I'm over the moon!

Advantages: Great to look at, really really easy to use
Disadvantages: Lacks the functions of similarly priced machines

...The Indesit Moon is, as far as kitchen appliances go, a thing of beauty. Whilst I know deep down that it is very very wrong to like a washing machine this much, darn it, I just can't help myself! I'm going to be straight with you - housework isn't my thing. By any stretch of the imagination! So when my boyfriend and I decided to finally get our own place, a washing machine was not top of my list of purchases...that it until I fell in love in the middle of Comet...well, maybe love is a bit strong...but the Moon certainly it eye-catching. Simple and sleek, with a solid contrasting door (mine is silver with a blue door - lovely stuff!) and a light up control panel, it just looks strikingly different to run of the mill washers. Most washing machines look boring, or sturdy, or economical. This just looks?nice. The moon isn't just...

dancelikeabear 26.09.2007 · Read review
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Review of Indesit MOON SIXL145

Atmosphere on the moon.

Advantages: Intelligent science fiction.
Disadvantages: Slow moving.

...In the cold vacuum of space Moon is a breath of fresh air! At last, what fans of intelligent science fiction have been waiting for. A film with a proper plot. Ideas. Atmosphere. Duncan Jones, known to some as Zowie Bowie, to others as David Bowie's son, directs his first major motion picture. A modest budget of 5 million dollars enables him to bring us a tale with believable subjects and brooding menace. Sam Bell is a miner working on the moon in the near future for the resource Helium-3 which now powers Earth. Quarries on the lunar surface provide the cargo which is periodically shuttled back to Sam's home planet during his contract. This is 3 years. The film joins Sam as he is nearing the termination of this period. He is feeling lonely - unsurprising as his only companion is GERTY, Lunar Industry's maintenance computer. As...

WoodsM_UK 04.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Moon (DVD)

FREE DVDs

Advantages: Free trial, large choice, post included,new realeases
Disadvantages: see review

...I like movies and I like freebies, so when you get offered both in one swoop you?re bound to accept! I used my two week free trial with this company and remained with them for a couple of monthsbefore moving on to try many other companies free trials (and winning a new DVD player on Tesco DVD rental site on their free trial offer). I then had an email from DVDs 365 asking me to go back, and offering me a free DVD if I did so. I had just left Tesco (with my new DVD player) so I chose to go back with them. ∆◊◊ THE SERVICE THEY OFFER ∆◊◊ Basically it?s like going to a video shop and hiring films on DVD, except you don?t pay for each film you chose ? rather a monthly fee for which you can watch as many movies as you can fit in, for us this is usually around 8 a month (2 a week usually weekends...

dabmim 15.11.2004 · Read review
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"Fly Me to the Moon"

Advantages: Old fashioned 'B' movie
Disadvantages: Very Dated

...Destination Moon. At the time of its pending release this film was massively promoted claiming to portray accurately but with the twist of adventure how man will get to the Moon and stay there. Unfortunately the public didn?t want the science all they wanted was the adventure and on that point the film falls into the dreaded ?B? movie genre. The film follows Charles Cargraves, a kind of Howard Hughes of his day, as he struggles to get his spaceship off of the launch pad and to the Moon. However for Charles the space races really is on and the Russians are prepared to play dirty. After several successful sabotage attempts on his rockets Charles goes for the ?sneaky hide the spaceship until it?s ready to launch? ploy! It is of course very easy to hide something that big, not. Charles gets lots of big firms...

Maximus-Qualitus 10.04.2009 · Read review
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Review of Destination Moon (DVD)

Surprising Picture Quality - Panasonic DVD-S54

Advantages: Incredible picture quality when compared to my old non-upscaling player with a scart lead
Disadvantages: Sometimes disc drive can be really noisy when DVD's initially load.

...At first I wasn't convinced by up-scaling DVD player technology but was persuaded after reading an article in "What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision" magazine. Unable to afford a Blu-Ray player my sister and I bought the Panasonic DVD-S54 to match our parents brand new Panasonic TX-32LZD80 LCD television as their Christmas 2008 present. Admittedly it was a slightly selfish purchase as we both live at home and wanted to watch DVDs on the big new TV ourselves! We bought the player from the electrical retailer Comet for about £100 just before Christmas so there were no discounts applied. On Christmas day when opened we found a relatively small box tightly packed with the player in polystyrene packaging. All the components such as cables, remote and manuals were well presented in their own protective plastic bags, to keep them protected. The player...

bobbacon985 12.02.2009 · Read review
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* Lee Evans *

Advantages: Hilarious , Cheers you up!
Disadvantages: He sweats too much!

