Best on-line shopping site

Advantages: Service, postage choice, good communcations, user friendly site
Disadvantages: Little chance of speaking to someone at Amazon direct

...I have used Amazon for seven years & although they are not the cheapest on-line site for books, music & other goodies, they are a pretty efficient bunch to deal with. I like the idea that if you buy more than £15.00 of goods, postage can be free but you need to carefully check your final requirements on-line before clicking the 'continue' button or you will default to a costlier postage service. Obviously with free postage you wait a little longer than the quicker service if you were paying but at least you have the choice unlike many sites. Communication with the customer is one of their strong points, they will confirm your order by email & also when your order is dispatched. Things do go wrong, but it is how a company rectifies its mistakes, that make Amazon among the top companies for customer satisfaction in the UK. In...

ScottishWestie 30.10.2007 · Read review
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Amazon, An excellent site for your on-line shopping

Advantages: Huge selection of goods, competitive, reliable, good after-sales service.
Disadvantages: Amazon prime does not cover marketplace items.

...place an order. Once you have found what you want to buy, there are two ordering options available you can put the item into your shopping basket for buying later on, or you can place a one-click order, which uses your saved details to place an immediate order, you will then get an email confirming your order. You can add to, cancel or change any order up until the point of dispatch, you will be advised on a timescale for you to do this. Once your order has been placed then Amazon keep you up to date via Email as to the order status, and if there are any problems with your order, they will advise you on a new expected delivery date with the option of cancelling the order if you don?t want to wait, you can also check the status of your orders in the ?where?s my stuff? section of your members page. Postage There are several...

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Upping the Ante

Advantages: Strong script and characterisations, outstanding animation
Disadvantages: None

...Introduction Computer generated animation is a term synonymous with Pixar, despite the fact many other studios use the technique to great effect. Pixar are of course responsible for films which have quickly become modern classics, such as ?Toy Story?, ?Cars? and ?Ratatouille? and there is a reason for this ? quite simply they are in a league of their own when it comes to the quality of films they are producing. The level of animation is a cut above Sony or Dreamworks? attempts within the genre, and the scripts are never less than excellent either. ?Up? is the latest release from Pixar, and having skipped ?Wall-E? due to complete disinterest from my daughter, I was curious to see this one. I had also participated in an online survey about the film with her several months ago, so I had a rough idea what to expect, but the finished...

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Review of Up (DVD)

Up, up and away!

Advantages: Some funny moments
Disadvantages: Too long, unpleasant animation

... Film Only Cinema Review This is the latest Disney Pixar offering, I tried my best to avoid watching it, but the kids really wanted to see it and they doubled up on their chores to earn the money, so I couldn?t say no. Synopsis Carl Fredricksen is an elderly man who has dreamt of going to Paradise Falls since he was a young boy. As a youngster Carl watched his hero Charles Muntz go off on his adventures in a blimp and return to hero status. Until one day scientists doubted Charles and the skeleton he brought back from Paradise Falls and mocked him, Charles vowed to bring back a live specimen. And so with his trusty pack of hounds he set off to Paradise Falls. On his way home from the cinema after seeing Charles set off, Carl heard adverturing chatter coming from a rundown old house. Inside was Ellie, a fellow...

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Up Up and Away!

Advantages: Amazing characters, fabulous storyline, hillarious & Emotional at the same time!
Disadvantages: It's not out on DVD yet so I have to wait a few months before I can watch it again!

...much more for the adults (in fact the screening we were in yesterday had more adults than kids, mainly couples!). The film is, as I said earlier on, very emotional right from the start really, with Ellie and Carl?s marriage growing, and going through their lives together in a montage of ?footage? and pictures, and seeing the change in Carl when Ellie was gone. Up has the perfect amount of humour and emotion throughout the film to keep it as a family film, and not make it so sad you?ll be weeping all the way through, but making it just sad enough for it be heart-warming and real. Just when you start feeling sad about the storyline, something happens to send you giggling again, which is a very clever thing to do by the film makers. If you love all other Disney Pixar films, then you will adore this just as much! The film has...

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Review of Up (DVD)

The Film Was 'Up'? But Made Me Feel Soooo Down

Advantages: Thought-provoking, fantastic animation, lovely story.
Disadvantages: A bit too sad at times.

