Month: December 2023

Wonka

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Rating: Full

Genre: Fantasy, Musical, Family

Studios: Warner Bros/Village Roadshow Pictures/The Ronald Dahl Story Company/Heyday Films

Cast: Timothee Chalamet, Calah Lane, Keegan-Michael Key, Paterson Joseph, Matt Lucas, Mathew Baynton, Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carter, Natasha Rothwell, Olivia Colman and Hugh Grant

Director: Paul King

Writers: Simon Farnaby and Paul King

Based on: the characters by Ronald Dahl

Producers: Alexandra Derbyshire, David Heyman and Luke Kelly

Music by: Neil Hannon and Joby Talbot

Rated: PG for some violence, mild language and thematic elements

Release Date: 12/15/23

Runtime: 1h 56m

Tagline: Every Good Thing in this World Started with a Dream.

Favorite Character: Lofty the Oompa Loompa

Quote: “I’m making chocolate, of course. How do you like it? Dark? White? Nutty? Absolutely insane.”- Willy Wonka

Fun Facts: Hugh Grant actually hated being an Oompa Loompa due to the motion capture.

Timothee Chalamet got sick on set from eating a bunch of candy during filming.

Two songs from the 1971 “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ were used in the film.

Wonka was done by the same team who did the Paddington films.

Summary: A tale of how Willy Wonka became the most successful Chocolatier and how he tries to outdo his three greedy rivals.

The One Liner Review: Like the 1971 classic, Paul King’s character study became a sweet treat film the parents can bring their kids to this holiday season, but don’t forget to drop by the lobby for something SWEET.

Candy Cane Lane

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Rating: Empty

Genre: Family, Comedy, Fantasy

Studios: Amazon Prime Video/Amazon MGM Studios/Imagine Entertainment

Cast: Eddie Murphy, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jillian Bell, Thaddeus J. Mixson, Ken Marino, Trevante Rhodes, David Alan Grier and Nick Offerman

Director: Reginald Hudlin

Writer: Kelly Younger

Producers: Brian Grazer, Charisse Hewitt-Webster, Karen Lunder and Eddie Murphy

Music by: Marcus Miller

Rated: PG for language throughout and some suggestive refrences

Release Date: 12/03/23

Runtime: 1h 57m

Tagline: N/A

Favorite Character: Carol Carver

Quote: N/A

Fun Facts: Pentatonix made a cameo as carolers.

The street filmed for the movie is the same street as the one from Desperate Housewives.

Summary: A recently unemployed father, Chris, desperate to win the annual christmas light contest, gets help from a strange woman who runs a christmas shop, which ended up bringing Chris and his family towards a christmas adventure.

The One Liner Review: What seems to look like a merry viewing, Eddie Murphy’s weird christmas movie turned out to be an excuse to try and adapt the classic carol ’12 days of Christmas’ and not to mention it’s about a family whose names are christmas related.

Leo

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Rating: Full

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Musical

Studios: Netflix/Happy Madison Productions

Cast: Adam Sandler, Bill Burr, Cecily Strong, Jason Alexander, Sadie Sandler, Sunny Sandler, Rob Schneider, Jo Koy, Allison Strong, Jackie Sandler, Heidi Gardner, Robert Smigel and Nick Swardson

Directors: Robert Marianetti, Robert Smigel and David Wachtenheim

Writers: Paul Sado, Adam Sandler and Robert Smigel

Producers: Adam Sandler and Mireille Soria

Music by: Geoff Zanelli

Rated: PG for rude/suggestive material and some language

Release Date: 11/21/23

Runtime: 1h 42m

Tagline: Breaking out this November

Favorite Character: Leo

Quote: “Guys, you don’t have to be afraid of change. Change is a beautiful part of life.”- Mrs. Salinas

Fun Facts: On the shelf of Summer’s room are bobbleheads of Conan O’Brian, Billie Ellish and Chubbs from Happy Gilmore

This film actually prevented Adam Sandler from voicing Dracula in Hotel Transylvania 4.

Summary: In a Florida elementary school, a class pet lizard believes he only has a year left to live and tends to try to escape, with unexpected results.

The One Liner Review: Adam Sandler usually does comedy movies…but this one, he gave us something moving and if you wanted the one from the class pets eye…this is the film for you.

Wish

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Rating: Half-Full

Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Musical, Adventure, Comedy

Studios: Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Animation Studios

Cast: Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine, Alan Tudyk, Angelique, Victor Garber, Natasha Rothwell, Jennifer Kumiyama, Harvey Guillen, Evan Peters, Ramy Youssef and Jon Rudnitsky

Directors: Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn

Writers: Chris Buck, Jenifer Lee, Allison Moore and Fawn Veerasunthorn

Producers: Peter Del Vecho and Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster-Jones

Music by: Dave Metzger

Rated: PG for thematic elements and mild action

Release Date: 11/22/23

Runtime: 1h 35m

Tagline: Be careful what you wish for.

Favorite Character: King Magnifico

Quote: “When you’re threatened, you do not breathe; you focus.”- King Magnifico

Fun Facts: This film’s animation is combined with watercolor animation and CGI animation.

This film was made to celebrate Disney’s Animation Studios’ 100th anniversary’s.

Why wouldn’t there be easter eggs nod to other Disney films?

There was supposed to be a short ‘Once Upon a Studio’ released with Wish but it didn’t.

Summary: In the land of Rosas, a citizen wishes upon a star, thus setting the chain of events.

The One Liner Review: Sure Disney’s original fairy tale has magical animation and catchy songs but a couple things would make the audience wish upon a star for more originality and to not have a meaningless message.