Thursday, June 28, 2012

Brave Review








Brave


Release Date: 21st June 2012 - Australia


Production Companies
Walt Disney Pictures
Pixar Animation Studios

Distribution
Walt Disney Studios Motion
Pictures Australia


Genre: Animation/Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 100 minutes


Budget: $185,000,000

Box Office Gross: $538,788,207
(Worldwide)


Plot Summary
Brave is set in the mystical 
Scottish Highlands, where 
Mérida is the princess of 
a kingdom ruled by King 
Fergus and Queen Elinor. 
An unruly daughter and 
an accomplished archer, 
Mérida one day defies a 
sacred custom of the land 
and inadvertently brings 
turmoil to the kingdom. 
In an attempt to set things 
right, Mérida seeks out an 
eccentric old Wise Woman 
and is granted an ill-fated 
wish. Also figuring into 
Mérida’s quest — and 
serving as comic relief — 
are the kingdom’s three 
lords: the enormous Lord 
MacGuffin, the surly Lord 
Macintosh, and the 
disagreeable Lord 
Dingwall. (Source - Metro Cinemas)



Voice Cast
Kelly Macdonald - Princess Merida
Emma Thompson - Queen Elinor
Billy Connolly - King Fergus
Kevin McKidd - Lord MacGuffin 
& Young MacGuffin
Craig Ferguson - Lord Macintosh
Robbie Coltrane - Lord Dingwall
Julie Walters - The Witch
Peigi Barker - Young Merida
Steven Cree - Young Macintosh
Callum O'Neill - Wee Dingwall
Patrick Doyle - Martin
John Ratzenberger - Gordon

Crew
Story/Screenplay/Director - Brenda Chapman
Screenplay/Director - Mark Andrews
Screenplay/Co-Director - Steve Purcell
Screenplay - Irene Mecchi
Executive Producers - Pete Docter,
John Lasseter & Andrew Stanton
Producer - Katherine Sarafian
Story Supervisor - Brian Larsen
Supervising Technical Director/Senior
Technology Team: Pixar - Steve May
Supervising Technical Director - Bill Wise
Character Supervisors - Thomas Jordan, 
Bill Sheffler & Colin Hayes Thompson
Conceptual Designer - Mike Mignola (Uncredited)
Production/End Titles Art and Designer - Steve Pilcher
Supervising Animator - Alan Barillaro &
Steven Clay Hunter
Directing Animators - David DeVan &
Kureha Yokoo
Director of Photography: Camera - Robert Anderson
Director of Photography: Lighting - Danielle Feinberg
Stereoscopic Supervisor - Bob Whitehill
Simulation Supervisor - Claudia Chung
Film Editor - Nicholas C. Smith
Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer - 
Gary Rydstrom
Music - Patrick Doyle


Awards

2013 Academy Awards
Best Animated Feature (Won)


Review
The animated feature of 'BRAVE' feels like a Disney movie not Pixar, but it is good and did have a lot of adventure and laughter to keep the audience thrilled and entertained. I positively commend that it had a Scottish flavour as well as the CGI animation, great vocal performances by Billy Connolly, Kelly McDonald and Emma Thompson and the Celtic sound of the music score by Patrick Doyle to help complete this picture.

Clearly, this is the first by Pixar to ever have a female lead since most of the female characters from previous movies are either love interests or companions. 'BRAVE' on the other hand, manages to succeed of bringing young audiences to see the movie, most of them are females and some are definitely Scottish.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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Saturday, June 16, 2012

Prometheus Review









Prometheus


Release Date: 7th June 2012 - Australia


Production Companies
Brandywine Productions
Dune Entertainment
Scott Free Productions

Distribution
20th Century Fox Australia


Genre: Sci-Fi/Horror

Rating: M

Runtime: 124 minutes


Budget: $130,000,000

Box Office Gross: $403,354,469 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
Director Ridley Scott ('Blade Runner' and 'Alien') has created a movie to the genre he helped define. After discovering a clue that connects to humanity's origins, scientists and explorers travel to the darkest corners of the universe but soon realise they are not the only ones on the distant moon.


