Batman Review

Batman

Release Date: 30^th August 1989 – Australia

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures (presents)

The Guber-Peters Company

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (produced in association with)

Genre: Action

Rating: PG

Runtime: 126 minutes


Budget: $35,000,000

Box Office Gross: 
$411,556,825
(Worldwide)

Plot Summary
Gotham City: dark,
dangerous, 'protected'
only by a mostly corrupt
police department.

Despite the best effects
of D.A. Harvey Dent and
police commissioner Jim
Gordon, the city becomes
increasingly unsafe...until
a Dark Knight arises. We
all know criminals are a
superstitious, cowardly
lot...so his disguise must be
able to strike terror into
their hearts. He becomes a
bat. Enter Vicky Vale, a
prize-winning photo 

journalist who wants to 

uncover the secret of the 

mysterious "bat-man". And 

enter Jack Napier, one-

time enforcer for Boss 

Grissom, horrible 

disfigured after a fire-fight 

in a chemical factory...that, 

devoid of the last vestiges 

of sanity, seizes control of 

Gotham's underworld as 

the psychotic, 

unpredictable Clown 

Prince of Crime... the 

Joker. Gotham's only 

hope, it seems, lies in
this dark, brooding
vigilante. And just how
does billionaire playboy
Bruce Wayne fit into all of 

this? (Source - IMDb)

Cast

Michael Keaton – Bruce Wayne/Batman

Kim Basigner – Vicki Vale

Jack Nicholson – Jack Naiper/The Joker

Robert Wuhl – Alexander 

Knox

Pat Hingle – Commissioner 

Gordon

Billy Dee Williams – Harvey
Dent

Michael Gough – Alfred
Pennyworth

Jack Palance – Carl Grissom
Jerry Hall – Alicia Hunt
Tracey Walter – Bob the Goon
Lee Wallace – Mayor Borg
William Hootkins – Lt. Max Eckhardt
Hugo E. Blick – Young Jack 

Napier
Charles Roskilly – Young
Bruce Wayne
David Baxt – Thomas Wayne
Sharon Holm – Martha Wayne

Edwin Craig – Rotelli

John Dair – Ricorso

Christopher Fairbank – Nic

George Roth – Eddie

Kit Hollerbach – Becky

Steve Plytas – Doctor

Liza Ross – Mom

Garrick Hagon – Dad

Adrian Meyers – Jimmy

Crew

Director – Tim Burton

Based on Batman Characters/
Project Consultant – Bob Kane
Based on Batman Characters – Bill Finger
(Uncredited)
Characters: Alfred Pennyworth & The Joker –
Jerry Robinson (Uncredited)

Story/Writer – Sam Hamm

Writer – Warren Skaaren

Executive Producers – Benjamin Melniker
& Michael Uslan

Producers – Jon Peters & Peter Guber
Co-Producer – Chris Kenny
Casting Director – Marion Dougherty

Production Designer – Anton Furst
Supervising Art Director – Leslie Tomkins
Art Directors – Terry Ackland-Snow &
Nigel Phelps
Set Decorator – Peter Young

Costume Designer – Bob Ringwood

Make-up Designer: Joker – Nick Dudman

Director of Photography – Roger Pratt

Second Unit Director/Camera Operator:
Second Unit – Peter MacDonald

Stunt Coordinator – Eddie Stacey

Special Effects Supervisor – John Evans

Special Visual Effects – Derek Meddings 

Art Director: Visual Effects Unit – Peter Chiang

Visual Effects Photographer: Visual Effects Unit –
Paul Wilson

Film Editor – Ray Lovejoy

Music – Danny Elfman

Songs – Prince


Awards

1990 Academy Awards
Best Art Direction – Anton Furst & Peter Young (Won)

Review

Not as perfect as the latest movie 'The Dark Knight', 'BATMAN' was a good superhero movie. Although the acting performances of Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson were good, but I think Christian Bale does a better portrayal of Batman and the late Heath Ledger's portrayal of the Joker in my opinion. I'm well impressed with the set design of Gotham City which looks like the city from out of Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis'. The direction by Tim Burton was outstanding with the memorable score by Danny Elfman and songs by the famed artist Prince. Unfortunately, a few meddling plot points ruin the flow of the storyline.

Comparatively with the Christopher Nolan reboot, the original movie of the franchise has a more magical fantasy feeling to it, which is a result of Burton's influence as this is the genre he most commonly works with.

This film started the original Batman quadrilogy, followed by 'Batman Returns', then to Joel Schumacher's last two instalments 'Batman Forever' and the infamous 'Batman & Robin'.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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Cowboys & Aliens Review

Cowboys & Aliens

Release Date: 18th August 2011 - Australia

Production Companies
Universal Pictures (presents)
DreamWorks SKG (presents)
Reliance Entertainment (presents)
Relativity Media (in association

with)
Imagine Entertainment
K/O Paper Products
Fairview Entertainment
Platinum Studios

Distribution

Universal Pictures Australia


Genre: Sci-Fi/Western

Rating: M

Runtime: 118 minutes


Budget: $163,000,000

Box Office Gross: $174,822,325 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
In the Old West, a stranger named Jake Lonergan wakes up without memory; his only clue is a mysterious shackle on his wrist. He wanders into a town called Absolution, which lives in fear. His days get more interesting when beings from another world attack this desert city. These creatures have begun abducting some townsfolk, and now these residents turn to the person they once rejected as he is their only hope for salvation.

