PIXAR: Toy Story 3 (Flick’s Review)

Posted on | June 20, 2010 | 1 Comment

Toy Story 3 (Flick’s Review) from . on Vimeo.

SPOILER ALERT: Be warned that by listening to this review you will hear about parts of the movie from Toy Story 3. (Flick’s Review on Vimeo).

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PIXAR: Toy Story 3 (Flack’s Review)

Posted on | June 20, 2010 | 1 Comment

SPOILER ALERT: Be warned that by listening to this review you will hear about parts of the movie from Toy Story 3. (Flack’s Review on Vimeo)

Rated G.

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Shrek 2: (Flick’s Review)

Posted on | May 25, 2010 | 2 Comments

Cartoons_Shrek_2_001557_9 Shrek is back! This time he’s getting married to Fiona. Shrek, Donkey, and Fiona go to Far Far Away to get the blessing of the King and Queen. The new bad guys are The Fairy Godmother and Prince Charming who was supposed to rescue Fiona from the Dragon. Shrek 2 is my favorite of the Shrek franchise because I like meeting all the new characters including Puss in Boots who teams up with Shrek and Donkey to battle Prince Charming and the Fairy godmother (other characters that did not appear in Shrek 1). My favorite character is Shrek ( Mike Miyers) because he always saves the day. My favorite part is when Shrek, Donkey, and Puss go into the potion factory/Fairy Godmother’s lair. I rate the movie PG for action, rude humor, and mild langauge.

MPAA: Rated PG for some crude humor, a brief substance reference and some suggestive content.

Directors:
Andrew Adamson
Kelly Asbury

Writers:
William Steig (book)
Andrew Adamson (story)

Release Date:
19 May 2004 (USA)

Cast

Mike Myers: Shrek (voice)
Eddie Murphy: Donkey (voice)
Cameron Diaz: Princess Fiona (voice)
Julie Andrews:Queen (voice)
Antonio Banderas:Puss In Boots (voice)
John Cleese:King (voice)
Rupert Everett:Prince Charming (voice)
Jennifer Saunders:Fairy Godmother (voice)
Aron Warner:Wolf (voice)
Kelly Asbury:Page / Elf / Nobleman / Nobleman’s Son (voice)
Cody Cameron: Pinocchio / Three Pigs (voice)
Conrad Vernon: Gingerbread Man / Cedric / Announcer / Muffin Man / Mongo (voice)
Christopher Knights:Blind Mouse (voice)
David P. Smith: Herald / Man with Box (voice)
Mark Moseley: Mirror / Dresser (voice)

the official website for the 4 film because we could not find one for the 2.

www.shrek.com

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Mixed Reviews For Shrek Forever After

Posted on | May 24, 2010 | Add Comments

shrek 4 payoff 3d 1-sht_4c_53506 We’re looking forward to Shrek Forever After. Some critics are not. Predictably it’s the last Shrek film says all the news. The Providence Journal gives the film two stars. The New York Times thinks the film is the darkest Shrek (yet.) I have not seen the film yet but despite all the reviews I will still see it because I liked the other Shrek movies.

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Summer Movies for kids 2010

Posted on | May 21, 2010 | 1 Comment

Today’s post was co-written by our mom, publisher of Kidoinfo.com.

Here is our list of summer movies for kids—not all are for little kids. Use the information below to help you make decisions of which ones are appropriate for your family. Our top pick is Toy Story 3. We are also looking forward to The Last Airbender, The Karate Kid and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. We wish they were old enough to see Robin Hood and Prince of Persia.

MAY

IRON MAN 2 Release Date: May 7, 2010
Runtime: 124 min
Rating: PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence, and some language.
Parental Rating: Via IMDB
Director: Jon Favreau
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Genre: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson

SYNOPSIS: Based on the comic book series, this sequel to Iron Man (2008), billionaire Tony Stark must contend with deadly issues involving the government, his own friends and new enemies due to his superhero alter ego Iron Man.

ROBIN HOOD Release Date: May 14, 2010
Rating: Rated PG-13 for violence including intense sequences of warfare, and some sexual content.
Runtime: 140 minutes
Parental Rating: Via IMDB
Director: Ridley Scott
Studio: Universal Pictures
Starring: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, Mark Strong, Danny Huston
Genre: Action | Drama

SYNOPSIS: Based on the classic tale of Robin Hood, an archer in the army of King Richard fighting against the French. While King Richard is gone, Robin travels to Nottingham and assembles a gang to prey upon the rich and help the poor.

