The Tao of the Tao of Steve

Advantages: realistic likeable characters
Disadvantages: predictable plot, and the box design

...I saw this film pretty much as soon as it came out on dvd (it had a different cover then) and it's such a hidden treasure that when I saw no-one had reviewed it I decided I had to. ********The story This film is essentially about a thirty-something ambitionless nursery teacher (Dex) who coasts through life and has created his fusion philosophy of Buddhism lite, pop-philosophy and trying to be like all the cool 'Steves' in movies (Steve McQueen being the ultimate role model) which seems to bring him luck with the ladies despite his somewhat average looks: 'The Tao of Steve'. He spends many an afternoon playing frisbie golf and passing on his words of wisdom to his mates. I didn't quite keep his exact words in mind while watching, so I call upon the official film website for his essential philosophical statement drawn from Heidegger...

dakota196 02.12.2005 · Read review
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Review of The Tao Of Steve (DVD)

Steve Davies rules the Eighties

Advantages: Pulled snooker from pub sport to top television
Disadvantages: Cannot compete with the influx of new talent any more

...Steve Davies - 6 times world champion and absolute snooker king of the 80s! He can't play anymore, but boy can he commentate! I used to enjoy watching Davies in the 80s when I was a young lad, my father being a keen watcher of snooker. There is no doubt that Davies was the king of modern snooker then, when the sport was just becoming accepted as a television sport. Lots of women apparently used to find him extremely attractive - with his tall thin demeanour, and the way he used to slide his cue back and forth between the dimple in his chin. Whatever turns them on! The attraction of Davies was clearly that he was the young kid on the block in the 80s, and he took on what was largely a group of older established men who played slowly and drank lots of beer. That wasn't for Steve, he wanted to stay sober, sipping water...

peppermint 02.05.2001 · Read review
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Review of Steve Davis

Dog House Boogie - Seasick Steve

Advantages: Very different
Disadvantages: Too different?

...This is one of the latest CDs that i have bought, to add to my very small, but very diverse, collection of music. (One of the other recent additions being the "Back to the Old Skool" Garage CD. The sound of seasick steve could not be further away from this if he tried. With most of his songs being played on a 3 string guitar. There is a lot of deep south country music influencing the sound. However it is also extremely unique. I have never head anything like it, and probably never will hear anything like it either. I must admit though it definitely would not be for everyones tastes. I would advise looking on youtube at a couple of live performances. I first saw him on Later with Jools Holland, a few weeks ago. I thought he was amazing straight away, and very talented. I do think you have to see him perform to gain the full...

lustba 21.02.2008 · Read review
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Steve is a Marvellous Big Time Performer

Advantages: Seasoned Campaigner.Inspirational
Disadvantages: Very Few

...British Javelin thrower,Steve Backley,at 33 years of age is very much a veteran,but continues to astound the athletics world with his performances. This seasoned performer usually manages somehow to rise to the big occasion and come up with a huge medal winning throw, Steve who won medals at successive Olympic Games has regained his Commonwealth Games javelin crown at Manchester. He now has a superb hatrick of Commonwealth Games golds,having won in 1990,1994 and now 2002. He finished second in the javelin in the 1998 Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur. In the Manchester stadium, Steve, was back to his very best. He won the competition with a first-round throw of 86.81 metres. Would you believe the second placed thrower, Scott Russell, the Canadian, was almost 8 metres back with a throw of 78.97 metres,while Nick...

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Is your music sense excellent? Whos Steve Vai?

Advantages: An experience on its own! amazing guitarist ever! u gotta listen!
Disadvantages: none!

...Steve Vai, Those of you who are familiar with this name, my respects! and for those who arent please let me have this opportunity to introduce you to the most amazing guitarist on the face of mother earth =). ARTIST INTRODUCTION Steve Vai, A Grammy Award winning guitarist, composer, vocalist, and record producer, was born in June 6, 1960 in Carle Place, New York. At the age of 10, he started playing with some local bands and his passion for guitars kept growing more and more and in 1974 he took guitar lessons from another living legend also known as the guitar god by most, Joe Satriani. Having done all that and at a very early age stil, Steve Vai mailed Frank Zappa a transcription of Zappa's " The Black Page", an instrumental song, along with a tape with some of Steve Vai's own guitar playing solos and parts. Zappa was so...

