renegades is a 1989 american action-crime film directed by jack sholder and starring kiefer sutherland , lou diamond phillips , and jami gertz .

it was released on june 6 , 1989 , by universal pictures .

renegades ( 1989 film )

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renegades is a 1989 action - crime film starring lou diamond phillips and kiefer sutherland . floyd red crow westerman debuted in this film as
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, hank storm ' s father .
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there is a great deal of action in renegades , yet it still manages to be a faintly boring film .
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highly enjoyable film . keifer sutherland and lee diamond phillips were brilliant . i would recommend this film to all action genre fans .
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renegades is also another film back in the day that i used to love when i was younger ; but now , my opinion on it has since changed a great deal .
what saves renegades is a surprisingly good car chase early on , as well as some other competent action scenes .
cynthia rhodes , who played penny johnson , appeared in several big ' 80s movies , including
flashdance
and
staying alive .
she married richard marx in 1989 .
the stars are likeable , but don ' t quite have the chemistry to carry the film . the supporting roles are mainly a ton of identikit cops , while a very young robert knepper plays a yuppie - esque villain . the film is oddly dark and humourless , which can ' t have helped its fortunes in 1989 .
kiefer sutherland and lou diamond phillips are cool buddy in this action thriller film .
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one of sutherland ' s main attractions to the film was its genre .
there was a pacing to ` renegades ' that i really wanted . i wanted to do a film that moved that quickly . there is an energy to an action film  an all - out action film . to be able to burn from the first scenes straight through . it ' s just something i wanted to try , something i ' ve always enjoyed watching .
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seoul , april 7 ( yonhap ) - - south korean romantic melodrama , or rom - melo , film guru kwak jae - yong has broken away from his home turf genre with his latest work
time renegades ,
opening a new horizon for the country ' s melo - thriller film .
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time renegades .
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other work : guy - blaché got her start in film as head of production for léon gaumont and his gaumont film company , a major influence on the nascent french film industry . after moving to the united states , together with her husband she formed the largest pre - hollywood studio in america , the solax company . because of the advanced production facilities they build in fort lee , new jersey , the region grew into a burgeoning film area—the first film capital in the u . s . a .
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time renegades .
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the major compensating factor in
renegades
is the presence of kiefer sutherland and lou diamond phillips , who both deliver solid performances , despite the obvious handicaps .
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i can ' t even get my head round how this wasn ' t a far better film .
other work : one of most successful kiwi directors of any gender , campion was born to an actress mother and theatre - director father . her film peel ( 1982 ) won the 1986 short film palme d’or at the cannes film festival . her work is often historical , biographical and literature - inspired .
from director lois weber , one of the top dogs in the silent film era , to dorothy arzner , possibly the only woman to direct major features in the hollywood hays code years of 1930s america , certain maverick females continue to demand movie - goers’ respect . representing three continents and every capacity from screenwriter to cinematographer , here are a few of film’s greatest female renegades .
sutherland and phillips take time out between the young gun movies , and make this pleasant little buddy film .
renegades [ vhs ] [ 1989 ] : kiefer sutherland , lou diamond phillips , jami gertz , robert knepper , bill smitrovich , clark johnson , peter macneill , floyd ' red crow ' westerman , joseph griffin , john di benedetto , kyra harper , joseph hieu , jack sholder , david madden , gabriella martinelli , j . rickley dumm , james g . robinson , joe roth , melissa bachrach , david rich : urltoken video
review : renegades is an action film of such numbskull intensity that , while ever - inane , it is never boring . undercover cop buster mchenry ( kiefer sutherland ) becomes involved in a diamond heist that gets ferociously out of hand due to the sadism of its mastermind… ( more )
only managing a paltry $ 9 million , renegades is inundated with problems throughout , lack of comedy and humour , which would have helped the film . it takes itself far too seriously , that the characters spend more time at each other ' s throats and hating one another ' s guts . the protagonists are so . . . dull , characterisation - wise . renegades is so generically ordinary , despite the native american theme . i ' d thought that this would make a tremendous amount of difference to the film , but it doesn ' t . far from it .
on the other hand , maybe all the complaining in the world won ' t make a bit of difference the those who seek out this film . perhaps the audience wants mindless action that makes no sense whatsoever . if that ' s the case ,
renegades
should be a hit .
renegades is an action film of such numbskull intensity that , while ever - inane , it is never boring . undercover cop buster mchenry ( kiefer sutherland ) becomes involved in a diamond heist that gets ferociously out of hand due to the sadism of its mastermind ( rob knepper ) . the theft is
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time renegades
is kwak ' s first thriller , costarring award - winning star actors cho jung - seok and lee jin - wook , and top actress im soo - jung .
