Pulp Fiction Screenplay

Advantages: Extra scenes
Disadvantages: None

...Being a huge Tarantino fan and an even biger Pulp Fiction fan, I decided to get my hands on a copy of the script. The great thing about the screenplay is that you can read all the bits of the film that didn't make the final cut as well as seeing what the original lines were and the changes that were later made. There are quite a few scenes and lines that wern't in the movie and whilst some of them wern't up to the same standard, others must have been cut for time reasons. The book is split throughout with shots from the film showing memorable and important parts. Also included in this are; a list of Quentin's other work, the cast list, a full credits list and awards the film recieved. This book sold very well and was one of the few screenplay's to make it to the top of the top ten books. When you read it you can see why. It works...

joe-survey 26.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino

The Importance of Being Quentin

Advantages: Unusual, moving story; loads of dry wit and humor; often thought-provoking, unique ideas; never boring.
Disadvantages: Absolutely none.

...?As soon as I stepped out of my mother's womb onto dry land, I realized that I had made a mistake?that I shouldn't have come, but the trouble with children is that they are not returnable.? --Quentin Crisp, ?The Naked Civil Servant? ----------------------------------- With his usual droll wit, Quentin Crisp, that famously eccentric Englishman and resident of New York City, thus described his birth in his wonderfully penned autobiography. So who was this chap Crisp, you ask, and what was he famous for? Well, he might have been the most amusing and colorful wit of the last century. He was famous for just being himself?Quentin Crisp?effeminate homosexual, artist's model, occasional actor, superb writer and brilliant wit. Crisp could not live without being who he was?a man who was attracted to other men?and never thought to...

zerbine28 15.03.2004 · Read review
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Review of The Naked Civil Servant - Quentin Crisp

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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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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Review of Panasonic DVD-S54

Quentin England Amsterdam

Advantages: Cheap Good Location
Disadvantages: Noisy Small Rooms Lack of Cleanliness

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djgard27 18.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Quentin England Hotel, Amsterdam

Who wouldn't love a Tarantino crime scene!?

Advantages: Great On The Edge Of Seat Entertainment
Disadvantages: None whatsoeva for me! Not everyone's liking.

...CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) is already a smash hit in both The UK and The States and each storyline is more creative than the last. Who would of thought that Quentin Tarantino wanted a role behind the scenes. This explosive, on the edge of the seat, nail biting two - part season finale was directed and also written by Tarantino. It starred the usual cast members plus some special guest appearances. It starts off with Nick (George Eads) and Warwick (Gary Dourdan) tossing a coin to see who gets which case! Warwick wins and gets the strip-bar call and Nick ends up getting the trash crime scene. It only needs one CSI. Apart from the officer who called in Nick is the first to arrive on the scene.He starts collecting evidence and the officer starts to feel quasy, he turns his back and Nick dissapears. It's personal now...

sarasweet 11.04.2007 (19.04.2007) · Read review
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Review of C.S.I. - Crime Scene Investigation - Vegas - Grave Danger (The Tarantino Episodes) (DVD)

Zagazoo - a brilliant book, especially for boys/parents of boys

Advantages: Quirky, warm, funny and surprisingly deep!
Disadvantages: A big (albeit light) book, so little babies will need you to hold it for them

...The image that Ciao is choosing to illustrate this book is completely wrong - it's actually an A4-sized book with a white background and a typical wild Quentin Blake illustration on the front of a couple opening a brightly-coloured parcel to find a baby in it! We were given this by some friends when our son was born 2 years ago. We had a quick look through it and a bit of a laugh, but then put it away for a few months until Boy Wonder became interested in books with words and pictures, rather than just pictures. We started reading Zagazoo to him when he was about a year old, and the first couple of times, he wasn't that keen on it. But it's really grown on him over the least few months, and it's now most definitely a favourite of his. Zagazoo tells the story of George and Bella, who are very happy together dusting, making model...

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Review of Zagazoo - Quentin Blake

A return to classic Tarantino

Advantages: Brilliant acting, writing and directing, opening scene
Disadvantages: None worth mentioning

...(The Alamo, Cat People, and works from Ennio Morricone). My personal favorite is a scene where Melanie Laurent is dressed completely in red and surrounded by smoke, whilst David Bowie's 'Putting Out The Fire' plays in the background, a brilliant choice. Given that this is essentially a WW2 flick, and one by Quentin Tarantino at that, the level of violence and action is surprisingly low, but when it does come it hits hard and doesn't disappoint. The scalping scenes are particularly graphic, but it doesn't get any more gory than that, and is kept at a good level to appease nearly all audiences. Some people frowned upon it because it was so historically inaccurate, following the history books only very loosely. However, it's a film, and a work of fiction, so if you don't mind that, you're sure to love it. Visually superb and with some...

midpikyrozziy 03.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Inglourious Basterds (DVD)

He has only one boot...

Advantages: Great illustrations
Disadvantages: Rather short

...Animals often seem to be the main focus of children's poetry, but Mister Magnolia by Quentin Blake is the story of a poor man who had only one boot: 'He has green parakeets who pick holes in his suit - And some very fat owls who are learning to hoot - But Mr Magnolia has only one boot.' Mister Magnolia may sound like a sorry character, but lacking a boot doesn't seem to stop him having fun. He dances while his two sisters play the flute, takes children for a ride on his scooter, and juggles with fruit at the market stall. This is a light-hearted piece of narrative poetry that has a happy ending as a little girl presents Mister Magnolia with a parcel that contains another boot. It doesn't match the one he already has, but never mind, it's a boot, and Mister Magnolia is deliriously happy. It might seem like a strange story, but...

denella 03.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Mister Magnolia - Quentin Blake

Early Cash and I don't mean money

Advantages: Classic , fresh , raw , entertaining , a little piece of history .
Disadvantages: May be too dated for some .

...Background Johnny Cash had been recording and playing for quite a while before I came across him properly as an artiste. In the early seventies my brother bought "Johnny Cash live at St Quentin" and it was a real eye opener, or should I say ear opener to me. Previously to this I had sort of heard him in passing but not taken that much notice. As a flighty teenager he had seemed far too old and straight to appeal to me. It took my advancing years to truly get a feel for the man and his music. However "San Quentin" was one of the first rungs on the ladder. My boyfriend at the time, and Husband to this day, bought the L.P before I knew him and so, among our differing tastes in music, this was one firm favourite. He has bought Cash?s music over the years right up to his final offerings and for me the music matured well along...

grafter123 11.06.2007 (22.03.2009) · Read review
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Review of At San Quentin [Remastered] - Johnny Cash