The safest room in the house!

Advantages: Brilliant story, completely captivating
Disadvantages: No special features on the one disc DVD

...Panic Room is a thriller starring Jodie Foster from 2002. It runs for approximately 112 minutes & is rated 15. It received a mainly positive reception from the critics. It grossed an estimated $196,397,415 at the box office on a budget of $48,000,000. Panic Room is directed by David Fincher who is famous for working with Brad Pitt on films such as; Fight Club, Se7en & The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. He also worked on serial killer thriller The Zodiac. The main star of this film is Jodie Foster who I?m sure most of you will have heard of but if you haven?t she?s starred in films such as; Silence Of The Lambs, The Brave One, Freaky Friday & Taxi Driver. Panic Room is about Meg Altman, a recently divorced woman who moves into a new home with her 12 year old diabetic daughter Sarah (Kristen Stewart). The house isn?t just...

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Panic Room

Advantages: Scary - Good
Disadvantages: Some weird acting

...Panic Room Panic Room is the story of a mother and daughter who moved into a huge brand new A three floor house with CCTV in every room, a lift, and a panic room. Wow how amazing. Now, their first night in the house they end up getting broken into by three men who are after a certain something in the house. And the three men thought the house was empty so they broke in - but when they found out there was someone living in the house, 2 of the 3 men set out to kill them, just so they could get what they were after. The noise of the men in the house woke the mother, so she checked out the CCTV to find the men wandering about her house, but when she tries to escape the men chase her up the stairs. She runs for her daughter in the top floor then gets the lift back down, and they end up hiding in the panic room, where they can get...

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Dear Room

Advantages: honest and thought provoking.
Disadvantages: some work maybe seen as to short.

...about forgeting and things moving on, it covers the changing face of a house he used to wait ouside day after day. Secondly is the title poem 'Dear Room' as you may expect this is the longest in the book covering three pages, this covers the story of the goings on of a room over the years and its first use as a childs play area for games to be played everyday to it gathering dust in lated life and becoming used less and less. Third is 'Helter-Skelter' this doesnt really need any explaination! It is a lighthearted story of a helter skelter through the eyes of the Author when he was a child. Forth is 'Horse and Dolphine Yard' which is a short piece about the author remembering apart of his childhood growing up in china. Fith is 'Party Tricks' quite an adult themed one this one so i'll leave it at that! Sixth is 'Tell' and is a short piece about...

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Room On The Broom

Advantages: Fantastic Book with Amazing illustrations
Disadvantages: None

...Room On The Broom is written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffer. Fantastic book wih amazing illustrations. Julia Donaldson is best known for her prize-winning picture books, but she began her career as a singer and a songwriter, and even spent time busking round Italy and France. She continues to perform her stories, songs and plays to sell out audiences and is the most celebrated writer for young children in Britain today. Axel Scheffer is a star of children's book illustration. His many books have been published in over 30 countries and he has brought to life characters as varied as a dim-witted butterfly, a scruffy giant, an itrepid snail and a Ticklemetoo not to mention a gruffalo or two. Julia Donaldson is one of my favourite childrens book writers. Room on the broom is clever, charming, witty...

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The Common Room, Sheffield

Advantages: Good atmosphere, long opening hours
Disadvantages: Not everyones sort of thing

...It's not often that I am overly impressed by the new bars that open in Sheffield. They come and go frequently and often change names overnight. The Common Room is however one such place that I did walk into and say "wow!" because its discreet entrance offers no hint of what is to be found inside. Located on Devonshire Street next to The Forum shopping complex this is a place that lies right in the heart of the city centre's student quarter. The Forum shopping complex has built up a reputation in recent years as a place to hang out and be seen and there are many small expensive boutique style shops whilst The Forum bar is a frequent haunt of the city's pop stars (past and present) and you even might spot a footballer or too as well. The Common Room opened in 2006 and occupies the area above both The Forum Bar and the shopping centre...

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Any Room For Me?

