Dragonball Evolution Review

Dragonball Evolution


Release Date: 9th April 2009 - Australia


Production Companies
20th Century Fox (presents)

Dune Entertainment (in association with)
Star Overseas

Ingenious Media (produced in association with)

Big Screen Productions (produced in association with)

Dune Entertainment III (copyright holder)

Durango Film Commission (Mexico unit)

World Film Magic

Distribution
20th Century Fox Australia


Genre: Sci-Fi/Action

Rating: PG

Runtime: 82 minutes


Budget: $30,000,000

Box Office Gross:

$56,511,457 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary 

On his eighteenth birthday, the mild-mannered Goku receives a mystical Dragon Ball, one of only seven that combines to grant a perfect wish to whoever possesses them. But an ancient tyrant named Lord Piccolo is free from eternal imprisonment and begins his quest to gather the Dragon Balls. Goku must enlist the aid of his friends and unleash the power of his evolving martial arts skills to defeat Piccolo before it's too late!

Cast
Justin Chatwin - Goku
Emmy Rossum - Bulma
Jamie Chung - Chi Chi
Chow-Yun Fat - Roshi
James Marsters - Lord Piccolo
Joon Park - Yamcha
Eriko Tamura - Mai
Randall Duk Kim - Gohan
Ernie Hudson - Sifu Norris
Texas Battle - Carey Fuller
Megumi Seki - Seki
Ian Whyte - Oozaru
Richard Blake - Agundes
Jon Valera - Moreno
Rafael Valdez - Butler
Mike Wilson - Hildenbrand
Freddy Bouciegues - Palmer
Shavon Kirksey - Emi
Julian Sedgwick - Mr. Kingery
Luis Arrieta - Weaver

Crew
Director - James Wong
Based on the Graphic Novel Series "Dragonball"/Executive Producer - Akira Toriyama
Screenplay - Ben Ramsay

Script Supervisor - Helga Ungurait
Executive Producer - Tim Van Rellim
Producer - Stephen Chow
Co-Producer - Rodney Liber

Co-Producer/Second Unit Director - Rich Thorne

Casting - John Papsidera

Production Designer - Bruton Jones

Visual Consultants - Richard Holland

and Bruce Crone

Illustrators - James Carson,

Dean Gschetter, Harald Belker and

Daren F. Dochterman

Art Director - Charles Daboub

Art Directors: Mexico - Marco Niro

and Hector Romero

Set Decorator - Roberto Bonelli

Costume Designer - Mayes C. Rubeo

Special Makeup Effects Designer and

Creator - Alec Gills

Special Makeup Effects Designer and 

Creator/Puppeteer - Tom Woodruff Jr.

Director of Photography - Robert McLachlan

Director of Photography: Second Unit -

Tony Cutrono

"A" Camera Operator - Casey Hotchkiss

Second Unit Director/Director of Photography -

Gary Capo

Stunt Coordinators - Jonathan Eusebio

Julian Bucio Montemayor and Jared S. Eddo

Special Effects Coordinator - Joe Pancake

Visual Effects Supervisor - Ariel Velasco-Shaw

Visual Effects Producers: Frantic Films -

Genevieve West and Randal Shore

Compositing Supervisors: Frantic Films -

Shane Davidson and Christine Albers

Editors - Matthew Friedman,

Chris Willingham and Thom Calderon

Sound Supervision & Design - John Morris

Sound Supervision & Design/Additional

Re-Recording Mixer - Chuck Michael

Supervising ADR Editor - R.J. Kizer

Re-Recording Mixers - Gregg Landaker

and Steve Maslow

Foley Artists - Alicia Stevenson

and Dawn Fintor

Music - Brian Tyler

Additional Arrangements - T.J. Lindgren

and Matthew Margeson


Review
In hopes of watching a film worthy of my time and entertainment, I was shocked to watch this piece of blandness, which is DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION. I know it's hard to express my disappointment in this movie, but it wasn't my favourite. I am a very loyal fanatic of the action anime show Dragon Ball Z, and what the filmmakers have tried to sketch out in this film is a failed adaptation. It made me wish I had chosen something different. The special effects and the scriptwriting have no flow.

The actors seemed miscast for the roles (except for James Marsters, who did well as the ruthless villain Piccolo), including Justin Chatwin in his portrayal of his Super Saiyan hero Goku. There are also a few funny bits that made me laugh.

