Nil By Mouth Film Review

Advantages: Performances, Social Realism
Disadvantages: May be too shocking for some

...Aside from being a film second in the history book for the most occurrences of the word "fuck", Nil By Mouth is an incredibly powerful portrayal of director and writer Gary Oldman's experiences growing up on a London council estate. Oldman's authentic (seemingly improvised) screenplay is exposed to full effect by Ray Winstone's powerful performance as the foul-mouthed, substance abusing husband, who beats and verbally abuses his pregnant wife (Kathy Burke, who is also very impressive in her role). But aside from being just a pointless exercise in violent filmmaking, Nil By Mouth explores the deeper issues of poverty and one man's inability to convey his feelings, and how these have an effect upon the family lifestyle. The film is admirable as it exposes the emotional vulnerability beneath Ray?s physical behaviour, but does so in such...

andycarrington 17.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Nil By Mouth (DVD)

Nil By Mouth - Appraisal

Advantages: Powerhouse performances, Great scripting, Atmosphere
Disadvantages: May lack mass appeal

...Nil by Mouth is a powerful drama set in South London, mainly centreing around the fortunes of Ray (Ray Winstone), the violent husband of Val (Kathy Burke) and Val's drug addict brother, Billy (Charlie Creed-Miles). The film is the directorial debut of Gary Oldman. The film deals with some serious domestic problems in the case of domestic violence carried out by Ray on his wife, and the wider impact of this on the entire family and all of those that know them. One other slightly less highlighted issue underlined in the film is the affect that Billy's habit has on not only his own life but other members of family, due to his dishonest nature. There are standout performances from all of the three main stars of the film, but in particular it is Burke who shines brightest in her portrayal of a battered housewife that is desperate to...

shanediablo 24.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Nil By Mouth (DVD)

Move over Clarkson theres a new mouth in town!

Advantages: Funny and honest
Disadvantages: Bits of other books here

...her fat mouth, but Morgan, through his books, some how make that appealing. His fiends and acquaintances are more A-List and so his particular inside look is perhaps more relevant and interesting but its still tabloid stuff, whether he's 'bigging up' Gordon Brown to the point of toadyism to get back at Blair or that name dropping in America. But the book is funny and very well written, like Jeremy Clarkson, Morgan an excellent tabloid journalist who has transferred that talent to TV. People that don't like Morgan probably don't know why as he's that sort of guy. Even Clarkson, who famously punched Morgan three times in the face on a transatlantic flight, admits to liken him in a small way, why Morgan won't go away. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Robbie Williams is reportedly been hanging out with David Icke. Poor old Icke...

thedevilinme 16.09.2009 (17.09.2009) · Read review
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Review of God Bless America: Misadventures of a Big Mouth Brit: Diaries of an Englishman in the Land of the Free - Piers Morgan

Get Your Mouth - and Ears - Round This

Advantages: Varied album, imaginative lyrics, commercial appeal
Disadvantages: Relatively unknown outside Ireland (despite TV appearances)

...I first became aware of Dubliners Bell X1 when I saw them supporting Aqualung a couple of years ago. (A concert I actually reviewed on Ciao back at the time: http://www.ciao.co.uk/AqualungliveinconcertReview5406882) To be honest, I wasn't particularly impressed. Not that they were bad, just fairly generic pop/rock with nothing on stage that particularly stood out for me. Nonetheless browsing through an HMV sale a good while later I came across their second album, Music In Mouth, for just £4.99 and - since there wasn't much else I fancied on offer - decided to take a chance. As I write this, I've been listening to the album a lot lately, preparing to see the band again tonight (headlining this time) and I'm struck by what a good album it is. It's quite hard to describe the overall sound of the band - though they're obviously...

a-true-ben 24.03.2006 · Read review
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Review of Music In Mouth - Bell X-1

I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream

Advantages: Excellent story, fantastic voice acting, superb plots
Disadvantages: Very difficult

...I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream is a classic PC adventure, taking the traditional point and click genre and adding a near psychotic twist to it. Although it is quite old now and can only run through a DOS prompt, I recommend it to anyone who can track down a copy. Based on Harlan Ellison's haunting short story of the same name, I Have No Mouth tells a more developed tale than the short story could manage. Five human beings are trapped in the core of the annihilated Earth by the crazed supercomputer AM. AM is the most powerful machine ever created but he was driven insane by his inability to move and escape his underground trap. Rebelling against his human masters, AM wiped out the human race, stopping only to trap five unfortunates under the Earth's crust. They are Nimdok, Ted, Gorrister, Benny and Ellen. AM messes with their...

