Frank Capra's Christmas angel

Advantages: Lovely, gentle story, great performances
Disadvantages: Some will find it overly sentimental, black and white

...George Bailey is a successful businessman in the small town of Bedfall Falls. Loved by the townspeople for his noble attitude towards business, unlike his evil rival, Mr Potter, who would happily own the whole town and see everyone in debt to him. George is also a family man and cares deeply for his wife and children, only wanting what is best for him. Then one Christmas Eve, his Uncle Billy manages to lose $8,000 and Mr Potter gets his hands on it. George is faced with bankruptcy and a prison sentence. Devastated, he considers suicide, until a guardian angel called Clarence appears and attempts to show George what Bedfall Falls would be like without the Bailey input. Directed by Frank Capra and released in 1946, this film was initially not the success it was intended to be - apparently the nature of the film was too depressing...

sunmeilan 05.12.2009 · Read review
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Review of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (DVD)

Being Frank

Advantages: A good sound
Disadvantages: No Weslife's usual type of music

...Shane, Bryan, Kian, Nicky and Mark. They were signed by Simon Cowell and are currently managed by Louis Walsh. Since their formation the bands music has greatly evolved and moved from teen pop to contempary adult music. In 2004 Bryan left the band to work on solo projects but despite rumours the rest of the band carried on performing and are still performing today. Together the boys have released - albums, sold more than 40 million records worldwide and gained 14 number one singles in the UK with I Have a Dream/Seasons in the Sun staying at the number 1 spot for 4 weeks in 1999. Their albums are; Westlife, Coast to Coast, World of Our Own, Unbreakable, Turnaround, Allow us to be Frank, Face to Face, The Love Album, and Back Home. It is Allow us to be Frank that I will be reviewing today. Track list 1. Ain't that a Kick in the Head 2...

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Review of Allow Us To Be Frank - Westlife

Frankly, It's Great

Advantages: Musically and lyrically entertaining
Disadvantages: The nature of the collection does provide a couple of patchy moments

...When Frank Turner left Million Dead, he expressed a desire to keep playing songs and to keep touring, but didn?t want to be part of a band any longer. Three years later ? hence the title ? after a couple of EPs and a couple of studio albums, we have this collection. ?The First Three Years? contains the tracks from both the EPs as well as collecting together material he recorded with other artists early in his solo career and a few other random tracks. The album begins with the title track from his second EP, ?The Real Damage?. It?s an interesting song that rather worryingly proves to be an accurate reflection of far too many nights in my own life recently and it?s such a vivid story of life that most people would find something in the lyrics that they can identify with. Musically, it?s a heavily folk influenced tune with a quite...

Soho_Black 29.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of First Three Years, The - Frank Turner

Frank-Squeeze

Advantages: A musical lesson in the history of british guitar pop.Musically&lyrically cool&catchy.Retro appeal
Disadvantages: Not their best album, but definitely doesnt deserve to have flopped as much as it did.

..." and "Up the Junction". -Squeeze also houses the legendary piano skills of Jools Holland but he left the band in late 1980 to form the Millionaires. -Difford and Tilbrook ended their time with squeeze in 1982 but not their collaboration as a strong songwriting duo. They went on to write for Paul Young, Billy Bremner and Jools Holland. - In 1985 the band reunited to do a charity gig, which made Difford, Tilbrook and Holland to permanently re-form. Right now for the album; Frank, was released in 1989. It was an instant flop. During the supporting tour for Frank, their label A&M ditched Squeeze. Soon after Holland left the band to concentrate on his career in music and entertainment (for the BBC). So for those that dont know, Frank is lyrically and musically like the lighter Elvis Costello and the attractions stuff mixed with some...

SpookyMoon 15.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Frank - Squeeze

FREE DVDs

Advantages: Free trial, large choice, post included,new realeases
Disadvantages: see review

...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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Review of dvds365.com

~ Frank's First Three Years ~

Advantages: Excellent tracks and good covers
Disadvantages: some tracks not so great

...Even though I am not a major fan of Frank I have a huge liking for this album and thought I had to tell you about it. I only own this album as I mostly download my songs but as I was going to buy ?Love Ire and Song? but decided on this one instead which i was greatly impressed by. Who Is Frank Turner? I wouldn?t know why anyone wouldn?t have heard of him but for those who haven?t Frank Turner is a Folk song writer and singer who was a former vocalist for the punk band Million Dead. He was born in 1981 and has released several successful albums including the compilation album ?The First Three Years?. Frank became known when he joined Million Dead in 2001 and stayed with them for four years releasing two albums; after they spilt he decided to become solo and has done many shows around London. The First Three Years As...

