I WISH (Newport Beach International Film Festival Newport Beach California USA 2011)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 4.0|5.0 Starsìììì

I Wish—highly imaginative Japanese film—is scripted for the teen and adult audience. It’s a good watch.

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Storyline

Two brothers, Ryunosuke Kinami (Oshiro Maeda) and Kohichi Ohsako (Kohki Maeda), live in two diverse Japanese cities. Ryunosuke Kinami lives with their musician father and Kohichi Ohsako lives with their mother and grandparents. Kohichi comes to believe that when two new Japanese bullet trains pass each other for the first time that human wishes will be granted. Kohichi desperately desires his family to be re-united again. He sets out with several friends on a journey to witness the bullet trains passing each other so that he can yell his wish and have a miracle come true.

Additional Thanks

Great work for Director and Screenplay Writer Hirokazu Koreeda. Thank you to Producers Kentarô Koike and Hijiri Taguchi for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Ms. Mimura “Teacher” (Masami Nagasawa), Hideko “Grandmother” (Kirin Kiki), Mr. Sakagami “Teacher” (Hiroshi Abe), Wataru “Grandfather’s Friend” (Yoshio Harada), Megumi (Kyara Uchida), Kenji “Father” (Joe Odagiri), Higashi (Chôei Takahashi), Higashi’s Wife (Lily), and Kanna (Kanna Hashimoto).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Yes. It’s a good study not only of Japanese/Western culture intermixing, but also serves as a superb portrayal of childhood hopes, dreams, and imaginations.

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LETHAL WEAPON 4 (Theatrical Release USA 1998)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 4.4|5.0 Starsìììì

Lethal Weapon 4—with righteously comedic action—successfully ends the Lethal Weapon film series. While the addition of character Detective Lee Butters (Chris Rock) seems bombastic compared to the more mellow characters of Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover), everything smoothes into a harmonious whole that completely satisfies in entertainment value.

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Storyline

Roger Murtaugh and Martin Riggs try to figure a game plan to overcome criminals while talking personal matters in the event either one of them dies in line of duty.  Martin Riggs sends Roger Murtaugh to distract a criminal while Martin Riggs shoots the oxygen tank on the criminal’s back. The criminal is sent sailing into a gas truck which goes up in an explosion; but, since the gas truck is parked at a 76 gas station, the gas station goes up in an explosion, too. The gas truck lands on Roger Murtaugh and Martin Riggs’ police car, which also explodes. Later, while shark fishing with Leo Getz (Joe Pesci), they come under gunfire from a boat. Martin Riggs breaches the boat and starts to eliminate occupants. Several barrels catch on fire and a barrel flies into the air and lands in Roger Murtaugh's boat cabin. Illegal persons are deported back to their country by U.S. deportation officers. Later, Roger Murtaugh finds persons hiding from U.S. deportation officers in his lifeboat. He decides to help them and offers them a home at his house. The pace is set for the rest of the story.

Additional Thanks

Great work for Director and Producer Richard Donner. Thanks to Executive Producers Steve Perry and Jim Van Wyck for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Lorna Cole (Rene Russo), Wah Sing Ku (Jet Li), Captain Ed Murphy (Steve Kahan), Benny “Uncle Benny” Chan (Kim Chan), Trish Murtaugh (Darlene Love), Rianne Murtaugh Butters (Traci Wolfe), and Hong Chinese Refugee (Eddy Ko).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Yes. It’s a laugh-out-loud comedy that borders on the edge of bellyache.

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CHARLOTTE’S WEB (Theatrical Release USA 2006)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 2.9|5.0 Stars ìì

Charlotte’s Web—a live action remake of the 1973 animated story—has a narrator who sounds like he doesn’t care for the story and might eat pork at any minute during the film. Dakota Fanning plays a weak part partially due to a poorly written script. The movie fails in the believability department.

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Storyline

Farm girl Fern’s (Dakota Fanning) father removes a runt piglet from a newly born litter of piglets and decides to kill it. But, Fern saves the piglet’s life by promising to nurse it herself. She names the piglet Wilbur (voice of Dominic Scott Kay). When the piglet gets larger, Fern’s parents suggest that the pig be moved to a more appropriate environment. So, Fern stores the pig at the Zuckerman’s neighboring farm where it will eventually find its way to the smokehouse. A Zuckerman farm spider, named Charlotte (voice of Julia Roberts), speaks with Wilbur, constructs a web, and begins to write positive web messages about how special Wilbur is so that he does not have to go to the slaughterhouse.

