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Review of Goldfinger (DVD)

The Bond of the Bonds

Advantages: Sean Connery as 007
Disadvantages: none so far

...expect you to die...!" of evil mastermind Goldfinger, the fight scenes inside Fort Knox and of course the "golden girl" Shirley Eaton. It´s a great Bond movie with lot´s of thrills, action, humour, violence and a touch of erotic....

lindi 06.01.2001 · Read review
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