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Darker and yet funnier than the previous films.

Advantages: Amazing special effects. Excellent acting.
Disadvantages: Unfaithful to the book in parts.

...film in its own right Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is one of my favourites of the series so far. This film is much darker than the others, the wizarding world has now admitted that Voldemort is back and Harry has to realise his ties with Voldemort more than ever before. Despite being a much darker film it is also more comedic than many of the others. The strong theme of romance and various different love stories give the film much needed ...
...are hilarious. The acting is of an excellent standard and Jim Broadment makes a welcome addition to the cast as Professor Slughorn. This film contains less action than many of the others, largely to focus upon the storyline and retell the wealth of information revealed in this book. In order to create more action there are several scenes in the film which do not appear in the book. Some I think work well (the dementors destroying the millenium bridge ...

loobylou88 10.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (DVD)

District 9 - you are welcome here

Advantages: visual effects, story telling, characters
Disadvantages: none

District 9 – Blu-Ray Feature Twenty years ago a massive spacecraft came to Earth; it bypassed cities like New York and eventually came to a hover of Johannesburg in South Africa. The spaceship stayed there completely inert for a while until humans managed to enter the ship; inside they discovered over a million locust looking aliens whom they nicknamed prawns. The aliens were malnourished and dying so a decision was made to bring ...
...could live. That area is District 9. Being in such close proximity with Humans it is inevitable that there would be conflict and tension and so it was decided that the aliens would be moved to another camp 200km away from District 9 and so the MNU, who is the company that oversees the camp, has been charged with moving the 1.8 million aliens away to the new camp. The task for putting this into motion is given to Wilkus Van De Merwe (Sharlto Copley) ...

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Review of District 9

Transformers....dollars in disguise!

Advantages: Supern Blu-Ray special effects
Disadvantages: Terrible acting

...new films though. Transformers #1 (2007) is also the first huge smash hit on Blu-Ray, the multi coloured robots and startlingly realistic special effects seeing huge rental and sales grosses on the new format. If you're getting a Blu-Ray player or buying one as a present this Christmas then get any of the two Transformers movies for your first play as they will look amazing on it, especially is you have the big TV. Part two is not so good but sexy ...
...the turkey. -The Cast- Shia LaBeouf ... Sam Witwicky Megan Fox ... Mikaela Banes Josh Duhamel ... Major Lennox Tyrese Gibson ... USAF Master Sergeant Epps John Turturro ... Seymour Simmons Ramon Rodriguez ... Leo Spitz Kevin Dunn ... Ron Witwicky Julie White ... Judy Witwicky Isabel Lucas ... Alice John Benjamin Hickey ... Theodore Galloway -The Plot- Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) is off to college and after packing his case and mysterious lucky charm ...

thedevilinme 09.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Transformers - Revenge Of The Fallen

The aliens vs. the Pearsons

Advantages: A brilliant film
Disadvantages: None

...and Jake come across four aliens on the roof who announce that they are going to kill all the humans and take over the world. At first it seems hard to believe that the two-foot tall, cute looking things can be so dangerous, but when they bring out their powerful high-tech weapons and take control of Ricky with a mind control device, the pair realise they are much more menacing than they seem. Gathering the rest of the Pearson children, along with ...
...family must battle against the aliens and try to prevent them from getting to the rest of their family and the world. ~ Cast ~ Tom - Carter Jenkins Jake - Austin Robert Butler Bethany - Ashley Tisdale Hannah - Ashley Boettcher Art - Henri Young Lee - Regan Young Ricky - Robert Hoffman Nana - Doris Roberts Stuart - Kevin Nealon Nina - Gillian Vigman Nathan - Andy Richter Skip - Ashley Peldon (voice) Sparks - Josh Peck (voice) Tazer - Thomas Haden ...

frankiefromings13 18.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Aliens In The Attic

Meet Darren. He's sixteen going on immortal.

Advantages: Some good casting, great special effects, entertaining storyline
Disadvantages: Too silly and unrealistic for my liking

...under his wing at the Cirque du Freak and prepares him for the lifestyle that vampires lead. But when a war breaks out between the vampires and their deadly counterparts, Darren must learn how to fight in order to save himself, his family and the vampire population. ~ Cast ~ Darren - Chris Massoglia Larten Crepsley - John Reilly Steve - Josh Hutcherson Mr Tiny - Michael Cerveris Rebecca - Jessica Carlson Evra the Snake Boy - Patrick Fugit Murlaugh ...
...completely ridiculous and so gave Cirque du Freak a watch. Unfortunately though, this one generally falls into the ridiculous category. The two young actors playing best friends Darren and Steve, who both become vampires, are the most natural actors in the film and manage to combine their normal teenage life at school with turning into an vampire very well. They both play very different characters with Darren being sensible and caring, more cautious ...

frankiefromings13 05.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Cirque Du Freak - The Vampire's Assistant