This week Mike and Jeanne take a look at Dreamworks animated film “How to Train Your Dragon” which follows the young character Hiccup. His name is truer to his character than you may think, he is the hiccup in the village, where he goes disasters often follow. Hiccup is not your normal Viking and he sets out to prove himself in an unconventional way. The movie is not really about training a dragon, but more of a coming of age and growth opportunities for our young warrior and his competitors. The move is also presented in 3D and IMAX where available. With voice talent of Gerard Butler as Stoick, Craig Ferguson as Gobber, America Ferrera as Astrid and Jay Baruchel as Hiccup.

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This week we review “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner. The movie follows McConaughey character Conner Mead along a “A Christmas Carol” type journey as he visits his past, present and future partners. Helping him along his journey was Uncle Wayne, played by Michael Douglas. Who brought an imperfect character to life and brought about many chuckles along the way. And to make everything more fun, the movie is set on the weekend of Conner’s brothers wedding.

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Also this month, call to let us know your favorite holiday movie. Some people prefer the old classics like It’s a Wonderful Life, while others prefer more modern interpretations of the holiday season and Christmas with movies like Planes Trains and Automobiles, lets hear from you and your favorites.

Planet 51

This week we decided to watch the kid friendly release of “Planet 51″.  The animated feature brought to the screen by Ilion Animation.  Written by Joe Stillman, who is also known for Shrek and Shrek 2.  The movie takes a unique view on first contact and is situated it the ’50s version of the planet.  The voice acting includes Dwayne ‘The Rock” Johnson as Captain Charles “Chuck” Baker our intrepid austronaut, Justin Long as Lem, the teeenager trying to find himself and stumbles upon “the alien”, Jessica Beal as Neera, the love interest of Lem and Gary Oldman as General Grawl, the over the top by the book Miltary presence.

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This week we take a look at a new twist on a classic tale, “A Christmas Carol”, written by Charles Dickens.  The movie is animated by using motion capture technology, which has seen some increase in recent years beginning with The Polar Express in 2004 and most recently, Beowulf in 2007.  These movies are also easily adapted to 3D, which A Christmas Carol has also been released in this format as well.

The voice acting includes the talented of Jim Carrey, playing the following characters: Scrooge / Ghost of Christmas Past / Scrooge as a Young Boy / Scrooge as a Teenage Boy / Scrooge as a Young Man / Scrooge as a Middle-Aged Man / Ghost of Christmas Present / Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, as you can see he is quite busy in the movie.  I must say my favorite was the Christmas Present.

Also in the cast are Colin Firth, playing Scrooge’s nephew Fred and Gary Oldman playing the characters: Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim.

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Yes you have missed us, we haven’t done a new show in a few weeks…and for that Mike apologizes, he really had no excuse.  Jeanne, however has been sick with pneumonia…so she has a really good reason for no podcast.

Anyways, thanks for coming back and rejoining us as we review The Proposal, a romantic comedy starring Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock.  Remember the best way out of deportation is bribing your assistant to marry you….

And lets not forget Betty White as Grandma, a definite scene stealer.

Join Mike and Jeanne as they take a look back to Toy Story and Toy Story 2, presented in 3D. These movies bring some of our favorite toys to life in a way only Pixar can. With the voice talents of Tom Hanks as Woody and Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear, lets go “to infinity and beyond”.

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In a world where you let your robotic counterpart take all the risks, there is almost no disease, no fatal car accidents, and everyone can be who they want…until something goes wrong

Back in the mid 1980’s I remember this low budget cartoon that came on in the afternoons when I got out of my last class in college.   Since I didnt have cable, and satalite TV was for the rich back then, there were very few choices for a relaxing moment in front of the television at 3:30pm on a tuesday, and when the choice of watching a soap opera or GI Joe was made, lets just say that I didn’t care who Laura was going to marry, or if Stephano was about to be brought back form the dead yet again…thats right, for at least 2 semesters, GI Joe was there.  So 24 years later, hows the live action movie hold up?  Listen as Mike and Jeanne give you the straight scoop!

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Join Mike and Jeanne as we take a walk down memory lane as we pay tribute to writer, producer and director, John Hughes.  He created one of a kind movie experiences with real stories and family fun. He brought us so much laughter over the years and we encourage you to listen as we list our favorites.  We hope you are willing to come on the ride and encourage you to email or call us to let us know your favorite movie from his iconic collection.

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also why Fox thinks it can choose who to sell its DVDs too…

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Disney Pixar have taken us on some memorable journies, some better than others in the case of Disney…but I digress.  What do you get when you take an old man, a wilderness scout, a wood frame house, a dream, and a few thousand baloons?  You get UP, and adventure story with a heart.  Far too often in life we all do things that we think we need too, but put off the things we really want to do.  Up shows us that we should take each day and live it to the fullest, and sometimes that means letting go of what we though was most important.

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Staring Edward Asner and Jordan Nagai

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Length 95 minutes

Rated PG

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