Up, up and away!

Advantages: Some funny moments
Disadvantages: Too long, unpleasant animation

... Film Only Cinema Review This is the latest Disney Pixar offering, I tried my best to avoid watching it, but the kids really wanted to see it and they doubled up on their chores to earn the money, so I couldn?t say no. Synopsis Carl Fredricksen is an elderly man who has dreamt of going to Paradise Falls since he was a young boy. As a youngster Carl watched his hero Charles Muntz go off on his adventures in a blimp and return to hero status. Until one day scientists doubted Charles and the skeleton he brought back from Paradise Falls and mocked him, Charles vowed to bring back a live specimen. And so with his trusty pack of hounds he set off to Paradise Falls. On his way home from the cinema after seeing Charles set off, Carl heard adverturing chatter coming from a rundown old house. Inside was Ellie, a fellow...

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Review of Up (DVD)

Up Up and Away!

Advantages: Amazing characters, fabulous storyline, hillarious & Emotional at the same time!
Disadvantages: It's not out on DVD yet so I have to wait a few months before I can watch it again!

...much more for the adults (in fact the screening we were in yesterday had more adults than kids, mainly couples!). The film is, as I said earlier on, very emotional right from the start really, with Ellie and Carl?s marriage growing, and going through their lives together in a montage of ?footage? and pictures, and seeing the change in Carl when Ellie was gone. Up has the perfect amount of humour and emotion throughout the film to keep it as a family film, and not make it so sad you?ll be weeping all the way through, but making it just sad enough for it be heart-warming and real. Just when you start feeling sad about the storyline, something happens to send you giggling again, which is a very clever thing to do by the film makers. If you love all other Disney Pixar films, then you will adore this just as much! The film has...

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Review of Up (DVD)

Upping the Ante

Advantages: Strong script and characterisations, outstanding animation
Disadvantages: None

...Introduction Computer generated animation is a term synonymous with Pixar, despite the fact many other studios use the technique to great effect. Pixar are of course responsible for films which have quickly become modern classics, such as ?Toy Story?, ?Cars? and ?Ratatouille? and there is a reason for this ? quite simply they are in a league of their own when it comes to the quality of films they are producing. The level of animation is a cut above Sony or Dreamworks? attempts within the genre, and the scripts are never less than excellent either. ?Up? is the latest release from Pixar, and having skipped ?Wall-E? due to complete disinterest from my daughter, I was curious to see this one. I had also participated in an online survey about the film with her several months ago, so I had a rough idea what to expect, but the finished...

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Review of Up (DVD)

The Film Was 'Up'? But Made Me Feel Soooo Down

Advantages: Thought-provoking, fantastic animation, lovely story.
Disadvantages: A bit too sad at times.

...Director: Pete Docter & Bob Peterson Screenplay: Pete Docter & Bob Peterson Genre: Animation ? Family ? Adventure ? Comedy Country: USA Certification: PG Language: English MAIN CAST - VOICES: Carl Fredricksen [Edward Asner] Young Carl [Jeremy Leary] Young Ellie [Elie Docter] Russell [Jordan Nagai] Charles Muntz [Christopher Plummer] It all happened on a lazy summer day? Carl, just a child, meets Ellie, a boisterous little girl with shocking orange hair that sticks up like a porcupine. Ellie is everything that Carl is not, and he?s thoroughly fascinated? in fact, he?s so spellbound by the loud and excitable orange-haired girl, that he can?t seem to find his voice when she?s near him ? but that doesn?t matter because she speaks enough for the two of them! Although totally different, the two children share...

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Review of Up

Going Up!

Advantages: Orignal tracks
Disadvantages: A couple of less inspired moments

...at fifteen Daddy never forgive me I never heard from the guy again I had to drop out of high school? *********9/10********* SEVENTEEN - I?m Not in the Mood The backing track to this track is very punchy and up beat like those earlier on in the album. Twain?s vocals are again brilliantly to listen to and this rather jazzed up style really seems to suit her. The backing vocals, which make small yet important additions to the vocal track are also wonderfully performed and placed. ?I?m not in the mood To be shy To stand by And not give it a try? ********8/10******** EIGHTEEN - In My Car, I?ll be the Driver This is another track that I am not as fond of as the others. The premise for the song is interesting but for me it just doesn?t really work. I?m not sure this is one of her best song writing moments...

