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Iron Giant, a review by Rich

Iron Giant



Something huge is on the horizon. Hogarth Hughes just rescued an enormous robot that fell from the stars to Earth. Now young Hogarth has one very big friend and an even bigger problem: How do you keep a 50-foot-tall, steal-eating (junkyard cars are especially tasty) giant a secret? It's even harder when a nosy government agent arrives in town to hunt down the "alien invader" and the combined land, sea and air might of the U.S. military is sent to demolish the giant. The result: an incredible adventure that's part metal, part magic, all heart.

Enjoyed this excellent animation, not for any groundbreaking technology but for a thoughtful, fun storyline that you couldn't hate even if you tried. The film has a huge heart and is not sickly sweet like the latest Disneys, it has genuine humour and feeling, adventurous and blessed with a pace that makes the film feel like it has ended too quickly. Congratulations to the director, and the host of voices who bring this movie alive.
Perfect for all ages
 



**Jennifer Aniston mini-marathon


(From Riches Random Reviews on August 30th, 2009)

Man of Steel, a review by Tom

Man of Steel (2013/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia [tom]stars_30_6.png[/tom] Warner Home Video (Germany) Director: Zack Snyder Writing: David S. Goyer (Screenwriter), David S. Goyer (Story By), Christopher Nolan (Story By), Jerry Siegel (Original Characters By), Joe Shuster (Original Characters By) Length: 143 min. Video: Widescreen 2.40 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Hungarian: Dolby Digital 5.1, Russian: Dolby Digital 5.1, Turkish: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: Bulgarian, English, German, Other, Lithuanian, Russian, Hungarian, Estonian, Latvian, Romanian, Turkish

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Stars:
Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Kal-El
Amy Adams as Lois Lane
Michael Shannon as General Zod
Diane Lane as Martha Kent
Russell Crowe as Jor-El

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Featurettes
• Bonus Trailers
• Digital Copy

This movie is a mixed bag for me. I liked some parts, but on the other hand, it was too much of a CGI action fest.
When I had seen it for the first time, I was also a little disappointed, because I had very high expectations.
On the positive side, I think Henry Cavill did a very good job as Superman. His looks also reminded me very much of Tom Welling, who played Clark Kent in Smallville. I am curious about the sequel.

(From Tom's Random Reviews on October 25th, 2013)

Xena: Warrior Princess Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

17. The Execution
Gabrielle is torn between her hero Meleager, who's accused of a murder she's certain he didn't commit, and Xena, who's not so sure.

My Thoughts:
While a good episode... it is not quite as good as most the other episodes. I thought maybe this was another one I never seen before... but there was a few scenes that seemed familiar to me. So I am pretty sure I had.

My Rating:

18. Blind Faith
A warrior wants to make his name by killing Xena. He fails, but he succeeds in putting the warrior princess in a blind rage when he kidnaps Gabrielle and sells her to agents of a king - who, it seems, needs a queen.

My Thoughts:
And I just found another episode I never seen before. It is starting to seem like I missed a lot of the best episodes... as I loved this one! Gabrielle being kidnapped, Xena blind and loads of action!

My Rating:

19. Ulysses
Xena and Gabrielle have a Poseidon adventure when they help king Ulysses regain his island kingdom from the nasty god of the sea's pirate henchmen.

My Thoughts:
It is a good episode. It definitely had it's moments... but there was a few parts that I found a bit on the silly side. I did like the Ulysses bow thing.

My Rating:

20. The Price
Xena reverts to her old ways to whip a dispirited Athenian army into shape to take on a foe known as the Horde. But her ruthlessness appalls Gabrielle.

My Thoughts:
My first thought with this episode is ok... since when did Xena start using a fishing pole? This is the first time I ever seen it. I got to admit... I just didn't care too much for this episode. I mean it had it's moment or so... but I don't care too much for the ones where Xena starts to slip back into her old ways.

My Rating:

(From Xena: Warrior Princess Marathon on January 21st, 2010)