No Point second-guessing this!

Advantages: Brilliant premise, great cast, enjoyable film
Disadvantages: None

...throughout and totally out of his depth, and to be honest I enjoyed following his story the most. Other great performances came from William Hurt as President Ashton, Ayelet Zurer as sly Veronica and Matthew Fox as Kent Taylor. In fact the whole cast were excellent, without a poor performance between them. Vantage Point is going to be one of those films that you will love or hate. Personally, I loved it and think it was a great concept for a film. Despite my initial reservations about how a film centering around 10 minutes of action repeated over and over would work, this one definitely pulled it off, without a doubt. The action was constant, from gun fights, to bombs, to fast-paced chases through the Spanish streets and finally to a high-speed car chase which really had me on the edge of my seat! As well as the action element, the film plays...

mummy2harry 04.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Vantage Point

Series High Point

Advantages: Interesting & fun story.
Disadvantages: Low budget production.

...a shoestring budget. Action in Dr Who largely consists of running around, smoke effects and falling over. It has always been the stories and characters that have kept the show going. Highly recommended to fans of the series. For anyone curious about the show, this is an enjoyable romp to get you started. Running time: Certificate: U...

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Vantage Point Film Only

Advantages: Interesting story
Disadvantages: Repeated Vantage points told

...Vantage Point The President of the USA addresses a summit of world leaders in Salamanca Spain, gun shots are fired at the President, soon after a bomb then goes off resulting in a complete wreck. The media reporter also gets blasted by the bomb along with many others. Dennis Quaith a US security expert is in charge of the President's Security and the film for the first hour includes the President assisination attempt which is presented in different vantage points. This is in effect a repeat of the story time after time from a different perspective of those people who were at the scene of the bomb blasts. forest Whitaker is shown to be an honest looking person who is happy to be abroad in Spain for the first time in his life. He captures most of the story as it unfolds on his camcorder. He gets the action of the scenery...

costas1234 07.06.2009 (18.06.2009) · Read review
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Review of Vantage Point (DVD)

So Just What Is Your Point?

Advantages: Generally strong
Disadvantages: A couple of weaker tunes

...?The Point Of It All? was released late in 2008 as Anthony Hamilton?s fourth album. It can?t be said to have received as much attention as previous work that he has put out, but this album does feature him working to his typical high standard as he brings his soulful material that brings in elements of contemporary R&B and Hip Hop (amongst other things) and gets help from the likes of Dre & Vidal, Salaam Remi and David Banner. 1. ?The News? The album starts off in a manner that I have to say directly appealed to my tastes when it comes to his music as you see that with his incredible voice menaign that the music is going to be strong no matter what, hearing him come through with a tune that has him backed up by heavy Hip Hop beats, from Mark Batson, he gives you a Neo-Soul feel from the get-go of this release to show you what to...

XICripZ 01.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Point Of It All, The - Anthony Hamilton

Repetition Proves a Disadvantage Point

Advantages: A decent cast.
Disadvantages: Repetitive, pedestrian direction, repetitive, sloppy writing, repetititive...

...At a meeting between Muslim and western countries in Salamanca, Spain the president of the United States is shot by an assassin. Secret service agent Thomas Barnes seeks to requisition all the available footage from a TV producer, her news crew and a tourist. When seen from all the available perspectives, it appears that all is not as it seems. What do the assassins want? Is the president really alive? What is the truth? Director Pete Travis has previously only directed for television and his inexperience shows in his big screen debut. It plays out like a TV movie that's struck lucky because it is prone to cinematic cliché and episodic pacing. The biggest bugbear I have with the director is the way he approaches the same events from myriad viewpoints. He employs a frustrating and hackneyed device whereby he gets to a certain point in...

afy9mab 04.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Vantage Point (DVD)