Jake starts to remember

who he is and how he

got here. He discovers

more to his secret,

which he finds handy

to fend off these

marauders from outer

space. He's assembled

a posse of townsfolk

and former enemies,

including a shifty

traveller, Ella, the ruthless

Colonel Dolarhyde and

his boys, outlaws and

natives. They unite against

an uncommon foe,

leading to an epic

showdown for survival.

Cast
Daniel Craig - Jake Lonergan
Harrison Ford - Colonel
Woodrow Dolarhyde
Olivia Wilde - Ella Swenson
Sam Rockwell - Doc
Paul Dano - Percy Dolarhyde
Clancy Brown - Meacham
Keith Carradine - Sheriff John Taggart
Noah Ringer - Emmett Taggart
Adam Beach - Nat Colorado
Abigail Spencer - Alice
Ana de la Reguera - Maria
Walton Goggins - Hunt
Julio Cedillo - Bronc
David O'Hara - Pat Dolan
Raoul Trujillo - Black Knife
Toby Huss - Roy Murphy
Brendan Wayne - Charlie Lyle

Crew
Executive Producer/Director - Jon Favreau
Based on the Platinum

Studios Comic Book/Producer - Scott Mitchell Rosenberg
Screen Story - Steve Oedekerk
Screen Story/Screenplay - Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby
Screenplay/Producers - Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof

Executive Producers - Steven Spielberg, Bobby Cohen, Randy Greenberg and Ryan Kavanaugh

Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager - Denis L. Stewart

Producers - Johnny Dodge,

Brian Grazer and Ron Howard
Co-Producers - Daniel Forcey,

Karen Gilchrist and Chris Wade

Co-Producer/First Assistant Director -

K.C. Hodenfield
Casting Director - Sarah Finn

Historical Consultant - Paul Hatton
Production Designer - Scott Chambliss

Concept Artists - James Clyne,

Phil Saunders and Chris Ross

Illustrators - Ryan Meindering,

Andrea Dopaso and Rick Bueon
Supervising Art Director - Christopher Burian-Mohr
Art Directors - Daniel T. Dorrance
and Lauren E. Polizzi
Lead Alien Character Designers: Legacy Effects -
Ian Joyner and Scott Patton

Construction Coordinator - Chris Snyder

Set Decorator - Karen Manthey

Property Master - Russell Bobbitt
Costume Designer - Mary Zophres

Makeup Department Head - Jane Galli

Director of Photography - Matthew Libatique

Director of Photography: Second Unit - Paul Hughen

Aerial Director of Photography - David B. Nowell

Unit Production Manager - Basil Grillo

Second Assistant Director - Chris Castaldi
Second Unit Director/Visual Effects Supervisor:

ILM - Roger Guyett
Second Unit Director - Terry Leonard
Stunt Coordinator - Thomas Robinson Harper

Second Unit Stunt Coordinator - Freddie Hice
Special Effects Supervisor - Daniel Sudick

Project Supervisor/Puppeteer: Legacy Effects -
Shane Mahan

Project Supervisor: Legacy Effects -

Lindsay MacGowan

Creative Coordinator: Legacy Effects - Christopher Swift

Ships & Torture Tables Effects Department

Head: Legacy Effects - David Merritt

Legacy Effects Coordinators - John Rosengrant

and Alan Scott

Co-Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM -
Eddie Pasquarello

Visual Effects Producer - Kimberly Nelson LoCascio

Visual Effects Producers: ILM - Peter Nicolai

and Stephanie Hornish

Visual Effects Executive Producer: ILM -

Jill Brooks

Digital Production Supervisor - Michael Di Como
Visual Effects Art Director - Christian Alzmann

Creature Supervisor - Karin Cooper
Animation Supervisor: ILM - Marc Chu
CG Supervisors: ILM - Robert Weaver
and Daniel Pearson

CG Sequence Supervisors: ILM - Chase Cooper,

Leandro Estebecorena, Tom Fejes, Jeff Grebe,

Gerald Gutschmidt, Erich Ippen,

Francois Lambert, Tory Mercer, Mark Nettleton,

Gregory Salter, Stefano Trivelli and Lee Uren

Digital Model Supervisors: ILM - Paul Giacoppo

and Bruce Holcomb

Roto and Paint Supervisor: ILM - Beth D'Amato

Viewpaint Supervisors: ILM - Martin Murphy

and Ron Woodall

Digital Matte Supervisor: ILM - Barry Williams

Pre-Visualisation/Post-Visualisation Supervisor:

Halon - Daniel D. Gregoire
Film Editors - Dan Lebental and Jim May

Supervising Sound Editor - Frank E. Eulner

Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer -
Christopher Boyes
Sound Designer - David Farmer

Production Sound Mixer - Mark Ulano

Sound Effects Editors - J.R. Grubbs and

Scott Guitteau

Re-Recording Mixer - Lora Hirschberg

Foley Artists - Jana Vance and Dennie Thorpe

Foley Mixer - Frank Rinella
Music - Harry Gregson-Williams

Review
COWBOYS & ALIENS was a semi-decent action-packed movie that was a bit scary and blended science fiction and Western, which seemed so weird. It's a non-stop action thrill ride with many thanks to Jon Favreau for his terrific direction. I liked that Favreau refused to convert this feature into the 3D screens when he opted for 2D instead. The film has the incredible acting of Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde. These two famed actors, Ford and Craig, have paired themselves in a duet on a fascinating story about cowboys defending their world from a race of evil aliens.

This genre blend of a feature leaves the fans waiting for the excitement to see who will win the battle between cowboys and aliens. It suits people who have seen Westerns but are passionate about sci-fi films. So, which side are you on now?

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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Green Lantern Review

Green Lantern

Release Date: 4th August 2011 - Australia


Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures (presents)
De Line Pictures
DC Entertainment

Distribution
Roadshow Films


Genre: Sci-Fi/Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 114 minutes

Budget: $200,000,000

Box Office Gross: $219,851,172 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary
Hal Jordan is a talented but reckless test pilot who becomes the first human recruited into the brotherhood of intergalactic peacekeepers known as the Green Lantern Corps. Unfortunately for Hal, the Green Lanterns have no respect for humans as they have never seen a being so primitive that could wield the infinite powers of the ring before. The ring grants him superpowers. Hal has determination and willpower and has the one thing no Green Lantern has ever had: humanity. Hal has to master his newfound powers with the support of fellow pilot/childhood sweetheart Carol Ferris. He must defend his homeworld of Earth from an evil being

called Parallax, who is

intent on upsetting the

balance of power in the

universe as the fate of Earth

and humanity are both at

stake!

Cast
Ryan Reynolds - Hal Jordan
Blake Lively - Carol Ferris
Peter Sarsgaard - Dr. Hector Hammond
Mark Strong - Thaal Sinestro
Angela Bassett - Dr. Amanda Waller
Tim Robbins - Robert Hammond
Temuera Morrison - Abin Sur
Taika Waititi - Thomas Kalmaku
Geoffrey Rush - Tomar-Re (Voice)
Michael Clarke Duncan - Kilowog (Voice)
Clancy Brown - Parallax (Voice)
Jay O. Sanders - Carl Ferris
Mike Doyle - Jack Jordan
Nick Jandl - Jim Jordan
Leanne Cochran - Janice Jordan
Dylan James - Jason Jordan
John Tenney - John Jordan

Gattlin Griffith - Young Hal
Jenna Craig - Young Carol
Marcela Duarte Fonseca - Beautiful Girl
Jeff Wolfe - Bob Banks
Warren Burton - First Guardian
Salome Jems - Female Guardian

Crew
Director - Martin Campbell
Creators: "Green Lantern" Characters - John Broome

and Gil Kane (Uncredited)

Screen Story/Screenplay/Producer -
Greg Berlanti
Screen Story/Screenplay - Michael Green
and Marc Guggenheim
Screenplay - Michael Goldenberg

Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager - Herbert W. Gains
Executive Producer - Andrew Haas
Producer - Donald De Line
Co-Producers - Geoff Johns and Lucienne Papon
Production Designer - Grant Major

Illustrators - Rodolfo Damaggio,

Seth Engstrom, Fabian Lacey, Michele Moen,

Paul Ozzino, Justin Sweet, Chris Ross

and Alexander Laurant

Supervising Art Director - François Audouy
Art Directors - Iain McFayden,
Scott Plauche, Andrew L. Jones and

Carl Horner (Uncredited)
Creature Design - Neville Page,

Tully Summers and Aaron Sims
Set Decorator - Anne Kuljian

Property Master - Drew Petrotta
Costume Designer - Ngila Dickson

Assistant Costume Designers - Libby Dempster

and Carlos Rosario

Special Effects Makeup Supervisors -

Richie Alonzo and David Dupuis

Special Effects Makeup Department Head -

Joel Harlow
Director of Photography - Dion Beebe

Aerial Directors of Photography: Second Unit -

David B. Nowell and Phil Pastuhov

Director of Photography/"A" Camera Operator:

Second Unit - Brad Shield

Supervising Location Manager - William Doyle

First Assistant Director - Bruce Moriarty

First Assistant Director: Second Unit - Julian Wall

Additional First Assistant Director: Second Unit -

Michael Viglietta
Second Unit Director - John Mahaffie
Stunt Coordinator - Gary Powell
Special Effects Supervisor - Clay Pinney
Visual Effects Supervisor - John 'D.J.' Des Jardin