SHREK FOREVER AFTER Release Date: May 21, 2010
Runtime: 93 minutes
Rating: Rated PG for mild action, some rude humor and brief language
Parental Rating: Via IMDB
Director: Mike Mitchell
Studio: DreamWorks Animation
Cast: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews
Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

SYNOPSIS: In this fourth movie, Shrek is feeling over-domesticated. He used to send villagers running in terror, now they ask him to sign their pitchforks. To regain his ogre mojo, he strikes a deal with the crafty Rumpelstiltskin. When the pact goes wrong Shrek must confront what life would be like in Far Far Away if he had never existed.

PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME Release Date: May 28, 2010
Run Time: 116 minutes
Rating: Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action.
Parental Rating: Via IMDB
Director: Mike Newell
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina
Genre: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Romance

SYNOPSIS: Based on the comic book Prince of Persia later made into a video game series. Jake Gyllenhaal plays an adventurous Persian prince who teams up with a rival princess to stop an angry ruler from unleashing a world-destroying sandstorm.

JUNE

MARMADUKE Release Date: June 4, 2010
Runtime: N/A
Rating: PG for some rude humor and language
Parental Rating: Via IMDB
Director:Tom Dey
Studio: Davis Entertainment
Cast: Owen Wilson, Keiffer Sutherland, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Emma Stone
Genre: Comedy | Family

SYNOPSIS: Based on the comic Marmaduke found in the daily funny pages of many local papers. A suburban family moves to new neighborhood with the large lovable great dane who is prone to wreak havoc when he is around.

THE KARATE KID Release Date: June 11, 2010
Run Time: N/A
Rating: PG for bullying, martial arts action violence and some mild language
Parental Rating: Via IMDB
Director: Harald Zwart
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Cast: Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, Taraji P. Henson
Genre: Action | Drama | Family | Sport

SYNOPSIS: Based on the 1984 coming-of-age classic, The Karate Kid (starring Ralph Macchio) about a California kid and the karate master who takes him under his wing. In this remake, the story is a coming of age story re-set in China.

TOY STORY 3 Release Date: June 18, 2010
Run Time: 86 minutes
Rating: N/A. Probably G
Parental Rating: Via IMDB
Director: Lee Unkrich
Studio: Pixar Animation Studios
Voices: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Keaton, Bonnie Hunt
Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

SYNOPSIS: Andy is going off to college. After he packs up his old toys they get mistaken for trash and wind up at The Sunnyside Daycare. In this action-packed adventure our favorite toys meet up with a new group of toys and need to figure out how to get back to their old pal, Andy.

JULY

THE LAST AIRBENDER Release Date: July 2, 2010
Run Time: N/A
Rating: N/A
Parental Rating: Via IMDB
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Jackson Rathbone, Cliff Curtis, Dev Patel, Nicola Peltz
Genre: Adventure | Family | Fantasy | War

SYNOPSIS: A 3-D, live-action adaptation of the animated TV series, The Last Airbender about a young spiritual figure who looks for adventure.

DESPICABLE ME Release Date: July 9, 2010
Runtime: N/A
Rating: Rated PG for rude humor and mild action.
Parental Rating: Via IMDB
Voices: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Jason Segel, Ken Jeong, Julie Andrews
Director: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
Genre: Animation | Family
Studio: Illumination Entertainment

SYNOPSIS: Three orphan girls come into the life of a despicable supervillain who is trying to steal the moon.

THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE Release Date: July 16, 2010
Runtime:N/A
Rating: N/A
Parental Rating: Via IMDB
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel, Alfred Molina
Genre: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy

SYNOPSIS: A live-action, modern-day retelling of the classic tale, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice in which a seemingly normal kid is recruited by a Manhattan sorcerer who needs his help to battle the forces of darkness.

RAMONA AND BEEZUS Release Date: July 23, 2010
Runtime: N/A
Rating: G
Parental Rating: Via IMDB
Starring: Joey King, Selena Gomez, John Corbett
Director: Elizabeth Allen
Genre: Family | Comedy
Studio: 20th Century Fox

SYNOPSIS: Beverly Cleary’s classic children’s books come to life, following the misadventures of the young grade-schooler, Ramona Quimby.

NANNY MCPHEE AND THE BIG BANG Release Date: August 20, 2010
Runtime: 109 minutes
Rating: PG for rude humor, some language and mild thematic elements.
Parental Rating: Via IMDB
Cast: Emma Thompson, Ralph Fiennes, Ewan McGregor, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Maggie Smith, Rhys Ifans.
Director: Susanna White.
Studio: Universal Pictures
Genre: Comedy | Family | Fantasy

SYNOPSIS: The magical and unusual looking governess from Chistianna Brand’s books shows up in a sequel to the 2005 family film. This time, she’s summoned to help a harried mother raise her children while the woman’s husband is away at war.

