Like a Virgin

Advantages: Some very good performances and plenty of laughs
Disadvantages: Some of the jokes go a step too far

...Andy Sitzer is a nice guy, so nice in fact that his colleagues are convinced there's something wrong with him. But instead of being the serial killer they all feared, they discover he's the most unusual of things; a forty year-old virgin. Once his friends uncover his secret, they set about solving his little "problem" as quickly as possible, hiding away his huge collection of action figures, dressing him up nicely and setting him up with all manner of unsuitable women. Director Judd Apatow's grounding in television shines through in this movie with his refreshing attitude to character development in comedy, allowing the protagonists to develop at their own rate instead of wading straight in with a bunch of knob gags. Still, when your film is called "The 40 Year-Old Virgin" the audience already knows the punch-line. Though there are...

afy9mab 25.11.2005 · Read review
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Review of 40 Year Old Virgin (DVD)

Like a Virgin!

Advantages: cheap, easy, reliable
Disadvantages: none

...Virginblue is part of Richard Branson?s Virgin enterprise and only operates domestically within Australia. It is a budget airline offering some great deals all around the country and since the cities in Australia are so far apart it is often drastically cheaper than driving or catching public transport as well. There is a loyalty rewards program however I am not a member of this so can?t really comment on how good it is. I would compare Virginblue to Easyjet in terms of a good comparison of the British or European equivalent. I have flown with Virginblue about ten times now. Whenever I want to fly anywhere in Australia I always look at the websites of Virginblue, Qantas and Jetstar. Virgin have always been cheaper apart from once. Flights are a lot cheaper mid-week and at ertain parts of the day so bear this in mind if you can...

Allyalcock 26.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Virgin Blue Australia

Like a Virgin (Saving For The Very First Time)

Advantages: Great customer service and communication, Good fund performance
Disadvantages: The automated phone line can be frustrating to use

...month for my future. This review is based on my own experience with the product I chose, Virgin Money's Stakeholder Pension. - What is a Pension? In its simplest form, a pension is the income you receive when you retire, paid to you in regular instalments (called an annuity). To build up a pot of money to pay this annuity, someone has to do some saving; what differentiates one type of pension scheme from another is how the saving is done, by whom, and how the income is generated from the saving. There are three basic sorts - the state pension (what the government pays you on reaching state retirement age, which is theoretically saved from your National Insurance contributions), the occupational pension (one you get through some employers, and which is built up through a mixture of employee and employer contributions), and a personal...

Collingwood21 03.11.2007 · Read review
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Like a Virgin Cola?

Advantages: Taste and price
Disadvantages: No nutritional value

...for me - I feel wide awake and so think I mustn't be drunk! Like most soft drinks it tastes best chilled and it does have a tendency to go flat if left in the bottle for too long. On average Virgin is cheaper than Coca Cola and Pepsi, (you shouldn't pay more than about £1.35 for a two litre bottle oop north), and it's often on special offer. It's available in regular, diet, vanilla and caffeine free varieties and in the usual varied sizes of cans and bottles in most supermarkets and various independent retailers....

noodlebutty 24.05.2006 · Read review
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LIKE A VIRGIN

Advantages: The music is quality and it keeps coming
Disadvantages: Commercials

...I discovered Virgin about 6 years ago when it was the only station I could get while decorating my newly acquired first home. Eversince it has been the only satation I listen to by choice. Virgin play the music I like, namely guiter based rock by bands new and old. The only downside to some might be that if you listen long enough during the day you will get a sense that some parts of the playlist are repeated. This doesn't bother me as the playlist is excellant with music from the likes of The Stones, Bowie, The Beatles through to contemporary bands and singer songwriters. The station has a policy of not playing cheesy except for a few hours every Friday and Saturday evening when Suggs of Madness fame takes over to get people in the mood for the night ahead. Suggs also has a 2 hour slot every weekday afternoon. The DJs are all...

cadds8 27.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Virgin 1215AM

Virgin Media - Avoid like the plague !

