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Shrek 2, a review by Tom

Title: Shrek 2
Year: 2004
Director: Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon
Rating: FSK-6
Length: 89 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Turkish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: Commentary, English, German, Turkish

Stars:
Mike Myers
Eddie Murphy
Cameron Diaz
Julie Andrews
Antonio Banderas

Awards:

Academy Award	2004	Nominated	Best Animated Feature Film	Andrew Adamson
Academy Award	2004	Nominated	Best Music, Song	"Accidentally In Love": Adam Duritz, Charles Gillingham, Jim Bogios, David Immergluck, Matthew Malley, David Bryson (Music); Adam Duritz, Daniel Vickrey (Lyrics)
Annie Awards	2004	Nominated	Best Animated Feature	DreamWorks Animation
Annie Awards	2004	Nominated	Individual Achievment - Animated Effects	Jonathan Gibbs
Annie Awards	2004	Nominated	Individual Achievment - Directing in an Animated Feature Production	Andrew Adamson, Conrad Vernon, Kelly Asbury
Annie Awards	2004	Nominated	Individual Achievment - Music in an Animated Feature Production	Harry Gregson-Williams
Annie Awards	2004	Nominated	Individual Achievment - Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Annie Awards	2004	Nominated	Individual Achievment - Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production	Antonio Banderas - Voice of Puss in Boots
Annie Awards	2004	Nominated	Individual Achievment - Writing in an Animated Feature Production	Andrew Adamson, Joe Stillman, David J. Stem, David N. Weiss
Golden Globe	2004	Nominated	Original Song	"Accidentally in Love": David Bryson, Adam Duritz, David Immergluck, Matthew Malley, Dan Vickrey (Music/Lyrics)
MTV Movie Awards	2005	Nominated	Best Comedic Performance	Antonio Banderas
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2005	Nominated	Best Animated Feature
Saturn	2004	Nominated	Best Animated Film
Saturn	2004	Nominated	Best DVD Special Edition Release
Teen Choice Awards	2004	Won	Choice Movie - Comedy
Teen Choice Awards	2004	Nominated	Choice Movie of the Summer
Teen Choice Awards	2005	Won	Choice Movie: Animated/Computer Generated

Extras:
Commentary
DVD-ROM Content
Featurettes
Interactive Game
Music Videos
Scene Access
Trailers

A great sequel. Puss in Boots is a great addition to the cast. But besides Puss, this movie hasn't aged quite as well as the first part. This is mainly because of the many human characters. Their animation is hit and miss. Some animations are really good, but sometimes it just is very noticable, that animating human movement is a very tough art form.

Rating:

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

Dracula: Dead and Loving It, a review by Dragonfire

Dracula: Dead and Loving It



Mel Brooks, the unhinged movie parodist whose Blazing Saddles sent us Westward ho-ho-ho and whose Young Frankenstein electrified with mad-scientist nuts and jolts, now stokes the Bram Stoker vein with the comedy transfusion: Dracula Dead and Loving It. Leslie Nielsen plays the title role, and what's not to love?

His Count is a pratfalling evil prince of a guy who believes in long relationships. Brooks portrays vampire hunter Van Helsing who won't give a bloodsucker an even break. Stakes, garlic, mirrors and more - they're all part of vampire lore. And along with top supporting players Steven Weber, Peter MacNicol and Harvey Korman, they're all part of Brooks' tricks and shticks assuring that from dusk to dawn, the hilarity's on.

My Thoughts


(From Dragonfire's Halloween/Horror Marathon 2009 on November 1st, 2009)

The 2013 Pilot Review, a review by DJ Doena

The Blacklist

The Blacklist @ IMDb
The Blacklist @ Wikipedia

Synopsis: Raymond "Red" Reddington (James Spader, Stargate, Boston Legal) is one of the Top 10 FBI Most Wanted. And one day he simply walks into the headquarters and gets himself "caught". He presents a proposal: He helps the FBI to catch some of the most dangerous people in the world - people the FBI sometimes doesn't even know about - and in exchange he gets to work with a young female FBI profiler of his choosing.

My Opinion: This is the first real hit for me. I only caught wind of the show shortly before the season began. I watched the trailer (see below) and was immediately sold. So far I watched the first three episodes and come to really like the show and its characters.
I used to love puzzles but since TV writers don't really share my passion in the sense of that the final picture must be clear before you start I have given up trying to figure out any long-term mysteries on TV shows, for example what's really going on with Lizzy's husband. If the writers decide to, they will change his background halfway through the season anyway. *
So I limit myself to watching and enjoying one episode at a time and see how the story unfolds.
But there's one puzzle that's caught my attention: The true relationship between Red and Lizzy. It's is so blatantly obvious to any watcher that she is his daughter (whatever her official history says) that I can't help but wonder if it is in fact a red herring.




* Guess which show made me dislike such puzzles: LOST

(From The 2013 Pilot Review on October 9th, 2013)