YourPoints - if YouCan spend enough to earn them!

Advantages: Mid market card offers loyalty scheme
Disadvantages: Need to spend a fortune to get a benefit worth having!

...For whatever reason, NatWest and Air Miles have parted company. For years, NatWest was the bank where you could earn miles, certainly with the spend on a credit card and sometimes with the purchase of other products. This arrangement has now come to an end, NatWest do not offer Air Miles at all with anything (you can now get Air Miles with 'Lloyds TSB Airmiles Duo credit card' however, which I have reviewed for Ciao) and NatWest have launched a new scheme - NatWest YourPoints NB I believe at the moment that NatWest YourPoints is only available to people who used to hold a NatWest Airmiles credit card - so don't be surprised if you can't get your hands on one yet - but I expect they plan to roll them out later. **What is NatWest YourPoints** YourPoints is a loyalty scheme for NatWest, where spend on their credit cards earns you...

andyk910 27.09.2007 · Read review
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So Just What Is Your Point?

Advantages: Generally strong
Disadvantages: A couple of weaker tunes

...?The Point Of It All? was released late in 2008 as Anthony Hamilton?s fourth album. It can?t be said to have received as much attention as previous work that he has put out, but this album does feature him working to his typical high standard as he brings his soulful material that brings in elements of contemporary R&B and Hip Hop (amongst other things) and gets help from the likes of Dre & Vidal, Salaam Remi and David Banner. 1. ?The News? The album starts off in a manner that I have to say directly appealed to my tastes when it comes to his music as you see that with his incredible voice menaign that the music is going to be strong no matter what, hearing him come through with a tune that has him backed up by heavy Hip Hop beats, from Mark Batson, he gives you a Neo-Soul feel from the get-go of this release to show you what to...

XICripZ 01.10.2009 · Read review
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Gloss Over Your Kissing Point!

Advantages: Gorgeous smell, lasts well, moisturises
Disadvantages: Availability

...Kissing Point Lip Gloss This was a second Christmas gift (I've already reviewed the lip liner) received from my very good friend, who sadly for me now lives in Australia. I miss her, obviously, but it does soften the blow slightly when you get the chance to try out fabulous new products like these! The packaging is similar to that of the lip liner - a plain cardboard carton which gives easy access to the product. The cardboard carton is girly pink with shiny foil lip imprints and "Kissing Point (TM) where lips meet" written across it. The product information is on one side of the box. The shade of your gloss is detailed under the barcode. The lip gloss itself has a top and is transparent, so you can monitor how much product you have left. It has "kissing point" and a heart with "E.C" in it in silver...

carcraig 26.02.2009 · Read review
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Where's Your Kissing Point?

Advantages: Easy glide on application, good product design
Disadvantages: Availability limited

...Kissing Point Lip Liner with Brush This was a Christmas gift received from my very good friend, who sadly for me (I miss her!) now lives in Australia. On the up-side though, it does mean that I get to find out about fabulous products like this, I suppose. The packaging is my favourite kind; a plain cardboard carton, which opens easily without having to faff about with scissors or tweezers. It is fantastically girly, all pink with shiny foil writing "Kissing Point where lips meet" and a lip imprint. Almost too nice to throw out, or recycle! All the product information is on one side of the box. The actual lip liner itself is pink with the shiny foil writing identical to the packaging. It is a pencil-type liner with a cap on either end. There is a band of colour round one end of the liner so that you...

carcraig 12.02.2009 · Read review
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No Point second-guessing this!

Advantages: Brilliant premise, great cast, enjoyable film
Disadvantages: None

...and after the assassination from each of the their viewpoints, trying to work out who did it. But don't think you're going to get it - twists and turns lurk at every corner with a shocking conclusion. After reading the synopsis, I was a bit confused how a film made out of the same few minutes of film shown over and over again was going to watchable or in fact enjoyable. However, from the first few minutes the action began and had me and my other half sitting up completely hooked to what was happening on-screen. They certainly didn't hold back when it came to getting the film going quickly, and this definitely drew my attention immediately. For me, the surprise of the timing of the assassination of the President made it all the more watchable and really gets you in the thick of the action very quickly! The way the film approached...

