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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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 that suited 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 Supervisor - 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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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

CG Lighting Supervisor: Double Negative -

Bruno Baron

Lead CG Lighting Artists: Double Negative -

Maxx Wai In Leong, James Benson,

Clement Gerard and Alexandre Millet

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 by 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 Matrix. I would add this one to the collection and watch it again.

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever

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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
battle an evil wildebeest
named 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 for one-time viewing.

Star rating: (3/5) Average

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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, grows up 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

Casting Director - Ruth Lambert
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

Artistic Supervisor: Story - Barry Johnson

Artistic Supervisor: Background - Thomas Cardone

Artistic Supervisor: Background, Paris Unit -

Lisa Keene
Artistic Supervisor: Layout/Layout Stylist -

Razoul Azadani

Production Stylist - Sue C. Nichols

Production Manager - Peter Del Vecho

Production Managers: Paris Unit - 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

Artistic Supervisor: Visual Effects - Mauro Maressa

Artistic Supervisor: Visual Effects, Paris Unit -

Peter DeMund

Additional Visual Effects Unit Supervisors:

Additional Visual Effects - Dave Bossert and

Mark Myer

Artistic Supervisor: Computer Graphics Imagery -

Roger Gould

Songs: Lyrics - David Zippel
Songs: Music/Original Score/Songs and

Score Producer - Alan Menken
Editor - Tom Finan

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 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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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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