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Finding Nemo, a review by addicted2comics

Title: Finding Nemo: 2-Disc Collector's Edition
Year: 2003
Director: Andrew Stanton
Rating: G
Length: 100 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1, Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital EX: 5.1 (Matrixed 6.1), French: Dolby Digital EX: 5.1 (Matrixed 6.1), Spanish: Dolby Digital EX: 5.1 (Matrixed 6.1), Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Albert Brooks
Ellen DeGeneres
Alexander Gould
Willem Dafoe
Brad Garrett
Allison Janney

Plot:
From the Academy Award®-winning* creators of Toy Story and Monsters, Inc., it's time to dive into Finding Nemo – a hilarious adventure that takes you into the breathtaking underwater world of Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

When Nemo, a young clownfish, is unexpectedly carried far from home, his overprotective father, Marlin (Albert Brooks), and Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), a friendly but forgetful regal blue tang fish, embark on an epic journey that leads to encounters with vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish and hungry seagulls!

Finding Nemo's breakthrough computer animation is the ultimate viewing experience. This 2-Disc Collector's Edition overflows with something for everyone, including exclusive animation, deleted scenes, games, and more! "Unlike any movie you've ever seen! You could be 5 or 95 and you'll enjoy this film." – Leonard Maltin, Hot Ticket

*2001, Best Animated Short Film, For The Birds.

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Production Notes
Interactive Games
Music Videos
DVD-ROM Content
Closed Captioned
THX

My Thoughts:

I remembered really, really enjoying this a few years ago, and as I didn't enjoy it as much as I remembered, it was pretty good. Some particularly funny parts were Dory trying to speak whale (Who I didn't notice until now that she was voiced by Ellen DeGeneres. I'm terrible at celebrity sitings!!! ) and the end bit where the tank full of fish made it to the ocean only to realize they were still in bags!!

It had some funny moments, some serious parts like every movie, but some bits were just plain annoying! Like the stereotypical surfer-dude voice on all the sea turtles. (Reminds me of playing MUA2, Deadpool sounded the same!!)
Idk, something about it just irks me. Still, it was a really fun movie and I'm sorry I don't watch it more often!



(From Doing the ABC's Movie Style!! on July 18th, 2010)

The Sorority, a review by Danae Cassandra

The Sorority
Year of Release: 2006
Directed By: Bodie Norton
Starring: April Cook, L. Michael Burt, Deirdre Kristen Williams, Peter Washington
Genre: Horror

Overview:
A small college town is gripped in terror as coeds are being found burned alive. Carved into their charred remains are the words "Join or die". The police has no leads, but when a student discovers that the hottest sorority on campus is actually a coven of devil worshipers, she's brutally murdered by the Satanic witches. At the student's graveside her sister vows revenge and sets out to make things right. Hunter becomes the hunted as she fights her way through a maze of Satanic rituals, murder, beheadings, lesbianism and black magic in her quest for vengeance, as all hell breaks loose in the final showdown between good and evil.

My Thoughts:
This is maybe the worst film I have ever seen.  I'm pretty sure it's worse than Genocyber, which previously held that position.  The acting is abysmal  - in fact, I think the play we put on when I was in the 2nd grade had better quality acting.  The script and effects are even worse.  This isn't a B-movie.  This isn't even a Z grade movie.  This is some, as yet unfound letter below Z.

On the other had, it may be the worst made film I've ever seen, but I didn't hate it as much as Dogma.  Sure, Dogma is, on every level, a much better film.  But I hated it ... and I hated it a lot more than this turd.

Bechdel Test: Pass

Overall: 0.5/5

(From Attention Danae Cassandra... Challenge Accepted! on October 19th, 2014)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl (2006/Japan) IMDb | Wikipedia AnimeWorks, Media Blasters (United States) Length: 325 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: Japanese: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English

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Plot:
On a warm, cloudy afternoon, Tomari bursts in on two girls from her class, Hazumu and Yasuna, sharing a tender first kiss. Her heart breaks ... from jealousy.

Hazumu was born a boy, but he certainly doesn't act it. He's sensitive, delicate, and loves gardening. Lucky for him, he grew up with the tomboy Tomari, who is always there to protect him. Despite her own feelings, she pushes Hazumu to confess his love to the elegant Yasuna. After Yasuna rejects him, he retreats into the mountains in despair. So begins the strange series of events that changes him into a her, and earns her the love of both Yasuna and Tomari.


Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl
1.01 The Young Boy's Life Changed That Day
Writer: Satoru Akahori (Original Material By), Yukimaru Katsura (Original Material By), Jukki Hanada (Screenwriter)
Director: Nobuaki Nakanishi
Cast: Kana Ueda (Hazumu Osaragi (voice)), Yui Horie (Yasuna Kamiizumi (voice)), Yukari Tamura (Tomari Kurusu (voice)), Masumi Asano (Ayuki Mar (voice)), Daisuke Ono (Asuta Soro (voice)), Yuko Mizutani (Namiko Tsuki (voice)), Makoto Yasumura (Hajime Osaragi (voice)), Yuko Nagashima (Kaoru Osaragi (voice)), Ryoko Shintani (Spaceship (voice)), Keiji Fujiwara (Alien (voice)), Asuka Nakase (Female Track Club Member (voice)), Michael Naishtut (Man A (voice)), John Wyckoff (Man B (voice))

An alien spaceship accidentily kills the main protagonist. But they are able to reconstruct him, but they switched the gender.
Now the boy is a girl caught in a love triangle with two other girls. Both of which were in love with him before and now have come to terms with him being a girl.
I really had enjoyed this series. It is well done and handles the matter surprisingly well considering it is a comedy. I also have read the manga and enjoyed that one as well.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 3rd, 2012)