my local book store

Advantages: cheaper than any store I know - usually very good
Disadvantages: delivery time is not clear - phone sales reps have bad attitude (or at least the one that I spoke to did)

...hadn't ordered this book instead of the one that I wanted and it turned out that I was right and they had sent the wrong book. Well, after a few calls to an "bad attitude" customer service rep and after they had told me that the book that I really wanted would take another 10 days I decided to cancel the order and request that my credit card be refunded. I still needed the book! I called my local book store "Baytree Books" in Waterlooville - they ordered it and the next day it was ready to be picked up. So what did I gain? What did I loose? I lost my confidence in Amazon for one - although it has to be said that on all the other occasions my orders were completed on time and without mistakes. The attitude of the sales rep really doesn’t encourage me to buy again from Amazon. (one month after this purchase my credit card was...

lawrensons 22.06.2001 · Read review
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Chase the chicks, meet the Locals!

Advantages: Short, sharp and an old fashioned chilling horror!
Disadvantages: The acting is not terrific

...?They?re dying to meet you? The Locals is a low budget horror flick from New Zealand, home of many a top quality film like?? um well like I guess the early films of Peter Jackson! New Zealand isn?t well known for its film making production after all. The Locals though is a throwback to the older days of horror, the days of early videos when many a low on effects, high on story film was released straight to the video shelves. The days when the horror came from the story and the shocks rather than the current trend where special effects and gore lead the way, though it has to be said that thanks to the Far Eastern horrors coming out America/Hollywood seems to have realised that their way of doing horror is becoming outmoded and a return to an older, creepier, moodier style is wanted by filmgoers. Since the advent of special effects...

Ailran 11.04.2005 · Read review
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Schindler's List

Advantages: Is simply one of the best and most beautiful soundtracks out there
Disadvantages: Some complain about being too gloomy listening

...After the utter failure of Hook in 1991, Steven Spielberg took a break from filmmaking and when he returned there was no question that the master had returned. With Jurassic Park he successfully brought dinosaurs back to life and unleashed them to the unfortunate individuals in the movie. With an entertaining thriller like this under his belt Spielberg then turned completely around and made one of the most artistic and harrowing movies of his career, Schindler's List. Shot completely in black and white, it told about the historical figure of Oskar Schindler, who saved 1100 Polish Jews from ending up in Hitler's concentration camps during the Third Reich's implementation of the "final solution". Adapted from the screenplay of Steve Zaillian it may very well be Spielberg's best picture yet. It went on to win seven Academy Awards in 1993...

berlioz 30.01.2004 (13.03.2005) · Read review
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Local Independant Nursery Stores

Advantages: Personal, good customer care, friendly
Disadvantages: May need to order stock in, but with wider choice

...Your local independent nursery store may not be the first place you think of when you set out to buy nursery goods, whether it is a gift for a friend, a set of socket covers to toddler proof the lounge, or buying the whole kit and caboodle for a new baby. An independent store is likely to have a much wider range of products than the high street chains, which are restricted to a few suppliers. Most good independents will be able to order in any goods for you that they do not already stock. Other advantages of using a local store are: 1) Usually have some payment scheme on offer, which is not subject to the restrictions of the credit based schemes of larger stores 2) Many shops will hold items, especially the pram or pushchair for you until you have had the baby if you so wish, a surprising number of people feel strongly about not...

Helenlamb 11.12.2000 (30.07.2002) · Read review
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Last chance list

Advantages: Great cast, heartwarming, funny and sad in parts.
Disadvantages: A little corny in parts and a little predictible.