Additional Thanks

Fair work by Gary Winick. Thank you to Executive Producers Edgar M. Bronfman, Paul Neesan, Julia Pistor, and Bernard Williams for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Templeton the Rat (voice of Steve Buscemi), Samuel the Sheep (voice of John Cleese), Gussy the Female Goose (voice of Oprah Winfrey), Golly the Male Goose (Cedric the Entertainer), Bitsy the Cow (Kathy Bates), and Betsy the Cow (Reba McEntire).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

No. It’s not the best film remake.

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KUNG FU PANDA 2 (Theatrical Release USA 2011)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.7|5.0 Stars ììì

Kung Fu Panda 2—a story one has heard so many times before—tells it again via the Kung Fu Panda. The movie has its emotional moments, works on about the same level as the first movie, and establishes the Kung Fu Panda stories as a series. Film Poster Courtesy of Google Images Storyline Po (voice of Jack Black) discovers his Panda origins through a series of flashbacks, his teacher Shifu (voice of Dustin Hoffman), and a Court Soothsayer (Michelle Yeoh). Po is urged to find his inner peace through embracing his past. Additional Thanks Thank you to Director Jennifer Yuh Nelson for the directing efforts. Thank you to Producer Melissa Cobb for making the film possible. Voice cast include: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Oldman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogan, Lucy Liu, David Cross, James Hong, Michelle Yeoh, Danny McBride, Dennis Haysbert, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Victor Garber, Mike Bell,

Additional Thanks

Good work for Director Jennifer Yuh Nelson. Thank you to Producer Melissa Cobb for making the film possible. Voice cast include: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Oldman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogan, Lucy Liu, David Cross, James Hong, Michelle Yeoh, Danny McBride, Dennis Haysbert, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Victor Garber, and Mike Bell.

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Maybe. The movie follows a message about being peaceful and has a link to the movies that follow.

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THE NAKED PREY (Theatrical Release USA 1966)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.8|5.0 Stars ììì

The Naked Prey—monotonous African drumming and hypnotic trances—contains a few interesting perks, but considerably dates itself compared to 21^st century standards in well-timed action and suspense.

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Storyline

An African Safari goes sour when elephant/ivory hunters ignore common standards of generosity with natives. The breach in protocol results in a native ambush where baggage carriers are slaughtered, a hunter is tortured by being spread-eagled in front of a deadly viper, a hunter is rolled in mud and roasted in fire, and hunters are taken captive and given an opportunity to escape for the sport of native women and hunters. One of the safari hunters (Cornel Wilde) becomes the last man standing and successfully outmaneuvers his vigilant pursuers through a series of excellent life-saving tactics.

Additional Thanks

Really Good work for Director and Producer Cornel Wilde. Additional characters/cast include: Leader of Natives (Ken Gampu), Chief of Natives (Morrison Gampu), Safari Overseer/SlaveDealer/Irish Soldier (Patrick Mynhardt), Little Girl (Bella Randles), Warrior (Sandy Nikomo), and Warrior (Eric Mcanyana).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Maybe. The film definitely dates itself, but it is an interesting take on differences between cultures.

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EQUILIBRIUM (Theatrical Release USA 2002)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 4.0|5.0 Starsìììì

Equilibrium—a little like Matrix with its acrobatics—has a straight forward, futuristic plot, but it’s a little slow getting started because the main character, John Preston (Christian Bale) takes a bit too much time to work up the courage to revolt against a corrupt government. Overall? The film has a good concept and an intriguing story line.

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Storyline

John Preston’s (Christian Bell) position requires him to assassinate persons who do not take government regulated drugs that suppress emotion. The new order requires destruction of any kind of artifact, music, artwork, or entertainment that provokes an emotional response. But, Preston, after losing his wife to governmental decree begins re-thinking his artificial world and leads a revolt to overthrow the government and re-create a ‘feeling’ world.

Additional Thanks

Great work for Director writer Kurt Wimmer. Thank you to Executive Producers Andrew Rona and Bob and Harvey Weinstein for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Seamus (Dominic Purcell), Partridge (Sean Bean), and Officer in Charge (Christian Kahrmann).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Maybe. While it’s a fairly solid action/Sci-Fi flick, it takes too much time on the introduction of concept and not enough time on the body of the story. There are better choices out there: Minority Report, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Resident Evil, or Bourne Identity.

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THE SUM OF ALL FEARS (Theatrical Release USA 2002)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.3|5.0 Starsììì

The Sum of All Fears—a little boring and slow—just does not have the action feel that other apocalyptic movies have. Morgan Freeman (DCI William Cabot) and Liev Schreiber (John Clark) play strong parts, but their strength makes the rest of the cast seem weak and amateurish.

