All Bills Paid - Bonecrushin'

Bill Bailey Lite

Advantages: occasionally funny, well performed musically with great stage effects
Disadvantages: much of the new material isnt funny, frequently recycles old material

of a popular theme tune, a drum and bass track themed around George Bush, and a Kraftwerk-esque song about trouser presses all appear, coming across as simplified, less funny versions of older jokes. Much of the new material is very weak, such as Bill engaging in conversation with different aspects of his personality on the giant screens behind him and an "ages of Bill" section which is essentially just images of Bill in a series of silly costumes. In place of his usual brilliant material we get 'sing along with Bill' sections such as 'Hey! Asda! I aint gonna be your bitch', set along to some admittedly impressive stage effects. The belly laughs which normally accompany Bills shows are conspicuous by their absence however- I only laughed once or twice throughout the whole dvd. There are a few good moments, such as the Emo song, a well crafted ...

Burning_Darkness 12.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Bill Bailey - Tinselworm (DVD)

Not the old bill

Advantages: Brilliant drama!
Disadvantages: none that I can think of.

I have watched the Bill on and off since it started. They had improved it by changing from the original format of two ½ hourly episodes a week to two hourly ones now. Then last year they decided to give the whole cast a revamp and get rid of some of the cast that had been there since day one. Some of the cast members that they got rid of I don't miss but they also decided to kill off John Bolton, he was one of my favourite characters, and quite sexy with it. Why am I telling you all about this! Well its the special episodes that are currently being shown that I am actually writing this about but I think you need to know why they are so popular with a lot of people. Its because DS John Bolton was murdered by Don Beech, played by Billy Murray a great actor, and he is now on the run from the police. This series of special episodes ...

princesssoapy 06.09.2001 (07.09.2001) · Read full review
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Review of The Bill

Autobiographical of Wild Bill Hickok

Advantages: Totally awesome, very accurate
Disadvantages: none

I cannot emphasise just how well done this film is. For anybody that enjoys a decent western movie, this is ideal. This film is a biography of one of the greatest gunfighters to ever descend onto the wild west. Based on the true story and events of James Butler Hickok, otherwise known as Wild Bill Hickok, played magnificently by Jeff Bridges. The movie Incorporates many of the early events in Hickoks life before his violent demise in Deadwood, south Dakota. Because of time limitations in the film, The director gets many of Hickoks exploits over in a very clever way. Hickok has a friend, an English dandy man, called Charley Prince played by John Hurt. Throughout the film Charley is telling stories to people in Saloons etc all about Wild Bill. The Irony is that many time Hickok is actually uncomfortable with this, and he attempts to ...

tayloa22 01.09.2007 (02.11.2007) · Read full review
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Review of Wild Bill (DVD)