Advantages: umm none
Disadvantages: Too many to List

...helpfull, which imo is wrong when all the mistakes are due to there own incompetence, ,, Avoid like the plague. *Edit* Due to virgin media being lieing thiefs and stealing from my account i now have to miss 2 weeks off college , for something thats there fault! *Edit 2" Regarding the stolen money. ... After hours of unhelpfull phone calls & lies i was told to send my bank statment in by snail mail and they promised they would then refund my money quickly ... Its been 2 weeks later and still no reply . obviously there have no intentions of doing anything about it and just said they would to get me off the phone, iv also sent 2 emails to which iv had no reply *Edit 3* - 24th April 4 weeks later and i recive a letter that says "we'll try to get back to you within the next 2 weeks but were really busy at the moment so it could...

smokey56754 20.03.2008 (27.05.2008) · Read review
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Review of Virgin Media

Like a Virgin…for the Very First Time

Advantages: Don't know
Disadvantages: Poor value

...all the plebs sitting in standard accommodation, it’s quite peculiar how one starts to assume airs and graces when on is travelling first-class, I suppose it is a bit like ladies who only wear posh hats once a year either to go to a wedding or to the races, suddenly they become transformed into lady rough diamond for the day until the magic of being ‘first-class’ is cruelly stripped away again the next day when reality resumes. I found myself at the ’Shop’ which had all the charm of those old fashioned newspaper kiosks you still sometimes get outside railway stations, usually inhabited by a dirty old man in a raincoat, selling ciggies and dirty magazines, and spluttering his cancer riddled gob at you, as he asks you, WHAT CAN I GET YER ! The main difference being that at the Virgin ‘shop’...

jouk04 02.12.2006 · Read review
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Review of Virgin Voyager

The Virgin Suicides

Advantages: Very good cast, great acting
Disadvantages: Deals with a subject matter not all will be comfortable with perhaps?

...Vito I think all the cast did an amazing job, best performances in my view were given from Hanna Hall, Kathleen Turner and Kirsten Dunst. If I'm honest I wasn't overly impressed by Josh Hartnett. In regards to the films direction, I found that the scenes were all very well flowing up until points which were designed to be shocking/ out of the ordinary which I liked. Watching the film felt like watching a dream for me, I couldn't fully understand it all, which is great because that is how the neighbourhood boys are supposed to feel, so well done Sofia! In regards to the dvd, there were no extra features on mine apart from the movie trailer. The film was released in 2000 and has a running time of 93 minutes. I cannot comment on how well this movie lived up to the book as I have yet to read it. I will give this movie 4/5 because although I...

rachieb123 02.08.2009 · Read review
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virgin media

Advantages: TV till you drop and good internet.
Disadvantages: Poor customer services, poor prices,

...ago and it now costs me 64 pound thats 24 pound more than 4 years ago!! I also am getting very annoyed with the customer service I t seems virgin have also took action to get cheaper workers and have moved their call centres to india! It takes you half an hour to get through to someone and then you get through to a non english speaking person who you cannot understand and worse they cant understand you either! In my eyes that is bad customer service! I f i have a problem or a fault with any of the services i am paying for i should be able to speak to someone who i can understand perfectly and vice versa. Virgin has its plus sides with extra chanels and free music to anyone with an xl package but apart from that i wouldnt recommend virgin to anyone anymore like used to....

vikkiz 19.10.2009 (20.10.2009) · Read review
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Review of Virgin Media

Virgin on the ridiculous!

Advantages: Nice wedding ceremonies
Disadvantages: Poor booking service, unreliable rep, poor quality accommodation

...We were going to America to get married. It should have been the holiday of a lifetime. It wasn't!!! For example, we ended up with fourteen amended invoices, no insurance (which we had paid for), incorrect accommodation and a week in one of Virgin's hotels where the ceiling fell into the bedroom. Let me explain? Like thousands of other people nowadays, we had decided that we wanted our wedding to be that little bit different so we chose to go to Florida in order that we could enjoy the hot, sunny climate and get some nice wedding photos on the beach. That was the idea in principle. In practice, it turned out to be a lot different and a big disappointment. We had always known that Virgin Holidays had a very good reputation and never really saw any bad reviews about the company. We therefore decided that we would spoil...

matthewsmum 07.11.2005 · Read review
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