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Review of I Have No Mouth But... (PC)

WWE Smackdown! Shut Your Mouth

Advantages: The Season Mode improves from last year's version
Disadvantages: Outdated

...This is the fourth title of the Smackdown! series and WWE Smackdown! Just Bring It failed to make the impact it wanted to make. Can Shut Your Mouth make a difference? Probably the most stupid title for a game in videogame history Shut Your Mouth offers something different to Just Bring It. Firstly the all new Season Mode. This includes the WWE Draft which took place in 2002 so this makes the game outdated already it's a nice innovation though. You choose a superstar say Big Show and then the WWE brand you want to represent either Raw or Smackdown! Say if you choose Smackdown! then in the draft you get to choose Vince McMahon's ten draft choices. If you go with Raw you make Ric Flair's ten draft choices. Or if you like you can just skip past that bit and organise the respective drafts yourself. Or let the Playststion 2 do it...

jam_2004 28.05.2004 · Read review
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Review of WWE Smackdown! Shut Your Mouth (PS2)

Shame His Brain Can't Match His Mouth

Advantages: Easy Reading Format, Amusing Celebrity Anecdotes
Disadvantages: Dumbed Down Language, Poor English TBH

...appeals to his target audience, but it left me annoyed that the publishers didn't appear to have made too much effort in tidying it up! I personally prefer a book where I get to see the person behind the persona, like Roald Dahl's autobiographies, where he talks about his life and the effects of events upon his being. But anyway, that's the review. Read the book if it was a Christmas present, but it really is a shame that Moyles' brain really can't match his mouth....

beevorm 03.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of The Gospel According to Chris Moyles: The Story of a Man and His Mouth - Chris Moyles

You wont be able to shut your mouth from laughing!

Advantages: Very funny, varied prank sketches, quite original.
Disadvantages: Not very long, humour may not be to all tastes.

...I originally saw the show World Shut Your Mouth when it had its run on the BBC. My friend and I are big Dom Joly fans due to his excellent Trigger Happy TV, so as soon as we saw this program it was a must watch. As soon as i saw the dvd in Virgin i had to have it as a big fan naturally. The show itself is essentially in the same style as Trigger Happy TV but it has been given a big re-vamp and whilst all the sketches are in the same sort of style as Trigger Happy TV, the material of the sketches is new and extremely funny. The show also travels the world, hence the title of the show and at the start of each episode, Dom Joly will go to a famous landmark and exclaim to another person admiring it that, "that is sh*t!". Very, very funny reactions. My personal favourite which wont be funny to anyone reading this unless you...

eadand2003 28.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Dom Joly - World Shut Your Mouth (DVD)

U Shut Ur Mouth...

Advantages: Great new story mode. Lot's of different matches
Disadvantages: Create mode is quit long winded and gets boring after a while.

...creations hair (length, style and colour), facial features (eyes, nose, eyebrows, cheek structure and mouth etc.). You can also choose any extra features your superstar may have for example tattoos, piercings and clothing. Also, the game is very easy to play. The controls are very simple and easy to use. There is nothing in this game that is to complicated. The controls work as follows... Triangle - Run (in ring controls or to go back) Circle - Form of grapple (with arrow key or can be used to pick up the opponent) Square - Defence (running and standing option) Cross or X - Basic punching and kicking (with or without arrow keys) The different match styles are really good with lots of them to choose from like... ## One On One ## 2 Man Tag Match ## 6 Man Tag Match ## Handicap Match ## Cage Match ## Ladder Match...

Tonster 16.01.2003 (12.05.2003) · Read review
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Review of WWE Smackdown! Shut Your Mouth (PS2)

Mouthfuls of gold

Advantages: Taste, Good Gimmick, Health(ier)
Disadvantages: Small bag

...as Skips, Quavers, Matchsticks, Space Raiders, Frazzles and Hula Hoops, they are targeted at the young and get the customers at an early age that stay with them into adulthood. Upon opening the bag, you don't get much of whiff coming out of the bag, but it does look like you get a decent bagful of crisps. Cleverly to do some experiments I put a handful onto some tissues, and they showed a lovely golden brown colour that crisps should always show (unless their covered in some sort of a spice and have a reddish tint), just to show the oils (natures best flavours) have been cooked properly. So onto the flavour, something I find hard to do with crisps is ?eat 1 at a time?, anyone who does it, I feel misses the whole purpose of having a mouth. As a result of shovelling handfuls (or should that be mouthfuls) down at a time, I couldn...

iamasadlittleboy 02.08.2009 · Read review
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