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Review of Up - Shania Twain

Lyrics That'll Make You Call The Cops

Advantages: Lots of big tunes
Disadvantages: A couple of the tracks let it down

...with speedy flows on up-tempo breaks. **Four Stars** 6. ?Cheesy Rat Blues? This on seems to clam thing down quite significantly as he is forced to take the fast pace down to a pace which suits the fact that he wishes to do a tune which has him deal with the girls. The type of things which he flows on his fresh, and the Funk really excites you as you here him do his thing as he rips the mic apart. **Five Stars** 7. ?Farmers Blvd.? The flows from LL on this one are so funky, and the fact that he does it all to some laid-back production means that you are made to get into the stuff much eaier as he gets you grooving along as he raps in a collaboration with a couple of other MCs, who all have something fresh to add. It is a big tune, and get him doing some real Old School stuff here as he takes us back. **Five Tsars** 8. ?Mama Said Knock You...

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Review of Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J

These teens go fired up!

Advantages: easygoing comedy
Disadvantages: predictable

...I watched this film yesterday in the afternoon while my sons were sleeping. I laughed a lot and hoped that I won?t wake them up. It is a very easy comedy that is mostly for young audience. This film was directed by Will Gluck and is recommended from 12 years. It was released in the summer of this year (2009). It is 90 minutes long. The story is very simple and there is only one twist in it, the rest is very predictable. So you won?t think for days about this film. You just enjoy it, laugh a lot then forget it. The characters in this film are mostly students. They are presented as easygoing, partying boys and girls with no deep feelings and touching message. Characters There are a lot of people in the story but the main rolls are: Shawn Colfax ? Nicholas D?Agosto Nick Rady ? Eric Christian Olsen Carly ? Sarah Roemer Dr. Rick ? David...

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Review of Fired Up!

Mr. Smith - LL Cool J knocks em out yet again

Advantages: Production is ILLLLLLLL; LL Cool J's lyrics are excellent; Variety and Flavor
Disadvantages: 3 Average cuts... LL's gangsta image isn't believable

...Mr. Smith is one of LL Cool J's best albums in his allustrious 20 year career, yet most true-blue music/hip-hop fans don't recognize it as such. Sure, the album is easily LL's biggest selling CD to date, but yet it's always forgotten when mentioning LL's discography while hailing Mama Said Knock You Out as LL's magnum opus. Yes, that album was hot, but so was this one. Yeah, I know it all depends on opinion, but I think it's time to switch that up. While few have said it's hot, some people have called this album "average" or "pretty nice", but not me. From the first listen to the last (with the exception of the occassional speedbump), I immediately fell in love with the album. There's a little bit of everything here. A variety in subject matter and production, to LL's mixing of flows and great guest stars make Mr. Smith essential hip...

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Review of Mr. Smith [PA] - LL Cool J

Chins up!

Advantages: good story
Disadvantages: /

...When I was younger I always had my nose in a book. Being the huge animal lover I was (and still am), I often chose to read books about animals. The Animal Ark book series by Lucy Daniels was very popular with me, and one of the titles was Chinchilla Up the Chimney. Although you should never judge a book by its cover, I always do, so it is important that it looks good! This particular cover is weird. You can see an image of a rather unusual looking chinchilla. I find it to be quite eerie, but very eye catching and it definitely drew me in. The book itself is about Mandy Hope, whose parents are vets. A chinchilla has got on the loose and Mandy worries about it. She tries to track the chinchilla down and return it to its owner but can she find it before it gets hurt? This is a basic story with a simple structure. It is great, I feel...

Amy69 04.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Chinchilla Up The Chimney - Lucy Daniels

Did Not Step Up to the Mark

Advantages: good dancing
Disadvantages: Average acting, weak and predictable storyline

...Tyler gage is a teenager who is from the rundown end of Baltimore. He lives in a foster home and makes a living steeling cars with his two close friends. Tyler and his friends love to dance and it is on one of the nights when they are thrown out of a party after Tyler danced with someone girlfriends that he lands himself in trouble. Tyler, Skinny and Mac end up breaking into the School for Performing Arts and wreaking havoc and as a result Tyler is given 200 hours community service which he must do working in the school. It is at this school doing his community service where he meets Nora, a very well to do girl who is a classical dancer and is working towards a showcase in the hope that she will be accepted by a Dance Company. Nora is stuck as she has lost her dance partner and it is not long before Tyler offers to step in. Nora...

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