Move over Smeg, Fagor has arrived! - Fagor Washer Dryer

Advantages: Excellent features. Ease of use. Quiet. Reliable. Excellent warranty!
Disadvantages: Expensive outlay, unfamiliar brand but this is NOT a problem!

...One day when I was having lunch at Yo Sushi I got a rather frantic phone call from my partner. The washer dryer had decided to spark, smoke and set itself alight during the drying process. Once the electric was isolated the fire went out, however I was far from impressed. I didn't want to even chance getting this fixed so off I went on a search for a new washer dryer. It can be a bit of a minefield out there in kitchen appliance land with many stores offering deals on 100's of machines! Eventually I discovered a local electrical warehouse and called them direct, they soon presented a number of machines that would be suitable and at a good budget. I went straight down to have a look and came back with my new Fagor! Unpacking and Setup Rather than await delivery and take time off work for the white van man to take his time to show up...

atlantis140 15.11.2009 · Read review
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Kung Fu Panda

Advantages: A fabulous animated film for all ages
Disadvantages: None

...Kung Fu Panda is an American animated comedy film which was first released in 2008. It was directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne and runs for 92 minutes. It features the voices of many famous actors and actresses and is set in ancient China. ~The Plot~ I won't give too much away about the plot as it spoils it for those reviewers who have not yet had the pleasure of seeing the movie. The film centres around Po - an overweight, unfit panda who works in the noodle business with his father but dreams of better things. He aspires to be a kung-fu expert but doesn't stand a chance in hell of ever becoming that. A chance encounter sees Po chosen as the dragon warrior and the movie follows him being trained by kung-fu expert Master Shifu in order to defeat the much feared Tai Lung (a snow leapord) who is descending on the town in...

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Kung Fu Panda

Advantages: Great animation, story, message, funny
Disadvantages: None

...This past weekend my husband and I went to see Kung Fu Panda at the cinema. I had been looking forward to this for months as we had seen trailers for it in America weeks ago and so when it finally came out in England we were excited to go see it and we were not let down. I really enjoyed this movie. It's an animated movie made by Dreamworks Animation and distributed by Paramount. This is definitely a cartoon for kids and unlike some cartoons does not really include any "adult" jokes like some do but it is still a great film for adults as it is not childish in any way. The film has grossed $356,286,453 worldwide so it is definitely a favourite among movie goers and has now been made into various computer games and merchandising items. The basic premise of the story is this. The film is set in China, the home of martial arts...

Spottydog11 15.07.2008 · Read review
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Kung Fu Extravaganza!!

Advantages: Funny,great value,good storyline.
Disadvantages: None

...Well i must say my family and I had been waiting a while to see this film as it looked so good on the trailer we saw when i took them to watch another film at the local cinema. Kung Fu Panda was out to watch at the cinema on 4th July 2008.It was finally released on dvd on the 17th November. First of all for those who have not seen it yet and are debating about it let me tell you the general jist of the story. Po is a fat,very unfit panda who works in a noodle restaurant owned by his goose father Mr. Ping , who hopes that Po will one day take over the restaurant. Po is a kung fu fanatic with secret dreams of becoming a great master in the art. However, his weight and clumsiness make his goal difficult to attain. The tortoise Master Oogway has a premonition that the evil snow leopard warrior Tai Lung , the former student of his...

bsayers1808 25.11.2008 · Read review
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Play along to Kung Fu Panda and feel part of the movie.

Advantages: A Great little game for younger children.
Disadvantages: None!

...Reasons For Purchasing Kung Fu Panda: Kung Fu Panda came along free in our Xbox 360 package at Christmas. I thought it would be a great game for my children to play, so chose this package for them. I had a little play with this game also when we first bought it, but I cleared it in one day. I guess it really is a childs game, as I am not usually good at games like this one, but I found it really fun, addictive and the graphics where just excellent on it. This game is more or less similar to the movie. I never have been that impressed with movie games really, as they usually are not that great to play, but this one is surprisingly good. It has some of the characters from the movie in it, but the main one is a black-eyed panda bear called Po. It really has beautiful settings in this little game, from oriental plants and woodland...

hillhead 13.09.2009 (15.09.2009) · Read review
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Review of Kung Fu Panda (Xbox 360)

Every panda was kung fu fighting!

