The battle of the spices!

Advantages: An enjoyable film with a mystical charm
Disadvantages: A little slow at times

...India is an ancient land famed for its myths, magic and tradition. But what happens to these when its people leave for new lands and find themselves in a different culture? The mistress of spices is the tale of Tilo, a lady with the gift of second sight and who has been trained to use spices to help customers who visit he store in San Francisco. As a child she was trained by first mother to understand the power of spices and use them to help others. In doing so she must dedicate her life to the spices, following 3 simple rules: never to leave the store she runs, touch the skin of another or use the spices for their own gain. Tilo runs a store called the Spice Bazaar and has many regular customers who we learn a lot about through the course of the film. These include Haroun, an immigrant taxi driver who dreams of making it big in...

tecnomars 01.12.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Mistress Of Spices (DVD)

The Mistress of Spices - Definitely Not A Spicy Mistress!

Advantages: Lovely cinematography
Disadvantages: Lack of chemistry between the leads

...Tilo runs a spice store in San Francisco called Spice Bazaar. She is a Mistress of Spices and must live according to the rules she was taught by her mentor ? she mustn?t physically touch another human being, she mustn?t leave her store and she mustn?t use the spices for her own benefit. She has regular customers who come to her for spices to fix things that are not well in their lives. All is going well with the spice shop and Tilo?s life until Doug comes into her life; a handsome architect with his own issues that need resolving. The problem is, though, that they have a mutual attraction which is dangerous for Tilo and everyone who trusts in her ?magic?. Will Tilo stay faithful to her spices? Will she venture out into the big bad world and risk a romance with Doug? Will the spices take their revenge? FACTS & OPINION I...

anonymili 06.12.2009 · Read review
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The Spice Garden - No Garden, Plenty of Spice

Advantages: Light airy conservatory, pleasant service, good value for money
Disadvantages: Nothing out of the ordinary

...Another week brought another visit from my hungry curry-loving colleague Joep. I had no plans for the evening and asked if he wanted to have dinner. His eyes lit up; "Can we have curry?" he asked excitedly. And so at around 6.30pm we left the office to go in search of a new curry restaurant that we'd not tried before. I'd spotted the Spice Garden on my way to work that morning and decided that this time it would get our custom. The world (well the UK anyway ? and India, Bangladesh, Pakistan etc?..you get what I mean) is full of curry restaurants and in the middle of a recession we should spread our pennies around and try to support a new one each time until we run out or get food poisoning. I got lucky and found a parking space right in front of the restaurant. It's on New Chester Road in Bromborough, about a mile off the M53, close...

koshkha 07.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Spice Garden, Merseyside

Sugar and Spice

Advantages: Highly moisturising, great scent,
Disadvantages: limited edition

...I received a vanilla spice body butter in a gift set with other festive scents (including spiced plum) as a christmas present last year. As a fan of the body shop body butters, this was a perfect gift for me, and one that I was more than happy to receive. The body butter is a creamy yellow in colour, and is of a slightly more liquid consisitency than other body butters I have tried. It smells fantastic, the vanilla us very string but the hint of spices - largely cinammon - give the scent a real christmassy feel. If you are a fan of vanilla, then this is designed for you (some of my friends find the scent of vanilla too sickly, so I know that this is not for everyone!) The body butter is incredibly moisturising. Only a small amount is required per application as it's moisturising capabilities are so intense. Even my dry patches...

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Review of The Body Shop Vanilla Spice Body Butter

A spice sensation in a simple sachet!

Advantages: tasty! Easy to use, and great value for money!
Disadvantages: Not everyone will like it!

... Ainsley Harriott Spice Sensation Couscous What is it? Ainsley Harriott Spice Sensation Couscous is a simple packet of Couscous made by the well known celebrity chef, Ainsley Harriott, it comes in a variety of flavours; Tomato Tango; Citrus Kick; Wickedly Wild Mushroom; Spice Sensation; Moroccan Medley; Roasted Vegetable Style. They come in easy to use 100g packets which you just add water to. Each pack serves 2 people. Couscous is made from Semolina and is much like rice in it?s appearance only smaller round balls. When cooked couscous is again like a softer smaller grained version of rice. It is kind of an acquired substance with a lot of people not liking the texture of it when cooked. I bought this from Asda as my husband told me he couldn?t stand it, after eating it in a salad one time unflavoured, and I...

stephbond89 16.11.2009 · Read review
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Spice Up Your CD Collection!

