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Don't Look Now, a review by Danae Cassandra

Don't Look Now
Year of Release: 1973
Directed By: Nicholas Roeg
Starring: Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason, Clelia Matania
Genre: Suspense/Thriller

Overview:My Thoughts:
This is a film of atmosphere. There is a palpable tension throughout, a certainty that something lurks just beyond the visible. It's a film that starts of slow, and builds up to the final climax. It's also a film that will keep you wondering what exactly is happening, especially when everything is seems foreboding, every character potentially sinister, every dark corner hiding something.

Christie and Sutherland are fine in their roles, but this is very much Nicholas Roeg's film. He is a director with a distinctive style, and it's very much in evidence here in the lightning, the cinematography, the editing choices and intercuts. This is the third film of Roeg's I've watched and he's easily moved into a list of my favorite directors.

Recommended if you like slow-building creeping thrillers. Highly recommended if you have liked any of Roeg's previous films.

Bechdel Test: Pass

Overall: 4/5

(From Off Day Alphabet Marathon on August 10th, 2014)

Toy Story 2 , a review by Tom

Toy Story 2 (1999/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Germany) Director: John Lasseter Writing: John Lasseter (Original Material By), Pete Docter (Original Material By), Ash Brannon (Original Material By), Andrew Stanton (Original Material By), Andrew Stanton (Screenwriter), Rita Hsiao (Screenwriter), Doug Chamberlin (Screenwriter), Chris Webb (Screenwriter) Length: 89 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.77 Audio: German: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

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Stars:
Englische Stimmen
Tom Hanks as Woody (voice)
Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear (voice)
Joan Cusack as Jessie (voice)
Kelsey Grammer as Prospector (voice)
Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head (voice)

Plot:Awards:
Won:

Annie Awards (2000)		Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical feature (Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios)
Annie Awards (2000)		Outstanding Individual Achievment for Directing in an Animated Feature Production (John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich, Ash Brannon)
Annie Awards (2000)		Outstanding Individual Achievment for Music in an Animated Feature Production (Randy Newman (Composer, Songs, Music))
Annie Awards (2000)		Outstanding Individual Achievment for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production (Dan Jeup, Joe Ranft)
Annie Awards (2000)		Outstanding Individual Achievment for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Feature Production (Joan Cusack As the voice of Jessie)
Annie Awards (2000)		Outstanding Individual Achievment for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Feature Production (Tim Allen As the voice of Buzz Lightyear)
Annie Awards (2000)		Outstanding Individual Achievment for Writing in an Animated Feature Production (John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Ash Brannon, Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin, Chris Webb)
ASCAP Awards (2000)		Top Box Office Films (Randy Newman)
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000)		Favorite Family Film (Internet Only)
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (2000)		Best Animated Film
Golden Globe (1999)		Picture - Musical or Comedy (Karen Robert Jackson, Helene Plotkin)
Grammy Awards (2001)		Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media ("When She Loved Me": Randy Newman)
Satellite Awards (2000)
Satellite Awards (2000)		Best Original Song ("When She Loved Me")
Young Artist Awards (2000)

Nominated:

Academy Award (1999)		Best Music, Song ("When She Loved Me": Randy Newman (Music/Lyrics))
AFI (1999)		100 Years... 100 Songs (2004) ("Song": When She Loved Me)
Annie Awards (2000)		Outstanding Individual Achievment for Character Animation (Doug Sweetland)
Annie Awards (2000)		Outstanding Individual Achievment for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production (William Cone, Jim Pearson)
Golden Globe (1999)		Original Song ("When She Loved Me": Randy Newman (Music/Lyrics))
Grammy Awards (2001)		Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or other Visual Media (Randy Newman)
MTV Movie Awards (2000)		Best On-screen Duo (Tom Hanks and Tim Allen)
Online Film Critics Society Awards (2000)		Best Film
Online Film Critics Society Awards (2000)		Best Screenplay, Original (John Lasseter, Pete Docter)
Saturn (1999)		Best Fantasy Film
Saturn (1999)		Best Music (Randy Newman)
Teen Choice Awards (2000)		Film - Choice Hissy Fit (Joan Cusack)

Extras:

• Featurettes
• Kurzfilm "Die kleine Lampe"
• Outtakes
• Scene Access
• Trailers

This one didn't age quite as bad as the first one. But you still see that it is in the early days of computer animation. But again, the story is great.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on June 19th, 2011)

Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews, a review by Tom

VOY 3.14 Alter Ego
Writer: Joe Menosky (Writer)
Director: Robert Picardo
Cast: Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway), Robert Beltran (Commander Chakotay), Roxann Dawson (Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres), Jennifer Lien (Kes), Robert Duncan McNeill (Lieutenant Tom Paris), Ethan Phillips (Neelix), Robert Picardo (The Doctor), Tim Russ (Lieutenant Tuvok), Garrett Wang (Ensign Harry Kim), Sandra Nelson (Marayna), Alexander Enberg (Ensign Vorik), Shay Todd (Holowoman), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice (voice))

I am skipping the episode "Macrocosm" even though I remember it had a nice P/T scene in it. But that episode is so stupid (Macro-viruses flying around and Rambo-Janeway going after them), that I do not want to watch it now.

The episode "Alter Ego" is about an alien who takes over a holodeck character, Harry Kim and Tuvok both fall for. As you can probably guess, this amounts to a stupid episode. Although I did like the conclusion to this episode.

P/T moments:
Tom complimenting B'Elanna on her dress and him getting competition from the vulcan Vorik.




Rating:

(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on September 27th, 2009)