Mike & The Mechanics - Hits

Advantages: Very likeable and playable album
Disadvantages: None

...MIKE & THE MECHANICS "Hits" - Relatively cheap to purchase these days ... I wouldn't pay anymore than £6.99 I am just listening to it as I write this ... very beneficial! This album is a collection of the bands hits from 1985 through to 1996 and includes songs that the band have experienced great success with in various regions of the world over an eleven year span. The album sleeve is fairly basic, with a cartoon design of a mechanic slumped asleep upon a tyre, resting upon his tool box in front of a gas filling pump. The inner sleeve is a 6-page booklet of photographs, along with a list of the tracks and information regarding the year they were produced and whom they were written by. When Phil Collins opted for a solo career in 1985, Genesis bassist/guitarist Mike Rutherford decided to form his own pop/rock band "Mike...

newty1977 22.01.2006 · Read review
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Who? Mike JONES!

Advantages: Big hits
Disadvantages: Repetitive

...Mike Jones is a Houston-based rapper. He specializes in this the H-town style of rap which also involves 'Screwed and Chopped' in this style, the music is cut and jerked about, or at least it sounds like this to create an original sound. This style slows down the tracks and this album was brought out later with a second disc using the same tracks that are screwed and chopped. Many who do not listen to this music will think that the music has some digital glitches in them, but this is the effect that they are trying to create. "Who is Mike Jones?" is the debut solo album from this album. He chose to give it this title due to his name being so regular, its very common in America. This album was recored in 2004, but it wasn't until late in 2005 when it was released by Swishahouse. Jones' Swishahouse label mates feature on this album...

XICripZ 27.02.2008 · Read review
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Taking the Mike's on a two-way taste test

Advantages: Tries hard to be other than an alcopop
Disadvantages: The taste - see full op

...ol' Mike's Hard Lemonade, just goes to show how much he loves ya, and telling y'all about what he's eating and drinking. However, the fact it itself was on offer helped. The bottle itself is the usual 275ml one, with clear glass, and black and yellow labels, with the design of a lemon silhouette on. Also, each label has a stupid slogan on - "Grab life by the lemons", "Make it Mike's", "Tastes kinda like homemade lemonade with vodka" - some clearly snappier than others. This is just silly, and loses marks in trying to appeal to the yoof market with nonsense spelling (or just plain no sense). PACKAGING gets 3 stars, so from now on in we'd better be a bit more scientific. AROMA On popping the bottle we remember we're "working" for our readers at ciao, and so try and find a scent. Now theediscerning hasn't the world's best...

theediscerning 12.03.2003 · Read review
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'His 'N' Hers' By Mike Gayle

Advantages: entertaining
Disadvantages: none

...past and what exactly went wrong with them. Can their relationship be repaired? And, more importantly, do they want it to be? When this novel begins it is set in 2003 but it then moves back to 1989 and takes the reader through the whole of Jim and Alison's relationship until they break up and divide up their lives in 1999. Mike Gayle does this very well. He is aware of the fashions and music of the times and you really feel like you can see Jim and Alison growing from their eighteen year old selves into adults. Even though I knew it was going to happen Jim and Alison splitting up still came as a shock to me because I really didn't think that their relationship had reached a point where they needed to split up. In hindsight, I think that maybe that is the point that Mike Gayle is trying to make, sometimes people do make huge mistakes...

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Mike Gayle commits to being a fantastic author

Advantages: Funny, easy to read, true to life, page turner, written from character's perspective
Disadvantages: None, I love this book!

...It been a while since I read this book, and it is the first of Mike Gayle's books that I read, I have to say though, it really stuck in my mind and I remember thinking that it was one of the best books I had ever read, mainly because at the time the situation was very close to my heart! It's about a 28 year old guy called Duffy who know's that Mel ( his girlfriend) is the one for him, but things like trips to IKEA and dinner parties, baby talk and all the things that go with growing up and settling down begin to scare him. Is he able to get over his fears and become Mr Commitment? You will have to read it and find out. This is a really funny book, and it is written from the perspective of Duffy and not in a third person tense which I always love, as you can really get into the character more if they are telling the story. It is...

