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Igor, a review by Dragonfire

Igor

My Thoughts

I know this isn't considered horror by many people, but it fits for me.  I think the movie is heavily inspired by Frankenstein, and the story has an different twist to the story of a mad scientist.  The story still has some dark overtones, though it is mostly family friendly.  I think the story is entertaining and makes for a good animated movie.  It won't appeal to everyone though.  The animation is done well, though it isn't as good as what Pixar does.  Music does end up being important to what is going on since Eva decides she is going to be an actress and is preparing for an audition for Annie.  There is a rather unique performance of the song Tomorrow late in the movie. 

This is an entertaining movie that I enjoy.



I did get a review posted on Epinions after seeing the movie in the theater originally.

Igor

(From Dragonfire's Halloween/Horror Marathon 2009 on October 2nd, 2009)

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, a review by Tom

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Home Video (Germany) Director: Neil Jordan Writing: Anne Rice (Screenwriter), Anne Rice (Original Material By) Length: 117 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: Bulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Norwegian, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish

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Stars:
Brad Pitt as Louis
Christian Slater as Malloy
Virginia McCollam as Whore on Waterfront
John McConnell as Gambler
Tom Cruise as Lestat

Plot:
It hadn't even been a year since a plantation owner named Louis had lost his wife in childbirth. Both his wife and the infant died, and now he has lost his will to live. A vampire named Lestat takes a liking to Louis and offers him the chance to become a creature of the night: a vampire. Louis accepts, and Lestat drains Louis' mortal blood and then replaces it with his own, turning Louis into a vampire. Louis must learn from Lestat the ways of the vampire.

Awards:
Won:

ASCAP Awards (1995)		Top Box Office Films (Elliot Goldenthal)
BAFTA (1994)		Cinematography (Philippe Rousselot)
BAFTA (1994)		Production Design (Dante Ferretti)
British Society of Cinematographers Awards (1994)		Best Cinematography Award (Philippe Rousselot)
YoungStar Awards (1995)		Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama Film (Kirsten Dunst)

Nominated:

BAFTA (1994)		Costume Design (Sandy Powell)
BAFTA (1994)		Make Up/Hair (Stan Winston, Michele Burke, Jan Archibald)

Extras:

• Commentary
• Featurettes
• Scene Access
• Trailers
• Vorwort

A good movie. I always enjoyed it. Though it has been ten years since I last watched it. I like the first half much more than the second half. It always looses my interest from the moment they move to Europe and meet Antionio Banderas.
A proper sequel to this movie's ending would have been interesting.

Rating:

(From Tom's Horror Marathon 2012 on October 1st, 2012)

Doctor Who Marathon, a review by Tom

Doctor Who
Series 1.06 Dalek
Writer: Robert Shearman (Writer), Terry Nation (Original Characters By)
Director: Joe Ahearne
Cast: Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who), Billie Piper (Rose Tyler), Steven Beckingham (Polkowski), Corey Johnson (Henry van Statten), Anna-Louise Plowman (Goddard), Bruno Langley (Adam), Nigel Whitmey (Simmons), John Schwab (Bywater), Jana Carpenter (De Maggio), Joe Montana (Commander), Barnaby Edwards (Dalek Operator), Nicholas Briggs (Dalek Voice)

This is the first time that the Daleks appear in the new series. Because I never saw the old series before this, I was always curious how the Daleks can work in a story without them being ridiculous. And I think they did a great job here. I became convinced with this episode, that the Daleks made a good adversary for the doctor. Also Eccleston did a good job showing the hatred the doctor feels for them.




(From Doctor Who Marathon on January 18th, 2014)