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Despicable Me, a review by dfmorgan

Despicable Me

Year: 2010
Director: Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin
Cast: Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand
Overview: In a happy suburban neighbourhood with its well-kept gardens and white picket fences, sits a black house with a dead lawn! This is the secret hideout of Gru (Steve Carell), who, with his army of excitable little yellow minions, plans to TAKE OVER THE WORLD.

Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze guns and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, Gru is accustomed to defeating all who stand in his way. But the arrival of three little orphaned girls, and their determination to make him their Dad, threatens his reputation as a SUPER-VILLIAN!

Watched: 27th Feb. 2011
My Thoughts: Evil super-villain Gru (Steve Carell) adopts three orphan girls in a quest to beat his latest rival Vector (Jason Segel). Fairly usual fun and frolics in this animated film.

My Rating: Fairly enjoyable 3



(From Dave's DVD/Blu-ray Reviews on February 28th, 2011)

Interstellar, a review by GSyren

Interstellar (5-051895-390726)

United States 2014 | Released 2015-03-30 on Bluray from Paramount Home Entertainment, Warner Bros Pictures

169 minutes | Aspect ratio 2.40:1 | Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Audio Descriptive Dolby Digital 5.1, German DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1

My thoughts about Interstellar:

There is something to be said for reading up on movies before you watch them. Usually I don't. I don't want to go into a movie with my expectations too high. But then again, not knowing anything may still set your expectations too high. In the case of Interstellar, I wish I had read more about it. If I had, then I wouldn't have bothered to watch it at all. I would have realized that it was not my cup of tea. That's not to say that it's a bad movie. I have no respect for people who dismiss a movie that millions of people love as crap. You should acknowledge that people have different tastes. I belong to the small minority that didn't like 2001 at all. So I should have realized that I wouldn't like Interstellar either. It looked darn impressive, and I liked some of the performances. Surprisingly, I didn't much care for Anne Hathaway. I've liked her before, but not here. Don't quite know why. So if by chance you haven't seen it yet, and you wonder what to trust, my two stars or IMDb's 8.7 score, I say ... Trust no one!

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(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on July 5th, 2015)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Rick

Letting Go AKA = Even Steven 

Another good story. Another good guest star. Another good ending to the episode.
Rating:


Season 1 recap:
I'm really glad I am watching this show again. There are so many things about the show that simply put make it great TV entertainment. I am looking forward to season 2. 


(From "Due South" marathon on July 29th, 2009)