Visual Effects Supervisor: Peerless -

Kent Houston

Additional Visual Effects Supervisor -

Gregory L. McMurry

Visual Effects Producer - Alex Bicknell

Visual Effects Producer: SPI - Crys Forsyth-Smith

Digital Effects Supervisors: SPI -

David Alexander Smith and Peter M. Nofz

Previsualisation: Pixel Liberation Front -

Kyle Robinson, Duane Floch,

Raffael Dickeuter, Michael Graweri,

Diana Velasquez, Manitoba Mizobuchi,

Simon Halpern, Faris Hermiz and

Andrew Swihart

Animation Supervisor: SPI - David Schaub

CG Supervisors: SPI - Theo Bialek,

Ryan Laney, David Seager, Terrance Tornberg,

Craig Wentworth and Robert Winter

Supervisors: SPI - Francisco De Jesus,

JD Cowles, Benjamin Hendricks,

Stephen Marshal and Gomathi Ramalingam

Editor - Stuart Baird

Additional Editor - Christopher Rouse

Supervising Sound Editors - Karen Baker Landers

and Per Hallberg

Sound Designers - Christopher Assels,

Harry Cohen, Dino Dimuro,

Scott Martin Gershin, Peter Staubli

and Shannon Mills (Uncredited)

Re-Recording Mixers - Rick Kline,

John T. Reitz and Gregg Rudloff

Additional Re-Recording Mixers - Michael Keller

and Mike Prestwood Smith
Music - James Newton Howard

Ambient Music Design - Mel Wesson

Score Recordist and Mixer - Shawn Murphy


Review
GREEN LANTERN is a superhero picture that retells the story based on the original DC comic series. This movie is loaded with comedy and action sequences and got complimented by the talented acting of Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan. Unfortunately, it got brought down by mild setbacks such as a cliched plot and overproduced computer-generated visuals, especially the suit that looks fake. Director Martin Campbell has never done a big-budgeted visual spectacle like this, and he deserves better than the mediocre script and visuals.

It is a good movie despite its shortcomings. It is left suggesting a possibility for a second instalment.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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Jurassic Park Review

Jurassic Park

Release Date: 2nd September 1993 - Australia

Production Companies
Universal Pictures (presents)
Amblin Entertainment

Distribution
Universal Pictures Australia

Genre: Sci-Fi

Rating: PG

Runtime: 127 minutes


Budget: $63,000,000

Box Office Gross: $1,058,454,230 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

A wealthy entrepreneur named John Hammond secretly builds a theme park on an island with living dinosaurs that got cloned straight out of their prehistoric DNA. Before unveiling the attraction, he invites a paleontologist, a botanist, and a mathematician with his two grandkids to visit the park and help calm the investors. However, just as their park experience is seemingly going pleasant, its security system gets shut down by a disgruntled employee, releasing the dinosaurs from their cages and allowing them to hunt down the tourists. Can they survive and escape Jurassic Park without getting eaten?

Cast

Sam Neill - Dr. Alan Grant
Laura Dern - Dr. Ellie Sattler
Jeff Goldblum - Dr. Ian Malcolm
Richard Attenborough - John Hammond
Ariana Richards - Lex Murphy
Joseph Mazzello - Tim Murphy
Wayne Knight - Dennis Nedry
Bob Peck - Robert Muldoon
Martin Ferrero - Donald Gennaro
Samuel L. Jackson - Ray Arnold
BD Wong - Dr. Henry Wu

Gerald R. Molen - Dr. Harding

(Cameo)

Miguel Sandoval - Juanito

Rostagno
Cameron Thor - Lewis Dodgson

Christopher John Fields - Volunteer #1

Whit Hertford - Volunteer Boy

Dean Cundey - Mate

Jophery C. Brown - Worker in Raptor Pen

Tom Mishler - Helicopter Pilot

Greg Burson - Mr. D.N.A. (Voice)

Adrian Escober - Worker at Amber Mine

Richard Kiley - Jurassic Park Tour Voice (Voice)

Crew
Director - Steven Spielberg
Based on the Novel/

Screenplay - Michael Crichton
Screenplay - David Koepp

Script Supervisor - Ana Maria Quintana

Associate Producers - Lata Ryan and Colin Wilson
Producers - Kathleen Kennedy and

Gerald R. Molen

Consultant: Paleontology - Jack Horner

Casting Directors - Janet Hirshenson

and Jane Jenkins

Animal Trainer - Jules Sylvester
Production Designer - Rick Carter

Concept Artist: Stan Winston Studio/Puppeteer -

Mark 'Crash' McCreery

Illustrators - Tom Cranham

and David Lowery

Art Directors - John Bell and

William James Teegarden

Set Decorator - Jackie Carr

Property Master - Jerry Moss

Makeup Supervisor - Christina Smith
Director of Photography - Dean Cundey

Additional Photographer - Lloyd Ahern II

Camera Operator - Raymond Stella

Unit Production Manager - Paul Deason

Second Assistant Director - Michele Panelli-Venetis
Second Unit Director (Uncredited)/Stunt

