Serious Reservations

Advantages: A decent performance from Abigail Breslin.
Disadvantages: Zeta-Jones can't do comedy and neither can the director.

...perfectionist and control freak without any friends. So it stands to reason that Nick is her polar opposite; relaxed, loud, boisterous, messy and popular. And of course the only person that can bring them together is Kate's cutesy but serious niece, still in mourning for her mother. But the romance between seems forced - there's no real reason for them to get together. In fact their whole affair appears to be based on Nick's ability to anticipate Zoe's needs better. The inevitable thawing of relationships between the two is utterly contrived. It only occurs to satisfy the requirements of the romantic comedy genre. Similarly you know the two will fall out through professional jealousies and it will take a crisis with Zoe to bring them back together. The problem is that neither the story nor the characters have any depth, so they never ring true...

afy9mab 12.02.2008 · Read review
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Special Reserve Shops. Try them.

Advantages: Cheap and friendly
Disadvantages: Shop staff are a bit dodgy

...Have you ever suffered the inconveinience of ordering something mail order only to find out that it does not turn up for ages or t is out of stock? Well look no further. Special Reserve has arrived to cure your problems. I really like their site and have been a customer of their for a few years. Try it out. http://www.special-reserve.co.uk/ To buy from them, you need to become a member. This is relatively cheap and it enables you to a free gift and loads of cheap pc and console accessories,games and hardware. What is quite good is the fact they also have shops. Based in Sawbridgewoth, Chelmsford, Basildon,Bristol, Egham, Nottingham and Upminster. Being a resident of Chelmsford, I can easily nip down there and buy something so mail order is only useful to me when something is out of stock in the shop. Its easier to order...

andycharger 30.08.2001 · Read review
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A Dozen Reservations

Advantages: er.....
Disadvantages: Story, delivery, actors......

...so I can't help but hate this child actor or at the very least the character she plays. How on Earth a child can run off so many times or through so many strops in one movie is completely beyond me. I would love to live in a world where this movie could be enjoyable, and I'd also like to personally meet someone who finds this movie hysterical so I can slap them round the face screaming "Get a grip!" No Reservations offers nothing that the afternoon TV movie on some obscure cable or satellite channel will offer you, the only advantage is a series of "known" actors, most of whom do the best they can with the incredibly hollow subject matter. I watched this on DVD, but was so annoyed having wasted 100 minutes of my time I refused to watch the special features. Please take my advice and avoid this film until it turns up on TV in a year...

sghawken 03.01.2008 · Read review
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* No Reservations Here *

Advantages: Plot , Jokes , Set
Disadvantages: None!

...No Reservations is an American Romantic Drama film starring Catherine Zeta Jones. The film was released in the United Kingdom on August 21st 2007. Running time of this movie is one hundred and four minutes. This movie is a PG. Kate is a ?top? chef. She is extremely dedicated to her job and even goes out of her way in her ?off duty? time , to improve her performance in the kitchen. She is a star at the restaurant she works at ; everyone praises her excellent talent. However , what will happen when her sister dies and so her niece goes to live with her ? There?s a new chef too ; what will he be like ? Watch No Reservations to find out. First of all , I didn?t know until after I had seen this movie , is that this movie is based slightly on a German film called Mostly Martha. I myself , hadn?t heard of that movie until now , and havn...

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Reserve your copy now!

Advantages: Well acted, good cast, nice story, good pace
Disadvantages: Zeta Jones never seemed to look like she was working in a hot kitchen!

...I passed my driving test last week (yay!!) and went for a nice drive around with Harry after I got home to celebrate. We found ourselves in town so I popped into Woolworths and decided to buy myself a little celebratory present. I saw this film on the shelf called "No Reservations" and I remembered my mum telling me she'd seen it and thought it was good, so for only a fiver, I bought it and sat down to watch it last weekend. Chef Kate Armstrong has got her life sorted. She's got a great job as a head chef, a lovely little apartment and she thinks life is great, even though she's in therapy. But Kate's life changes completely when her sister is killed and she becomes full time carer of her niece Zoe. Kate has to alter her job and life to accomodate the little girl, and when new sous-chef Nick starts to look after Kate's kitchen when...

mummy2harry 23.10.2008 · Read review
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Minsmere Nature Reserve

