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The Sopranos - Complete HBO Season 1-6 - Deluxe Edition [1999]

starring: Tony Sirico, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Steven Van Zandt, Elizabeth Bracco, Lorraine Bracco
directed by: Steve Buscemi, Danny Leiner, David Nutter, Alan Taylor, Steve Shill

Release Date November 24, 2008
This is a review of the box set itself, since obviously the show gets 5 stars and we all know how good that is - so in response to an earlier review calling for comments on the packaging, here's my take.

There's an outer sleeve showing all the characters lined up as you can see on the product image. Inside this you pull out the oblong box which is also shown. This has the words "The Sopranos" along it. This box splits in two and reveals two sides, with 15 discs on each. Each disc is on its own sleeve and is tucked away to reveal just a number, from 1-4 (since this is how many discs are in each season - season 6 is in two parts therefore 8 discs).

My only gripe lies in the way in which the discs are stored within the ... Read More:

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Schindler's List [1993]

starring: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Embeth Davidtz, Ben Kingsley
directed by: Steven Spielberg

Release Date February 20, 2006
There isn't much to say about this film really, it speaks for itself. Everyone should see this film in their lifetime. Just one small part of the story of the holocaust, yet touching and amazing that one man can do so much. We should all know a bit about this epically tragic period, why not let spielberg and neeson guide you through.

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The Last Legion [2007]

starring: Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, Peter Mullan, Kevin McKidd, John Hannah
directed by: Doug Lefler

Release Date February 18, 2008
WoW, what a thoroughly awfull film. Historically inaccurate, badly acted, terrible script and a very cheap rip of of the clive owen "king arthur" movie.

I would quite happily give away my copy to anyone sad enough to want it.

If you are looking for something that can equal kingdom of heaven, gladiator, braveheart or king arthur, keep looking, this is certainly not the movie you're looking for.

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The Love Guru [2008]

starring: Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Ben Kingsley
directed by: Marco Schnabel

Release Date December 26, 2008
A good cast. Very silly, and very funny. Some hysterical scenes. I loved Justin Timberlake in this. More comedy roles Justin, you were briliant. Looking good Mr JT!!! Alpha Dogs is a great film and Justin gave a good performance in it, but I think Justin is a natural at comedy, and a natural at looking hot!!!!!!!!

I would never have recognised Mike Myers as the Love Guru (not sure what your accent was ?? ) but he was very funny and the song 9 to 5 was so great.

Each time I saw Mike Myers as the Love Guru, I kept getting flashbacks of Peter Sellers in the film The Party.

Watch this, as silly as it is, you will definately laugh !!

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Twelfth Night [1996]

starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E. Grant, Imogen Stubbs, Steven Mackintosh, Nicholas Farrell
directed by: Trevor Nunn

Release Date October 29, 2001
I love this film! Shakespeare converted well into film form is a delight (see Branagh's 'Much Ado' as well) and this film is excellent.
All the characters are note perfect, and there is not a single weak performance amongst them.
Although some scenes are swapped around or merged, that helps to show the cohesion of the plot strands and works extremely well.
Characters have a dark as well as a light side; Sir Toby is a classic funny drunk, but he's also a man who is exploiting Sir Andrew for his money and keeping Maria at arm's length. Mel Smith is absolutely brilliant in the role.
Feste the Clown is a much more tragic figure than the only usually portrayed; a man with a deep melancholy, driven back to Olivia's house for lack of food and having to clown to ... Read More:

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Gandhi (2 Disc Special Edition) [1982]

starring: Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Martin Sheen, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox
directed by: Richard Attenborough

Release Date February 12, 2007
Read the other reviews if you want more detail. I just wanted to add my five stars. I was mesmerised from start to finish, and moved to tears a few times. Not just a beautiful biography, this film is a fantastic history lesson. Oh and of course Gandhi's ethics are spot on. There's a helpful intermission included after an hour and a half on this version, too, and some nifty special features. For seven pounds, this would be an insanely good buy for you to make, whether you've seen the film or not. Go for it!

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Lucky Number Slevin [2006]

starring: Bruce Willis, Victorio Fodor, Sam Jaeger, Dorian Missick, Shira Leigh
directed by: Paul McGuigan

Release Date July 10, 2006
The title sums it up nicely. If I could give it minus 5 stars, I certainly would. Someone shoot Bruce.

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Maurice [1987]

starring: James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves, Denholm Elliott, Simon Callow
directed by: James Ivory

Release Date March 17, 2008
I remember I saw this movie I was about 17. I'd read the book and fell in love. It tells a love story between two men and the way they have to carry it out despite society rules (with some changes it still happens nowadays...).

The general message would be "love conquers all" but is it really so? Are Maurice and Scudder able to live happily ever after? I doubt, and on the beginning of the XXth century it would be even worse.

Despite all, it's lovely to watch the same kind of story we're used to watching in movies that portray society in different times, but now speaking about love between men! Although James Ivory's work is beyond criticism, in my point a view, there were some scenes in the book (the one when they are in London, sitting naked by the fire, for instance) that really should ... Read More:

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Dave [1993]

starring: Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Ving Rhames
directed by: Ivan Reitman

Release Date February 22, 1999
President George W. (the clever one) was so impressed by this film he got a doppelganger (the idiot one) to take his place whilst he swanned off to Saudi and has been there the past 5 years living the life of Reilly. The doppelganger's brain is hot-wired via a closed-circuit line to Bush (the clever one) which explains the frequent pauses and vacant stares and why every now and then he sticks a tea towel on his head and asks for the sheep's eyeball...... This touch of whimsy is a great Kevin Kline vehicle, a "What if - " fantasy you know ain't gonna happen but hey, it could be fun trying! Taking a few miracles for granted, you roll along with it because you want to. Aw, it's just a nice little fairy tale. George W. liked it.... George - hey, George..... Oh, his circuits are stuck again, get Riyadh on the hot line ... Read More:

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Oliver Twist

starring: Ben Kingsley, Jamie Foreman, Barney Clark, Harry Eden, Leanne Rowe
directed by: Roman Polanski

Release Date February 13, 2006
This recent adaptation of Dickens' Oliver Twist is just one more in a long, long series, would you say. And you would be wrong. But what can it bring that could be new on a subject we all know since this book and this story are classics that everyone knows and that are even at times kind of over-repeated. Roman Polanski decides to renew the treatment of the theme by using the fact that we know all major events and episodes by going as fast as possible on the core of the episodes and insisting on what is around, before or after. If the episode is hard, like Nancy's death, he uses an ellipse that shortens it. If the episode is over-known, like the begging for more porridge, he centers the scene on the drawing of who is going to volunteer, and then on what comes before and follows. That enables Polanski to avoid melodrama ... Read More: