Buy Packed To The Rafters; S4 P1 Rebecca Gibney, Drama, DVD | Sanity

Buy Packed To The Rafters; S4 P1 Rebecca Gibney, Drama, DVD | Sanity

Please note: Not supported and or endorsed by Sanity, this is only supplied as a resource.


Packed to the rafters - series 4 part one.

At the start we find that Ben has been away for 3 months, Ruby has started crawling, Coby has moved in with Jake, Coby has started his 4 year apprenticeship with Dave. Next Door Carbo and Retta has re decorated the house.

Rita (Carbo’s mum comes back for the engagement party.) Coby starts smashing plates Dave stops it. Ben almost gets hit by a car. Rach finds a side to Coby, well a secret side. Jake is going to get questioned about something he didn’t do at the park lodge.

Rachel pitches one of Coby’s pieces to her boss. Jake has been charged, for doing the right thing. Ben gets a job back at the boat club but it’s under new management & it’s not as a manager.

Retta tries to help Nathan through his divorce with Sammy, but is Retta more of hinderance to Nathan, Nathan decides to go for a drink with Coby & Jake. Ben gets asked out by Emma, Emma happens to be his boss’s daughter.

Ben bounces back with Emma and they hit up a bar. When Retta knocks on Ben’s door will he be there? Will Coby get time sentenced to the big house. Ben walks pass his parents looking like rubbish, & Dave said “I thought it was the other son we had to worry about.”

Rachel is offered a job in the New York Office of EMB. Coby Doesn’t serve time, Ben just finds out that the chick he met is the boss’s daughter. Jake has his charges dropped against him will Rachel go for the job in NY?

Tom turns up at the rafters door step he got paroled from Jail. Jake had something to say can he get there in time to meet Rachel. Jake gives a gift to Rachel before she leaves for New York.

Julie fights with Donna, and then it’s time for round two, is Donna OCD? Can Julie and Donna turn out to be good friends. Ben is spending a lot of time with Emma, could there be something more there between Emma & Ben?


What is really up with tom is he planning something? Tom may have had a heart attack or hear problems. They met Coby’s sister the relatives are coming out of the wood work. Nathan starts sellin’ car parts and business is going okay.

Ted & Tom are now getting along fairly well which is good for the rafters.

Overall: 9.8/10

Conclusion:

Rachel jet setting to New York and no appearance from Chel, Dave’s mum which was a massive disappointment for me and I’m sure it was for a lot of the viewers as well. Rachel Warne (Chel) didn’t make one appearance in all of series 4 part 1 which was a major disappointment to me. The stories are still close to home and we can still relate to them which is good. how they’d changed up the boat club was a nice touch new management and all that was great especially writing in Emma who through Gardening, her and Ben grow closer together, is there a chance that there’d be more between the two? Also Julie’s friendship with Hamish was a nice touch as well. Also Coby’s sister was a nice touch in to the story line. Ben returned from his holiday with some surprises which was a nice touch as well. All in all I’m extremely impressed with the story lines and the acting this series, John Howard was great in this series and the secrets relating him always being out was a nice write in as well which was good.

Read More

Buy Packed To The Rafters; S3 Rebecca Gibney, Drama, DVD | Sanity

Buy Packed To The Rafters; S3 Rebecca Gibney, Drama, DVD | Sanity

Please note: Not supported and or endorsed by Sanity, Sanity is only a reference site.

Packed To The Rafters - Series 3.

The Rafters welcome home Ruby Rafter. Nathan says good bye to Sammy as they break up and wrecks their marriage. Carbo, starts a online video with ruby and now the video went viral.

The older Rafter Kids are getting on the re-bound with their problems due to Julie is more detracted with the baby so they feel left out. Ruby is creating trouble for Julie and her family she’s not getting in to a routine. Finally Ruby has taken.

Julie has now started to reconnect with her other children. Will Dave tell Shel about his dad, that isn’t really dead. Nathan is drinking his way through his broken down marriage.

