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James Stephen Barnes
Reviews
Small Potatoes (1999)
Watch the 2nd series, it`s better!
I think "Kate" is being harsh on S.P. The 1st series wasn`t that good, but in Small Potatoes 2, Hoss gets a bigger role, and he`s the funniest.
Plus SP2 has the most amazing theme music EVER!!! Big Brother? The Prisoner? Doctor Who? Pah! Boogie on down to the pumping trance rhythms of the SP2 theme!
Give SP2 a chance, it IS worth staying up for in my opinion. And I should know, I watch loadsa c**p on TV!!!!
J ;-)
New Order Story (1993)
The best band in the world
I didn't appreciate Bono popping up on screen in those annoying rock-star sunglasses murdering "Love Will Tear Us Apart". Also, much as I love Pet Shop Boys, Neil Tennant was irritating when he couldn't decide what his favourite NO song was. On the other hand, Keith Allen was as great as ever, and it was good to see Barney, Peter, Gill and Steven cut loose and enjoy themselves. It's also nice to see rare promo videos such as "Atmosphere" and live performances from Joy Division/New Order.
Less Bono, less of Tony Wilson, more promos., this would have been the perfect video for the perfect band
Brookside: Double Take! (1999)
An in-joke between cast and crew
Brookside is my favourite soap, and definitely the most ground-breaking to appear on British television. But this, a 3rd spin-off video, seems to be more about the cast and crew having a big joke between themselves, and it doesn`t come across as anything particularly decent.
The video is over-long, and there is no great plot which Brookie fans may have seen on the television every week, and in the first two Not-To-Be-Shown-On-Television specials "The Lost Weekend" and "Friday the 13th".
This video is probably not even essential for the biggest of Brookside fans, but it does have the occasional amusing moment, and is well-written and acted for the most part, but it is just too self-indulgent for me to embrace it any further
5/10