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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, a review by Tom

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004/United Kingdom) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Home Video (United Kingdom) Director: Writing: Steve Kloves (Screenwriter), J. K. Rowling (Original Material By) Length: 142 min. Video: Widescreen 2.40 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: PCM 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 5.1, 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, Japanese: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Catalonian: Dolby Digital 5.1, Danish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Flemish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Swedish: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: Chinese, Danish, English, French, German, Finnish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Catalonian, Flemish

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Stars:
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
Richard Griffiths as Uncle Vernon
Pam Ferris as Aunt Marge
Fiona Shaw as Aunt Petunia
Harry Melling as Dudley Dursley

Plot:
In their third year at Hogwarts, Harry, Ron and Hermione meet escaped prisoner Sirius Black and learn to handle a half-horse/half-eagle Hippogriff, repel shape-shifting Boggarts and master the art of Divination. Harry must also withstand soul-sucking Dementors, outsmart a dangerous werewolf and deal with the truth about Sirius and his relationship to Harry and his parents.

Awards:
Won:

BAFTA (2004)		Orange Film Of The Year
BMI Film & TV Music Awards (2005)		BMI Film Music Award (John Williams)
Teen Choice Awards (2004)		Choice Movie - Drama/Action Adventure
Visual Effects Society Awards (2005)		Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Act on Motion Picture (Mike Eames, David S. Lomax, Felix Balbas, Pablo Grillo (For the Hippogriff character))
Visual Effects Society Awards (2005)		Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture (Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, Theresa Corrao, Emma Norton)
World Soundtrack Awards (2004)		Public Choice Award (John Williams)

Nominated:

Academy Award (2004)		Best Music, Original Score (John Williams)
Academy Award (2004)		Best Visual Effects (Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, John Richardson, Bill George)
BAFTA (2004)		Achievement In Special Visual Effects (John Richardson, Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, Bill George, Karl Mooney)
BAFTA (2004)		Make Up & Hair (Amanda Knight, Eithne Fennell, Nick Dudman)
BAFTA (2004)		Production Design (Stuart Craig)
BAFTA (2004)		The Alexander Korda Award For The Outstanding British Film Of The Year (David Heyman, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe, Alfonso Cuaron)
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (2005)		Best Family Film (Live Action)
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (2005)		Best Young Actor (Daniel Radcliffe)
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (2005)		Best Young Actress (Emma Watson)
Grammy Awards (2005)		Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (John Williams)
Hugo Award (2005)		Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
MTV Movie Awards (2005)		Best Video Game Based on a Movie
Teen Choice Awards (2004)		Choice Movie of the Summer
Visual Effects Society Awards (2005)		Best Single Visual Effect of the Year (Bill George, David Andrews, Sandra Scott, Dorne Huebler)
Visual Effects Society Awards (2005)		Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture (Dorne Huebler, Jay Cooper, Patrick Brennan, Anthony Shafer (For the Azkaban guards attack))
Visual Effects Society Awards (2005)
World Soundtrack Awards (2004)		Best Original Soundtrack of the Year (John Williams)
World Soundtrack Awards (2004)		Soundtrack Composer of the Year (John Williams)

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Bonus Trailers

I didn't enjoy this one as much as the second one. At times it dragged too much. But of course I enjoyed the finale .
What was with the trip for which Harry didn't have a permission slip? Did I miss something or did that just not pay off? One scene he was not allowed to go with. Instead he has some heart-to-heart with a professor. The next scene the others are back and the trip was not talked about. It was just like he didn't miss anything important.

Rating:

(From Tom's Harry Potter Movie Marathon on December 3rd, 2012)

Never Been Kissed, a review by addicted2dvd

Never Been Kissed (1999/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Director: Raja Gosnell Writing: Abby Kohn (Writer), Marc Silverstein (Writer) Length: 107 min. Rating: Rated PG-13 : Sex-Related Material and Some Drug Content Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1, Pan & Scan 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Stars:
Drew Barrymore as Josie Geller
David Arquette as Rob Geller
Michael Vartan as Sam Coulson
Sun-TimesMolly Shannon as Anita
John C. Reilly as Gus

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Feature Trailers
• Closed Captioned

I liked this one.... but I do think it could have been better. Especially towards the beginning of the movie. But as it went on it did get better. It is a decent story with a few laughs. I would have liked to seen a little more comedy in it though. I liked both Drew Barrymore and David Arquette in it. I wouldn't say it is a favorite... but I can see myself watching it again at some point. It's worth the time needed to watch it.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on July 22nd, 2013)

"Stargate SG-1" Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: SG-1 returns from a mission on which Daniel was exposed to a high and lethal dosis of radiation. He is still alive but he is going to die in a few hours time. Additionally there's a dispute about how the accident happened and whether Daniel has caused it. The accident - they experimented on Naqahdriah (an instable isotope of Naqahdah) - has also led to the death of some Kelownian scientists.

My Opinion: A very good farewell episode for Dr. Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks wanted to leave the show). Everyone had the chance to say goodbye to him. But it was also the episode that introduced the character of Jonas Quinn (Corin Nemec, Parker Lewis in Parker Lewis Can't Lose). I liked it.

Synopsis: Thor's ship has been destroyed by a Goa'uld Ha'tak. This means the Asgard can't enforce the Protected Planets Treaty any longer - at least not as long as their main forces are engaged in the battle against the Replicators. Therefore they ask SG-1 to evacuate the Asgard Heimdall from a planet where he conducted important research.

My Opinion: Surprisingly for the first time in the show's history this wasn't a cliffhanger. But that could be in regard to the fact that the show was sold to another network after this season. But they still managed to open more new questions instead of answering old ones - especially the question of who and what Anubis really his and where he got the technology to defeat the Asgard. The weakness of this episode was that the Asgard allegedly had no resources at the begin of the episode but could send three O'Neill class ships in the end.

The Season - My Opinion: In this season the indirect and direct confrontations with the Goa'uld have intensified again and Anubis has managed to destroy the biggest threats to the Goa'uld: the Tollans are most likely wiped out, the Tok'ra are on the run and the Asgard are no longer superior. Now the humans are standing on their own again. I liked the season even though there were many sad episodes.

(From "Stargate SG-1" Marathon on April 6th, 2008)