I do not wish to contend with DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION or watch it again. It's an underwhelming action fantasy movie that doesn't please the fans. It does not live up to the anime series at all. In the quotation of Vegeta, "It's over 9000!".

Star rating: (2/5) Bad Movie

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The Nugget Review

The Nugget

Release Date: 17th October 2002 - Australia

Production Companies

Australian Film Finance Corporation

(presents)

Macquarie Film Corporation (presents)

Showtime Australia (in association with)

Overseas FilmGroup

B.J. Films

Distribution
Roadshow Distribution

Genre: Comedy

Rating: M

Runtime: 97 minutes


Budget: A$500,000
(approximately)

Box Office Gross: $1,920,993
(Australia)

Plot Summary

Lotto, Wookie and Sue 

are three council road 

workers who decide 

to try their hand on 

prospecting. When 

they discover the 

world's largest gold 

nugget, their small 

town world is turned 

upside down. If they 

thought roadwork was 

messy business, they're 

soon to discover it's 

hard work being filthy

rich! 

Cast

Eric Bana - Lotto

Stephen Curry - Wookie

Dave O'Neil - Sue
Belinda Emmett - Cheryl
Peter Moon - Ratner
Vince Colosimo - Dimitri
Max Cullen - Wally
Alan Brough - Jurgen
Karen Chang - Moon Choo
Chris Haywood - Doug
Jean Kittson - Joyce

Crew

Writer/Producer/Director - Bill Bennett

Casting/Producer - Jennifer Bluff
Executive Producer - Richard Sheffield
Production Designer - Nicholas McCallum
Costume Designer - Louise Wakefield
Director of Photography - Danny Ruhlmann
Film Editor - Henry Dangar
Music - Nigel Westlake

Review

This is a splendid movie that is literally "comedy gold". 'THE NUGGET' is quick to generate uproarious laughter and amuses audiences through expressing the satirical humour and typical stereotypes of working class blokes who have just hit the jackpot with a big gold nugget. This film engages people with a premise of struggles and conflict of greed and selfishness over who's going to capture this wealth and publicity. This picture was shot in Mudgee, a small local town in a part of New South Wales. The deliverance of this movie contains skillful performers shown noticeably like Eric Bana who is too good for his taste of the performing arts and evidently he's the only actor who has made it to Hollywood as a global-international superstar. It's also his last movie role when before he moved away from the Australian cinema business.

It is just a reflection of how Australia keeps showing parts of its culture like prospecting gold, I probably put it in my perspective that 'THE NUGGET' is a commendable cult comedy that gains appreciation from Aussies like myself and it's sincerely a journey of full fun and laughs. Don't be discouraged by what other people say about it, as this is an underrated hit that you need to watch for yourself to judge and appreciate.

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever

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Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief Review

Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief


Release Date: 11th February 2010 - Australia


Production Companies
Fox 2000 Pictures (presents)
1492 Pictures
Big Screen Productions (in association with)
Imprint Entertainment
Phoenix Film Partners (in association with)
Sunswept Productions
Dune Entertainment

Distribution
20th Century Fox Australia


Genre: Fantasy

Rating: M

Runtime: 118 minutes


Budget: $95,000,000

Box Office Gross: $226,497,209
(Worldwide)


Plot Summary
It's the 21st century, but the
gods of Mount Olympus
and assorted monsters
have walked out of the
pages of high school student
Percy Jackson's Greek
mythology texts into his life.
And they're not happy:
Zeus' lighting bolt has been
stolen, and Percy is the
prime subject. Even more
troubling is the disappearance
of Percy's mother. As
Percy adapts to his newly
discovered status as a demi-
god, he finds himself caught
between the battling titans
of Mt. Olympus. He and his
friends embark on a cross-
country adventure to catch
the true lighting thief, save
Percy's mom, and unravel
a mystery more powerful
than the gods themselves. (Source - IMDb)


Cast
Logan Lerman - Percy Jackson
Brandon T. Jackson - Grover
Underwood
Alexandra Daddario - Annabeth
Chase
Jake Abel - Luke Castellan
Sean Bean - Zeus
Kevin McKidd - Poesidon
Uma Thurman - Medusa
Steve Coogan - Hades
Rosario Dawson - Persephone
Pierce Brosnan - Mr. Brunner/Chiron

Catherine Keener - Sally Jackson
Joe Pantoliano - Gabe Ugliano
Melina Kanakaredes - Athena
Julian Richings - Ferryman
Maria Olsen - Mrs. Dodds/Fury

