Blog of Leonid Mamchenkov

I was surprised to learn that “Mulan II” exists. As successful as the original animation was, I thought it would be followed by a sequel, but everything was pretty quiet. It turns out that sequel came out six years later.

Directed by: Darrell Rooney, Lynne Southerland
Genres: Family, Animation, Comedy, Musical
Cast: Ming-Na, B.D. Wong, Mark Moseley, Lucy Liu, Harvey Fierstein, Sandra Oh, Gedde Watanabe, Lauren Tom, Jerry Tondo, Pat Morita, George Takei, June Foray, Freda Foh Shen, Soon-Tek Oh, Frank Welker
IMDB raintg: 5.8
My rating: 5.0

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I’ve seen “Mulan” back in last millenium when it was going through the movies. I liked it a lot and bought the DVD among the few things for Maxim’s near future. Watched it again today.

Directed by: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Cast: Miguel Ferrer, Harvey Fierstein, Freda Foh Shen, June Foray, James Hong, Miriam Margolyes, Pat Morita, Eddie Murphy, Marni Nixon, Soon-Tek Oh, Donny Osmond, Lea Salonga, James Shigeta, George Takei, Jerry Tondo
IMDB raintg: 7.2
My rating: 9.0

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Olga wanted to watch the Potter series, so I joined in for the “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets“. I’ve seen it before, but since I didn’t blog about it, it was a good idea to refresh the memory.

Directed by: Chris Columbus
Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Griffiths, Fiona Shaw, Harry Melling, Toby Jones, Jim Norton, Veronica Clifford, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Julie Walters, Bonnie Wright, Mark Williams, Chris Rankin
IMDB raintg: 7.3
My rating: 8.0

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After watching “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” for the 100th time I realized that I haven’t ever blogged about it.

Directed by: Chris Columbus
Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Saunders Triplets, Richard Harris, Fiona Shaw, Harry Melling, Richard Griffiths, Derek Deadman, Ian Hart, Ben Borowiecki, Warwick Davis, Verne Troyer, John Hurt, Richard Bremmer
IMDB raintg: 7.2
My rating: 10.0 [rate 10.0]

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I’ve got to see some new releases once in a while. “Sahara” was on top of the list.

Directed by: Breck Eisner
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Cast: Jude Akuwidike, Mark Aspinall, Rakie Ayola, Christopher Bello, Nicholas Beveney, Empotoe Bosage, Robert Cavanah, Penélope Cruz, Dayna Cussler, Clint Dyer, Matthew Flynn, Paulin Fodouop, Ouahbou Houcine, Emmanuel Ighodaro, Lennie James, Maurice Lee, Delroy Lindo, Daniel Lobé, William H. Macy, Francis Magee, Patrick Malahide, Thierno Amath Mbaye, Matthew McConaughey, Femi Ogumbanjo, Eddie Osei, Nathan Osgood, Lahcen Ouezgane, Robert Paterson, Abdul Salis, Tosin Sanyalo, Christopher Saul, Billy Seymour, Mark Springer, Glynn Turman, Celestine Vita, Mark Wells, Lambert Wilson, Rainn Wilson, Steve Zahn
IMDB raintg: 5.9
My rating: 6.0

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