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maverick movie : palcy’s 1989 film a dry white season , which humanized the apartheid , made her the first black female director to produce a full - length feature with a major studio . marlon brando was so impressed with the project’s serious subject matter and palcy’s commitment to social change he returned to the screen after a nine - year hiatus , acting without pay . palcy is the only woman to direct brando .
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good morning i bought a renegades dvd from amazon i can ' t watch it im gutted as its wrong region . i don ' t no how to send it back . i need a region 2 .
this is but one example of the way cultural action and leadership can occur through film . my brilliant career is a woman ' s story initially written by miles franklin , reinterpreted onscreen almost 80 years later , and understood as having significant influence . the meaning of the film and the intentions of the filmmaker were contested as part of a broader push for women ' s work ( both generally and specifically in film ) to be publicly acknowledged . today much of the heat surrounding the reception of the film has dissipated , but it is , nonetheless , an important historical artistic production and both the story and its rendition in film remain relevant to present - day concerns .
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time renegades ,
directed by kwak jae - yong and costarring award - winning star actors cho jung - seok and lee jin - wook and top actress im soo - jung . ( yonhap )
phillips confirmed :
they brought me the ( ` renegades ' ) script first , and i have a feeling it ' s because they knew they ' d have a harder time finding ( my character ) .
with a little more wit and a little less blood , ' ' renegades ' ' could have been ' ' lethal weapon jr . ' ' it is a fast , violent , implausible film about mismatched partners , and though it doesn ' t exactly break the bounds of its trashy genre , it ' s not at all bad for what it is .
maverick movie : already a successful actress and with five feature films under her director’s belt , lupino’s biggest leap came when she directed the hitch - hiker in 1953 , credited as the first film noir by a woman . as the steering force behind the film , she elicited the genre’s typical irrational character traits in an all - male cast , dangerous personality elements usually confined to female roles in male - directed film noir .
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renegades is an action film of such numbskull intensity that , while ever - inane , it is never boring . undercover cop buster mchenry ( kiefer sutherland ) becomes involved in a diamond heist that gets ferociously out of hand due to the sadism of its mastermind ( rob knepper ) . the theft is accomplished only after innumerable vehicles are trashed , innocent bystanders . . . read more
other work : as the daughter of francis ford coppola and cousin of nicolas cage , sofia was born into a film career . she first appeared as the baby in her dad’s the godfather . like sevigny , sofia coppola is another with her own clothing line . in 1989 she collaborated with her father , writing for life without zoe . all of sofia’s first three own films— lick the star , the virgin suicides and lost in translation , brought attention to her as a filmmaker in her own right .
everything 48 hrs , tango and cash , red heat , lethal weapon does and does it better . meanwhile , renegades is poor in every single aspect as a buddy cop film . it ' s a poor imitation that tries to pass itself off to be as good as its predecessors , yet it ultimately fails . the kiefer and lou diamond partnership is weak and not memorable enough .
we both endorsed jack and he didn ' t let us down ,
phillips added .
it ' s a very technically adept film .
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renegades
was directed by jack sholder with the same attention to high - tech gloss , meaning harrowing chases and hair - raising stunts , that he managed in the low - budget sleeper
the hidden
a couple of years ago .
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it’s the summer of 1989 and the kids are preparing for vacation . derry high school has its share of jocks , bullies and nerds . bill falls into the latter category , as does beverly ( sophia lillis ) , the red - haired , rebellious teenager who bears more than a passing resemblance to eighties star molly ringwald , and who is relentlessly teased by the girls in her class .
it ' s unfortunate that
renegades
also suffers from a story filled with plot holes that are never satisfactorily tied up , ridiculous twists that are are never even remotely plausible and a body count that ' s so high it rivals the
rambo
pictures .
drab and unconvincing , trying to manufacture car crashes and violent detours to keep in step with the action genre . not a terrible film , but an oddly joyless one .