Coordinator - Gary Hymes

Aerial Unit Director - David B. Nowell

Live-Action Dinosaurs - Stan Winston

Special Dinosaur Effects - Michael Lantieri

Art Department Coordinators: Stan Winston

Studio/Puppeteers - Shane Mahan and

John Rosengrant

Mechanical Designers: Stan Winston Studio/

Puppeteers - Evan Brainard, Jon Dawe,

Jeff Edwards, Rick Galinson, Richard Haugen,

Frank Charles Lutkus III, Tim Nordella,

J. Alan Scott, Patrick Shearn and Alfred Sousa

Mechanical Department Coordinators: Stan

Winston Studio/Puppeteers - Richard J. Landon

and Craig Caton

Dinosaur Supervisor - Phil Tippett

Full Motion Dinosaurs/Visual Effects Supervisor:

ILM (Uncredited) - Dennis Muren
Co-Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM - Mark A.Z. Dippé
Visual Effects Producer: ILM - Janet Healy

Visual Effects Art Director: ILM - TyRuben Ellingson
Lead Computer Graphics Supervisor: ILM -

Stefen Fangmeier

Computer Graphics Supervisors: ILM -

Alex Seiden and George Murphy

CG Department Operations Manager: ILM -

John Andrew Berton

General Manager: ILM - Jim Morris

Computer Graphics Animators: ILM -

Eric Armstrong, James Straus,

Steve 'Spaz' Williams, Geoff Campbell,

Stephen L. Price and Don Waller

Computer Graphics Camera Matchmovers: ILM -

Patrick T. Myers and Charlie Clavadetscher

Plate Producer: ILM - Mark S. Miller

Additional Plate Photographer - Scott Farrar
Senior Animator: Tippett Studio - Randal M. Dutra

Animator: Tippett Studio - Tom St. Amand

Computer Systems: Tippett Studio - Adam Valdez

Computer Interface Engineer: Tippett Studio -

Craig Hayes

Engineers: Tippett Studio - Nicholas Blake,

Bart Trickel, Conrad Bonderson, Stuart Ziff

and Gary Platek

Animatics: Tippett Studio - Eric Swenson,

Mike Bienstock, Kim Blanchette and

Peter Konig

Chief Model Makers: ILM - Barbara Affonso,

Steve Gawley, Ira Keeler, Lorne Peterson and

Christopher Reed
Movement Designer: 'Mr D.N.A.' Animation -

Bob Kurtz
Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer -

Gary Rydstrom

Assistant Sound Designer/Foley Recordist -

Christopher Boyes

Supervising Sound Editor - Richard Hymns

Sound Effects Editors - Teresa Eckton,

Ken Fischer and Tim Holland

Sound Mixer - Ron Judkins

Re-Recording/Music Scoring Mixer -

Shawn Murphy

Re-Recording Mixer - Gary Summers

Foley Artists - Marnie Moore and

Dennie Thorpe

Film Editor - Michael Kahn
Music - John Williams

Music Editor - Kenneth Wannberg


Awards

1994 Academy Awards
Best Sound Effects - Gary Rydstrom,

Gary Summers, Shawn Murphy and Ron Judkins (Won)

Best Sound Editing - Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns (Won)

Best Visual Effects - Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett,

Michael Lantieri and Stan Winston (Won)

Review

JURASSIC PARK is a dino-sized blockbuster by director Steven Spielberg. The first and possibly best movie in the series, JURASSIC PARK, has a brilliant storyline set in a theme park where live dinosaurs roam free. What drew me to the film was JURASSIC PARK's frighteningly realistic scenes. I was on the edge of my seat, wondering whether the characters would survive or become dinosaurs' dinners.

The feature has its most terrifying scenes involving the Raptors and outstanding acting performances, such as Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum. Best of all, it has computer-generated effects by Industrial Light & Magic. Those visuals bring back the extinct prehistoric creatures to life, including the fiercest of them all, the Tyrannosaurus Rex. I liked the scene involving the lawyer where. Oops, he has a slight accident. John Williams's memorable music score adds to the whole experience of this sci-fi adventure.

JURASSIC PARK was a terrific groundbreaking film and is my third favourite Spielberg movie, with Raiders of the Lost Ark going into second place and Jaws first. It's a definite must-see.

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes Review

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Release Date: 4th August 2011 - Australia

Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Chermin Entertainment
Dune Entertainment
Big Screen Productions
Ingenious Film Partners

Distribution
20th Century Fox Australia

Genre: Sci-Fi

Rating: M

Runtime: 105 minutes


Budget: $93,000,000

Box Office Gross: $481,800,873 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary
A scientist named Will Rodman is on the verge of a medical breakthrough when experimenting with a drug he hopes will cure his father's Alzheimer's disease. Will becomes a guardian to an infant chimp named Caesar, exposed in utero to Will's drug. However, as Caesar's intelligence and emotions increase, he comes to challenge man's dominance over Earth, and thus the ape uprising begins.

