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Third Best 'A Christmas Carol' film

Advantages: Looks very Christmassy, Well Directed
Disadvantages: The people look creepy

...for those who live in a hole or have dementia, A Christmas Carol is the story of Ebonezer Scrooge (Jim Carey) and is passage by fire from twisted, grumpy, old miser who hates Christmas to the very opposite (except he stays old). After the death of Scrooge's business partner, Scrooge has got even more miserable and spiteful than ever and everyone fears and avoids him. Even his sole employee, Bob Cratchet (Gary Oldman) lives in misery, not allowed ...
...this film is so fantastic a telling, this would merely enhance the tediousness of an overly told story but the computer generated recreation and the direction of this film make it wonderful to watch. It’s directed by Robert Zemeckis, the man responsible for The Polar Express and Beowulf . He uses the same sort of 3-D capturing here that he used in those films. Basically this is a technique were he captures the movements etc. of real actors and ...

Phelthew 10.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of A Christmas Carol (DVD)

You probably think this is a dream come true. Well, you're wrong.

Advantages: Great storyline and an amazing director! Amazing characters!
Disadvantages: May be a bit scary for young children.

Coraline Details: Directed By Henry Selick Release Date8 May 2009 Certification PG Runtime 96 minutes Starring Dakota Fanning Teri Hatcher Jennifer Saunders Dawn French Keith David John Hodgman Robert Bailey Jnr Introduction When this film was advertised on TV, the words my 13 year old brother used were “that looks rubbish”, myself, I thought it looked quite good. I usually love animated films, and I loved the ...
...had nothing to do with Coraline as far as credits are concerned, though I cannot say he didn’t do some art work behind the scenes as I wouldn’t know. So just to clear things up, Tim Burton is nothing to do with this film! :) So anyway, I decided to watch this film on Movies on Demand last night with my husband, I had heard it was a little scary, and that although it had been widely acclaimed, it wasn’t really suitable for young children as it did ...

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Review of Coraline (DVD)

Animated Film That Adults Will Love

Advantages: Good storyline
Disadvantages: Young children must be accompanied by an adult when viewing this

...of 87 minutes. This is the highest grossing 2D animated film of all time. Cast King Mufasa (Lion) - James Earl Jones Adult Simba (Lion) - Matthew Broderick Cub Simba (Lion) - Jonathan Taylor Thomas Scar (Lion) - Jeremy Irons Sarabi (Lioness) - Madge Sinclair Cub Nala (Lioness) -Niketa Calame Adult Nala (Lioness) - Moira Kelly Rafiki ( Mandrill) - Robert Guillame Zazu (hornbill) - Rowan Atkinson ...
...PLOT Young Simba The film takes place in Pride Lands of African jungle and starts with animal inhabitants of Pride Lands marching toward the Pride Rock to witness the anointing of cub Simba, King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi's son. Whilst the mandrill Rafiki performs the anointing rites for Simba, the song 'Circle of life' is played. Young Simba has a very playful character and loves to play around the Pride Lands with his young female friend ...

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Review of The Lion King (Animated) (Gift Pack) (Special Edition) (DVD)

The Scariest Child's Movie EVER.

Advantages: good voice acting, amazing animation
Disadvantages: a bit scary for little kids.

When Coraline first came to our cinema screens I was looking forward to watching it, until my mum, step dad and sisters told me it wasn't very good. I am quite easily influenced when it comes to films so I decided to steer clear of it despite my boyfriend saying 'Noo, you're really going to like it!' - as I'm a fan of "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "James and the Giant Peach" - none the same but with some amazing animation and a bit of a spooky ...
...dogs. One night Coraline follows a mouse through a secret door and is transported into the other world with her other mother. But not all is what it seems... On one of her journeys back through to the other world Coraline see's what her Other Mother really is...a demon spider that steals childrens eyes and keeps their souls. To get Coraline back she kidnaps and hids her real parents and it then turns into an epic game of chase. Will she get back ...

kayleaf 27.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Coraline (DVD)

Ice Age 3

Advantages: Funny
Disadvantages: Nope

...fan of the first two Ice Age Movies, I was very happy to find out that a third was on its way. I somehow forgot about it for a while, but saw it mentioned somewhere and got round to getting hold of the third instalment of one of my favourite animations. ~~~ Cast ~~~ Ray Romano ... Manny John Leguizamo ... Sid Simon Pegg ... Buck Queen Latifah ... Ellie Denis Leary ... Diego ~~~ Synopsis ~~~ After finding some stray eggs, Sid decides ...
...then he is to. Unfortunately for Sid the eggs he "adopts" belong to a Dinosaur. The dinosaur takes Sid and his buddies embark on a journey away to rescue him. ~~~ My Thoughts ~~~ Right from the beginning of the movie when the hilarious and my favourite character Scrat appears on screen, I knew I was going to enjoy it. I wasn't wrong. Right from the beginning the movie is extremely funny and had me glued to the screen for the remainder of ...

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Review of Ice Age 3 - Dawn Of The Dinosaurs (DVD)