Advantages: Classic tracks, diverse, some great versions. Disadvantages: Not everyone's cup of tea
Joe Brown and the Bruvvers were around in the early to mid sixties. They were not really my sort of thing but Hubby, being slightly older than me, was a fan. Shopping recently he saw a CD, The Very Best of Joe Brown, 50thAnniversary and promptly bought it. This CD shows me, anyway, that many of the tracks were from a slightly earlier period than I had thought. After all 50 years ago it would have been 1958.
Joe Brown was a spiky haired youth before spiky hair was ever thought about. He was always seen as an affable cheeky cockney, who looks and seems no different all these years later. Born in 1941 he began his musical career in 1956 with his backing band The Spacemen. This band was to become The Bruvvers.
I guess as musicians Joe Brown and The Bruvvers were all under-rated. They just seemed to miss-time things and were not ...
Advantages: Good scenery, good effects and good storyline Disadvantages: Nothing
This 50thAnniversary of 'Forbidden Planet' is fantastic, not only do you get the feature film, after being lovingly restored and put on to DVD, but you also get a bonus disc packed full of goodies.
The Forbidden Planet was produced in 1956 by Nicholas Nayfack (Vengeance Valley) and directed by Fred McLeod Wilcox (Lassie Come Home), the story was later turned into a novel by W J Stuart.
The film was also nominated for an Oscar for it?s Special Effects. The film is packed with great sets and the use of matte paintings (scenery) and of course the first appearance of Robby the Robot. (later to be used in many things including Lost In Space.
The story is also loosely based on Shakespeare's The Tempest
As mentioned, the film was influenced by Shakespeare's The Tempest, though the plot of the film only superficially resembles the plot ...
Advantages: Great in-depth special features. Disadvantages: Kind of film you'll want to keep forever, the case isn't very hardwearing.
wants to be. All you - as a potential buyer - has to do is get hold of a copy and find out the ingenious way in which he manages this.
I absolutely love this film, watching it for the first time was completely enthralling but since then, I have watched it another two or three times and plot and characters still manage to evoke my emotions and thoughts.
To mark the occasion (10thAnniversary) the producers of the box set have included three discs containing the film and loads of special features. On the first disc, there is the film which includes English subtitles, commentary by Frank Darabont and audio description for the visually impaired (all optional settings). In addition to that there is also a new theatrical trailer, biographies and memorable quotes from the film.
Disc 2 contains the following special features:
• Hope ...
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