Advantages: Great rhyming text and brilliantly illustrated!
Disadvantages: Some children may be a little scared of the beast that emerges from the ditch!

...suddenly the wind blows her hat off. "Down! cried the witch and they flew to the ground.They searched for the hat but no hat could be found." A dog then appears from the bushes with the hat and asks the witch if there's room on the broom for him; "Yes! cried the witch and the dog clambered on. The witch tapped the broomstick and whoosh! they were gone." And so the story continues with different things falling and the witch having to land the broomstick to hunt for them, each time a different animal finding the item and asking if there was room on the broom for them. Due to the weight of the animals on the stick, it eventually gives way and snaps in two. 'Down fell the cat and the dog and the frog. Down they went tumbling into a bog. The witch's half broomstick flew in to a cloud, And the witch heard a roar that was scary...

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Control Room

Advantages: Unique insight into al-Jazeera.
Disadvantages: Possibly one-sided.

...Two men are sitting in a newsroom having a conversation. One of them asks "Who is going to stop the United States?". The older man, the kind of genial man you wouldn't mind having over for dinner, looks straight at him, and without hesitation replies, ""The United States is going to stop the United States. I have absolute confidence in the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. people." This is a remarkable statement. Not for what it says, but rather who is saying it. The man is a reporter for al-Jazeera, the news station almost constantly condemned by the US government and recently censored and shut down in the new, free Iraq. Control Room is full of moments like this, and they are more than welcome. The film raises more issues than just the al-Jazeera one, but that is where the heart of the film lies. The channel has been almost...

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Room 101: 1500+ Words of Unadulterated Therapy

Advantages: Getting lots of pent up frustrations off my chest
Disadvantages: It's a LOT of pent up frustration!

...INTRODUCTION I have had very little to complain about during my time here on Ciao. The community is great, the reviews are of an excellent standard (most of the time) and I very much appreciate the reads, rates and comments. However, having been born in England, I feel a pathological need to complain, so when casting about for ideas for a non-product review, I was delighted to find Room 101. There are certain things in this life that cause me a disproportionate amount of stress given their relative insignificance. I wish I had the patience to deal with them. But I can?t. They annoy me, frustrate me, and drive me to distraction. Some even stir primitive, near-homicidal urges. If the mythical Room 101 were to exist, these are the types of people, things and behaviours I would seek to banish within. Trust me - the world would be...

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Will you ever leave the room?

Advantages: Immersive plotline, an imaginitive paradoxical world of fear and confusion
Disadvantages: A little dated and slow at times

...Originally appearing on the Playstation, the 'Silent Hill' series is a successful series of horror games, probably most comparable to the 'Resident Evil' games in some ways, however Silent Hill has a tendency to be much more twisted and freakish than the gory and action packed nature of most Resident Evil games. It has seen six major games and also a translation to cinema. Silent Hill is developed by Japanese company 'Konami' and as a result the games are well-produced and well-marketed and have resulted in a successful franchise of games. Unlike all the games that proceeded 'Silent Hill 4: The Room,' this game is set in the fictional American town of 'South Ashfield.' All the previous games were set in a sleepy village known as Silent Hill - a village which is exposed to be deadly and disturbing, with a hideous past. With each game...

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Late Booking on Late Rooms

Advantages: Easy to use, can book a hotel within about 15 minutes, great choice of hotels.
Disadvantages: The site isn't very attractively designed and rather overloaded with information.

...Late Rooms, founded in 1999, is an online hotel booking facility which allows you to search for multiple hotel vacancies in one area at a single time. It covers every country in the developed world including the whole of the EU and all popular holiday resorts too. They pride themselves on offering greatly discounted rooms as no hotel wants to be left with empty rooms and so as time depletes hotels often discount their rooms drastically rather than be faced with empty rooms for the night. Unlike most hotel booking sites Late Rooms actually states that it does not charge a booking fee and so saves you paying the middle man. The website's homepage offers you a simple drop down menu containing all the countries it covers to choose from. The EU countries are listed at the top with all over countries being below in alphabetical order. There...

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