Thursday, September 15, 2016

Movie Review 15 Thomas & Friends The Great Race The Movie (Warning Spoilers look at your own risk)


When Thomas want's to go the The Great Railway Show (The Olympics for trains). The other engines think Thomas is to small to compete until a Great Railway Show contender tells him he can go for The Shunting Challenge. But while trying to show his shunting skills to Sir Topham Hatt a plan of Diesel's gets in the way.

This is a really good movie if you like Thomas & Friends and sports.

Ratting 10/10

Thomas & Friends The Complete Sixteenth Series DVD Review

Thomas and his friends return in Series 16; all 20 episodes on DVD together for the first time ever!
Sodor is filled with the sound of music when a famous composer visits the island. Thomas becomes a scarecrow for the day, Percy falls foul of one of Salty's tales and Charliecombines his love for snow and jokes. The engines welcome Stafford to Sodor, celebrate the Fat Controller's birthday and, when a photographer visits the island, Thomas aims to appear in as many photos as possible!
Introducing new friends Stafford, LukeMerrickOwen and Winston!
Episodes
  1. Race to the Rescue
  2. Ol' Wheezy Wobbles
  3. Express Coming Through
  4. Percy and the Monster of Brendam
  5. Ho Ho Snowman
  6. Flash Bang Wallop!
  7. Thomas and the Rubbish Train
  8. Thomas Toots the Crows
  9. Bust My Buffers!
  10. Percy and the Calliope
  11. Thomas and the Sounds of Sodor
  12. Salty's Surprise
  13. Sodor Surprise Day
  14. Emily's Winter Party Special
  15. Muddy Matters
  16. Whiff's Wish
  17. Welcome Stafford
  18. The Christmas Tree Express
  19. Don't Bother Victor!
  20. Happy Birthday Sir!

Once again i love seeing these episodes on a DVD together but i don't get why they are always in production order instead of air date order.

Ratting 5/10 

Movie Review 14 Captain America: Civil War (Warning Spoilers look at your own risk)

After the events that have happened in The Avengers, Caption America: The Wintor Solder, & Avengers: Age of Ultron. The UN finally desides that they need to do something to keep the Avengers in order after a insadent at the beginning of the film involving Brock Rumlow / Crossbones The Former commander of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s counter-terrorism S.T.R.I.K.E. team, who was revealed to be a Hydra agent in Caption America: The Wintor Solder is trying to steal a biological weapon and was eventually stopped by Steve Rogers / Captain America, Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, Sam Wilson / Falcon, and Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch. Rumlow tells Cap that he was stealing the weapon for Bucky Barnes / The Winter Soldier Cap’s old friend from Caption America: The First Avenger, and Caption America: The Winter Soldier.

Later Tony Stark / Iron Man shows up at the Avengers compound with The Secretary of State who tells The Avengers that they had to sign The Sacovia Accords a document signed by the UN taking control of The Avengers missions witch divides them into two sides one led by Tony Stark and consisting of Natasha Romanoff, James Rhodes / War Machine, and The Vision who are supporting the desions that the UN have made. The other led by Steve Rogers and consisting of Sam Wilson, Wanda Maximoff, and Clint Barton / Hawkeye not supporting the dision. But after a bombing at the UN Sacovia Accords signing Bucky Burns is said to be behind it when he really wasn’t. This resolves into the two looking for new recruits to help them confront one another. Burns & Scott Lang/Ant-Man sides with Rogers and Peter Parker/Spider-Man & T'Challa / Black Panther siding with Stark.


One thing that was a bit wired was seeing everyone except Thor & Bruce Banner / Hulk due to how Avengers: Age of Ultron ended with Thor going back to his home plant of Asgared and Banner fleing the battle of Sacovia and was not heard from since. Thor is only refrenced while The Hulk is seen in replayed footage from The Avengers and is refrenced twice. Otherwise the film has lots of jokes and action and is exalent. This is something that is well worth seeing.

Ratting 10/10

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Thomas & Friends The Complete Fifteenth Series DVD Review

Thomas and his friends return in the Complete Series 15, with all episodes on DVD together for the first time ever!
With the Sodor Search and Rescue Centre up and running the race is on to become the 'Sodor Search and Rescue Engine'. Thomas takes Bertie on a rail adventure and soon runs into trouble on the Shake Shake Bridge. There are twitters and tweets, clanging bells and wonky whistles, giant escaping balloons and sticky magnets. Percy makes some new friends and the engines are rewarded for being Really Useful.
Introducing new friends Flynn, Belle, Den and Dart!

