Jamie and his magic pork

Advantages: Likeable lad
Disadvantages: Pseudo working - class thing

...I'm back in love with Jamie Oliver! We kind of fell out over 'Jamie's Ministry of Food', the TV series tackling obesity in Rotherham, mostly spent patronising fat working-class people in a Northern town because they preferred their chips over tapas, a rather cheap shot from Britain's favourite chef. I'm sure he didn't mean it that way but the people that put the show together probably did. The whole exercise, at the time, seemed less about helping the people of Britain's fattest city lose weight through healthy eating but more about selling copies of his preceding recipe book for fat people from northern towns. It was a good idea in practice, teaching a small group of people how to cook healthier recipes and then pass it on to more people and hope it balloons up to impressive numbers of healthy eaters across the country. But once...

thedevilinme 18.11.2009 · Read review
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Jamie's Dinners

Advantages: Great recipes, photos of the food, lots of choice
Disadvantages: None

...We seem to have a liking for Jamie Oliver in our house because this is another cookbook from his series that we have and one that we use pretty much all the time. The book is called Jamie's Dinners and it is billed as the essential family cookbook. It was published in 2004 by the Penguin Group and follows his series that was shown on Channel 4. The book has a photo of Jamie on the front looking rather pensive I think. (Maybe he is thinking about all the money he is making with his little empire!) The book is £14.99 but I believe you can now get it cheaper in a lot of places as it is a few years old. Jamie describes the book as this: I'm really proud of this book because it's full of recipes for great family dinners, and I want to get you all cooking and enjoying them together. As a taster, we've created some menus based around...

Spottydog11 21.07.2008 · Read review
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Blood and Guts and Sexy Jamie Lee

Advantages: Great action scenes. Jamie Lee Curtis.
Disadvantages: Not a lot

...~ ~ I was cleaning out my videos a couple of days ago, and came across this movie on an old tape. Remembering vaguely that I’d enjoyed it the first time round, decided to give it another look. ~ ~ True Lies (1994) starring “Mr. Muscles” himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger (Arnie from now on, it’s easier to spell) and Jamie Lee Curtis is just the sort of all action adventure film that I really enjoy. I suspend reality for a couple of hours, and settle back to relish all the blood and guts that you can be almost guaranteed in any film starring Arnie. ~ ~ This movie doesn’t disappoint, and if it’s action you’re after, there’s plenty of it here. It’s about a secret agent called Harry Tasker (Arnie) who lives with his wife Helen (Curtis) and his somewhat unconventional and rebellious...

the_mad_cabbie 08.03.2001 · Read review
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Jamie Lee Curtis - Sream Queen

Advantages: Jamie Lee!! and a few chills!
Disadvantages: The deaths are not as gory as some fans would like, and the chills are slim

...the killers list is Jamie Lee Curtis, the scream queen herself. She is going to be crowned the prom queen and everyone knows it. It makes Kelly, the b-movie slut, very jealous, and she plans to outshine the queen on the special night. The first half of the movie shows the reckless teens getting last minute dates, and lovely 80's dresses. During this time we see many people who we think are the suspects, or unless your smart you already know the killer. Prom Night is by far not a classic, or even that memorable. It has a few highlights, such as a 10 minute chase scene where Kelly runs and hides from the killer with him right behind her, and of course Jamie Lee is always a nice treat. But the "surprise ending", isn?t really that surprising. The deaths are not as gory as some fans would like, and the chills are slim. And the audience is left...

pizzacat 12.07.2000 · Read review
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Cook with Jamie

Advantages: Great, clear, easy concise book, great photos, 140 recipes
Disadvantages: None

...Cook with Jamie We all know and love ?? Jamie Oliver, the award winning Naked Chef, star of Jamie's school dinners and successful restaurants, books and cookery programmes. Well, actually from some of the comments I've read about him on this site before, we don't all love him, I think it's a case of love or hate, but aside from that he does produce some amazing cook books. The one I am reviewing is called Cook with Jamie and it is a hardbound book, published in 2006 by the Penguin Group. It is quite a plain book with a photo of him on the front holding a cooking knife and surrounded by a photo negative all around the outside. He calls the book, "My guide to making you a better cook." In my opinion he is correct. The thing I love about this book is that it is very simple to follow and allows you to produce some gorgeous meals...

