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HEATHERS (1989) dir. Michael Lehmann
SCHOOL OF ROCK (Dir: Richard Linklater, 2003).
Jack Black is in family friendly mode for this kinda broader comic version of Dead Poets Society (Peter Weir, 1989).
School of Rock (A late name change means the on screen title remains The School of Rock) is the tale of would be rock star Dewey Finn. Kicked out of his band and in need of cash, Dewey posses as a substitute teacher and takes a job at a fancy prep school. With no background in education he firsts lets the students do as they please in lessons. On hearing their performance in music class he seizes the opportunity to form the kids into a rock band and enter them in to a battle of the contest, without the prior approval of the parents or the school Principal (Joan Cusak).
Let’s be honest, the plot involves a great deal of suspension of disbelief. But it is so warm-hearted, well played and genuinely funny that you won’t really care.
Read the full review on my blog JINGLE BONES MOVIE TIME! Link below.
HELLO DOWN THERE (Dir: Jack Arnold, 1969).
Frank Miller (Tony Randall) and his family must spend 30 days in a prototype house located 90 feet below the surface of the ocean, or Frank loses his job. In tow are his daughter's fiance and brother who along with the Miller kids make up the bubblegum pop quartet Harold and the Hang-Ups.
Read the full review on my blog JINGLE BONES MOVIE TIME! Link below.
THE GHOST AND MR CHICKEN (Dir: Alan Rafkin, 1966).
The Ghost and Mr Chicken is a family friendly comedy/horror from Universal Pictures, with the accent firmly on smiles rather than shocks.
Something of a throwback to haunted house comedies of an earlier age - the Bob Hope vehicle The Cat and the Canary (Elliott Nugent, 1939) springs to mind - The Ghost and Mr Chicken finds nebbish newspaper typesetter Luther Heggs spend the night in a haunted house in an attempt to further his career as as a journalist. Becoming a local celebrity, he lands himself a subpoena when property owner Mr Simmons (Philip Ober) challenges Heggs' claims of ghostly goings on in the abandoned abode.
Read the full review on my blog JINGLE BONES MOVIE TIME. Link in below.
SHOCKTOBER! Day 2: HOUSE (Dir: Steve Miner, 1985).
From Sean S Cunningham, producer/director of Friday the 13th (1980) and Steve Miner, director of Friday the 13th Part II (1981) comes House, a shocker of a markedly lighter tone than the slasher movies for which either was known.
Promoted as a comedy horror, House stars William Katt as horror author Roger Cobb (presumably modeled after Stephen King) a Vietnam vet who is mourning the recent suicide of a beloved aunt and the mysterious disappearance of his young son. Both events are somehow connected to the creepy house which his aunt has left to Cobb in her will. Retreating to his aunt's abode to write a biographical novel based upon his wartime experiences, he is haunted by all manner of apparitions, included that of comrade Big Ben (Richard Moll) who died in Vietnam. Naturally folks think Cobb is crazy. Enlisting the help of amiable neighbour Harold (George Wendt), Cobb battles to overcome both inner-demons and the curse of the house of horrors.
Read the full review on my blog JINGLE BONES MOVIE TIME. Link below.
Matthew Lillard as Tim LaFlour in Senseless (1998)
Addams Family Values (1993) dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
Mean Girls 2004 | dir. Mark Waters
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Now that you're dead, what are you going to do with your life? HEATHERS (1988)
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