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Toy Story , a review by Tom


     Toy Story (1995/United States)
IMDb | Wikipedia

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Disney DVD (Germany)
Director:John Lasseter
Writing:John Lasseter (Original Material By), Pete Docter (Original Material By), Andrew Stanton (Original Material By), Joe Ranft (Original Material By), Joss Whedon (Screenwriter), Andrew Stanton (Screenwriter), Joel Cohen (Screenwriter), Alec Sokolow (Screenwriter)
Length:77 min.
Video:Anamorphic Widescreen 1.77
Audio:English: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Turkish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Bulgarian: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Subtitles:English, French, German, Spanish

Stars:
Englische Stimmen
Tom Hanks as Woody (voice)
Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear (voice)
Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head (voice)
Jim Varney as Slinky Dog (voice)
Wallace Shawn as Rex (voice)

Plot:Awards:
Won:
Academy Award (1995)  Special Achievement Award (John Lasseter (Leadership of the Pixar 'Toy Story' team))
AFI (1995)  100 Years... 100 Movies (2007)
Annie Awards (1996)  Best Animated Feature (Walt Disney Feature Animation, Pixar)
Annie Awards (1996)  Best Individual Achievement: Animation (Pete Docter)
Annie Awards (1996)  Best Individual Achievement: Directing (John Lasseter)
Annie Awards (1996)  Best Individual Achievement: Music (Randy Newman)
Annie Awards (1996)  Best Individual Achievement: Producing (Bonnie Arnold, Ralph Guggenheim)
Annie Awards (1996)  Best Individual Achievement: Production Design (Ralph Eggleston)
Annie Awards (1996)  Best Individual Achievement: Technical Achievement (Pixar)
Annie Awards (1996)  Best Individual Achievement: Writing (Andrew Stanton, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow)
ASCAP Awards (1996)  Top Box Office Films (Randy Newman)
Young Artist Awards (1996) 
Nominated:
Academy Award (1995)  Best Music, Musical or Comedy Score (Randy Newman)
Academy Award (1995)  Best Music, Song ("You've Got a Friend": Randy Newman (Music/Lyrics))
Academy Award (1995)  Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow (Screenplay); John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft (Story))
AFI (1995)  100 Years... 100 Laughs (2000)
AFI (1995)  100 Years... 100 Movies (1998)
AFI (1995)  100 Years... 100 Songs (2004) ("Song": You've Got a Friend in Me)
BAFTA (1996)  Achievement In Special Visual Effects (Eben Fiske Ostby, William Reeves)
Golden Globe (1995)  Original Song ("You've Got a Friend In Me": Randy Newman (Music/Lyrics))
Golden Globe (1995)  Picture - Musical or Comedy (Bonnie Arnold, Ralph Guggenheim)
Hugo Award (1996)  Dramatic Presentation
MTV Movie Awards (1996)  Best On-screen Duo (Tom Hanks and Tim Allen)
Saturn (1995)  Best Fantasy Film
Saturn (1995)  Best Writing (Joss Whedon, Alec Sokolow, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen)

Extras:
  • Featurettes
  • Kurzfilm ''Tin Toy''
  • Scene Access
  • Trailers


My Thoughts:
I haven't seen this one for years. I have to say, I wouldn't have thought that the animation would have aged quite as much. Computer animation has made so much improvement since then, that it is difficult at first to watch this first full-length computer animated movie.
The story is still great though. Typical Pixar.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on June 19th, 2011)

Member's Reviews

Young Frankenstein, a review by addicted2dvd


     Young Frankenstein (1974/United States)
IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer |
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Director:Mel Brooks
Writing:Gene Wilder (Story By), Mel Brooks (Story By), Gene Wilder (Screenwriter), Mel Brooks (Screenwriter), Mary Shelley [Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley] (1797) (Original Characters By)
Length:106 min.
Rating:PG
Video:Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio:English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: Mono, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Mono, French: Dolby Digital: Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Music Only: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1
Subtitles:Chinese, English, Spanish

Stars:
John Madison as Villager
John Dennis as Orderly in Frankenstein's Class
Rick Norman as Villager
Rolfe Sedan as Train Conductor
Terrence Pushman as Villager
Randolph Dobbs as Third Villager (Joe)

Plot:Extras:
  • Scene Access
  • Audio Commentary
  • Feature Trailers
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Featurettes
  • Interviews
  • Outtakes/Bloopers
  • Closed Captioned


My Thoughts:
I always found this to be a fun movie... it is just hilarious. So many parts I could talk about that stands out as a good laugh. I especially liked the part that Gene Hackman played the blind man and had the monster over lighting his finger on fire. Even as much fun as it is there were a couple slow parts for me... and while it was still kinda funny... I didn't care for the musical number. I know... you are shocked that I wouldn't like that part! I did like the choice that they made when they decided on making this movie in black and white.. I thought it was a nice touch since they are paying homage to the classic horror. In my honest opinion this is Gene Wilder's best work... as I usually find him hit and miss. But it was Marty Feldman as Igor that stole the show. He was my favorite character in the movie. If by chance you never seen this film... it is one I highly recommend.

