Schumann: Requiem for Mignon; Mass in C minor

Advantages: Astonishing soundtrack, outstanding acting, visual style
Disadvantages: Extremely bleak, brutal and harrowing

...'ll also help his beautiful girlfriend's (Jennifer Connolly - A Beautiful Mind, Hulk) failing fashion shop. However, this being a film with a powerful anti-drugs message, things do not go according to plan, and the lives of all four characters spiral out of control, becoming increasingly desperate and reliant on their various addictions. Requiem For A Dream isn't easy viewing, I'll tell you that. Forget the Marlon Wayans you know, and picture him as a believable, serious actor. Difficult I know, but if you're expecting any sort of comedy or even any light relief in this film, you'll be disappointed. It's also very violent, there's some graphic sex, and an awful lot of substance abuse as you might expect (it received the NC-17 rating in America when it first came out, virtually banning it from most cinemas), so it's not for the easily... Read review

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......this time. Unlike the thorough drubbing I gave Vanilla Sky, I think my praise of Minority Report is going to fit right in with the other good things that have been said about it, and with reason: This is a great film. Did we expect anything less from Spielberg? Washington DC, 2054, and "pre-cognitives" can predict murder before it happens. It is a six-year project on the brink of nationalisation and Det. John Anderton (TOM CRUISE) is the best in the business at bringing in the criminals before the crime is actually committed. He's (surprise!) the golden boy, personal friend of the man in charge, Lamar Burgess (MAX VON SYDOW), and everything is going to plan until Danny Witwer (I think that's his name!) (COLIN FARRELL) appears on the scene, a federal representative eager to uncover the moral ramifications of the "pre... Read review

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Advantages: Very versatile. excellent colour printing, good price (£89)
Disadvantages: Ponderous software install. Longevity question mark hanging over it

...Suddenly, everything?s ?coming up printers? in the BNibbles? household, and I?ve also updated what I thought of the HP C5180, the predecessor to my new HP C6380. Having just written about my new Samsung laser printer, I guess it was only a matter of time before Argos, the God of Laminated Catalogues decreed that my other printer should pack up on me just when I was already having an 'expensive' month. My first 'all-in-one', an HP C5180 had given sterling service for the first 10½ months of its first year in my possession until sadly it developed a fault that couldn't be cleared. A month later, after much to-ing and fro-ing with HP's Support Desk (was it still under warranty or wasn't it, the manufacturing date being yonks before the purchase date), I was delivered a 'refurbished' replacement (it being by now an obsolete... Read review

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