Tales from the Tailor

Advantages: Some good acting
Disadvantages: Weak, Brosnan trying to hard not to be Bond

...This is a film which I found when scouting for bargains on EBay, I though that I would give it a go as it stars Pierce Brosnan who I quite like. Pierce plays the role of Andrew Osnard who works for MI6 and gets sent to Panama to check on the safety of the canal. When he arrives he decides that he is going to need a spy working for him so he can get the inside information which he needs. He discovers a tailor, Harry, played by Gregory Rush, who works for all the important people in panama. Andy gets background information of Harry so he has no choice to spy for him. Harry is a vivid storyteller and uses it everyday in his work but will he be able to stick to the truth when giving Andy his information or will he stick to his story telling and what will the consequences of this be? Ok, the film was watch able but I think that I...

sewbizzie 17.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Tailor Of Panama (DVD)

Tinker tailoring in Panama

Advantages: Good actors
Disadvantages: Weak story, ultimately a dull film

...Disgraced British agent Andy Osnard is packed off to Panama out of the way. Eager to get back into his boss' good books, he wants to provide him with some useful information. Choosing Harry Pendel, a tailor who is well-known in Panama, as his spy, he pays him to get hold of information relevant to the Panama Canal, hoping that some of it will prove useful. The fact that Harry is married to Louisa, who is the PA to the President of the Panama Canal, seems to be promising. Harry, initially reluctant to participate, is eventually lulled by much-needed cash. Unfortunately, he is not as well-connected as Andy hopes, and in the end, he makes up a story of revolution that Andy can report back to London. Will Harry admit that his story is a lie before the big guns come in? And how will it affect his hitherto peaceful life in Panama? Director...

sunmeilan 30.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Tailor Of Panama (DVD)

Tinkering With The Tailor

Advantages: Some good humour, entertaining
Disadvantages: Sometimes a bit uneven plot wise

...This was a film that got a good mention from a friend of mine about a year ago. It?s no doing the rounds on Sky movies so I decided to give it a look. The cast was good with Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush and Jamie Lee Curtis, also director John Boorman has made some decent films in the past. Andrew Osnard (Brosnan) is a British spy who lets his chauvinistic attitude get in the way of his career. An affair with the wife of an ambassador ends up with a last chance assignment in Panama. The mission is to learn what the President plans to do with the Panama Canal, a life source of industry and of great interest to both the British and the Americans. Osnard makes connection with a local tailor Harry Pendel (Rush) who has a shady past but also supplies suits to all the leading political leaders and gangsters. Pendel is in need of money to...

utero 12.01.2004 · Read review
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Embassy Suites

Advantages: Good service, and amenities
Disadvantages: A long way from anything

...Embassy Suites On a recent visit to California, I was booked into this hotel because it was close to places I had to visit for work. The hotel itself is only a short drive from the airport (it took about half an hour in a hire car, and not knowing where I was going) and is located in La Jolla which is apparently quite an affluent area, featuring banks and houses and hotels as well as restaurants and a rather nice shopping mall. It's easy to drive into the hotel and should you ask for it there is valet parking in the high rise car park, but I just parked round the back of the hotel. Once inside the hotel, check in was quick and efficient and I was immediately impressed with the well set out entrance lobby featuring some nice little touches such as plentiful flowers. The reception desk is large and well staffed and also in...

danielalong 27.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Embassy Suites Hotel San Diego - La Jolla, San Diego

The Other Side Of Nelly: Suit

Advantages: Great production
Disadvantages: Poor rhymes

..."Suit" is the second half of a double album by Nelly released in 2004. It has him work in his smoother form, with music which is more R&B-like, than suited to rap. This means that you have a choice with Nelly's music, whether you enjoy his grittier side, or his singing side, to then pick a CD to match your preference. 1. "Play It Off" To set the scene for this album, we get a massive collaboratiion by Nelly as he gets a chance to rp as Pharrell does the production and singing for him. Although their work rarely comes together, when it does, such as in "Flap Ya Wings" (off "Sweat"), it is always top-quality. The pair work together amazingly, and with the futuristic Neptunes beats, and Pharrell's great falsetto singing, it all came together nicely. **Four Stars** 2. "Pretty Toes" I was extremely impressed by this tune...

