Charlie Daniels - Charlie Daniels

Advantages: Great album, great voice, great tracks
Disadvantages: none for me

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Daniel Powter - Daniel Powter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Born in 1971, Daniel grew up in a place called Okanagan in British Colombia, He had always known he would do something with music?never being into sports like his friends. He learnt to play violin instead, which gave kids an excuse to tease him, which along with being dyslexic didn't make school life easy or a very happy time for him! 2 things happened to make him want to break free from it all, firstly his violin teacher pointed out to him that he was reading his music sheets upside down (not taking into account his dyslexia) secondly getting a black eye from another kid at school??.He eventually managed to break away from it all. He moved to Vancouver, Canada when he was 20yrs old and met producer Jeff Dawson, and spent the next year writing... Read review

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Advantages: Some good information, easy to read
Disadvantages: Way to much info on each of his films, too many quotes

...This is not a book which I would have gone out of my way to buy but hubby spotted this in a shop a he knows how I enjoy reading biographies so he decided to treat me. When he bought it home I was of course grateful but a bit dubious as to whether I would enjoy it or not but on looking at the back cover of the book I was hooked as there is a lovely big picture of Daniel in his famous Bond swimming trunks coming out of the sea, (yes that is very shallow of me, forgive me I am only human!) The book has been written by Sarah Marshall not by Daniel himself so most of the book is made up of quotes from both Daniel and his friends. The book starts off with a short chapter about his upbringing and how he decided he wanted to be an actor. I would have liked to have learnt more about his childhood and how he found school and what really turned... Read review

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Advantages: Committed performances and a couple of hours of enjoyable brain candy.
Disadvantages: Toothless satire and a lack of detail.

...Charlie Wilson is a womanising, alcoholic, coke-snorting congressman from Texas. But behind the decadent exterior lies an astute political mind, which he puts to helping the people of Afghanistan in the early 1980s when they have just been brutally invaded by the Soviet Union. With the help of angry and shambolic CIA agent Gust Avrakotos and socialite Joanne Herring, he sets about making unlikely alliances with Pakistan, Israel, Egypt, arms dealers and law makers. Their success is unparalleled and funding for covert operations against the Soviets rockets from five million to a billion dollars a year. "The Graduate" director Mike Nichols continues the trend for Middle Eastern conflict movies with his latest offering. It's a shiny political romp that has a top-drawer cast and a big budget, which is used to tell of how one man made... Read review

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