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Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, a review by Tom

Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (United Kingdom) Director: Betty Thomas Writing: Jon Vitti (Writer), Jonathon Aibel (Writer), Glenn Berger (Writer), Ross Bagdasarian (Original Characters By), Janice Karman (Original Characters By) Length: 84 min. Video: Widescreen 1.85 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: English

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Stars:
Zachary Levi as Toby
David Cross as Ian
Jason Lee as Dave
Justin Long as Voice of Alvin (voice)
Matthew Gray Gubler as Voice of Simon (voice)

Awards:
Won:

BMI Film & TV Music Awards (2008)

BMI Film Music Award (Christopher Lennertz)

Nominated:

Young Artist Awards (2008)

Best Family Feature Film (Fantasy or Musical)

Extras:

• BD-Live
• Digital Copy
• Featurettes
• Music Videos

I am surprised, but I enjoyed this movie more than expected. I even enjoyed it more than the first movie. I never really liked Jason Lee as David (I like him, but I think he is miscast in the role), so I had no problem with it, that he had a smaller part here. Instead we get Zachary Levi ("Chuck") opposite of the Chipmunks and I think it worked out great.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on August 13th, 2011)

Van Wilder, a review by Tom

Title: Van Wilder
Year: 2002
Director: Walt Becker
Rating: FSK-12
Length: 89 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85
Audio: German: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German

Stars:
Ryan Reynolds
Tara Reid
Tim Matheson
Kal Penn
Teck Holmes

Plot:
To Van Wilder (Ryan Reynolds), college doesn't get you ready for life, it is life. So when his father puts a stop to his cash flow, it looks lke the party might finally be over for Van. Down, but not out, Van and his team devise a series of money-making schemes that soon come to the attention of the college magazine, who send out sexy college reporter, Gwen (Tara Reid) to do a feature on the infamous 'Van Wilder, Party Liaison' to boost their circulation figures. But when things start to go wrong for Van, he realizes that this time he may need to do something really crazy... GRADUATE!

Awards:

Satellite Awards

2003

Nominated

Best Original Song

"Girl On The Roof"

Extras:
Featurettes
Interviews
Music Videos
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailers

I haven't watched this movie since I first got it years ago. My memory was that though it was an average movie, I enjoyed this movie. Somehow it was not as good as I remembered it. But it is still above most of the gross-out comedies we see today.
Tara Reid is weak in this movie. I really do not remember a memorable performance of hers except of great role in "Josie and the Pussycats".
Simon Helberg (Howard from Big Bang Theory) makes a small appearance in this movie.

Rating:

(From December Marathons - DISCUSSION AND REVIEW THREAD on December 1st, 2009)

Pete's Pilots, a review by addicted2dvd

Futurama
Clear some space in your DVD collection for FUTURAMA, the out-of-this-world sci-fi spoof from "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening. Loaded with a galaxy of outrageous extras, this 3-disc set includes the show's first 13 episodes in their entirety, so you can get in on the future... and the fun... from the beginning!

Space Pilot 3000
After an accidental cryogenic freezing, Fry awakens at the dawn of the year 3000. With the help of his two new friends, a degenerate robot named Bender and a beautiful one-eyed alien named Leela, Fry defies his life assignment as a delivery boy. He tracks down his great-great-great-etc. nephew, Professor Farnsworth, who hires the three to work for his intergalactic delivery service. It's a brave new world and Fry is in for the ride of his life.

My Thoughts:
A fun animated series... though one I seemed to tire of after a while. I only have the first season on DVD. But I would consider getting more seasons if I found them cheap enough.

My Rating:

(From Pete's Pilots on January 26th, 2010)