Father V's Son!

Advantages: Fun and watchable, didnt take much brain power to watch
Disadvantages: Very predictable ending

...Well for as change I have the evening to myself as the boys are all in bed asleep and hubby is out so I took control of the DVD player and managed to watch this film which I bough ages ago in the sale. The film stars Will Ferrell who plays the role of Phil. He is the son of a sports fanatic and we are show a bit of footage of him growing up and being awful at sports which disappoints his father. Phil has spent his grownup life in the shadow of his Father and always having to compete with him. The day Phil got engaged so did if Father and the day his son was born so was his Fathers! Phil?s son Sam plays football of his Grandfathers team but is always being left on the bench as his Grandfather does not think he is good enough. Buck, the Grandfather soon gets rid of Sam and sends him to play for the Tigers who are the bottom...

sewbizzie 05.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Kicking And Screaming (DVD)

Father and Son?

Advantages: Heartwarming, Great scenes
Disadvantages: Almost too short, ending both joyous and sad

..."Dear Frankie" released in 2004, is the heartwarming story of a 9 ½ year old boy, living with his Mum and Grandmother, whose relationship with his father stems totally from the letters he receives from him while his father is on board ship. Set against the backdrop of the Clyde in the Greenock area, in the fictitious Port Howat, the film depicts of poverty and a struggle of one woman to protect her son in an era which could almost be modern, but is somehow ageless. "Dear Frankie" provides a heartwarming insight into the life of a single Mum, Lizzie, and her son, for whom she would move mountains to protect. For it is Lizzie who has been writing letters to Frankie for years, pretending that they are from his father, who is travelling the world with his ship. Frankie adores receiving letters from his father, and is an intelligent...

helencbradshaw 12.06.2005 · Read review
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~ Fathers, Husbands, Brothers & Sons~

Advantages: Great Cast, Good acting, nice filming locations
Disadvantages: quite a long film

...~ Fathers, Husbands, Brothers & Sons~ This weekend after spending most of Saturday day time out watching the local rugby games, we decided to kill two hours and watch a film. We do buy a few DVDs now and then and my boyfriend had brought a few back with him. We decided on watching the war movie ?We were soldiers?. I thought I had already seen the film but knew it was a really good film. This is another film which includes one of my favourite actors- Mel Gibson. He plays many good roles and this is no exception. Having his name star as the main protagonist would attract me to the film. It gives it a good expectation from the acting and cast. The first time I had seen this was about a year ago and I remember picking it up from my friends collection to borrow. The DVD cover looks pretty intruiging. The film includes other...

blackmagicstar4 14.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of We Were Soldiers (DVD)

The Ego Has Landed!!

Advantages: A good read.
Disadvantages: none really

...I recieved this autobiography as a Christmas Gift and being a "closet" Richard and Judy fan I was quite pleased . Richard Madeley is better known as the better half of Judy , a titile he would probably agree with! This Essex boy shot to fame on the popular daytime TV show, this Morning where he and Judy resided as the UK's top TV duo from 1988 until 2001. This was followed by a move to Ch 4, where they reigned supreme for a further six years, until they moved to satelite Channel "Watch" last year. So what of Richard the individual, what made him the man he is today? His autobiography I believe was a ploy to detract from his image of being arrogant, supercillious and on occassions rude, usually at the expense of poor Judy or his guests. **The Book** Fathers & Sons gives the reader an insight into fatherhood as seen through...

kath66-2008 16.01.2009 (15.01.2009) · Read review
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Review of Fathers & Sons - Richard Madeley

Waqt- An emotional story of a father and a son

Advantages: Decent story,Funny first half.good performances
Disadvantages: could have been better.priyanka chopra is wasted.

...Waqt-the race against time is directed by Vipul Shah and stars his personal favorite Akshay Kumar who plays son to Amitabh Bachchan. Aditya is the spoilt son of Ishwarchand Thakur who is the owner of a huge soft toy company.Adi had recently finished his studies from abroad and wants to become an actor.He is not worried of earning his own bucks and running the family since he's from such a rich family.Soon,he gets married and after they return from honeymoon,he notices a certain change in the way his parents are treating him. Not only is he treated badly,he is forced to live in a separate corner of the house and earn his own dough however he can.The stakes become higher as he is expecting to be a father soon and there are clashes between his family and his wife. You have to see the film to understand why it turns out this way and how...