Cast
Noomi Rapace - Elizabeth Shaw
Michael Fassbender - David
Guy Pearce - Peter Weyland
Idris Elba - Janek
Logan Marshall-Green -
Charlie Holloway
Charlize Theron - Meredith Vickers
Rafe Spall - Millburn
Sean Harris - Fifield
Emun Elliott - Chance
Benedict Wong - Ravel
Kate Dickie - Ford
Lucy Hutchinson - Young Shaw

Crew
Producer/Director - Ridley Scott
Based on Elements of
"Alien" - Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett
Writer - Jon Spaihts
Writer/Executive Producer -
Damon Lindelof
Associate Producer - Teresa Kelly
Executive Producers - Michael Costigan, Michael Ellenberg and Mark Huffam
Producers - David Giler and Walter Hill
Co-Producer - Mary Richards
Casting - Nina Gold and Avy Kaufman
Production Designer - Arthur Max
Original Design Elements - H.R. Giger
Concept Artists - Julian Caldow,
Ivan Weightman, Paul Catling, David Levy,
Neville Page, Ben Proctor, Carlos Huante,
Daniel Simon, Steve Burg and Alexander Kozhanov
Supervising Art Director - John King
Senior Art Directors - Marc Homes,
Paul Inglis and Karen Wakefield
Art Directors - Alex Cameron,
Anthony Caron-Delion and Peter Dorme
Standby Art Director - Ben Munro
Construction Managers - Ray Barrett and
Leigh Gilbert
Set Decorator - Sonja Klaus
Costume Designers - Janty Yates and
Timothy Everest (Uncredited)
Consulting Costume Designer - Vin Burnham
Assistant Costume Designers - Andrea Cripps
and Michael Mooney
Makeup Designer - Tina Earnshaw
Hair Designer - Nana Fischer
Creature & Special Makeup Effects
Supervisor - Neal Scanlan
Prosthetic Supevisor - Conor O'Sullivan
Director of Photography - Dariusz Wolski
Helicopter Camera Pilot: Aerial Unit - Marc Wolff
Production Manager: Iceland - Sam Breckman
Unit Production Manager - Nikolas Korda
First Assistant Director - Max Keene
Stunt Coordinator - Rob Inch
Special Effects & Vehicles Supervisor -
Trevor Wood
Special Effects Coordinator - Jalila Otky
Senior Animatronic Designers - Andy Colquhoun,
Gustav Hoegen, Adam Keenan, Joshua Lee,
James Sandys, Simon Williams and
Steve Wright
Animatronic Design/Fabrication Supervisor -
Vanessa Bastyan
Vehicles Workshop Supervisor - Steve Hamilton
Visual Effects Supervisor - Richard Stammers
Visual Effects Supervisor: Weta Digital - Martin Hill
Visual Effects Supervisor: MPC - Charley Henley
Visual Effects Supervisor: Hammerhead
Productions - Jamie Dixon
Visual Effects Supervisors: Lola Visual Effects -
Trent Claus and Edson Williams
Visual Effects Supervisor & Lead Designer: Fuel
VFX - Paul Butterworth
On-Set Visual Effects Supervisors: Weta Digital -
Everett Burrell and Matt Sloan
Visual Effects Associate Supervisor: Fuel VFX -
Anders Thonell
Visual Effects Producer - Allen Maris
Visual Effects Producer: Weta Digital -
Annette Wullems
Visual Effects Producer: Fuel VFX - Felix Crawshaw
Visual Effects Executive Producer: Hammerhead
Productions - Daniel Chuba
Executive Producer: Weta Digital - Eileen Moran
Visual Effects Art Director - Steven Messing
Animation Supervisor: Weta Digital - Michael Cozens
Animation Supervisor: MPC - Ferran Domenech
CG Supervisors: Weta Digital - Thelvin Cabezas,
Phillip Leonhardt, Mike Perry & Mark Tait
CG Supervisor: MPC - Matt Middleton
Textures Supervisor: Weta Digital - Gino Acevedo
Head of Layout/Animation Technologies: Weta
Digital - Shawn Dunn
Lighting Supervisor: MPC - Daniele Bigi
Compositing Supervisor: Weta Digital -
Charles Tait
Film Editor - Pietro Scalia
Supervising Sound Editors - Mark P. Stoeckinger
and Victor Ray Ennis
Sound Effects Creators - Alan Rankin and
Ann Scibelli
Production Sound Mixer - Simon Hayes
Dialogue Editors - Michael Hertlen,
Julie Feiner, Margit Pfeiffer and
Anna MacKenzie
Re-Recording Mixers - Ron Bartlett
and Doug Hemphill
Music - Marc Streitenfeld
Additional Music - Harry Gregson-Williams
Score Recordist & Mixer - Peter Cobbin


