Hostel part two - Twice as bad!

Advantages: quite short!
Disadvantages: hmmm!

...must confess, however, that I had my reservations. The first film was unique, and self contained. What could they do to improve on it? It seems to be, that Eli Roth has a singular vision. A vision that, though once remarkable, has now become dull and boring. His inability to look around the box, has led him to have a much shorter career than he should. He should have taken more time creating hostel part two, or else not have bothered with a sequel at all. The plot, which is thinner than Homer Simpsons' hair, is basically the exact same one from the first film. The events of the film, are 'similar, but not as scary. The acting is perhaps slightly worse, and all he has done to try and make this a film in its own right, is give it an all female lead cast, and provided a Taratinoesque twist, at the end. This would have been a compliment...

giksy21 21.07.2009 · Read review
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The root of all evil part two

Advantages: The journey continues
Disadvantages: Please read part one before this one

...For those of you that have been following my journey through nanowrimo we can resume where we left off. For anyone who has come to read for the first time you will have to read part one if you want to know what is happening. It has been a long journey. I hope those that have been with me all month have enjoyed it. I have made it to the 50000 mark so have completed the challenge. The next challenge will be to finish the story. So here we go, we left our intrepid band deep in the woods following the river, let us pick up where we left off. The root of all evil continued And the Maple called for war The days past, the days turned into weeks and the trees went on. They walked on in the perpetual gloom under the canopy of pine needles. The sky above remained heavy and dark, threatening snow and delivering on a regular basis...

docpov 28.11.2008 (25.01.2009) · Read review
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The Godfather: Part II review

Advantages: Engaging, immersive, great script
Disadvantages: May be too violent for some people

...The Godfather: Part II is the second installment in the Godfather saga, chronicling the life and times of the Corleone family. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and co-written with Mario Puzo, this film won 6 academt awards, including best picture and best supporting actor for Robert De Niro. A noticeable difference with this film is that it presents two parallel storylines. One involves the now head of the Corleone family, Michael (Al Pacino), from 1958 to 1959 as he tries to expand the family's business by opening up a casino in Las Vegas, the other is a flashback showing his father, Vito "Don" Corleone from his childhood in Sicily to his founding of the Corleone crime family in New York. As with the first one, there is a lot of violence and murder, so it's not to everyone's taste. I know this film is held up as the exception to...

Walter_Kovacs 04.02.2009 · Read review
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Back to the Future Part II

Advantages: Nice to see what the 1980s thought of the 2010s are like
Disadvantages: None

...Back to the Future Part II is an excellent follow up to the original. It was made in 1989, 4 years after the first one. It has lots of interesting concepts. Is it better than the first one? Read on... --- the BASICS --- Back to the Future Part II is a science fiction film about time travelling, starring Michael Fox and Christopher Lloyd as the 2 main lead characters and directed by Robert Zemeckis. The first film was about the invention of the time machine and Marty travelling by mistake to the year 1955 changing history. --- the PLOT --- Everything turned out well after Marty's little adventure in 1955 - his father can now stand up for himself, Biff now washes peoples cars and the McFlys are richer. Now happily in 1985 (BTTF 2 is set in 1985 despite it being made in 1989) the doc suddenly appears and said something happened to their...

ecolier 17.10.2009 · Read review
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HOT SHOTS PART DEUX - BIG REVIEW FOR BIG COMEDY

Advantages: One of the best spoof films ever made - hilarious characters and performances
Disadvantages: None

..."Intro to review" Are you kidding me! There is not one review so far of this fantastic spoof movie. Nowadays you get crap thrown around the movie business such as epic movie, date movie and meet the spartans. Hot Shots and specifically Hot Shots Part Deux are the perfect spoof movies. Why??...Because it has a great storyline and a fantastic cast. Writers of spoof films should go back to the drawing boards, sit down and watch this film several times, over and over again until they realise where they have gone wrong on all these crappy spoof movies they have been making. There have only been a few 5 star spoof films; aeroplane, scary movie 1, and thankfully...Hot Shot and Hot Shots Part Deux. This review is of the latter. "Background Information" Hot Shots part deux is a 1993 spoof comedy released by 20th century fox, a sequel to...

Jelboy 13.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Hot Shots Part Deux (DVD)

The REMote Part...

