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Reviews by Martin Gray

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  • Coincide (2002)
    A day in the life of a ten dollar note.
  • The Umbrelly (2002)
    Review preview for The Umbrelly

    The poem is witty and the animation inventive... but a bit clever-clever for my tastes

    Martin Gray · 3 out of 5
    Cartoon dancing girls deliver safer sex message.
  • Stargate SG.1 - Series 6 - Vol 26 (2003)
    Review preview for Stargate SG.1 - Series 6 - Vol 26

    While not all home-runs, the episodes are well worth watching.

    Martin Gray · 3.5 out of 5
    Four episodes of the TV sci-fi series that challenges Star Trek in production values.
  • Pork Chop (2002)
    Review preview for Pork Chop

    This is one to watch and enjoy.

    Martin Gray · 4 out of 5
    An old lady goes to the butchers - twice - and has a night in with a pal.
  • The Plot (2002)
    Review preview for The Plot

    The Plot has the authentic looking website, but it's authenticity of the most banal kind, a tie-in that both fails to illuminate the parent film, or provide entertainment of its own.

    Martin Gray · 1 out of 5
    An intruder in an empty house leads to the discovery of a website address.
  • Perfect (2002)
    Review preview for Perfect

    It's stylish stuff, professionally put together in a post-Taggart way, with a brooding score by Mike Hewer. Man-on-the-edge Stephen Moyer does intensity well and looks lovely naked.

    Martin Gray · 3 out of 5
    Scottish estate agent works hard showing clients and colleagues the stairway to heaven.
  • The Choir (2002)
    A boy called Les is bullied at school, until he joins the choir.
  • Bite (1997)
    Review preview for Bite

    The story is a good one, the ending sharp.

    Martin Gray · 4 out of 5
    Postman gets to grips with the problem females in his life.
  • Lift (2002)
    Man suffers phone difficulties in lift.
  • Linda Green: The Complete First Series (2002)
    Review preview for Linda Green: The Complete First Series

    It doesn't go all out for laughs, as in the sainted MTM, but there are great lines aplenty, with at least a couple of out-louds per episode.

    Martin Gray · 4 out of 5
    Liza Tarbuck plays a sassy, sexy single Manchester girl in a well-written BBC TV series.

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