...Director: Pete Docter & Bob Peterson Screenplay: Pete Docter & Bob Peterson Genre: Animation ? Family ? Adventure ? Comedy Country: USA Certification: PG Language: English MAIN CAST - VOICES: Carl Fredricksen [Edward Asner] Young Carl [Jeremy Leary] Young Ellie [Elie Docter] Russell [Jordan Nagai] Charles Muntz [Christopher Plummer] It all happened on a lazy summer day? Carl, just a child, meets Ellie, a boisterous little girl with shocking orange hair that sticks up like a porcupine. Ellie is everything that Carl is not, and he?s thoroughly fascinated? in fact, he?s so spellbound by the loud and excitable orange-haired girl, that he can?t seem to find his voice when she?s near him ? but that doesn?t matter because she speaks enough for the two of them! Although totally different, the two children share...

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Review of Up

Going Up!

Advantages: Orignal tracks
Disadvantages: A couple of less inspired moments

... Who is Shania Twain? Shania Twain, who was born Eileen Regina Edwards, is a five-time Grammy award winning Canadian singer-songwriter. Her music fits in the country pop category and has won her fame and success around the world. Throughout her career Shania has received 27 BMI songwriter awards and her third album, Come On Over, is the best-selling album by a female musician of all time. Her Albums Up to date Shania has released five studio albums: Shania Twain (1993), The Woman in Me (1995), Come on Over (1997), The Complete Limelight Sessions (2001), Up! (2002) and Greatest Hits (2004). Up Up was Shania?s fourth studio album and was released in November 2002. It is said that the material for the album was written and recorded across the world from Berlin and Vienna to the Bahamas and Mumbai. The album...

MI9to5 16.07.2009 · Read review
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Everybody sing along

Advantages: Lots of fun
Disadvantages: Absolutely none

...On-line,or streaming karaoke is a relatively new product.It gives you the chance to sing along to your favourite tracks with words on screen, just like a professional karaoke machine.There are two main English sites that offer this service, and are: www.singtotheworld.com www.easykaraoke.com Of the two sites, singtotheworld is the more professionally presented, and offers slightly more choice of songs.Easykaraoke's site looks somewhat childish in its presention, but, at the moment, there is one big difference.....Easykaraoke is free! The way that the two sites operate is different, in that Singtotheworld is a subscription site, costing between £3.99 and £5.99 per month depending on the subscription that you choose, and Easykaraoke operates on the user buying points to purchase karaoke "Party Time". 5 points gives you 30 mins...

RoyC 09.04.2003 · Read review
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Clinique products are great but cost too much!

Advantages: Moisturising, refreshing, light, odourless, sensitive
Disadvantages: Price!!!!!

...Moisture On-Line is an excellent moisturiser that will leave your skin feeling really pampered. It provides a protective barrier against cold weather, sun damage etc. and leaves your skin feeling soft and smooth. It moisturises very dry skin almost immediately. This is not a product you would have to use for days before seeing any benefits. This moisturiser is designed mainly for those with normal-to-dry or combination skin types. I was looking for a suitable moisturiser that wouldn't irritate as my skin is sometimes sensitive. And one that wouldn't be too heavy because certain moisturisers have left my pores blocked and feeling really unhealthly. I have combination skin but during the winter months I need a good moisturiser to combat the drying effects of the cold weather but one that won't trigger my oily patches. I have used...

Linkson83 05.02.2004 · Read review
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These teens go fired up!

Advantages: easygoing comedy
Disadvantages: predictable

...I watched this film yesterday in the afternoon while my sons were sleeping. I laughed a lot and hoped that I won?t wake them up. It is a very easy comedy that is mostly for young audience. This film was directed by Will Gluck and is recommended from 12 years. It was released in the summer of this year (2009). It is 90 minutes long. The story is very simple and there is only one twist in it, the rest is very predictable. So you won?t think for days about this film. You just enjoy it, laugh a lot then forget it. The characters in this film are mostly students. They are presented as easygoing, partying boys and girls with no deep feelings and touching message. Characters There are a lot of people in the story but the main rolls are: Shawn Colfax ? Nicholas D?Agosto Nick Rady ? Eric Christian Olsen Carly ? Sarah Roemer Dr. Rick ? David...

D_i_a_n_e 23.09.2009 · Read review
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