flickflack news
Posted on | January 13, 2011 | 1 Comment
Fresh Air: Terri Gross interviews The Coen Brothers.
Coen Bros. On Wet Horses, Kid Stars: It’s A Wild West. The Coen Brothers give you an inside look at their new movie, True Grit. We liked it because I liked hearing them talk about how they made the movie even though I can’t see the movie (yet).
Golden Globe Awards – Sunday, January 16, 2011 at 8pm (EST)
Oscar’s Nominees will be announced on January 25, 2011 at 5:30 a.m.
83rd Oscar’s will premiere on Sunday, February 27, 2011 at 8pm. The front runners for the best picture are The Social Network and The Kings Speech. We hope Toy Story 3 will win best picture (even though it probably won’t).
Movies we have watched and enjoyed lately: TRON,TRON Legacy, Harry Potter 4, Big Fish, Harry Potter 7 Part 1, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. and The Adventures Robin Hood (1938 starring Errol Flynn).
flickflack news
Posted on | December 14, 2010 | 2 Comments
We are starting flickflack news that is about everything related to film. You can get an inside look at the best new movies, and we have given you links to interviews and interesting web sites to give you the behind scenes look at interesting film news.
NOTE: The DC comics’ books are about comics not movies but we have decided to include the books because there have been many DC comics turned into movies.
Books:
Learn about the new book written by Paul Levitz, 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking: Wham! Wow!: DC Comics at 75 with Tom Ashbrook on NPR’s On Point Radio.
Book: DC Comics Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle
Book: The Sounds of Star Wars. Listen to an interview with Ben Burt about ‘The Sounds Of Star Wars,’ Now At Fans’ Fingertips on NPR’s Weekend Edition.
Awards:
American Film Institute (AFI) announces top 10 movies of 2010
Upcoming Films:
Tintin: The Tintin comic book series is being turned into a movie, directed by blockbuster directors Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson. Due out at the theaters 2011. Learn more about Tintin on Wikipedia and in Empire Magazine.
Tron Legacy: The sequel to TRON will be in theaters Friday. Visit the official website to look at games, videos, cast, characters, and everything else you can possibly imagine about the new movie, TRON Legacy. Read about it in Empire Magazine.
Pirates of the Caribbean: The fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie, On Stranger Tides will be released. Watch the trailer here: http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=29718
Save the date:
Providence Children’s Film Festival will be in Providence February 18 – 22, 2011.
2010 Oscar Academy Awards will air on ABC on February 27, 2011. The hosts will be Anne Hathaway and James Franco.
Beetlejuice (Flack’s Review)
Posted on | April 24, 2010 | Add Comments
Flack’s rating: 4.7 
.7
This movie is about Adam and Barbara who one day die in a car crash and turn into ghosts. Everyone thinks they are dead since the living can’t see ghosts. New people move into their house and Adam and Barbara try to stop them by scaring them. Surprisingly the daughter of the new people finds out that Adam and Barbara still live in the house. Adam and Barbara bring back Beetlejuice, not knowing he is an evil dead person by saying his name three times to help them scare the new owners out of their house. Then Adam, Barbara and the daughter find out Beetlejuice is evil and must stop him.
My favorite character is Adam because I think it is very funny when he makes his head the head of a dinosaur.
WARNING SPOILERS!!!!! My favorite part is at the end when Beetlejuice is at the dead people waiting room and has some huge gigantic ticket number like in the billions and grabs ticket number 4 out the hand from the person waiting next to him. I like this scene because it is hilarious.
MPAA Rating: PG.
I rate it PG for scary moments, brief romance, a little mild language and a couple scenes of violence. This movie may be scary for some, I recommend it for 7 and up. Judge accordingly.
Director: Tim Burton
Writers: Michael McDowell (story) & Larry Wilson (story)
Release Date: 30 March 1988 (USA)
Genre: Comedy | Fantasy
Wesbite: www.imdb.com/title/tt0094721/
Awards: 1989 Won Oscar for Best Makeup
Cast:
Michael Keaton: Beetlejuice
Alec Baldwin: Adam Maitland
Geena Davis: Barbara Maitland
Winona Ryder: Lydia Deetz
Catherine O’Hara: Delia Deetz
Jeffrey Jones: Charles Deetz
Annie McEnroe: Jane Butterfield
Maurice Page: Ernie
Hugo Stanger: Old Bill
The Princess Bride (Flack’s Review)
Posted on | April 8, 2010 | Add Comments
Flack’s Rating:
The movie based on the book by William Goldman is about Wesley after being taken away from his true love. Returning, he, a sword fighter and a strong giant must rescue her from being married to the king. This is one of the best movies ever because of the amazing sword fights (the highlights of the movie).
My favorite part is at the beginning when Wesley and Inigo Montoya sword fight because I LOVE SWORD FIGHTING!!!!!!!!!!!
My favorite character is Wesley because I like when he sword fights and I like when he wears black.
Rating: MPAA Rating is PG.
I rate it PG for violence and romance.
Director: Rob Reiner
Writers: William Goldman (screenplay) and William Goldman (book)
Release Date: 25 September 1987 (USA)
Genre: Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Romance
Website: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/
Awards: 1988 Oscar Nominated for Best Music, Original Song: Willy DeVille For the song “Storybook Love”.
CAST:
Cary Elwes…Westley
Mandy Patinkin…Inigo Montoya
Chris Sarandon…Prince Humperdinck
Christopher Guest…Count Tyrone Rugen
Wallace Shawn…Vizzini
André the Giant…Fezzik (as Andre the Giant)
Fred Savage…The Grandson
Robin Wright Penn…Buttercup / The Princess Bride (as Robin Wright)
Peter Falk…The Grandfather / Narrator
Peter Cook…The Impressive Clergyman
Mel Smith…The Albino
Carol Kane…Valerie
Billy Crystal…Miracle Max
Anne Dyson…The Queen
Margery Mason…The Ancient Booer
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)
Genre: Animation | Comedy | Crime | Family | Fantasy | Mystery
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
Oscar nominations: good ones and fantastic ones!!!
Posted on | February 3, 2010 | 1 Comment
This years’ Oscar nominations were surprising; The Secret of Kells, UP, Princess and the Frog, Coraline, and the one I hope wins, Fantastic Mr. Fox are the animation nominations.
Some other good nominations are Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince for best cinematography. Star Trek for makeup, sound editing, and visual effects. Meryl Streep was nominated for Julie and Julia for best actress in a leading role. George Clooney got a nomination for best actor in a leading role in Up in the Air. He was also Fantastic Mr. Fox in Fantastic Mr. Fox. Up in the Air was also nominated for best picture, best director, two actresses in a supporting role, and adapted screen play. UP also got nominations in addition to best animated film for best original screnplay, original score, sound editing and most surprising best picture! Avatar got nominations for best picture, director, art direction, cinematography, film editing, original score, sound editing, sound mixing, and visual effects. Sherlock Holmes got nominated for art direction and original score.
I wish I could see Julie & Julia, Up in the Air, Avatar, Star Trek, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, and most of all Sherlock Holmes. I think they are appropriate for me except my parents do not agree.
The Oscars: 10 Best Pictures
Posted on | January 31, 2010 | 1 Comment
In the Providence Journal I read an article about the Oscars. It said instead of five best picture nominations there will be ten this year. But they said only five will really matter. Read the article here.
The full list of nominees for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards will be announced on February 2nd.
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