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Monster House, a review by addicted2dvd

Monster House (2006) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer |Wikipedia | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Gil Kenan Writing: Dan Harmon (Screenwriter), Rob Schrab (Screenwriter), Pamela Pettler (Screenwriter), Dan Harmon (Story By), Rob Schrab (Story By) Length: 91 min. Video: Widescreen 2.40:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: PCM: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Korean: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: Chinese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai

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Stars:
Ryan Newman as Little Girl
Steve Buscemi as Nebbercracker
Mitchel Musso as DJ
Catherine O'Hara as Mom
Fred Willard as Dad

Plot:
Young DJ always knew there was something strange about the old Nebbercracker house across the street. When the house becomes a living, breathing monster, DJ enlists his pals Chowder and Jenny to learn the secret that keeps the house alive. Suddenly, they find themselves in a hair-raising battle with an unstoppable entity and must save the neighborhood from total devastation. Robert Zemeckis (The Polar Express, Back To The Future) and Steven Spielberg (ET, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones Trilogy) present Monster House - the movie The New York Times A.O. Scott hails "... smartly written and a lot of fun."

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes
• Gallery

This is a pretty cute animated movie... though I have seen better. The film went in an obvious direction and I had a hard time caring about the characters. But in spite of all of that... It is definitely worth the time put in to watch it. The story takes place on Halloween so I can see myself watching this one for my October marathon each year.


(From Within My Lifetime Marathon on January 15th, 2015)

Blow Out, a review by GSyren

Title	Blow Out (5-027035-009599)
Director	Brian De Palma
Actors	John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz, Peter Boyden
Produced	1981 in United States
Runtime	108 minutes
Audio	English PCM 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles	English
Overview	One of Brian De Palma's most acclaimed films, this brilliant fusion of the obsessive sleuthing of Blow-up and The Conversation with themes drawn from real-life political scandals (the JFK assassination, Chappaquiddick, Watergate) starts with sound technician Jack Terry (John Travolta) accidentally recording what might be explosive evidence of a deadly conspiracy. Brilliantly shot by the then recent Oscar-winner Vilmos Zsigmond, this terrifically stylish thriller co-stars Nancy Allen as the eyewitness who becomes the unwitting target of John Lithgow's serial killer as he ruthlessly attempts to bury all the eveidence. It's also a film about the filmmaking process: Terry Is originally hired to work on the low-budget slasher film Coed Frenzy, and later turns his technical skills to much more serious use as he tries to reconstruct a political assassination on film in a way that will stand up in court.
My thoughts	I really liked Blow Out
My rating

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on July 16th, 2014)

The IT Crowd: Version 3.0 - (mini) marathon, a review by Achim

2. Are We Not men?
Hilarious how Roy and Moss blend in with "proper men"; bluffball.com provides the needed phrases for conversation on a daily basis. There is a few scenes that have less laughs than usual but they are needed to set up the plot and the whole episode feels more complete that way.

...and of course there is also the driving instructor.



(From The IT Crowd: Version 3.0 - (mini) marathon on July 31st, 2009)