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The Games Maker (film review)

Film: The Games Maker Year: 2014 Genre: Adventure, Family Directed By: Juan Pablo Buscarini Starring: David Mazouz, Edward Asner, Joseph Fiennes About:  Young Ivan Drago's newfound love of board games catapults him into the fantastical and competitive world of game invention, and pits him against the inventor Morodian, who has long desired to destroy the city of Zyl, founded by Ivan's grandfather. To save his family and defeat Morodian, Ivan must come to know what it is to be a true Games Maker Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3z5Rw2lAn4 My Review: Having been on my to watch pile for a while I decided to finally give this a watch. This film was nothing like what I had expected however and didn't entertain me as much as I hoped it would. The Games Maker is about a boy called Ivan who enters a competition about games making and ends up as the winner. Soon after however his parents die in an accident and he tries to find out what happened to his parents ...

UP (film review)

Film: UP Year: 2009 Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy Starring: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger About:  Seventy-eight year old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his home equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway. My Review: As a fan of animation films I wanted to watch one I hadn't seen in years and thought of the beautiful film of UP  so decided to buy the DVD and give it a watch. Hoping it would give me the same enjoyment as it did the first time I saw it. UP   is a movie about an old man named Carl who after his wife dies decides to do the one thing they promised to do together which is go to Paradise Falls. While going there however a young boy who is trying to become a senior wilderness adventurer ends up going with him by accident and ends up helping the old man get there as well as protecting a bird called Kevin. I think this is one of the most beautiful animated films I have ever seen with the beginni...