Samuel L Jackson Shines

Advantages: Performances great, brilliant soundtrack
Disadvantages: Slightly predictable plot line

...Samuel L Jackson plays a past in blues man no longer able to play through fear of God. When he stumbles across the towns local sex addict nymphomaniac (Christina Ricci) one evening brutally beaten and left dead on the side of the road he takes her in and vows to cure her of her evils. The story follows these methods, their growing plutonic relationship, the towns reaction and her attempts at re-engaging with her boyfriend (played by Justin Timberlake). This is a curious movie and I must admit to not knowing what to have made of it immediately after seeing it. The plot became increasingly predictable and concludes in expected fashion but there was something distinctly likeable about the film. I think this was in no uncertain terms due to the charisma, believability and likeability of Jackson's character. Where the others on occasion...

Nixu1980 17.10.2009 · Read review
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Samuel L Jackson...in a kilt?

Advantages: Action Packed, S L Jackson, British supporting cast
Disadvantages: Plot Holes

...Kilt wearing Elmo McElroy (Samuel L Jackson) graduates as a pharmaceutical professor in 1971 only to be busted on a drug charge and disbarred. Thirty years later and McElroy, now living ‘underground’, has developed the designer drug of the century. Looking to retire, he blows up his drug cartel boss the Lizard, and arrives in Liverpool to make a drug deal with local gangland bosses. Teaming up with foul-mouthed gangster Felix de Souza (Robert Carlyle), and learning that not all is what it seems, McEloy has to evade the efforts of assassins, bent coppers and gangs of skinheads, in an explosive twist filled action adventure. The 51st State is a rarest of cinematic feats – a British crime caper that actually works. Ronny Yu, director of the excellent Bride with White Hair movies and teen horror Freddy vs Jason...

noel007 23.08.2003 · Read review
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Review of The 51st State (DVD)

They ATE Samuel L Jackson!

Advantages: Absurd to the point of funny. The Chef. Expensive special effects.
Disadvantages: Pathetic plot, almost too lightweight to believe.

...Any film in which Samuel L Jackson is consumed by a 50 foot shark should immediately be quarantined to the "But SLJ is the Man... This must be an awful film" corner. And rightly so... It is an awful film. But not due to the digestion of our favourite Jedi Master (sorry Yoda).. Its due to the non-existent plot, unbelievable CG sharks and the fact that All but two of the main cast die or get eaten. Or die because of getting eaten. By super intelligent sharks. Its literally: very important scientific research on floating shark cage going on... major disaster... everyone trapped... must escape... get eaten one by one... apart from the last two who blow up the remaining shark.. a la Jaws. Its only saving graces are the Chef, and that they manage to get the leading woman to get her kit off for the most contrived and feeble reason ever: so she...

doza 25.07.2000 · Read review
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Review of Deep Blue Sea (DVD)

Aspirations and Reality

Advantages: Coach Carter
Disadvantages: The other two

...Shaft Introduction Shaft, released in 2000 is an American Police Movie. The film is a sequel of a film made in 1971 going by the same name. It is the 5th film directed by John Singleton. Cast Samuel L. Jackson (Coach Carter, SWAT) Toni Collette Busta Rhymes Vanessa L. Williams Jeffrey Wright Mekhi Phifer Christian Bale. Plot John Shaft (Jackson) is called in to investigate a racially motivated murder committed by Walter Wade (Christian Bale), the son of a wealthy real estate tycoon. However, the only eye witness, Diane Palmieri (Toni Collette), disappears without a trace. Having been let off on bail, Wade flees to Switzerland but returns two years later, confident that his connections and wealth will acquit him, so long as the waitress witness doesn't testify against him. Wade then enlists the assistance...

djtmj 29.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Samuel L. Jackson - Coach Carter/ Shaft / Rules Of Engagement (Hero Triple) (Box Set) (DVD)

H. Samuel is the home of a girls best friend!

Advantages: Fantastic stores, helpful staff, clean & tidy, lots of different pieces on offer.
Disadvantages: None.

