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Meet Hickup, a hapless young viking ( voiced by Jay Baruchel) he lives in an isolated village where the pests happen to be dragons! Hickup is not a strong and tough young viking. No he's more of a thinker albeit a fairly clumsy one! His father is the village chief and he's not particularly proud of his hapless son who is not the strong and fiery son he imagined he'd have! One day he manages to shoot down a dragon though. But there are no witnesses so nobody believes him. The next morning Hickup finds the dragon. He wants to kill him but he can't. He decides to help the dragon who cannot fly properly anymore because of Hickup. A difficult but in the end touching friendship develops. With a great story and fantastic animation, characters which are easy to relate to and a good portion of humor, this is certainly one of the most rewarding animation movies I watched in recent years. Highly recommended, though not for small kids!

Paul Conroy wakes up, unsure where he is or how he got there! He soon finds out he's been locked up in a coffin. Soon his kidnapper contacts him by cellphone. He wants 5 million dollar or else Paul will die within a few hours. Paul frantically tries to phone anyone who could be useful for securing his rescue. He finally gets into contact with a hostage negotiator. Will he be saved in time? Of course I am not going to give that away. What I can say is that it is possible to make a movie who totally plays out underground. There are no cutbacks to the outside world. We only hear voices through the telephone! Ryan Reynolds usually does lighter fare but boy does he shine in this one.He was totally credible as the unfortunate truck-driver in way over his head. There's even some humor to be found, and it does not feel forced. If you like tight thrillers and you are not too claustrophobic. than buried is the movie for you! See it in the theatre, it might lose some strenght on DVD.