Review
I have always known that PROMETHEUS was a prequel to the Alien movies, especially the first film (click here). It figured out some of the series' answers, including the Space Jockey. PROMETHEUS had a complicated storyline, and the sci-fi picture had highlighted scenes. I praise its spectacular visuals, impressive landscape shots and magnificent acting performances. These standouts include Michael Fassbender in his portrayal of the android David.

Although PROMETHEUS was Ridley Scott's return to the helm, it was not quite the comeback for the director who helped define the science-fiction genre. The movie was terrifying. It is a delight for the fans of Ridley Scott's features or the Alien franchise.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Inception Review










Inception


Release Date: 22nd July 2010 - Australia


Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures (presentation)
Legendary Pictures (in association with)
Syncopy

Distribution
Roadshow Films


Genre: Sci-Fi/Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 148 minutes


Budget: $160,000,000

Box Office Gross: $839,030,630 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
Dom Cobb is the best-
skilled thief in the
dangerous art of
extraction by stealing
valuable secrets through
the subconscious mind
during the dream state
when at its most
vulnerable. His rare
ability puts Cobb in
demand in the dangerous
new world of corporate
espionage, making him an
international fugitive and
costing him everything
he has ever loved. Now
Cobb has a chance to
redeem himself. The only
way to get his life back is
one last job, but only if he
can achieve the impossible
- inception.

Rather than the perfect
heist, Cobb and his team
of specialists must pull the
opposite: their job is not to
take an idea but plant one.
If they manage to do it, it
could be the perfect crime.
However, no planning or
expertise can prepare the
team for the danger that
seems to anticipate their
every move. It was an
enemy that only Cobb
could have seen coming.


Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio - Dominic "Dom" Cobb
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Arthur
Ellen Page - Ariadne
Tom Hardy - Eames
Ken Watanabe - Mr. Saito
Dileep Rao - Yusuf
Cillian Murphy - Robert Michael Fischer
Tom Berenger - Peter Browning
Marion Cotillard - Mallorie "Mal" Cobb
Pete Postlehwaite - Maurice
Fischer
Michael Caine - Prof. Stephen Miles
Lukas Naas - Nash
Tai-Li Lee - Tadashi
Claire Geare - Phillipa (3 Years Old)
Magnus Nolan - James (20
Months Old)
Taylor Geare - Phillipa (5 Years Old)
Johnathan Geare - James (3 Years Old)
Tohoru Masamune - Japanese Security Guard
Yuji Okumoto - Saito's Attendant
Earl Cameron - Elderly Bald Man
Jack Gilroy - Old Cobb
Shannon Welles - Old Mal

