A Bronx Tale Review

Advantages: Characters.
Disadvantages: Subplot a little underdeveloped.

...Having watched Robert De Niro's directorial debut for the first time since its 1993 release, I have to be honest and say that my initial reactions are mixed. Don't get me wrong, I did really enjoy The Bronx Tale for its ambition in tackling various themes of family, trust, anti-racism, and love. Though, at times, it did feel as if the movie was more impressive on the ideas front, rather than the actual execution. The story concerns working-class bus driver Lorenzo Anello (De Niro) and his son Calogero. "C", for short, soon witnesses a murder committed by local gangster Sonny (Chazz Palminteri), and is asked to identify the killer by the police. But, he doesn't and Sonny walks free, which prompts a developing relationship between the two, with Sonny treating C as if he was his own son (much to the dismay of C's own Father). A Bronx...

andycarrington 12.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of A Bronx Tale (DVD)

Fear and loathing in the Bronx

Advantages: Different slant on gangster genre, excellent plot and performances
Disadvantages: Difficult to get hold of a copy on video or DVD

...‘A Bronx Tale’, released in 1993, is more than just a straightforward gangster movie, dealing with familiar issues in a different way to other films in the genre, such as the ‘Godfather’ trilogy or ‘Goodfellas’. Whereas many gangster flicks rely on the depiction of graphic, bloody violence to get their message across, Chazz Palminteri’s screenplay for this film took a much more understated approach. It is the simple story of the early life of Calogero Anello, one boy growing up in an Italian neighbourhood in the Bronx, and relates how involvement with the local hoods changed and ultimately saved his life. The whole film has a down-to-earth quality that makes it seem totally believable – in some gangster movies, you’re never quite convinced that some of the scenes could have taken...

JVL 14.01.2003 · Read review
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Biorb - The Hi Tec Fish Bowl

Advantages: Easy to maintain - eyecatching design
Disadvantages: Bit more pricey than normal aquariums

...I had always wanted an aquarium but thought that it would be too much trouble to set up and look after. I entered a competition on the web to win an aquarium and lo and behold I actually won one. An aquarium called a Biorb made by a company called Reef One. With this aquarium there was a difference. The Biorb combines the looks of a traditional gold fish bowl with the performance of a hi-tech aquarium. It holds 30 litres of water and has it's own built in filtration system which provides maximum benefits to both the fish and the fish keeper. The globe shaped design is truly eye-catching and very stylish. It is made out of Plexiglas acrylic which is nearly 10 times stronger than glass and because of its large water capacity it provides the fish with approximately 10 times more space than a traditional bowl. The filtration...

stinky2 12.03.2001 (09.03.2001) · Read review
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Review of Reef One Biorb

Hi5!

Advantages: its popular with certain ages groups, easy to use
Disadvantages: popularity means abusers+facebook strong competition

...---history and intro to hi5------ Hi5 is the 11th most popular website in the world, myspace and orkut.com being the only 2 social networking sites to be more popular. hi5 was founded by Ramu Yalamanchi who is also the current CEO hi5 basically allows you to create an online profile in order to show information such as interests, age and hometown and upload user pictures where users can post comments. hi5 also allows the user to create personal photo albums and set up a music player in the profile. Users can also send friend requests via e-mail to other users According to hi5 they receive over 18 million unique users per month!!! and have over 50 million members, From Miami to Mumbai, Lima to Lisbon, Sydney to San Francisco, 'hi5 is the place where young people come to stay in touch with friends, meet new people, create...

f18nfz 30.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Hi5.com

What's Between Hi and Lo Tek?

Advantages: A few big tunes
Disadvantages: Inconsistent

...The Ohio producer, and DJ, Hi-Tek turned to MCing (briefly) for his debut album in 2001, although for the most part he allows guest singers as Hip Hop performers to take the main vocal role in the recordings. A yea prior to this the Hip Hop duo, Reflection Eternal, was formed, and with the combination of himself and Talib Kweli, and from this, you see a lot more between the pair on this record, ?Hi-Teknology?. 1. ?Scratch Rappin?? (Intro) 2. ?The Sun God? The kick this one off properly, you hear Common come through, showing that he needs a little more support from those in the Mid-West area as Chi-Town?s finest joins him, and fresh off ?Like Water For Chocolate? you have this one composed in light of the Jay De e collaborations (especially ?The Light?), does a gentle, and light-hearted track for this one to give a big boost to get...

XICripZ 18.05.2009 · Read review
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Come Alive with Hi-5

Advantages: Gets children dancing, have fun and get children intrested!
Disadvantages: Catchy tunes stick in your head!