Cast

The Humans
James Franco - Will Rodman
Freida Pinto - Caroline Aranha
John Lithgow - Charles Rodman
Brian Cox - John Landon
Tom Felton - Dodge Landon
David Oyelowo - Steven Jacobs
Tyler Labine - Robert Franklin
Jamie Harris - Rodney - Shelter Assistant
Ty Olsson - Chief John Hamil
David Hewlett - Hunsiker
Joey Roche - Todd Hunsiker
Madison Bell - Alice Hunsiker
Makena Joy - Alice Hunsiker (Teen)
Jesse Reid - Donnie Thompson
Chelah Horsdal - Irena - Charles's Nurse
Mattie Hawkinson - Linda - Lab Tech

The Apes
Andy Serkis - Caesar

Karin Konoval - Maurice

Terry Notary - Rocket/Bright

Eyes

Richard Ridings - Buck

Christopher Gordon - Koba
Devyn Dalton - Cornelia

Crew

Director - Rupert Wyatt
Based on the Novel "La Planète des Singes" -

Pierre Boulle (Uncredited)
Writers/Producers - Rick Jaffa

and Amanda Silver

Script Supervisors - Jessica Clothier

and Andrea Devaux
Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager -
Thomas M. Hammel
Producers - Peter Chermin and
Dylan Clark
Co-Producers - Mike Larocca and

Kurt Williams

Casting Director - Debra Zane
Production Designer - Claude Paré

Character Designers: The Aaron Sims Company -

Ceco Georgiev, Kazu Hiro, Diego Maia,

Alexander Mandradjiev, Jerad Marantz,

Steffen Reichstadt and Aaron Sims
Supervising Art Director - Helen Jarvis

Art Directors - Dan Hermansen

and Grant Van Der Slagt
Set Decorator - Elizabeth Wilcox
Costume Designer - Renee April

Head Hair Stylist - Sherry Linder-Gygli

Makeup Effects: WCT Productions -

Bill Terezakis

Director of Photography - Andrew Lesnie

Aerial Director of Photography: San Francisco/

Director of Photography: Golden Gate Unit -

Larry Blanford

Second Assistant Camera: Golden Gate Unit -

Gary Hawes

First Assistant Director: Second Unit -

James Bitonti

Second Unit Director - Brian Smrz

Second Unit Director/Director of Photography:

Second Unit - Mark Vargo

Stunt Coordinator/Movement Choreographer

(Uncredited) - Terry Notary
Stunt Coordinator - Mike Mitchell

Aerial Coordinator: Golden Gate Unit - Frédéric North
Special Effects Coordinator - Tony Lazarowich
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor - Joe Letteri
Visual Effects Supervisor - Dan Lemmon
Visual Effects Supervisors: Weta Digital -

Erik Winquist and R. Christopher White

Visual Effects Producer: Weta Digital - Cyndi Ochs

Executive Producer: Weta Digital - Eileen Moran

Digital Effects Supervisors: Weta Digital -

Thelvin Cabezas, Jeff Capogreco,

Mike Perry and Thrain Shadbolt

Animation Supervisors: Weta Digital -

Daniel Barrett and Eric Reynolds

Motion Capture Supervisor: Weta Digital -

Dejan Momcilovic

Digital Creatures Supervisor: Weta Digital -
Simon Clutterbuck

Creatures Supervisor: Weta Digital - Matthew Muntean

Textures Supervisor: Weta Digital - Gino Acevedo

Massive Supervisor: Weta Digital - Jon Allitt

Film Editors - Conrad Buff V and
Mark Goldblatt

Supervising Sound Editor - John A. Larsen

Supervising Sound Editor and Sound

Designer/Additional Re-Recording Mixer -

Chuck Michael

Re-Recording Mixers - Ron Bartlett

and Doug Hemphill

Additional Re-Recording Mixer - James Bolt

Foley Walkers - Alicia Stevenson and

Dawn Fintor
Music - Patrick Doyle

Score Recordist - Alan Meyerson

Review
An exciting prequel/reboot of the franchise, RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, delivers a story that moviegoers will appreciate and long live to remember. It's been a long time since we've seen a Planet of the Apes movie since Tim Burton's 2001 remake, and now they finally brought back the world where apes are the inheritors and oppressors. Not only does this film contain many scenes of full-throttle action, but it has motion capture technology. It conveys the portrayal of the crazy apes resulting from the experimentation undertaken by Caesar.

Andy Serkis was the perfect actor to take on the role of the Simian leader. He had done the same way he did with Gollum in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Remarkably, what Serkis does to Caesar is true to what apes do in their movements and expressions. It is also a career-defining choice for Tom Felton as he moves from being Draco in the recently ended Harry Potter series as one of the humans into the first and new movie of Planet of the Apes.

