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

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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

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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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WarGames (Flack’s Review)

Posted on | March 18, 2010 | Add Comments

This movie is about David a boy who is in High School. He gets a game about wars. He and a girl start a war because of the game and have to stop a war. My favorite character is David because at the end he plays tic tac toe with the computer named Joshua. WARGAMES_6_still

I rate it PG for mild language, romance, and war discussion.
MPAA rating is PG.

IMDB website wargamesposter

Official website

Cast:
Matthew Broderick: David
Dabney Coleman: McKittrick
John Wood: Falken
Ally Sheedy: Jennifer
Barry Corbin: General Beringer
James Ackerman: Joshua
Juanin Clay: Pat Healy
Kent Williams: Cabot
Dennis Lipscomb: Watson
Joe Dorsey: Conley
Irving Metzman: Richter
Michael Ensign: Beringer’s Aide
William Bogert: Mr. Lightman
Susan Davis: Mrs. Lightman
James Tolkan: Nigan
David Clover: Stockman
Drew Snyder: Ayers
John Garber: Corporal in the Infirmary
Duncan Wilmore: Major Lem
Billy Ray Sharkey: Radar Analyst
John Spencer: Jerry
Michael Madsen: Steve
Erik Stern: Commander
Gary Bisig: Deputy
Gary Sexton: Technician
Jason Bernard: Captain Knewt
Frankie Hill: Airman Fields
Jesse D. Goins: Sergeant (as Jesse Goins)
Alan Blumenfeld: Mr. Liggett
Len Lawson: Boys Vice Principal
Maury Chaykin: Jim Sting
Eddie Deezen: Malvin

Trivia: Eddie Deezen who plays computer nerd Malvin in this movie also plays the voice of the know-it-all boy in Polar Express.

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Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland (Flick’s Review)

Posted on | March 7, 2010 | 5 Comments

Flick’s Rating: 5 out of 5

OFFICIAL-cinema-Poster-alice-in-wonderland-2009-9603957-1440-720 The movie begins when Alice is young and she’s with her Dad and has a bad dream about Wonderland. Thirteen years later her Dad is gone and she goes to a party where a boy asks her to marry him. The boys mom takes her for a walk and she sees a rabbit and then Alice runs off and falls down a rabbit hole. There she meets all the characters from before like the Red Queen, White Queen, Tweedledee, Tweedledum, the Mad Hatter, the March Hare, the Door Mouse, the Cheshire Cat and also meets new characters like the Bandersnatch, Jabberwocky and the Knave of Hearts.

My favorite character is the Mad Hatter because he is very funny and because he is as mad as a hatter.

My favorite part is the end battle when Alice fights the Jabberwocky and the Mad Hatter fights the Knave of Hearts, and all the Red Queens cards fight all the White Queen’s card.

I wanted to see it 3-D, but we didn’t because at the time we went at 1:30, it wasn’t playing in 3-D.

Rated PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar.
My rating is PG-13 for the same reasons.

IMDB

Disney Website for Alice in Wonderland

Director: Tim Burton

Genres: Fantasy, Family, Action, Comedy

Cast
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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