Advantages: Lots of wildlife, good facilities for the disabled
Disadvantages: Admission charges

...Minsmere is one of over 200 nature reserves in Britain managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). Established in 1948 it is also one of Britain's oldest nature reserves. Back in those early post war days it was known as the Minsmere Bird Reserve and covered only a fraction of the 150 acres that it now spans. Today, Minsmere Nature Reserve covers the whole of east Suffolk from the estuary of the River Blyth to its north down to Minsmere River on its southern boundaries, this area now also forms a part of the much larger Minsmere - Walberswick Special Protection area and is also an area of outstanding natural beauty. In addition to its birdlife, it is also an important habitat for flowers, plants, insects and mammals. In September 2004 a previously unknown species of moth was found here, which was given the name...

micksheff 26.12.2007 · Read review
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No Reservations - Bland & Tasteless

Advantages: The food looks good?
Disadvantages: Where do I begin...

...and love. Kate, unable to give the child what she needs, attempts to win her over the only way she knows how - with food. Unfortunately, Zoe's tastes are not as refined as Kate's, and she refuses to eat anything Kate serves her. At a loss, Kate's inability to get close to her niece begins to affect not only her strict routine, but her life as well. When the owner of the restaurant hires another chef in order to help her, Kate is upset by the competition, and fears losing her job. The truth is, Kate lacks self-confidence, is afraid of relationships - and confronted by both, her life begins to crumble. 'No Reservations' is a light-hearted attempt at drama that is neither compelling nor well-acted. Catherine Zeta-Jones is not at her best, and overlooks the intended depth of her character by focusing too much on the 'cooking' aspect...

GoFigure 19.02.2008 · Read review
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Blackburn Meadows Nature Reserve

Advantages: A Haven For Wildlife, Educational For Local Schoolchildren
Disadvantages: Industrial Location, Some Vandalism

...on it but the subsidence created by the open cast removal of the Coal deposits had lowered the level of this land even further. Vegetation had begun to establish itself but it was the creation of the Tinsley Sewage Works that was to provide the catalyst and create the most remarkable change to this area, transforming it from an Industrial wasteland to the Wildlife haven that it is today. The Sewage lagoons attracted huge numbers of migrating and wading birds that stopped off here to feed on the vast numbers of insects that the sewage began to attract. Once this trend of visiting birds had been realised the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust stepped in to try and get this area designated as a local Nature Reserve and their applications were granted. Blackburn Meadows is now managed by a consortium that includes the Sheffield and Yorkshire Wildlife...

micksheff 28.12.2006 · Read review
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Leighton Moss Nature Reserve

Advantages: Lots of Wildlife, Unique Habitat
Disadvantages: Admission Charges For Non RSPB Members

...Leighton Moss is an area of extensive reed beds and salt marshes near Morecambe in Lancashire. It is the largest remaining habitat of its type in the north west of England and the whole site is owned and managed by the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds). I have some very fond memories of this Nature Reserve as a young Child, when my Parents used to bring me here en route to our holidays in the Lake District. This vast expanse of reed beds was always something magical to me, with its footpaths that cut between these reeds, which at over ten feet high must have appeared huge when I was so small. In later life I have visited similar habitats in Norfolk and Suffolk and especially around the Norfolk Broads but when I first started to come here this type of vegetation was unique to me. There is certainly nothing of this...

micksheff 05.06.2007 · Read review
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Blacktoft Sands Nature Reserve

Advantages: Lots Of Wildlife
Disadvantages: Not Free For Non RSPB Members, No Buses On A Sunday

...Blacktoft Sands is a Nature Reserve that is managed by the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds). It lies next to the tiny Village of Ousefleet eight miles to the East of Goole in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Ousefleet lies at a point where two of the largest Rivers in Yorkshire, the River Ouse and the River Trent meet, and flow into the Humber Estuary. Blacktoft Sands lies at the very point where these two great Rivers meet. The Reserve covers an area of 474 acres of tidal Reedbeds, Saltmarsh, Mudflats and Brackish Lagoons. These tidal Reedbeds are the largest in England and therefore provide an important Habitat for many rare Birds. There are very few Saline lagoons in Europe and these attract a number of rare Breeding Birds including Marsh Harrier, Bearded Tit, Bittern and Avocet. During the Spring and Autumn...

micksheff 30.01.2007 · Read review
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