Marco's Kitchen

Advantages: Marco, celebs getting flustered
Disadvantages: not long enough

.... Not that celebrity reality shows do anyway! But hey, that's not why I watch it! They have made little interviews in a diary style so you can hear what they have thought about so far. The most honest I have to say is Ade Edmondson. Never holding back on saying how he disliked Jody and Anthea Turner, (have to agree with that one.) The celebrities get given a little task during the day, ranging from making swans out of meringues to cuting the head off of live eels and cooking crayfish. Naomi (Ms Dynamite) seems to of had a problem with the killing of live animals and it was quite ammusing when it was revealed to her that cockles were alive before she was putting them in the frying pan. Marco has a somewhat calmer attitude to the work of the kitchen, aside from when he wants the food to be at the pass. "Crab, crab crab. Where's my crab...

crezzie 25.04.2009 · Read review
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The Magic of Peter Pan

Advantages: Lots of special features and a great movie
Disadvantages: ....... None really

...Peter Pan 2-Disc Special Edition Adapted from the stage play of Sir James Barrie comes Walt Disney's masterpiece Peter Pan. This timeless classic is sprinkled with the magic of Disney, capturing the essence of Barrie's original screenplay. As a two-disc special edition, the film has been digitally restored with enhanced picture and sound. It is bursting with special features from the Disney archive. Peter Pan was a story that Walt Disney himself held close to his heart, so much so that it took almost two decades putting the finishing touches to the film. With so much effort put into it, there is no surprise that this Disney Classic has remained a prominent favourite for over 50 years. Peter Pan is full of adventure, interesting characters, music, laughs, faith, trust and of course pixie dust! The traditional story of Peter...

Rampant_Ross 14.11.2007 (21.11.2007) · Read review
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PETER PAN FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

Advantages: Great story, wonderful fx, heart warming
Disadvantages: Minor complaints re some fx

...When considering what ingredients should go into a movie to make the ideal children?s fantasy, action flick, I guess sword fights, pirates, mermaids and a whole vista of special effects would be high on the list. So it appeared when we saw the trailer for the latest, live action incarnation of the immortal J M Barrie story of Peter Pan. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Director: P J Hogan Run time 113 mins Cert: PG Principal Cast: Jason Isaacs ~ Mr. Darling/Captain Hook Jeremy Sumpter ~ Peter Pan Rachel Hurd-Wood ~ Wendy Darling Lynn Redgrave ~. Aunt Millicent Richard Briers ~ Smee Olivia Williams ~ Mrs. Darling Geoffrey Palmer ~. Sir Edward Quiller Couch Harry Newell ~ John Darling Freddie Popplewell ~ Michael Darling Ludivine Sagnier ~ Tinkerbell...

Marandina 05.01.2004 (06.01.2004) · Read review
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Tai - Pan

Advantages: Ripsnorting Storyline, Historical Element.
Disadvantages: None in Particular

...Introduction Tai Pan is James Clavell's Epic tale of the establishment of Hong Kong, the effect of growing western powers on China and the lives of the merchant princes that ply their trade between England and China. The Scene The year is 1841, a war between England and China has gone as intended and for the first time in their history, the Chinese lie beaten and humiliated. As part of the settlement the Chinese are forced to cede Hong Kong, a tiny island to England and this is to be the gateway to the China trade. For England is highly dependant on tea and silks from China as they grows in popularity across Europe yet the chinese will only accept silver for their tea. The trade decimates Europe's economy until an alternative is found, opium. As opium becomes the third point in the trade triangle, a breed of merchants sail...

hero164 25.03.2007 · Read review
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Hells Kitchen! Heavenly game

Advantages: Challenging, humorous, good graphics and playability. Actual recipes! Fun
Disadvantages: none that stand out.

...Want to be in charge of everything in the kitchen? Well here you play the role of everyone! From preparing the food, to cooking it, to serving it. You have to master it all! Step into the kitchen to preare the meal, where all ingredients will be displayed on the counter top. Your pans will be displayed on the stove with the appropriate ingredient marked next to them. when you click on an ingredient it will become a whirling blur of energy transforming into a bowl of finished ingredients ready to cook. Drag your finished ingredients and pop them into the relevant pans on the stove. As you're ingredients cook away a counter will begin also displaying stars which will increase to show the quality of the dish. Once the timer has finished its count down, you must drag the finished dish to the staging plates ready for service. The game...