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Soon to Review “How to Train Your Dragon”

Posted on | March 28, 2010 | Add Comments

The all new animated Dream Works fantasy action adventure will soon be reviewed on flick flack. Maybe we will see it in 3-D. I am looking forward to it because I think the special effects and the 3-D will be amazing.

From the New York Times on Friday (March 26, 2010):
No Slaying Required: A Viking Aids an Enemy and Wins a Friend
By A. O. SCOTT

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Who framed Roger Rabbit (Flack’s Review)

Posted on | March 21, 2010 | Add Comments

Flack’s Rating: 5 out of 5

This movie is about a mean person named Judge Doom who has the “dip” which can kill cartoons. A detective named Eddie Valiant must help Roger Rabbit get away from Judge Doom. Now Eddie Valiant the detective, Roger Rabbit a funny cartoon and Jessica Rabbit, Roger’s wife and cartoon singer must get away from Judge Doom and his wolf cartoon helpers.

My favorite character is Roger Rabbit because I like that he can get handcuffs off him when something is funny.

My favorite part is the end duel between Judge Doom and Eddie Valiant because I like the action, funniness and music.

I rate it PG for action violence ,bad language romance and adult themes.

Director:
Robert Zemeckis

Writers:
Gary K. Wolf (novel)
Jeffrey Price (screenplay)
Release Date: June 1988 (USA)

Awards: Won 4 Oscars.
1989 Won an Oscar for:
Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing

Best Effects, Visual Effects

Best Film Editing

Special Achievement Award
Richard Williams
For animation direction and creation of the cartoon characters.

Cast
Bob Hoskins     Eddie Valiant
Christopher Lloyd        Judge Doom
Joanna Cassidy       Dolores
Charles Fleischer       Roger Rabbit / Benny The Cab / Greasy / Psycho (voice)
Stubby Kaye       Marvin Acme
Alan Tilvern    R.K. Maroon
Richard LeParmentier      Lt. Santino (as Richard Le Parmentier)
Lou Hirsch       Baby Herman (voice)
Betsy Brantley   Jessica’s Performance Model
Joel Silver    Raoul
Paul Springer        Augie
Richard Ridings   Angelo
Edwin Craig     Arthritic Cowboy
Lindsay Holiday     Soldier
Mike Edmonds       Stretch

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Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland (Flack’s Review)

Posted on | March 7, 2010 | 2 Comments

Flack’s Rating: 5 out of 5

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This movie is about Alice who falls down a Rabbit Hole into Underland. Where she meets the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, a smoking Catepillar, a Red Queen, a White Queen, a fire breathing dragon and other strange creatures. She must battle through Underland in this action comedy fantasy, based on the original Lewis Carol books Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.

My favorite character is the Mad Hatter, because he is funny.

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My favorite part is when Alice fights the Jabberwocky because it’s action.

I rate this movie PG for fantasy violence, scary sequences, and oddness.

Rated PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar.

I did not see it in 3-D, although I wish I had.

Director:Tim Burton

Website

Cast
Mia Wasikowska: Alice
Johnny Depp: Mad Hatter
Helena Bonham Carter: Red Queen
Anne Hathaway: White Queen
Crispin Glover: Stayne – Knave of Hearts
Matt Lucas: Tweedledee / Tweedledum
Stephen Fry: Cheshire Cat
Michael Sheen: White Rabbit
Alan Rickman: Blue Caterpillar
Barbara Windsor: Dormouse
Paul Whitehouse: March Hare (voice)
Timothy Spall: Bayard
Marton Csokas: Charles Kingsleigh
Tim Pigott-Smith: Lord Ascot
John Surman: Colleague #1
Peter Mattinson: Colleague #2
Lindsay Duncan: Helen Kingsleigh
Geraldine James: Lady Ascot
Leo Bill: Hamish
Frances de la Tour: Aunt Imogene
Jemma Powell: Margaret Kingsleigh
John Hopkins: Lowell
Eleanor Gecks: Faith Chattaway
Eleanor Tomlinson: Fiona Chattaway
Rebecca Crookshank: Strange Woman Kisser
Michael Gough: Dodo Bird (voice)
Imelda Staunton: Tall Flower Faces (voice)
Christopher Lee: Jabberwocky
Mairi Ella Challen: 6-Year-Old Alice
Holly Hawkins: Woman with Large Nose
Lucy Davenport: Woman with Big Ears
Joel Swetow: Man with Large Belly
Jessica Oyelowo: Woman with Large Poitrine
Ethan Cohn: Man with Large Chin
Richard Alonzo: Man with Big Forehead