Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Review

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol


Release Date: 15th December 2011 - Australia


Production Companies
Paramount Pictures (presents)
Skydance Productions (presents)
Bad Robot Productions
TC Productions

Distribution
Paramount Pictures Australia


Genre: Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 133 minutes


Budget: $145,000,000

Box Office Gross: $694,713,380 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
After the IMF gets wrongly accused of bombing the Kremlin, the President invokes Ghost Protocol, thus shutting down the organisation. It results in Ethan Hunt and his new team going rogue to clear its name.


Cast
Tom Cruise - Ethan Hunt
Jeremy Renner - William Brandt
Simon Pegg - Benji Dunn
Paula Patton - Jane Carter
Michael Nyqvist - Kurt Hendricks
Vladimir Mashkov - Anatoly Sidorov
Samuli Edelmann - Wistrom
Ivan Shvedoff - Leonid Lisenker
Anil Kapoor - Brij Nath
Josh Holloway - Trevor Hanaway
Lea Seydoux - Sabine Moreau
Pavel Kriz - Marek Stefanski
Miraj Grbic - Bogdan
Illa Volok - The Fog
Tom Wilkinson - The IMF
Secretary (Uncredited)
Ving Rhames - Luther Strickell
(Cameo) (Uncredited)
Michelle Monaghan - Julia
Mead (Cameo) (Uncredited)

Crew
Director - Brad Bird
Based on the Television Series - Bruce Geller
Based on Characters - Steven Zaillian and David Koepp (Uncredited)
Writers/Co-Producers - Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec
Associate Producer - Ben Rosenblatt
Executive Producers - Jeffrey Chernov, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Paul Schwake
Producers - J.J. Abrams,
Bryan Burk and Tom Cruise
Co-Producer/Unit Production Manager -

Tommy Harper
Co-Producer/Visual Effects Producer -

Tom C. Peitzman

Casting Directors - April Webster

and Alyssa Weinberg
Production Designer - Jim Bissell

Illustrator: Prague - Tim Flattery
Supervising Art Director - Helen Jarvis

Supervising Art Director: Prague -

Christa Munro

Art Directors - Michael Diner and

Grant Van Der Slagt

Art Director: Prague - Martin Vackar

Art Director: Dubai - Michael Turner

Storyboard Artist/Additional Second Unit

Director - Jeffrey Lynch

Set Decorators - Rosemary Brandenberg

and Elizabeth Wilcox

Leadpersons: Prague - Jan Kodera,

and Clovis Chambaret

Property Masters - Kris Peck and

Dean Eillerston

Armourer - Harry Lu
Costume Designer - Michael Kaplan

Costume Supervisor - James W. Tyson

Riyaz Ali Merchant

Makeup Designer and Supervisor - Michele Burke

Makeup Effects Artists - David LeRoy

& Heather Anderson

Director of Photography - Robert Elswit

Director of Photography: Second Unit -

Mitchell Amundsen

Director of Photography: India - Larry Blanford

Underwater Director of Photography:

Second Unit - Pete Romano

Aerial Director of Photography: Second Unit,

Dubai - Adam Dale

Camera Operator: Second Unit, Dubai -

Florian Emmerich

First Assistant Photographers - Barry Baz Idoine,

Taylor Matheson and Scott Hoffman

Aerial Coordinator: Second Unit, Dubai -

Marc Wolff

First Assistant Directors - Tommy Gormley

and Geoffrey Hansen

First Assistant Director: Second Unit/India -

Michael Salven 

First Assistant Director: Second Unit, Dubai -

Chris Castaldi

Second Assistant Directors - Misha Bukowski

and Brandon Lamboin

Location Manager - Ann Goobie
Second Unit Director - Dan Bradley

Stunt Coordinator - Gregg Smrz

Stunt Coordinator: Canada - Owen Walstrom

Stunt Coordinators: India - Markos Rounthwaite

and Sham Kausal

Fight Coordinator - Robert Alonzo

Stunt Rigger/Double - Randy Hall (Uncredited)

