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Band Of Brothers - Complete HBO Series commemorative gift set (6 Disc Box Set) [2001]

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starring: Damian Lewis, Robin Laing, Dexter Fletcher, David Schwimmer, James Madio
directed by: Phil Alden Robinson, Richard Loncraine, Mikael Salomon, David Nutter, Tom Hanks

November 05, 2002
excellent series.
no rambos here.
makes you wonder why we still keep killing each other.
maybe that's what it was meant to do??

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The Lives Of Others [2007]

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starring: Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Hans Bauer, Ulrich Muehe
directed by: Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck

September 17, 2007
The Lives of Others is a great movie, but I can't rate it a masterpiece. On the plus side, the director has a total command of the medium, he knows how to make a suspenseful, thoughtful, entertaining movie, that holds the interest of the audience even at a running time that exceeds 2 hours. What's more, the acting is uniformly extraordinary. Let's talk now about the main problems I see with this film. The emotional heart of the movie is when the Stasi officer in charge of spying the playwright and his girlfriend, a very tough and experienced individual who presumably has worked in many similar cases before, decides instead to protect them. Why he would do that, risking an end to his career and even a charge of treason?. Though his motivations are not ... Read More:

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Iron Man [Blu-ray] [2008]

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starring: Jeff Bridges, Terrence Howard, Shaun Toub, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert Downey Jr
directed by: Jon Favreau

October 27, 2008
So many comic book films are created with the studios forcing it into a lower certificate by cutting various scenes out. This was shown clearly with the Daredevil Directors Cut being so much darker than the original that it was an entirely new film!

Thankfully this movie did not suffer from that fate. Clearly the director has been given a free reign on the movie and as such he has created an authentic Iron Man, and I am pleased that Robert Downey Jr has nailed the character so well. The comedy is refreshing and the action is superb but the story is also excellent, something that every good movie needs.

Oh, and watch the scene after the credits.....interesting!

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Blood Ties - Complete Series 1

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starring: Christina Cox, Dylan Neal
directed by: Peter DeLuise, David Winning, Andy Mikita

January 28, 2008
There are absolutely ZERO subtitles in this box set. Be them english or otherwise. I found the series to be average and the acting really poor. But if you've nothing to do at least it's worth the £9,98 I payed for it but no more!!!

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Grey's Anatomy - Complete Season 1 [2005]

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starring: Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, T.R. Knight, Katherine Heigl, Chandra Wilson

July 10, 2006
I was given this as a present recently, and i have to admit it never really appealed to me as i am a huge fan of Scrubs and always maintained it was the best programme on television....How wrong was i.

After watching Grey's anatomy season 1 i have become totally addicted and have recently purchased season 2 from amazon.co.uk (brilliant service!) I am also currently awaiting the arrival of Seasons 3+4.

In a nutshell if you like scrubs and house md you'll love this, it's basically a combination of both! However T.R Knight is not great but the rest of the cast make up for this, especially Sandra Oh and Ellen Pompeo.

Fantastic medical drama!!

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The Shield - Season 6

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starring: Michael Chiklis

March 24, 2008
Foret 24 or Lost or ANYTHING that's ever been on TV, video/DVD or in cinema. The Shield simply is the BEST THAT'S EVER BEEN FILMED. Also I have never seen a series maintain its high quality over six seasons. Although not as intense as season 5 - my personal favorite DESPITE BEING CUT - season 6 rocks. With Whitaker down Chiklis must face his worst enemy who is within the team. Season 6 starts out slowly, but strikes hard. A MUST BUY! I don't know whether the UK version is cut or not, but I bought it and watched it, and didn't care if it was cut. Everything you need to see is here.
Chiklis and ALL the other cast deliver striking performances, the writers are just fantastic and unlike other series you don't get unnecessary episodes just to fill up the total no. of a season. Ok ... Read More:

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Once [2007]

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starring: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Hugh Walsh, Gerard Hendrick, Alaistair Foley
directed by: John Carney

February 25, 2008
It took "Once" sometime to grow on me but by the end of the film I was wishing it would go on for much longer than it's allotted 84 minutes. "Once" is a modern day musical set amid the Dublin underclass. A part time busker meets a Czech immigrant flower girl who happens to be a keen pianist. Together they share a tentative platonic romance ,form a band and cut a disc in a recording studio. The busker is nursing a broken heart from a previous relationship while the girl has an estranged husband in the Czech republic, the father to her little girl.The love story is poignant,yet unfulfilled, but the highlight of this film is the music, slightly irritating at the start of the film but magnificent by the end. Highly recommended.

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Damages - Season 1 [2007]

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starring: Glenn Close, Rose Byrne, Ted Danson, Zeljko Ivanek, Tate Donovan
directed by: Mario Van Peebles

April 14, 2008
The central premise of this series is rather weak (ie that a young lawyer is employed by a highly successful law firm just because she knows someone central to a big case) but, as with the first series of 24, the first half of this series is a thrill ride. The makers have used a clever plot device whereby most of the action takes place in retrospect but every now and then the action switches to the present day (filmed in a dark and grainy style) leaving you hungry to see how the characters end up as they do. But, as with the first series of 24, as the series progresses the twists and turns become more and more rediculous and harder and harder to accept until by the very end you really don't care what happens as long as it happens quickly.

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Grey's Anatomy - Complete Season 3 [2006]

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starring: Ellen Pompeo, Isaiah Washington, Katherine Heigl, Patrick Dempsey, Sandra Oh
directed by: Peter Horton

September 15, 2008
Greys's anatomy season 3 is amazing
a ride full of twist, laughs and thrills.
outdoes every season so far.
Great stories and titles.
New characters
excellent twist. Each episode leaves you
gasping for more
5/5
the best programme ever on TV
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Happy-Go-Lucky [2008]

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starring: Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Andrea Riseborough, Samuel Roukin, Sinead Matthews
directed by: Mike Leigh

August 18, 2008
This Mike Leigh Film is simply excellent. Buy the DVD and watch an optimistic side of life directed by Leigh and the amazing performance of Hakwins.