Throw Down - Wilders (The)

Advantages: A hotel brimming with personality and themed to perfection
Disadvantages: Expensive. But you get what you pay for.

...of staff in the hotel seems to have been touched by that famous Disney attitude. Nothing is too much trouble for them, and I cannot give them enough praise. The hotel oozes that unique mix of fun, imagination and sophistication that can only be found in a Disney hotel. THE ROOMS The facts will tell you that Wilderness Lodge has 728 rooms in total, including a separate building built in 2002 called the Wilderness Lodge Villas, offering studios and one and two bedroom apartments as part of the Disney Vacation Club Scheme. There is a good variety of different types of rooms depending on your individual needs (e.g. travelling as a couple or with a family), all decorated in the same charming Pacific Northwest theme as the rest of the hotel. All rooms offer the amenities that you would expect (television, hairdryer, safe, and so on... Read review

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Advantages: As good as "Kilimanjaro"
Disadvantages: A bit short.

...bars which is then joined by a snare drum which follows the guitar line exactly. The bass joins in at the point that Cope starts singing. Seems to be about childhood but you never can be too sure ! Ends as suddenly as it began. A slow fuzz guitar line starts "Falling Down Around Me" and is built up with keyboards, drums and bass. Quite a slow plodding song until the band reach the middle eight, when a horn section adds real fire to the proceedings! Towards the end Cope starts his "Ba da da " trade mark singalong bit. An acapella "ba da da ba da da da" starts off "The Culture Bunker" until a guitar thrusts its way into the song. With horn section stabs punctuating the lines as the tune unfolds.Cope name checks his old band, "Waiting for the Crucial Three, wondering what went wrong". A longing for the old days? Who knows? A fine song... Read review

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Advantages: Some funny scenes, Ryan Reynolds plays his part well.
Disadvantages: Not really bringing anything new to the genre.

...Van Wilder: Party Liaison is a comedy film starring Ryan Reynolds and Tara Reid with Kal Penn and Daniel Cosgrove the most notable supporting cast. Van Wilder (Ryan Reynolds) has been at Coolidge College for seven years and has shown no intention of graduating. He is enjoying his time there and spends it partying, helping his fellow students and organising parties and fundraisers. Understandably, Van's father no longer wishes to pay for his 'education' and withdraws his funding. As Van is the big man on campus, the college paper journalist, Gwen (Tara Reid) is asked to write a paper on him and his exploits. This is such a success that she writes a follow up paper. Van attempts to romance Gwen but she is already involved with Richard (Daniel Cosgrove) so the two men start up a rivalry with one another which results in them playing... Read review

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