Great Universal Is Littlewoods!!!!!

Advantages: price changes
Disadvantages: same clothes

...Despite my last order through the catalogues being a while back due to the appalling service provided by La Redoute I do still browse through them when the big heavy books lands on the doorstep. Last week that book was the Great Universal Spring Summer 08 edition allowing you until the 17th August 2008 to make your purchase. "Spread the cost with affordable payment options," screams the green circle of text on the lower left hand side of the page. Flicking through I am amazed at how expensive catalogue clothes have actually got compared to the same items in the high-street. Never the less I systematically fold over the corners of any page which shows an item I wish to purchase, but my bank balance refuses to allow, something I do with every catalogue, just in case someone else happens to flick through it and wish to buy me something...

carysb 21.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Great Universal

Expect a great film - you won't be dissappointed

Advantages: A haunting black and white classic
Disadvantages: None

... INTRODUCTION In 1964 I was taken with school to one of our local cinemas (now ALL the cinemas in the town have gone) to watch David Lean's classic film 'Great Expectation'. It was old, it was black and white - it was WONDERFUL!! I have seen many adaptions of the book since that day 45 years ago, but I have never seen one that compares to Lean's film or that was so true to Dickens' book. What a pairing - Dickens and Lean!! Dickens's rich characters and gothic Victorian atmosphere combined with the unique and masterful direction of David Lean led to a true cinema masterpiece that has weathered the years well. Last year I found a new DVD of the 1946 film and it is that DVD that I am about to review. BACKGROUND CHARLES DICKENS (1812-70) Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth in 1812 and grew up...

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Review of Great Expectations (DVD)

THE GREAT ESCAPE

Advantages: Sinply Brilliant
Disadvantages: None

...THE GREAT ESCAPE. *************************** ~Introduction~ **************** T his movie is based on a book by Paul Brickhill, who was actually in the camp in March 1944 Shown every Christmas and some would argue it wouldn't be Christmas without it being on telly. It is the story of British and American POWs escaping from their prison camp. The Movie. ************* Set during the Second World War, the Germans decide to build Stalag Luft III. To quote a line from the movie 'to put all their rotten eggs in one basket'. Sick of chasing the best escape artistes, the German high command decide to put them all together where they can ALL be watched. The camp is said to be escape proof. We follow the ups and downs of the prisoners as they plot to escape the 'Perfect' prison. You see the ingenuity of making tools...

Maximus-Qualitus 24.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of The Great Escape (DVD)

The Great Escape

Advantages: Thrilling adventure from the past
Disadvantages: none

...for everyone, even the younger children, as there is no rudeness, bad language or bloodshed, (apart from one or two scenes where escaping prisoners are gunned down, but then this isn't really bloodshed), and it may even be a little educational for the younger viewer? With it being a sort of historical fact based movie it does tend to be a little long, this one being around three hours, so some people may get a little bored, although once you start watching the time simply flies by? Would I recommend this?? Yes I certainly would. It is a great film showing roughly how POWs lived during there stay at the Hotel Stalag? depicting there day to day routine, showing how there chain of command never diminishes even though they are under guard from the Germans? It is an all round entertaining and some what educational movie with some rather...

blissman70 07.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of The Great Escape (Definitive Edition) (DVD)

Giddy the Great - but at what?

Advantages: A simple story with lovely illustrations.
Disadvantages: Cost - RRP £10.99 is expensive

...I recently wrote a review on Giddy Goat, so when I saw this book in the library I was intrigued to find out what the little character had been up to next. RRP - £10.99 Publisher - Orchard Books Author - Jamie Rix Illustrator - Lynne Chapman ISBN - 1-84362-682-9 Age Range - 5 - 7 years depending on reading ability. First published in 2006 This is obviously a sequel to the book Giddy Goat who in the first book conquers his fears of climbing to rescue a stranded sheep called Edmund on the mountainside. Giddy and Edmond become very good friends and the story in the Giddy Goat book gives a good illustration of overcoming fears and prejudices. The cover of this book Giddy the Great is mainly blue sky with a patch of green and orange representing fields towards the bottom. The main character Giddy is in a red plane in the sky wearing his...