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time renegades
director kwak jae - yong ( l ) , actress im soo - jung ( c ) and actor cho jung - seok answer questions at a press conference after the movie preview held in cgv wangsimni , eastern seoul , on april 5 , 2016 . ( yonhap )
renegades sees an undercover cop with a moustache that looks like a rat , played by brat packer and 24 star , kiefer sutherland and native american indian played by his young guns buddy , lou diamond phillips , teaming up to track down some diamond thieves and to retrieve a tribal weapon .
renegades
is one of the most shallow examples of movie making 101 that i can think of : take two hot young actors , make one a cop and force them to work together despite their differences to solve a pedestrian case of stolen diamonds . the cliches would be laughable if the film didn ' t take them all so seriously , from the cop living in the shadow of his disgraced father to the dirty cops on the take this screenplay practically writes itself .
james jordan gives a memorably nasty , self - pitying and creepy performance as the security guard , pete . when he is on screen , the film develops an edge . for the rest of the time , the tone is more meditative than confrontational . wind river is still a very absorbing film to watch – a murder mystery with a strong lyrical and philosophical streak .
plenty of big dumb action to keep me entertained . some of the politics of the film however haven ' t aged as well but it ' s big dumb and pretty fun overall .
what makes this film so distinctive and so evocative is youthful innocence of the protagonists in the face of grinning evil . with grown ups , the rules of war will be very different .
maverick movie : at the outset of her quarter - century career , in 1896 guy - blaché made the first narrative silent film , la fée aux choux ( the cabbage fairy ) . guy - blaché pioneered the fiction film movement and was one of the first to combine silent recordings with on - screen images , even experimenting with special effects such as double exposure and running films in reverse .
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the national council of women , an umbrella organisation for women ' s groups of all kinds , was very active on the issue of film censorship , and , in 1928 , ncw protested against the discrepancy in salary between the female and male censors for the new censorship board , which included one of their leaders , eleanor glencross ( the female wage was £2 per day compared with the male wage of £3 ) ( argus , 1 august 1928 , 22 ) . the film trade publication , everyones , did not welcome the presence of women in the arena of film regulation , mocking their ' interference ' and anticipating despair for the male censors : ' god help the two men ! ' ( everyones , 1 august 1928 , 5 and 8 august 1928 , 35 ) . despite this and the lower women ' s wage , these concerned women were successful in exerting public influence to shape the environment for film viewing as they saw fit , fostering organisations like the good film and radio vigilance society of new south wales too .
it suffers from the pitfalls of many other 1980s action films , such as plot holes , silly twists and predictability of formula , but there is a very good action film here that ' s . . .
john leguizamo , wesley snipes and patrick swayze in a car in a scene from the film ' to wong foo thanks for everything , julie newmar ' , 1995 . ( photo by universal / getty images )
in its more baroque moments , the film resembles some of roger corman’s most lurid edgar allan poe adaptations . the scenes of characters coming together to ward off the darkness could come from some dennis wheatley story . at the same time , the film feels very american . we are in a world in which popularity is measured by how many friends sign your yearbook or the plaster on your arm if you break a bone .
sutherland explained :
lou and i had been talking about doing another film together where we ' d have more interaction . lou was asked who he ' d like to work with and he said me .
despite the fast - paced plot moves of a thriller , the film seldom loses the heat in both its rom - melo and thriller dishes , creating a
round
finish . many of the much - expected blockbusters that attempted to mixed genres have failed to deliver the director ' s message , most notably with historical action flick
the fatal encounter ( 2014 ) ,
directed by lee jae - gyu and starring actor hyun bin . kwak creates a beautiful convergence of melo - thriller in
time renegades
while keeping his unique color and that of his actors .
the film is predictable , the action is sub - standard and typically found in many other straight to dvd action flicks and though it has its moments , it doesn ' t justify the runtime of 1 hr , 45 mins .
american actor patrick swayze attends a press conference to promote his new film ' to wong foo thanks for everything , julie newmar ' on january 29 , 1996 in sydney , australia . ( photo by peter carrette archive / getty images )
it suffers from the pitfalls of many other 1980s action films , such as plot holes , silly twists and predictability of formula , but there is a very good action film here that ' s more than a time waster for the so inclined .
sewers are used more inventively here than in any film arguably since harry lime was on the run like a rat at the end of the third man . diabolic forces lurk next to the discarded shoes , tampons and toys in the sewage system .
you ' d think as a crime drama with an interesting premise ( sort of ) , renegades would do the trick . in fact , it is the same old buddy cop formula that has been done and rehashed so many times over , as well as it is a sub genre that has been executed with far more panache , with better characters performances along with more exciting story - lines .
wind river is the third part in actor - turned - screenwriter taylor sheridan’s “modern frontier trilogy” ( after sicario and hell and high water ) and sheridan’s first film as director . it’s an american thriller that will certainly appeal to fans of scandinavian noir .
