Shane To Alfie

Advantages: Great read, interesting, informative, honest
Disadvantages: Takes a while to get your interest

...HATE TO ACCEPTANCE A few years ago, I would have said I hated Shane Richie. There was no concrete reason behind it, I’d never met the man, it was just a feeling. I knew he’d cheated on Coleen Nolan when they were married and I thought of him as arrogant, annoying, one of those grinning faces you want to slap. When I heard he was going to be in EastEnders, I was close to stopping watching it – a programme I’d followed since the first episode in 1985! I was convinced he would ruin it and I couldn’t face the thought of seeing him four times a week. But I decided to give him a chance and I’m glad I did. The first time he appeared as Alfie Moon, he was mildly irritating, but watchable. A few weeks later, we were saying things like “He’s really rather good, isn’t he?" Now he...

KarenUK 29.01.2004 · Read review
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Jean Paul Got To Have!

Advantages: Great long lasting smell, nice bottle
Disadvantages: A little more expensive than others on the market

...I was bought this aftershave for Christmas this year by my girlfriend. I liked it so much; I thought I would share my opinion of it with Ciao. Packaging Jean Paul Gaultier 'Le Male' comes in a silver tin with the 'Jean Paul Gaultier' label embossed on the front. You can pull the bottom of the tin off, and the bottle of aftershave sits in a stand on the base, which is attached to the base of the tin. Inside the top section of the tin is a white plastic section which holds the top of the bottle square inside the tin, once the bottle is back inside which stops it from rattling around and possibly being smashed inside. The bottle itself is typical of Jean Paul Gaultier aftershave and comes in their famous body shaped bottle. This particular bottle is in the theme of a sailor. The bottle is an off navy blue with white stripes...

Jamie73 02.01.2007 · Read review
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Shame on Shane!

Advantages: Compulsive reading
Disadvantages: None at all really

...I have just come back from a blissful week in Tunisia, lying around the pool reading books, sipping the odd cold beer along the way, just to keep cool you understand. One of the books I read was Rags to Ritchie by Shane Ritchie (with Sue Crawford). And I’m surprised to admit it was a dam good read! Previous thoughts about Shane. I didn’t have any strong feelings about his career prior to Eastenders where I think he does a superb job as Alfie Moon. I always considered Shane to be a slightly cheesy light entertainer, Mr Quiz show, every ones mate, always there with a witty quip or a sharp answer. I knew he had been a Bluecoat at Pontins and I knew he was in Grease and therefore must be able to sing and dance a bit but what came across as I got stuck in to this book is that he is obviously a consummate professional who has...

Looby5 14.07.2004 · Read review
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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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Paul Mitchell, an overview

Advantages: Environmental friendly, good values, products not tested on animals
Disadvantages: Results not satisfactory, not a good outcome

...At one of my trips at the saloon, I was recommended some products from Paul Mitchell for my daughter, who has a frizzy and curly hair which seems to have gone in a very bad shape over the last year. I have to admit that up until this point I have never heard of this brand, so I have decided to give it a try and see if it will help getting my little daughter?s hair back in shape. Since I normally do not buy products I don?t know I have looked up on the internet to see what information I could find about Paul Mitchell products, even if it was a bit late by this point. Who is Paul Mitchell? Paul Mitchell was a hairdresser who, together with John Paul DeJoria, decided in 1980 to create a brand designed especially for hair care professionals. The company wasn't a big success in the beginning and they struggled not to...

crisella74 14.04.2009 · Read review
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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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Pre-Trill Paul Wall

Advantages: A few big tunes
Disadvantages: Lots of weak tracks

...Although it wasn't until the year later when his commercial debut was released the Houston rapper Paul Wall released his independent solo debut in 2004 with "Chick Magnet" after collaborating with many of the key artists from H-Town and the Texas state. 1. "They Don't Know" Found later on "The People's Champ" this one has him just killing it as he gets Grid Iron and Michael'5000' Watts to compose a track which has him sampling some H-Town classics from the likes of Lil' Keke, Fat Pat, and UGK (from nearby Port Arthur) and you here that Mike Jones (rather than Bun B, who is on the remix) joins him as they show us what H-Town is about. **Five Stars** 2. "Dat's What Dat Is" Moving things on a little you actually get UGK's Bun B working with Paul Wall on this one and after kicking the track off and just throwing out some very...

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Shoplifters beware in Paul Blart Mall

Advantages: Great comical movie, some fine stunts and many laughs throughout
Disadvantages: none for me to complain about.

...At the moment Blockbusters are having quite a good deal on there DVDs, offering 5 dvds for a tenner for four nights. So I chose a few movies that grabbed my attention, one of them being a movie that I had heard a lot of good things about, that movie being Paul Blart Mall Cop. Director: Steve Carr Producers: Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Barry Bernardi Writers: Kevin James and Nick Bakay Stars: Kevin James, Jayma Mays, Keirs O?Donnell, Peter Gerety Bobby Cannavale and Adam Ferrara Released in early 2009 and given a PG certificate ** Brief plot? Paul Blart (Kevin James), who lives with his mother, (Shirley Knight), and his daughter Maya, (Raini Rodriguez), is a rather large figure of a security officer in a shopping mall, which he has been for over a decade, mainly because he keeps failing to pass...

blissman70 26.10.2009 · Read review
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Paul Mitchell - Great Products, Great Ethos

Advantages: Products smell absolutely divine and are great for your hair
Disadvantages: Can be expensive so save for a treat

...I think we all have certain products or ranges of products that we seem to rate very highly. Some of mine include - Heinz, Cadburys, Loreal, Dior, and Lancome. Don't get me wrong I also love own brand products and am in no way a label snob. Basically if I like something I buy it no matter what the label but there are certain things I must admit I do prefer to others. For those that know me you will already be aware I adore my health & beauty items and am always trying out new stuff. I must've tried hundreds or haircare products over the years but one brand I always trust and seem to like is Paul Mitchell. Paul Mitchell was set up 26 years ago by two friends who had a vision of founding a company by hairdressers for hairdressers one that would provide tools of success for hair care professionals, their salons, and the entire...

shazzaspannered 09.10.2006 · Read review
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Paul is...Live?!

Advantages: Some fantastic songs that benefitted from a live atmosphere.
Disadvantages: Some tracks didn't work vocally, a little Beatle bias.

...You would have to have lived in a cave over the past forty odd years not to have heard of Paul McCartney; in spite of his now ex-wife's original claim that she'd never heard of the fab four before she met the man himself (yeah, right), most people left on the planet may wish to rekindle memories of years gone by, or even discover them for the first time. The purpose of the Paul McCartney 'Back in the World' Live CD was obviously to take the joy of seeing the ex-Beatle live into the home of many more people who may not be able to folk out £50 to £60 for a concert ticket. This two disk set, as it conveniently points out on the front, contains 36 tracks by the man himself, chronicling his time in the world's biggest band ever to his time in Wings and even his extensive solo career. I'm not saying that it wasn't realised in order to earn...

MizzMolko 29.06.2008 · Read review
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