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Mike Bassett for England

Advantages: An absolutely faultless flick in which EVERY cinematic element is 100%
Disadvantages: You will want to watch it time and time again!!!

...Mike Bassett: England Manager is a comedy and an absolutely hilarious one at that!! This is actually one of the few comedy films that is actually far funnier than it's teaser trailer!! In fact, it is so funny that it makes me feel proud to be English in that this film, in my opinion is THE Brit-flick of 2001!! Ricky Tomlinson (of 'The Royle Family' fame) plays Mike Bassett, a down and out football manager who is chosen to manage the England team. The film follows his time as England manager and the trials and tribulations that come along with such a post. Scarily enough, many of what goes on actually reflects real life football as we know it; contributing to it's hilarity!! Mike Bassett is a manager who doesn't appear fit enough to be a primary school P.E. teacher, let alone England manager; in fact I am surprised that Ricky...

Weez 08.10.2001 · Read review
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Mike -Destroying a great sport

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: killing a sport

...So Mike Tyson has once again been let off by the sport of boxing following another display of his neanthedal tendency. If this man was not a boxer he would sure be serving time for the rest of his life by now. My question is how can this be good for boxing? The people who are earning off the back of Tyson seem to be as dense as he is. They are earning now but they are killing a sport that could have been the golden goose for years to come. Boxing is in danger of becoming WWF and Tyson has even appeared in a WWF ring (best place for him). The sport has some great exponents and they must be saddened that it is slowly losing all credibility as sham fights are staged and the antics of Tyson go unpunished. The British must also shoulder some of the blame as they allow a man with a record of rape in the country just because he...

rowemg 24.08.2000 · Read review
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A lot like Boredom

Advantages: Some romantic moments
Disadvantages: No laughs

...Isn't it funny how when you are in the peak of one of your reviewing moods you seem to be able to sit down and review anything, in fact you may look out especially for things and see them as something you can review rather than something you might actually enjoy. Let me break it down a bit for you, perhaps its how when men go out in town they'll see women as numbers, usually on a scale of one to ten, and if I'm trying to give an example to the simple women readers amongst us.. well, I'm out of examples. Sorry. You see A Lot Like Love is a film I caught on television especially for the fact I know there's going to be someone out there interested in it, or either that or they'll just be interested in Ashton Kutcher who takes the starring role as Oliver Martin. Being thrown into this movie you see Olly being dropped off by his sister...

nathaninnit 03.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of A Lot Like Love (DVD)

* Is Heaven Just Like This ? *

Advantages: Acting , Plot
Disadvantages: None!

...Just Like Heaven is an American Romantic Comedy movie released in the United Kingdom on 30th December 2005. This film stars Reese Witherspoon. The running time of this movie is ninety five minutes (five minutes over an hour and a half). This movie is a PG. Elizabeth works as a hospital ; she?s hardworking and caring and so is up for promotion , however there?s competition between her and another employee. After leaving her twenty six hour long shift at the hospital , she is on the phone to her sister , when suddenly she is killed. Soon after her death , a guy named David moves into the apartment that she used to rent. The thing is Elizabeth ?still lives there? in spirit and so she ?haunts? him. Will David realise who this girl really is ? Watch Just Like Heaven to find out! First of all , the thing that stood out for me in this...

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I Had Time For A Book Like This!

Advantages: Intriguing with great characters and an air of mystery
Disadvantages: Ending was a little disappointing.

... Synopsis Set in Ireland, At A Time Like This follows four friends who meet while studying at Trinity College. On leaving university and making their own way in the world, they made a pact to always keep in touch and meet monthly. We join them on the eve of the 25th anniversary of that pact, now women in their forties with varying success in their lives. But what secrets will be revealed and throw doubt on 25 years of Friendship? And why is one of the four planning not to be there at all? Characters Georgie Strong willed, intelligent, impatient and fiercely loyal, Georgina, or Georgie as she is known to her friends is at the centre of the friendships having brought them together at college. Now a successful Business woman, wife and mother of twins, she is about to throw everything away and embark on a new life...

Rhiana 27.07.2009 · Read review
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