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Finding Nemo, a review by Tom

Title: Finding Nemo
Year: 2003
Director: Andrew Stanton
Rating: FSK-0
Length: 96 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Surround EX, German: Dolby Digital Surround EX, German: DTS ES (Matrixed), Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: Commentary, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Turkish

Stars:
Englische Stimmen
Albert Brooks
Ellen DeGeneres
Alexander Gould
Willem Dafoe
Brad Garrett

Plot:
When Nemo, a young clownfish, is unexpectedly carried far from home, his overprotective father, Marlin (Albert Brooks), and Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), a friendly but forgetful regal blue tang fish, embark on an epic journey that leads to encounters with vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish and hungry seagulls!

Awards:

Academy Award	2003	Won	Best Animated Feature Film	Andrew Stanton
Academy Award	2003	Nominated	Best Music, Original Score	Thomas Newman
Academy Award	2003	Nominated	Best Sound Editing	Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers
Academy Award	2003	Nominated	Best Writing, Original Screenplay	Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds (Screenplay); Andrew Stanton (Story)
American Cinema Editors Awards	2004	Nominated		David Ian Salter, Lee Unkrich
American Film Institute Awards	2003	Won	Movie of the Year
Annie Awards	2003	Won	Best Animated Feature	Pixar Animation Studios
Annie Awards	2003	Nominated	Individual Achievment - Animated Effects	Justin Ritter
Annie Awards	2003	Won	Individual Achievment - Animated Effects	Martin Nguyen
Annie Awards	2003	Nominated	Individual Achievment - Character Animation	Dave DeVan
Annie Awards	2003	Won	Individual Achievment - Character Animation	Doug Sweetland
Annie Awards	2003	Nominated	Individual Achievment - Character Animation	Gini Santos
Annie Awards	2003	Won	Individual Achievment - Character Design in an Animated Feature Production	Ricky Nierva
Annie Awards	2003	Won	Individual Achievment - Directing in an Animated Feature Production	Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
Annie Awards	2003	Won	Individual Achievment - Music in an Animated Feature Production	Thomas Newman
Annie Awards	2003	Won	Individual Achievment - Production Design in an Animated Feature Production	Ralph Eggleston
Annie Awards	2003	Won	Individual Achievment - Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production	Ellen DeGeneres as the voice of Dory
Annie Awards	2003	Won	Individual Achievment - Writing in an Animated Feature Production	Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, Dave Reynolds
BAFTA	2003	Nominated	Screenplay (Original)	Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds
BMI Film & TV Music Awards	2004	Won	BMI Film Music Award	Thomas Newman
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2004	Won	Best Animated Film
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2004	Nominated	Best Picture
European Film Awards	2003	Nominated	European Film Academy Non-European Film - Prix Screen International
Golden Globe	2003	Nominated	Picture - Musical or Comedy	Graham Walters
Hugo Award	2004	Nominated	Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
MTV Movie Awards	2004	Nominated	Best Comedic Performance	Ellen DeGeneres
MTV Movie Awards	2004	Nominated	Best Movie
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2004	Won	Best Animated Feature
Satellite Awards	2004	Nominated
Satellite Awards	2004	Nominated	Best Original Score	Thomas Newman
Saturn	2003	Won	Best Animated Film
Saturn	2003	Nominated	Best DVD Special Edition Release
Saturn	2003	Nominated	Best Music	Thomas Newman
Saturn	2003	Won	Best Supporting Actress	Ellen DeGeneres
Saturn	2003	Nominated	Best Writing	Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds
Visual Effects Society Awards	2004	Won	Outstanding Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture	Andrew Gordon, Brett Coderre (For "Speaking Whale")
Visual Effects Society Awards	2004	Nominated	Outstanding Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture	David DeVan, Gini Santos (For "Inside the Whale")
Young Artist Awards	2004	Won

Extras:
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Interactive Game
Kurzfilm "Knick Knack"
Music Videos
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
THX certified
Trailers
Virtuelles Aquarium

A great movie. The animation is wonderful. Dory is the most fun character in this movie. Too bad that I didn't watch it in the theatre.