Dave decides to meet the other half of his family. Jake and Rachel fights over a client. Coby gets the plates of Ben car and comes out with a last name and address what will he do with that information.

Mel’s plan to keep Nathan in the dark about Sammy has back fired seriously. Will they tell Nathan that Sammy is in Sydney and not in London. Nathan gets the divorce papers from Sammy’s lawyers. Ted gets to drive Carbo’s nice vintage orange car! Win Win!

Alex, Jake’s CP Brother gets back from NZ, and that shakes around Rachel’s and Jake’s plans to get their own house. Julie forgets about her other family members hassles and only worries about Ruby, not the rest of her family. Dave gets rejected for giving up his kidney.

Rachel is feeling jealous of Ruby, because of Ruby is getting all of Dave’s & Julie’s attention. Now Sammy really is moving to London for real this time, this is the end for Sammy & Nathan sadly, I hope they don’t write her out completely.

Coby is now casing the rafters residence place and taking photos but Georgia is doing some of her own private investigation work. Georgia now sends the photos to Carbo, as Georgia is now finishing her work via Carbo, Now Dave is forced to show his hand.

Coby shows the photos to his dad (Tom) whose betrayed by John Howard (Dr Frank Campion - All Saints). Nathan gets a random phone call from a prison officer. Tom doesn’t remember Shell.

Julie goes to Mother group. Ben now is forced to fire Lexi. Nathan decides to go back for a second chance with Tom but will he do it. Rachel is forcing Jake to clean up his act. Ben is thinking that he needs a new job.

Ben gave up his job over his granddad’s friend finders life drawing thing, but will Derrick get him back to his old job, and Ben might get a pay rise. Mel is ready for kids. Jake has another fit the morning after George and Libby’s engagement party, Alex is unsure what to do, Jake is clear on what to do not to tell Rachel.

Rachel gets a promotion but now she’s gets the other job she went for, what job will Rachel decide on. Ben and Mel try to cook and they fail badly. Finally Ben and Mel stack a pantry, ‘bout time if you ask me.

Nathan donates his kidney to Chel, Julie is taking well to the other side of the family (Bad Company) Chel thinks about taking a holiday, to India, Dave is thinking of offering a job to Coby, does Coby and Tom have a alternative motive for wanting this job?

Mel might be pregnant but is that what she really wants? Dave is in a bad mood what has brought this on. Carbo and his flat mates get the shock of a life time literally. His parents decide to sell the house.


Bathroom fittings go missing from one of Dave’s job sites Is Coby behind it? Nathan finds out that Coby can’t read and can barely write. Coby and Nathan head to the famous cross or King’s Cross, Coby meets the hot “n” sexy, Laura, will this lead to trouble for Coby? Nathan is still not playing the field he is still hung up over sammy.

Rachel has a major fight with Jake, and needs to put things in presective and when she does that she quits her job. Paul Morgan requests Rachel back at her old job. Dave finds out that Coby was in on the robberies. Nathan gets the death knock and has to break the news to Ben, it’s a sad time for the rafters can Ben love again?

Ben will take the death hard but not only will the death effect him it will effect every rafter in their own way but also will effect everyone she’s ever came in to contact with. The Death of Mel is hitting ben especially hard his not eating or sleeping. Chel returns for the funeral, of Mel. Dave and Pat have a heated argument.

It was good to see Coby make a chance to be at Mel’s funeral not only that but Tom was there with a corrections officer as they let him out for the day, not to sure how we pulled that one off. Coby gets a second chance with the rafters.