Advantages: It's Idlewild - you're not going to go too far wrong
Disadvantages: It's not quite up to their previous high standards

...Idelwild's fourth album sees the band develop their unique brand of indie rollicking and should ensure a much wider audience across international borders. The album fairly explodes into existence with You Held The World In Your Arms - not the only speedier number on the album, fans of earlier material such as the Captain mini-LP will be glad to hear. Any great band has a sound of their own; distinguishing features which set it apart from others. The combination of detached punk vocal, exuberant guitar chords, soaring keyboard, pounding drum rhythm, decent lyrics and a tangible melody make this an irristible song, an inspiring opener. The second track, A Modern Way Of Letting Go, ups the pace even further with a thundering bass-line, crashing guitars and miraculously clear vocal parts. The next track, American English, offers...

cidgreen 28.08.2002 · Read review
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The Godfather Part II - an incredible follow-up to the first film

Advantages: Another superb film
Disadvantages: Slow in parts

...The Godfather II is the second part of the Godfather trilogy. This film sees Michael in charge of the Corleone family having taken over from his father Vito. Running parallel to Michael's rise to power and reign over his father's mafia empire is the story of Vito first coming to America as a boy from Sicily and his rise through the crime ranks. The arrival on the young Vito in America gives a background to the character portrayed by Marlon Brando. The story of the young immigrant puts into context Vito's insistence on family being the most important thing. Watching how he has struggled as an outsider to create his reputation as a man on honour makes you realise that this is a legacy that must be passed on and that 'the family' must stay together. This film goes further than the first in exploring the idea of loyalty to 'the family...

jesperado77 25.03.2009 · Read review
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Creature Comforts Series 2 Part 1

Advantages: Very Clever Animation
Disadvantages: Few Real Laughs

...the best ones are developed into the animations. On occasion these are funny, and by funny I mean laugh out loud funny. But for the most part they are merely slightly amusing anecdotes on various, mostly bland, subject matter and observations on life. More often than not it is the background characters that will do something that makes you smile by doing something funny, but ultimately the laughs just aren't there consistently enough for me. There is no doubt that it is very clever, and the idea behind to whole thing is an original one but after the first few interviews you begin to wonder when the laughs will begin. For example there is a Welsh Dog, not sure of the breed but it is one of those dogs with folds of skin, well it just isn't funny at all, not in any way shape or form. Perhaps it's me. Perhaps my sense of humour is flawed, but...

sjp1966 11.11.2006 · Read review
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Father Ted - Series 2 part 2

Advantages: Very funny
Disadvantages: Not much

...Father Ted - Series 2 part 2 = The Series is about 3 priests and their housekeeper. They all live in a decrepit house on Craggy Island. Each episode involves crazy, hilarious and out right barmy situations that happen to them and also that they initiate and end up being caught up in the middle of an insanity tornado. Father Ted has been banned to this out of the way Parochial house because of his shady past. Which involved some missing money. Father Dougal McGuire is the innocent and thick as 2 short planks trainee priest. Father Jack Hackett is a heavy drinker and womaniser, much like a normal priest then? Mrs Doyle is their tea obsessed house keeper who also has a fetish for making millions of sandwiches. The Program lasted for three series Father Ted - Series 2 Part 2 I won't do...

MaldivesHoliday 10.06.2009 · Read review
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How I love body parts

Advantages: Loads. Can't image life without them!
Disadvantages: A fair few without them.

...When I saw this in the Ciao Cafe, I thought this would be a rather fun review to write. So, for a few days I was pondering on my 10 favourite body parts. I've finally come up with 10. Here, in no particular order, are my favourite 10! 1) NOSE I'm so glad the human body was made with a nose! Without it, we'd probably look really wierd! Not only that, I just love to smell. Whether I'm ordering food in a restaurant, or buying a brand new book, I have to smell it! I love the smell of newspapers and new books. The spring time is the best. When all the flowers are blooming. The roses smell lovely, as does all the other lovely flowers that bloom. I live by the coast, and the smell of the sea air is breath-taking. Sometimes when I'm walking along the Quay, a waft of fish sails past my nose. 2) MOUTH This is one of my other...

Louise90 20.12.2003 · Read review
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