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Lose yourself in Pan's Labyrinth

Advantages: Gripping, imaginative, looks stunning
Disadvantages: Very violent, not what you'd expect from the trailers

...To celebrate the recent release of Pan's Labyrinth on DVD, I'm going to review it! Pan's Labyrinth is the latest film from acclaimed director Guilermo del Toro, the Mexican director of Blade II and Hellboy. It's been (almost) universally praised as one of the best films of the year and one of the best adult fantasy films ever made? we shall see. You may know already that it takes the interesting idea of contrasting the horrors of war (this being the Spanish civil war, a period which del Toro is clearly interested in after The Devil's Backbone) with one girl's own fairytale world. This girl, Ofelia (played by Ivana Baquero) goes with her pregnant mum to live with her partner, the evil Captain Vidal (played by Sergi Lopez). One night, she is invited by a sinister fairy into a stone labyrinth, at the centre of which she finds...

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Dream Kitchen @ Trade Prices - NOT!

Advantages: I'm not sure there are any!
Disadvantages: Expensive, Persuasive

...My partner and I are in the process of renovating our property. An extension is going on the back of our house and as we have to knock out the kitchen window as access, we will be replacing our very old and much neglected kitchen. I had searched around on the net and found a few kitchen companies and requested some brochures. I came to the kitchen direct website and entered my details for brochures to be sent. I had to enter my telephone details as well as postal address for them to send the brochures out. Within 2 hours I had a telephone call from the company wanting to come and do a design appointment in my house. I agreed and made the appointment for when both my partner and I would be home. Meanwhile, I researched some kitchens and prices online. We knew roughly what we wanted and how much we could afford to spend, so we...

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SPACE KITCHENS IN ADMINISTRATION?

Advantages: Mnnnn
Disadvantages: Mnnnn

...Space Kitchens in Administration! Hi, I have worked for Space Kithens for over 3 years, and I have been astounded at the lengths they go to, to close a deal. Unfortunately Space Kitchens in my opinion still live in the dark ages when it comes to sales... in my opinion they still think that pressure sales, cold calling, canvasing etc is still the be all and end all.... IN A WORLD OF TPS REGULATIONS (telephone prefference service) they still think its the marketing tool of the 21st century - this is in my opinion They tried to form a new company and they showed the staff about 6 weeks ago a new brochure for the new company saying it was the future and that because of all the enquiries off their website they needed to form this new company to deal with the demands. However on Friday we walked into work to find people emptying their...

WhistleBlowerNew 15.07.2008 · Read review
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Hell's kitchen 3

Advantages: Good entertainment
Disadvantages: Not live - well it is when the presenter's talking but it show's last night's service

...Hell's Kitchen is a reality television programme broadcast by ITV. The programme consists of ten celebs such as singers , actors and televesion presentets to name a few.Their task is to work in a kitchen and provide meals for the diners in the restaurant - sometimes up to 80 people. These celebs cannot cook but they are helped by four proffessional chefs. *Presenter * Hell's kitchen is presnted by Angus Deayton.He's is very commical on the show.He makes me laugh with his quick tounge. * Head Chef * The programme is now running on it's third series and this year's head chef is English Chef Marco Pierre White.He was born in Leeds , England on 11th December 1961 which means he is forty five years old.He is known for being nasty. *Soux chefs * Each team has two proffessional chefs to help them.One of them on this year's hell...

xdonzx 08.09.2007 · Read review
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Not in my kitchen!

Advantages: None that I could see
Disadvantages: expensive, time consuming, poor customer relations

...I will come clean from the outset and tell you that this opinion is incomplete. It is incomplete in so much that I did not choose to buy my new kitchen from Kitchens Direct ,so I can?t tell you what the product and fitting are actually like ,if one went through with the fitting. My reason for writing this review is because I was so unhappy with the parts of the process we did go ahead with that I would like to warn you to think hard before giving them your hard earned cash or bank loan! We are having massive restoration work done on our Victorian house. We totally ripped out the bathroom .I designed that myself and the builders did all the work. The same happened with my study and I am thrilled with the results. The kitchen is our current project. We share the house with my fairly aged Mother in law .She wanted her own kitchen as...

water-witch 24.09.2004 · Read review
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