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Superman: The Last Son of Krypton, a review by Tom

Title: Superman: The Last Son of Krypton
Year: 1996
Director: Dan Riba, Scott Jeralds, Curt Geda, Bruce Timm
Rating: U
Length: 58 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Surround, French: Dolby Digital Stereo, Spanish: Dolby Digital Stereo, Swedish: Dolby Digital Stereo, Danish: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Spanish, Swedish

Stars:
Tim Daly
Dana Delany
Clancy Brown
Malcolm McDowell
Christopher McDonald

Plot:
The Man Of Steel soars to new animated heights!

Join the world's most celebrated Super Hero for some high-flying adventures in this thrilling animated movie: SUPERMAN: The Last Son Of Krypton.

Follow the legendary Super Hero's life from his infancy on Krypton, to his rescue and boyhood in Smallville. The adventures continue in Metropolis when Clark Kent lands a job as reporter for the Daily Planet. Klark must discover the truth about who he is and on reaching adulthood he assumes his birthright as the Man of Steel. It's up to Kent's alter-ego SUPERMAN to battle against the evil Lex Luthor and unveil the mystery behind Lexo and its dealings with ruthless terrorists.

Extras:
Featurettes

This movie is put together from the first three episodes of the 90s animated series.
I like that like in "Lois & Clark", Clark Kent is the real person and Superman is the disguise. And that Clark Kent is shown to be a very capable reporter.
I remember when I first saw these episodes, I thought this is a good start to a series I might enjoy. But after watching a few episodes from the first season, I had stopped, as also this series suffered from something, because of which I do not watch animated Superhero TV series: They focused too much on Superman fighting robots, aliens,... instead of the characters. I now see, that this even the case with this pilot movie. This is the reason why I enjoyed the series Lois & Clark so much, because that one had Clark in the focus, not Superman.

Best line:
Martha Ken: "It wouldn't be bad if people knew more about Superman. I don't want anyone thinking you are like that nut from Gotham City."

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on July 1st, 2009)

Coraline, a review by Achim

Title: Coraline
Year: 2009
Director: Henry Selick
Rating: PG
Length: 101 Min.
Video: Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: DTS HD Master Audio, Spanish: DTS 5.1, French: DTS 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Dakota Fanning
Teri Hatcher
Jennifer Saunders
Dawn French
Keith David

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
2D, 3D versions, DVD, Digital copy, BD Live, U-Control

A beautiful film, deserving all the praise it has received. Wonderfully executed (Henry Selick obviously obviously knows what he is doing, and in that reminds of the people at Pixar a lot) and due to its digital source beautifully represented on Blu-ray (and probably DVD as well).

I found the story to be far more grown-up than the PG rating would suggest. Lots of jokes seemed to be targeted at an adult audience and the second half of the film is scary and has almost dark themes. Maybe I am just old fashioned that way...?

There is not really much more about the story I can tell, the overview says all you need to know. It's ultimately all in the details...



(From Achim's entirely random reviews on August 23rd, 2009)

Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews, a review by Tom

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Season 6.25 The Sound of Her Voice
Writer: Ronald D. Moore (Screenwriter), Pam Pietroforte (Original Material By)
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Cast
Rating:

(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on March 3rd, 2013)