Episodes
  1. Gordon and Ferdinand
  2. Toby and Bash
  3. Emily and Dash
  4. Percy's New Friends
  5. Edward the Hero
  6. James to the Rescue
  7. Happy Hiro
  8. Up, Up and Away!
  9. Henry's Happy Coal
  10. Let it Snow
  11. Surprise, Surprise
  12. Spencer the Grand
  13. Stop that Bus!
  14. Stuck on You
  15. Big Belle
  16. Kevin the Steamie
  17. Wonky Whistle
  18. Percy the Snowman
  19. Tree Trouble
  20. Fiery Flynn

Ratting 10/10

Thomas & Friends 1st Class Stories DVD Review

Thomas and Friends began life as a collection of stories called "The Railway Series", created by the Reverend W. Awdry to entertain his son Christopher. A cheeky, little blue engine called Thomas the Tank Engine soon made an appearance and has been entertaining children across the world with exciting tales and adventures from the Island of Sodor ever since.
We are celebrating 70 years of Thomas and Friends with a collection of No.1 episodes from the classic live action to the latest CGI animation. Watch Thomas and his friends in 20 thrilling adventures featuring legendary storytellers Ringo Starr, Michael Angelis and Mark Moraghan.
Episodes
  1. Thomas and Gordon
  2. The Flying Kipper
  3. Escape
  4. Gallant Old Engine
  5. Thomas the Jet Engine
  6. Snow Tracks
  7. Henry's Good Deeds
  8. Charlie and Eddie
  9. Jitters and Japes
  10. Happy Hiro
  11. Stop that Bus!
  12. Flash Bang Wallop!
  13. Bust My Buffers!
  14. Percy and the Calliope
  15. Steamie Stafford
  16. The Switch
  17. Bill or Ben?
  18. Not So Slow Coaches
  19. Toad's Adventure
  20. Duck and the Slip Coaches

Ratting 7/10 I whould have liked to see more older episodes featured. 

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Thomas & Friends Start You Engines DVD/Digital Review

Thomas & Friends™ are racing on the rails! The clock is ticking for Thomas, Bertie and Spencer to get to the castle on time. As Philip shows Gordon how fast he can go, slow Stephen proves he can save the day. James and Thomas are on opposite tracks when the Big Game comes to Sodor, while Caitlin gives Emily an unexpected boost. Race down the tracks with Thomas and his friends!

Episodes


1. Two Wheels Good 

2. Reds VS Blues
3. Slow Stephen 
4. The Little Engine Who Raced Ahead
5. Best Engine Ever
6. Phillip To The Rescue

Bones Features


Race with You song
On a Journey Today song
Go, Go Thomas song
Guess Who? puzzles
Really Useful Engines
The Earl's Quiz
Landmarks of Sodor
The Fat Controller's Tales

Ratting 10/10

Movie Review 13 Star Wars The Force Awakens (Warning Spoilers look at your own risk)



Set 30 years after the events of Star Wars Return of The Jedi, Luke Skywalker (The Last Jedi) has disappeared. In addition the remains of The Galactic Empire have reformed into The First Order led by Kylo Ren who seeks to find Luke. After a clue of a lost map to Skywalker is found, Ren and his Stormtroopers set out to obtain it. Little does Ren know the piece of the map has fallen into the hands of a droid named BB-8, A Scavenger named Rey, an ex Stormtrooper named Finn, and a resistance led by General Leia Organa previously known as Princes Leia who are all trying to protect the map from Kylo Ren. So the rest of the film follows Kylo Ren as he tries to find Luke Skywalker.      

In 2012 Disney had bought the rights to Lucasfilms, the studio that made the last 6 films for $4.06 billion and announced three new Star Wars films meaning this is one out of three new movies. Everyone from the last films returns along with some new characters, such as BB-8 and Finn. The biggest thing I did not like was the lack of Luke Skywaker and R2D2. Luke was only mentioned countless times, does not speak when he finally appears, and is only in 2 scenes. R2 on the other hand I didn’t like only seeing him speak in one scene even though he was shown throughout the film. The biggest thing I liked was when Han and Chewbacca meet Rey and Finn because it was a new generation meets old generation thing. The special effects were great and made the film very realistic. The cast includes
Harrison Ford as Han Solo
Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker
Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa
Adam Driver as Kylo Ren
Daisy Ridley as Rey
John Boyega as Finn
Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron
Lupita Nyong'o as Maz Kanata
Andy Serkis as Supreme Leader Snoke
Domhnall Gleeson as General Hux
Anthony Daniels as C-3PO
Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca
Max von Sydow as Lor San Tekka

Daniel Craig makes a cameo as a Storm Trupper
Bill Hader and Ben Schwartz are Vocal Consultants for BB8
Ewan McGregor has an uncredited vocal cameo as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Audio of Frank Oz and Alec Guinness as Yoda and Kenobi, respectively, are also used in the same scene. I think this film is great for everyone who is fan of Star Wars or Disney.


Ratting 10/10