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(DVD & Blu-ray | PG | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #3463
Times Ranked: 1625
Win Percentage: 52%
Top-20 Rankings: 16
Directed By: Carlos Saldanha
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg • Anne Hathaway • Leslie Mann • Jemaine Clement • Jamie Foxx
Genres: Adventure • Adventure Comedy • Animal Picture • Animation • Comedy • Family
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Soul Surfer
(DVD & Blu-ray | PG | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #6816
Times Ranked: 243
Win Percentage: 55%
Top-20 Rankings: 5
Directed By: Sean McNamara
Starring: Helen Hunt • Craig T. Nelson • Dennis Quaid • AnnaSophia Robb • Kevin Sorbo
Genres: Drama • Family Drama • Sports Drama
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The Final Destination
(DVD & Blu-ray | R | 2009)
Flickchart Ranking: #5287
Times Ranked: 5225
Win Percentage: 31%
Top-20 Rankings: 2
Directed By: David R. Ellis
Starring:
Genres: Horror
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The Perfect Game
(DVD & Blu-ray | PG | 2009)
Flickchart Ranking: #13940
Times Ranked: 28
Win Percentage: 61%
Top-20 Rankings: 0
Directed By: William Dear
Starring: Clifton Collins, Jr. • Cheech Marin • Moisés Arias • Jake T. Austin...
(DVD & Blu-ray | PG | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #3463
Times Ranked: 1625
Win Percentage: 52%
Top-20 Rankings: 16
Directed By: Carlos Saldanha
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg • Anne Hathaway • Leslie Mann • Jemaine Clement • Jamie Foxx
Genres: Adventure • Adventure Comedy • Animal Picture • Animation • Comedy • Family
Rank This Movie
Soul Surfer
(DVD & Blu-ray | PG | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #6816
Times Ranked: 243
Win Percentage: 55%
Top-20 Rankings: 5
Directed By: Sean McNamara
Starring: Helen Hunt • Craig T. Nelson • Dennis Quaid • AnnaSophia Robb • Kevin Sorbo
Genres: Drama • Family Drama • Sports Drama
Rank This Movie
The Final Destination
(DVD & Blu-ray | R | 2009)
Flickchart Ranking: #5287
Times Ranked: 5225
Win Percentage: 31%
Top-20 Rankings: 2
Directed By: David R. Ellis
Starring:
Genres: Horror
Rank This Movie
The Perfect Game
(DVD & Blu-ray | PG | 2009)
Flickchart Ranking: #13940
Times Ranked: 28
Win Percentage: 61%
Top-20 Rankings: 0
Directed By: William Dear
Starring: Clifton Collins, Jr. • Cheech Marin • Moisés Arias • Jake T. Austin...
- 8/2/2011
- by Jonathan Hardesty
- Flickchart
Once the Literary Editor of BBC magazine, The Listener, J.R. Ackerley went on to publish My Dog Tulip in 1956. His charming memoirs reflect upon his relationship with his dog, Tulip, from start to finish and make for both thoughtful and entertaining viewing. Husband and wife team, Paul and Sandra Fierlinger bring Tulip to life in the first ever animated feature to be entirely hand-drawn and directly painted onto computer technology.
Beginning with confirmed bachelor Ackerley's accidental acquisition of Alsatian bitch, Tulip, and running through her early history, first home and unsociable conduct, the film covers key points in Tulip's life, including her first trip to the vet, repeated failed attempts at mating and her final pregnancy. Ackerley's desperate attempts to mate Tulip are key to the film's humour - there's talk of "arranged marriage", "genealogy", finding a dog of a similar "class" and even a romantic scene as Ackerley watches...
Beginning with confirmed bachelor Ackerley's accidental acquisition of Alsatian bitch, Tulip, and running through her early history, first home and unsociable conduct, the film covers key points in Tulip's life, including her first trip to the vet, repeated failed attempts at mating and her final pregnancy. Ackerley's desperate attempts to mate Tulip are key to the film's humour - there's talk of "arranged marriage", "genealogy", finding a dog of a similar "class" and even a romantic scene as Ackerley watches...
- 7/19/2011
- Shadowlocked
This is the Pure Movies review of My Dog Tulip, directed by Paul Fierlinger and Sandra Fierlinger, and starring Christopher Plummer, Lynn Redgrave, Isabella Rossellini, Peter Gerety, Brian Murray, Paul Hecht and Euan Morton. You could be forgiven for forgetting that animation was all done by hand in the days before the Toy Story/Shrek phenomena digitised everything to Infinity and Far Far Away in 3D. This charming film based on J.R.Ackerley’s memoir about his dog Tulip is nostalgic, and quaint, with beautiful hand-drawn characterisations that are without the colourful polish we have become used to. All the more delightful as a result, the experience watching My Dog Tulip is very like being read to - the cinema equivalent of being cosied up next to a warm fire drinking hot chocolate on a cold autumn evening.
- 7/15/2011
- by Gabriella Apicella
- Pure Movies
( The following review was first posted as part of our Sliff coverage on November 12, 2010)
Long, long ago in 1994 the release of an animated film using computer technology was a unique event. Since the success of that first Toy Story film, the hand drawn animated feature has become almost forgotten. It’s a pleasure to revisit those 2D day with the new animated film from Sandra and Paul Fierlinger My Dog Tulip based on the novel from J.R. Ackerley. but, as I discovered during the end credits, things are not always as they seem.
I should warn parents out there that although this is a film involving a cartoon dog, Tulip is quite unlike Lady, Tramp, or any of those Dalmatians. She behaves like a real dog. When she’s not eating, sleeping, or barking Tulip is relieving herself and later goes through the canine mating ritual. Although this her master...
