Sun, sea and bikinis on The Island?

Advantages: Great script, great effects and will make you think afterwards
Disadvantages: Acting a bit so so & degenerates into chase movie for second half

...The Island can be best described as a cross between Logan's Run, which it looks incredibly similar to set and costume wise, and the two George's creations? Lucas' 'THX 1138' & Orwells' '1984'. We have a futuristic society where everything is ordered and perfect. Your health is checked continuously and any problems rectified immediately, even something a simple as a high sugar level results in a curtailment of your food privileges and an adjustment of your diet. This is all controlled by a band on your wrist which is scanned nearly everywhere you go. The year is 2019 (I think though this seems to be contradicted later on!) and a large contamination has killed most life on the planet. The towers we see are the only place safe to live and everyone there works hard, aiming to try and win the regular lottery which entitles the winner to...

Ailran 17.08.2005 · Read review
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Review of The Island (DVD)

Island In The Sun

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Disadvantages: ----

...for school, when I get to school, after each lesson, at breaktime, at lunchtime, before I walk home. I've got about 15 lipglosses, so I could have a different one for each day of the week if I wanted. Anyway, I would take my lipgloss with me to my island because not only would it protect them from the sun, but it'd make my lips look nice too, cos you never know when a fit boy will appear............. ~ MUSIC ~ My second choice will be music, so that would include CD's and something to play them on (cheeky, aren't I?) I would take 3 CD's with me (which will not include any Westlife, Gareth Gates or any other crappy boyband for that matter!!) I would take with me: ~ Avril Lavigne - Let Go ~ Offspring - Conspiracy of One ~ Sum 41 - All Killer No Filler I would play my CD's as loud as I wanted, without having to care about annoying...

Candymarie 04.10.2002 · Read review
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Empire of the Sun

Advantages: Some excellent levels, Great musical score, Replay potential, Available cheap
Disadvantages: Some glitches, Graphics could have been more polished, Some poor levels

...Electronic Arts must have reached the point by now where they feel that all they need to do to make a game a success is to stick the words "Medal of Honor" on the front cover. The Medal of Honor (MoH) series has been on the go for a number of years, and has produced a series of mostly successful World War 2 themed shooters across a variety of platforms, including one of my favourite PS2 games, Medal of Honor Frontline. It was the great enjoyment that I got from Frontline that has been encouraging me to try out other games in the series in the hope of finding something that catches my imagination as much. This particular instalment, Rising Sun, released in late 2003, is built along similar lines to Frontline and shares many of its good points - although it never seems quite as polished and well produced as Frontline did. If you have kept...

Collingwood21 06.01.2010 · Read review
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Review of Medal of Honor: Rising Sun (PS2)

The Sun also surprises

Advantages: Successful, professional, knows its market
Disadvantages: Brash, trivial, scurrilous, simplistic, self-congratulatory

...It is, I think, a good idea to confront one's prejudices from time to time, and it would be hard to be more prejudiced than I am against The Sun newspaper. I hardly ever see The Sun in the usual way of things, let alone read it, yet if you asked me to describe it I would have no difficulty in trotting out at least a dozen derogatory adjectives, the most polite of which you will see listed as "Cons" in the summary points above. The fact that The Sun is part of Rupert Murdoch's media empire only serves to redouble my bias against it. The trouble is that I'm such a sad case of bleeding-heart liberal that I'm not truly content to live with knowing I'm prejudiced. So when I saw that the Ciao competition for May was for reviews on sun-related topics, I decided it was time I bought a few issues of The Sun and made a serious attempt...

torr 28.05.2005 (16.06.2005) · Read review
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Review of The Sun

My Island in the Sun

Advantages: peace
Disadvantages: none that I can think of at the moment

...Since living in Medway I feel like I live on a desert island already!! ?.. But that is another story. Apologies to the good people of Medway but I have to be honest. Living alone on a desert island would suit me fine but there are a few essential things I would have to take with me????.. 1. My computer. Yes I have to say my computer would have to come with me. That way I could keep in touch with my friends and loved ones but still enjoy the sheer bliss of having a beautiful sun drenched desert island to myself. I could also watch football on CTV (I couldn?t live without Celtic), and I would have to catch site of my son once in a while to make sure he was ok. 2. A London Bus. All my friends know about my passion for London buses. When I first lived in London I used to buy a Red Bus Rover ticket and go exploring the city...

