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Ponyo, a review by Critter

Ponyo



Anime Type: Movie

Year: 2008

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Plot: The story is loosely based on the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid", about Ponyo, a tiny fish-girl who dreams of being human. She is washed ashore and rescued by a boy, Sosuke, but despite their friendship she has to return to the oceans. Undeterred, Ponyo uses a spell to transform into a human girl, unaware of the dire consequences of the powerful magic.

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(From Critter's Animated Film/Anime Marathon on January 12th, 2010)

Jingle All the Way, a review by Tom

Title: Jingle All the Way
Year: 1996
Director: Brian Levant
Rating: PG
Length: 89 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85, Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Surround, English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital Surround
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sinbad
Phil Hartman
Rita Wilson
Robert Conrad

Plot:
Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in this hilarious holiday comedy as a father desperate to buy that must-have Christmas toy during a frantic last-minute shopping spree on Christmas Eve.

Howard Langston (Schwarzenegger) has promised his young son a Turbo Man action figure for Christmas, unaware that it's the season's hottest-selling toy. And so begins a frenzied quest that pits Howard against a stressed-out mailman (Sinbad), a sleazy Santa impersonator (James Belushi) and every other harried parent in town, in "the best holiday family film in years." (Don Stotter, Entertainment Time-Out)

Extras:
Closed Captioned
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailers

A very unfunny comedy. The only highlight is Phil Hartman as the creepy neighbor.
In the first scene, I thought: "Hey, this kid reminds me of this kid in Star Wars: Episode 1. He is just as bad in acting". And then the opening credits came up and it said "Jake Llyod"

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(From Tom's Random Reviews on January 18th, 2009)

Tom's TV Finales marathon, a review by Tom

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Gilmore Girls: Season Seven (2006/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia (Germany) Length: 883 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: English, German

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Gilmore Girls
Season 7.22 Bon Voyage
Writer: Amy Sherman-Palladino (Created By), David S. Rosenthal (Writer)
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Cast: Lauren Graham (Lorelai Gilmore), Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore), Scott Patterson (Luke Danes), Melissa McCarthy (Sookie St. James), Keiko Agena (Lane Kim), Yanic Truesdale (Michel Gerard), Liza Weil (Paris Geller), Sean Gunn (Kirk), Matt Czuchry (Logan Huntzberger), Kelly Bishop (Emily Gilmore), Edward Herrmann (Richard Gilmore), Kathleen Wilhoite (Liz), Liz Torres (Miss Patty), Sally Struthers (Babette Dell), Michael Winters (Taylor Doose), Jackson Douglas (Jackson), Todd Lowe (Zach), Ted Rooney (Morey Dell), Rose Abdoo (Gypsy), John Cabrera (Brian), Rini Bell (Lulu), Aris Alvarado (Caesar), Christiane Amanpour (Herself), Rich DiDonato (Man #1), Patty Malcolm (Woman #1), Michael A. Bachmann (Charlie), Robert Lee (Man #2), Inger Jackson (Woman #2)

I have now finished this series and I have to admit, that I enjoyed it more than expected. I enjoyed all seven seasons and never got bored with it.

I had feared that the series will end on a cliffhanger, because I had read that fans are not happy with the finale and that there was trouble with the network and the series got cancelled earlier than planned. But I have to say, that I am satisfied with the way that the series ended.


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(From Tom's TV Finales marathon on November 2nd, 2013)