Overall: 10/10

Conclusion:

I didn’t completely agree with the total writing out of Sammy, she was a massive part of the show, it’d have been nice if you’d heard a phone call once every while between Sammy and one of the other rafters but that didn’t happen. Ryan Corr does a excellent job at betraying Coby, nice addition to a already wonderful cast. John Howard is a excellent actor and has a excellent role as Tom, Dave’s dad. The death of Mel hit every body hard the writing her out of the script was well handled by the writers and that’s a thumbs up from me. When I first started to watch this it was because of Erik Thomson, but unlike other shows based on a family, you can related to these problems and these emotions that the actors are feeling unlike other shows this doesn’t feel fake which draws the viewers in and keeps us hooked. The cast is a all star cast, this is a excellent series this is rocking and is a much have for any one who’s seen the first two and if you haven’t seen the first two pick up the first series now, you won’t regret it. It’s a fact australian drama (shows like this) doesn’t get much better than this. The cast line up couldn’t get much better than this.

There’s a heap of cast interviews which are good special features for this dvd.

The line up of guests included a couple of actors that we’d know,

Martin Lynes better known as Dr. Luciano 'Luke' Forlano from All Saints.

Paul Tassmore better known as Nelson Curtis from All Saints.

With John Howard and Erik Thomson in the line up it’s becoming a real all saints cast line up.

Read More

Buy Packed To The Rafters; S2 Rebecca Gibney, Drama, DVD | Sanity

Buy Packed To The Rafters; S2 Rebecca Gibney, Drama, DVD | Sanity

Please note: We are not supported and or endorsed by Sanity, this is only provided as a reference site.

Packed to the rafters - series 2.

Ben gets a promotion at the bar, Trish is broke, Ben and Mel get back together. Trish is referred to by Ted as a stray. Nathan has a career change is it for the better or the worst. Ben & Mel find a stray dog and they have some trouble with that dog will they keep it? Dave throws a birthday party for his real mother. Rachel and Jake have a terrible fight. They have a baby on the way. Dave gets Warne back in his life. It’s another year under the roof of the Rafter’s. Dave’s business is as very as ever. every family has their problems but the rafter’s have their problems in there own. things are heating up in next door. Nathan and Sammy are falling through as far as there relationship is concerned. Ben ask Melissa to marry him and she said yes. Dave plans a engagement party for Ben & Mel is he going over board with the planning? Will Layla tell Steve that she slept with Nathan? Will Sammy find the truth? or will Nathan tell her before she finds out. The engagement party is full of surprises even Sammy is playing up with Mel’s brother it’s all happening yeah she found well this end their marriage? Nathan’s and Sammy’s I mean. Now Nathan loses his job because he slept with Layla who was Steve’s girl. Will Nathan attempt to fix his marriage. Nathan wants a second chance but I’ve gave up counting I think its more like a 10th chance, in their relationship. Will Ben get cold feet and back out of the wedding! Will Ben say the right vowels or will he get it wrong??? Now Nathan has a gambling addiction boy does he have a life line he can use or will he abuse it? Will the family get a boy or girl addition to their family! Nathan is living in the fast life but that’s nothing new. How much can Sammy really handle?

overall: 10/10

conclusion: Packed To The Rafters - is back to bringing us awesome real life issues and problems that we ca relate to on a every day basis. Well acted, Well casted and excellent written script. There’s always up and downs with the cast but it’s life like which is why I like the show. I love how it flashes to a later place in the show and flashes back. it’s a excellent show which is great.

Read More

Buy Packed To The Rafters; S1 Rebecca Gibney, Drama, DVD | Sanity

Buy Packed To The Rafters; S1 Rebecca Gibney, Drama, DVD | Sanity

Please note: not supported and or endorsed by sanity, sanity is only provided as a reference site.


Packed To The Rafter - Season 1.

Overall - 9/10

Conclusion: It’s showcases some of the best actors with a great mix of story lines that are real that you can actually relate to. The rafters are a family in one sense I think we all can really relate some of the stories that touch quite close to home for a lot of us I think. David Rafter is betrayed by Eric Thompson better known as Dr. Mitch Stevens from the australian drama All Saints. Rachel is pregnant, there’s always trouble and problems in paradise with the Rafters. It’s a real truthful drama, which a lot can relate to. It includes real problems that we can relate to such as problems between young marriages, money issues and the recession. It revolves around the Rafter family and like real life families they have their own problems.

