Advantages: Stunning visuals Disadvantages: Lacklustre throughout
Filmed in and around the stunning setting of the Orinoco River in Venezuela, Murphy's War is a 1971 film starring Peter O'Toole as Irishman Murphy, the only survivor of a German U-Boat attack on a merchant ship. It is set towards the end of World War 2.
Murphy is rescued by Louis Brezon (Philippe Noiret) and attended to by the lovely Dr Hayden (Sian Phillips), a Quaker who opposes the war and is working in a mission. Revenge is on Murphy's mind, and when he discovers an old abandoned seaplane, he sets about finding the whereabouts of the nearby U-Boat, and plans ways to destroy it, revenging the rest of his crew.
I find that war films either hit or miss, and it generally depends on the plot and how it is attacked. A good war film will have a lot of tension, I find, and this film, for me, was too much like going through the motions ...
Advantages: Superb story for children, Beautiful illustrations, great bedtime story Disadvantages: None
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Peace at Last by Jill Murphy
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Peace at Last is a children's fiction book about a family of three bears, Mr Bear, Mrs Bear and Baby Bear. One evening they are all tired and so off they go to bed.
Mrs Bear falls asleep quickly but Mr Bear cannot get to sleep, and just as Mr Bear is trying to sleep??.SNORE, said Mrs Bear, SNORE, SNORE, SNORE?..Oh no said Mr Bear I can't stand THIS, so he got up and went into Baby Bear's bed.
But Baby Bear is not asleep either?.he is lying in bed pretending to be an aeroplane??NYAAOW!!! Went Baby Bear, NYAAOW, NYAAOW, NYAAOW?.Oh no said Mr Bear I can't stand THIS, so he got up and went to sleep in the living room.
??.TICK-TOCK went the living room clock, TICK-TOCK, TICK-TOCK, TICK-TOCK!
And so the story goes until at last Mr Bear finally gets ...
Advantages: Complex, aromatic and reasonably priced fragrance Disadvantages: None that I can think of
*Hugo Boss have me impressed*
A recent convert to the world of men's fragrances any stronger smelling than a basic anti-perspirant, the warm, woody and very masculine scents of Hugo Boss Soul won me over from the moment I smelled them on a visit to our local Boots. Visiting the aftershave section seems to be something of a tradition for my girlfriend and I when Christmas or a Birthday is approaching, as she likes to pick up a nice smelly for me and no doubt a healthy chunk of Boots points for herself.
*Stylish packaging for a cool product*
The first thing that I noticed was the interesting distorted bottle that the product comes in. It's made from oddly curved glass that darkens from an almost colourless base up to a smoky purple-grey, with a similarly designed lid that looks something like an optical illusion depending on which ...
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