Crew
Producer/Director - Chris Columbus
Based on Novel - Rick Riordan
Screenplay - Craig Titley
Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager - Thomas M. Hammel
Executive Producers - Greg Mooradian, Mark Morgan and Guy Oseary
Producers - Michael 

Barnathan, Mark Radcliffe 

and Karen Rosenfalt
Production Designer - 

Howard Cummings
Set Decorator - Peter Lando
Costume Designer - Renee April
Director of Photography - Stephen Goldblatt
Stunt Coordinator - Bob Brown
Fight Coordinator - Peng Zhang
Second Unit Director - Peter MacDonald
Special Effects Coordinator - Tony Lazarowich
Visual Effects Supervisors - John Heller,
Kevin Scott Mack, John F.K. Parenteau
and Kelly Port
Additional Visual Effects Supervisor - Christopher Townsend
Visual Effects Producers - Alexandra Altrocchi and
Denise Davis
Visual Effects Producer: Digital Domain - Daniel Brimer
Visual Effects Art Director - Chris Grun
Animation Supervisor - Danny Gordon Taylor
Animation Supervisor: Digital Domain - Erik Gamache
Film Editor - Peter Honess
Supervising Sound Designer/
Re-Recording Mixer - Randy Thom
Music - Christophe Beck


Review
In the year of 2010, two movies collided together in the challenge of the box office and they were based on Greek Mythology, the first one was 'PERCY JACKSON AND THE LIGHTNING THIEF' which is based on a best seller book. I didn't get a chance to see that feature until it was released on DVD. This film seems to resemble and copy ideas from the 'Harry Potter' series and what's more disappointing is that the filmmaker who used to work in the 'Potter' film trilogy. Chris Columbus directs this film and by god, he is trying to recapture the fantasy story masterpiece that he accomplished with 'Potter'. In 'PERCY JACKSON', Chris has simply adapted another tale about a person who discovers of his heritage, but the whole while he just made a spiritual successor.

With the Potter similarities now listed, there's another turkey in cold blood of Steve Coogan who is not the perfect candidate for Hades and the character would have been portrayed by Jeremy Irons, Alan Rickman or Tim Curry. Now the supporting cast in this feature are Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean and Uma Thurman, I applaud their work in this film and I don't want to mention the connection of Brosnan and Bean working together in the second time since 'GoldenEye'.

Time has simply wasted in 'THE LIGHTNING THIEF' and if you're looking a better story of Greek Mythology, I suggest you go for the sequel 'Sea of Monsters' which now came out this year.

Star rating: (3/5) Average

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Red 2 Review

Red 2


Release Date: 29th August 2013 - Australia


Production Companies
Summit Entertainment
DC Comics

Distribution
Hopstotch Films


Genre: Action/Comedy

Rating: M

Runtime: 116 minutes


Budget: $84,000,000

Box Office Gross: $148,075,565
(Worldwide)


Plot Summary

Retired C.I.A. agent 

Frank Moses reunites 

his unlikely team of 

elite operatives for a 

global quest to track 

down a missing 

portable nuclear 

device. (Source - IMDb)

Cast
Bruce Willis - Frank Moses
Helen Mirren - Victoria
Catherine Zeta-Jones - 

Miranda Wood
Mary-Louise Parker - Sarah
Ross
John Malkovich - Marvin Boggs
David Thewlis - The Frog
Anthony Hopkins - Dr. 

Edward Bailey
Byung-Hun Lee - Han Cho-Bai
Jong Kun Lee - Han's Father
Neal McDonough - Jack Horton
Garrick Hagon - Davis
Tim Pigott-Smith - Director Phillips
Brian Cox - Ivan
Philip Arditti - Arman
Mitchell Mullen - Wade
Martin Sims - Blackwell
Tristan D. Lalla - Vance
Khalid Laith - Al Said
Vlasta Vrana - General McKimmon
Tom Hodgkins - Snyder
Emma Heming Willis - Kelly

Crew
Director - Dean Parisot
Based on Comic Mini-Series
"Red" - Warren Ellis and Cully
Hammer
Screenplay - Jon & Erich Hoeber
Executive Producers - Jake Myers and David Ready
Producers - Lorenzo di
Bonaventura and Mark
Vahradian
Co-Producer - Alexander Dostal
Casting Directors - Deborah Aquila and Tricia Wood 
Production Designer - Jim Clay
Supervising Art Director - Dominic Masters
Art Directors - Andrew Ackland-Snow, 

