The BFG

Title: The BFG

Director: Steven Spielberg

Release year: 2016

Notable cast: Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill & Penelope Wilton

Genre: Kids & Family

Recommended for: when you have to watch something with your kids

Rating: 2/5

Description: It’s a cute story and there are some charming moments, however it feels like it drags on for a long time as it takes a while for anything to happen and to get to the main plot.

Plot Summary: A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kind soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because he refuses to eat children.

Movie of the week: Monsters University

Title: Monsters University

Director: Dan Scanlon

Release year: 2013

Notable cast: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Helen Mirren

Genre: kids+family (although it was mostly teens in the cinema), comedy

Recommended for: everyone

Rating: 5/5

Description: LOVED IT! It was actually a really funny movie, and I loved how the ending wasn’t predictable! Brilliant film for everyone!

Plot Summary: A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University — when they weren’t necessarily the best of friends.

Favourite quote: too many to choose from!! 

101 Dalmatians

Title: 101 Dalmatians

Director: Stephen Herek

Release year: 1996

Notable cast: Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels

Genre: kids+ family

Recommended for: kids

Rating:3.5/5

Description: animated film probably better, but I still enjoyed this film and the memories it bought back! I love Glenn Close a Cruelle DeVil!

Plot Summary: A woman kidnaps puppies to kill them for their fur, but various animals then gang up against her and get their revenge in slapstick fashion.

Favourite quote: “Fools aren’t born, Pongo. Pretty girls make them in their spare time.”

*Did anyone notice how Anita got pregnant, yet a few moths later she still doesn’t have a pregnant stomach? And then all of a sudden they  have a baby??

Richie Rich

Title: Richie Rich

Director: Donald Petrie

Release year: 1994

Notable cast: Macauley Culkin

Genre: comedy, kids + family

Recommended for: kids

Rating: 5/5

Description: ONE OF THE GREATEST KIDS MOVIES EVER!! I STILL LOVE IT TO THIS DAY!

Plot Summary:The richest kid in the world, Richie Rich, has everything he wants, except companionship. When a plot to kill the Rich family is devised by Rich Industries’ top executive, Laurence Van Dough, Richie must take over control of the company while searching for his lost parents with the help of some new friends.

Favourite quote: “Everything’s slicker than the snot on a doorknob.” -Cadbury

 

 

Parental Guidance

Title: Parental Guidance

Director: Andy Fickman

Release year: 2012

Notable cast: Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei

Genre: comedy, kids+family

Recommended for: if you’re looking for a good family movie

Rating: 3.5/5

Description: gets pretty corny, but still some pretty funny lines (esp. from Billy Crystal). Have to say that all the kids were pretty bratty (including Marisa Tomei)!!

Plot Summary: Artie and Diane agree to look after their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents need to leave town for work. Problems arise when the kids’ 21st-century behavior collides with Artie and Diane’s old-school methods.

Favourite quote: “You lied to me! Yogurt is not like Ice-cream!” -Harper

E.T

Title: E.T

Director: Steven Spielberg

Release year: 1982

Notable cast: Drew Barrymore, Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace

Genre: sci-fi, fantasy, kids + family

Recommended for: EVERYONE!

Rating: 5/5

Description: ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! So sweet, and magical, contemporary but classic, excellent graphics for the 80’s, MUST SEE FOR EVERYONE!

Plot Summary: A meek and alienated little boy finds a stranded extraterrestrial. He has to find the courage to defy the authorities to help the alien return to its home planet.

Favourite quote: “It was nothing like that, penis-breath!” -Elliot

Baby’s Day Out

Title: Baby’s Day Out

Director: Patrick Read Johnson

Release year: 1994

Noteable cast: Joe Mantegna, Lara Flynn-Boyle

Genre: adventure, comedy, kids+family

Recommended for: kids (under 8 maybe?)

Rating: 4/5

Description: tot-sized laughs, great childhood film

Blurb: Baby Bink has adoring parents, he lives in a huge mansion, and he’s just about to appear in the social pages of the paper. Unfortunately, not everyone in the world is as nice as his parents; especially the three enterprising kidnapers who pretend to be photographers from the newspaper. They kidnap Baby Bink, but they have a hard time keeping hold of him, who keeps one step ahead of them, and seems to be more than a little bit smarter than the 3 criminals.

Favourite quote: “Are you always this stupid, or do you do this just to annoy me?” -Eddie

We Bought A Zoo

Title: We Bought A Zoo

Director: Cameron Crowe

Release year: 2011

Main cast: Matt Damon, Elle Fanning, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church

Genre: drama, family

Recommended for: anyone

Rating: 3.5/5

Description: cute, sad, exciting, family, love, hope

Blurb: Set in Southern California, a father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo.

Favourite quote: “It’s not about where an adventure ends, because that’s not what an adventure is about.” -Benjamin

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Title: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Director: Robert Zemeckis 

Release year: 1988

Main cast: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy

Genre: comedy, crime, kids+family

Recommended for: kids

Rating: 4/5

Description: fun, funny, cute, great mix of Warner Bros & Disney characters (I’m sure we won’t see that happen again!), loved by everyone, must-see, reminds-me-of-my-childhood

Blurb: A toon hating detective is a cartoon rabbit’s only hope to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder.

Favourite quotes: 1. “Nice shirt. Who’s your tailor? Quasimodo?”  -Roger Rabbit

                                  2. “Is that a rabbit in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?”  -Dolores

Space Jam

Title: Space Jam

Director: Joe Pytka

Release year: 1996

Main cast: Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, The Looney Tunes

Genre: animation, adventure, comedy

Recommended for: kids

Rating: 5/5

Description: I know it seems silly to review this, but to this day it remains one of the greatest movies of my childhood! Every child should see this because it’s AMAZING!

Blurb: Michael Jordan agrees to help the Looney Toons play a basketball game vs. alien slavers to determine their freedom.

Favourite quote:  Daffy: “How’s this for a new team name: The Ducks!”

                                Bugs: “Please! What kind of Mickey Mouse orginization would name their team The Ducks?”