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Old School, a review by Rich

Title: Old School

Runtime:92
Certificate:NR
Year:2003
Genres:Comedy

Plot:What's a guy supposed to do when he catches the early flight home and finds his girlfriend in bed with a room full of naked strangers? Return to college and start a fraternity! Before you can say "wild and wet wrestling," Frank "The Tank" (Will Ferrell, Saturday Night Live); Mitch (Luke Wilson, Legally Blonde) and Beanie (Vince Vaughn, Swingers) have their own frat raging with out-of-control antics. But when things get too wild, the dean sets out to shut them down. The laughs are top of the class (even if the guys aren't!) in the hit comedy from director Todd Phillips (Road Trip).

My Review:
Coincidence in my marathon, this older film directed by Todd Phillips (The Hangover)
Perhaps the only film that I have been able to stomach watching Will Ferrell, there are some good laughs mixed into this bawdy American comedy. Yes it is fairly childish schoolboy humour, but mixed in is a pretty nice story and some decent enough performances, particularly Vaughn who is surprisingly adept in this flick. The streak in town had me in tears, as did the KY jelly wrestling.
Park your brain before viewing this, and get ready to excuse the wettest lead in Luke Wilson, and this should give you several belly laughs.


(From December Marathons - DISCUSSION AND REVIEW THREAD on December 10th, 2009)

Transformers, a review by Tom

Transformers (2007/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Paramount Home Entertainment (Germany) Director: Michael Bay Writing: Roberto Orci (Screenwriter), Alex Kurtzman (Screenwriter), John Rogers (Story By), Roberto Orci (Story By), Alex Kurtzman (Story By) Length: 138 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Turkish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: Commentary, English, German, Turkish

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Stars:
Shia LaBeouf as Sam Witwicky
Megan Fox as Mikaela Banes
Josh Duhamel as Captain Lennox
Tyrese Gibson as USAF Tech Sergeant Epps
Rachael Taylor as Maggie Madsen

Plot:Awards:
Won:

BMI Film & TV Music Awards (2008)		BMI Film Music Award (Steve Jablonsky)
MTV Movie Awards (2008)		Best Movie
MTV Movie Awards (2007)		Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet
Saturn (2007)		Best Special Effects (Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl, John Frazier)
Scream Awards (2007)		Jump form your seat Scene of the Year ("Megatron vs. Optimus Prime"
Teen Choice Awards (2007)		Choice Movie: Breakout Male (Shia LaBeouf)
Visual Effects Society Awards (2008)		Best Single Visual Effect of the Year (Scott Farrar, Shari Hanson, Shawn Kelly, Michael Jamieson (For the desert highway sequence))
Visual Effects Society Awards (2008)		Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture (Pat Tubach, Beth D'Amato, Todd Vaziri, Michael Conte)
Visual Effects Society Awards (2008)		Outstanding Models or Miniatures in a Motion Picture (Dave Fogler, Ron Woodall, Alex Jaeger, Brian Gernand)
Visual Effects Society Awards (2008)		Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture (Scott Farrar, Shari Hanson, Russell Earl, Scott Benza)

Nominated:

Academy Award (2007)		Best Sound Editing (Ethan Van der Ryn, Mike Hopkins)
Academy Award (2007)		Best Sound Mixing (Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Peter J. Devlin)
Academy Award (2007)		Best Visual Effects (Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl, John Frazier)
Cinema Audio Society Awards (2008)		Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures (Peter J. Devlin, Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell)
Empire Magazine Awards (2008)		Best Newcomer (Shia LaBeouf)
Empire Magazine Awards (2008)		Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Golden Raspberry Awards (2007)		Worst Supporting Actor (Jon Voight)
MTV Movie Awards (2008)		Best Male Performance (Shia LeBeouf)
MTV Movie Awards (2008)		Breakthrough Performance (Megan Fox)
National Movie Awards (2007)		Best Action/Adventure Film
Satellite Awards (2007)		Best Visual Effects (Scott Farrar)
Saturn (2007)		Best Science Fiction Film
Scream Awards (2007)		Breakout Performance (Megan Fox)
Teen Choice Awards (2007)		Choice Movie - Action Adventure
Teen Choice Awards (2007)		Choice Movie Actor: Action/Adventure (Shia LeBeouf)
Teen Choice Awards (2007)		Choice Movie Actress: Action/Adventure (Megan Fox)
Teen Choice Awards (2007)		Choice Movie Breakout - Female (Megan Fox)
Teen Choice Awards (2007)		Choice Movie Chemistry (Shia LeBeouf, and Bumblebee)
Teen Choice Awards (2007)		Choice Movie Liplock (Megan Fox, Shia LeBeouf)
Teen Choice Awards (2007)		Choice Movie Rumble (Josh Duhamel, vs. Blackout)
Teen Choice Awards (2007)		Choice Movie Villain (Megatron)
Teen Choice Awards (2007)		Choice Summer Movie: Drama/Action-Adventure

Extras:

• Commentary
• Scene Access

I grew up with the Transformers toys (Generation 1). But I never really followed the animated series. I only saw it a couple of times. I preferred the He-Man and M.A.S.K. cartoons.
I think this movie is great as a mindless action flick. There are some jokes which are cringeworthy, but overall the movie is fun. Of course it has some stupid plot which pulled me out of the movie a little. E.g. the stupid hacker who after a few seconds after putting in the alien signal has it decrypted (and even has the message in English). Or that it seems that the government is just telling anyone who is willing to listen about their top-secret encounter with aliens.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on October 31st, 2011)

Tales from the Crypt Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

2. And All Through the House
On Christmas Eve a woman slaughters her husband and learns that she's on Santa's naughty list when an escaped maniac dressed as Santa Claus shows up at her doorstep with a special present for her.

Guest Stars:
Mary Ellen Trainor
Larry Drake
Marshall Bell
Lindsey Whitney Barry

My Thoughts:
Of course being a Christmas episode this time we have the Cryptkeeper dressed like Santa. Now this episode I enjoyed more then I did the first one. Matter of fact it remains on of my favorite episodes. This episode also made me a fan of Larry Drake in horrors. I know Christmas is on the way when I watch this episode!

My Rating:

(From Tales from the Crypt Marathon on December 21st, 2009)