Minor Masterpiece

Advantages: Brilliant, a real return to past Spielberg excellence.
Disadvantages: Momentary lapses of style, nothing serious.

...I know originality is a precious commodity to come by these days, but I hoped that at least Spielberg would have been able to muster some and not just mimic other movies. He tried hard but there were definite touches of The Matrix, Robocop, Total Recall, The Terminator, The Fugitive and also every other Spielberg movie. I appreciate how hard it must have been to make a satisfactory adaptation of a Philip K Dick novel and I was also impressed that we didn?t simply get Blade Runner 2. Many Directors find it hard to make a futuristic film without showing off every cool idea they had and often forget to tell a story, lost in their own inventiveness. Spielberg did this a little with A.I and got carried away with the robots and his own imagination. So it is good to see that Minority Report uses its setting to good effect but does not go...

willgould 04.07.2002 (31.08.2002) · Read review
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La Chope

Advantages: Great food, reasonable fixed price menu
Disadvantages: None

...On our recent trip to the Loire Valley Mr Tart and myself arrived in Tours quite late on our first night. We drove down to Tours from Paris. We were going to stop for something to eat on the way but in the end decided to make our way straight to Tours and get settled in the hotel and then find something close by. A couple of minutes from our hotel we came across this place and were really glad that we did. LOCATION: La Chope is located at 25 Avenue Grammont. Our hotel was on the same road so we just came across it. It is about a ten minute walk from Tours? old town. The restaurant doesn?t stand out and the sign is not particularly bright so make sure you look out for it. THE EXPERIENCE: La Chope (which apparently translates as the tankard) is actually a fish restaurant. I?m not really a fish person (ok, that...

tartlette83 18.09.2009 · Read review
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Elliot Minor

Advantages: great consistency of tracks
Disadvantages: none really

...Elliot Minor Self titled This is a great album with some really good beats and vocals The band consists of The group consists of Alex Davies (lead vocals, guitar), Ed Minton (vocals, guitar), Dan Hetherton (drums, backing vocals), Ed 'Teddy' Hetherton (bass), and Ali Paul (keyboard). Time After Time--This has a great piano start, it is a very upbeat track and probably my favourite on the album. The Band kind of remind me of McFly with this track and McFly are a good Band Paralell Worlds--This track is great and has a good video to it, it was put together greatly.It has a great riff and a good beat it keeps the song alive. The White One Is Evil--Another upbeat track with some amazing vocals and guitar rhythms, The band clearly has talent and this song proves it The Liar Is You--This is a nice track with a nice soft...

williams_702 07.03.2009 · Read review
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Elliot Minor

Advantages: Amazing Album
Disadvantages: Nothing!

...Elliot Minor: Elliot Minor: 14th April 2007. Welcome to the 11 song guide. 1. Time After Time Alex’s favourite. Wow. The demo showed so much charm, so does the finalised track live up? Yes. The one criticism is the removal of the gunshot, but if you overlook that the track has been mastered to perfection. Webisodes have shown clips of this song and the radio even gave us a preview, but nothing could prepare you for the beautiful chords, melodies and lyrics which definitely lead way to an amazing album of this immense scale. Mixing both the classical sounds with the heavier guitars, weaved among a strong drum beat you know you’ll be humming this one for years to come. 2. Parallel Worlds Their first and most recent single [9th April 2007 and a re-release on the 7th April 2008], it’s a crowd pleaser, amazing...

Indie_Star 18.04.2008 · Read review
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Not Suitable For Minors

Advantages: Intriguing, diverting, summer movie
Disadvantages: Slighty over-long, too many twists (!)

...A flash of white teeth. A jaunty outlook on life. Walking/running the streets looking confused. Striving for justice and victory. No, it?s not ?The Esther Rantzen Story?, but some of the key signs that Tom Cruise is in the cinematic vicinity. Some say the guy is ?destroying? his usual nice-guy roles with darker, edgier material. Some are right. The future is grainy ? welcome to Minority Report. ***THE PLOT*** In the year 2054, three psychics lay in a shallow, salty pool, their heads connected to an advanced computer system. The pool is part of DC?s crime-fighting complex, and the computers record the visions of the psychics ? unrelenting visions of murders. This information is etched into a unique recording system to prevent forgery, and police officers can now intercept murders before they happen. This is the 6th year of trials...

peppersinclaire 06.07.2002 · Read review
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Not just for the Minority

