Chilly Beach: Season One

Story Overview: On an iceberg within Canada a town was formed called Chilly Beach. Here lives a lump some of Canadians who do 'Canadian things' such as drink beer, drive plows on their trucks, eat poutine and most importantly live hockey. The show mainly revolves around two friends Dale MacDonald who drives the Zamboni and Frank Shackleford who is one of the most important persons being the beer store owner. These small town folk deal with some unique situations only Canadians can get in.

In this season we get to watch hockey injuries, aliens, T.rex's, profitable slush, Canadian music, curling and much more. Watching this DVD really makes you feel like a Canadian as you see the exaggeration on the already extent love we have for certain things, but to help us feel more like this they have created a character named Abby who is an American who 'studies' Canadians and their ways. They also play on this with the 3 DVD cases. When you line them up in order the sides make a beer bottle image. YAY we like beer EH!

Overall the quality of the show and DVD are not to great but at the same time it was a low budget show from a small company who just made a great show never the less. It is a gem that not many people have taken the time to watch. The jokes are great, its entertaining all the way through and its Canadian.

No. Of Episodes: 26

Bonus: The World Is Hot Enough Movie Sneak Peek, Original Webisodes, Animatics, Audio Commentaries, Described Video

Rating: 8/10

Cast:
Dale McDonald (Steve Ashton)
Frank Shackleford (Todd Peterson)
Constable Al (Damon D'Oliveira)
April June (Samantha Espie)
Biggs (Dwayne Hill)
Katherine Hilderbrand (Mary Lawliss)
Jacques LaRock (Robert Smith)
Michael Mabius (Jacqueline Pillon)

Buy Here: Chilly Beach - Complete Season One

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs

Story Overview: Swallow Falls, a tiny island hidden under the "A" in "Atlantic" on the world map that strives off the sardines industry. When people realized that this fish was 'gross' to eat, the company Baby Brent's Sardines went under and Swallow Falls suffered an economic downturn. With a large amount of sardines the town cooked the gross fish any way possible.

Flint Lockwood the young scientist grew up in Swallow Falls as a nerd working on being an inventor, but everything ended in catastrophe. One day he creates Flint Lockwood's Diatomic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator (FLDSMDFR) which turns water into food and with this he decides to end the towns bland food problems. That day he looses this new invention as it shoots off into the sky which causes food to be made in the clouds, raining down on Swallow Falls. From this point on Flint is the most popular guy in the town as he creates three meals a day and also helps out an intern news reporter, Sam Sparks, get news with the wacky food forecast worldwide. With all this has Flint put to much on his plate? You will have to watch the movie and find out.

This movie was written and directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller who both did Clone High which made me interested, but I did not let that cloud my judgement. The overall story line was pretty cheesy but it did have its parts that would hook you in to keep watching. After awhile you felt that they would drag parts out to long till you are waiting in boredom for the expected end result. This movie has been done before with the nerd/cute girl romance, unconnected father, a random pet that can talk (kinda) and a nerd guy who was hated becomes loved.

It was definitely not made for someone over the age of 10 to be interested in. I however did enjoy the idea of food falling from the sky and also the graphics. I am a sucker for digital animation and really cartoonish looking characters. The townsfolk tend to have some good one liners which would make you laugh a bit. One character I really liked was Officer Earl Devereaux, he had some great lines and you have to love the guy for how much he protected his son. This would be a great movie to own if you had children cause in the end you feel good about Flint saving the day.

Bonus: Full Screen/Theatrical Widescreen, DVD Rom Link

Rating: 4.5/10

Cast:

Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader)

Samantha Sparks (Anna Faris)

Timothy Lockwood (James Caan)

Steve The Monkey (Neil Patrick Harris)

Mayor Shelbourne (Bruce Campbell)

Brent McHale (Andy Samberg)

Officer Earl Devereaux (Mr. T)

Calvin Devereaux (Bobb'e J, Thompson)

Manny (Benjamin Bratt)

Patrick Patrickson (Al Roker)

Frances Lockwood (Lauren Graham)

Joseph Towne (Will Forte)

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Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Animation

Story Overview: Scott is new to his high-school and after 15 minutes he has already been in his first fight. Sitting in front of the Principals office he meets Lisa Miller which he befriends on the spot. The two discuss starting a band which will advance them through their popularity status in school. The duo realizes they need a drummer and spot Kim Pine who plays for the school band. On Monday Scott shows up to school only to notice Kim was taken hostage by Simon Lee in which Scott has to fight through a crowd of guys to get to the roof to defeat Simon. When Scott saves Kim they fall in love and date until Scott announces his family is moving to Toronto.

This four-minute short goes back to when the characters were 16 years old. Michael Cera and Alison Pill once again lend their voices for Scott and Kim while Mae Whitman who plays an Ex in the movie voices Lisa Miller and Jason Schwarzman voices Simon Lee.

Titmouse and Adult Swim have released a great teaser for the movie Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World giving little insight on Scott and Kim's past. Hopefully more video shorts can come about for this movie giving more insight on other characters.

Rating: 10/10

Cast:
Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera)
Kim Pine (Alison Pill)
Lise Miller (Mae Whitman)
Simon Lee (Jason Schwarzman)

Shrek: Forever After: The Final Chapter

Story Overview: Shrek the Ogre lives in his swamp yet again with his family. While at the kids first birthday party he freaks out from not living an ogre life, but as a family man and wanders off alone. He meets a man named Rumpelstiltskin who offers Shrek a deal where he gets to live one day like an ogre and in return has to sign over a day from his past. Shrek agrees to this and signs his magical deal contract and right away Shrek starts living an ogre life. He soon realizes that he has lost everything that made his life great and has one day to try getting his life back (kiss from his true love) or else he will perish forever.

