Advantages: Nice insight into the controversial aspects to Roy's playing career Disadvantages: Doesn't cover his time at Celtic, or any of his managerial work
I have to admit that when my beloved Ipswich Town FC appointed Roy Keane as manger a couple of months ago I was a little sceptical. Most of what I knew about Roy came from the press and news coverage, most of it negative, which seemed to follow him around. Determined to give the latest bastion of the Ipswich hot seat a fair crack of the whip I set about finding out a little more about the man behind the hype and headlines. My Brother recommended his autobiography which he?d penned in 2002 with the help of journalist Eamon Dunphy, so I gave it a read.
Roy Maurice Keane was born in Cork, Ireland in the summer of 1971, the fourth of five children. He was a mediocre performer at school, preferring to be out kicking a ball around than in a class studying. A smattering of junior Irish clubs came calling, most notably Rockmount. He ...
Advantages: Strong performances by a talented cast Disadvantages: A bit more gratuitous violence than you'd want young children to witness
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Based on the novel by Sir Walter Scott, Rob Roy is the kind of movie that you just almost have to like. With a script that is largely unmarred by shades of moral gray, good is clearly good, evil is clearly evil, marital love and fidelity triumph over all challenges, and justice prevails at the end of the day. It is, in a word, wholesome.
Toss in a healthy dose of standing stones, Highland lochs, and good Scottish scenery in general, and--well, you just about have to like this movie. At least, Himself and I do. We own a VHS copy, and when we crave escape to the Highlands or exposure to political and personal honor (try to find either these days), we pull out Rob Roy for uplifting dose of courage and valor--plus a wee bit or romance.
During its best moments, this film makes ...
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Advantages: One of the greatest voices - and 41 tracks Disadvantages: Lack of date information for tracks [see text]
Anybody who doubts that 'The Big O' had one of the finest voices of the last century has probably somehow missed hearing it. This 41-track feast mixes old and new songs together, and in doing so shows that he retained that astonishing vocal range right up to the end of his career, even when he was within weeks of his untimely death.
Although there is a bewildering assortment of Orbisong compilations around, this is one of the best I've seen so far. Most of the old favourites are here, like the vintage 60s songs 'Only The Lonely', 'It's Over', 'Too Soon To Know', 'In Dreams', 'Blue Bayou', and of course 'Oh, Pretty Woman'. We also get two versions of 'Crying', a solo rendition and the re-recorded duet with k.d. lang. A word of warning, though - these are largely mid-80s re-recordings, made shortly after he signed to Virgin Records ...
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