Reviews

Because the show deals with quite 'emotionally draining issues' the character parts require 'mature' actors with at least some experience. Unfortunately, this doesn't quite work - the actors are blatantly older than their roles they play - making this show a bit too unbelievable.

I heard somewhere that the bloke who plays 'Dawson' has to shave every hour on set just to keep up a youthful pretence.

Party of Five is great. Most comments have focused upon the superb acting and I'd agree, the acting's excellent. But a rapturous round of applause must go to the directors and producers who've made the show a pleasure to watch. Best drama on TV, I'd give it 10/10 - if it were possible to vote for tv-shows.

I haven't seen the first Austin Powers but if it's twice as good as the second I've saved a bit of cash. But even this can't console the empty feeling that remains after seeing this disaster of a movie.

The gags are so old that I could easily imagine Kenneth Williams or Charles Hawtrey singing half of the catch phrases (oh behave? Oh brother!). There's nothing in this movie that you haven't seen before. OK - so maybe I laughed once or twice at the beginning, but a film that relies on so few (weak) jokes, over and over, is an insult to those watching it.

It's supposed to be a parody of the bond films - but this is perhaps the vital error. Bond films, by their very nature, never take themselves seriously - parodying a parody just doesn't work!

I don't mind admitting that if it wasn't for Heather Graham's 'breathtaking performance' I could have comfortably slept through the whole thing. Please Mike Myers, change the record.

I can't recommend this series highly enough. Chat-show host 'Alan Partridge' is like nothing you've ever encountered before, and yet 'believable' - if you've not seen this, you're in for a fantastic ride!

Watch out for guests: Joe Beasley and Cheeky Monkey - as AP says "hold onto you're sides, they might just split".

The man with the hat is back, and certainly returns in style. The story-line, the action and the comedy far surpasses that of 'Temple of Doom' - while Sean Connery provides 'food for thought' as Indy's father (in real-life there are only 12 years between them!).

A little known fact is that 'Crusade' is in fact a prequel to 'Raiders' and 'Doom'. NB - Hitler's speech in Nuremberg took place in (1936), while 'Raiders' took place during the (1940s). 'Doom' takes place during the post-war period.

This is a truly superb film and certainly one of the best comedy films that I have ever seen.

The dialogue between Pollack and Hoffman is a particularly potent example of how well written 'and' acted the scenes are. While, Murray (Bill) - in one of his earliest appearances in a supporting role - provides intermittent one-liners that are pure gold.