Spottydog11 17.07.2008 · Read review
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Curtis: 50 Cent still represents "little change"

Advantages: Consistently great production; A handful of fun material
Disadvantages: Uninspired; uncreative; weaker hooks than previous albums; boring

...to say the least, but his ability to write catchy hooks and ride his charisma to the top of the charts. But what happens when his ability to write fire hooks over fire production has even diminished? That's when you get Curtis. Don't let the album cover art and semi-self titled album name fool you,Curtis isn't one of those autobiographical, introspective, self-portrait albums. Nope, it's typical 50 with about half the charisma, the same rapping skills, and an utter lack of true bangers. I'd be a liar if I said I didn't have a soft spot for "In Da Club", "Candy Shop", "21 Questions", "Disco Inferno", and other 50 Cent club/love singles. I like them; they are good songs. Are they going to revolutionize the industry in terms of creativity? Of course not; but there's a reason why they were so popular. The three big singles on Curtis to me...

bigdiship-hop 12.10.2009 · Read review
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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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Shaking it up in the kitchen with Jamie Oliver

Advantages: Easy to use, home made sauces, no mess, healthy
Disadvantages: None

...The Jaime Oliver Flavour Shaker We all know and love Jamie Oliver, the award winning Naked Chef, star of Jamie's school dinners and successful restaurants, books and cookery programmes. I am going to review today his Flavour Shaker. If you are not familiar with the Jaime Flavour Shaker it is actually one of his inventions. He modelled it on the process of a traditional pestle and mortar. A pestle and mortar grind ingredients together to make a nice paste or marinade but it a very labour intensive way of mixing, requires quite a bit of strength and makes a lot of mess. The flavour shaker looks quite like a salt and pepper shaker and allows you to put in lots of different ingredients, shake it up with the help of a ceramic ball, and then turns it into a sauce. It has a lid on the top so no mess. My husband and I received one...

Spottydog11 14.05.2008 · Read review
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Jamie Carragher - A True Liverpool Legend

Advantages: A great insight into a true legend
Disadvantages: He plays for Liverpool (only joking)

...Before I start this review in earnest let's get one or two things straight. As you can tell from my user name I am not, never have been and never will be a supporter of Liverpool Football Club. I am a died in the wool Manchester City fan, but that doesn't stop me from appreciating football players from other clubs. Secondly I am not normally one to read autobiographies of sports men and women who are still active in their chosen profession. The main reason for this is that they are unable to dish the dirt on their fellow professionals, or if they do it is done solely with the intention of increasing their own book sales. So you may well ask given the above why I am writing this review of Jamie Carraghers autobiography. If truth be known ordinarily I would never have even considered reading this book, but when it came into my...

supercityfan 24.05.2009 · Read review
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Jamie T - Panic Prevention

Advantages: Alternative, exciting new music
Disadvantages: A bit 'different' for some

...Oh in a world where NME-prone indie bands consistently fill the airwaves with music that is a lot of the time merely the Smiths meets the Stone Roses, it's always nice to get something a little 'different'?oh and NME and massive fans of him. This something a little 'different' is Jamie T. The one-man band from London town. I first saw him live, after a recommendation from a friend, last March in a small venue in Nottingham?and twelve months on he can do no wrong. When I saw him that night, it was simply a scraggly looking 20-ish year old, sat on a stool with an electro-acoustic bass guitar, mesmerising an audience of no more than 100. Last month I saw him once again playing to an audience of ten times that, with an entourage of another half-a-dozen on stage with him. The rawness of the first gig was what impressed me most...

carl.mcqueen 19.03.2007 · Read review
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