aadnan613 04.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Waqt - The Race Against Time (Subtitled) (DVD)

"Father of The Bride"

Advantages: Brilliant Family Film
Disadvantages: None that i can think of

...I am writing my review based on the film "Father of the Bride", an absolutely amazing film, which always picks me up and makes me smile, its one of those father and daughter films. It has the brilliant Steve Martin (plays George Banks), an exceptional actor in my eyes, I think he is fantastic in this film and along with the "Father of the Bride 2". Along side Steve Martin is Diane Keaton (Nina Banks) who plays his wife, together they play the "Parenting Role" quite well. The Banks are a middle class family with 2 children, daughter Annie and son Matty, there daughter whose 21 brings home her new boyfriend?well fiancé (Brian MacKenzie), who is upper class from the Banks and is loaded? It is hard for George to think of his daughter growing up and being a woman who is about to get married! You see flashbacks of Annie growing up with her...

melliebird 27.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of Father Of The Bride (DVD)

Father and Son

Advantages: Good film
Disadvantages: Not for those seeking loadsathrills

...This film has been released with very unfortunate timing. In terms of narrative, theme, direction and ?look? there are so many similarities with the award-winning ?The Return? that audiences may well be disappointed. ?The Return? is indeed the superior picture but it is a shame that this has come close after it as it is in many ways a dignified, worthy attempt at rationalising the father/son in the context of post-Soviet Russia?s collapsed society. Directed by Boris Khlebnikov and Alexei Popogrebsky, both considered members of the Russian ?new wave? in cinema, the film has won awards in film festivals in Moscow, Berlin and Karlovy Vary. In narrative terms this is simply the story of a father (Igor Chernevich) who is taking his son (Gleb Puskepalis) on a long journey from Moscow to ?Koktebel? ? somewhere in the Crimean peninsula...

JoePoirot 18.02.2005 · Read review
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Review of Koktebel DVD

Father Figure - A Father's Struggle for Access to his Children

Advantages: Well written, good characterisation, interesting plot
Disadvantages: None of me

...to frustrate Jason's attempts to spend regular quality time with his Jake and Leah. I really hope I never have the misfortune to meet anyone like Kat in real life. After reading this book, I can understand, to a certain extent anyway, the desperate plight of fathers, who through no fault of their own, find themselves deprived of their children by both their ex-partner and the authorities. It really did make me question the justice of the law, which really does seem to favour the mother, regardless of the circumstances. (Please note, I do understand that in many, many cases that this has to be the case in order to protect the best interests and safe-being of the children (and often that of their mother too)) Widdecombe writes very well, her characterisation development is excellent and the book flows very...

carcraig 18.11.2009 (24.11.2009) · Read review
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Review of Father Figure - Ann Widdecombe

Like Father, Like Son

Advantages: Logical, plausible sequel..
Disadvantages: ...that is dull, predictable and poorly made

...intellect and finds himself bored and frustrated by the trivial challenges put his way. Having secretly adopted a dog that he finds caged in one of the laboratories, he eventually finds another secret chamber where a bizarre experiment is taking place. It transpires that Bartok Industries has been continuing the research undertaken by Martin's father, but they need his brain power to perfect the Telepod process once and for all. But it isn't just an incredible intellect that Martin has inherited from his father?.. When David Cronenberg declined any involvement in the follow-up to his landmark 1986 shocker, it seemed inevitable that the studio would still go ahead and produce it nonetheless. Chris Walas was drafted in, having previously worked on The Fly (albeit in charge of the visual effects) and The Fly 2 was his directorial debut. It was...

LostWitness 18.11.2005 · Read review
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Review of The Fly II (DVD)

Father of the Bride

Advantages: brilliant family film with comedy and romance
Disadvantages: should make one from someone elses point of view as well

...We were in the car on the way back home from Disney, as well as having my cousin's wedding the following day and me and my sisters were getting rather bored in the car. We decided to watch a DVD using our portable DVD player and after a lot of arguing over which one to watch we chose this (which was rather fitting as we had a wedding the following). It was a great choice of DVD as it such an enjoyable and funny film with great acting and a great cast which comes together to make this film Father of The Bride not only original and a great watch but also really suitable for all the family and anyone of all ages. The plot: The general idea of this film is about a wedding and in an original and rather unique way it shows the wedding from the perspective of the father of the bride (played by Steve Martin). It starts at the end...

shamis4 04.08.2008 · Read review
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