Crew
Writer/Producer/Director - Christopher Nolan
Script Supervisor - Steve Gehrke
Associate Producer: Canada -
Thomas Hayslip
Executive Producers - Chris Brigham
and Thomas Tull
Producer - Emma Thomas
Co-Producer - Jordan Goldberg
Casting Director - John Papsidera
Production Designer - Guy Hendrix Dyas
Supervising Art Director - Brad Ricker
Supervising Art Director: UK - Frank Walsh
Art Directors - Luke Freeborn and Dean Wolcott
Art Directors: UK - Jason Knox-Johnston,
Paul Laugier and Andy Tomson
Set Decorators - Larry Dias and Douglas A. Mowat
Set Decorator: UK - Lisa Chugg
Property Master: UK - Barry Gibbs
Costume Designer - Jeffrey Kurland
Costume Supervisor - Bob Morgan
Costume Supervisor: UK - Ken Crouch
Assistant Costume Designer - Terry Anderson
Armourer - Harry Lu
Director of Photography - Wally Pfister
Underwater Director of Photography - Pete Romano
Aerial Director of Photography - Hans Bjerno
First Assistant Camera - Bob Hall
Location Managers - Ilt Jones and
J.J. Hook
Location Manager: Morocco - Emma Pill
Unit Production Manager - Jan Foster
Unit Production Manager: UK - Mark Mostyn
Production Manager: Canada - Sam Breckman
First Assistant Director - Nilo Otero
Stunt Coordinators - Tom Struthers,
Sy Hollands and Brent Woosley
Supervising Aerial Coordinator: UK -
Mike Woodley
Helicopter Pilot - Craig Hosking
Picture Car Coordinator - Tyler Gaisford
Picture Car Coordinator: UK - Ian Clarke
Special Effects Supervisor - Chris Corbould
Special Effects Coordinator - Scott R. Fisher
Visual Effects Supervisor - Paul J. Franklin
Visual Effects Supervisors: Double Negative -
Pete Bebb, Andrew Lockley and Rob Hodgson
Visual Effects Producer - Mike Chambers
Compositing Sequence Supervisors: Double
Negative - Graham Page, George Zwier,
Astrid Busser-Casas, Tilman Paulin,
Jan Maroske, Richard R. Reed, Scott Pritchard,
Tom Hocking, Sean Heuston and Julian Gnass
Editor - Lee Smith
Additional Editor - John Lee
Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor -
Richard King
Production Sound Mixer - Ed Novick
Sound Effects Recording Mixers - John P. Fasal
and Eric Potter
Re-Recording Mixers - Lora Hirschberg
and Gary A. Rizzo
Additional Re-Recording Mixer - Michael Babcock
Foley Artists - John Roesch and
Alyson Dee Moore
Music/Synth Programming - Hans Zimmer
Composer: Additional Music/Score Co-Producer -
Lorne Balfe
Ambient Music Design - Mel Wesson
Supervising Music Editor - Alex Gibson
Score Recordist - Geoff Foster
Score Mixer - Alan Meyerson


Awards

2011 Academy Awards
Best Cinematography - Wally Pfister (Won)
Best Sound Editing - Richard King (Won)
Best Sound Mixing - Lora Hirschberg,
Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick (Won)
Best Visual Effects - Chris Corbould,
Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb and Paul J. Franklin (Won)
----------------
Best Art Direction - Larry Dias, Guy Hendrix Dyas
and Douglas A. Mowat (Nominated)
Best Original Score - Hans Zimmer (Nominated)
Best Picture (Nominated)
Best Original Screenplay - Christopher Nolan
(Nominated)


Review
The most interesting conceptual picture that Christopher Nolan has ever done was INCEPTION. The film can be a mind job but is very dramatic, and everything before your eyes in it has so much detail. It is modestly breathtaking. This movie has set a new standard of sci-fi/action. It introduces an extraordinary concept of going into a state of a dream within a dream and tricking people into changing their thoughts as they wake up with different ideas, not knowing where these thoughts have originated. Or that they have been a victim of inception. One of the things this picture achieves is it builds an inventive and complex story. It will draw viewers into all the answers to the plot and witness the conclusion. The film's ending is ambiguous, and you need to rewatch the movie again because it is such a spectacle.

