Marley & Me
January 22, 2009 by Bartel · Leave a Comment
The movie version of Marley & Me begins shortly after young John (Owen Wilson) and Jenny Grogan (Jennifer Aniston) tie the knot. Moving to the warm weather climate of Florida and taking jobs at two of the local newspapers, Jenny and John don’t feel ready for a baby yet so John surprises Jenny with a golden Labrador puppy for her birthday.
From the start the cute little clearance pup is a mess waiting to happen as he tears through belongings, races away from his owners, and goes berserk during thunderstorms. John and Jenny try to get Marley trained at obedience school but he gets kicked out faster than you can say “Hello Kathleen Turner.” (The Academy Award nominee plays Marley’s beleaguered dog trainer in a brief sequence.)
“The Crate Escape” Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
October 1, 2008 by Bartel Scheers · Leave a Comment
Movie (Release November 7, 2008)
The gang from New York City Zoo – Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo – are still marooned on Madagascar. Among sand beaches, sun, sea and coconut trees they make plans to leave this paradise.
In an old piece of wreckage, which once was an airplane, flown by penguins they are heading home. Instead of getting back to their save concrete NY zoo, they crash in the heart of the land of their ancestors: Africa…
Exploring the African jungle is a great experience with beautiful scenery, glorious nature, adventures, reunions with relatives but also with extreme danger. Will our heroes ever get to see New York again?
Dreamworks “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa”, distributed by Paramount Pictures is directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath (writer/directors of “Madagascar”) and produced by Mireille Soria (”Madagascar”) and Mark Swift (”Bee Movie”). The original cast from “Madagascar,” including Ben Stiller as Alex the lion, Chris Rock as Marty the zebra, David Schwimmer as Melman the giraffe, Jada Pinkett Smith as Gloria the hippo, Sacha Baron Cohen as King Julien the lemur king, Cedric The Entertainer as Maurice, Julien’s advisor and Andy Richter as Mort the chimp will reprise their roles.
102 Dalmations
October 1, 2008 by Bartel Scheers · Leave a Comment
DVD: 102 Dalmations
(Buena Vista Home Entertainment/Disney)
We went more than three times to the theatre to watch the movie! And now our own livingroom is the most popular theatre of all neighboorkids! It has everything a good family movie should have. Humor, romance, action and 102 lovely, herotic dalmations!
The Trouble With Dragons by Debi Gliori
October 1, 2008 by Bartel Scheers · 2 Comments
Book (Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 6 Oct 2008)
A delightful storybook with a strong and powerful story written as a fairytale…but is it?
Debi Gliori has hidden an environmental warning in those rhytmic magical words. The dragons have very humanlike characters coming alive in incredible explosive and beautiful illustrations.
A fun and enjoyable book for children and parents!