Long, long ago in 1994 the release of an animated film using computer technology was a unique event. Since the success of that first Toy Story film, the hand drawn animated feature has become almost forgotten. It’s a pleasure to revisit those 2D day with the new animated film from Sandra and Paul Fierlinger My Dog Tulip based on the novel from J.R. Ackerley. but, as I discovered during the end credits, things are not always as they seem.
I should warn parents out there that although this is a film involving a cartoon dog, Tulip is quite unlike Lady, Tramp, or any of those Dalmatians. She behaves like a real dog. When she’s not eating, sleeping, or barking Tulip is relieving herself and later goes through the canine mating ritual. Although this her master...
- 2/4/2011
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Long, long ago in 1994 the release of an animated film using computer technology was a unique event. Since the success of that first Toy Story film, the hand drawn animated feature has become almost forgotten. It’s a pleasure to revisit those 2D day with the new animated film from Sandra and Paul Fierlinger My Dog Tulip based on the novel from J.R. Ackerley. but, as I discovered during the end credits, things are not always as they seem.
I should warn parents out there that although this is a film involving a cartoon dog, Tulip is quite unlike Lady, Tramp, or any of those Dalmatians. She behaves like a real dog. When she’s not eating, sleeping, or barking Tulip is relieving herself and later goes through the canine mating ritual. Although this her master (voiced wonderfully by Christopher Plummer) is completely smitten with his Alation bitch. He trudges...
I should warn parents out there that although this is a film involving a cartoon dog, Tulip is quite unlike Lady, Tramp, or any of those Dalmatians. She behaves like a real dog. When she’s not eating, sleeping, or barking Tulip is relieving herself and later goes through the canine mating ritual. Although this her master (voiced wonderfully by Christopher Plummer) is completely smitten with his Alation bitch. He trudges...
- 11/13/2010
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Director: Paul Fierlinger, Sandra Fierlinger Writers: Paul Fierlinger, Sandra Fierlinger (screenplay), J. R. Ackerley (novel) Starring: (voice) Christopher Plummer, Lynn Redgrave, Isabella Rossellini, Brian Murray, Paul Hecht, Euan Morton J.R. Ackerley (Christopher Plummer) is not a dog lover at the moment when -- nearing 50 -- he adopts Tulip, an 18-month-old Alsatian. Ackerley lives in a small Putney flat overlooking the Thames (where he lived the final 25 years of his life) and Tulip plows into his life and home with reckless abandon, a wild and uncontrollable ball of energy. Tulip grows quite fond of Ackerley and slowly but surely begins to settle down. Ackerley -- a gay man beyond his days of cruising for dates -- finds Tulip to be his ideal companion; in fact, during their 14 years together, Tulip turns out to be the one true love of Ackerley’s life. My Dog Tulip reveals an author who is not...
- 10/22/2010
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
“My Dog Tulip” is an animated movie based upon the book of the same title written by J.R. Ackerley. Its story is about the author’s relationship with his German shepherd. Director Paul Fierlinger reveals why he decided to adapt this specific story as a movie, with one of the reasons being his particular love for dogs, which he explains in the interview.
Actress Lynn Redgrave tells of the particular relationship she, too, has with dogs. As the voice of one of the characters in the movie, she discusses the difference that exists between live-action performance and voice work.
Fierlinger also gives his opinion on whether his movie might be addressed to children or not and further details about how one could categorizes “My Dog Tulip” as a love story. Finally, he explains what an animated movie shall require during the production process and reveals what type of technology was...
Actress Lynn Redgrave tells of the particular relationship she, too, has with dogs. As the voice of one of the characters in the movie, she discusses the difference that exists between live-action performance and voice work.
Fierlinger also gives his opinion on whether his movie might be addressed to children or not and further details about how one could categorizes “My Dog Tulip” as a love story. Finally, he explains what an animated movie shall require during the production process and reveals what type of technology was...
- 8/31/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Paul and Sandra Fierlinger’s “My Dog Tulip” is a vivid, whimiscal animated feature about the relationship between a man and his dog. We gave Fierlinger and others a free-form style interview to gather their thoughts on their careers individual projects. Editor’S Note: This is part of a series of interviews indieWIRE will be running with the filmmakers screening in the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival’s Discovery program. You… 1. I have …...
- 9/2/2009
- indieWIRE - People
Curioser and Curioser.. First off, the world premier of road trip comedy Bunny & The Bull which we reported on a Long time ago. Next is Gaspar Noé's Cannes premierer Enter the Void which didn't fare too well.. I'm betting this is a new edit. The winner of the grand jury prize at Cannes, Un Prophete will have a special screening. Hugo Weaving's gritty Aussie thriller Last Ride (we'll have a review up soon, got a screener!) is also playing along with another flick from down under we've been clocking, Beautiful Kate. Let's not forget the world premier of Yoichi Sai's ninja flick Kamui.. plus so many more!
Full listing of films added by section after the break.
Vanguard
Accident Soi Cheang, Hong Kong, China
North American Premiere
Gripping and smartly constructed, this unconventional crime thriller/psychological drama, revolves around assassins who commit murder by making perfectly staged crimes look like unfortunate accidents.
Full listing of films added by section after the break.
Vanguard
Accident Soi Cheang, Hong Kong, China
North American Premiere
Gripping and smartly constructed, this unconventional crime thriller/psychological drama, revolves around assassins who commit murder by making perfectly staged crimes look like unfortunate accidents.
- 7/24/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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