 in brief , separate interviews in los angeles a couple of weeks ago , kiefer sutherland , seen most recently in
1969 ,
and lou diamond phillips , star of
la bamba
and
stand by me ,
said
renegades
was the culmination of their desire to work together again after they became friends when they both worked on last year ' s
young guns .
the movie plot is not as simple as a traditional time - slip movie in which the protagonist travels to the past or future and finds his way back to present . kwak himself has denied using the word
time - slip
to describe his work .
time chasing ,
or
breaking away from time ,
are more precise descriptions of
time renegades ,
as he puts it .
but rom - melo is one of the two main dishes of
time renegades ,
along with a crime thriller . the 57 - year - old south korean director blends the classical poetry of an all - korean rom - melo - - the unconditional communion between lovers , undisguised ecstasy in love , uncalculating sacrifice and separation , and miraculous discovery of never - ending passion - - with elements of the thriller .
in the film , characters dash out in attempts to change
bad
fates to
good
ones , sometimes resulting in success and sometimes in failure . some of the characters even try to kill themselves out of remorse or hope . but kwak ' s message of life and fate points at the calm , pacifying circles of metempsychosis , or cycle of life . to kwak , even the most sorrowful ends and regretful pasts seem to dissolve into a peaceful slumber , slipping away through wounded hearts . such a philosophy works its way out in his earlier films , such as
the classic .
time renegades
is slated to launch in local cinemas on april 13 .
there are moments akin to exorcisms as some give vent to their fury as the group holds them in check . then , the aggression subsides . whether they’re ex - members of the ayran brotherhood , renegades from the la gangs , black , hispanic or white , the prisoners are all equally open and honest . after each day’s sessions , the civilians leave . we then see them being bussed back in the next day .
while filmmaking and activism associated with supporting filmmaking can readily be seen as a form of cultural leadership , women have also exerted public influence in the arena of film viewing . it is valuable to consider this as leadership , even when it works to restrict the screening of particular films . this is because it is part of the diversity of women ' s political action directed towards the realm of film . in some cases , individual women were acting in an isolated manner , while , in other instances , they were part of a group or collective movement .
for all the prowling camera work , the film risks becoming claustrophobic . the entire feature plays out in the same set of rooms . some of the plotting is on the clunky side . ( characters presumed dead miraculously manage to survive . snipers suddenly discover a humanitarian side . )
throughout the film , sheridan gives us little insights into the callous way that native americans are still treated in the us . there are no fbi statistics on the disappearance of native american women . their abductions or deaths don’t provoke much in the way of sympathy or intervention from the authorities .
maverick movie : in 1976 , wertmüller recorded history with her film seven beauties ( pasqualino sette bellezze ) , becoming the first woman nominated for an academy award for directing . the lives of low - income southern italians , a reoccurring theme in her work , show up in this international success .
maverick movie : for 1992’s the piano , campion became the second woman nominated for academy award for best director at the 1994 ceremony , where the film won best original screenplay . the protagonist is a mute pianist struggling with her position in an arranged marriage in mid - 19th century new zealand .
the film is intended as the first of two features based by on the stephen king novel . the characters here will come back again as adults and face off against the diabolic clown all over again . whether or not the sequel can recapture the intensity of the first part remains to be seen .
the film , though , is uplifting and very moving . it shows its subjects coming together to help one another . prisoners form very close bonds with each other and with the civilians . it becomes apparent that the civilians have just as many demons eating away at them as the men behind bars ,
there are a lot of exciting chases in
renegades
and some nice chemistry and comic dialogue between the stars , but the story just piles one ridiculous element upon another until audience - members are bound to be scratching their heads in disbelief . not the least of these is the mayhem in the streets and the innocent bystanders who must have been injured if not killed along the way , with seemingly no one in the city as outraged as phillips is about his brother .
it had great humour , great action , and a strong , believable relationship between the two main characters ,  claims director jack sholder of the script of this buddy - cop - chase movie . sholders most distinguished earlier work , the hidden , was a triumph not of subtle character interplay or perceptive social comment but of crashed cars , machine - gun shoot - outs , energetic running - around and trashed public property . renegades , despite all that believable relationship jazz , is simply more of the same .
instead of a wallander - like detective , the film offers us a wildlife ranger called cory lambert ( jeremy renner . ) he’s an expert tracker and hunter who wears white to help him blend into the scenery . his job is to shoot wolves and mountain lions that may be threatening the livestock on the wind river reservation .
a little more context would surely have helped . we have no idea who is fighting whom or where oum’s husband has gone , or why all the other neighbours have fled . this means that insyriated lacks any local identity . it risks becoming just another generalised film about the pity and squalor of war as experienced on the domestic front .