Philip Elton, Matthew Gray, 

Phil Harvey and Emma Pucci
Director of Photography - Enrique Chediak
Second Unit Director/Stunt Coordinator - Paul Jennings
Second Unit Director/Visual Effects Supervisor -
James Madigan
Special Effects Supervisor - Neil Corbould
Special Effects Supervisor: Canda - Ryal Cosgrove
Visual Effects Supervisors - Asregadoo Arundi
and Bruce Woloshyn
Visual Effects Supervisors: ILM - Grady Cofer
and Mohen Leo
Visual Effects Consultant - Page Buckner
Animation Supervisor - Raphael A. Pimentel
Film Editor - Don Zinnerman
Music - Alan Silvestri


Review
In a most enjoyable moment I had while taking a trip to the Blue Mountains, I went to a special movie place in Katoomba called The Edge Cinema and I was able to enjoy the biggest screen that was the same size as the screen from Sydney's IMAX. It was a huge attraction and an amazing experience of going to the Edge for the first time. I saw an action comedy movie called 'RED 2' and above all, it succeeds my expectations with all blends of action for first-rate action film shooters. The plot concept is perhaps underdeveloped and elementary, it was packed with humorous remarks that make the flick go all into a laughing matter. The old-timers from the predecessor have all once again returned to wreck havoc in this instalment, this includes actors like Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren and Mary Louise Parker. These stars are shed with wittiness and old charm; two of the newcomers for the sequel include Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta-Jones who are purely the stand-outs.

Not really ground-breaking or very structured, 'RED 2' is a tolerable film and partly provides a sensible humour for the average movie-goer. The best way for me to describe 'RED 2' is that it is a decent mid day movie that is not to be taken too seriously from action-fanatics. I would say that it has a low re-watch value.

Star rating: (3/5) Average

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Blade Runner Review

Blade Runner

Release Date: 16th December 1982 - Australia

Production Companies

The Ladd Company (presents)

Saw Brothers (In association with)

Warner Bros. Pictures
Blade Runner Partnership

Genre: Sci-Fi

Rating: M (Not Suitable

for Young Children)

Runtime: 117 minutes


Budget: $30,000,000

Box Office Gross: $41,755,674 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

The year was 2019. A former police officer named Rick Deckard was called out of retirement by the LAPD to take one last assignment to hunt down a group of Replicants. These artificial humanoids are illegal and are heading to Los Angeles to search for their creator.

Cast

Harrison Ford - Rick Deckard

Rutger Hauer - Roy Batty

Sean Young - Rachael

Edward James Olmos - Gaff

Daryl Hannah - Pris

Joanna Cassidy - Zhora

Brion James - Leon Kowalski

M. Emmet Walsh - Bryant

Joe Turkel - Eldon Tyrell

William Sanderson - J.F.

Sebastian

James Hong - Hannibal Chew
Morgan Paull - Holden
Kevin Thompson - Bear
John Edward Allen - Kaiser
Hy Pyke - Taffey Lewis

Kimiko Hiroshige - Cambodian Lady

Bob Okazaki - Sushi Master

Carolyn DeMirjian - Saleslady

Crew

Co-Producer (Uncredited)/
Director - Ridley Scott

Based on the Novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" - Phillip K. Dick

Screenplay/Executive

Producer - Hampton Fancher

Screenplay - David Webb Peoples

Script Supervisor - Ana Maria Quintana

Associate Producers - Ivor Powell and Paul Prischman
(2007 Final Cut Version)

Executive Producer - Brian Keeley
Co-Executive Producers -

Jerry Perenchio, Run Run Shaw

and Bud Yorkin (Uncredited)

Producer - Michael Deeley
Restoration Producer (2007 Final Cut Version) -

Charles de Lauzirika

Restoration Consultant - Kurt P. Galvao

Casting Directors - Jane Feinberg,

Mike Fenton and Marci Liroff (Uncredited)

Production Designer - Lawrence G. Paull

Visual Futurist - Syd Mead

Production Illustrators - Mentor Huebner,

Sherman Labby and Tom Southwell

Art Director - David L. Snyder

Assistant Art Director - Stephen Dane

Set Decorators - Linda DeScenna,

Leslie McCarthy-Frankenheimer,

Thomas L. Roysddn and Peg Cummings

(Uncredited)