...Some aspects of my review may be based on shopping experiences in my local store in Harlow, Essex. H.Samuel are a jewellery store and they also sell watches & miscellaneous other gifts such as crystal items, wedding gifts, candlesticks etc and although I've never brought any of these particular gifts they look very well made and are always beautifully displayed. The store has glass windows all the way around and in the window miscellaneous items are displayed such as watches, rings, earrings, necklaces, bracelets etc and these display cabinets are normally set out in sections such as gold, silver, platinum, titanium, engagement rings, wedding rings, eternity rings etc and it's nice and easy to locate the pad of jewellery that you want to browse and then pop inside the store and ask a member of staff if you can view something you...

katyeverett 17.11.2009 · Read review
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Michael Jackson is Invincible

Advantages: The King,, Slash, Great album
Disadvantages: None

...**Introduction** Michael Jackson has become a lot like Marmite with many people around the world over the last few years. Some either Hate him or Like me Love him. (Or rather his Musical legacy). With all the bad press I thought we should focus on something positive and With his huge upcoming stand at London's 02 Arena coming up I thought it was time to review the album that is freshest in the memory of Michael Jackson fans and that album is of course his 2001 album Invincible. **Invincible** It's been eight years since Michael Jackson released this album and that makes his previous gaps between albums seem like an artist who releases an album every year or year and a half where it has always been around four years apart from 1997's Blood on The Dancefloor after 1995's History. Invincible was released by Epic Records and features...

jcneil 21.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Invincible - Michael Jackson

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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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

Advantages: Wonderful reading
Disadvantages: Edited version

...Whilst Samuel Johnson's Dictionary was not the first attempt at creating a dictionary of the English language, it was the first serious attempt by someone who was a skilled lexicographer. It was first published in 1755. The latest edition is not the full version, it is a special edited version produced by Jack Lynch, with selected highlights form the original work. The original publication was 2,300 pages of definitions of words published in two volumes. So useful was it that it remained the definitive dictionary of English for at last 150 to 200 years. The Jack Lynch version is considerably smaller, one volume with only 646 pages. The book starts with an introduction from Steven Leveen, the president of the Levnger Press, which explains why they decided to publish a new edition of the dictionary. There is also a fulsome...

Martinscholes 28.07.2006 · Read review
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Michael Jackson's Thriller

Advantages: Great songs, talent, highly skilled voice, excellent sound quality
Disadvantages: You might not like Michael Jackson

...There is no other album like Michael Jackson's Thriller even after 25 years it still remains a class above the rest in my opinion. Michael Jackson's Thriller sold in excess of 27 million copies in the USA and Michael Jackson received a ground breaking eight Grammys and 12 nominations in 1984. The album is highly polished and has an excellent sound quality. The album produces a style that is unique to Michael Jackson which has a great dance atmosphere and has a good blend of percussion and keyboards. Tracks like "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" are part of this influential album. I love the way Michael Jackson's Thriller captures you into a world of make believe as the music slows down and picks up throughout the album. No two songs are the same. The beat in each song is fantastic giving a good blend of variation throughout the album...

Mickie26 29.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Thriller - Michael Jackson

Remembering Michael Jackson

Advantages: Good
Disadvantages: Good

...I see like a lie that this man that we know singing first as a Jacksons Five's Mamber ( Michael Jackson and his brothers and sister musical group) at the end of the sixties and begging and after that like a solist as a singer and a dancer have dead when at 14:00 Pacific Time or 17:00 Easterm Time US times or 22:00 BST he entered to a Los Angeles Hospital because he can breathe being the reason that he had dead but the medical autopsy will tell more about it . Now on a conner of a Hall of fame with a flowers and a candle and record we remember his song first his first song as "I'll be there" that is probably the best song of Michael Jackson at Jackson five group when he were 13 years old and another soul song of this era. At the seventies ending he sang as a solist singer and as a dancer "Don't Stop 'Til You get Enough" that is...

heisei 28.06.2009 · Read review
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