Picture Car Coordinators - Tim Woods

and Rick Rasmussen
Special Effects Supervisor - Michael Meinardus

Effects Supervisor: Canada - Cameron Waldbauer

Visual Effects Supervisor - John Knoll

Visual Effects Plate Supervisor: ILM - Russell Earl

Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM Singapore - Mohen Leo
Associate Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM -

Lindy DeQuattro

Visual Effects Art Director: ILM - Alex Jaeger

Digital Model Supervisor: ILM - Russell Paul

Compositing Supervisor: ILM - Todd Vaziri
Editor - Paul Hirsch

Associate Editor - Evan Schiff
Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer -

Gary Rydstrom

Supervising Sound Editor - Richard Hymns

Sound Effects Editors: Skywalker Sound -

Dustin Cawood, Teresa Eckton, Will Files

and Ken Fischer

Sound Mixer - Michael McGee

ADR Supervisor - Gwendolyn Yates Whittle

ADR Editors: Skywalker Sound - Daniel Laurie

and Brad Semenoff

Dialogue/ADR Editors: Skywalker Sound -

Cheryl Nardi and Marshall Winn

Re-Recording Mixer - Andy Nelson

Foley Artists - Dennie Thorpe and Lana Vance

Foley Mixer - Frank Rinella

Music - Michael Giacchino
Composer: Theme Music - Lalo Schifrin


Review
GHOST PROTOCOL has many exhilarating stunts and non-stop action, making this movie look fantastic. Animation veteran Brad Bird directed this motion picture, making him the first from Pixar to direct a live-action feature. Tom Cruise did a marvellous job continuing his performance as Ethan Hunt. It makes him the best film actor since Arnold Schwarzenegger. I also forgot about Simon Pegg's comic relief as he got promoted from the third film, and you know what, Pegg is extremely good with humour.

GHOST PROTOCOL is a great spy movie, but I would go back to watch and review the other Mission: Impossible films and Tom Cruise favourites like Top Gun and Rain Man. Everyone who loved the TV series and previous Mission: Impossible movies may want to view the latest release.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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The Polar Express Review

The Polar Express


Release Date: 18th November 2004 - Australia


Production Companies
Castle Rock Entertainment (presents)
Shangri-La Entertainment (in association
with)
ImageMovers
Playtone
Golden Mean
Universal CGI
Warner Bros. Pictures


Genre: Animation/Family/

Fantasy

Rating: G

Runtime: 100 minutes


Budget: $170,000,000

Box Office Gross:

$318,428,394 (Worldwide - figure subject to change)


Plot Summary
On Christmas Eve, a young boy doubts the existence of Santa Claus. He boards a train that takes him on a magical trip to the North Pole. During this ride, he embarks on a soul-searching journey that shows him the true meaning of friendship, bravery and the Christmas spirit.


Cast
Tom Hanks - Hero Boy, The Narrator, The Conductor, The Hobo, Santa Claus & Hero Boy's Father
Josh Hutcherson - Hero Boy
Daryl Sabara - Hero Boy (Voice)
Chantel Valdivieso - Hero Girl
Nona Gaye - Hero Girl (Voice)
Tinashe - Hero Girl
Peter Scolari - Billy
Hayden McFarland - Billy
Jimmy Bennett - Billy (Voice)

Eddie Deezen - Know-It-All

Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak - Know-It-All
Michael Jeter - Smokey and Steamer
André Sogliuzzo - Smokey and Steamer (Voice)

Ashly Holloway - Sister Sarah
Isabella Peregrina - Sister Sarah (Voice)
Leslie Zemeckis - Sister Sarah/Mother

Charles Fleischer - Lead Elf

Steven Tyler - Elf Lieutenant/Singer

Crew
Screenplay/Producer/Director - Robert Zemeckis
Based on the Book/Executive Producer -

Chris Van Allsburg
Screenplay - William Broyles Jr.

