The Station Agent

Advantages: excellent writing, acting, direction...
Disadvantages: none.

...The Station Agent is an extraordinary film for a number of reasons. The first is that it is stunningly simple in story and script and yet intriguingly complex in theme and emotional resonance. The second is that it has a strong social conscience without a hint of condescension. The third is that it is funny, touching, sweet, lyrical and beautifully paced, which is sadly not something we see every day. This tiny crystalline gem of a movie took the critics by storm and as far as I can see, they were entirely within reason to praise it to the skies. The Film Stuff: Finbar McBride - PETER DINKLAGE Olivia Harris - PATRICIA CLARKSON Joe Oramas - BOBBY CANNAVALE Cleo - RAVEN GOODWIN Emily - MICHELLE WILLIAMS Written and Directed by THOMAS McCARTHY in his directorial debut. 88 mins Certificate 15 Fin lives...

ruth_cole 11.04.2004 · Read review
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Philip Schofield's Travel Agency

Advantages: Wide Holiday Choice
Disadvantages: Only West Country branches

...LET?S GO TRAVEL???? Have you heard this name before? If you live outside the South West of England, you may not have heard of this Travel Agents, unless you happen to have seen Philip Schofield on the television advert, advertising it. LET?S GO TRAVEL, which is the largest Independent Travel Agent in the South West of England, has 35 outlets scattered over Cornwall (down as far as Penzance), Devon, Dorset and Somerset. 30 of these outlets are Travel Agencies, and the others are a Business Travel Division; a Leisure Travel Call Centre, running travel clubs for organisations nationwide; and Specialist Cruise and Ski Centres. LET?S GO TRAVEL is the fastest growing Independent Travel Agency in the U.K. with their Head Office based at Barnstaple, in North Devon. This location includes the Personnel Department, Accounts...

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Travelling compactly

Advantages: Folds up compactly, bright colours, use as a cot or play pen
Disadvantages: Thin mattress base

...~*~*~INTRODUCTION~*~*~ My mother in law wanted to buy a travel cot when my son was born as she will be looking after him when I go back to work. We looked around on the internet and when she saw the Graco compact she decided that was the one, she loved that it was nice and bright and thought my son would enjoy playing in there as well as sleeping. We ordered it from Kiddicare but unfortunately they have stopped selling it. I have since seen it on Amazon, Halfords and Ebay though for roughly the same prices. ~*~*~FEATURES~*~*~ -Suitable from birth to around 3 years. -It comes in a handy carry case, making it easy for travel. -The travel cot unfolds easily and I actually put it up in a couple of minutes on my first attempt. -The sides are mesh which is nice and soft for wriggly babies banging their heads, also...

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With a Bang and a Clunk (Polity Agent - Neal Asher)

Advantages: decent world, good technology, lots of action
Disadvantages: Boring: too much technology, too many battles, not enough social background

...questions and possibly save the Polity from destruction. Meanwhile, a haiman (a human highly augmented with AI) Orlandine engages in a careful research on the Jain node she has in her possession - will she manage to control and harness its power or will it subsume and destroy her? Even from this brief plot teaser you can see that with Polity Agent we are firmly in the realm of high-tech space opera: interstellar travel through U-space, anti-gravity transport, spaceship battles, anti-matter guns, violent annihilation of whole planets. On top of this we have a good dose of post cyber-punk motifs including benign ruling AIs, humans augmented with electronics, Virtual Reality, mighty information gridlinks and memcrystals. Add genetic modification, bio-machines and a powerful nanotechnology that breeds like a combination of biological...

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My Secret Agent.....

Advantages: Too many to mention!
Disadvantages: Bit fiddly, but worth it in the end!

...This is just an overview or insight into the world of Microsoft Agent. Hopefully it won't bore you to tears! This is merely meant as a general informative review about the product, rather than the technical in depth how to install/setup sort of review (apart from a bit at the end). That might come later, depending on how this is received!!!! Microsoft Agent is a technology, generally included as part of Windows XP (Home or Professional Editions), that enables you to use characters (or 'Agents') to 'humanise' applications, create 'talking' websites or presentations etc. This basically means you can have a character that appears on screen that can carry out basic tasks including saying 'Hello, welcome to our company' when someone looks at your website, or 'Hey, you have mail from Fred Bloggs' when used in conjunction with 'Agent...