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Storyline

A Syrian finds an unexploded bomb in the Golan Heights and sells it to a South African black market arms dealer. The bomb eventually finds its way to a Baltimore, Maryland football game where it detonates and destroys the stadium and miles of the city. United States CIA believes the activity originates with Russia. Tensions between Russia and the United States heighten to the brink of nuclear war. Jack Ryan (Ben Affleck) works to prove that the bombing is not of Russian origin.

Additional Thanks

Good Work for Director Phil Alden Robinson. Thank you to Executive Producers Tom Clancy and Stratton Leopold for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Syrian Radar Operator (Ian Mongrain), Israeli Pilot (Russell Bobbitt), Admiral Pollack (Ken Jenkins), National Security Advisor Revell (Bruce McGill), General Lasseter (John Beasley), Defense Secretary Becker (Philip Baker Hall), and US STRATCOM Colonel (Al Vandecruys).

 

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Maybe. It’s not the best spy thriller flick, but it’s not the worst either.

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THE LITTLE PRINCE (Cannes International Film Festival Cannes France 2015)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.6|5.0 Starsììì

The Little Prince—complicated, metaphorical storyline with little explication—does not serve the general audience desiring animated entertainment. While the metaphors tantalize, a general audience may feel cheated out of an hour and forty-eight minutes. The film serves a narrow, niche market and lacks universal appeal.

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Storyline

The Prince lives on a small planet where he spends his time digging up Baobab trees. One day a rose grows on his planet—a rose that talks and speaks. The Prince decides to explore the universe and meets an aviator in Earth’s Sahara Desert. He makes friends with the aviator who later tells a small girl about the Prince. She eventually searches for the Prince, finds him, and later returns to earth to resume the life her mother has planned for her.

Additional Thanks

Really Good Work for Director Mark Osborne. Thanks to Executive Producers Moritz Borman, Chip Flaherty, Jinko Gotoh, Mark Osborne, Thierry Pasquet, and Paul Rassam for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: The Aviator (voiced by Jeff Bridges), The Mother (voiced by Rachel McAdams), Mr. Prince (voiced by Paul Rudd), The Rose (voiced by Marion Cotillard), The Fox (voiced by James Franco), The Snake (voiced by Benicio Del Toro), The Conceited Man (voiced by Ricky Gervais), The Little Prince (voiced by Riley Osborne), The Businessman (Albert Brooks), and The Little Girl (Mackenzie Foy).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Maybe. The story’s metaphors may not be understood by the general young child/adult audience.

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TOP GUN (Theatrical Release USA 1986)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.5|5.0 Starsììì

Top Gun—overrated story loaded with unrealistic and dangerous egoism—tells an adolescent story for adolescent viewers. The script is all fluff with no substance.

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Storyline

Fighter pilot Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell (Tom Cruise) and Nick ‘Goose’ Bradshaw (Anthony Edwards) are sent for additional flight training at a top United States’ flight school. Maverick makes a ‘pass’ at the female instructor Charlie (Kelly McGillis) and successfully acquires her as a girlfriend. Goose dies while training due to a failed ejection mechanism. Maverick finishes flying school and achieves a one-way ticket to real life military flight exercises.

Additional Thanks

Good Work for Director Tony Scott. Thanks to Executive Producer Bill Badalato for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Officer ‘Stinger’ (James Tolkan), Iceman (Val Kilmer), Viper (Tom Skerritt), Jester (Michael Ironside), Cougar (John Stockwell), and Wolfman (Barry Tubb).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

No. The storyline is amateurish and built to appeal to an immature, teen-age mindset.

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THE ITALIAN JOB (Theatrical Release USA 2003)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 4.0|5.0 Starsìììì

The Italian Job—a remake of a 1969 British film—shows itself as solid, straightforward storytelling that is worth watching. There is brief sexual content.

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Storyline

A crew assembles to steal $35 M in gold bullion stored in Italy. After successfully stealing the gold, one of the crew members turns traitor and absconds with all the gold. The duped crew members find the traitor living under a pseudonym in Los Angeles. They successfully devise a plan to retrieve the gold.

Additional Thanks

Great Work for Director F. Gary Gray. Thanks to Executive Producers Tim Bevan, James Dyer, Eric Fellner, and Wendy Japhet for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: John Bridger (Donald Sutherland), Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg), Steve (Edward Norton), Stella Bridger (Charlize Theron), Left Ear (Yasiin Bey), and Lyle (Seth Greene).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Yes. The film is a good action flick.

