More/In Person Vol.2 - Four Freshmen (The)

Sherlock Holmes --The Sign of Four--

Advantages: Great story, highly entertaining
Disadvantages: none

colonial India, romance and, once again, the genius and incredible power of analysis of Holmes who will unravel this case, although not effortlessly! "The Sign of Four" is a more than superb sequel to the imposing "A Study In Scarlet" which I also reviewed. I dare say it's even better than the first novel in many ways, as a matter of fact everything that made Holmes famous for in the previous novel is somehow enhanced in this one (action, mystery, suspense? etc). Doyle is once again a masterpiece of cliffhangers and every chapter is marked by an exciting ending which forces the reader to keep reading (I purposely started to go to bed at least a hour earlier than usual just to have more time to read!). We also get to know more habits and skills of Holmes that we weren't aware of from the prevoius novel and which will become, from now on ...

EVIT 27.11.2008 · Read full review
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Mr Bean - Vol. 2 DVD

Advantages: Hilarious comedy, good viewing
Disadvantages: only 3 episodes, expensive to buy whole set individually

Another installement to my DVD collection - the epic and classic comedy hero - Mr Bean. I love Rowan Atkinson, especially in Black Adder and also in the classic Mr Bean episodes. Despite my mood before hand, after watching Mr Bean I always feel much better, he always manages to intrigue my imagination with his biazarre mannerisms and abilty to turn the most straight forward of tasks into complete disaters! Having not being able to buy the whollebox set I have had to purchase and review each DVD volume one by one. This DVD contains 3 episodes, each with 3 or 4 sketches in them. All of whihc are brilliant and this DVD includes one of my favourites - the one where he goes to the swimming pool and clings to the diving board. The three episodes are entitled: Episode 1. 'The Curse Of Mr Bean', Episode 2. 'Mr Bean Goes To Town ...

mints4merlin 27.11.2006 · Read full review
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Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Advantages: Looks nice, final chapter is impressive.
Disadvantages: Lack of originality, entirely dull for most of running time.

Does Quentin Tarantino actually serve any kind of purpose? This question has been bothering me for a while, largely after the first Kill Bill, a film that annoyed me in a big way. I went into it expecting to enjoy it, and came out bored stupid after seeing two hours and what felt like badly assembled clips from other films. Looking back on his career, his trend is hardly a new one for him. Jackie Brown resembles a ton of 70s crime films. Reservoir Dogs is just a remake of Long hu feng yun, a 1987 Hong Kong film. Pulp Fiction appears to be his only original works, and deserves all of the praise that it gets. It's a stunning film. This aside though, there seems to be little point in what he does. Kill Bill Vol 2 is no exception to this rule. This is the point where I'd usually write a paragraph detailing the plot ...

eddie7sf 11.08.2004 · Read full review
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