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES was good, but it's a fantastic movie and is left open for a sequel that keeps them waiting in the future. This film is a must-see for Apes fans.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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Bambi Review

Bambi


Release Date: 15th April 1943 - Australia


Production Companies
Walt Disney Productions

Distribution
Walt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures Australia


Genre: Animation/Family

Rating: G

Runtime: 70 minutes


Budget: $858,000

Box Office Gross: $267,447,150
(Worldwide)


Plot Summary
He's the "Young Prince of
the Forest," but wobbly
newborn fawn Bambi can
barely stand on his own legs.
Over the course of a year,
under the guidance of his
mother and with some help
from pals Thumper and
Flower, he grows into a
noble and courageous stag?
but along the way he is
tested by fire, fear, and loss.
It takes strength and bravery
to survive and to take his
place alongside his father,
the Great Prince of the Forest.


Voice Cast (Uncredited)
Bobby Stewart - Baby Bambi
Donnie Dunagan - Young Bambi
Hardie Albright - Adolescent Bambi
John Sutherland - Adult Bambi
Paula Winslowe - Bambi's Mother & the Pheasant
Peter Behn - Young Thumper
Tim Davis - Adolescent Thumper & Adolescent Flower
Sam Edwards - Adult Thumper
Stan Alexander - Young Flower
Sterling Holloway - Adult Flower
Will Wright - Friend Owl
Cammie King - Young Faline
Ann Gillis - Adult Faline
Fred Shields - Great Prince of the Forest

Crew
Supervising Director - David Hand
Sequence Directors - James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Graham Heid, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield & Norman Wright
Based on Novel - Felix Salten
Story Direction - Perce Pearce
Story Adaptation - Larry Morey
Story Development - Vernon Stallings, Mel Shaw, Carl Fallberg, Chuck Couch & Ralph Wright
Producer - Walt Disney (Uncredited)
Songs - Frank Churchill
Conceptual Designer (Uncredited)/Backgrounds - Tyrus Wong
Supervising Animators - Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas, Eric Larson & Milt Kahl

Film Editor - Thomas Scott (Uncredited)
Music - Edward H. Plumb


Awards

1943 Academy Awards
Best Sound, Recording - C.O. Slyfield (Nominated)
Best Music, Original Song
"Love is a Song" - Frank Churchill (posthumously) & Larry Moley (Nominated)
Best Music, Original Score - Frank Churchill (posthumously)
& Edward H. Plumb (Nominated)


Review
'BAMBI' is a funny and emotional classic movie that has a great story and the animation has realism. It has the saddest but traumatic moment where Bambi's mother gets killed by the hunter, I feel sorry for the poor little deer. 'BAMBI' was Walt Disney's favourite movie that he has ever made and is the inspiration for 'The Lion King' which is another movie made by Disney. It is an enjoyable film for the whole family.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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Captain America: The First Avenger Review

Captain America: The First Avenger

Release Date: 28th July 2011 - Australia

Production Companies
Paramount Pictures (presents)
Marvel Entertainment (presents)
Marvel Studios

Genre: Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 124 minutes


Budget: $140,000,000

Box Office Gross: $370,569,774 (Worldwide)

 

Plot Summary
Steve Rogers suffered medical problems all his life, which repeatedly prevented him from military service in World War II. As a result, Steve becomes a willing participant in a top-secret experiment that gives him enhanced abilities of speed and strength and turns him into the patriotic superhero Captain America.

Cast
Chris Evans - Steve Rogers/Captain America

Hayley Atwell - Peggy Carter
Hugo Weaving - Johann
Schmidt/Red Skull
Sebastian Stan - Sgt.

James "Bucky" Barnes

Tommy Lee Jones - Col.
Chester Phillips
Dominic Cooper - Howard Stark
Neal McDonough - Timothy
"Dum Dum" Dugan
Derek Luke - Gabe Jones
Stanley Tucci - Dr. Abraham
Erskine
Kenneth Choi - Jim Morita
Bruno Ricci - Jacques Dernier
J.J. Feild - James Montgomery
Falsworth
Richard Armitage - Heinz Kruger
Lex Shrapnel - Gilmore Hodge
Michael Brandon - Senator Brandt
Natalie Dormer - Pvt. Lorraine
Jenna Coleman - Connie
Sophie Colquhoun - Bonnie
Anatole Taubman - Roeder
Jan Pohl - Hutter
Erich Redman - Schneider
Samuel L. Jackson - Nick Fury

David Bradley - Church Keeper

Laura Haddock - Autograph Seeker
Stan Lee - General (Cameo)

(Uncredited)

Crew

Executive Producer/Director -
Joe Johnston
Based on the Marvel Comics -

Joe Simon and Jack Kirby
Screenplay - Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely

Associate Producer/

First Assistant Director - Richard Whelan
Executive Producers - Alan
Fine, Nigel Gostelow, Stan Lee and David Maisel
Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager - Louis D'Esposito
Producers - Kevin Feige and Amir Madani