...Hi-5 Alive are touring the UK and they are coming to Edinburgh said my Sister in law. Having seen a few progammes, I looked into the prices and decided against it. But after a friend told me she was wanting to get tickets for herself, me and our 2 daughters I decided to go. So what is Hi-5? Originating in Australia and introduced to the Uk through Milkshake the morning kids programmes on Channel 5 and Uk Living TV. This consists on 5 cast members! 3 Gorgeous stunning women who make all mums cringe at wobbly bits, Charli, Kellie and Kathleen, make up teh stunning trio and are fabulous dancers as well as singers. They are joined by 2 not so bad looking men (me and my friend wanted to take one each home.) Tim and Nathan. They remind me of an older version of S Club 7, except aimed at children. Their shows on TV last about 30...

Groovee 21.04.2004 · Read review
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Review of Hi-5 Alive Show

Hi-Five for the Hi-Fi

Advantages: Sound Quality, Simplicity, Remote Control, Portable
Disadvantages: Weight, Flimsy Dock Connector

...the status of the device - lighting green when the volume is adjusted or a track skipped and flashing green for 10 seconds when the iPod is paused. The iPod itself sits in a docking port on the top of the device - adapters are provided so that you can use any iPod model with the HiFi. It sits, in the centre, at a slightly reclined angle and this it my only real concern about the whole thing. There's not much holding the iPod in place other than the docking connector, so while the whole thing is of a size that you COULD walk down the high street with it on your shoulder, the iPod is held precariously enough that I would strongly advise against it. That said, in the last 2 months I've not had any problems fitting, removing the iPod. Also on the top are two touch-sensitive buttons, labelled "-" and "+" which, unsurprisingly, control the volume...

LegendaryMrDude 19.11.2006 · Read review
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Review of Apple Ipod Hi-FI

'Hello' is far better than 'Hi'!

Advantages: Lovely illustrations
Disadvantages: Uses the word 'Hi' rather than 'Hello'!

...This book is certainly not one of Martin Waddell's better known publications. He is probably most well-known for Owl Babies and Snow Bears but I will list some other books by him towards the end of the review. This book is certainly not one of my favourite of his books but it's a pleasant enough story. - The story - Harry is a tortoise and like all tortoises he is very slow. He sits around looking for someone to play with so when Buster the rabbit comes along, Harry says "Hi, Buster. Can I play with you?" Being a fast animal, Buster simply replies that he can't stop and has to keep going. A badger comes along and Harry asks the same thing but viirtually the same response is given and the same happens with the mouse. Feeling quite sad, Harry wishes that he had someone just as slow as him to play with.........he wanders...

neenn 25.08.2006 · Read review
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Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi Show Anything Is Possible!

Advantages: Colourful cartoon graphics, nice soundtrack, strong in all sections
Disadvantages: Overly-tight level designs, slightly sluggish controls

..., such as Ami and Yumi being close to dozing off when in their pyjamas! The soundtrack to Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: Kaznapped is consistently strong, and features an instrumentation of the 'Hi Hi' song. Anyone can play this game, and there is a tutorial which will help get started. There are both good and bad points to the controls, the good being that Ami and Yumi can make the transition into a run from some of their moves, and the bad being that their attacks are slightly sluggish. In rock fashion, Ami and Yumi destroy Kaz-Bots with their instruments, but they are not encouraged to hit fan boys and the paparazzi (they lose points) - instead playing them a power chord will have them star-struck in absolute awe for a while! The game has other nice touches - petting their cats Tekirai and Jang Keng brings them goodness. Ami and Yumi have...

scream4bruce 06.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: Kaznapped! (GBA)

A Hi - Five

Advantages: A realy good album. Better than previous ones.
Disadvantages: Not really any.

...A ARE ONE OF THE BEST ROCK BANDS IN BRITAIN IN MY OPINION. THEIR EXPLOSIVE THIRD ALBUM GOT THE PERRY BROTHERS KNOWN TO A BIGGER AUDIENCE. I HAD BEEN A FAN OF THIS BAND SINCE MONKEY KONG AND THE CLASSIC ‘LAKE TAHOE’ BUT FOLLOWING THE SINGLES, NOTHING AND STARBUCKS AND ENDLESS AIRTIME ON MTV2, A HAD BEGUN THEIR DOMINATION OF BRITAINS ROCK BANDS. Okay well A I know is a weird name for a band. Though their distinctive music style is now recognised throughout the country. A failed to really hit fame with albums such as Monkey Kong even though the quality was very high. However, A proved their worth and set themselves high standards with this album – Hi Fi Serious. I went to see A before this album was released, it was promoting it and well, it sounded rather good and encouraged me to go and buy it. I may add that A are...

DJ_Rock 01.07.2002 · Read review
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Review of Hi-fi Serious - A (Rock)