The Last of The Mohicans

Advantages: real adventure story
Disadvantages: there are many clichés

...This adventure book is called ?The Last of the Mohicans? written by J. Fenimore Cooper. The story takes place in North America, near the river Hudson. There are two English forts, fort Edward and fort William Henry surrounded by Indians, the tribe of the Mohicans, Hurons and Delawares. The French soldiers are about to attack fort William Henry which is 15 miles away from fort Edward. General Munro, the leader of the attacked fort asks fort Edward, where his daughters Cora and Alice live, for help. In fort Edward the English soldiers prepare for help. A second group which consists of Duncan, an English soldier, the two girls Cora and Alice, the music teacher David and their guide Magua from the Indian tribe of the Hurons also want to leave and go to fort William Henry on a secret path across the forest. While walking through...

topxsecret 15.04.2002 (10.05.2002) · Read review
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Home James!

Advantages: 18 tracks of pure brilliance and some wonderful lyrics
Disadvantages: None

...James are probably one of the most under-rated bands of the past 25 years. They formed in Whalley Range, Manchester in 1981. Band members came and went in a flurry of activity until the band came across Tim Booth dancing like a complete loon at a disco they had sneaked into. They invited him to join the band as their dancer (a la Bez in the Happy Mondays) but later he became their vocalist. This 'Best of' collection was released in 1998 and contains eighteen tracks of pure brilliance. Track Listing 1 - Come Home (Flood Mix) 2 - Sit Down 3 - She's a Star 4 - Laid 5 - Waltzing Along (single version) 6 - Say Something 7 - Born of Frustration 8 - Tomorrow 9 - Destiny Calling 10 - Out to get You 11 - Runaground 12 - Lose Control 13 - Sometimes 14 - How was it for You? 15...

david_1967 20.03.2008 · Read review
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Bland, James Bland

Advantages: Playability, Fun, Great Multiplayer
Disadvantages: It's no Goldeneye

...killed trying to use) and mobile vehicles (a rocket firing tank and the unbelievably excellent mini copter). With the combative angst between the two of us, these would either see a 5-0 walk over or a swear induced 4-4 draw (1 level being tied) before the console would go off in disgust of drawing. Although the memory's of the game are fond, I'll be patently honest, they are probably happy mainly due to the fact it was a family thing. I can't remember much of the game (though having not played it in 2 years this may be fair enough) but all I seem to remember are fond things of a slightly ropey looking shooter that was fun but nothing truly special. Even in those days there was better games available (MOH, Killzone) but yet this one always had us coming back. No reason why, maybe it was still the fact we could be James Bone, or maybe it was...

iamasadlittleboy 08.08.2009 · Read review
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The Last Remnant

Advantages: Good combat system, amazing graphic, a must have for Japanese RPG gamers
Disadvantages: Relatively high system requirements

...Story The Last Remnant is a new roleplaying game developed by the famous game developer SquareEnix (Final Fantasy series), the story sets in a fictional world inhabited by several humanoid races; the Mitras who have human appearances, the Yamas strong fish-like race, the Qsitis small reptilians who seem to be more agile than the other races, and the Sovannis, feline like race with four arms. The story itself revolves around the protagonist Rush Sykes who is trying to save his kidnapped sister Irinia Sykes and ancient artifacts called "remnants" that possess magic powers and which have caused several wars throughout the game's history. Remnants come in different forms, and all settlements throughout the world have one which their ruler is bound to. If a remnant left unbound, they can create catastrophe which is called "the...

Stenly7981 15.04.2009 · Read review
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The Name Was Hunt, James Hunt

Advantages: A fascinating and intelligent account of the life of a sporting great
Disadvantages: The subject nature will perhaps put off those unfamiliar with Formula 1

...If, as someone once said, sports merely reflect their times then Formula 1 motor racing must use a very big mirror. Much of what makes up our shiny world of non-judgemental wonder is inherent in the Grand Prix circus: corporate sloganeering, an insatiable appetite for money, absolute faith in the black arts of PR, jaw-dropping technology, a morbid obsession with safety, and, last but not least, youthful well-scrubbed participants who are never likely to express an opinion that is in any way personal or controversial for fear of offending somebody or everybody. Formula 1 is now slick, sparkling, politically correct and dull. Somewhere along the way the soul of the sport has been lost, or perhaps just sold. So it's just as well that past times were a whole lot different to now. The 1970s were in many ways the antithesis of the neurotic...