mummy2harry 04.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Vantage Point

Vantage Point Film Only

Advantages: Interesting story
Disadvantages: Repeated Vantage points told

...Vantage Point The President of the USA addresses a summit of world leaders in Salamanca Spain, gun shots are fired at the President, soon after a bomb then goes off resulting in a complete wreck. The media reporter also gets blasted by the bomb along with many others. Dennis Quaith a US security expert is in charge of the President's Security and the film for the first hour includes the President assisination attempt which is presented in different vantage points. This is in effect a repeat of the story time after time from a different perspective of those people who were at the scene of the bomb blasts. forest Whitaker is shown to be an honest looking person who is happy to be abroad in Spain for the first time in his life. He captures most of the story as it unfolds on his camcorder. He gets the action of the scenery...

costas1234 07.06.2009 (18.06.2009) · Read review
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Repetition Proves a Disadvantage Point

Advantages: A decent cast.
Disadvantages: Repetitive, pedestrian direction, repetitive, sloppy writing, repetititive...

...the story (one on foot and one in cars) the director chooses to shoot handheld. It might add immediacy to the scenes, but it makes it very difficult to see what's going on. In conjunction with the choppy editing it makes the sequences underwhelming. You could have the best stunt drivers in the world, but there's no point if you can't see what they're doing - it sucks the tension from the action. The director does better when shooting the human cost of the events, such as the aftermath of an explosion that is shot in grainy greys with the sound fading in and out as though there's ringing in your ears. It is reminiscent of his heartfelt work in TV movie "Omagh". However he falls into cliché by overlaying scenes of the dead and dying with short flashbacks of recent events for Barnes and close-ups of his eyes that signal that these are his thoughts...

afy9mab 04.06.2008 · Read review
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Pointing you in the right direction.

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Disadvantages: See text.

...I would just like to write a review on community points, something that we are all aware of as members on this site. It is something that will no doubt refresh (or at least hopefully a little!) the memories of those who have been members on here for a while now, and something that may help those people who have not long been members. Community points can be gained in a small number of ways: 1.Through writing your own review, whereby people can then actually read it and rate it according to how good they think that it is. All of the different ratings hold a different weighting of community points ? that is to say, the higher the rating then the more community points it is that you would get. But in the same way, a lower rating of somewhat helpful or below may actually in fact reduce what your points are ? so don't say that I never...

dynamicnurse 07.12.2009 · Read review
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For Your Boredom

Advantages: He is a good singer
Disadvantages: He did not live up to his expectations and it was a terrible debut album

...for this particular song. With brilliant guitar riffs, amazing vocals this song should have worked, however I really can?t see myself connecting with the song. Adam uses his falsetto too much and it seems way out of place. I know it?s his signature but it doesn?t work within this song. It could become a grower song, but at the moment I?m not too sure. Rating: 4/10 Track 2: For Your Entertainment I never thought I?d say this, but Adam?s vocals are drowned out within the whole song, Adam has one of the most powerful voices that I have ever heard and for some reason; he has allowed his producers to make him create a dance track. Adam what the hell are you thinking? This track has no Queen inspiration behind it, I can?t see myself dancing to it at all on the dance floor, and it?s just not a very good song at all. Rating: 1...

DixieChick10 02.12.2009 · Read review
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Review of For Your Entertainment - Adam Lambert

Match point

Advantages: Scarlett Johansson
Disadvantages: The first hour is very slow

...and a well connected social circle it appears that Chris has it all, that is until he meets Nola the fiancée of his girlfriend's brother. Instantly attracted to the young American he has a brief affair which soon ends and Nola leaves his life when her own relationship ends. With Nola gone life returns back to normal and eventually Chris marries Chloe and at this point everything should end happily ever after? A chance meeting in the Tate gallery brings Nola back into Chris's life and the two soon begin a passionate affair. The longer the two are together the more complicated Chris's life becomes, Nola becomes increasingly more frustrated by the double life that Chris is leading and soon threatens his comfortable lifestyle and the film climaxes into a thrilling ending as Chris is forced into desperate measures to ensure that he maintains...

kerman 27.05.2006 · Read review
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Review of Match Point (DVD)