Script Supervisor - Luca Kouimelis

Associate Producer/Unit Production Manager/

First Assistant Director - Josh McLaglen

Executive Producers - Tom Hanks
and Jack Rapke
Producers - Gary Goetzman

and William Teitler

Producer/Second Unit Director - Steve Starkey

Casting Directors - Victoria Burrows

and Scot Boland
Production Designers - Rick Carter
and Doug Chiang

Art Directors - Tony Fanning,

James Hegedus, Alicia Maccarone

and Norman Newberry

Assistant Art Directors - Scott Herbertson,

Andrew L. Jones and Mike Stassi

Set Decorator - Karen O'Hara

Property Master - Robin L. Miller
Costume Designer - Joanna Johnston
Directors of Photography - Don Burgess
and Robert Presley
Choreographer - John Carrafa

Stunt Coordinator - Allen Robinson

Special Effects Coordinator - Michael Lantieri
Senior Visual Effects Supervisors - Jerome Chen
and Ken Ralston

Visual Effects Supervisor: SPI, 3D IMAX -

Jim Berney

Visual Effects Producer - Craig Sost

Visual Effects Art Director - Martin A. Kline
Digital Effects Supervisors - Rob Bredow,
Mark Lambert, Alberto Menache

and Sean Phillips

Digital Effects Supervisor (3D IMAX Version)/

Pipeline Supervisor: SPI - Rob Engle

Digital Producer - Chris Juen

Digital Visual Consultant - Simon Wells
Animation Supervisor - David Schaub

ImageMotion Integration Supervisor - Albert Hastings

Sequence Lighting Supervisors -

Patrick Cohen, Jep Hill, Carlos Vidal,

Adrian Iler, David Parrish, Robert Winter,

MacDuff Knox and R. Stirling Duguid

Pre-Visualisation Leads - Andrew Titcomb

and Harald Kraut
Layout Supervisor - James C.J. Williams

Effects Animation Supervisor - Daniel Kramer
Film Editors - R. Orlando Duenas

and Jeremiah O'Driscoll
Re-Recording Mixer/Sound Designer -

Randy Thom

Assistant Sound Designer - Will Files

Supervising Sound Editor - Dennis Leonard

Foley Mixer - Frank Rinella

Foley Artists - Ellen Heuer,

Dennie Thorpe and Jana Vance

Re-Recording Mixer - Tom Johnson

Re-Recording/Music Scoring Mixer -

Dennis S. Sands

Songs: Music and Lyrics - Glen Ballard
Music - Alan Silvestri

Music Supervisor - Tom MacDougall

Awards

2005 Academy Awards

Best Original Song "Believe" - Glen Ballard

and Alan Silvestri (Nominated)

Best Sound Mixing - William B. Kaplan,

Randy Thom, Tom Johnson and Dennis S. Sands

(Nominated)

Best Sound Editing - Randy Thom

and Dennis Leonard (Nominated)

Review
THE POLAR EXPRESS is a simple, imaginative holiday movie by director Robert Zemeckis. He brought this technological masterpiece to life with motion capture. In self-producing this film, actor Tom Hanks did a great job performing a lot of characters, including the Conductor. The motion-capture animation was never as realistic as the one used in Avatar, but the film does have great visuals. It would be good to see it in 3D.

While it has the Yuletide spirit, THE POLAR EXPRESS lives up to Chris Van Allsburg's story on which it bases itself. It is worth watching for everyone who has and has not read the book.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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Jack and Jill Review

Jack and Jill


Release Date: 1st December 2011 - Australia


Production Companies
Columbia Pictures (presents)
Broken Road Productions
Happy Madison Productions

Distribution
Sony Pictures Australia


Genre: Comedy

Rating: PG

Runtime: 91 minutes


Budget: $79,000,000

Box Office Gross: $149,673,788
(Worldwide)


Plot Summary
Jack Sadelstein is a successful
advertising executive in Los
Angeles with a beautiful
wife and kids, who dreads
one event each year: the
Thanksgiving visit of his
identical twin sister Jill.

