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...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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Stark - Ed Bunker

Advantages: First rate crime fiction from the man that knows
Disadvantages: None from where I'm standing

...There are a couple of things that are pretty remarkable about the book ?Stark?. Firstly, the author was a life long career criminal who?d spent the majority of his time in juvenile and adult prison. Secondly, it was written in 1962 yet in language and construction is as modern as it is possible to imagine. Thirdly, despite the writer achieving wide ranging acclaim and success as an author and some-time film actor this book went unknown and unpublished until after his death. For those steeped in popular culture the name of Ed Bunker will be very familiar, others may not have heard of him at all. To fill in the gaps let me provide a little background, as Mr Bunker is a very interesting character indeed and to know him a little better will greatly improve your appreciation and respect for his work. Born in 1933 Bunker?s early...

brereton66 28.03.2009 · Read review
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Hail, Beldavid Eddings

Advantages: Well designed characters, epic story, just brilliant
Disadvantages: There's no book 6

...choosing which I had not read before, and present it to the rest of the students in my class. Due to the excited... and repeated... recommendations about this particular book from my girlfriend at the time, I decided to see what all the fuss was about. And I think it was at this point, sitting in the college library reading the blurb on the back cover, that my opinion on not only fantasy novels, but fiction in general began to change. Pawn Of Prophecy is the work of author David Eddings* and is the first of five books in The Belgariad series. I know that reading five whole books for a single story might sound off-putting to some people, but I urge these people to persist as they are some of the most well-written and gripping examples of literature that I've ever had the pleasure of reading. The Belgariad is a fantasy series which incorporates...

sprinklesUK 18.01.2009 · 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...

bobbacon985 12.02.2009 · Read review
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Michael Caine Is Harry Brown

Advantages: Gritty British thriller
Disadvantages: A bit full on at the end

...If you followed the career path of Michael Caine you might well wonder what happened, from being crowned the King of Cool in movies such as Get Carter, Alfie, and The Italian Job; Caine almost dropped out of the popular movie genre. During the 80?s and 90?s with the odd exception (Educating Rita, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The forth Protocol) his movies were generally bottom end stuff, most of his output in this time is available on super low budget DVD. For Caine however age made him turn a corner, and as the star tentatively spoke about a cameo in popular soap Eastenders, his movie career took of in ways he possibly never realised. With two Batman movies, Children Of Men, and the highly acclaimed Is Anybody There? Behind him Caine now returns in his intriguing movie yet, Harry Brown. Harry Brown follows a history of popular vigilante...

sghawken 03.11.2009 · Read review
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Harry

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...If you stop and think for a moment why so many people want to review this DVD, the answer becomes apparent very quickly! It is for no reason simpler than the fact that it is a phenomenal movie, a legend of its time! JK Rowling first wrote the harry potter book, the philosophers stone, many years before it was turned into a film. But it was such a huge success that eventually one did come about in 2001. The Harry Potter craze hit the nation, but what was it about? Harry Potter was a young boy who thought he had a normal life living with his aunt and uncle and cousin, who taught him horridly. Though one day on his birthday a large giant-like man stormed in and took him away. This was no monster though - he was called Hagrid and he was off to take Harry to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! If this film, we see harry...

bb32245 10.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (DVD)

Ed-cellent

Advantages: Fantastic script, acting, and direction.
Disadvantages: None

..., while it’s a faithful representation of Ed’s life at this point, the film is much more than this – essentially, it’s a buddy movie about the friendship between Ed and his most famous star, Bela Lugosi. When Ed meets the original screen Dracula early in the film, Lugosi is trying out coffins, a drug addict who is resigned to dying soon. Wood, to whom Lugosi is a hero, fuels him to attempt a comeback, giving Ed a star he thinks is bankable enough to propel him into the major league. Of course, as most people reading this will know, essentially Wood was a failure. He never achieved box office success, although he has become something of a cult figure in recent years, especially since ‘Plan 9…’ was voted the worst ever movie in a 90’s poll. Likewise, Lugosi’s morphine addiction stopped him...

jamesdean1981 08.05.2003 · Read review
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A typical Eddings book not worthy of a movie

Advantages: Straight forward fantasy
Disadvantages: Nothing new, long winded at times

...I have always been a great fan of Science Fiction and Fantasy, from the old classics such as Lord of the Rings, to new fun fantasies such as Harry Potter. Throughout my life I have literally red thousands of books, ranging from the superb to the poor. David Eddings first caught my attention with his Belgarion series, a slightly longwinded, fairly standard fantasy series that was interesting if not particularly new. Several years (probably 20!) have passed since I picked up a David Eddings book and thus when on vacation recently, while deciding to have a day by the pool, I picked up The Redemption of Althalus. <The story> Althalus is a wanderer, who really doesn’t have any alliances or any direction in life. Wandering between towns, looking to steal gold or jewels, his faith in the Goddess of Luck has so far kept him alive...

Simoncook1 19.12.2001 · Read review
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harry potter

Advantages: great film
Disadvantages: n/a

...I am a huge Harry Potter I watched the first film and from there I liked it so much I read the books. As much as I love the film I think you miss out on so much if you do not read the books as there is so much more detail in them that I think the film is lacking. J K Rowling is a great author and deserves all the glowing reports that she gets she has really captures this well. Harry Potter and the Prisoner is the adaptation of the third book Harry Potter. Harry Potter played by Daniel Radcliffe Hermione Granger played by Emma Watson Ron Weasley played by Rupert Grint Professor Snape played by Alan Rickman Professor McGonagall played by Dame Maggie Smith Hagrid played by Robbie Coltrane Sirius Black played by Gary Oldman It stars the actors from the preceding films in the series, except for the role of Albus Dumbledore...

jo_field26 17.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (DVD)

harry potter

Advantages: great
Disadvantages: na

...Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, this is the first installment of the Harry Potter films of the great series by J K Rowling, I had watched this film and then decided to read the book, I then read the rest of the books before the films and I cannot believe the bits that are missed out there is so much more description in the books than the films. But I do realize that the film would last a long time if they put all the details I, but as a film it was great, if you are not comparing it to the book. Harry Potter is played by Daniel Radcliffe a boy who lives with his aunt, uncle and cousin as his parents died when he was young and they have brought him up every since. A mysterious letter arrives one evening, delivered by a friendly giant Hagrid played by Robbie Coltrane. This letter is inviting Harry to join Hogwarts School...

jo_field26 23.11.2008 · Read review
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