{"id":922,"date":"2007-08-06T09:53:44","date_gmt":"2007-08-06T08:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/archives\/2007\/08\/06\/the-dvd-review-blades-of-glory-and-amazing-grace\/"},"modified":"2007-08-07T03:26:21","modified_gmt":"2007-08-07T02:26:21","slug":"the-dvd-review-blades-of-glory-and-amazing-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2007\/08\/06\/the-dvd-review-blades-of-glory-and-amazing-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"The DVD Review: Blades of Glory and Amazing Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Blades<\/a>Blades of Glory <\/strong>(12A)<\/p>\n

After the slapstick antics of Anchorman<\/a> and Talladega Nights<\/a>, Will Ferrell ventures into the world of ice skating with another goofy comedy.<\/p>\n

He plays a maverick skater who is forced to team up with his more conservative rival (Jon Heder<\/a>) in order to compete at the Olympics.<\/p>\n

Somehow managing to make a virtue out of its own self conscious stupidity, the laughs arrive with surprising regularity. Jenna Fischer, from the US version of The Office, turns up in a supporting role.<\/p>\n

> Buy Blades of Glory at Amazon UK<\/a><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>\"Amazing<\/a>Amazing Grace <\/strong>(PG)
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

William Wilberforce<\/a> is give the biopic treatment in this old fashioned but polished tale of the man who helped bring about the end of slavery in the 18th century.<\/p>\n

Ioan Gruffud<\/a> plays Wilberforce and is joined by an illustrious cast that includes Albert Finney, Michael Gambon and Toby Jones.<\/p>\n

Michael Apted<\/a> directs the film with his usual solid professionalism and although the film is fairly old fashioned in its approach the power of the story makes it worth seeing.<\/p>\n

> Buy Amazing Grace at Amazon UK<\/a><\/p>\n

Listen to the review podcast here:<\/p>\n[audio:http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/podcast\/get.php?fla=podcast-2007-08-06-21859.MP3]\n

Download the review as a podcast via iTunes:<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
\n> Download the review as an MP3 file<\/a>
\n> Check out other new DVD releases at Amazon UK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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