Jill's neediness and passive
aggressiveness is
maddening to Jack, turning
his normally tranquil life
upside down. (Source -
Metro Cinemas)

Cast
Adam Sandler - Jack/Jill
Sadelstein
Al Pacino - Himself
Katie Holmes - Erin
Sadelstein
Elodie Tougne - Sofia
Sadelstein
Rohan Chand - Gary
Sadelstein
Eugenio Derbez - Felipe/
Felipe's Grandma
Tim Meadows - Ted
Nick Swardson - Todd
Allen Covert - Joel Farley/Otto
Geoff Pierson - Carter Simmons
Valerie Mahaffey - Bitsy
Simmons
Gad Elmaleh - Xavier
Jake Pennington - Sadelstein
Cousin
Gary Valentine - Dallas
Kristin Davis - Delilah
David Spade - Damien Farley/
Monica (Cameo)
Johnny Depp - Himself (Cameo)
Dennis Dugan - Henry
Shaquille O'Neal - Himself (Cameo)
Drew Carey - Himself (Cameo)
Jared Fogle - Himself (Cameo)
Dana Carvey - Scrapply Puppeteer
George Gray - Himself (Cameo)
Billy Blanks - Himself (Cameo)
Bruce Jenner - Himself (Cameo)
Lamar Odom - Himself (Cameo)
Vince Offer - Himself (Cameo)
Regis Philbin - Himself (Cameo)

Crew
Director - Dennis Dugan
Story - Ben Zook
Screenplay/Executive Producer - Steve Koren
Screenplay/Producer - Adam Sandler
Executive Producers - Allen Covert, Robert Smigel,
Barry Bernardi, Tim Herlihy & Bettina Sofia Viviano
Producers - Todd Garner & Jack Giarraputo
Co-Producer/Music Supervisor - Kevin Grady
Production Designer - Perry Andelin Blake
Special Makeup Effects Artists - Barney Burman &
Tony Gardner
Costume Designer - Ellen Lutter
Cinematography - Dean Cundey
Film Editor - Tom Costain
Music - Rupert Gregson-Williams &
Waddy Watchtel


Review

'JACK AND JILL' is a movie that tries so hard to be wildly amusing with Adam Sandler playing two roles that are twins, one of which is a woman. This wasn't the first time that Sandler has been in a film which was a huge disappointment, take 'Little Nicky' for example. They are both shameless attempts from the comedian as they would have damaged his career. His performance as the twin sister was too unnerving and obnoxious to portray her and he may look silly and ridiculous for being in drag. Even the product placement and subplot were too redundant and have no trace of any comical value and importance whatsoever. There are some bits of humour that I find funny. Despite having Al Pacino (you know him from most unfriendly movies) who was the best thing about the movie. What really surprised me is not just the cameo appearance of Johnny Depp, it's the naughty cockatoo who steals the show.

To be honest, 'JACK AND JILL' is not a good movie for everyone. Even some people who like Adam Sandler and his movies such as 'Happy Gilmore' and other favourites would willing admit that this feature was terrible.

Star rating: (2/5) Bad Movie

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Home Alone Review

Home Alone

Release Date: 13th December 1990 - Australia

Production Companies

Hughes Entertainment

20th Century Fox Film Corporation (presents)

Distribution

20th Century Fox Australia

Genre: Family/Comedy

Rating: PG

Runtime: 103 minutes

Budget: $15,000,000

Box Office Gross: $476,684,675 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister is home alone when his family accidentally leaves him behind for their Christmas vacation. While Kevin is busy decorating his house for the holidays, he has to deal with two burglars

called "The Wet Bandits"

trying to break in, and

Kevin has to set up booby

traps to keep them from

entering.