from the earliest days of moving pictures , men have dominated the industry both on and off - screen , but even before women had the right to vote , a few pioneer ladies were already becoming industry leaders . because film is traditionally more closed to women , these daring ladies have had to be even more innovative to get their pictures noticed .
the film unfolds over one summer in derry , a small american town that is cursed . when kids do their research in the local library , they discover that people here have a nasty habit of dying and disappearing . every 27 years , a fiendish clown with teeth that the average great white shark would envy reappears to harvest some new flesh .
it would have been so easy to have made it such . the fact that it takes itself far too seriously and the fact that it decides to not have any comedy in it at all is absolutely bizarre . this was the perfect daft setup for a buddy cop film and yet it decides on something grittier and more serious and what the fuck for ?
the filmmakers aren’t just able to draw on stephen king’s back catalogue . they have a whole history of horror to borrow from . there are nods here in the direction of nic roeg’s don’t look now . ( the missing kid here wears a yellow coat that is as easy to spot as the red macintosh worn by the drowning child in roeg’s film . )
although set in wyoming ( supposedly in the spring ) , this is a story that unfolds in a very bleak and icy environment in which the wind chill factor is always well below zero . it’s very well written , albeit a little portentous and self - conscious . the film digs away at the hidden grief of its characters while every so often exploding into extreme violence .
there’s a double dose of nostalgia in the tremendous new stephen king adaptation . the film manages the feat of being very evocative and , on occasion , quite terrifying . it harks back to the great stephen king adaptations of the 1980s , most notably stand by me . those films in turn often demonstrated a yearning for lost childhoods and times past ; the dear dead days beyond recall .
other work : after publishing a memoir of her stripping career , cody moved into screenwriting . following juno ’s success , cody has sold a number of other edgy scripts , from the horror film jennifer’s body ( note that horror is a stereotype - defying genre for a woman to write ) to the dark comedy young adult . not one to rest on her laurels , cody now has directing ambitions .
kiefer sutherland is the renegade cop . lou diamond phillips is the renegade native - american fella . both , have one goal : to takedown a ruthless baddie . they have different reasons , but both want justice . they play by different rules , don ' t really get along , come from two completely different cultures , and like to crack jokes on each other . however , when it gets heated , will they put the their differences aside , to save the fuckin ' day ? it ' s renegades , the
buddy flick
directed by the same guy who brought us freddy ' s revenge . what could go wrong ?
maverick movie : for her direction of the war drama the hurt locker ( 2010 ) , bigelow became the first woman to win the academy award for best director . not only did she foray into a genre considered particularly masculine , there she found success . with contemporary relevance as a film about the iraq war , the hurt locker earned bigelow a spot on time’s list of the 100 most influential people of the year in 2010 .
maverick movie : for 2003’s lost in translation , which won the oscar for best original screenplay , coppola became only the third woman to be nominated for the best director award—stepping far out from her father’s shadow . the film was also nominated for best picture , and her best director nomination was the first for an american woman . with her screenplay win she extended her family’s oscar legacy , making the coppolas the second clan to win for three generations .
i use this blog to talk about things that i want to get off my chest and things that interest me . as well as cultural stuff , tv show & movie reviews , favourite lists and likes . since 2016 , i have been focusing a lot on film reviews . with a prime emphasis on the 1980s and 1990s , though i occasionally dip my toes in post - 2000s and 1970s films - if they are interesting or good , that is .
this means the tempo is on the languid side . lambert likes to sit and think . he does drive his snow bike at speeds of 80 mph or more but that doesn’t mean he is ever in a hurry . like hawkeye in last of the mohicans , he relies on stealth , not speed . the elegiac music from nick cave and warren ellis adds to the film’s dreamy , slow motion quality , and to the feeling of sadness and loss with which the story is imbued .
i am not the greatest fan of 80s buddy movies but it’s pretty difficult not to like a film whose future buddies are young kiefer sutherland ( in his pre - “torture is awesome” phase ) and lou diamond phillips ( in his pre - “sheriff roles only” phase ) . together , in good 80s action movies tradition , they fight slightly more crime than they commit themselves , crash cars , smash a large amount of things , and hurt or kill a lot of people in hilarious and improbable ways .
early in the film sutherland is chasing the bad guys through the city when they pause in a museum just long enough to steal a sacred lance and kill phillips ' brother , after about two dozen other people have bitten the dust . naturally , this prompts phillips , a low - key lakota sioux indian who thinks before he acts , to seek revenge . so he latches onto a reluctant sutherland , making for an uneasy pair of odd - couple detectives on the run from both crooks and cops as they track down the killers .