Costume Designers - Michael Kaplan

and Charles Knode

Prosthetic Makeup - Michael Mills

Director of Photography - Jordan Croneworth

Additional Photographers - Steven Poster,

Brian Tufano and Haskell Wexler (Uncredited)

First Assistant Camera - Michael Genne

and Steven H. Smith

Executive in Charge of Production - C.O. Erickson

Production Executive - Katherine Haber

Production Manager - Alan Collis

First Assistant Directors - Newt Arnold

and Peter Cornberg
Stunt Coordinator - Gary Combs

Special Floor Effects Supervisor - Terry D. Frazee

Special Photographic Effects Supervisors -

Douglas Trumbull, David Dryer and Richard Yuricich
Visual Effects Supervisors (2007 Final Cut

Version) - Georgia & John Scheele

Chief Model Maker: EEG - Mark Stetson

Miniature Design and Construction - Bill George

and Christopher S. Ross (Uncredited)

Miniature Technician: EEG - Robert Spurlock

Director of Photography: EEG - David K. Stewart

Camera Operators: EEG - Don Baker,

Charles Cowles, David R. Hardberger,

Ronald Longo and Tim McHugh

Matte Artists: EEG - Matthew Yuricich and

Michele Moen (Uncredited)

Matte Artist - Rocco Gioffre (Uncredited)

Action Prop Supervisor - Michael L. Fink

Animation and Graphics: EEG - John C. Wash

Additional Green Screen Photography: New Deal

Studios (2007 Final Cut Version) - Tim Angulo

and David Sanger
Supervising Editor - Terry Rawlings
Editors - Marsha Nakashima and

Gillian L. Hutshing (2007 Final Cut Version)

First Assistant Editor - Les Healey

Chief Dubbing Mixers - Graham V. Hartstone

and Gerry Humphreys

Supervising Sound Editors (2007 Final Cut

Version) - Karen Baker Landers and

Per Hallberg

Re-Recording Mixers (2007 Final Cut Version) -

Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill

Foley Artists (2007 Final Cut Version) -

John Roesch and Alyson Dee Moore

Music - Vangelis


Awards

1983 Academy Awards
Best Art Direction - Lawrence G. Paull, David L. Snyder
and Linda De Scenna (Nominated)
Best Visual Effects - Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich
and David Dryer (Nominated)

Review

Painstakingly made with director Ridley Scott at the helm, BLADE RUNNER is a neo-noir science-fiction movie fancier than a chandelier. Impressive with the mastery of camerawork and a visual flair, it has faced some turbulent history. Because the film came out in the year of the big movies of 1982, BLADE RUNNER was missing the applause of the big crowds and, of course, everyone nearly forgot about it. Fortunately, the film had a roster of stars in the cast, with Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young and Daryl Hannah in their outstanding performances. It has some plausible moments written for a sci-fi epic and electronic arrangements of the score by Vangelis. The film's groundbreaking work is the scenery designs of the city and hovering vehicles, which would inspire two different stylised movies, The Fifth Element and Attack of the Clones.

It is hard to define the genre and style of BLADE RUNNER; it is unique and innovative. After watching the final cut edition, it defined two contrasting genres when its pulp engagement of sci-fi has immersed into a neo-noir crime thriller. This cult film gradually gave birth to cyberpunk fiction to show how dark the future is.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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White House Down Review

White House Down


Release Date: 5th September 2013 - Australia


Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
Mythology Entertainment
Centropolis Entertainment
Iron Horse Entertainment

Distribution 
Sony Pictures Australia


Genre: Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 131 minutes


Budget: $150,000,000

Box Office Gross: $205,366,737
(Worldwide)


Plot Summary
While on a tour of the
White House with his
young daughter, a
Capitol policeman
springs into action to
save his child and
protect the president
from a heavily armed
group of paramilitary
invaders.


