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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

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


My Thoughts:
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
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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.

Rating:

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

Member's Reviews

Tremors 3: Back To Perfection, a review by Dragonfire


Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Tremors 3: Back To Perfection



Those  morphing, man-eating monsters are shaking things up again in the dusty little town of Perfection, Nevada - and durvivalist Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) is the only soution to the latest evolution! Aided by a couple of young entrepreneurs (Shawn Christian and Susan Chang), Burt pits his impressive knowledge of weaponry against the newest and dealiest generation of Graboids. If Burt and his new partners can't find a way to stop them, then the creatures that put Perfection on the map will wipe it right off the face of the earth. 'Tremors 3' promises earth-shaking, explosive, edge-of-your-seat entertainment!

My Thoughts

I did get a review posted on Epinions last summer.

Tremors 3: Back to Perfection

(From Dragonfire's Halloween/Horror Marathon 2009 on October 21st, 2009)

Member's TV Reviews

Pete's Pilots, a review by addicted2dvd



ER
I first wrote ER back in 1974 as a record of my experiernces as a medical student in a hospital emergency room. But it was not until the fall of 1994, 20 years later, that these stories appeared as a new television series. That must surely be the longest creative gestation in modern television, but it was worth it. Audiences found the show to be fast-paced, fresh and real, and it drew a loyal following from it's very first episode. But if past was remarkable, the future was even more so: none of us in those early days of ER could have anticipated it's long and remarkable run as one of the best and most popular television shows in the history of the medium. From it's early days to the the exciting present, it's been one long thrill for me, and I think for audiences as well. Enjoy!

Micheal Crichton, June 2003


Pilot
Everything is an emergency and every emergency is business as usual as we first meet the young residents and interns at Chicago's County General teaching hospital. Among the events. Greene receives a tempting offer from a prestigious private practice, Benton risks unauthorized surgery in order to save a life, and inexperienced Carter must contend with several unorthodox emergencies on his first day in the ER.

My Thoughts:
This pilot is a double length episode. I have found that I really enjoy medical dramas. ER and Grey's Anatomy are my two favorite medical dramas to date. If there is any others that you would recommend I would love to hear some suggestions. This series really grabs me when I watch it. Now that I watched the pilot I could continue on with the series very easily!

My Rating:

(From Pete's Pilots on January 25th, 2010)