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The best wrestler - Steve Austin

Advantages: The toughest wrestler without doubt
Disadvantages: Can be out of control with a lack of regard for authority

...Stone Cold Steve Austin. The mere mention of his name will bring any sold-out crowd to its feet in a crazed frenzy. Never before has the world of sports-entertainment seen a phenomenon like the one that Stone Cold Steve Austin has created. At any live event you attend, all you see is a sea of Austin 3:16. Why? 'Cause Stone Cold said so! When the Texas Rattlesnake entered the Mecca Arena in Milwaukee, for the 1996 King Of The Ring, he never could have imagined that before the evening was through, he would change the entire face of the wrestling world. After beating the Bible-referencing Jake "The Snake" Roberts to become King Of The Ring, Austin accepted his crown, and upon doing so informed Roberts that "Austin 3:16 says I just whooped your ass!" With that simple phrase, Austin became the most popular superstar to ever compete in this...

crowbar2000 06.02.2001 · Read review
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Last Documentary of Steve Irwin

Advantages: title
Disadvantages: none

...The Oceans Deadliest is a documentary staring the late Steve Irwin (Crocodile Hunter) and Philipe Cousteau, grandson of Jaque Cousteau. In which both of them travel through the worlds oceans looking for the most dangerous of all. It Shows all the different deadly creatures that live in the ocean, from the Blue ringed octupuse, which has the most potent venom of any octupuse, to cone shells, whos neurotoxins are used for medical purposes. While mainly entertaining, this documentary cause you to sit there and go WOW. Steve catches a 7 foot long sea snake, the biggest ive ever heard or seen of, and i dive. He also gets close with some stone fish taking off his fin and putting his bare foot over one to show the spike reflex of the fish. While Steve was doing this, Philipe was in Africa in a shark cage swimming face to face with the a...

nikecat 20.05.2007 · Read review
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The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

Advantages: Offbeat, performances, visuals.
Disadvantages: Just doesn't work at times, odd balance of drama and comedy.

...pretty much lost on me. While they are all interesting oddities, they are never engaging enough for me to want to return to them. From the trailer and the cast I was hoping that The Life Aquatic would be different, but alas not. The hero of the adventure is Steve Zissou (Bill Murray), an oceanographer who sets out to kill a shark that killed his best friend. Along for the ride are his wacky crew (including a hilarious Willem Dafoe), his estranged wife (Angelica Huston), a journalist (Cate Blanchett), and a pilot who may or may not be Zissou's son (Owen Wilson). What follows is a series of vignettes following their adventure as they encounter pirates, participate in daring rescues and have run-ins with Zissou's "nemesis", fellow oceanographer Alistair Hennessey (Jeff Goldblum). It's all whimsical enough, although perhaps a little too...

eddie7sf 20.01.2005 · Read review
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The Wacky Weird and Wonderful World - Steve Martin

Advantages: Quick and Quirky Reading
Disadvantages: Difficult to put down

...Steve Martin is a recognised celebrity, famous for movie appearances such as the man with the massive nose in ?Roxanne?, the father with the crazy family in ?Parenthood? and more recently the unsuspecting pen-pal/confidante of a parole prisoner (played by the larger than life Queen Latifah) in ?Bringing Down The House?. This man has not only been blessed with astounding acting, directing and producing skills, he is also a talented fiction writer. His previous literary works, ?Picasso at the Lapin Agile? and ?Shopgirl? have been admired by readers across the world. Steve Martin possesses his own inimitable style on-screen and on the page. The complex word-play and nutty characterisations of his movie and TV works translate into the written form with astounding effect, making Martins writing vivid yet understated, simple yet amusing...

Weespud 22.05.2004 · Read review
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Code Complete 2 - Steve McConnell

Advantages: Good, solid advice for developers & programmers
Disadvantages: None at all

...Code Complete by Steve McConnell has been one of the most highly respected 'must read' titles for the last ten years. Whilst there are books galore on every language, system and operating system you can think of, McConnell's book addressed the issue of providing a practical guide to good software construction. Code Complete was an instant hit and many IT managers made sure their programmers read it cover to cover. Ten years on, Steve McConnell has now updated his book to cater for newer trends and techniques in software development and thus we have 'Code Complete 2'. Note the picture shows the original version of this title, the current one is a dark grey with a photo of a keyboard in the middle and a prominant '2' top right. Where Code Complete 2 excels is that it doesn't just tell you what to do, it tells you why and then backs up...

ilaskey 18.04.2007 · Read review
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