Read More

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Nintendo DS - EB Games Australia

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Nintendo DS - EB Games Australia

PLEASE NOTE: Nath's reviews and the team at Nath's Reviews AREN'T supported/recommended and/or endorsed by EB GAMES AUSTRALIA, this how we remain impartial we are a INDEPENDENT REVIEWER receiving no FUNDING from any one.

COD - MW3.

Overall - 9.5/10 (Due to minor glitches)

Conclusion: As a player you’ve got a couple of different set up options one is stylus controls and the other is buttons I’ve selected buttons for the purpose of the first review of COD MW3 on DS, I can’t find any one unless who’s reviewed it. It mobilizes both speakers in full stereo sound with a 3DS on a DS the sound is tinny and no fulfilling enough for me but bear in mind I’m a trained sound technician when coming to sound I’m extremely fussy. You’ve got three single player modes, 1) A 14 level campaign. 2) Quick Play. 3) Challenge Mode. 3 types, recruit, regular and Hardened modes. I’m loving the graphics they are clear and awesome and nice and visible they are clear, crystal clear. The graphics have impressed this reviewer greatly so has the sound in the 3DS the graphics are good in the DS as well. The controls require a lot of multitasking which is complex bear in mind though it’s a excellent game they’ve got the game controls perfect for me I reckon. I’m actually loving this, this is the first time I’ve ever played a COD that wasn’t on 360/PS3. Noticed a glitch where your playing watcher on the first mission and you’ve got to guide the team through the field to avoid patrols some of the touch commands you have to touch 7 - 10 times before they register as a command, so this is the one thing I believe they need to fix. Also you can only use one saved data file which is a tad of a pain which means you can’t share the game between brothers or something in the one household. It’s a automatic save at checkpoints so you can’t quit at any time. I’ve just completed the first mission, It took a of getting use to the controls. It took me a bear 1 hour and 15 minutes to get through the first mission of the 14 missions judging on the current you’ll get about 14 - 15 hours out of the game which is good.


I’ve taken the time to upload some short game play videos on to my youtube account, I think they’ll get removed pretty quickly due to copyright.

Real Game Play.

real gameplay

real game play.

 real game play

real game play

There's five different links there for real game play/movies from the DS version, the videos aren't the best as I was using a iPhone for the production angle of the film. 

Read More

Buy All Saints; 2008 Season DVD, Drama, DVD | Sanity

Buy All Saints; 2008 Season DVD, Drama, DVD | Sanity

All Saints 2008 - DVD Review.

All Saints Western General Hospital is back. The fast paced medical action drama All Saints is back.. The ED in All Saints Western General is still over crowding and bursting at the seems can their NUM & Dr Frank Campion and the rest of the team pull it off without losing life’s at the cost of being understaffed? The All Saints Western General ED is falling apart again, they are under staffed and the problems are just getting worse in the ED they will need some temp nurses and have to jump hurdles with the team at ADMIN again. Not only is our favorite much loved ED staff of All Saints Western General hospital working hard to save life’s they are putting their life’s in harms way as almost the entire ED team is held by gun point.

Things in the 2007 series heated up between two of the long time ED nurses Dan Goldman & Erica Templeton (Jolene Anderson, Rush - Shannon Henry), Erica and Dan get engaged and they provide the first All Saints Western General Wedding since the 2003 Series of All Saints back when they where in Ward 17.

Many more relationships form and new doctors are introduced in to the ED, Jack leaves the ED for good and is not set to return don’t forget we lose Dr. Zoe Gallagher from the ED.

Staffing the ED is a hard job for NUM Gabby as Erica takes a course placement & they need some one to cover for her, but Dan is hitting rock bottom when he hasn’t heard from Erica for a few days is she okay?? Dr Bart West & Dan take a road trip looking for signs of Erica throughout the possible routes she could’ve taken to get to her course, Dan takes it rather bad when Gabby the NUM has to hire a temp replacement for Erica’s job until they know what is happing with her. Will she turn up DEAD or did she run out on Dan? In the end of this series not only does Jack leave but we also lose Nurse Dan Goldman (Deceased Actor).