In terms of direction, Christopher Nolan solidified his place as one of the biggest names in the Hollywood industry and a director to keep an eye on helming his upcoming movies. There's never a dull moment in this feature. It has incredible visuals, highly commendable acting from Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon Levitt and Ellen Page and a powerful music score by Hans Zimmer.

I'm surprised that INCEPTION has done so well in originality, and there has been no innovative breakthrough in cinema since The MatrixI would add this one to the collection and watch it again.

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever

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Thursday, June 7, 2012

The Wild Review







The Wild


Release Date: 28th September 2006 - Australia


Production Companies
C.O.R.E. Feature Animation
Contrafilm
Hoytyboy Pictures
Nigel Productions
Sir Zip Studios
Walt Disney Pictures (presents)

Distribution 
Walt Disney Studios Motion 
Pictures Australia


Genre: Animation/Family/
Comedy

Rating: G

Runtime: 94 minutes


Budget: $80,000,000

Box Office Gross:
$102,338,515 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
When Ryan, a lion cub
living in a zoo, wants to go
to the wild, where his dad
Samson once lived. One
night, he wanders off and
accidentally gets shipped
to Africa, where animals
get released into the wild,
his father, Samson, gathers
some animal friends and
sets out to save his son. But
when they reach Africa,
the animals find themselves
in danger. They have to do
battle with an evil wildebeest
by the name of Kazar.

But that's nothing compared
to the island's other danger -
a volcano on the verge of
eruption. With so little time
left, can the animals find
Ryan and escape Africa
before the volcano erupts?


Voice Cast
Kiefer Sutherland - Samson
the Lion
Dominic Scott Kay - Young Samson
Jim Belushi - Benny the Squirrel
Greg Cipes - Ryan the Lion Cub
Janeane Garofalo - Bridget the Giraffe
Richard Kind - Larry the Snake
Eddie Izzard - Nigel the Koala
William Shatner - Kazar the Wildebeest
Patrick Warburton - Blag the Wildebeest
Kevin Michael Richardson - Samson's Father
Chris Edgerly - Cloak
Colin Hay - Fergus Flamingo
Miles Marsico - Duke
Jack De Sena - Eze
Don Cherry - Penguin MC
Christina Argueta - Hamir
David Cowgill - Hamir
Lenny Venito - Stan
Joseph Siravo - Carmine
Colin Cunningham - Hyrax
Jonathan Kimmel - Scab
Eddie Gossling - Scraw
Clinton Leupp - Mama Hippo
Nika Futterman - Dung Beetle #1
Julianne Buescher - Dung Beetle #2
Chris Edgerly - Cloak
Bob Joles - Camo/Ringleader
Steve 'Spaz' Williams - Guard Dog (Cameo)

Crew
Additional Story Material/Director -
Steve 'Spaz' Williams
Story/Screenplay - Mark Gibson
and Philip Halprin
Screenplay/Co-Producers - Ed Decter
and John J. Strauss
Additional Story Material - Bill Wolkoff,
David Collard, Matt Lopez and Lloyd Taylor
Executive Producers - Kevin Lima,
Stefan Simchowitz and Will Vinton
Producers - Beau Flynn and Clint Goldman
Co-Producer - Jane Park
Production Designer/Art Director - Chris Farmer
Visual Development - George Hull
Art Director - Michael E. Goldman
Additional Art Director - Gary Mundell
Supervising Character Designer - Erich Rigling
Character Designers - Marshall Almeida
and Eirik Paye
Character Supervisor - Ken Ouellette
Lead Story Artist - Jeff Dickson
Lead Character Modeller - Ian Hulbert
Supervising Producer: C.O.R.E. Feature
Animation - Bob Munroe
Supervising Lead Animator - Warren Leathem
Lead Animators - Stephen Barnes,
Rob Bekuhrs, Andrew Grant, Paul Hunt
and Glenn Sylvester
Animation Supervisor: Reel FX - Ken Duncan
CG Supervisor: C.O.R.E. Feature Animation -
John Mariella
Animator/Layout Supervisor: Reel FX - Bryan Engram
Editors - V. Scott Balcerek and
Steven L. Wagner
Additional Editor - Robert Fisher Jr.
Sound Designer & Supervising Sound Editor -
Andy Newell
Additional Sound Design - Robert L. Sephton
Co-Supervising Sound Editor - Larry Schalt
Re-Recording Mixers - Terry O'Bright
and Keith Rogers
Dialogue/ADR Editor - Bruce Lacey
Additional ADR Editor - Michael Silvers
Foley Artists - Ellen Heuer and
Marnie Moore
Foley Mixer - Frank Rinella
Music - Alan Silvestri