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Review of Giddy the Great - Jamie Rix

The Great Escape

Advantages: GREAT FILM
Disadvantages: NOTHING

...THE GREAT ESCAPE. The movie starts with prisoners being all brought to a new camp where the Germans hope to contain all of the best or from the Germans point of view, the worst escape artists that they have had to waste time and people chasing around the country. This camp has been especially built to contain them all. Regular number counts, difficult ground to tunnel in and all the inmates have their own identifying files kept and updated by the commandant. But they reckon without he intelligence and dogged spirit that the Americans and the British have in abundance. The plan is simple but daring to get out as many prisoners through a tunnel as humanly possible. 300 would be nice but anywhere close to that would be acceptable. The cast is stellar and the acting off the scale, truly a classic film that I...

MaldivesHoliday 07.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Great Escape (DVD)

Defining The Great Line

Advantages: Strong drum work throughout, impressive vocal styling.
Disadvantages: You may wear the album out from playing it so often.

...In 2004 the band rose to fame with their 'They're Only Chasing Safety' album which sold more than 350 000 copies. Underoath came back after a 2 year wait with this album 'Define The Great Line' with which the band have a great stab at success in the metalcore genre, a genre they started off in with their first two albums 'Act of Depression' and 'Cries of the Past' before moving onto the melody, scream, repeat formula of the 'They're Only Chasing Safety' release. I feel that this was a wise move for the band as I feel that this is a genre that they do a lot more successfully, and so in returning to their roots as such the band are definitely onto a winner. Underoath make strong use of their double bass pedal with this release, producing a heavy album that should go down well with many of those that listen to it. This album is full...

RazzaLazza 27.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Define The Great Line - Underoath

Not so great lash

Advantages: Cheap, cute bottle
Disadvantages: Rubbish brush, bad quality, doesn;t make a difference to lashes

...I bought this a few months ago after reading quite a lot of positive reviews on it here. I wanted a cheaper mascara to use for work and during the day so I can save my Clinique one for weekends and night time (as its bloody expensive!) I got it from Boots for £4.70 which was very cheap and the kind of price I had been looking for. I chose the colour 'Blackest black', despite the only other colour being "very black", which confused me a bit, didn't think there would be much of a difference between the two! The Bottle? To be honest the bottle does look cheap, but at the same time I quite like it. It is a pink bottle with a green lid, and black lettering saying "GREAT LASH mascara". It is a squared off bottle with a rounded lid. It looks quite retro and reminds me of make-up I used to buy when I was in my early teens (about...

yazoo88 26.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Maybelline Great Lash

Good eating in Great Yarmouth

Advantages: Cheap adn cheerful, vast menu, serves more than edible food, great staff, great clientele
Disadvantages: Toilet situation is a bit gross, drinks are expensive

...Getting stuck in Great Yarmouth during dinnertime my other half and I decided that we would venture down the sea front to get some dinner. Even though I have been to Yarmouth more times than I care to remember neither my other half nor I had ever eaten in the town so we were at a bit of a loss where to go. For those of you who have never been to Yarmouth the sea front is predominantly made up of arcades and restaurants so there was no shortage of places to try. With so much choice and no knowledge we decided to take a look at all menus, which are outside all the restaurants as a tool to pull people in. All the restaurants serve the same dishes at the same price so the only thing that sets them apart is the ?look? of the establishment. Some are older and more run down than others and there are some that looked so vile we walked...

yackers1 06.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Ocean Spray Restaurants, Great Yarmouth

Great is an understatement.

Advantages: natural outstanding beauty
Disadvantages: remote, expensive

...They say it is the only living thing that can be seen from space. They say it is the largest living thing on Earth. They say it is an area of outstanding Natural Beauty. I am not too sure about the first two claims, but whoever they are, they are absolutely spot on about the last. ***Background*** There is some dispute as to how big The Great Barrier Reef ("GBR") is but it is somewhere between 2300-2600 km long and consists of between 2700-2900 individual reefs and 900 islands. Each individual reef is made up of billions of individual coral polyps between 3-50mm in size and colony sizes between 75mm-1500mm. As each polyp dies, new growth starts on top of it building the size of the colony and the GBR is around 600,000 years old although the modern reef started growing on the older reef platform around 20,000 years ago...

TheWizardsSleeve 08.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of Great Barrier Reef (Australia)