Advantages: Some really funny stuff, great value Disadvantages: Few extras, possibly a film too far
The National Lampoon vacation films follow the Griswald family on a succession of family holidays, which despite Dad's (very) careful planning, seem to go awry at every step. These comedies rely very heavily on the central presence of Chevy Chase, who plays the father, Clark, and his patented all round family guy, gradually losing it as events spiral beyond his control.
The Griswalds hail from Chicago, and are Dad Clark (Chase), an executive in the food additives ('NOT preservatives') industry, and his long suffering wife Ellen, played superbly by Beverly D'Angelo. Various child actors play the kids Rusty and Audrey, such as Juliette Lewis and Anthony Michael Hall and that is the central family unit. Well worth a mention is 'Cousin Eddie,' the brilliant Randy Quaid, who mugs it up big style as the unlucky, loveable idiot in a few ...
Advantages: Creepy atmosphere, acceptable storyline. Disadvantages: Not scary, bad acting.
Director: Gregory Jacobs
Writers: Joe Gangemi & Steven Katz
Genre: Drama - Horror - Thriller
Country: UK/USA
Certification: 15+
Language: English
Released: 5th May, 2008 (DVD)
MAIN CAST:
Emily Blunt (college student)
Ashton Holmes (student/driver)
Martin Donovan ( highway patrolman)
A college student with a biting attitude, who is headed home for the Christmas holidays, decides to share a ride with another student instead of taking the bus. When the driver takes a wrong turn and they end up getting lost, things go from bad to worse when they are driven off the road and are stranded in the middle of nowhere. With the weather dropping and night falling, a highway patrolman appears? but he's not there to save them?
'Wind Chill' is possibly one of the tamest 'horrors' I've seen in ages - it possesses just ...
Advantages: Easy, cheapish, delivery, choice Disadvantages: Pig's wishlist is endless
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I first discovered Pet Planet when Pig was only a twinkle in her daddy?s eye and when I naively believed I would soon have a beautiful and delicate puppy called Doughnut (her name change came about primarily because her nostrils grew before the rest of her and she looked remarkably like a pot-bellied piglet). Like any good mother, I wanted my home to be ready for the arrival and because dog stuff ain?t cheap, I had to buy in bits and bats (and because just purchasing ...
rolletrog 18.05.2009
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