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Dazzling action in superb Willow

Advantages: Magical, entertaining, fun, funny, great special effects, action packed
Disadvantages: I cant see any!

...line. The main character, Willow Ufgood (Warwick Davies- plays many other famous and often not acknowledged parts such as Wicket in "Star wars" and marvin the paranoid android in "hitch hikers guide to the galaxy") (the best PC word I know) a dwarf, lives in a village with similar people. He's married happily with two kids, life is simple but good. Then he finds a baby floating down the river and things change. He is given the task of taking the ...
...to fall into evil hands Willow is given help from fairies, brownies and in particular a cocky swordsman called Madmartigan (played by Val Kilmer). Cue a spectacular battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil as they vie for possession of the baby. This film is made by George Lucas and Ron Howard, so you know its in good hands and it will be full of great special effects. With creatures such a trolls ("I hate trolls!"), two headed dragon ...

stinkbadger 03.03.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Willow (Special Edition) (DVD)

A Lighthearted Family Movie

Advantages: see review
Disadvantages: see review

Directed by Ron Howard, Cocoon is a light-hearted sci-fi comedy which although quite watchable, also inexplicably garnered two major awards. An Academy Award for its special effects and an Oscar or Don Ameche in the role of best supporting actor. Perhaps 1985 was a pretty grim year for movies...or perhaps I am just far too cynical and this movie is far better than how it appears on the surface. The basic storyline is an update to the fountain of ...
...roles and letting them refind their lost youth and exuberance. How? Well a couple of aliens land on the Earth with a purpose. They rent a large house with an indoor pool deep in the heart of St. Petersburg, Florida(like the human equivalent of the elephant's graveyard in the US so I'm told lol) and set off to look for something in the ocean. Whilst they are gone, a feisty bunch of old folks from the local rest home use the pool for their midnight ...

wampyrii 19.07.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Cocoon (DVD)

Terminator Salvation- An action flick that worked for me!

Advantages: Christian bale.Nice action.Camerawork.
Disadvantages: Sort of cliche.Story is thin

Terminator Salvation is the continuation of the terminator series which gained much popularity in the 90's. Following the trend of recently succesful sequels, this one comes with a newer look at the man v/s enemy battle;the latest addition being a futuristic concept,new technology and advatnced graphics. The story doesn't need to be elaborated,its a plain man v/s machine battle,set in 2018. I am not a fan of Wham wham thank you ma'm kind of films,i ...
...if the genre has to fall under action.Blame it on the technology or the craze of futuristic concepts,the order of the day seems to be robots and machines fighting it out with humans.I guess that makes the concept very novel,saving mankind and similar attributes. The director also emphasizes on human emotion and some time is spent giving both the principal characters some emotional backdrop which works for the film.Behind all the action bonanza and ...

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Review of Terminator - Salvation (DVD)

Uncut, Uncensored, and Loads More Fun

Advantages: original version much deeper, plots make more sense, better voice acting than American dub
Disadvantages: original audio not the best, Region 1 only genuine release

...now re-incarnated with her fellow sailor warriors to battle against evil, and seeking her long ago lost one true love. Her name: Sailor Moon. Of course, belonging to the magical girl genre, she is and her cohorts are no ordinary warriors, but ones that each possesses special gifts. Various objects act as magical talismans to release certain powers, but supernatural powers they are none the less, though in this day and age, technology also plays a ...
...Who is Usagi? This is Sailor Moon Uncut, the original unbutchered edition of Sailor Moon, and definitely NOT the highly edited, rescripted, and dubbed Sailor Moon that saw television airplay in the UK and USA. So the Serena that English speaking fans of THAT edition know goes by her actual Japanese name. Usagi means rabbit or bunny, and actually is by far a more fitting name for she who runs in terror and crouches in tears when the time to do battle ...

Shroud 06.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Sailor Moon Season One Uncut (DVD)

I was counting down to the end

Advantages: The aircraft
Disadvantages: The acting and the story line

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN 1980 DVD 2002 THE STORY The U.S.S. Nimitz, a nuclear aircraft carrier, encounters a very strange storm in 1981 and, when the ship clears the storm, the crew eventually realise that they have somehow been catapulted back to 1941. (As you do !!) More importantly, they end up one day before the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour, and they are near Pearl Harbour. A fully-armed nuclear aircraft ...
...a lot of damage to the Japanese invasion force, possibly even destroy it. So, the question becomes, "Should they?" Should they tamper with history and re-write it? They are United States military servicemen, in a combat situation, and most the crew says, "Go for it!" But, what of the ramifications? That question becomes highlighted when a 1941 Japanese Zero blows up a 1941 private yacht, near the U.S.S. Nimitz, and the survivors are rescued by the ...

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Review of The Final Countdown (DVD)