Cast

McCallister Family

Macaulay Culkin - Kevin McCallister

Catherine O'Hara - Kate McCallister

John Heard - Peter McCallister

Devin Ratray - Buzz McCallister

Hilary Wolf - Megan McCallister

Angela Goethals - Linnie McCallister

Michael C. Maronna - Jeff McCallister

Gerry Bamman - Frank McCallister

Terrie Snell - Leslie McCallister

Jedidiah Cohen - Rod McCallister

Senta Moses Mikan - Tracy McCallister

Diana Rein - Sondra McCallister

Kieran Culkin - Fuller McCallister

Anna Slotky - Brooke McCallister

Kristin Minter - Heather McCallister

Ray Toler - Uncle Rob

Virginia Smith - Georgette McCallister

Matt Doherty - Steffan

Others

Joe Pesci - Harry Lyme

Daniel Stern - Marv Merchants

Jeffrey Wiseman - Mitch Murphy

Roberts Blossom - Old Man Marley

D. Danny Warhol - Pizza Delivery Boy

Ken Hudson Campbell - Santa

Billie Bird - Woman in Airport

Bill Erwin - Man in Airport

Tracy J. Connor - Check-Out Girl

Ralph Foody - Gangster #1

Michael Guido - Gangster #2

John Candy - Gus Polinski

Larry Hankin - Officer Balzam

Quinn Culkin - Girl at Airport (Uncredited)

Raja Gosnell - Murphy's Answering

Machine Voice (Cameo) (Uncredited)

Crew

Director - Chris Columbus

Writer/Producer - John Hughes

Associate Producer/First Assistant Director -

Mark Radcliffe

Executive Producers - Tarquin Gotch,

Mark Levinson and Scott M. Rosenfelt

Casting Directors - Janet Hirshenson

and Jane Jenkins

Production Designer - John Muto

Art Director - Dan Webster

Set Decorators - Eve Cauley and

Daniel B. Clancy

Costume Designer - Jay Hurley

Director of Photography - Julio Macat

Unit Production Manager - Mack Bing

Second Assistant Director - James Giovannetti Jr.

Second Second Assistant Director -

Geoffrey Hansen

Location Manager - Jacolyn Bucksbaum

Stunt Coordinator - Freddie Hice

Stunts/Special Effects Coordinator - William Purcell

Editor - Raja Gosnell

Supervising Sound Editors - Wylie Stateman

and Michael D. Wilhout

Foley Mixer - Gary A. Hecker

Foley Artists - Jeffrey Wilhoit and

Alicia Stevenson

Re-Recording Mixers - Chris & Kevin E.

Carpenter, Rick Hart and Ellis Burman III

(Uncredited)

Music - John Williams

Music Editor - Kenneth Wannberg

Awards

1991 Academy Awards

Best Music, Original Song "Somewhere in My

Memory" - John Williams and Leslie Bricusse (Nominated)

Best Original Score - John Williams (Nominated)

Review

HOME ALONE is a hilarious and meaningful holiday film. All thanks to director Chris Columbus and the late John Hughes, who terrifically made this movie with warmth and humour. I commend the acting from Macaulay Culkin (in his star-making role), Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern, the booby traps, a cameo by John Candy and the magnificent film score by John Williams. I loved the funniest part of the film when Kevin put his brother's pet tarantula on Marv's face, making him scream like a little girl.

HOME ALONE is the best Christmas comedy movie ever made. It brought child star Macaulay worldwide fame and launched three sequels, including Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and the infamous Home Alone 3 and 4. I would be honoured to hear any feedback on this terrific major motion picture.

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever

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Puss in Boots Review

Puss in Boots


Release Date: 8th December 2011 - Australia


Production Companies
DreamWorks Animation

Distribution
Paramount Pictures Australia


Genre: Animation/Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 90 minutes


Budget: $130,000,000

Box Office Gross: $554,987,477
(Worldwide)


Plot Summary
The story of Puss in
Boots' adventures and
misadventures before
he met up with friends
with Shrek and Donkey.