Dr Beaumont has a few problems of her own when a nurse smothers her reputation this nurse made the move not Beaumont does this nurse read too much in to a chat between Beaumont & Frank? Possibly what will come of it?

Von suffers her own challenges through out this series as well as Mike who donates a kidney to his son who happens to be in the Australian Army. Dr. Bart West is deeply in love with a women called Annie who in 2007 he told her the worse news of her life and that was she had cancer, They get some hope that the cancer has disappeared but did the lab who ran the results make a massive mistake? more than likely Annie later dies from Cancer and Bart is pretty torn up over it.
A new nurse starts, will this be hell for the ED? Can she cut it in the over rushed ED of All Saints Western General? Is Amy getting Special treatment as she Frank’s niece? They put her in another ward to learn more, the ED especially Frank’s ED is no place for a ROOKIE. Is there something between Amy and Bart, They can’t seem to stop fighting with each other this could make for a interesting out come on the home front or Is he fighting back feelings for Amy because he is still getting over the lost of Annie?


Rating - 9.5/10


Conclusion:

In the 11th year of the drama All Saints the action is more fast paced than ever, Romance is heating up all over the place in the All Saints Western General ED. 40 episodes of All Saints all on a 10 disc set. Every kiss, every bit of love, every arrest, every moment and minute captured of this fine australian medical drama. The stories are just getting better every year, Mercury poisoning sure is a long shot, but the ED gets case this is up there with some of the best american shows like ER.

But the team at All Saints Western General since the series started have seen quite a fair share of guns in the ED but also in Ward 17, so even though the gun scene is more intense than the ones we’ve seen before the gun scene in All Saints is getting rather old hence why it’s only given 9.5 out of the ten but the story lines and the acting and emotion and overall character development is excellent in this series I am very impressed with this box set.

This makes for a complete action packed action rushed drama and is completely awesome.

So you’ve got 10 discs and over 20 hours of amazing Australian Drama on a complete ten disc set.

If your interested in buying this set here are a couple of links to sites that have them in stock.

Read More

Buy All Saints; 2007 Season DVD, Drama, DVD | Sanity

Buy All Saints; 2007 Season DVD, Drama, DVD | Sanity

All Saints – 2007 Series.

The All Saints ED team are still recovering from terrifying shooting of Dr. Bart West that happened in their own ED in front of their own Director of Emergency Medicine Dr. Frank Champion betrayed by the very talented actor John Howard.

Two of the All Saints ED team leave in 2007 and they are Dr. Sean Everleigh after getting runned down by a car he comes in to the All Saints Western General ED, Dr’s who know Sean constantly provide the best medical care they know how to, to attempt to save his life despite the extensive injuries that Sean has received the ED team with the help of Mike they are unable to save Dr. Sean Everleigh.
The other one leaves to go back to Canada and that is Dr. Vincent Hughes.

Cate recovers from a drug overdose. Dr Beaumont’s baby is born. Jack Quade has to battle with his dark past when that dark past haunts him on his very turf in the threater but also in the ED. A new romance that will most likely lead to something more will become of with Dan Goldman and Erica Templeton, Erica is betrayed by Jolene Anderson (RUSH).

Sterlo in a earlier series of All Sanits fell in love with a cancer patient well in this year of All Saints the same has pretty much happened to Dr. Bart West who fell for the amazing Annie who is funny and always smiling and putting on a brave face for Dr. West but is struggling to beat the cancer.

All the action is right there in 41 episodes of the 2007 series of All Saints.


Overall – 9/10

Further Comments: This only got 9 due to the fact of a basic what I believe to be a double up story line other wise I would’ve given this 10/10 as I love my all saints.

This is nicely packaged in a beautiful box set on 10 dvds all 41 episodes the days of the 41 & 22 episode series are gone, All Saints will go down in history as a medical that shaped Australia.

Read More