for once , the captain character in this sort of film ( given by cop specialist bill smitrovich ) does have an actual role to play in the plot apart from reaming out the insane , violent cop working for him , and even buster’s absurd crusade against crooked cops has a reason to it . it’s nothing original , mind you , but i do think including some bits and pieces that actually make a degree of sense and hint at the real world in a plot only helps to make the general outrageousness of your typical action movies that decisive bit more interesting . characters for their part are seldom
but after seeing an early version of the film , phillips was a bit surprised by the violence .
i saw a rough cut and i think we dwell on the violence a little bit . i was a little surprised . you never know if they ' re shooting slow - mo ( slow - motion ) , and it ' s operatic to a certain extent . i don ' t think it ' s as violent as ` the untouchables ' or , say , ` robocop , ' or something like that . and that ' s not an excuse . i didn ' t think we needed as much of it .
on the flight , the gang and the idiot cop stumble into an exhibition where marino finds the time and inclination to grab the holy lance of the lakota , and shoot one of the lakota men watching over it . that man’s brother , hank storm ( lou diamond phillips ) , promises to get back the lance and take revenge for his brother . a fine opportunity to start on this work opens up to hank when his mystical indian tracking powers ( seriously , that’s how the film plays it and will continue to play it ) lead him to buster , who is in rather bad shape after moreno ended their short - lived partnership by shooting him .
one significant arena in which women acted publicly to express concern about the types of films made and screened in australia was the 1927 royal commission on the moving picture industry . of the 253 witnesses who gave evidence , 41 were women , most of whom were , using the commissioners ' phrase , ' keen observers of the effect of films upon the community ' ( report of the royal commission on the moving picture industry in australia , 2 ) . these ' keen observing ' women , most representing women ' s organisations , unanimously supported film censorship and detailed specific roles that women should play in enforcing it . mrs edith waterworth , a member of the state film censorship board in hobart , argued at the royal commission that women , as citizens and mothers , have two claims to public representation while men only have one . as mothers , she asserted , they ' necessarily have to give far more careful thought to the rearing of children than is given by a father ' ( royal commission on the moving picture industry in australia , minutes of evidence , par . 16905 , 588 ) . despite women ' s dual claim to representation , waterworth ' s focus was almost exclusively on women ' s civic maternalism ( as defined by warne , among others ) . this is replicated in the evidence of other women too .
director jack sholder’s just the right kind of guy at the right kind of place here , shooting the insipid , the hilarious and the exciting all in the straightforward and unpretentious manner this kind of thing demands , until nothing made of glass isn’t broken . it’s such a bunch of merry carnage ( not terribly brutal as these films go ) broken up by semi - embarrassing indian ( that’s the word the film prefers to use , even though it has the perfectly good word “lakota” right there in the script ; buster of course is racist dickhead enough to always call hank “chief” ) mysticism , and general nonsense that it’s easy to miss that the script actually has some perfectly neat ideas beside the nonsense .
the two heroes are as suspicious of each other as they are wary of the villains , of course . their attempts to outwit each other are as blatant and obvious as the stereotypes the film relies on . the criminal boss is named marino , and though he looks like an ivy league wasp , he has meetings in an italian restaurant where the waiters pack guns . mr . sutherland ' s buster mchenry is the honest - cop kid of a bad - cop father . and mr . phillips plays the son of a medicine man whose chants are able to restore mr . sutherland ' s health after he is shot . the strong , smart indians are positive stereotypes , but they ' re stereotypes nonetheless .
in addition to that outlined above , i also occasionally work as a forensic musicologist / expert witness on a consultancy basis . recent activity includes work for warner chappell and universal music on copyright infringement cases ( including a major west end show and a number of international recording artist recordings ) . i have also recently acted as a consultant for both edexel and the arts council of wales on ways in which the a level school music curriculum can resonate more closely with the university sector . regarding my work on frank zappa , i acted as an advisor on a recent edition of the american tv series history detectives , when the programme investigated the authenticity of one of frank zappa’s paintings . i also regularly undertake peer reviews for research projects and journals , with recent activities including reviews for the journal of adaptation in film and performance , the brock review , the economic and social research council and the higher education academy .
