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Tangled , a review by Tom

Tangled (2010/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Walt Disney Home Entertainment (United Kingdom) Director: Nathan Greno, Byron Howard Writing: Dan Fogelman (Screenwriter) Length: 100 min. Video: Widescreen 1.78 Audio: English: DTS-HD High Resolution 7.1, Italian: DTS-HD High Resolution 7.1, Spanish: DTS 5.1, Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

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Stars:
Mandy Moore as Rapunzel (voice)
Zachary Levi as Flynn Rider (voice)
Donna Murphy as Mother Gothel (voice)
Ron Perlman as Stabbington Brother (voice)
M.C. Gainey as Captain of the Guard (voice)

Plot:
Disney presents a new twist on one of the most hilarious and hair-raising tales ever told. Your whole family will get tangled up in the fun, excitement and adventure of this magical motion picture.

When the kingdom's most wanted - and most charming - bandit Flynn Rider hides in a mysterious tower, the last thing he expects to find is Rapunzel, a spirited teen with an unlikely superpower - 70 feet of magical golden hair! Together, the unlikely duo sets off on a fantastic journey filled with surprising heroes, laughter and suspense.

Let your hair down and get ready to cheer for TangledAwards:
Nominated:

Academy Award (2010)		Best Original Song ("I See the Light": Alan Menken, Glenn Slater)
Golden Globe (2010)		Best Animated Feature Film
Golden Globe (2010)		Best Original Song - Motion Picture ("I See The Light": Alan Menken (Music), Glenn Slater (Lyrics))

Extras:

• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Scene Access

It's been two weeks since I got this movie. And just now I watched it for the fifth time! And still enjoyed every minute of it. The first time around, even though I enjoyed the songs, I thought they were nothing special. But then I couldn't stop listening to them and now I think they are great.
Rapunzel is just a fun character to watch. And also is Pascal, her pet chameleon. Usually I don't like animal sidekicks all that much, but Pascal is just a riot. It's a good choice that they didn't make him a talking animal. He is funny just with the looks he gives. It's worth rewatching the movie just for him by concentrating on him instead of Rapunzel. They are some stuff he does that I missed the first time around.
The following is my favourite song in this movie. In my opinion it gets across the character of Rapunzel perfectly. Mandy Moore did a perfect job in my opinion.



Currently my favourite Disney movie.

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(From Tom's Random Reviews on June 18th, 2011)

Black Narcissus, a review by Hal

Title: Black Narcissus: The Criterion Collection
Year: 1947
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Rating: NR
Length: 101 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Deborah Kerr
Flora Robson
Jenny Laird
Judith Furse
Kathleen Byron

Plot:
Plagued by uncertainties and worldly desires, five Protestant missionary nuns, led by Deborah Kerr's Sister Clodagh, struggle to establish a school in the desolate Himalayas. All the elements of cinematic arts are perfectly fused in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's fascinating study of the age-old conflict between the spirit and the flesh, set against the grandeur of the snowcapped peaks of Kanchenjunga.

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Production Notes
Closed Captioned




(From Black Narcissus on July 3rd, 2010)

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: A series of flashbacks shows us how Angel became Angelus the first time, how he drove Drusilla into insanity, how he was cursed by the Gypsies and how he finally found his way to Sunnydale, to help Buffy. But in the here and now he has stolen Acathla, a transfixed demon who will swallow the world if he is re-awakened. But Buffy gets help: Kendra is back. And Willow wants to perform the curse to restore Angel's soul.

My Opinion: I never noticed it before that Darla says "Close your eyes" before she turns him - a sentence that Buffy will also use at the end of the next episode. And I really liked how they argued about how to deal with Angelus with Xander being the advocate for killing Angelus. He never trusted Angel or any Vampire for that matter and that won't change until the end of the show and this distrust will lead to serious arguments with Buffy again, especially in the sixth and seventh season.
And sorry to sound like a broken record, but when Xander asked whether Buffy wanted to restore Angel's soul, go on "with the smooches" and pretend as if nothing had happened I involuntarily registered that as a side-remark towards Smallville. But that's impossible since Smallville wasn't even produced yet.

Synopsis: After Dru has killed Kendra and taken Giles to the mansion, Buffy is wanted for murder by the police. She has to sneak into the hospital to visit the injured Xander and the comatose Willow. But she has a lucky break: Spike (who secretly can walk again) teams up with her in order to defeat Angelus and get Dru back. Meanwhile Angelus tortures Giles to learn how to awake Acathla.

My Opinion: In just one episode Buffy's world fell apart. She has saved the world (again) but had to sacrifice pretty much everything for it. It must have been so hard for her to kill Angel - whose soul had been restored just moments ago - to close Acathla's vortex. She was thrown out from home, expelled from school and had to kill her boyfriend - can it get any worse?
But I also found the events that happened before the final fight very interesting, especially her temporary alliance with Spike whom she also hates but who was the lesser of two evils at that moment. And that Xander lied to her and didn't tell her that Willow was trying the soul restoration again will also become an issue again.
These two episodes have a place on the Olympus of season endings and together with the ending of season five this was the strongest ending of any Buffy season.




The Season - My Opinion:

(From "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Marathon on May 21st, 2009)