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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a review by Tom

Title: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Year: 2005
Director: Tim Burton
Rating: PG
Length: 115 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Surround EX, French: Dolby Digital Surround EX, Spanish: Dolby Digital Surround EX
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Johnny Depp
Freddie Highmore
David Kelly
Helena Bonham Carter
Noah Taylor

Plot:
What wonders await you in Willy Wonka's factory? Explore fields of soft minty sugar grass in the Chocolate Room...Sail along the Chocolate River in a pink sugar boat...Experiment with Everlasting Gobstoppers in the Inventing Room...Observe talented squirrels in the Nut Room and travel to the Television Room by a glass elevator. You'll find a lot that's funny, a little that's mysterious...and an adventure as sweet and satisfying as a Wonka Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight bar. This dazzling film adapted from Roald Dahl's classic children's novel, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp and Freddie Highmore, is your Golden Ticket to a world so inventive, so imaginative, you won't want to miss a delicious moment!

Extras:
Closed Captioned
DVD-ROM Content
Featurettes
Interactive Game
Scene Access
Trailers

When I have first seen the trailer for this movie, I was thinking that they have Willy Wonka looking and acting too much like a parody of Michael Jackson.
But then when I saw this movie, I was proven otherwise.
At first I thought, that this movie wouldn't come close to the "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" movie (especially the performace of Gene Wilder in that one). But because this is not a simple remake of that movie, but actually stayed closer to the original book, this movie has its own merits.
Though I must admit, that I liked the songs in the old movie better. But I liked that they used different music styles for each song in this movie.
Just why must any Danny Elfman opening theme music sound like his Batman theme? I noticed this in Planet of the Apes, Spider-Man and here.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on May 2nd, 2009)

Let Me In, a review by Jon

Let Me In
4 out of 5



What an infuriating film! It is born of the most cynical of ideas to capitalise on the success of a true modern classic; there is absolutely no excuse for remaking Let The Right One InThe Exorcist and The Omen. There is a huge difference between this and the recent run of remakes based on Asian films, like The Ring and The Eye. Let Me InCloverfieldSevenKick Ass to exploit her impressive range in a more sombre manner. And Kodi Smit-McPhee proves adept at another challenging and emotional role following The Road

(From Jon's Horror-thon 2010 on October 24th, 2010)

Home Improvement: The Complete Third Season, a review by addicted2dvd

Home Improvement: The Complete Third Season (1993/United States)

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Stars:
Tim Allen as Tim Taylor
Patricia Richardson as Jill Taylor
Zachery Ty Bryan as Brad Taylor
Taran Noah Smith as Mark Taylor
Jonathan Taylor Thomas as Randy Taylor
Richard Karn as Al Borland
Earl Hindman as Wilson
Debbe Dunning as Heidi

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Featurettes
• Outtakes/Bloopers
• Closed Captioned

Another season of one of my favorite sitcoms watched. This is the season that Debbe Dunning joins the cast as the new Tool Time, Heidi. Which is one thing I was thrilled to see... as I always liked her better then Pamela Anderson from the first two seasons. This is yet another season filled with very good episodes chock-full of laugh out loud moments. I enjoyed every moment of it... and can't wait till I get the chance to add the next season to my collection.




(From Addicted2dvd's Random TV Series Watched on June 13th, 2012)