Maglette 25.01.2003 · Read review
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Empire of the Sun

Advantages: Different and really visual
Disadvantages: Hard to appreciate

... Discovery As far as music goes, I love it all, I always find my taste varying as I discover new artists, I love rock, pop, hip hop, old and new, everything. Empire of the Sun is something really different. I discovered them about three or four months ago when one of the songs was played on the radio and I was desperate to hear more. I could not find out who they were and eventually the tune faded from my head, when I then stumbled across the song again I remembered as many words a possible and Googled the lyrics, found out who they were and bought their album from Amazon. Who are they? Empire of the Sun are an Australian duo who formed in 2007 but have only recently started coming out of the woodwork in Britain with some of their songs being played on the radio waves, and also more and more regularly their songs are...

amyloop 25.10.2009 (16.11.2009) · Read review
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Review of Walking On A Dream - Empire Of The Sun

Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun!

Advantages: The title track is a big hitter, great to see them still in action
Disadvantages: Very patchy quality, just not classic Placebo

...Placebo are a defiantly odd band, and always have been, sitting somewhere between flamboyant glam and angry punk posturing. Surfing in on the tail end of Britpop, they've defied the music press by remaining a going concern for six albums and about fifteen years. Probably, if we're being completely honest, because they've never raised their heads far enough above the parapet of popular culture to burn out like Oasis does every couple of years. Boasting more drummers than Spinal Tap, and the distinctive nasal mid-Atlantic vocals of Brian 'sex pixie' Molko, the band is, in the best tradition of UK middleweight rock groups, huge in Europe, and famous for generating publicity through spats with other bands. One of the most notorious being their run-in with Limp Biskit during a South American tour. But anyway. Battle For the Sun. Sixth...

Olly_Plimsoll 13.08.2009 · Read review
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The Sun - I love 'The Sun' all year round!

Advantages: Great to read, lots of useful sections for the whole family, bargain at 30p!
Disadvantages: None

...The Sun is a national newspaper that is sold in England, Wales, Northern Ireland & The Republic of Ireland. It is also printed in quite a few European countries so that most people can get The Sun whilst away on their summer holidays although you normally pay quite handsomely for this privilege! Monday - Friday The Sun is 30p and 60p on Saturday. It is not printed on Sunday as it's sister paper 'The News Of The World' is printed instead. There is lots to the paper such as: Page 3 - Normally a topless girl complete with a little comment on one of the days news articles. Daily News - All the stories from the last 24 hours or so as well as updates on previous stories that they have followed in the paper. Sport - All the latest up to date sports information and this seems to cover everything from racing to football to cricket...

katyeverett 09.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Sun

Let's have a bit of Sun-shine

Advantages: Cheap , entertaining ,
Disadvantages: Page three

...This is my 100th review!!!!! * What is the sun ? * The Sun is a British Tablod Newspaper availble in The Uk and Ireland.The current editor is Ross Kemp's fiance Rebekah Wade . The Sun began on September 15th 1964. The Sun is published monday to saturday and costs a small price of 35p. The sun includeds news , celebrities , sport , health , entertainment and lots more. * Logo * The Sun logo features a small font of 'THE' in white above a large white font of 'SUN' with a red background. * Features * * Page three * This is page is very well known.Each day it features a topless model.This is perhaps the suggestion that this newspaper is mainly aimed at men. * The Sun Says * This is a column where the sun puts it's view across on news such as the England Football Team and Euro 2008. * Bizzare * This is...

xdonzx 20.11.2007 · Read review
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The 12 Islands of Gocek

Advantages: Lovely boat, fantastic views, gorgeous food, great value for money
Disadvantages: None for me

...and snorkelling stop. On arrival in the harbour you are met by your tour operator who drives you back to your hotel. The boat There are many different boats that run the 12 Island Cruise and the type of boat will depend on the tour operator you book the excursion through. The boats range from cheap and nasty looking double-decker plastic type boats to ?old style? wooden sailing boats to ultra modern sleek sports boats. We had previously been on a double-decker plastic boat and fancied a wooden sailing boat, therefore we booked our trip through Kaunos Tours, a company which has their own wooden sailing gullet. The boat is fantastic. At there front there is a sun deck, complete with sun loungers, enabling all those on board to enjoy the scenery whilst soaking up the sun. The back of the boat has a tarpaulin cover over it...

yackers1 21.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Göcek 12-Island Cruise, Mugla