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JPFMovies next review will be number 175! That’s right movie fans and without you JPFMovies would have lost heart years ago. So we are having another movie extravaganza giving away DVD’s of your choice delivered directly to your door.

JPFMovies next review will be number 175!  That’s right movie fans and without you JPFMovies would have lost heart years ago.  So we are having another movie extravaganza giving away DVD’s of your choice delivered directly to your door.

The first viewer to answer any one of the following questions will win the number of DVD’s associated with the query.  A viewer may only win once and here they are:

For 3 DVD’s the first question is:

He used a weapon known as the Drying Pole;

He was considered attractive in his time and was a bit of a womanizer; and

He is famous for killing a swallow.

Who is he?

For 2 DVD’s the second question is:

Who was the Chief Strategist at the battle of Red Cliff and what musical instrument did he play?

For 1 DVD the third question is:

In the series Yes Minister what was the name of the government agency central to the series and who was the Minister’s principal private secretary?

Like I said, the first person to post the correct answer for any one of the questions will win brand new DVD’s shipped directly to their doorstep.  Good luck and I look forward to your responses.

 
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Posted by on January 1, 2012 in Movie Reviews

 

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Yes-Minister & Yes-Prime Minister Are British Shows That Should Still Be In Production.

The Brits have the full spectrum when it comes to TV series, some clearly belong in the dung heap, some are not crap and a few are even roses.  Yes Minister and its sequel Yes Prime Minister are roses by any other name.  Each series ran for only three seasons (very typical of the BBC) and were immensely popular in England as well as Europe.  Because it is English/European you will have the added benefit of coming off as very cosmopolitan when discussing it with friends.

The show is a satire of the bureaucratic civil service that typifies the workings of government.  The series has been described as a “closely observed portrayal of what goes on in the corridors of power [and] has given me hours of pure joy.”  Rt. Hon. Margaret Thatcher MP.   The three main characters Sir. Humphrey (head of the civil service), Bernhard (the minister’s private secretary) and Jim Hacker (the minister of administrative affairs) are trying to out maneuver each other in formulating and implementing clearly ridiculous government policies.  The supporting cast is equally as humorous as the “big three” in their involvement with the consistent tug-of-war between the civil service and the elected officials.

Both series are worthy of watching and each deserve a rose.

 
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Posted by on November 14, 2009 in Movie Reviews

 

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