Cast
Channing Tatum - John Cale
Jamie Foxx - President
James Sawyer
Joey King - Emily Cale
Maggie Gylenhaal - Carol Finnerty
Richard Jenkins - Eli Raphelson
Jason Clarke - Emil Stenz
James Woods - Martin Walker
Nicolas Wright - Donnie the
Tour Guide
Jimmi Simpson - Skip Tyler
Kevin Rankin - Carl Killick
Michael Murphy - Vice
President Alvin Hammond

Rachelle Lefevre - Melanie

Lance Reddick - General Caulfield
Garcelle Beauvais - Alison Sawyer

Kyle Gatehouse - Conrad Cern 

Matt Craven - Agent Kellerman

Crew
Producer/Director - Roland
Emmerich
Writer/Producer - James Vanderbilt
Executive Producers - Reid Carolin, 

Ute Emmerich and Channing Tatum
Producers - Brad Fischer,
Larry J. Franco and Laeta Kalogridis
Producer/Music - Harald Kloser
Co-Producers/Visual Effects
Supervisors - Volker Engel and Marc Weigert
Production Designer - Kirk M. Petruccelli
Costume Designer - Lisy Christl
Director of Photography - Anna Foerster

Stunt Coordinator - John Stoneham, Jr. 

Fight Coordinator - Layton Morrison
Special Effects Supervisor - Clive Beard

Visual Effects Producer/Supervisor - 

Andrea Block
Visual Effects Supervisors - Christian Haas,
Fredrik Sundqvist and Shailendra Swarnkar
Film Editor - Adam Wolfe
Music - Thomas Wanker


Review
In following the pantheon of action movies that many share the similar qualities of 'Die Hard', most of them are contrasted better and some are failed suck-ups. The recent film from director Roland Emmerich, 'WHITE HOUSE DOWN' surely brings the house down for the audience with smack-back gun-action and intensive explosions. Perhaps in down-points, it was less a success than in-comparison to the MA-rated 'Olympus Has Fallen'. 'WHITE HOUSE' made only a fair decent grossing and because the film was moved up from its original release date. This political action film contains a really well-written plot which includes pivotal twists and witty energetic humour helping to make an engaging flick.

Differences can be conceiving and largeness is enormity; Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx did so well for the impressive acting duet and though they are not highly-professional trained stars, they definitely bonded well together. More performers that are also presented in this feature are Maggie Gylenhaal, James Woods and Richard Jenkins. They have proven themselves to relish the emotions and anger to dramatise this picture filled with passion. 

'WHITE HOUSE DOWN' certainly has less destruction in the White House than revisiting the horror we embarked from the sci-fi blockbuster 'Independence Day' from the same director who made it. Overall, this film is newly underrated and further more, it needs more attention; I recommend you stick around to see 'WHITE HOUSE DOWN' and you will be rewarded with an action flick with a similar-based plot-line.

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever

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Tommy Boy Review

Tommy Boy


Release Date: 8th June 1995 - Australia

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Distribution

Paramount Pictures Australia

Genre: Comedy

Rating: M

Runtime: 97 minutes


Box Office Gross: $32,679,899 (USA)

Plot Summary

When the owner of a car parts factory suddenly dies, his incompetent, childish and dimwitted son must save the business with the help of a snide accountant. Also, to protect it from his new con artist relatives as they plan to sell it to a big corporation.

Cast

Chris Farley - Tommy Callahan

David Spade - Richard Hayden

Brian Dennehy - Big Tom Callahan

Rob Lowe - Paul Barish (Uncredited)

Bo Derek - Beverly Barish-
Burns Callahan

Dan Aykroyd - Ray Salinzky

Julie Warner - Michelle Brock
Sean McCann - Frank Rittenhauer
Zach Grenier - Ted Reilly
James Blendick - Ron Gilmore
Clinton Turnbull - Young Tommy
Ryder Briton - Young Richard
Philip Williams - Danny
David Malloy - Sammy
Roy Lewis - Louis

Austin Pool - Obnoxious Bus Kid
William Dunlop - R.T.

George Kinamis - Kid at Lake

Dov Tiefenbach - Kid at Lake

Mark Zador - Kid at Lake
Thick Wilson - Mr. Brady
Maria Vacratsis - Helen
Colin Fox - Nelson
Jonathan Wilson - Marty
Lindsay Leese - Reservationist
Marc Strange - 'Toy-Car' Executive
Sandi Stahlbrand - News Reporter
Gil Filar - Kid in Bank
Patricia Moffatt - Mrs. Nelson

John Farley - Roy (Cameo) (Uncredited)

Kevin P. Farley - Guy at Dad's Party (Cameo)

(Uncredited)

Crew

Director - Peter Segal

Writers - Bonnie & Terry Turner

Associate Producer - Michael Ewing
Executive Producer/Second Unit Director:
Toronto - Robert K. Weiss

