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Bandslam , a review by Tom

Bandslam (2009/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia E1 Entertainment (United Kingdom) Director: Todd Graff Writing: Josh A. Cagan (Screenwriter), Todd Graff (Screenwriter), Josh A. Cagan (Story By) Length: 107 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: English

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Stars:
Aly Michalka as Charlotte
Vanessa Hudgens as Sa5m
Gaelan Connell as Will
Scott Porter as Ben Wheatly
Ryan Donowho as Basher

Plot:
This year's family musical comedy stars singing phenomenon VANESSA HUDGENS; everyone's favourite friend LISA KUDROW; Disney teen pop favourite ALYSON MICHALKA; new Hollywood hotshot SCOTT PORTER (Speed Racer); The OC's RYAN DONOWHO; and introducing GAELAN CONNELL.

When gifted singer-songwriter Charlotte Banks (Michalka) asks new kid in town Will Burton (Connell) to manage her fledgling rock band, she appears to have just one goal in mind: go head-to-head against her egotistical ex-boyfriend, Ben (Porter) at the biggest event of the year, a battle of the bands.

Against all odds, the band develops a sound that has a shot at success. Meanwhile, romance brews between Will and a musically gifted Sa5m - Sam with a silent 5 (Hudgens) and must decide where his allegiance lies.

When disaster strikes, it's time for the band to make a choice: do they admit defeat or face the music and stand up for what they believe in?

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• Music Videos
• Scene Access

This popped up on my Amazon recommendations and it looked some nice light-hearted fun. I expected a movie which was mainly about a rock competition, but actually, this only played a small role. This movie is a great character-driven high school story.
This movie's success suffered from the marketing, which made it look like a High School Musical rip-off. But actually it is something completely different.

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(From Tom's Random Reviews on June 24th, 2011)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , a review by Tom

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Walt Disney Home Entertainment (United Kingdom) Director: David Hand Writing: Length: 83 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD High Resolution 7.1, Hindi: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian: DTS 5.1, Spanish: DTS 5.1, Dutch: DTS 5.1 Subtitles: Dutch, English, Italian, Spanish

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Stars:


Plot:Awards:
Won:

Academy Award (1938)		Special Award (Walt Disney)
AFI (1937)		100 Years... 100 Movies (1998)
AFI (1937)		100 Years... 100 Movies (2007)
AFI (1937)		100 Years... 100 Songs (2004) ("Song": Some Day My Prince Will Come)

Nominated:

Academy Award (1937)		Best Music, Scoring (Leigh Harline (Score), Walt Disney Studio Music Department, Frank Churchill (Score), Paul J. Smith (Score))
AFI (1937)		100 Years... 100 Songs (2004) ("Song": Whistle While You Work)

Extras:

• Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Music Videos
• Scene Access

Disney's first feature film and even after almost 75 years the animation still holds up. It's flawless. The movie isn't much dialog-driven, but by the score which is constantly accompanying the animation.

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(From Tom's Random Reviews on June 11th, 2011)

Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom

Title:
Year: 1983
Director:
Rating: FSK-6
Length: 965 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: German: Dolby Digital 1
Subtitles:

Stars:
Gustl Bayrhammer

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access

#	Episode	Rating
01	Der Kurpfuscher / Der Seemann / Der Kraftprotz
02	Der Schlaumeier / Der Tandler / Das Gspusi
03	Der Freund / Der Vater / Der Heilige / Der Retter
04
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06	Der Kohlhas / Der Gendarm / Der Schutzheilige
07
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09
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11	Der Rosenkavalier / Die Schraube / Die Tuba
12	Bua oder Madl / Der Briefwechsel / Der Gasableser / Der Dorfbrunnen
13
15	Ein Bus nach Alicante / Herta / Bergvagabunden / Penner-Party
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20	Die Hauspost / Das Echo vom Karfunkelsee
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(From Tom's Random Reviews on April 18th, 2010)