Welcome to Miami!

Advantages: Great beaches, nightlife and shopping
Disadvantages: it can be expensive

...hundreds of shops such as the Nike, Calvin Klein , Levi's, and Gap outlet. Not to mention the discounted music, books, and toyshops. It is the best part of the holiday! ***For the night owls *** Partying the night away is the past time on South Beach. If you do not find a club you like in Miami, you will not find one anywhere! As US law states, you have to be 21 to enter a bar/club and remember to take some ID! My best piece of advice is dress to impress! The hip-happening places to go at the moment on South Beach are: B.E.D. - A sexy venue with luxury beds and posh pillows. Very funky and hard to get into as it is one of the top clubs in the US. Opium - An Asian themed restaurant, which hosts a sushi bar, hydraulic tables and a wind tunnel! When you have eaten, it is off to the Opium garden for bogeying on the split level dance...

funphobic2 10.10.2005 · Read review
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Review of Miami

Miami Ink!

Advantages: Interesting to watch, loads of cool tattoos to look at
Disadvantages: Often I find myself wanting a tattoo done by Chris Garver but unfortunately I don't live in Americ

...Miami Ink, if you haven't heard about it already, is a TV show about a tattoo parlour in Miami (if you hadn't already guessed!). The series began in July 2005, introducing four eager tattooists, Ami James, Chris Nunez, Chris Garver and Darren Brass, as well as Ami's apprentice, Yoji Harada. Throughout the episodes new tattooists enter and go, the most famous probably being Kat Von D who turned the studio around with her beautiful portrait tattoos. Each show lasts about an hour long, and during that time we see a variety of clients enter the studio to get their tattoos. The guys who run/work in the studio are all fairly young, heavily tattooed and have been through different walks of life. Most of them have spent their lives tattooing, so working in the shop you can tell means a lot to them. Each artist has a different personality...

Stephoohla 06.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Miami Ink - Series 1 - Complete (Box Set) (DVD)

The Trotters do Miami

Advantages: More brillaint humour and a great story
Disadvantages: dodgy canned laughter in latter part of episode

.... Meanwhile, Rodney, (Nicholas Lyndhurst) and Cassandra, (Gwyneth Strong) are still struggling with their marriage, with Cassandra concentrating more on her career than her relationship. So when Del hears that Rodney has come into some money he decides to try and help their marriage by booking a holiday for the young couple, much to Rodney?s delight. Although, with Cassandra unable to get time off work, the holiday isn?t quite what Rodney hoped for, especially as Del manages to tag along. But once at their destination things go from bad to worse, with the Trotters somehow becoming involved in criminal activities, involving a mistaken identity and a family of very dodgy people, even more dodgy the Del himself. With Del and Rodney miles from home and in a bit of bother in Miami they are keen to get back to the safety of the streets...

blissman70 18.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Only Fools And Horses - Miami Twice (DVD)

Miami Vice

Advantages: Numb/Encore Soundtrack
Disadvantages: Dull, Uninspiring, Bad dialogue, Overlong

...I really wanted to like Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell. I tried hard. After seeing respectable performances in Ali (Foxx) and The Recruit (Farrell) I began thinking something like "Yeah, these guys could maybe take my interest in future movies." Unfortunately for me, the next two films I saw them star in were Jarhead and S.W.A.T.. To say that I was mildly pissed off with those two films would be a huge understatement. After sampling Michael Mann's work for the first time with the sheer brilliance that was 1995's Heat, I expected great things. After a decent opening scene in the club, aided by the Numb/Encore Linkin Park/Jay-Z mix, I thought yeah, the groundwork in Miami Vice had been set. Almost immediately after that song ended though the plot had lost me entirely; I just couldn't believe just how tedious and frustrating the rest...

andycarrington 10.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Miami Vice (DVD)

The stunning Four Seaons Miami

Advantages: Luxurious, elegant hotel with excellent service
Disadvantages: Loation, location, loation

...I visited the Four Seasons in Miami in March 2006 after a somewhat frantic and frenetic trip to the theme parks in Orlando and was looking for a place to rest and relax and to be pampered as well as some nice places to explore and eat out. The 70 storey Four Seasons is located I the downtown financial district of Miami at Brickell Avenue and is home to not only the Four Seasons Hotel but also the HSBC bank headquarters and Four Seasons Residences; yes you can actually live in the Four Seasons Hotel for ever! Arrival and check-in. From the moment we arrived at the Four Seasons the service was implacable. The bell man who took our luggage even greeted myself and my companion by name having presumably sneaked a quick look at our luggage tags! We were greeted inside the door by a pleasant lady who took us to the seventh floor to...

nickjj78 30.04.2006 · Read review
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Review of Four Seasons, Miami

