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Outbreak (Mammoth), a review by GSyren

Title	Outbreak (Mammoth) (7-319980-077883)
Director	Tim Cox
Actors	Vincent Ventresca, Summer Glau, Leila Arcieri, Cole Williams, Tom Skerritt
Produced	2006 in United States
Runtime	86 minutes
Audio	English Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles	Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Overview	On a hot summer afternoon in the sleepy town of Blackwater, Louisiana locals exiting a retro-fitted theater excitedly watch as a meteor streaks across the sky and crashes through the roof of the local Natural History Museum. No one realizes that the meteor is actually a spaceship containing a shape-shifting life form. In order to adapt to Earth's atmosphere, the life form latches on to the first organism it comes in contact with - a partially frozen Woolly Mammoth found in the historic exhibit for which the town is famous. As a series of uncanny disasters unfold, the town quickly finds itself overrun by the alien-possessed mammoth. Local authorities and Government Investigators join forces with Frank Abernathy, the Museum Curator, and his father Simon, a B-Movie enthusiast to bring down the mighty mammoth, thus saving the town (and the world) in a wild adventure that blends the 50s alien-invasion flick, and the 70s revenge-of-nature opus into a marauding monster mash!
My thoughts	The Invisible Man (2000-2002), but he does nothing for me here. Summer Glau is cute, but she has developed quite a lot since this was made, both as an actress and as a woman. This was another of my $1.50 DVDs, and I'm glad I didn't pay more for it.
My rating

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on December 27th, 2013)

Shaun the Sheep Movie, a review by GSyren

Shaun the Sheep Movie (5-055201-827494)

United Kingdom 2015 | Released 2015-06-01 on DVD from StudioCanal

82 minutes | Aspect ratio Anamorphic 1.85:1 | Audio: English Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo, English Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Descriptive Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo

Directed by Mark Burton, Richard Starzack and starring Justin Fletcher, John B. Sparkes, Omid Djalili, Richard Webber, Kate Harbour

When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it's up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.

My thoughts about Shaun the Sheep Movie:

I love clay animation (I won't call it claymation, because for me that means Will Vinton). I especially love Wallace & Gromit, because in my opinion those films combine excellent scripts with outstanding animation into nearly perfect movies. Shaun the Sheep comes from the same studio, Aardman, and is originally a TV show that was a spinoff off Wallace & Gromit. The show is, understandably, not as complex as the W&G movies. It has simple, yet funny, scripts and a bit limited animation. In order to make an enjoyable movie they had to break out of those limitations. So the story is no longer confined to the farm where Shaun & co. live, and the story is more complex with more advanced animation. The moral of the story is simple enough, though - "There's no place like home". I really enjoyed this movie. It doesn't reach the same height as the W&G movies, but it's quite good enough. It has something for kids and adults alike. There are some references that the kids will not understand (I hope), like the cat that does a Hannibal Lecter impression. But that doesn't matter. It's good fun and highly recommended.

I rate this title

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on September 3rd, 2015)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Rick

I typically like the 2nd season of most shows. Typically the characters are usually well developed, the actors have developed into their characters and the writers/producers are obviously happy their show got renewed. Sophmore seasons are typically very enjoyable (with the HUGE exception of Buck Rogers   ).  With that said I am obviously looking forward to the next 20whatever episodes of this series.

NorthRay pulls out his gun

This episode perfectly shows how far their friendship has come.

Agree 100%   It also shows how far Ray and Dief have come a the two of them have a few 'conversations' in this episodes.

My Rating


(From "Due South" marathon on August 9th, 2009)