This is the fourth and final instalment of the Shrek series. With this they went with a BOOM releasing a great movie. Unlike the second and third Shrek, this one was full of great jokes and action like the first movie had to offer. Also you feel good as you see Shrek have to re-befriend all his fairytale group. I really love how the Ginger Bread Man fights Animal Crackers as a living. Shrek: Forever After can relate to the first one because it is all about a single ogre trying to build relationships with everyone. Even Donkey near the end tries to build a bond with his Dragon lover.

The graphics are great like always being cartoonish but they move realisticly. The music they have the characters are also great as you hear covers of some great classics that parents would enjoy. Donkey is once again as funny as he can be as he becomes friends with Shrek. This is a movie every family should watch.

Bonus: Spotlight On Shrek, Secrets Of Shrek Forever After, Deleted Scenes, Filmmakers' Commentary

Rating: 8/10

Cast:
Shrek (Mike Myers)
Donkey (Eddie Murphy)
Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz)
Puss In Boots (Antonio Banderas)
Rumpelstiltskin (Wald Dohrn)
Wolf (Aron Warner)
Three Blind Mice (Christopher Knights)
Pinocchio, Three Little Pigs (Cody Cameron)

Buy Here: Shrek Forever After (Single-Disc Edition)

Star Wars: Clone Wars: Volume One

Story Overview: This 2003 animated series follows the Clone Wars which are set between (II) Attack Of The Clones and (III) Revenge Of The Sith. The war is a fight between the Jedi's with their exploits and Galactic Republic.

Their are a handful of battles to follow within this series. Kit Fisto in an underwater fight on Mon Calamari, Mace Windu destroying a seismic tank on Dantooine, Yoda/Padme Amidala rescuing Luminara Unduli and Barris Offee on Ilum, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Shaak Ti, K'Kryhk and Aayla Secura fight General Grievous on Hypori and Obi-Wan Kenobi confronts Durge on Muunilinst while Anakin Skywalker leads the battle in space which becomes a chase which then turns into a lightsaber fight killing off Asajj Ventress. The series follows many battles.

To really follow the battles you have to be a big Star Wars fan. I personally like Star Wars but I'm not a crazy fan so after watching, with a bit of reading I gained a good understanding of the war. But even with the lack of knowledge, all 20 episodes are full of great animated action which will grasp your attention. You also get to see some of the lesser known Jedi's which is neat. But overall they focus on the hero's Obi-Wan and Anakin.

What is nice about the film is that the voices are very similar to the movies which help you relate which cartoon characters are who in the movies. When I found out James Arnold Taylor was Obi-Wan, I was surprised to see it was not Ewan McGregor. This whole series was done well from animations to audio. It shall make all Star War fans proud.


No. Of Episodes: 20

Bonus: Bridge The Saga, Behind-The-Scenes, Two Director Commentaries, Two Galleries Of Art, Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith Teaser Trailer, Episode III Video Game Trailer, Republic Commando Game Trailer, Xbox Playable Game Level For Republic Commando

Ranking: 7/10

Cast:
Anakin Skywalker (Mat Lucas)
Obi-Wan Kenobi, Aide #1/#3 (James Arnold Taylor)
Yoda (Tom Kane)
San Hill, Count Dooku, Warrior #2 (Corey Burton)
C-3P0 (Anthony Daniels)
Asajj Ventress, Padme Amidala, Shaak Ti (Grey DeLisle)
General Grievous, Padawan (John DiMaggio)
Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, Darth Sidious (Nick Jameson)
Master Barrek, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Henchman, Aide #2, Warrior #3 (Daran Norris)
K'Kruhk, Human Male Jedi Master (Kevin Michael Richardson)
Clone Trooper, Battle Droid, ARC Captain/Trooper, Captain Typho (Andre Sogliuzzo)
Luminara Unduli (Cree Summer)
Barriss Offee (Tatyana Yassukovich)

Buy Here: Star Wars: Clone Wars, Vol. 1 (Microseries)

The Simpsons: The Complete Third Season (Collector's Edition)

Story Overview: Every day middle class American family. They deal with normal problems,The Simpsons are a family of five that each bring their own problems to the table but show that as a family they can deal with anything.

Welcome to the third year of one of the most famous families known all over the world. The Simpsons once again tackle every day problems, and a few not so ordinary situations. Bart joins the mob, Homer manages a country artist, Lisa goes to Washington and Maggie misses her mom Marge as she takes a break from the family. Watching this DVD brings back Saturday afternoons I use to have sitting on my couch watching the family which entertained the world.

Whats nice about the DVD is that they did not try remastering the show to much from the original. It keeps the version that we as fans all came to enjoy instead of a masked version of what we enjoyed. This season is full of great jokes and antics that related to to historical and cultural topics. Another great thing is the packaging. They put it into a big digi case which folds out showing the family falling through the packing. They definitely did not go the cheap road to bringing back The Simpsons.

No. Of Episodes: 24

Bonus: Commentaries, Trivia Tracks, Storyboard, Commercials, Clip of Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, Jukebox, Promo Footage, 4 Easter Eggs

Rating: 8/10

Cast:
Homer, Groundskeeper Willie, Grampa, Barney, Krusty (Dan Castellaneta)
Marge, Patty Selma (Julie Kavner)
Bart, Nelson, Todd (Nancy Cartwright)
Lisa (Yeardley Smith)
Moe, Chief Wiggum, Apu (Hank Azaria)
Mr. Burns, Smithers, Ned, Kent Brockman (Hank Azaria)

Buy Here: The Simpsons - The Complete Third Season