Rating:

(From December Marathons - DISCUSSION AND REVIEW THREAD on December 24th, 2009)

Zoom: Academy for Superheroes, a review by addicted2comics

Title: Zoom: Academy for Superheroes
Year: 2006
Director: Peter Hewitt
Rating: PG
Length: 88 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English, French

Stars:
Tim Allen
Courteney Cox
Chevy Chase
Spencer Breslin
Kevin Zegers
Kate Mara

Plot:
Buckle up and prepare for a ride that's out of this world! When Earth is threatened with imminent destruction, an out-of-shape, out-of-work and over-the-hill former superhero is called back into action to save the day.

That hero is Jack Sheppard a.k.a "Captain Zoom" (Tim Allen). The problem is he's lost all his powers. And now, it's up to General Larraby (Rip Torn) and Dr. Grant (Chevy Chase) to coax him into taking one more mission: train a ragtag bunch of kids with amazing superpowers of their own. With help from the brainy Marsha Holloway (Courteney Cox), they'll learn to work as a team and harness their powers to battle an evil menace who's determined to make one seriously huge mess of life as we know it.

Extras:
Scene Access
Bonus Trailers
Featurettes
Outtakes/Bloopers
Closed Captioned
Academy for Superheroes Guide for Kids

My Thoughts:

I am like, 3/4 sure I reviewed this before, but this is an awesome role for Tim Allen, at least I think so, and he showed it in a Making Of video.

"Cuz everyone wants these little lunatics....to be like ME!!"



There are a lot of laughs here (I've watched this a bunch of times, so its not quite laugh-out-loud anymore) and I loved the comic book-style opening/ending here. Nice touch, and perfect music too, though if you talk to my dad, the perfect music is "mute"!! The fact of having a little girl be so strong, it's just, well, adorable!!

Great family movie.



(From Doing the ABC's Movie Style!! on July 31st, 2010)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series (2003/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Universal Pictures (United Kingdom) Length: 3602 min. Video: Widescreen 1.78 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Plot:
Battlestar Galactica series, from the Second Cylon war of the Mini Series through their journey across the vastness of space told in every episode of Seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4 (including the TV movie Razor) and ending with The Final Season. Complete with all season extras, this Limited Edition set contains hours of extra footage not to be missed.

Join the crew of Battlestar GalacticaBattlestar Galactica
1.00 Miniseries Part 1 & 2
Writer: Ronald D. Moore (Writer), Christopher Eric James (Writer), Glen A. Larson (Original Material By)
Director: Michael Rymer
Cast: Edward James Olmos (Commander Adama), Mary McDonnell (Laura Roslin), Katee Sackhoff (Lt. Kara Thrace/Starbuck), Jamie Bamber (Capt. Lee Adama/Apollo), James Callis (Gaius Baltar), Tricia Helfer (Number Six), Callum Keith Rennie (Leoben Conoy), Grace Park (Lt. Sharon Valerii/Boomer), Michael Hogan (Col. Tigh), Matthew Bennett (Doral), Paul Campbell (Billy), Aaron Douglas (Crew Chief Tyrol), Barclay Hope (Transport Pilot), Lorena Gale (Elosha), Kandyse McClure (Dualla), Connor Widdows (Boxey), John Mann (CAG), Alessandro Juliani (Gaeta), Nicki Clyne (Cally), Michael Eklund (Prosna), Tahmoh Penikett (Helo), Haili Page (Cami), Alonso Oyarzun (Socinus), Ty Olsson (Capt. Kelly), Ron Blecker (Launch Officer), Ryan Robbins (Armistice Officer), Tim Henry (Doctor), Dwesi Ameyaw (Liner Captain), Brenda McDonald (Old Woman), Suleka Mathew (Reporter), Erin Karpluk (Woman #1), Jenn Griffin (Woman #2), BJ Harrison (Woman #3), Moneca Delain (Blonde Woman), Zahf Paroo (Man #1), Robert Lewis (Man #2), Denzal Sinclaire (Man #3), Nadine Wright (Chantara), Michael Soltis (Chantara's Husband), Fred Keating (Jr. Reporter), Lymari Nadal (Giana), Biski Gugushe (Pilot #1), Nahanni Arntzen (Pilot #2), Nogel Vonas (Pilot #3), Ryan Nelson (Pilot #4)

I haven't seen the series yet. But I have seen this Miniseries before. I like it, but it didn't quite encharm me enough to want to see the series. But I will give it a chance now that I have bought it complete on Blu-ray. There must be something to the series of what I have heard of it.

Rating:


(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on December 10th, 2011)