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KING KONG (Theatrical Release USA 1933)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 2.9|5.0 Starsìì

King Kong—boy, have we come a long way in cinema entertainment since 1933! This movie was considered a ‘king’ in its day and has led to numerous remakes along the way; but, unfortunately, the original ‘hit’ has now relegated itself to amateur status in presentation, acting, and casting.

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Storyline

Professional Movie Director Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong) sets sail to an uncharted Island with Anne Darrow (Fay Wray) for his next picture. He finds the Eighth Wonder of the World, King Kong. The island natives steal Anne Darrow from the ship to give to Kong. The ship crew attempt to rescue her. Kong is captured and brought back to New York for display, rampages the city, and is killed.

Additional Thanks

Fair work for Directors Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack. Thanks to Executive Producer David O. Selznick for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: John Driscoll (Bruce Cabot) and Captain Englehorn (Frank Reicher).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

No. The film has moved into ‘a good study’ for academia, but no longer rates as entertainment.

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THE MONUMENTS MEN (Theatrical Release USA 2014)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 4.1|5.0 Starsìììì

The Monuments Men—a little boring and slow—has merit. It tells how the United States found, retrieved, and preserved vital art during World War II. The film briefly examines the difference between Russian and United States’ attitudes over final outcomes of war spoil. The story highlights the ethical value that war spoil needs to be properly and honorably returned to its rightful owners rather than be regarded as a country’s compensation for war expenses.

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Storyline

Frank Stokes (George Clooney) convinces the United States Government to allow a small group of men to find and recover precious art for the purpose of restoring the pieces to their rightful owners.

Additional Thanks

Great work for Director George Clooney. Thanks to Executive Producer Barbara A. Hall for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Matt Damon (James Granger), Richard Campbell (Bill Murray), Claire Simone (Cate Blanchett), Walter Garfield (John Goodman), Jean Claude Clermont (Jean Dujardin), Donald Jeffries (Hugh Bonneville), and Preston Savitz (Bob Balaban).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Maybe. The film does not tell its story in an outstanding manner.

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WE WERE SOLDIERS (Theatrical Release USA 2002)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 4.3|5.0 Starsìììì

We Were Soldiers—based on the Vietnam War’s Battle of la Drang—gives a hard, yet heart-tugging look at the difficulties of military leadership in desperate situations. The film manages to capture the wide scope range of the battlefield from both the United States and Vietnamese viewpoint as well as poignantly portrays the home front impact as United States’ families receive final death notices of loved ones. The film casts Sam Elliot as Sergeant Major Basil L. Plumey and Mel Gibson as Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore.

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Storyline

Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore receives orders to take 400 men into Vietnam’s la Drang valley. He finds he’s been ordered into a Vietnamese Base Camp populated with 4,000 Vietnamese soldiers.

Additional Thanks

Great Work for Director Randall Wallace. Thanks to Executive Producer Jim Lemley and Arne Schmidt for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Julie Moore (Madeleine Stowe), Major Bruce Crandall (Greg Kinnear), Second Lieutenant Jack Geoghegan (Chris Klein), Barbara Geoghegan (Keri Russell), Sergeant Ernie Savage (Ryan Hurst), Joe Galloway (Barry Pepper), and Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Huu An (Duong Don).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Yes. This is a well-written, well-acted account of the Battle of la Drang.

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MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Theatrical Release USA 2004)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 4.7|5.0 Starsìììì

Million Dollar Baby deserves every accolade it receives. Unlike the tastelessness that plagues the boxing movie, Grudge Match, this boxing film completely inspires. The casting choices of Morgan Freeman with Clint Eastwood and Hilary Swank create a partnership that make the movie into one of the best boxing movies to date, standing with Cinderella Man in its depiction of will power and determination to rise and win in life.

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Storyline

Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank), a 31-year-old female, desires to rise from abject poverty and has little to choose from to make that happen. She picks boxing as her ticket to a better life, walks into a boxing gym and, on her own, with no knowledge of the sport, starts to punch away at the punching bag hanging in the corner of the gym. Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris (Morgan Freeman) mentions her desire to train to Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood), the man who runs the gym, but he only wants to train men. Due to Maggie Fitzgerald’s persistence, he finally, unwillingly, decides to help her with a few pointers until he can find a trainer for her. But, after Maggie becomes re-assigned to Frankie for training, she proves to be a winner with tireless ability. The show is on as Frankie and Maggie work their way up the boxing circuit.

