A film with it all...and Rachel Weisz

Advantages: See Review
Disadvantages: None that stand out to me

.... We open with the vital scenes of Vassili being taught by his grandfather about how to first tempt the bait in, and then, to shoot it quickly and efficiently in-between the eyes. The perfect shot for an instant death. We are then fast forwarded about 20 years to where Vassili is on a train, travelling to Stalingrad with a load of other Russian troops to help fight against the Germans. It’s here that we are first introduced to Tania (Rachael Weisz), a female troop, who Vassili obviously likes, but is a shy person, and doesn’t like her to know that he is looking at her. She is then taken off the train, never to be seen again, or so Vassili thinks. We are then thrown straight into battle with the Russian troops having to take a boat ride across a river to the other side, the other side being Stalingrad. However, just one...

GR-Design 16.09.2001 · 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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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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I ate Rachels strawberry yoghurt.

Advantages: really delicious
Disadvantages: price

...I bought a Rachel's organic low fat yoghurt and when I ate it I thought how delicious it was. You can buy Rachel's strawberry yoghurt in most supermarkets. This yoghurt is not one of the cheapest at £1.46p for a 450g pot (price Ocado) I notice Ocado have an offer 3 pots for £3 This yoghurt is presented in a plastic pot with a picture of a red strawberry on the Rachel's black and white packaging. One of the reasons I bought this was it is low fat ?. 1.6 g per 100g pot it contains 86k cal per 100g too. I reckon to get 3 or 4 servings out of this 450g pot, more if I add it to cereal or fresh fruit. This yoghurt is also available in a 150g pot cost about 65p. This yoghurt is organic milk and organic strawberries; I like this as I dislike the amount of herbicides and pesticides that are used in food production. This yoghurt is...

mumsymary 10.06.2008 · Read review
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Rachel Walsh: aka Cleopatra, Queen of Denial

Advantages: Entertaining read, slightly more depth than the average chick-lit
Disadvantages: Unchallenging, a bit over-long

..."Rachel's Holiday" is chick-lit, there's no doubt about that. We can tell this at a glance because it is pink, has a pair of shoes on the cover and a girl's name in the title. Oh - and because it's by Marian Keyes, one of the undisputed queens of the genre along with Jane Green, Sophie Kinsella et al. Now, I have eclectic tastes in literature, as my choice of previous review subjects might suggest, and while it isn't my staple reading matter, I have been known to dip my toe into the waters of the dreaded chick-lit. (Incidentally, it's interesting how that slightly derogatory term is now used as a catch-all to describe - and to some extent dismiss - any literature ("lit" as we must now call it) by or about young women. Some of this is absolutely dire, some of it actually pretty good. If in doubt, stick a picture of a pair of shoes...

sheri3004 15.11.2005 · Read review
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Review of Rachel's Holiday - Marian Keyes

Rachel Getting Married- Worth a watch,but not two!

Advantages: Story.Realistic
Disadvantages: Slow

...just after coming back from rehabilitation. There is obvious scrutiny of her character, mostly by the relatives and invitees. The family is divided, with her being her dad's favorite daughter, and her sister not liking the fact. The relations seems real, not in contrasting white and black, but rather in the gray region. There's love between sisters and yet there is this jealousy(well,jealousy is not the precise word here),probably sibling rivalry is better. Add a pair of divorced parents, it just makes it more complicated and interesting. Rachel getting married is subtle and probably will linger on your mind if you have a sister.Girls might like this film more. I am not sure of repeated viewings for this film, but its worth a watch! ---Also on ciao under the same name----...

aadnan613 08.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Rachel Getting Married

My Cousin Rachel

Advantages: Suspense, suspense, suspense
Disadvantages: Can't think of any!

...Ambrose, Philip's guardian since the loss of both parents at an early age, travels abroad to Italy for the sake of his health where he meets, falls in love with and marries "my cousin Rachel". Months later, Philip receives a disturbing letter from Ambrose concerning the state of his health, which also hints at Rachel's involvement in his illness. On travelling to Italy to investigate, Philip finds Ambrose dead, and Rachael has departed. Philip returns to England to take up residence in the estate which he has now inherited from Ambrose. Shortly thereafter Rachel invites herself to come and stay with Philip in the house which she would have shared with Ambrose had he lived. Philip accepts, with the intention that he will question Rachel on her involvement in Ambrose's death and mete out her punishment accordingly. However...

chcouper 21.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of My Cousin Rachel - Daphne Du Maurier

rachel's creamy goodness

Advantages: taste, texture, healthy
Disadvantages: not widely stocked

...Honestly, the woman is some kind of dairy food goddess. I'd become a lesbian and shack up with her in an instant. I found this by accident in the Supermarket. I go through phases with yoghurt, sometimes I love it and eat it by the bucket load, other times it gets left at the back of the fridge for so long it grows it's own legs and leaves to find it's destiny on the streets of East London. Rachel's never lasts that long. This really is heaven in a pot. And it's organic, so it must be good for me, right? This comes out of a family run organic dairy in Wales. In black pots with a yellow representation of somthing which I suppose it a Greek building, it's hard to tell, it'll set you back about £1.40 for 450g. The flavour I love is Bio-Live Greek Style Yoghurt with Honey, though they do lots of other great ones. It doesn't smell...

melee679 05.05.2003 · Read review
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I picked up Rachels Holiday at a car boot sale.

Advantages: This book has it all.
Disadvantages: None whatsoever.

...*Updated to improve on my first ever op, and to give this book the write up it deserves.* Now that I own Rachels Holiday I am never letting it go! It is a brilliant book. Its all about an Irish girl (Rachel) living and working in New York, she shares a flat with her Irish best friend and together they get up to all sorts and have lots of laughs at others expense! Rachel has very low self esteem and is always worried about what others think of her, she wants the "in" people to think she is fabulous. Rachel falls madly in love with the person she least expected to, it turns out to be someone who is not in the "in" crowd. Things go wrong for Rachel,she goes out of control with drugs, but she does not think she herself has a problem. its not just with drugs its alchol as well. She has a hard time hanging on to a job and is always...

jennylou 24.08.2001 (28.08.2001) · Read review
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Review of Rachel's Holiday - Marian Keyes

A dramatic wedding

Advantages: brilliant acting
Disadvantages: slow development and strange soundtrack

...Despite the ?chick flick? sounding title Rachel Getting Married is a drama made in 2008. It was directed by the American filmmaker, screenwriter and producer Jonathan Demme. He is famous for directing The Silence of the Lambs. Naturally since then he directed several films such as Philadelphia, Beloved or The Truth About Charlie. The screenplay was written by Jenny Lumet. Anne Hathaway was nominated for Oscar in the category of Actress in a Leading Role. The winner finally was Kate Winslet for The Reader. The classification is 15 years and over. The running time is 114 minutes. Main cast: -------------- Anne Hathaway ? Kym (Rachel?s sister) Rosemarie DeWitt ? Rachel (the bride) Tunde Adembimpe ? Sidney (the soon-to-be husband) Bill Irwin ? Paul (Kym?s and Rachel?s father) Debra Winger ? Abby (Kym?s and Rachel?s estranged mother...

D_i_a_n_e 26.10.2009 · Read review
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