XICripZ 24.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Suit [PA] - Nelly

Suit - like marmite, you love it or hate it!

Advantages: Some decent songs
Disadvantages: Some not so decent songs

...This album is quite old, being release back in 2004, at least it feels old, I do own albums older, but that is not the point. Anyway, if you are completely unaware of Nelly and his genre of music - then you sound like my dad! - then I will introduce him. Nelly is one of several hundred rappers, however he has been lucky finding success after releasing his album Country Grammar, since then he has released at least three other albums. Suit was released at the same time as another Nelly album, Sweat, this was an adventurous action releasing two albums at the same time and some people began to claim that Nelly was getting too cocky, but they were both successful. Suit claimed to be an album containing his smoother, sexier songs, while Sweat, as the name indicates, was to have his faster, more dancey songs. I chose Suit, if I had been richer...

rabbiter 01.01.2006 · Read review
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Review of Suit [PA] - Nelly

Suite Dreams!

Advantages: Complimentary parking and breakfast, best price guarantee via web
Disadvantages: Drinks a little expensive.

...Finding myself with a mid morning flight departure of 10am from San Francisco Airport meant I had to find accommodation close to the airport for our final night. Like most people, I don't particularly relish spending a night in an Airport hotel, as it seems to be far more a functional expenditure than it adding anything to the holiday. However as there was no avoiding it, we booked the Embassy Suites, San Francisco Airport, South San Francisco and decided we would arrive reasonably late in the evening so we could enjoy the final day touring through the wine country. I booked online via the company's own website. Both my husband and I are familiar with the Embassy Suites brand, having both used them for business trips (separately) to the USA in the past. For those who do not know, however, Embassy Suites is part of the Hilton chain. I...

helencbradshaw 31.07.2006 · Read review
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Review of Embassy Suites Hotel, San Francisco Airport

~~It Works and Suites for me~~

Advantages: An alternative software package for office documents and photo imaging
Disadvantages: It does not have the Power point presentation editing feature

...MAJORITY OF US WHO HAVE ACCESS TO computers and internet services gain the basic experience/exposure to various office software. Personally, I do not have a formal training in the application of available computer software in the market. In general and in most cases, we learned it through our employment or in school as part of our daily work. Purchasing a set of personal computer (PC) or a laptop/notebook, this office software like Microsoft Office (MS Office) or Works Suite is already installed in the unit. However, due to piracy law enforcement, the computer stores installed it in a ?trial use? basis or else you have to buy the software separately! If you are lucky, some dealers (like DELL) provide the back-up CDs for the operating system of the PC and the rest of the software for future computer breakdown/set-up. When I...

digitalenvironmentalist 27.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Ms Works Suite 2004

Scone Shoes

Advantages: comfortable, better fitting shoes at reasonable prices
Disadvantages: limited range, most of them are quite ugly

...First let me explain ?scone shoes.? When I first ordered shoes from the Shoe Tailor, experts in wider-fitting shoes, I measured my feet incorrectly and found that the only shoes in their catalogue that would fit me were their widest, ugliest, most orthopaedic, brown, granny shoes: the type you might wear to go out with your friends for a scone, in your later years. Hence my friends groaningly called them my ?scone shoes? and walked several yards behind me on the way to the pub every night. They were very comfy! However, they fell apart after a couple of years of continuous wear, and once gone, same said friends took me shopping to some ?proper? shoe shops in Glasgow and I never once consulted my Shoe Tailor catalogue again. That was about eight years ago, and although I?m not exactly old and doddery yet, I am finding shoes to be...

molelover 06.10.2004 · Read review
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Review of The Shoe Tailor

Tailors Hall - Edinburgh

Advantages: Friendly staff, large rooms, reasonable rates for Edinburgh
Disadvantages: None

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Bex727 23.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Tailors Hall Hotel, Edinburgh