Voice Cast
Antonio Banderas - Puss in Boots
Salma Hayek - Kitty Softpaws
Zach Galifianakis - Humpty Alexander Dumpty
Billy Bob Thornton - Jack
Amy Sedaris - Jill
Constance Marie - Imelda
Guillermo del Toro - Comandante
Mike Mitchell - Andy Beanstalk
Conrad Vernon - Raoul/

Solider
Chris Miller - Little Boy Blue/Various

Crew
Based on Character - Charles Perrault
Director - Chris Miller
Story - William Davis & Brian Lynch
Story/Screenplay - Tom Wheeler
Executive Producers - Andrew Adamson,
Michelle Raimo & Guillermo del Toro
Co-Executive Producer - John H. Williams
Producers - Joe M. Aguilar & Latifa Ouaou
Creative Consultant - Peter Ramsey
Head of Story - Bob Persichetti
Production Designer - Guillaume Aretos
Character Designers - Patrick Mate &
Tony Siruno
Costume Designer - Isis Mussenden
Visual Consultant - Roger Deakins
Head of Character Animation - Fabio Lignini
Animation Supervisors - Nicolas A. Chauvelot
& Maren Kochout (Uncredited)
Supervising Animator: "Kitty Softpaws" -
Steven Hornby
Supervising Animators - John Hill,
Sean Sexton & Olivier Staphylas, 
Head of Layout - Gil Zimmerman
Visual Effects Supervisor - Ken Bielenberg
Computer Graphics Supervisor -
Jonathan Harman
Stereoscopic Supervisor - Phil 'Captain 3D' McNally
Film Editor - Eric Dapkewicz
Music - Henry Jackman


Review
Made as a spin-off prequel to the 'Shrek' franchise, 'PUSS IN BOOTS' is a daringly good and entertaining CGI animated movie that has plenty of laughs and action for everyone and it is impressive in 3D. The film's voice acting was terrific such as Antonio Banderas who did a fantastic job of voicing the title character and even Salma Hayek for Puss's female counterpart Kitty.

I have not reviewed any of the Shrek movies such as 'SHREK 2' where Puss is first introduced. This spin-off movie while less than purr-fect is a must see for Shrek fans and cat-lovers.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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Super 8 Review

Super 8

Release Date: 9th June 2011 - Australia


Production Companies

Paramount Pictures (presents)

Amblin Entertainment

Bad Robot

Distribution

Paramount Pictures Australia

Genre: Sci-Fi

Rating: M

Runtime: 112 minutes

Budget: $50,000,000

Box Office Gross $260,095,986 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

While making a zombie movie with an 8mm camera in the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small town in Ohio experiences a catastrophic train crash. It was no accident, they presumed. Shortly after, the people began to disappear, and even a local deputy didn't explain how it happened. They suspected that it was no accident. They began to investigate the inexplicable goings-on that occurred in their hometown. Only to discover something horrifying that is now stalking the unsuspecting citizens in this once peaceful community.

Cast

Joel Courtney - Joseph "Joe" Lamb

Elle Fanning - Alice "Allie" Dainard

Kyle Chandler - Deputy Jack Lamb

Ron Eldard - Louis Dainard

Riley Griffiths - Charles Kaznyk

Ryan Lee - Cary

Zach Mills - Preston

Gabriel Basso - Martin

Noah Emmerich - Colonel Nelec

Glynn Turman - Dr. Woodward

David Gallagher - Donny

Bruce Greenwood - Cooper

Amanda Milchalka - Jen Kaznyk

Caitriona Balfe - Elizabeth Lamb
Jessica Tuck - Mrs. Kaznyk
Joel McKinnon Miller - Mr. Kaznyk
AJ Michalka - Jen Kaznyk
Andrew & Jakob Miller - Kaznyk Twins
Jade Griffiths - Benji Kaznyk
Britt Flatmo - Peg Kaznyk
Richard T. Jones - Overmeyer
Amanda Foreman - Lydia Connors - Ch 14