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this movie has a good main cast , the story is good , and it has a lot of good action scenes . why didn ' t i rate it higher ? mostly because it ' s a cheesy , forgettable buddy cop movie that jumped off of the lethal weapon wagon . it ' s just pretty good , it could have been better .
wow did kiefer look like a 70 ' s porn star with that mustache . my goodness . typical buddy cop flick of two guys from different worlds coming together against a common enemy . some rather funny moments and there is good chemistry between the two but it ' s doesn ' t do anything overly special to stand out .
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an undercover cop forms an alliance with a native american to help him hunt down the criminals who stole an ancient lakota tribal lance .
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a dedicated l . a . police detective and a female psychic must stop a demonic serial killer who was given the powers of resurrection , teleportation and possession .
a rogue cop joins an elite lapd unit who secretly operate as a vigilante death squad , but soon begins to question their methods .
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buster mchenry works as an undercover agent for the local police . currently he investigates on police corruption and is in big trouble . his task makes him break the law , he participates in a robbery . things really screw up as not only two men are shot , but also an ancient indian spear is stolen and buster is wounded . hank storm , a young indian , is now after the spear and buster is after his criminal ' comrades ' . both of them are outsiders in their way , but now they have the same target .
when hank enters the subway car on the platform at the station it is one car but when it exits the tunnel it becomes another subway car .
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not that great . a lot of pointless killing . i never did figure out what reason that girl had for being in the movie . i guess the people that made the movie didn ' t either because they killed her off - and she was actually incredibly stupid - just ran out in the middle of a gun battle . ok for free on tv on a saturday afternoon , but not worth a penny plus shipping . and all the indian spirituality stuff was so predictable . and so was the corrupt cop stuff . and then a guy sets fire to his own super fancy barn full of horses . really ? that ' s not going to bring in the cops for miles around ? i ' m being generous with the 3 stars .
clean but full of action and violence [ layed to human nature ] - - no overly done female traipsing through to spoil the action . excellent macho performance by kieffer sutherland and lou diamond phillips [ as should be expected ] . story line still had enough punch to make it interesting . hate to say it , a great acting job by the top nasty - couldn ' t stand the guy . would have liked a commentary about the actors and the work they put into their roles . i would definitely recommend this movie and will certainly watch it over again .
well done movie and has a lot of action and comedy in some parts .
a very good movie . one of greater movie i see kiefer . . .
a very good urltoken of greater movie i see kiefer sutherland in . very good movie
terrific cop thriller with a twist . great pairing of ks and ldp . plot moved quickly and to a satisying conclusion . terrific print , arrived quickly and well packaged for safety . many thanks
this has all the basic revenge elements and formula . and who better than kiefer sutherland as the
dirty harry
type out to make amends for his dirty cop father and find . . .
had seen this show before and loved it . keifer sutherland and lou diamond phillips are . . .
had seen this show before and loved it . keifer sutherland and lou diamond phillips are two of my favorite actors .


strawberry shortcake : berry blossom festival is an animated film from dic entertainment , released in select markets by kidtoon films on march 13 , 2007 .

this is dic 's second film to have a theatrical debut in the 2000s , after strawberry shortcake : the sweet dreams movie in october 2006 .

20th century fox 's dvd of the movie premiered on may 1 , 2007 ; every copy comes with a berry blossom festival crown , as seen in the movie .

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you are invited to a berry - riffic celebration . it ' s the perfect day for strawberry shortcake to hold the first annual berry blossom festival ! but , as soon as she starts to enjoy the party , raspberry torte decides that manners don ' t matter while the peculiar purple pieman and sour grapes plot against strawberry to steal the festival crown . will anyone ever play nicely again and who will be crowned queen of the berry blossom festival ?
you are invited to a berry - riffic celebration . it ' s the perfect day for strawberry shortcake to hold the first annual berry blossom festival ! but , as soon as she starts to enjoy the party , raspberry torte decides that manners don ' t matter while the peculiar purple pieman and sour grapes plot against strawberry to steal the festival crown . will anyone every play nicely again and who will be crowned queen of the berry blossom festival ?
the extra scenes of
berry blossom festival
dvd if anyone is looking for the full episodes , strawblueu ' s channel has it .
strawberry shortcake is a berry sweet but spunky little redhead with enough optimism to fill a strawberry field
- - container .
it ' s that time of year when the berries are in bloom - - and this year is a bumper crop . strawberry shortcake and her friends decide to celebrate with a first - ever berry big berry blossom festival with games , crafts , and lots of berry - best food .
