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Up, a review by Tom

Title: Up
Year: 2009
Director: Pete Docter
Rating: U
Length: 96 Min.
Video: Widescreen 1.78
Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Dutch: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Flemish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Hungarian: Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Subtitles: Dutch, English, French, Hungarian

Stars:
Ed Asner
Christopher Plummer
Jordan Nagai
Bob Peterson
Delroy Lindo

Plot:
From the revolutionary minds of Pixar Animation Studios and the acclaimed director of Monsters, Inc.Awards:

Academy Award	2009	Won	Best Animated Feature Film	Peter Docter
Academy Award	2009	Won	Best Music, Original Score	Michael Giacchino
Academy Award	2009	Nominated	Best Picture	Jonas Rivera
Academy Award	2009	Nominated	Best Sound Editing	Michael Silvers, Tom Myers
Academy Award	2009	Nominated	Best Writing, Original Screenplay	Bob Peterson, Pete Docter. Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Thomas McCarthy
American Film Institute Awards	2009	Won	Movies of the Year
Annie Awards	2009	Nominated	Best Animated Effects	Eric Froemling
Annie Awards	2009	Won	Best Animated Feature
Annie Awards	2009	Nominated	Best Character Animation in a Feature Production	Daniel Nguyen
Annie Awards	2009	Nominated	Best Character Design in a Feature Production	Daniel Lopez Munoz
Annie Awards	2009	Won	Best Directing in a Feature Production	Pete Docter
Annie Awards	2009	Nominated	Best Music in a Feature Production	Michael Giacchino
Annie Awards	2009	Nominated	Best Storyboarding in a Feature Production	Peter Sohn
Annie Awards	2009	Nominated	Best Storyboarding in a Feature Production	Ronnie Del Carmen
Annie Awards	2009	Nominated	Best Writing in a Feature Production	Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy
BAFTA	2009	Won	Animated Film
BAFTA	2009	Won	Music	Michael Giacchino
BAFTA	2009	Nominated	Original Screenplay	Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
BAFTA	2009	Nominated	Sound	Tom Myers, Michael Silvers, Michael Semanick, Doc Kane
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2010	Won	Best Animated Feature
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2010	Won	Best Composer	Michael Giacchino
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2010	Nominated	Best Picture
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2010	Nominated	Best Screenplay, Original	Bob Peterson, Pete Docter
Golden Globe	2009	Nominated	Animated Film
Golden Globe	2010	Won	Animated Film
Golden Globe	2009	Nominated	Original Score - Motion Picture	Michael Giacchino
Golden Globe	2010	Won	Original Score - Motion Picture	Michael Giacchino
Hugo Award	2010	Nominated	Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
National Board of Review Awards, USA	2009	Won	Best Animated Feature
Scream Awards	2009	Nominated	Best Director	Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Scream Awards	2009	Nominated	Best Fantasy Actor	Ed Asner
Scream Awards	2009	Nominated	Best Fantasy Movie
Scream Awards	2009	Nominated	Best Scream-Play	Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Thomas McCarthy
Scream Awards	2009	Nominated	The Ultimate Scream
Teen Choice Awards	2009	Won	Choice Summer Movie - Comedy
World Soundtrack Awards	2009	Nominated	Film Composer of the Year	Michael Giacchino

Extras:
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Interviews
Scene Access

I really like the first half of this movie. Great introductions of the characters. But as with the first time I have watched it in the cinema, I felt it lost something from the moment "Kevin" appears. And then shortly after with all the talking dogs. It's a little too ridiculous even for a movie where a house flies with balloons. But still the second half is worth watching. Some great action scenes, which were even better in 3D.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on June 26th, 2010)

Severance, a review by Boomstick98

Severance (2006)  

Plot: When a weapons multinational Palisade Defence reward their European sales division with a team-building weekend in the mountains of Eastern Europe, comedy blends with horror as the team fight first amongst themselves, and later for survival against a group of war-crazed killers intent on revenge.

My O: This is my second time watching this film and I enjoyed it a much the second time as I did the first. There are some very funny moments in this film and some really good gore effects. Nothing original about a group of people stuck out in the middle of nowhere with a bunch of crazed killers, but this one does it well with a comic flair.

(From Boomstick's 2009 Horror Marathon on October 2nd, 2009)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Tom

2.12 Some Like It Red (1996-03-28)
Writer: Paul Haggis (Created By), Luciano Comici (Writer), Elizabeth Comici (Writer)
Director: Gilbert Shilton
Cast: Paul Gross (Constable Benton Fraser), David Marciano (Detective Ray Vecchio), Beau Starr (Lt. Harding Welsh), Tony Craig (Detective Jack Huey), Catherine Bruhier (Elaine), Camilla Scott (Inspector Margaret Thatcher), Michele Scarabelli (Sister Anne), Marisol Nichols (Melissa), Heather McComb (Celine), Frank Moore (Johnstone), Nicole Crozier (Wanda), Tomas Chovanec (Todd), Karyn Dwyer (Tiffany), Daniel MacDonald (Craig Murphy), Rummy Bishop (Lorenzo)

A good episode. Though you have to suspend your disbelieve that nobody notices that Ms. Fraser is a woman. Also Fraser must have experience with wearing women's shoes. He was walking like an expert

Rating:

(From "Due South" marathon on August 21st, 2009)