Advantages: Gripping plot and no sci-fi just for the sake of it
Disadvantages: You will need to keep your wits about you

...Now what else would any self-respecting couple in their thirty-somethings do on a Sunday night than waddle off to the local CineWorld to catch the latest flick? Of course we have the usual battle of the sexes (he wants violence, science fiction, fantasy and lots of men in uniforms ? that?s another story!) and I want well, pink and fluffy, Barbie-meets-Ken kinda stuff. So naturally we end up compromising and this week it was my turn to do the adult thing and agree to see Minority Report. I had seen the trailer so was delighted we couldn?t get into the usual theatre but had to pay the £10 a seat to go into the deluxe cinema where I would at least be able to get a decent snooze in a big comfy chair. So why the low expectations? Not that I have strong thoughts on Steven Spielberg films, or even on Philip K Dick stories, but rather, I...

Kirsty1 08.07.2002 · Read review
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  La Senza: A Case of 'Bra-vo'?

Advantages: Reasonably priced bras and lingerie, excellent staff and services
Disadvantages: You may struggle to find your size

...(Warning: throughout this review, the words ?boobs?, ?boobies?, ?bazookas? and occasionally ?breasts? will pop up at an alarming rate. If you?re not in favour of any of the above, please use the ?back? button and exit left. Thank you.) It?s always been quite nice to have a womanly figure ? so what if men notice your boobs before your face? At least they?re looking...at least, that?s the confidence boosting way to look at things! Anyway, whilst we?re on the subject of ?boosting?, it?s pretty incredible how when I visited one of my local La Senza stores the other week, I was informed that my bazookas had boomed up a couple of bra sizes without the aid of knives and other messy instruments. It?s most women?s fantasy to be able to say that but I met the news with utter dread, only to be consoled by the lovely shop worker who kindly told...

MizzMolko 28.07.2009 · Read review
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La Boqueria - Barcelona's Technicolour Market

Advantages: A colouful and compelling sight, pick up some tasty food
Disadvantages: You may not be able to take some of it home

...Situated just off Las Ramblas, Barcelona?s Boqueria (or more correctly Mercat de San Josep) market is one of the city?s most popular tourist attractions. I think it says a lot about the enduring attraction of food markets that the Boqueria is still so popular in spite of the fact that our supermarkets now stock excellent produce from all over the world and that air travel and border restrictions have made it more difficult to take fresh produce home from trips abroad. When I first visited the Boqueria I was filled with excitement at the array of colourful fresh produce ? fruit and vegetables, herbs, fish and shellfish, meats ? fresh and cured, bread, nuts and dried fruit ? on sale at the market but over time, as I have traveled more widely, "La Boqueria" has lost a little of its gloss. You?ll find the Boqueria quite easily just off...

fizzytom 01.09.2009 · Read review
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NOTHING MINOR TO REPORT

Advantages: Great plot
Disadvantages: Slightly weak in places

...The gloves are off, or is it more like keypad cover, and another review is due in the always moving chronicles of films made by the big movers and shakers in Hollywood. In case you’ve not watched any TV recently, Minority Report has only been advertised every other minute. Having massive names such as Spielberg and Cruise does tend to give it that slight nudge forward in terms of hype and marketing. Despite being a moderate Cruise fan, but having avoided wasting my time watching what I thought was a sickly Vanilla Sky (despite having the heavenly Penelope Cruz-swooooon, in it), I thought this looked promising enough to warrant seeing. Cruise, love him or hate him, is a very street-wise actor. He knows what films to pick, at what time. In the mid and late eighties, he picked crowd pleasers in Top Gun and Cocktail that...

kleft 11.07.2002 · Read review
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la senza

Advantages: great selection
Disadvantages: n/a

...If i need to buy lingerie there is only one place that I go to and that is La Senza. La Senza is great and stocks everything from underwear, bras, slippers, nightwear and dressing gowns. They have great bra's im many different styles and colours that have matching underwear you will always find what your are looking for. They have the multiways bra's and the bra solutions too, which is great especially if you are planning on wearing say a backless dress for example. I have learnt over the years that you can get great offers in La Senza on there buy one get one free, or the buy so many items for a set price. Which is fantastic as you otherwse find that a few sets cost you over £50. I would also recommend that you try the bra's on as i find that i am a different size bra in each different style. The biggest problem i have is...

jo_field26 19.10.2008 · Read review
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