Review
THE WILD had some good humour, but unfortunately, the movie was way too similar to Madagascar, which the former came out one year before THE WILD. The plot had low originality, taking some ideas from The Lion King and Finding Nemo. The animation is fine but a bit too uncanny and uninspiring. It had a terrific voice cast, particularly Eddie Izzard, who did a fantastic job voicing the koala, and even Jim Belushi (whose voice sounds almost like Seth Rogen) does the same for the squirrel.

I'm pleased Disney didn't make this film, as they only distributed it. This movie could have been a disadvantage for C.O.R.E's animation studio. However, it is their only animated feature to date. THE WILD should have been in the hands of Pixar or Blue Sky. This movie would have been more appealing if it had a better storyline and humour with more punchlines or sarcasm. In recommendation, it is a below-average animated flick only for one-time viewing.

Star rating: (3/5) Average

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Monday, June 4, 2012

Hercules Review










Hercules


Release Date: 18th September 1997 - Australia


Production Companies
Walt Disney Pictures (presents)
Walt Disney Feature Animation

Distribution
Walt Disney Studios Motion
Pictures Australia


Genre: Animation/Family/
Fantasy/Comedy

Rating: G

Runtime: 93 minutes


Budget: $85,000,000

Box Office Gross: $252,712,101 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
Hercules, a young mortal with godlike strength, is raised on Earth and has trouble fitting in. He discovers that his father is the great god Zeus, and he could live on Mount Olympus if he becomes a true hero. With Pegasus, his trusty flying horse and a feisty personal trainer,
Phil, as they all set out for
the mission. But for Hercules,
it's no easy task when he gets
tricked by a sinister, hotheaded villain, Hades, who seeks to take over Mount Olympus and the Universe. Hercules must choose between his legendary strength and true love, the Grecian beauty Meg. He soon learns that it's not the size of your strength that counts but only the strength of your heart. Can Hercules stop Hades from
taking over Mount Olympus and
be proclaimed a hero?


Voice Cast
Tate Donovan - Hercules
Josh Keaton - Young Hercules
Roger Bart - Young Hercules (singing voice)
Danny DeVito - Phil
James Woods - Hades
Susan Egan - Megara
Rip Torn - Zeus
Frank Welker - Pegasus
Samantha Eggar - Hera
Bobcat Goldthwait - Pain
Matt Frewer - Panic
Wayne Knight - Demetrius the Pot Maker
Charlton Heston - Narrator
Barbara Barrie - Alcmene
Hal Holbrook - Amphitryon
Paul Shaffer - Hermes
Amanda Plummer - Plotho
Carole Shelley - Lachesis
Paddi Edwards - Atropos
Patrick Pinney - Cyclops
Lillias White - Calliope the Muse of Epics
Vanéese Y. Thomas - Clio the Muse of History
Cheryl Freeman - Melpomene the Muse of Tragedy
LaChanze - Terpischore the Muse of Dance
Roz Ryan - Thalia the Muse of Comedy
Corey Burton - Titans/Burnt
Man/End-of-the-World-Man/
Tour Bus Guide
Jim Cummings - Nessus the
River Centaur/Tall Thebian/
Elderly Thebian
Keith David - Apollo
Mary Kay Bergman - Earthquake Lady/
Wood Nymph/Water Nymph/
Earth Nymph/Teenage Girls
Kathleen Freeman - Heavyset Woman
Bug Hall - Little Boy
Kellen Hathaway - Little Boy