News Anchor

Brett Rice - Sheriff Pruitt

Dan Castellaneta - Izzy
Michael Giacchino - Deputy Crawford (Cameo)
Beau Knapp - Breen
Dale Dickey - Edie
Ben Gavin - Deputy Milner
Jay Scully - Deputy Skadden
Michael Hitchcock - Deputy Rosko
James Landry Hebert - Deputy Tally
Thomas F. Duffy - Rooney
Teri Clark - Mrs. Babbit
Tom Quinn - Mr. McCandless
Koa Melvin - Baby Joe
Bingo O'Malley - Mr Harkin
Tony Guma - Sergeant Walters
Marco Sanchez - Hernandez
Katie Lowes - Tina

Crew

Writer/Producer/Director - J.J. Abrams

Associate Producer/Unit Production Manager -

Udi Nedivi
Associate Producers - Michelle Rejwan

and Ben Rosenblatt
Executive Producer - Guy Riedel

Producers - Bryan Burk and
Steven Spielberg
Co-Producer/First Assistant Director -

Tommy Gormley

Senior Military Advisor - James D. Dever

Casting Directors - Alyssa Weisberg and

April Webster
Production Designer - Martin Whist

Creature Designer - Neville Page

Art Director - David Scott
Set Decorators - Fainche MacCarthy and

Dave Kann (Uncredited)

Costume Designer - Ha Nguyen

Director of Photography - Larry Fong
Stunt Coordinator - John Stoneham Jr.
Special Effects Supervisor - Steve Riley
Special Effects Coordinator - Wayne Eaton

Visual Effects Supervisors - Russell Earl,
Kim Libreri and Dennis Muren
Visual Effects Producer - Chantal Feghali
Animation Supervisor: ILM - Paul Kavanagh

Digital Production Supervisor: ILM -

Brian Cantwell
Creature Animation Supervisor: ILM -

Hal T. Hickel

Compositing Supervisor: ILM - Jay Cooper

CG Supervisors: ILM - Michael Bauer,
Hilmar Koch and David Weitzberg

Creature Supervisor: ILM - James Tooley

Digital Model Supervisor: ILM - Bruce Holcomb

Viewpaint Supervisor: ILM - Steve Walton

CG Lead Artists: ILM - Ryan Hopkins,

Jason Smith, Lana Lan, Kevin Martel,

Akira Orikasa and Patrick Tubach

Editors - Maryann Brandon and

Mary Jo Markey
Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor -
Ben Burtt

Supervising Sound Editor - Matthew Wood

Additional Sound Design - Gary Rydstrom

Sound Effects Editors - David Acord,

Dustin Cawood and Adam Kopald

Dialogue Editors - Cheryl Nardi and

Richard Quinn

Additional Sound Editors - Stuart McCowan

and Steve Slanec

ADR Editors - Gwendolyn Yates Whittle

and Brad Semenoff

Sound Mixer - Mark Ulano

Re-Recording Mixers - Anna Behlmer,

Andy Nelson and Tom Johnson

Additional Re-Recording Mixers -

Christopher Scarabosio, Juan Peralta and

James Bolt

Foley Mixer - Tony Eckert

Foley Artists - Ronni Brown and Sean England

Music - Michael Giacchino

Music Supervisor - George Drakoulias

Review
SUPER 8 is scary but similar to Steven Spielberg's E.T. and his few other classics, thanks to its director, J.J. Abrams, who takes inspiration from these features. He has brought the suspense of a science-fiction movie to life. This film had a nice feel. It emphasises the value of our friends when we are in our youth. The adventures we embark on, the independence we gain and learning what friendship is.