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A real travel agent

Advantages: Friendly Staff. No hard sell.
Disadvantages: Brochure supplies not always as good.

...You may have seen this new travel agent on the High Street. They have quite an eye-catching sign, dark blue with white writing. Advantage Travel are actually a group of independant travel agents, who joined together to give them some clout against the "big boys". I have booke my third holiday at my local Advantage Travel Centre and the staff are really helpful - they remember me from previous visits and always have time for a chat. Because they are independent, they don't push me towards a particular holiday company (Lunn Poly will ALWAYS push Thomson/Skytours/Crystal, because they make more money that way). Last September, I asked for a fortnight to Greece this May, and they checked everyone flying from my local airport. Thomson/Airtours/First Choice/jmc/Kosmar/Libra/Olympic/Sunmed and more - and found me two weeks named accom...

ONscotland 28.03.2001 · Read review
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Seagate FreeAgent Desktop 500GB

Advantages: cheap - all that it is
Disadvantages: poor structure, prone to overheating, not reliable

...Out shopping for a new external hard drive the Seagate FreeAgent Desktop caught my eye. It looked appealing with a massive 500GBs and 5 year limited warrenty as standard. I thought it was great value for money. The dimensions are (WxDxH) 4 cm x 16.2 cm x 19 cm and it is 0.9kg in weight. This product is black in colour with a yellow strip of light which is constantly on, though it isn't too bright so i had no problems there. It's Interface Type is Hi-Speed USB and has a Data Transfer Rate of 480 Mbps. Also has a Spindle Speed of 7200 rpm. These are also compatible with the following - OS Required Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Apple MacOS X 10.3.9 or later, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple MacOS X 10.4.6 or later This all sounded promising. After getting home...

vikki-adam 05.04.2008 · Read review
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Lovely estate agents

Advantages: Sold my house at asking price
Disadvantages: I don't receive service like that everyday

...Moving house is said to be one of the three most stressful things you can do,(besides bereavement and divorce). The last thing you want or need from your estate agents then is bad service, incompetence or inability to do the job. Fortunately for me, I got none of these. The estate agents we chose to sell our flat a few months ago I could not praise highly enough. Why did we choose Connells? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ With a little baby, we had been thinking of selling and moving for a while, so when we were in estate agents asking for house particulars, we were interested to see how they reacted to us and potential buyers, so we had an idea what they would be saying about our property behind our backs! I am sad to say that some estate agents really do live up to the dreadful reputation. I had comments such as "ooh, you don...

nancymac 31.08.2003 · Read review
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Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants

Advantages: Funny, believable, heartwarming
Disadvantages: None really

... Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants FILM ONLY REVIEW: Details: Directed By: Ken Kwapis Release Date: August 2005 (UK) Certification: PG (UK) Runtime: 119 minutes Genre: Adventure | Comedy | Romance Starring: Alexis Bledel America Ferrera Blake Lively Amber Tamblyn Plot: Tibby, Lena, Bridget and Carmen have been best friends ever since their mums were pregnant together in antenatal classes, and ever since they have been the best of friends, and family to each other. Although they're all such different characters nothing gets in the way of their friendship. Bridget is the sporty one, she is into boys and football. Carmen is the "geeky" one, she doesn't care much for her looks or been popular, and is the product of a broken home (her mum and dad are divorced). Lena is the shy...

stephbond89 22.09.2009 · Read review
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Cheaper than Travel Agents

Advantages: reasonable price, spacious
Disadvantages: needed a coat of paint, a few more sockets

...This is the follow up to my op on Lanzarote. These apartments are where we stayed in Puerto del carmen, Lanzarote. We were looking to pay around £250 to £300 each for a holiday. I went into the local travel agents and they came up with a few places in Lanzarote, none of which interested me. Some of them looked grotty, some were expensive, some of the fligh times were awful. Then I decide to scout around on the internet. I typed in Lanzarote apartments and up came www.lanzarote-villas.com. I clicked on the site and several pictures appeared. There were the choice of apartments, hotels, villas, property for sale( I wish) and car hire. Also is the section where you check out the infromation on your chosen resort. You can check out the weather forecast just before you go. Under the apartments I chose Costa Luz, they sounded ideal...

belinda9 19.06.2001 · Read review
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