Co-Producers - Victoria Alonso

and Stephen Broussard

Casting Directors - Sarah Finn,

Randi Hiller and Priscilla John

Military Advisor - Billy Budd
Production Designer - Rick Heinrichs

Visual Development Supervisor/Suit

Developer: Captain America - Ryan Meinerding

Visual Development Supervisor - Charlie Wen

Concept/Visual Development Illustrator - Andy Park

Concept Artists - Dan Walker, Paul Catling,

Andrew Williamson and Adam Brockbank

Supervising Art Directors - John Dexter,
Chris Lowe and Andy Nicholson

Art Directors - Dean Clegg, Phil Harvey,

Paul Kirby, Jason Knox-Johnston and Phil Sims
Lead Vehicle Designer - Daniel Simon
Set Decorator - John Bush

Property Master - Barry Gibbs
Costume Designer - Anna B. Sheppard

Costume Special Effects Supervisor -

Graham Churchyard

Hair and Makeup Designer - Lisa Westcott

Prosthetics Designer - David White
Director of Photography - Shelly Johnson

"A" Camera Operator - Des Whelan

Camera Operators: Second Unit - Peter Field

and Tim Wooster

Chief Pilot: Second Unit - Marc Wolff

Production Managers - Sam Breckman,

Suzie F. Wiesmann and Brian West (Uncredited)

Unit Production Manager - Stratton Leopold

First Assistant Director: Second Unit -

Terry Madden

Supervising Location Manager - Emma Pill

Location Managers - Tom Crooke and Ali James

and Jason Roberts

Location Unit Manager - Duncan Broadfoot

Second Assistant Director - Samar Pollitt

Second Unit Director/Director of Photography

(Uncredited) - Jonathan Taylor

Aerial Coordinator: Second Unit -

Mike Woodley

Stunt Coordinator - Steve Dent

Additional Stunt Coordinator - Rob Inch

Fight Coordinator - C.C. Smiff

Fight Coordinator: Los Angeles - Marcus Young

Diving Safety Supervisor - Dave Shaw

Special Effects Supervisor - Paul Corbould

Senior Special Effects Floor Supervisor -

Ian Corbould
Visual Effects Supervisor - Christopher Townsend

Visual Effects Supervisors: Look VFX -

Anthony 'Max' Ivins and Dan Schrecker

Visual Effects Supervisor: Fuel VFX -

Dave Morley

Visual Effects Supervisor: Double Negative -

Charlie Noble

Visual Effects Supervisor: Lola VFX -

Edson Williams

Visual Effects Supervisor: Framestore -

Jonathan Fawkner

Visual Effects Supervisor/Producer: Whiskytree -

Jonathan Harb
Additional Visual Effects Supervisors -

Stephane Ceretti and Kathy Siegel

Visual Effects Producer: Look FX -

Melinka Thompson-Godoy

CG Supervisors - Thomas Baber and Douglas Bloom

3D Supervisor: Double Negative - Pete Bebb

2D Supervisor: Double Negative - Andrew Lockley

CG Sequence Supervisors: Double Negative -

James Benson, Vanessa Gratton, Phil Johnson,

Maxx Wai In Leong, Dan Neal, Alison Wortman,

Jordan Kirk and Rebecca Waters

2D Technical Supervisor: Lola VFX - Greg Strause

3D Technical Supervisor: Lola VFX - Colin Strause

Rigging: Framestore - Laurie Brugger and Nico Scapel

Compositing Sequence Supervisors: Double

Negative - Astrid Busser-Casas,

Michael Bruce Ellis, Pete Jopling,

George Zwier, Graham Page, Gruff Owen,

Iain Simpson, Milos Milosevic, Scott Pritchard,

Kim Jobin and Trevor Young

Editors - Robert Dalva and Jeffrey Ford

Additional Editors - Michael McCusker

and Peter Elliot

Supervising Sound Editor - Howell Gibbens

Sound Designers - Stephen Hunter Flick,

Jason W. Jennings, Shannon Mills and

Daniel Pagan

Sound Effects Editors - David Barnaby,

Jon Johnson, Suhail Kafity and Albert Gasser

Re-Recording Mixers - Scott Millan

and David Parker

Additional Re-Recording Mixers - Beau Borders

and Gary C. Bourgeois
Music - Alan Silvestri

Music Supervisor - Dave Jordan

Supervising Music Editor - Joe E. Rand

Music/Producer: "Star Spangled Man" -

Alan Menken

Lyrics: "Star Spangled Man" - David Zippel

Review

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER was a brilliant film loaded with action-packed excitement for fans of the Marvel comic books. The movie takes place in World War II, which gives a distinctive retro feel. It was all the work of director Joe Johnston, who had previously helmed another superhero movie, The Rocketeer, set in a similar era. Johnston has cleverly concocted a storyline that mixes the right ingredients of old-school action and adventure.

The 3D aspect of this film complimented the visual effects of the movie. The acting performances were outstanding, Chris Evans especially, who endured arduous physical training for Captain America. Hugo Weaving and Hayley Atwell have also done well in their roles.

It is a privilege to see a superhero feature so finely crafted. If anyone is a fan of Marvel and superhero movies, this movie is worth watching and for you to comment on my review site.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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