Advantages: Feel good, sweet & funny film. Original. Excellent animation & voice acting
Disadvantages: Bit clichéd at times

...It sounds like a strange combination. Kung Fu. Noodles. A grossly overweight panda. But is Kung Fu panda just crazy enough to work? PLOT Po is a panda who is a huge Kung Fu fan. However, he is also lazy and a bit on the chubby side. Also, he is from a humble noodle making background. His dad, Mr Ping (although how a goose can father a panda is beyond me) hopes to entrust the "Secret Ingredient" of noodles to his son. Meanwhile, a tortoise called Master Oogway predicts that a villanous snow leopard, called Tai Lung will break free from his prison. Tai Lung will then return and attack the Valley of Peace. Tai Lung is a former student of Shifu, a red panda and craves revenge on his master. The only one that can save the Valley of Peace from Tai Lung is the Dragon Warrior. As the Dragon Warrior is very skilled at Kung Fu, you would...

ring_of_roses 28.10.2008 · Read review
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Rustle me up some Kung Fu Hustle

Advantages: Amazing visuals and action scenes, funny moments
Disadvantages: Very very silly

...Stephen Chow isn?t a name I?d come across before, but after this film, expect to be seeing a lot more of him in years to come. As a comedy actor, he?s been amusing Hong Kong audiences for years, but it?s his last two films, Shaolin Soccer, and this, Kung Fu Hustle, which have earned him worldwide fame. Although at 42 he?s a bit old to be called the next Jackie Chan, the resemblances are there, with his films being a mix of comedy, martial arts and action. And like Jackie Chan, as well as acting and doing all his own stunts, he also writes, produces and edits his own films! In Kung Fu Hustle, set in 1940s China, a city is being terrorised by the Axe gang, a sophisticated yet deadly group of fighters who kill their victims with - yep, axes. The only place which is safe from the gang is Pig Sty Alley - partly because they?re so...

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Not for serious gamers! Kung Fu Panda Xbox 360

Advantages: Fun for young children
Disadvantages: boring and short

...Kung-fu Panda is not the sort of game I would normally buy but it came free with my Xbox 360 along with Lego Indiana Jones in a bundle pack. I thought this game was going to be quite bad and I was mostly correct! You play Kung Fu Panda as Po most of the time who is a great big panda and the main character in the movie as well. In the main you jump around and when something tries to attack you, you just press random buttons and you nearly always kill whatever is attacking you! While getting to a certain place and jumping around there are certain objects to collect which is very tedious in some ways. However I imagine the game would appeal to its target audience which would be children who liked the movie. The game does not last for long even if you collect all the items. It only lasts for a few hours which is quite poor even...

mariofan123 19.04.2009 · Read review
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Kung Fu Panda - Just Too Good!

Advantages: Brilliant Comedy, Great Action, Want to watch again and again!
Disadvantages: None

...I came across Kung Fu Panda, which is about a Giant Panda named Po, who loves Kung Fu and is a fan of the Famous Five. But, without knowing, he is pointed at as being the Dragon Warrior. Nobody seems to believe this is possible, as Giant Panda's are the most laziest type of animal in China. Master Shifu, is a Red Panda, small and NOT Lazy. He believes that it was an accident that Po was chosen as the dragon warrior, and tries to make him want to leave. But pressure is really heating up, as Grand Master Oogway, a Tortoise, has a premonition that Tai Lung, a Snow Leopard, will escape from prision, to try and defeat the current "dragon warrior" and claim the title. With the famous 5 against him, Master Shifu and Tai Lung out to get him, how will Po cope with the pressure? And will he ever be a true Dragon Warrior? -Cast- Jack...

goku1st 26.05.2009 · Read review
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Kung Fu Panda (DS)

Advantages: Utilizes the touchscreen extremely well and maintains a fair amount of humor.
Disadvantages: Moments of boring backtracking and overly difficult bosses (for the target audience).

...difficult than the average, redundant regenerating opponents, due to the high number of hits required to win. The game can be completely played using the touchscreen by dragging the stylus to move, jump and perform each move. Special moves are usually simple variations of basic movies with a slightly longer pause at the end of a stroke for an additional power boost. Touching Is Good. Repetition, Not So Much The game starts weak, with a simple run-to-the-other-end-of-the-map quest. Once you get to the end of that, the touchscreen control scheme kicks in for first usable kung fu moves and the game's fun quickly starts to shine through....

Steve1005 06.01.2009 · Read review
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