Producer - Lorne Michaels
Co-Producer - Barnaby Thompson
Production Designer - Stephen J. Lineweaver
Art Director - Alicia Keywan
Set Decorator - Gordon Sim

Property Master - Vic Rigler
Costume Designer - Patti Unger

Director of Photography - Victor J. Kemper

Director of Photography: Second Unit,

Los Angeles - Robert M. Stevens

First Assistant Director - John Hockridge

Second Unit Directors: Toronto - Curtis Petersen

and T.J. Scott
Stunt Coordinator - Branko Racki
Special Effects Coordinators - Michael Kavanagh
and Mike Vezina
Deer Animatronics - Walter Klassen

Editor - William Kerr

First Assistant Film Editor - Michael L. Sale

Supervising Sound Editor - Terry Rodman

Re-Recording Mixers - Jeffrey J. Haboush,

Greg P. Russell and Kevin E. Carpenter

Animal Vocal Effects - Frank Welker

Music - David Newman

Music Supervisor - G. Marq Roswell


Review

Full of humour and enthusiasm, TOMMY BOY is a buddy comedy movie that never fails to amuse everyone. I enjoyed it when I saw it for the first time. It felt magnificent and spot on. The film features a talented duo of actors, Chris Farley and David Spade, who deliver terrific performances, particularly Farley, who should have had a long acting career in film. Alas, it is cut short by his untimely death from a fatal drug overdose in 1997.

As Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels went through a similar experience in Dumb and Dumber, it's another road trip buddy comedy that follows two characters who must learn about themselves. Farley plays the hapless idiot, slightly chubby Tommy, while Spade portrays the intelligent and sarcastic Richard. Together, they made this duo a memorable and entertaining comical pair. They intentionally go over the top and fulfil this by having fun and creating a hilarious and enjoyable experience. This film is the rise of their short partnership of only two movies, ending with Black Sheep as their last film.

I liked this comedy. TOMMY BOY is a real treat if you're in the mood for a good laugh.

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever

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The 'Burbs Review

The 'Burbs


Release Date: 22nd June 1989 - Australia


Production Companies
Universal Pictures
Imagine Entertainment


Genre: Comedy

Rating: PG

Runtime: 97 minutes


Budget: $18,000,000

Box Office Gross: $49,101,993
(Worldwide)

Plot Summary (Retrieved from DVD Cover of Release)
To the disappointment of
his wife Carol, Ray
decides to spend a
relaxing week at home,
and soon gets into trouble
with his neighbors - a
hefty busybody, a freaked-
out ex-solider, and a
spacey teenager - as
they observe the strange
happenings next door at
the Klopek's bizarre
residence. When the
neighborhood grouch
suddenly disappears, the
men are convinced the
ramshackle house hides
some hideous clues. Armed
with assault rifles, high-
powered binoculars and
a shovel, they decide to
see for themselves exactly
what is going on in the
Klopek place.


Cast
Tom Hanks - Ray Peterson
Carrie Fisher - Carol Peterson
Bruce Dern - Lt. Mark Rumsfield
Rick Ducommun - Art Weingarter
Corey Feldman - Ricky Butler
Henry Gibson - Dr. Werner Klopek
Brother Theodore - Uncle
Reuben Klopek
Courtney Gain - Hans Klopek
Wendy Schaal - Bonnie Rumsfield
Gale Gordon - Walter Seznick

Crew
Director - Joe Dante
Producers - Larry Brezner and Michael Finnell
Co-Producer/Writer - Dana Olsen
Production Designer - James H. Spencer
Director of Photography - Robert Stevens
Music - Jerry Goldsmith


Review
Before Tom Hanks was an exclusive A-list actor portraying complex characters in unforgettable hits like 'Forrest Gump', 'Apollo 13', and 'Philadelphia'; he was well-known in the early years of the 1980s as a goofy comedian and relatable guy who audiences couldn't help but grow fond of. I hand-picked one of his more obscure early films, 'The 'Burbs', a suburbia-mystery comedy. This film occasionally does have some old-fashioned observational humour to amuse people who have experienced dysfunctional neighbourhoods and nosy neighbours.
  
'The 'Burbs' is an underrated nostalgic comedy that almost views like an extended episode of a TV program. The overblown and cheesy plot is veiled by some top-notch acting performances. Notably Hanks as well as the supporting actors Carrie Fisher, Bruce Dern and Corey Feldman. The bottom line is that this film is very entertaining and draws the viewers into seeing it.

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever

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