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Gorillas In The Mist, a review by KinkyCyborg

Gorillas In The Mist



Title:Gorillas in the Mist
Year: 1988
Director: Michael Apted
Rating: PG-13
Length: 129 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Sigourney Weaver
Bryan Brown
Julie Harris
John Omirah Miluwi
Iain Cuthbertson

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Production Notes
DVD-ROM Content


Love this movie! Seen in before probably close to 10 years ago now and it still fascinating to watch the story of Dian Fossey and her beloved gorillas.

Sigourney Weaver was the perfect choice to play this driven, tenacious and eccentric woman who went to extreme lengths to first study and then protect these endangered primates. Weaver has always pulled off roles as tough as nails women and near the end when she is starting to lose her grip, being ferociously protective of her gorillas her acting is brilliant.

Bryan Brown, a favorite of mine and one of the most underrated actors out there gave a great performance as well as the National Geographic photographer who falls in love with her but eventually has to leave her behind as he knows that he will always be second fiddle to her obsession.

Fossey's murder still remains a mystery but there was certainly no shortage of suspects including the poachers whom she tried her best to eradicate, the government who tired of her running off the tourists and some speculate even the men who worked for her may have killed her as they feared both her and her wild actions that could have rained trouble down on them all. Her actions defied all and angered many people but her sacrifice saved the species.  

KC

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(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on November 29th, 2010)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, a review by Tom

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004/United Kingdom) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Home Video (United Kingdom) Director: Writing: Steve Kloves (Screenwriter), J. K. Rowling (Original Material By) Length: 142 min. Video: Widescreen 2.40 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: PCM 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Dutch: Dolby Digital 5.1, Japanese: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Catalonian: Dolby Digital 5.1, Danish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Flemish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Swedish: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: Chinese, Danish, English, French, German, Finnish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Catalonian, Flemish

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Stars:
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
Richard Griffiths as Uncle Vernon
Pam Ferris as Aunt Marge
Fiona Shaw as Aunt Petunia
Harry Melling as Dudley Dursley

Plot:
In their third year at Hogwarts, Harry, Ron and Hermione meet escaped prisoner Sirius Black and learn to handle a half-horse/half-eagle Hippogriff, repel shape-shifting Boggarts and master the art of Divination. Harry must also withstand soul-sucking Dementors, outsmart a dangerous werewolf and deal with the truth about Sirius and his relationship to Harry and his parents.

Awards:
Won:

BAFTA (2004)		Orange Film Of The Year
BMI Film & TV Music Awards (2005)		BMI Film Music Award (John Williams)
Teen Choice Awards (2004)		Choice Movie - Drama/Action Adventure
Visual Effects Society Awards (2005)		Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Act on Motion Picture (Mike Eames, David S. Lomax, Felix Balbas, Pablo Grillo (For the Hippogriff character))
Visual Effects Society Awards (2005)		Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture (Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, Theresa Corrao, Emma Norton)
World Soundtrack Awards (2004)		Public Choice Award (John Williams)

Nominated:

Academy Award (2004)		Best Music, Original Score (John Williams)
Academy Award (2004)		Best Visual Effects (Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, John Richardson, Bill George)
BAFTA (2004)		Achievement In Special Visual Effects (John Richardson, Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, Bill George, Karl Mooney)
BAFTA (2004)		Make Up & Hair (Amanda Knight, Eithne Fennell, Nick Dudman)
BAFTA (2004)		Production Design (Stuart Craig)
BAFTA (2004)		The Alexander Korda Award For The Outstanding British Film Of The Year (David Heyman, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe, Alfonso Cuaron)
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (2005)		Best Family Film (Live Action)
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (2005)		Best Young Actor (Daniel Radcliffe)
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (2005)		Best Young Actress (Emma Watson)
Grammy Awards (2005)		Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (John Williams)
Hugo Award (2005)		Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
MTV Movie Awards (2005)		Best Video Game Based on a Movie
Teen Choice Awards (2004)		Choice Movie of the Summer
Visual Effects Society Awards (2005)		Best Single Visual Effect of the Year (Bill George, David Andrews, Sandra Scott, Dorne Huebler)
Visual Effects Society Awards (2005)		Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture (Dorne Huebler, Jay Cooper, Patrick Brennan, Anthony Shafer (For the Azkaban guards attack))
Visual Effects Society Awards (2005)
World Soundtrack Awards (2004)		Best Original Soundtrack of the Year (John Williams)
World Soundtrack Awards (2004)		Soundtrack Composer of the Year (John Williams)

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Bonus Trailers

I didn't enjoy this one as much as the second one. At times it dragged too much. But of course I enjoyed the finale .
What was with the trip for which Harry didn't have a permission slip? Did I miss something or did that just not pay off? One scene he was not allowed to go with. Instead he has some heart-to-heart with a professor. The next scene the others are back and the trip was not talked about. It was just like he didn't miss anything important.

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(From Tom's Harry Potter Movie Marathon on December 3rd, 2012)

Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom

Gunslinger Girl

My thoughts:

Trailer
Opening Titles

This month they start airing a second season to this series in Japan. Sadly it will take at least two or three years until there will be a RC1 boxset release (I usually buy anime only after they are re-released as a boxset and not single volumes).


(From Tom's Random Reviews on January 3rd, 2008)