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Astro Boy, a review by addicted2dvd

Astro Boy (2009/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Summit Entertainment (United States) Director: David Bowers Writing: Tezuka Osamu (Created By), David Bowers (Story By), Timothy Hyde Harris (Writer), David Bowers (Writer) Length: 94 min. Video: Widescreen 2.35:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Stars:
Charlize Theron as "Our Friends" Narrator (voice)
Freddie Highmore as Astro, Toby (voice)
Ryan Stiles as Mr. Moustachio (voice)
Eugene Levy as Orrin (voice)
Nicolas Cage as Dr. Tenma (voice)

Plot:
Blast off with ASTRO BOY, the thrilling tale of a true hero! In futuristic Metro City, scientist Tenma (Voiced by Nicolas Cage) creates an amazing robot boy with hidden talents unlike anything you've ever seen. Astro Boy (voiced by Freddie Highmore) hass super strength, x-ray vision, incredible speed and the ability to fly. But what he really wonts is to know where he belongs. When the world needs saving, he'll discover he was made for the challenge. featuring an all-star cast of voice talent, ASTRO BOY is a high-flying adventure that soars to new heights!

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes

I just barely remember the old anime series this film is based on. So I don't remember the origin story from the anime.... but I liked what they did with it for the film. The animation is top notch and the voice cast is great.... there is some big stars I am familiar with. This film is heavy on story and a little less action then I was expecting... but it kinda needed it for an origin story. The origin is a little darker then I was expecting... but there was some good laughs in the story as well. Definitely worth the time put in to watch it.



(From August Movie Marathon: Radical Robotics on August 8th, 2017)

Superman: Brainiac Attacks, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Superman: Brainiac Attacks
Year: 2006
Director: Curt Geda
Rating: NR
Length: 76 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: N/A (Note: There were 2 releases of this DVD. One with one without Subtitles... I got one without)

Stars:
Tim Daly
Powers Boothe
Dana Delany
Lance Henriksen
George Dzundza

Plot:
Embittered by Superman's heroic successes and soaring popularity, Lex Luthor forms a dangerous alliance with the powerful computer/villain Brainiac. Using advanced weaponry and a special strain of Kryptonite harvested from the far reaches of outer space, Luthor specifically redesigns Brainiac to defeat the Man of Steel. But when Brainiac betrays Luthor and reveals its sinister plans for world domination, Superman must brave the mysterious Phantom Zone to find the strength to survive this deadly showdown.

Fly with this all-new, feature-length spectacular and experience the action, adventure and excitement that only Superman can bring home!

Extras:
Trailers
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
This is a good animated movie... I enjoyed it just as much as the animated series it came from. I must say though... even though I did enjoy every minute of the movie... I did not care for the look they gave Brainiac After Lex helped him combine with the satellite. I liked the look of him in the beginning of the movie much more. I also liked how they did the Phantom Zone in this movie. Story makes this release well worth it... but unfortunately the dvd itself is lacking.not much for extras what so ever... just a handful of trailers.



(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Anything Goes on January 22nd, 2010)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

The Brittas Empire: Series One (1991/United Kingdom) IMDb | Wikipedia (United Kingdom) Length: 171 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 1 Subtitles:

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Plot:
In this classic TV sitcom, Gordon Brittas (Chris Barrie) is the manager of Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre. He means well, wants to do well and wants to be a good manager. Unfortunatly his best talent is to continually create recipes for total disaster.

Deep down Brittas cares about his staff, but all he ever seems to do is to make their lives more difficult. Trying to rise above this, and to keep the Leisure Centre running smoothly, is his assistant Laura (Julia St John).

Behind every good man, so the saying goes, is a good woman, and behind every maniac, is a good woman losing her sanity! Helen Brittas (Philippa Haywood) is no different as she struggles to cope with the mania of her husband.

The Brittas Empire
1.01 Laying the Foundations
Cast

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on March 30th, 2011)