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Review of First Three Years, The - Frank Turner

I'm the Real Frank Turner

Advantages: Fresh music, great lyrics
Disadvantages: While there is the odd weaker song, they are not a dissadvantage

...One of the best things about going to gigs, is discovering new bands and artists that you would otherwise have never paid any attention to, this has happened to me a number of times, discovering bands like The Horrors when I saw the Fratellis but one time, seeing Biffy Clyro, I had this happen big time, I discovered someone who would shoot straight to the top in my books, aka. Mr. Frank Turner. I saw him at the Junction with my friend, neither of us knew who Frank Turner was, and when he came on stage we assumed he was the guy tuning the guitars, that was until he said ?Hello, I?m Frank Turner?. Standing before us was then 25 year old Frank, with his trusty semi-acoustic guitar, a rather cool hat and a mind full of excellent songs. He captured the crowd with songs like ?Thatcher Fucked the Kids?, ?Nashville Tennessee? and ?Ballad of me...

obscuredbykep 25.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sleep Is For The Week - Frank Turner

Frank Turner - Poetry of the Deed

Advantages: A new Frank Turner album
Disadvantages: Perhaps not as strong as previous ones

...Ladies and gentlemen?introducing a little known man who goes by the name of Frank Turner ? a singer songwriter hailing from London, with his third studio album; Poetry of the Deed. Anyone who?s a fan of good music, read on? His first two helpings of delicious of folk-cum-indie-acoustic rock music were anthemic and created a large buzz on the ?scene?. His debut; Sleep is for the Week, combined big sing-a-long choruses and lyrics of everyday life. His second outing; Love, Ire & Song did it all again but with more maturity, with heartfelt lyrics and complex song structures. Poetry of the Deed takes these two formulas and makes a great combination. The album?s opener; Live Fast Die Old, is somewhat different to much of his previous solo work and emphasises his close-knit band which he works along side now during his live shows...

carl.mcqueen 25.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Poetry Of The Deed [Digipak] - Frank Turner

Frank - Amy Winehouse

Advantages: Both contempory and old fashioned sounding,vocally superb & different,Lyrically brilliant &honest.
Disadvantages: None really

...Winehouse is no name for the kind of voice that Amy has! Let's clear this up right now, although some have compared her with Macy Gray-she really only sounds the tiniest amount like her. I think the comparrison serves really to group her amongst other innovative and distinguisahble vocalists. Reviewing Frank her debut album; I will endeavor to be Frank. I am not going to say anything about her public persona as I dont think this is the most interesting or special thing about this lady. I sometimes feel like the media concentrates far too much on the behaviour of a given star instead on really just how good an artist they. In this case I will agree she is probably a bitch (as many of my friends try to convince me) and I have heard some stories from co-workers and friends who went to my school (same school as Amy) and were in her year...

SpookyMoon 30.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Frank - Amy Winehouse

Frankly he's a good Jesse

Advantages: captures aspects of the outlaws not seen in other films
Disadvantages: Some romanticising, a little inaccuracy

...Frank & Jessie- A Review By Addy Having just review The Long Riders I thought I would do a review on this much later account based on the true story of the James/Younger gang. The easiest way to get a heads up on the story is to read/rate my prior review. This more current version is a fresh, worthy stab at the Life and times of these famous outlaws. Film Specs Genre: Western Directed by: Robert Boris Produced by: Cassian Elwes, Elliott Kastner Release date: October 28, 1994 Running time: 105 min. Certificate: 15 Starring Rob Lowe Bill Paxton Randy Travis William Atherton Alexis Arquette Todd Field Jim Flowers Nick Sadler William Atherton Synopsis Frank and Jessie tells the story of two brothers Frank an Jessie James. Born as southern men they fought for the confederacy during...

tayloa22 28.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of Frank And Jesse (DVD)