The Long Goodbye

Advantages: (+) interesting story, quite different (+) suprises, twists and turns! (+) hard to put down
Disadvantages: (-) A little more description possibly needed though not essential!

.... BRIEF INTRODUCTION The Long Goodbye is a novel first published in 1953 and was based around Chandler's famous detective Philip Marlowe. The book contains many autobiographical elements that relate to the author's own life. It has been ranked as one of Chandler's best works. The Long Goodbye was given the Edgar Award for Best Novel two years later in 1955. The novel begins outside a club called The Dancers. Marlowe meets Terry Lennox outside the club; he is a drunk and has many scars on his face. The two men become friends over the next few months, though the friendship is an 'uncomfortable' one. However, late one night, Lennox turns up at Marlowe's home asking for a ride to the airport; Marlowe agrees as long as he doesn't know why his friend his running away. As he returns to Los Angeles soon after, Marlowe is arrested...

vcarina88x 11.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Long Goodbye - Raymond Chandler

The Long Good Friday

Advantages: Bob Hoskins
Disadvantages: Story

...Prior to watching The Long Good Friday, I thought people were actually taking the piss when they said Bob Hoskins played a gangster in one of the most respectable British crime films ever made. "Not Bob Hoskins who played the overweight plumber Mario in the Super Mario Bros. movie?" I said. Apparently so. Urgh. Surprisingly, the once fat, balding, video game protagonist is really quite impressive in his earlier work here. He plays Harold Shand, a notorious London businessman of the criminal underworld, who aspires to go straight in the late-1970s by redeveloping the old docklands property as a venue for the 1988 Olympic Games. He's an aggressive character, but looks after his crew; his speeches about the country's membership of the European Union are fuelled with intelligence and British pride; he is well groomed and has a beautiful...

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Review of The Long Good Friday (DVD)

Long Tall Janie

Advantages: Excellent selection, great sizes, nice staff
Disadvantages: Prices

...My profile photo doesn't really show the fact that I'm actually 5 foot 9! Now this does have it's advantages but equally disadvantages. Clothes shopping is and can be a nightmare if I don't go to the right shops. The biggest brand shops are now doing 'tall' sections like New Look, Dorothy Perkins, H&M and many more. They are good but trousers are still a bit of a problem. I would end up having to go the next size up and having the waist inches to big! It was horrible and not great I got recommended a shop in Edinburgh called "Long Tall Sally" which is for women who are tall! Long Tall Sally It is a clothing range and shop designed for women over 5 foot 8. It is a fairly old brand, first developed in 1976 for tall models orignially. A year later though there was a gap in the market and now has 22 shops all over the UK. It was...

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A Very Long Title

Advantages: A marvellous recreation of an idealised world, fantastic performances and a huge heart
Disadvantages: None

...Manech and Mathilde are childhood sweethearts separated by the First World War. When Mathilde hears that her fiancé is dead, she refuses to believe it and sets out to discover what happened to him. Along the way she learns that her lover was one of five men found guilty of cowardice and sent out to die in the crossfire in no-man?s land. But despite all the accounts she cannot reconcile herself to his death and searches for truth behind the stories. Visionary French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet has a unique way of looking at the world and has previously impressed with such thematically and literally dark sepia-toned films as ?Delicatessen? and ?The City of Lost Children?. He also introduced the world to the romantic whimsy of ?Amélie?, starring the elfin Audrey Tautou. In ?A Very Long Engagement? he marries dark and light to create...

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Review of A Very Long Engagement (DVD)

20, 000 Miles too long!

Advantages: Features some places we rarely hear about
Disadvantages: Moaning, over-privileged pseudo-heroes

...When we succumbed to the advertising and bought a set top digital television box, we were rather disappointed (an under-statement) to find out exactly what you get for your (one-off) payment of fifty quid. I can safely say that during the first three months the only thing we made a point of watching was "Long Way Round", which had already been screened on Sky One. My feelings about the book more or less mirror what I thought about the television series but I bought the book on impulse when I saw it on e-bay without having seen a copy in the shops. Therefore I did not know whether the book accompanied the series (in which case I hoped that it would enhance what I had already seen and add some new details which hadn't been seen on the show) or whether it was merely a verbatim book version of the TV show. "Long Way Round" is...