Crew
Animation Screenplay/Producers/
Directors - John Musker and Ron Clements
Based on an Idea - Joe Haidar
Story - Kaan Kalyon, Kelly Wightman,
Randy Cartwright, John Ramirez, Jeff Snow,
Vance Gerry, Kirk Hanson, Tamara Lusher,
Francis Glebas, Mark Kennedy, Bruce Morris,
Don Dougherty and Thom Enriquez
Animation Screenplay - Don McEnery,
Bob Shaw and Irene Mecchi
Associate Producer - Kenrdra Haaland
Producers - Alice Dewey Goldstone
and Noreen Tobin
Production Designer - Gerald Scarfe
Art Director - Andy Gaskill
Artistic Coordinator - Dan Hansen
Character Designers/Visual Development -
Hans Bacher, Andrey Brandl, Marek Buchwald,
Jean Gillmore, Joe Grant, Rick Maki, Tina Price,
Jeff Ranjo, Valerio Ventura, Rowland B. Wilson
and Gay Lawrence
Story Supervisor - Barry Johnson
Background Supervisor - Thomas Cardone
Background Supervisor: Paris - Lisa Keene
Layout Supervisor/Stylist - Razoul Azadani
Production Stylist - Sue C. Nichols
Production Manager - Peter Del Vecho
Production Managers: Paris - Coralie Cudot
and Jean-Luc Florinda
Assistant Production Manager: Backgrounds -
Lindsey Collins
Supervising Animator: "Adult Hercules" -
Andreas Deja
Supervising Animator: "Baby & Young Hercules" -
Randy Haycock
Supervising Animator: "Phil" - Eric Goldberg
Supervising Animator: "Hades" - Nik Ranieri
Supervising Animator: "Meg" - Ken Duncan
Supervising Animator: "Pegasus" - Ellen Woodbury
Supervising Animator: "Zeus" & "Hera" -
Anthony de Rosa
Supervising Animator: "The Muses" -
Michael Show
Supervising Animator: "Pain" - James Lopez 
Supervising Animator: "Panic" - Brian Ferguson
Supervising Animator: "Titans" & "Cyclops" -
Dominique Monfery
Supervising Animator: "Amphitryon" &
"Alcmene" - Richard Bazley
Supervising Animator: "The Fates" & "Thebians" -
Nancy Beiman
Supervising Animator: "Hydra" - Oscar Urretabizkaia
Visual Effects Supervisor - Mauro Maressa
Additional Visual Effects Unit Supervisors:
Additional Visual Effects - Dave Bossert and
Mark Myer
CGI Supervisor - Roger Gould
Songs: Lyrics - David Zippel
Songs: Music/Original Score/Songs and
Score Producer - Alan Menken
Film Editors - Tom Finan and
Robert W. Hedland
Additional Editor - Ivan Bilancio
Associate Editors - John K. Carr
and Jeff Jones
Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer -
Gary Rydstrom
Supervising Sound Editor - Tim Holland
Re-Recording Mixers - Lora Hirschberg,
Tom Johnson, Michael Semanick and
Shawn Murphy
Foley Artists - Dennie Thorpe and Jana Vance
Executive Music Producer - Chris Montan


Awards

1998 Academy Awards
Best Music, Original Song "Go The Distance" -
Alan Menken & David Zippel (Nominated)


Review
While based on a legendary Greek tale, HERCULES was not the animated movie I would expect. It should have been dramatic and epic instead of comedic and filled with pop-cultural references and jazzy songs like "I Won't Say I'm In Love", "The Gospel Truth", and others. It was a shame that Disney butchered the original legend by making this version, which bears more than a passing resemblance to the storyline of Superman. Only James Woods's fiery voice performance as the villain Hades stands out from this ungodly trash.