Advantages: great songs, attractive cover, decent price, memories
Disadvantages: a few negative memories, one or two disappointing tracks

...I don't tend to buy CD albums which consist of tracks from just one artist. Now I think about it, I can't remember the last time I bought a compilation album either (I really need to sort out my CD collection!). My Dad has asked me if there were any CDs I would like for Christmas, but I answered him with a straight forward 'no'. Although, this was a bit of a fib. I didn't want to ask for anything that Christmas, everything was to be a surprise! Deep down though, I was hoping for one album. This was a special album, consisting of both old and new tracks, a CD full of memories good and bad. If I wanted any album that year, it was to be the all-new Spice Girls Greatest Hits album! Announcing Their Return I heard about the reunion of the Spice Girls long before they made the official announcement; somebody I know receives email...

Amy69 06.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Greatest Hits - Spice Girls

Spice up your life!

Advantages: Has all their first songs on it which I loved, really catchy
Disadvantages: The unreleased ones aren't that good!

...When girlpower took over the world seems a long time ago now but I got a copy of their 1st album the other day I thought it was definitely worth an opinion on Ciao! Spice was their first album and includes all their first songs when they hit the big time! On the whole I like this album because of the songs they released and I really liked them at the time. However I have to say I didn't really like any of the songs on here that were never released! It is as if they have just put them on take up space on their first CD. Track 1 - Wannabe Their first song ever released that went straight to number 1 and saw the official launch of "Girlpower" that was to last a fair few years when they took over the pop world and the traditional boy bands! This song is really catchy and makes you want to get up and dance to it - love it...

Allyalcock 26.09.2006 · Read review
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Review of Spice - Spice Girls

Debut Spice !!

Advantages: Great four songs !
Disadvantages: The rest are easily forgettable

...This is the Spice Girls' first album & now we are eagerly awaiting their third, although of course, five have become four ! This album has only ten tracks on it & although the singles on it are excellent - Wannabe, Say You'll Be There, Mama & Who Do You Think You Are - & are destined to be classics, the rest of the album is very disappointing. The other six tracks tend to wash over the listener without making much of an impact, definitely in the B-side tradition - instantly forgettable. Recommended for the hit singles, but not much else....

KarenUK 16.07.2000 · Read review
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Review of Spice - Spice Girls

The hidden treasure within the spices...

Advantages: read on...
Disadvantages: none

...the future, the villagers often turned to Tilo (Aishwarya Rai) for help. But then one day evil men (pirates) sought her out, wanting Tilo to locate a lost treasure for them. These men broke into Tilo?s home and murdered her family. Not having had the premonition that this would happen, Tilo goes into shock at the horror of what she has witnessed, and the realisation that everyone she loved has been killed. Tilo does manage to remain calm, and escapes her captors by jumping into the ocean, and eventually washes up on an island where an elderly mystical woman lives with a group of young girls. This small group of young girls have all been chosen because of their mystical abilities, and the elderly woman has been training them to understand the mystical value of spices, and to use these spices in order to help people. The belief is that every...

GoFigure 22.06.2007 · Read review
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Spice world

Advantages: Some Excellent Songs
Disadvantages: Its old news now

...Im listening to this album at the moment, i have not listened to it since i bought it when it was released by the Spice girls, however, i found it an excellent album. They have a great range of songs, and their voices makes the songs perfect. Each of the girls spread out their voices for each section of the album - its superb. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Songs on the album: and my opinion ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spice up your life - This song is very up beat and catchy, something u can dance to. The song represented their name as well as the album, was very good. Loved it Stop - loved this song as you all well remember - the dance to...

lesleyanne18 18.05.2006 · Read review
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