Templar19 28.10.2009 · Read review
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The Last King of Scotland

Advantages: Great acting, story to be told
Disadvantages: Gruesome

...The Last King of Scotland is a story, inspired by real people and events about the life of the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. The film came out in 2006 and was one that I really enjoyed. In my opinion it's well portrayed, beautifully acted, tense and gripping and one you really have to watch. Idi Amin is played by Forest Whitaker and he gives a truly haunting portrail. He's really quite scary in this film at the same time as being really captivating and interesting and it's no coincidence that people fall for his charms. I think he actually bears a little resembalance to the dictator himself and so this definitely made the look and character more believeable. In fact, it's not jsut me who thinks Forest did a great job. He won the Best Actor award at the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild and the BAFTAs for his role...

Spottydog11 14.07.2009 · Read review
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James Wellbeloved

Advantages: Gluten, wheat free, dogs enjoy it and look great on it
Disadvantages: slightly high priced

...Feed this to 5 of our border collies. Very good quality food and really good for dogs whos stomachs get upset easily, no wheat and gluten or un-natural preservatives that can irritate a dogs diestive system. A good variety of flavours are available and different foods to suit your dog which James Wellbeloved will help you choose the right food to suit your dog. The dogs all enjoy it and have shiney healthy coats, and what comes out the other end is as it should be rather than slightly loose. Also they don't itch and scratch like some foods can cause dogs to do. James well belovd offer a really good breeders scheme and are helpfull when ever we have contacted them offering sampes of their food to try before we changed our dogs over onto it to see if they liked it and if it agreed with them. They also offer support if you need any...

Hsaxo 18.03.2008 · Read review
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moby last night compact disc

Advantages: great Electronic and dance compact disc
Disadvantages: some poor tracks and perhaps uses too many music genres

...moby - last night I have always been a fan of Moby?s work most obvious tracks from the ninetee's in 'go', and most recently the itv formula one signature track ?lift me up?, and also the james bond theme of ?tomorrow never dies?. It is something about the style and the rhythm of the music played along with these track's tempted me into buying this album. I tend to find his music rather easy to listen to as the artist demonstrates in these particular tracks alone, that the music is particularly well dressed up from start to finish. This album by genre is more electronically music based compared to some of his previous albums. So instrumentally speaking the use of a keyboard synthesiser was the album?s main focus point. The album was released at the end of March of this year, and the total music playing time is just under sixty five...

costas1234 30.06.2008 (31.05.2009) · Read review
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James Villa Holidays

Advantages: Great properties, unique experiences, wonderful holidays.
Disadvantages: None - although might not be suitable for all travelers

...Over the past 3 years we have used James Villa Holidays six times. Our initial experience was in Gale, Algarve; we went on to stay in La Font, Pollença, Mallorca three times; and more recently have stayed at La Boheme in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote and Forteza in Kalami, Crete. Our first taste of James Villas was in a 2 bedroom apartment in Gale, Algarve. The apartment itself was spacious and well maintained, with a large patio, fully equipped kitchen and TV/Satellite unit in the comfortable living room. Although the choice of English-language channels was limited, one doesn?t generally go on holiday to sit in front of the idiot box, and as we understand a modicum of German, the German MTV channel was most entertaining. As is the norm in our experience with James Villas, the supplied literature concerning the accommodation and local area...

maganda1980 08.05.2007 · Read review
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Villa Mallorca - Cala D'or - James Villas

Advantages: package holiday
Disadvantages: Low value for money and bad customer relations

...Initially we wanted to book our package via the internet. However the flights on the site were either extremely unsociable hours (departure 5am etc) or you missed both ends because you arrived past midnight and left the villa around 6am the last day. Finally we rung an agent who seemed to have access to many more flights than we did and got a suitable time. Because this was not an internet option we had to go through him. This started our first problem because on the internet the default option includes the welcome package. As we were arriving at midnight with 3 young children this was necessary. The price he quoted was slightly higher than what we were looking at on the net but there were some differences such as we changed hire car to transfer and different flight times. All that taken together it was reasonable to understand...

tmk1906 10.10.2009 · Read review
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