...I had always thought that the saying, 'Kick the Bucket', which refers to a person dying, was a very English, slang statement. However, as this is exactly what is referred to in the title of the American film, The Bucket List', I guess it is a more universal statement than I had realised. This film's plot revolves about the meeting of two very different men in a Hospital. The common ground, which they are both experiencing, is that they are both inpatients suffering from a cancer which is aggressive and likely to be terminal. Morgan Freeman plays an ordinary working guy, Carter, approaching his retirement, who is shocked to suddenly find out that he has such a life threatening illness. His hospital room companion is Edward, played by Jack Nicholson, who is similar in age and has more recently discovered that he has such an illness...

grafter123 03.10.2008 (18.10.2008) · Read review
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The A List

Advantages: good mixture of styles, they get the chance to have solos
Disadvantages: none

...fansite that is still updated: http://www.angelfire.com/mb/believeina1/frameset.html You can buy The A List on Amazon.co.uk from £1.05!...

chocolategloss 06.04.2006 · Read review
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Schindler's List - It Didn't Win All Those Awards For Nothing!

Advantages: Great cinematography, great acting, great costumes, the list goes on...
Disadvantages: Quite harrowing.

...***Schindler's List (1993)*** I watched this again the other night when it was on Sky. Even though I have seen it before and I know what is coming, I still find it a very powerful and thought provoking film. I think most certainly for young adults it is essential viewing. One day there will be no one left with first hand accounts of the type of atrocities that occurred and so it is a poignant reminder, so that we don't forget... ***Brief Synopsis*** This film is an adaptation of the book by Thomas Keneally. It tells the story of Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) who set up a factory in Poland, staffed with Jews, as a way to make money out of the war. It is his accountant Itzhak Stern (Ben Kingsley), who advises him to do this, as Jews working in factories supporting the war effort, are able to live outside of the ghettoes...

LAURALILIA 06.05.2009 · Read review
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Whats your Bucket List?

Advantages: heartwarming
Disadvantages: start of film drags slightly

...The Bucket List **THE STORY** This film is about two terminally ill men who meet in hospital where they are being treated for cancer. Edward Cole (played by Jack Nicholson) is a billionaire who owns the hospital, he is rather blunt and can be quite abrupt in his ways. He is put into a room with Carter Chambers as he has preached his policies that two people go into each room in his hospital. Carter (played by Morgan Freeman) is a humble working class mechanic who has a loving family. He knows seems to know everything and has great intelligence but never got to use it as he had his family young. Carter makes up a list of things he wants to do before he dies called the bucket list. Once he has found out that he is terminally ill he throws the list away. Edward has just got the same devastating news and he picks up the list off...

DeniseKelly40 07.08.2008 · Read review
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What's on your Bucket List?

Advantages: Deals with issues compassionately
Disadvantages: You will need tissues handy

...rich man, who drinks specialised coffee and does not care who he annoys. Chambers, on the other hand, is a mechanic, working class and a bit of a history expert. They find out that they do have something in common - they are both dying. Cole is hospitalised in one of the hospitals he owns and finds that his own rule of two people to a room, no exceptions, has come back to bite him in the behind. Chambers is the other occupant of the room. Slowly the two men get to know each other, and become friends. One day Cole finds a list on a bit of paper on the floor. It has been written by Chambers and is called the Bucket List. Chambers has written it as a list of things he wants to do before he "kicks the bucket". Cole thinks it is a fantastic idea and adds a few of his own items to the list. And so begins a journey of friendship...

bonsi6337 03.07.2008 · Read review
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Schindlers List

Advantages: Is very accurate, Use of colour has a very good effect
Disadvantages: May be too gory for some people

...Schindlers List was directed by Steven Spielberg in 1993, the main characters are Oscar Schindler(Liam Neeson), Itzhak Stern(Ben Kingsley) and Amon Goeth(Ralph Fiemes). The film is a 15, mainly because of the violence and blood in the film. Oscar Schindler is a Nazi Party member who travelled to Krakow and set up a factory, and employed Jews to work for him for free. His main goal was to make money. Itzhak Stern is a Jew who is employed by Schindler, and he manages his business. Amon Goeth is an SS leader, he went to Krakow to destroy The Ghetto. The movie opens up with Schindler standing next to a train full of Jews about to be transported out to Auschwitz to be murdered. Schindler is looking for Stern on the train, it starts to pull out of the station, and he shouts at the driver and tells him to stop the train, he gets Stern...

Hexaboy 27.02.2007 (07.03.2007) · Read review
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