Hotel Miami

Advantages: Sits on the Beach
Disadvantages: Pool area always crowded

...I have stayed in the Hotel Miami, maybe three times. I have been to Es Cana probably about 8 or 9 times now. I'm only 20. Anyway, on with the review. When I first stayed in the Hotel Miami, I was only young, but I do remember. We had a corner room with a balcony overlooking the sea and bar area, this due to my sister being in a wheelchair and needing the extra space. They were very helpful and did well to accommodate for this. Although the beds needed a bit of a shuffle and the wheelchair could not get into the bathroom. (As I say, we were young so Dad simply lifted her across). The rooms were comfortable. I remember them originally being abit dreary in decor, but I know for a fact they have since decorated as they were a nice light green colour last time I stayed. Really brightening up the room and making you feel welcome...

Magikal 11.09.2007 · Read review
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Review of Hotel Miami Ibiza, Ibiza

Must have a Miami

Advantages: Smells lovely, lasts well, free gift
Disadvantages: can be quite strong, quite expensive

...I?m such a perfume fiend, I love to try anything new that?s doing the rounds, so this was no different. I?d first seen this advertised on the TV, and to be honest I didn?t really given it a second glance, because I remembered how much I hated J Lo Glow, the original. Anyway, a few days after the perfume was first released, I found myself wandering along the perfume counter in Boots, my boyfriend had just spent £60 on a pair of jean, on the credit card, so I decided I deserved a treat to. I had a sniff of various bottles, but came back to Jo Lo Miami Glow. I purchased the 50ml bottle, which cost me £29. It?s available in sizes, 30ml, 50ml and 100ml. There are also various body lotions and shower gel available in the range too. The perfume is available on www.cheapsmells.com for £24.75 for 50ml, which is slightly cheaper than I...

MurkyDismal 31.03.2005 · Read review
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Review of J.Lo Miami Glow Eau De Toilette Spray

Holiday !

Advantages: Nice sweet film, romantic comedy
Disadvantages: Not the best romantic comedy I have seen, some may find it too sickly sweet!

...where she discovers Amanda. They decide to take a break from their troubles and get away from the men in their lives so house swap for a couple of weeks over the Christmas period. Amanda swaps her luxurious modern house in California for Iris?s quaint little cottage in the English countryside. Iris soon makes friends with Arthur a retired screen writer and sets about trying to help him. Her love interest comes in the form of Miles (Jack Black) a film composer who works with Amanda?s ex. Amanda meanwhile meets Graham (Jude Law) who is Iris handsome brother and has an eye for the ladies. Will it be a holiday romance or will both these women find love when they least expect or want it? ***** My Thoughts ***** Having missed this at the cinema I was very keen to rent it to watch, certainly keener than my husband who did agree...

AJ26 14.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of The Holiday (DVD)

Miami Vice - Waste of time!

Advantages: Excellent direction
Disadvantages: No plot!!!

...First review on here for a long time, so be gentle with me!!! I have been doing a 'Classical Hollywood Cinema' module as part of my degree so I thought it might be an idea to have a go at a film review... Here goes! Plot For those of you familiar with the original TV series, this is a cop drama following two vice squad detectives, Crockett (Colin Farrell) and Tubbs (Jamie Foxx). The basic plot revolves around the pair infiltrating a gang of drug dealers (the FBI were supposed to be doing this but their agents are exposed as working for the FBI and therefore Miami police get involved as they are unknown to the dealers). There is also a subplot of Tubbs' girlfriend being kidnapped by white supremacists. To be honest, there isn't too much of a plot and what there is seems to be pieced together through by some very tenuous links...

jovichick123 20.04.2007 (27.04.2007) · Read review
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Review of Miami Vice (DVD)

Wooa we`re going to Miami!!

Advantages: Everything. From food to location to entertainment to living quarters!
Disadvantages: You cant live there!

...I decided I would take my wife and baby to Ibiza this year and we decided between us that we would stay in the Hotel Miami. It is a 3 Star hotel and I must say this is under rated but it saves us money so there we go. TRAVEL COMPANY. I won`t go into too much detail as I am reviewing the hotel. We tarvelled with Direct Holidays and they were excellent throughout and are now known as M.Y. Travel. TIME FROM AIRPORT TO HOTEL It takes about 30mins to get from Ibiza Airport to Es Cana and the Miami. However if you are on a coach load of people you are likely to be one of the last drops and should expect to spend over an hour on the coach. This could be advantagous for sight seeing for free. HOTEL PRESENTATION On arrival the Hotel stands very prettyly infront with very clean and well kept appearance you just know that you are...

kingbill 01.10.2006 (09.11.2006) · Read review
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