It contained an even blend of drama and mystery that keeps your eyes glued to the screen throughout this entertaining hit. If you enjoy the science-fiction genre, then this movie is for you.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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Arthur Christmas Review

Arthur Christmas


Release Date: 24th November 2011 - Australia


Production Companies
Aardman Animations

Sony Pictures Animation

Distribution

Sony Pictures Australia

Genre: Animation/Family

Rating: G

Runtime: 112 minutes

Budget: $100,000,000

Box Office Gross: $147,420,536 (Worldwide - figure subject to change)

Plot Summary

This Christmas movie
highlights the technological
advances of operations at
the North Pole, revealing
how Santa and his vast
army of highly trained

elves produce gifts and
distribute them around the
world in one night. However,
every operation has a margin
of error... When one of 600
million children to receive a
gift from Santa on Christmas
Eve is missed, it is deemed

"acceptable" to all but one,
Arthur. Arthur Claus is
Santa's misfit son who
executes an unauthorized
rookie mission to get the
last present half way around
the globe before dawn on
Christmas morning. (Source - Metro Cinemas)

Voice Cast

James McAvoy - Arthur

Hugh Laurie - Steve

Jim Broadbent - Santa

Bill Nighy - Grandsanta

Imelda Staunton - Mrs. Santa

Ashley Jensen - Bryony

Marc Wootton - Peter

Laura Linney - North Pole Computer

Eva Longoria - Chief De Silva

Ramona Marquez - Gwen

Michael Palin - Ernie Clicker

Ryan Patrick Donahue - Pedro

Jerry Lambert - N.O.R.A.D.

Sanjeev Bhaskar - Lead Elf (Cameo)

Robbie Coltrane - Lead Elf (Cameo)

Joan Cusack - Lead Elf (Cameo)

Rhys Darby - Lead Elf (Cameo)

Jane Horrocks - Lead Elf (Cameo)

Iain McKee - Lead Elf (Cameo)

Andy Serkis - Lead Elf (Cameo)

Dominic West - Lead Elf (Cameo)

Crew

Screenplay/Director - Sarah Smith

Screenplay/Co-Executive Producer -
Peter Baynham
Co-Executive Producer - Cheryl Abood
Consulting Producer - Osnat Shurer

Producers - Steve Pegram, Peter Lord,
Carla Shelley & David Sproxton
Production Designer - Evgeni Tomov
Art Director: Environment - Olivier Adam
Art Director: Characters - Tim Watts
Visual Consultant - Alex McDowell
Character Designers - Peter DeSeve,
Buck Lewis, Barry Reynolds, Luis Grane
& Christophe Lourdelet

Costume Designer - Yves Barre
Head of Story - Donnie Long

Cinematic Designer - Jericca Cleland

Senior Supervising Animator - Alan Short
Supervising Animators - Alan Hawkins,
Brian D. Scott, Seamus Malone
Lead Animator - Joshua Beveridge

Layout/Previz Supervisor - Simon Dundson

Layout Supervisor - David Morehead
Visual Effects Supervisor - Doug Ikeler

Computer Graphics Supervisor -
Michael Ford & David Satchwell 

Computer Graphics Supervisor - R. Stirling G

Film Editors - John Carnochan &

James Cooper

Music - Harry Gregson-Williams

Review
'ARTHUR CHRISTMAS' is a splendid and funny animated holiday movie that features a terrific and passionate storyline revealing a huge task lying ahead of Santa and the every increasing pressure that lay on his shoulders to meet the demands of all children. The first half of the movie was a bit of a spin of 'Mission: Impossible' which I’ll think that the fans of the series will quite like. The voice cast of James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie and Bill Nighy was good and I feel their relation to their characters was genuine and you get the sense that they really emphasise the emotion and expression that these characters would experience in this situation.

This is the first Aardman movie since 'Flushed Away'. It finishes on a happy note, leaving you feeling rewarded by this overall entertaining holiday hit.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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