Match point

Advantages: Scarlett Johansson
Disadvantages: The first hour is very slow

...and a well connected social circle it appears that Chris has it all, that is until he meets Nola the fiancée of his girlfriend's brother. Instantly attracted to the young American he has a brief affair which soon ends and Nola leaves his life when her own relationship ends. With Nola gone life returns back to normal and eventually Chris marries Chloe and at this point everything should end happily ever after? A chance meeting in the Tate gallery brings Nola back into Chris's life and the two soon begin a passionate affair. The longer the two are together the more complicated Chris's life becomes, Nola becomes increasingly more frustrated by the double life that Chris is leading and soon threatens his comfortable lifestyle and the film climaxes into a thrilling ending as Chris is forced into desperate measures to ensure that he maintains...

kerman 27.05.2006 · Read review
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Review of Match Point (DVD)

High up a mountain

Advantages: Great vocals. tracks
Disadvantages: One more ballad?

...**Introduction** This is the third instalment of my Yolanda Adams reviews after reviewing "Believe" and "Day By Day" which were two of the three Yolanda Adams albums I requested for review a couple of weeks ago. Mountain High Valley Low is the third and final instalment for now and was the the first of the three released in 2000 compared to 2001 for Believe and 2005 for Day by Day, So with the release of her latest album this year I decided to complete the three requested album reviews now. **Mountain High...Valley Low** This is Yolanda Adam's major record label debut courtesy of the Elektra label. With a major label comes major names and that's the same here with two major names from the world of Music. Joining her on the album is the phenomenally successful production duo of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis As well as Keith Thomas. This...

jcneil 30.09.2009 · Read review
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Turning Point: A Complete Disappointment (revised)

Advantages: cannot think of any...
Disadvantages: graphic, level design, plot... everything really

...reception of the game by reviewers, the developers of Turning Point: Fall of Liberty have stated that their game was not intended for hardcore gamers, but rather a more casual audience. They claim that reviewers are "too hard" on casual games, explaining the low scores that several games, including Turning Point, have received over the weeks following its release. They also clearly didn't think so when it was first realeased since the price was extortionate and in many shops is still quite high. Now it can be found for better prices but it's still a waste of money. .. AND PERSONAL OPINION I predict that this game will be very soon forgotten (if already isn't) unlike its inspirators (Medal of Honor and similars) which, on the opposite, were very entertaining and I actually played them more than once. After finishing Turning Point you...

EVIT 17.06.2008 (08.11.2008) · Read review
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Review of Turning Point: Fall Of Liberty (PC)

Plus points for high mileage drivers

Advantages: Lots of Shell garages to use the card
Disadvantages: Not high rewards

..., armed with my application form I "went for it". The application form itself is simple to complete with basic details required, fill it in, tear along the perforated edge and send off (postage paid, thank you!) Deed done, almost a fully fledged member of Shell pluspoints. Now all I had to do was wait for the points to come rolling in as they surely would. STATEMENTS Sent to your home address up to 4 times a year. Mine come much less frequently (have I seen one?) so I must be a very highly regarded customer. You can also find out your balance by telephoning the number on the back of the card. WHAT DO YOU GET? This is the exciting bit. If you collect enough points, you can redeem them for: £10 Shell vouchers £10 shopping vouchers from House of Fraser, Debenhams, Next, Boots, WH Smith, JJB Sports, and Kingfisher Airmiles (100...

danielalong 09.12.2005 · Read review
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Review of Shell Pluspoints

Pointing you in the right direction.

Advantages: See text.
Disadvantages: See text.

...I would just like to write a review on community points, something that we are all aware of as members on this site. It is something that will no doubt refresh (or at least hopefully a little!) the memories of those who have been members on here for a while now, and something that may help those people who have not long been members. Community points can be gained in a small number of ways: 1.Through writing your own review, whereby people can then actually read it and rate it according to how good they think that it is. All of the different ratings hold a different weighting of community points ? that is to say, the higher the rating then the more community points it is that you would get. But in the same way, a lower rating of somewhat helpful or below may actually in fact reduce what your points are ? so don't say that I never...

dynamicnurse 07.12.2009 · Read review
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