HERCULES has got to be Disney's weakest animated movie. Further down the track, the producers could remake this movie and raise the benchmark by producing a more entertaining, excitement-filled motion picture.

Star rating: (2/5) Bad Movie

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Friday, June 1, 2012

Men in Black III Review









Men in Black III


Release Date: 24th May 2012 - Australia


Production Companies
Columbia Pictures (presents)
Amblin Entertainment (in association with)
Hemisphere Media Capital
Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ
Media Magik Entertainment
Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation

Distribution
Sony Pictures Australia


Genre: Sci-Fi/Comedy

Rating: M

Runtime: 106 minutes


Budget: $160,000,000

Box Office Gross: $624.026,776
(Worldwide)


Plot Summary
Agent J and Agent K are
assigned the task of
monitoring extra-terrestrial
activity on Earth. Things
get strange when J can't
find K, then finds out his
friend has been dead for
over 40 years. In an
attempt to save young
Agent K's life, Agent J
travels back in time to
1969 to stop his murder.


Cast
Will Smith - Agent J
Tommy Lee Jones - Agent K
Josh Brolin - Young Agent K
Jermaine Clement - Boris the
Animal
Emma Thompson - Agent O
Alice Eve - Young Agent O
Michael Stuhlberg - Griffin
Nicole Scherzinger - Lily
David Rasche - Agent X
Keone Young - Mr. Wu 
Bill Hader - Andy Warhol/
Agent W
Michael Chernus - Jeffrey Price
Lenny Venito - Bowling Ball Head
David Pittu - Roman the Fabulist
Lanny Flaherty - Obadiah Price
Mike Colter - The Colonel
Cayen Martin - Colonel's Son
Brad Adrell - Worm (Voice)
Tim Blaney - Worm (Voice)
Thom Fountain - Worm (Voice)
Carl J. Fountain - Worm (Voice)
Barry Sonnenfield - Husband Watching 
Launch (Cameo)
Justin Bieber - Alien on TV Monitors (Cameo) 
(Uncredited)
Lady Gaga - Alien on TV Monitors (Cameo) 
(Uncredited)
Tim Burton - Alien on TV Monitors (Cameo) 
(Uncredited)
Jade Pinkett Smith - Party Guest (Cameo) 
(Uncredited)
Tony Shalhoub - 1969 Newstand Vendor 
(Cameo) (Uncredited)
Howard Stern - 1969 Man in HQ (Cameo) 
(Uncredited)
Will Arnett - Agent AA (Cameo) (Uncredited)

Crew
Director - Barry Sonnenfeld
Based on Comic "The Men in Black" - 
Lowell Cunningham
Writer - Etan Cohen
Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager - 
G. Mac Brown
Executive Producer - Steven Spielberg
Producers - Laurie MacDonald
& Walter F. Parkes
Co-Producers - Joyce Cox & Riyoko Tanaka
Production Designer - Bo Welch
Alien Make-Up Effects - Rick Baker
Costume Designer - Mary E. Vogt
Cinematography - Bill Pope
Second Unit Director/Stunt Coordinator - Simon Crane
Special Effects Supervisor - Matt Hawker
Visual Effects Supervisors - Ken Ralston &
Jay Redd
Computer Graphics Supervisor: SPI - David Seager 
Animation Supervisor - Spencer Cook
Film Editors - Wayne Wahrman &
Don Zimmerman
Music - Danny Elfman


Review
Generally considered to be an improvement over its predecessor (click here), 'MEN IN BLACK III' did have an original concept as well as a original story which is something that the second movie has lacked. I gotta admit that everything works well in the movie, especially the humour, a noticeable cameo of Lady Gaga and the acting performance of Josh Brolin who is a perfect match for Tommy Lee Jones as he plays the young version of his character.

Like all improved sequels, 'MIB III' exceeds the expectations for those who have been disappointed at the last movie, but manages to return the film series after a hiatus and it's a feature that the fans don't want to miss.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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