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High School Musical, a review by snowcat

(From Emma's Film Reviews (snowcat) on January 18th, 2010)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, a review by Tom

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009/United Kingdom) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Home Video (United Kingdom) Director: David Yates Writing: Steve Kloves (Screenwriter), J.K. Rowling (Writer) Length: 154 min. Video: Widescreen 2.40 Audio: English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, French: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Dutch: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1, Catalonian: Dolby Digital 5.1, Flemish: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

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Stars:
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
Michael Gambon as Professor Albus Dumbledore
Dave Legeno as Fenrir Greyback
Elarica Gallacher as Waitress
Jim Broadbent as Professor Horace Slughorn

Plot:
Harry and Dumbledore work together to find the key to unlock Voldemort's defences as he tightens his grip on the wizarding and Muggle worlds. Meanwhile, Hogwarts students are under attack from raging teenage hormones. Love is in the air but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same.

Awards:
Won:

MTV Movie Awards (2010)		Best Villain (Tom Felton)
National Movie Awards (2010)		Best Family Film
Scream Awards (2009)		Best Ensemble
Scream Awards (2009)		Best Sequel
Scream Awards (2009)		The "Holy Sh%t!" Scene of the Year

Nominated:

Academy Award (2009)		Best Cinematography (Bruno Delbonnel)
BAFTA (2009)		Production Design (Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan)
BAFTA (2009)		Special Visual Effects (John Richardson, Tim Burke, Tim Alexander, Nicolas Aithadi)
MTV Movie Awards (2010)		Best Female Performance (Emma Watson)
MTV Movie Awards (2010)		Best Male Performance (Daniel Radcliffe)
MTV Movie Awards (2010)		Best Movie
MTV Movie Awards (2010)		Global Superstar (Daniel Radcliffe)
Scream Awards (2009)		Best F/X
Scream Awards (2009)		Best Fantasy Actor (Daniel Radcliffe)
Scream Awards (2009)		Best Fantasy Actress (Emma Watson)
Scream Awards (2009)		Best Fantasy Movie
Scream Awards (2009)		Best Supporting Actor (Rupert Grint)
Scream Awards (2009)		Best Supporting Actress (Evanna Lynch)
Scream Awards (2009)		Best Villian (Helen Bonham Carter)

Extras:

• BD-Live
• Deleted Scenes
• DVD-ROM Content
• Featurettes
• Maximum Movie Mode
• Scene Access
• Trailers

It has been awhile since I left off from this marathon. I have to admit I never had the urge to continue. Also this movie, even though it had its moments, never really drew me in. I like scenes where it is about the friendship of the three, and their love interests. But every time a scene with Dumbledore comes on, it just feels jarring. It's like they just have to cut to him with Harry, so that they can get the Voldemort storyline going, which by the way never really had me all that interested.
I don't regret buying this movie series (it didn't cost much and I did enjoy parts of it), but I still cannot see why this series has such a hype. Of course everyone will tell me now, that I have to read the books. But for me a movie still should work without having to have read the books.

Rating:

(From Tom's Harry Potter Movie Marathon on February 10th, 2013)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Monk: Season One (2002/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Universal Studios Home Entertainment (United States) Length: 561 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, French: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Plot:TONY SHALHOUB is a riot" (TV Guide) in Monk, the show that critics are praising as "fresh, exciting and utterly original." (Chicago Tribune)

Monk's hilarious, offbeat antics have made him unfit for duty but he's back as a police consultant to help out on their most baffling cases. The brilliant but neurotic Monk is now fighting crime as well as his abnormal fears of germs, cars heights, crowds and virtually everything else known to man in "the best detective show to come along in decades." (New York Post)

"Nothing on TV generated more fun than this" (Los Angeles Times) and now you can enjoy the entire first season of Monk on DVD.

*Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (2002)
**Best Performance by an American Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy (2002)


Monk
1.01 Mr. Monk and the Candidate
Writer: Andy Breckman (Writer)
Director: Dean Parisot
Cast: Tony Shalhoub (Adrian Monk), Bitty Schram (Sharona Fleming), Ted Levine (Captain Stottlemeyer), Stanley Kamel (Dr Kroger), Gail O'Grady (Miranda St. Claire), Michael Hogan (Warren St. Claire), Ben Bass (Gavin Lloyd), Jason Gray-Stanford (Lt. Deacon), Kane Richotte (Benjy), Rob Labelle (Sheldon Burger), Vincent Gale (Jesse Goodman), Fred Ewanuick (Jake), Shawn Reis (Ian Sykes), Dion Johnstone (Lieutenant Gitomer), Chris Shyer (Carl), Edmond Wong (Cop at Kindergarten), Alexis (Elevator Gal), J.B. Bivens (First Cop), Dax Belanger (Second Cop), Esme Lambert (Angry Old Lady), Stellina Rusich (Trudy), Carmen Aguirre (Uniform Cop), Ray Galletti (Cop at Rally), Doris Chillcott (Jason's Mother), Michelle Addison (Nicole Vasques), Dean Marshall (Cop in Lobby), John Sampson (Jason Rondstadt), Guyle Fraizer (Detective)

Monk is a series I enjoyed watching, but I thought it stayed on air too long. The series got a little tired later on.
Nice surprise: There is an actor I revcognized here which I didn't know the first time around. Fred Ewanuick, who plays Hank on "Corner Gas".

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 9th, 2012)