Archive for January, 2011

Jan 30 2011

Best Animated Feature of 2009

Published by under 2009,Animated,Best Animated Nominee

Now that I’ve seen them all, here’s my ranking of the Oscar nominees: Fantastic Mr. Fox Up (Winner) Coraline The Secret of Kells The Princess and the Frog It was close between #1 and #2, but I was really fascinated by the Fox.

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Jan 30 2011

The Secret of Kells (2010)

Animated. Directed by and featuring the voices of people you’ve never heard Not Rated, but likely PG for violence with wolves and monsters 1 hour 15 minutes The only reason I heard of this movie is that is was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.  As it turns out, the animation is [...]

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Jan 15 2011

Ramona and Beezus (2010)

Published by under 2010,Family

Starring Joey King and Selena Gomez Directed by Elizabeth Allen Rated G 1 hour 43 minutes I know every elementary school girl will like this movie, but how about everyone else?  Based on the books by Beverly Cleary, Ramona and Beezus tells the story of a little girl with a big imagination and a knack [...]

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Jan 15 2011

Freaks and Geeks (1999)

Published by under Recommended,TV on DVD

Starring Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco, Samm Levine, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Martin Starr, Busy Philipps, Becky Ann Baker, and Joe Flaherty Created by Judd Apatow Although I was originally intruiged by the title, I never watched this show during its original run.  Recently I read that it was ranked among the best TV [...]

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Jan 15 2011

Heroes Seasons 1-3 (2006-2009)

Published by under TV on DVD

Starring: Hayden Panettiere, Jack Coleman, Greg Grunberg, Ali Larter, Masi Oka, Adrian Pasdar, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Milo Ventimiglia, Zachary Quinto, and a bunch of others. I had a friend who used to be interested in this show, so when I saw it at the library I decided to give it a shot.  I was not disappointed.  Featuring [...]

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