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Long Vodka

Advantages: It is a Drink
Disadvantages: You need an expert Barman To Pour It

...Well I noticed the bottle of bitters advertising this product and decided that it needed explaining. As this is not a product it is a drink, and to my knowledge no one has started selling it in bottles. I would disapprove if they did. A long vodka is possibly one of the finest ways to drink vodka invented next to Zybrowka and Apple Juice. It was also the first drink I learnt to pour behind a bar. You start with 3 to 4 dashes of bitters in side a long glass and fully coat the inside surface of the glass with them, pouring off any excess. (This is important as the bitters will give you the runs the next day). Once you have done this, add a good measure of vodka fill the glass up with ice then lemonade or soda water, add a dash of lime cordial. Serve with a slice of lemon and lime in the top and ice. The taste is hard to...

Champ666 11.08.2004 · Read review
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The long Road has arrived

Advantages: more good tracks from nickelback
Disadvantages: a couple of weaker tracks

...Are you a nickelback fan? I am....I saw them last December at Wembley and they were superb. After listening to 'Silver Side Up' over and over and seeing their fab live performace I have been eagerly awaiting their new album. At last 'The Long Road' has been released......... FLAT ON THE FLOOR The opening track on the new nickelback album is very upbeat and fast track. This is what I would call a 'typical' nickelback track. Lots of loud guitar and fast track which Chad Kroegers voice fits perfect too. Like I said before a quick track at only 2 mins 2 seconds long. DO THIS ANYMORE I really like this track though it took me a couple of times to listen to it to come around to it. It is one which reminds me of 'too bad' from the previous album. SOMEDAY The first single of the album....I abosolutely love this track...

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Review of Long Road, The - Nickelback

A Long Way From Home

Advantages: Appreciate time together, makes relationship stronger
Disadvantages: comfort and hugs, just plain mssing them!

...* A Long Way From Home * This is a tricky topic for alot of people who are currently in a long distance relationship and a very hard one for me altogether but i know there are others out there like me who are dealing with the pros and cons of this kind of relationship so it makes me feel alot better. My long distance relationship is 4,000 miles, yeah a long way from here to Canada. Now alot of long distnace relationships are still in the same country but ive never experienced this before. Ive always been used to having a relationship where my boyfriend is always around me. So this was a definate new situation. Well maybe some of you wonder why that far, well my boyfriends in the army so thats why. Ive only been in this situation for 7 months now so there are proberly loads of people who have done this kind of relationship...

blackmagicstar4 24.09.2008 · Read review
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The Long Road Back

Advantages: Good singing
Disadvantages: A little dull in places

...The last UK album release for Peter Andre was the 2002 "Very Best Of" collection. With all the hype and criticism about Peter's mixed fortunes over his 11 year recording career, it's easy for people to ignore the fact that while the material may not always be top notch, the man has a great voice. The aptly titled "The Long Road Back" contains a mixture of styles and Peter works with a variety of other writers. Musically, it's a combination of his previous albums - some songs sound like out-takes from his debut 1993 album "Peter Andre", while others have an R 'n' B/pop/disco feel, much like the material on "Natural" (1996) and "Time" (1997). He's not afraid to let his influences shine through either, with yet another cover of a Kool And The Gang song and Michael Jackson-style vocals. The themes (predictably) are mainly love...

Mel27 24.06.2004 (22.07.2005) · Read review
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Review of Long Road Back, The - Peter Andre

THE GRANGE, LONG WITTENHAM, BED & BREAKFAST

Advantages: friendly owners, good location
Disadvantages: none

...My husband is originally from Wallingford in Oxfordshire. Most of his family live in North Devon as do we, but we travel up occasionally to see some of his old friends. Last year we were looking for a cheap B&B in the Wallingford area and this was the closest that we could find. Long Wittenham is a lovely village which is about a 15 minute drive from Oxford. The village itself has three pubs which all serve good food and entertainment. The Grange is a small Bed & Breakfast in Long Wittenham. We have stayed there two years running over the Easter weekend so I thought I would write a review on them. Graham Neil runs The Grange. It only has around four bedrooms, only one of which is ensuite. Mr Neil lives there with his wife and his two dogs, Florrie and Harriet. EASTER 2005 +++++++++++++ This was our first visit to...

kismet 23.05.2006 · Read review
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