...I had heard of the comedian Lee Evans , but had never seen him perform. So when my sister bought the dvd , I decided to watch it. The DVD cost £14.99 from play.com * Who is Lee Evans ? * Lee Evans was born on 25th February 1964 in Bristol. - He is 44 years old. Evans rose to fame in the 1990's as a comedian. He's also had a go at acting and is a musican. He'd already been a boxer and studied at art college for two years , when he decided to work in entertainment , just like his father. His nickname is Monkey Boy. His family are originally from Wales. He married his wife when he was seventeen , and together they have a fourteen year old daughter. They currently live in Essex. * The DVD * The Dvd cover features Lee holding a balloon hanging in the air , underneath his name. The background is of the sky. The DVD is a 15...

xdonzx 03.06.2008 · Read review
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The Almost Moon

Advantages: Unusual, excellent writing skills
Disadvantages: Sometimes can get a bit annoying

...I wasn't really expecting much with this book, as honestly the only reason I picked it up was because I was looking for another of Sebold's book at the library. They didn't have it, but they did have The Almost Moon, and as I hadn't read it before I thought I'd give it a go. The plot is based around the character of Helen, and her mother Clair. On the very first page Helen kills her mother, and the rest of the novel is based around the aftermath of this and the story of her life leading up to the moment of Clair's murder. It looks at what Helen's life was like with Clair, the relationships she has with her daughters which she feels have been strained because of her mother, her ex husband, and her father. The book is extremely interesting to follow. For starters, the subject is completely unusual and therefore interesting, I...

hi_nicola 02.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Almost Moon - Alice Sebold

Pink Moon

Advantages: Folk rock at it's best, magical lyrics, soothing vocals and enchanting lullabies, a real treat for the ears
Disadvantages: None

...As far as solo albums go in the world of folk rock Pink Moon is right up there squeezing it's way in between it's peers. Nick Drake has an enchantingly soothing pitched voice and along with his infamous right hand finger picking guitar style he is held in high esteem among his critics and fellow folk musicians. Nicholas Rodney Drake born June 19, 1948 in Ranhoon, Burma grew up in a small village in Warwickshire, he learnt how to play the flute at the local public school in which he attended. Drake later went on to study English literature at the University of Cambridge while his sister Gabielle Drake was becoming a highly accomplished actress. While a student Nick performed his solo material at local pubs and coffee shops until being spotted by Fairport Convention's Ashley Hutchings. Ashley introduced Nick to various...

darkangelwing 22.07.2006 · Read review
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Review of Pink Moon [Remastered] - Nick Drake

SHOOT FOR THE MOON

Advantages: Well written, great story, great characters
Disadvantages: I wanted more at the end

...I've come to relish reading a new Paul Auster book. I know I will be engaged and challenged in equal measures. Although grounded in reality featuring real characters his stories seem to have a hypnotic quality and a dimension with breaks out of the often mundane events that are presented in the plot. Paul Auster is a successful writer whose other works include 'Oracle Nights' (2005), and 'The New York Trilogy' (1988) as well as the scripts for the films 'Smoke' (1995) and 'Blue in the Face' (1995). 'Moon Palace' first published in 2004 is the story of three men from different generations all linked though fortune and fate. Marco Stanley Fogg is the pivotal figure of the story; we see events unfold through his eyes. Fogg is a student in his 20's in the late 1960's. Never knowing who his father was his single mother brought him up...

Mauri 30.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Moon Palace - Paul Auster

Moon - a thoughtful sci-fi

Advantages: Visually stunning, superb central performance, clever plot
Disadvantages: Weak ending, confusing in parts

...WARNING: I am going to try my best not to give too many plot points away as there is a twist in this film which I don't want to spoil for viewers. I apologise if I inadvertently give something away - please leave a comment if I do so and I will remove the information immediately! WHAT IS IT: Moon is the directorial debut from Duncan Jones (David Bowie's son!) and stars Sam Rockwell as Sam Bell. Sam is the sole human inhabitant of a lunar base and he is charged with overseeing the machines which harvest Helium3 to send back to Earth. His only company is a robot named GERTY - voiced by Kevin Spacey - whose purpose is to help Sam in any way it can. As Sam is nearing the end of his 3 year contract on the moon base, he begins to see unsettling visions and one of these visions leads him to crash a lunar buggy into one of the harvesters...

jesperado77 10.09.2009 · Read review
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