My Rating:


(From The Alphabet Marathon: Blu-ray Edition on July 25th, 2014)

Member's TV Reviews

Twilight Zone, a review by addicted2dvd


Season 2: Disc 1

37. King Nine Will Not Return (9/20/60)
WWII Captain James Embry (Robert Cummings) finds himself next to a crashed plane in a vast desert. Where is his crew? And why are futuristic jet planes flying overhead?

My Thoughts:
This is an episode I have seen before. Not sure if I saw it during a Sci-Fi Marathon or if it was on one of the volume dvds I used to have. It is a right good episode.. I really did enjoy it. At least the add on the tail end of this one was finally something different! The add attached to this one was for The Andy Griffith Show! I was starting to get tired of seeing the same couple over and over again. Extras attached to this episode include an Isolated Music Score and an interview with Buzz Kulik. Neither of which I checked out.

38 The Man in the Bottle (10/7/60)
A discontented curio shop owner thinks he's finally found happiness when a genie he discovers in an old bottle grants him four wishes. But be careful what you wish for.

My Thoughts:
This is an episode I never seen before... but one I really liked a lot! On the tail end of this episode was an advertisement for a show I never heard of before... some show called My Sister Ilene. And was just a very short clip so I wasn't able to get a feel for it. The only extra attached to this episode is an isolated music score... which of course I didn't bother with.

39. Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room (10/14/60)
Ordered to commit a murder he doesn't want to perform, a small-time hood nervously looks in the mirror and sees the man he might have been - confident, strong...and determined to get out.

My Thoughts:
This is an episode I know I have seen before because I remember bits and pieces of it... but it must have been a very long time ago because I didn't remember the most of it... was a pretty good episode... but I have seen better. Extras attached to this one is an isolated music score, Interview with Doug Heyes and a Twilight Zone Radio Drama starring Adam Baldwin.

40. A Thing About Machines (10/28/60)
Mr. Bartlett Finchley (Richard Haydn) despises any sort of machine, and he'll experience a new kind of terror when he learns the feeling is mutual.

My Thoughts:
And here is another episode I never seen before... was a pretty good episode... I enjoyed it... though I wouldn't classify it as one of my favorites. The clip attached at the tail end of this episode was for giving donations to your favorite political party.No real extras attached to this episode... just that Isolated Music Score thing.

41. The Howling Man (11/4/60)
During a walking trip of central Europe following WWII, Ellington loses his way. Exhausted, he comes upon a monastery where an insane monk claims he's captured the Devil himself! Atmospheric music by Bernard Herrmann gives strength to this devilish tale.

My Thoughts:
This is yet another one I have never seen before now. It is a bit different but enjoyable. The clip attached to the tail end of this one if another clip of that show My Sister Ilene. The only extra for this episode is an interview with Douglas Heyes.

42. The Eye of the Beholder  (11/11/60)
Janet's hideous face has made her an outcast all her life. As she awaits the results of her last-chance surgery, she ponders the consequences of failure - to be banished forever to a village of freaks!

My Thoughts:
Now this one... this is one I have seen multiple times... and is one of my favorite episodes! It seems like every time there is a Twilight Zone marathon on TV this is one of the episodes they must show... and is a very good episode. There is a nice amount of extras attached to this episode... you get an Audio Commentary with Donna Douglas, Interview with Maxine Stuart and Douglas Heyes, Isolated Music Score, Rare Color Photos, and Alternate Ending Titles. A great setup for what is in my opinion one of the best episodes!

My Thoughts On Season 2: Disc 1:
Overall this disc is pretty good... there is some episodes that are not what I would consider the best on it... but definitely a lot of good stuff here!

Episodes I seen for the First time on this set include:

   1. Judgment Night (Episode 10)
   2. And When The Sky Was Opened (Episode 11)
   3. What You Need (Episode 12)
   4. I Shot an Arrow into the Air (Episode 15)
   5. The Hitch-Hiker (Episode 16)
   6. The Purple Testiment (Episode 19)
   7. Elegy (Episode 20)
   8. Mirror Image (Episode 21)
   9. A World of Difference (Episode 23)
  10. Long Live Walter Jameson (Episode 24)
  11. People Are Alike All Over (Episode 25)
  12. Execution (Episode 26)
  13. The Big Tall Wish (Episode 27)
  14. A Nice Place to Visit (Episode 28)
  15. Nightmare as a Child (Episode 29)
  16. The Chaser (Episode 31)
  17. Mr. Bevis (Episode 33)
  18. The Mighty Casey (Episode 35)
  19. A World of his Own (Episode 36)
  20. The Man in the Bottle (Episode 38)
  21. A Thing About Machines (Episode 40)
  22. The Howling Man (Episode 41)

(From Twilight Zone on February 5th, 2008)