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The Quiet Earth, a review by Jimmy

               

Title: The Quiet Earth (1985)

Genre: Last man on earth movie
Director: Geoff Murphy (Freejack)         
Rating: R
Length: 1h31
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: Close Caption

Stars:
Bruno Lawrence (Smash Palace)
Alison Routledge (Rain)
Pete Smith (Once Were Warriors)
Anzac Wallace (UTU)
Norman Fletcher (Goodbye Pork Pie)
Tom Hyde     

Plot:
At exactly 6:12 am, government research scientist Zac Hobson (a powerhouse performance by Bruno Lawrence of SMASH PALACE and UTU) awakens to discover that he may be the last man on earth: homes, highways and entire cities are deserted. Empty planes have fallen from the sky. Every living thing has disappeared. But for Hobson, the ultimate shock is still to come months later when he finds that he is not alone. With the addition of a beautiful young woman (Alison Routledge) and a Maori trucker (Pete Smith), the apocalypse suddenly becomes very personal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdVYfCKXaCM

(From The little known movie review depot on April 7th, 2008)

Puss in Boots, a review by Dragonfire

Puss in Boots


I've always liked the character Puss in Boots in the Shrek movies..he is cuter and less annoying than Donkey for the most part.  Eddie Murphy just goes a bit overboard as Donkey at times.  Puss doesn't seem to do that.

As far as I can tell, this movie takes place before Puss meets up with Shrek.  Some back story is shown that explains how Puss became an outlaw.  He ends up meeting Humpty Alexander Dumpty again, a childhood friend.  Things did not end well between them, so Puss is less than pleased to see Humpty again.  They end up working together, along with Kitty Softpaws, to steal magic beans from Jack and Jill.  They will then use the magic beans to get to the goose that lays golden eggs. 

The movie is cute and entertaining, though not quite as funny as I had thought it would be.  Puss is shown as a kitten, and he is absolutely adorable in those scenes.  The plot is pretty straightforward and nothing surprising happens, though children may be surprised by one or two developments.  The animation is very well done.  Puss's hair looks really good.  It is closer to what Pixar did with Sully's hair in Monster's Inc., but it still isn't that good.  But it is better than what DreamWorks has done in other animated movies.  I did end up seeing the movie in 3D.  That was alright, but nothing that special.  DreamWorks has done better 3D with some of their other animated movies.

Overall, this is a cute entertaining movie that is worth seeing for people who like animated movies. It is probably one of the better DreamWorks animated movies, but it still is no where near as good as Pixar.



I did post a review at Epinions.

Puss in Boots

(From Puss in Boots on November 13th, 2011)

Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom

My Name Is Earl: Season 2
Doing the right thing isn't always easy. Just ask Earl Hickey (Jason Lee), a recovering ne'er-do-well with a lifetime's worth of dirty deeds to make up for. In order to turn his life around, Earl needs a G.E.D., a job, an apartment, and a whole lot of good karma. And, if he can keep his ex-wife out of prison, so much the better! Join Earl and his gang of lovable losers as he continues his wildly offbeat transformation from hood to good in the uproarious and outrageous Season Two of 'My Name is Earl'...It's not always politically correct, but it's always hilarious!

My thoughts:
Another series where I have enjoyed each episode so far! I love the editing style of this series how they interweave all the flashbacks with the story. Starring Jason Lee, known to me mainly from Kevin Smith movies, Jaime Pressly and the great Ethan Suplee. And surprisingly many well-known faces as guest stars like Roseanne, Burt Reynolds, Christian Slater, DJ Qualls. It's great how they can have these stars and it never feels like they are out of place and forced into the story.
Also we have some unusual episodes like the one, where they have a "Cops" episode all around these characters or the one, in which we see these characters as stop motion animated puppets 
I also loved the "My Name Is Randy" interludes.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on January 1st, 2008)