Additional Thanks

Best work for Director and Producer Clint Eastwood. Thank you to Executive Producers Robert Lorenz and Gary Lucchesi for making the film possible. Excellent work by Screenplay Writer Paul Haggis. Additional character/cast include: Danger Barch (Jay Baruchel), Big Willie Little (Mike Colter), Billie the Blue Bear (Lucia Rijker), Father Horvak (Brian F. O’Byrne), Shawrelle Berry (Anthony Mackie), Earline Fitzgerald (Margo Martindale), Mardell Fitzgerald (Riki Lindhome), and Omar (Michael Peña).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Yes. The film is terrific entertainment with a conclusion that causes deep reflection.

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SONG OF THE SEA (American Film Institute Film Festival Release, Los Angeles, California USA 2014)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 2.7|5.0 Starsìì

Song of the Sea performs better than Secret of the Kells due to deeper heart built into the story as well as high imagination. But, Song of the Sea, as its predecessor Secret of the Kells, is plagued by the assumption that Irish/Scottish folklore and fairy tales are universally familiar and understood—not needing background information or detail/explanation. Confusion, due to this error, detracts from a film that should have been a winner from the get-go.

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Storyline

The woman, Bronach (voice of Lisa Hannigan), is a white seal from the ocean who marries a man named Conor (voice of Brendan Gleeson) who runs a light house on the beach. They have a son and name him Ben (voice of David Rawle). Bronach and Conor produce another child, Saoirse (voice of Lucy O’Connell), a mute girl. When Bronach disappears. Ben blames the disappearance of his mother on his new sister. His father, Conor, somewhat detached from life in general due to mourning over his wife’s ‘death’ does not recognize the problems between Ben and Saoirse. Saoirse plays her brother’s shell flute, a gift to him from their mother, and it leads her to a locked chest in her father’s closet. She opens it and finds a glistening white sealskin coat and walks outside of the light house wearing the coat. She is revealed as a young Selkie, a creature who can live on land, if not wearing the sealskin coat, or in the water, if wearing the sealskin coat.  When the children’s grandmother finds Saoirse in the ocean, she demands that the children come to live with her in the city. The rest of the story details the adventures of the two children as they encounter fairy and other mythological creatures while working their way back home.

Additional Thanks

Fair Work for Director and Producer Tomm Moore. Thank you to Producers Claus Toksvig Kjaer and Paul Young for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Mac Lir (voice of Brendan Gleeson), Macha (voice of Fionnula Flanagan), Ferry Dan/The Great Seanachaí (voice of Jon Kenny), Lug (voice of Pat Shortt), and Mossy (voice of Colm Ó’Snodaigh).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Yes. Do some background research about Scot/Irish folklore involving Selkies, Mac Lir, Tir na nÒg, Seanachaí, and Macha, before you go, to enhance the experience.

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CHICKEN LITTLE (Theatrical Release USA 2005)

Ben Meyers’rating: 3.6|5.0 Starsììì

Chicken Little—purely a children’s movie—fails to inspire the adult audience. The film starts well, but slowly falls apart. There are some challenges with the music so that some scenes’ music is a little too upbeat for the situation. This may provide incorrect cues for children watching the film.

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Storyline

Chicken Little (voice of Zack Braff) has a ‘piece of sky’ fall on his head, rings the community alarm bell, alerts the community, and then cannot find the evidence to prove his claims. His reputation is ruined with his community and his father, Buck Cluck (voice of Garry Marshall). Chicken Little tries to redeem himself by playing baseball well and becomes the town’s baseball hero after a particularly inspiring game. Another ‘piece of sky’ falls into his life, but this time he and his friends are able to track the source of item—an alien spaceship. After a series of adventures, the mystery solves itself, Chicken Little’s reputation is restored and Hollywood makes a movie about it.

Additional Thanks

Really Good Work for Director Mark Dindal. Thank you to Producer Randy Fullmer for making the film possible. Additional cast/characters include: Mayor Turkey Lurkey (voice of Don Knotts), Mr. Woolensworth (voice of Patrick Stewart), Foxy Loxy (voice of Amy Sedaris), Runt of the Litter (voice of Steve Zahn), Fish Out of Water (voice Dan Molina), Abby Mallard (voice of Joan Cusack), Principal Fetchit (voice of Wallace Shawn), Dog Announcer (voice of Harry Shearer), Melvin Alien Dad (Fred Willard), Tina-Alien Mom (voice of Catherine O’Hara), Alien Cop (voice of Patrick Warburton), and Ace-Hollywood Chicken Little (voice of Adam West).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Maybe. If a young child desperately needs entertainment, this film, while not a first choice pick, could serve those needs.

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