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strawberry shortcake and her pals want to celebrate the berry blossom festival by having a tea party . but one girl decides that manners are optional , and things just aren ' t as much fun . meanwhile , the peculiar purple pie man tries to turn things sour at the festival , but strawberry shortcake and her friends make sure everyone has a sweet time .
long hair is feminine : in strawberry shortcake meets the berrykins the berry princess rewards the main characters with longer hair .
you are cordially invited to a berrylicious celebration starring strawberry shortcake and all her friends ! it’s a berry beautiful day in strawberry land , the perfect day for strawberry shortcake to hold the first annual berry blossom festival ! and what better way to get ready than at a tea party with all her friends . but as soon as strawberry shortcake starts to enjoy her delicious treats , one friend announces that manners don’t matter . then , at the festival , another friend decides that she will be crowned queen of the festival – even if it means breaking all the rules ! will anyone ever play nicely again ? if anyone can save the day and bring good behavior back to strawberry land , it’s definitely strawberry shortcake !
strawberry shortcake and co . decide to hold the berry blossom festival , and with it a tea party . however , raspberry torte is showing no manners at all during the party rehearsal and refuses to learn manners ! will she ever realize that manners matters ?
in “berry blossom festival” we learn that cheaters never win and , the minute they cheat , they’re already lost . this strawberry shortcake dvd incorporates delightful music and life lessons to live by . watching this dvd is time well spent . we award this program five doves .
spring is late : in a book from the 1980s , strawberry shortcake and the winter that would not end , and the 2003 dvd spring for strawberry shortcake .
strawberry shortcake [ videorecording ] : cooking up fun . - version details - trove
in strawberry shortcake meets the berrykins , the berry princess and her berrykins are in charge of giving the berries of strawberryland their scent .
santa claus : strawberry shortcake and honey pie pony meet him and talk with him up at the north pole in berry , merry christmas .
spinoff babies : the
berry baby
merchandise in the 1980s version , and the
strawberry shortcake baby
line of the 2003 version .
disc # 1 - - strawberry shortcake : berry blossom festival 1 . what a day ! [ 5 : 53 ] 2 . manners matter [ 3 : 37 ] 3 . what ' s the big deal ? [ 4 : 53 ] 4 . etiquette lessons [ 7 : 06 ] 5 . festival time [ 5 : 46 ] 6 . cheating like crazy [ 5 : 15 ] 7 . berry blossom queen [ 3 : 51 ] 8 . everybody ' s a winner [ 6 : 39 ]
christmas carolers : strawberry runs into some while shopping for presents in
berry merry christmas
.
woolery , george w . ( 1989 ) .
strawberry shortcake : pets on parade
.
character name and the noun phrase :
strawberry shortcake and the baby without a name .
disney acid sequence : the
berry talk
song in the world of strawberry shortcake . also , much of the songs in the 2003 / 2007 continuity .
playground song : in
strawberry ' s big journey ,
orange blossom leads several rounds of
john jacob jingleheimer schmidt .
incredible shrinking man : strawberry and ginger snap have to shrink in order to get to the berry fairy fields .
martin , mick ; porter , marsha ( 1995 ) .
strawberry shortcake : pets on parade
.
when the berry fairy came to stay
reveals that the berry fairies are responsible for giving the strawberryland berries their size and color .
strawberry shortcake : pets on parade is an animated television special from 1982 , made by romeo muller , robert l . rosen , and fred wolf . this is the third to feature the iconix brand group character , strawberry shortcake .
although the second 2000s dvd
spring for strawberry shortcake
has a theme that ' s similar in concept to the 1980s storybook ,
strawberry shortcake and the winter that would not end
, but this is a coincidence .
happy birthday to you : a berry happy birthday , performed at the end of meet strawberry shortcake . and then american greetings monetized it by making and selling musical greeting cards that play the song .
in spring for strawberry shortcake , old man winter and the young girl spring are responsible for bringing their respective seasons to strawberryland .
hello nurse : the berry princess has this effect on the peculiar purple pieman .
bragging theme tune : the 2003 and 2009 series ' theme songs talk about how sweet , lovable , and awesome strawberry shortcake is .
strawberry shortcake : pets on parade chronicles strawberryland ' s
second annual grand old petable pet show and pet parade .
strawberry shortcake and her cat , custard , are the judges of the pet show , but the purple pieman and sour grapes plan to enter their own pets into the show and frame strawberry for cheating .
lilliputians : the 1980s and 2009 strawberry and friends are tiny people living in a berry patch . implied in the former , played straight in the latter .
road sign reversal : a non - racing version occurs in one episode of strawberry shortcake ' s berry bitty adventures . while trying to deliver a package , strawberry encounters a sign that tells her the way to go , only for a breeze to flip the markers , knocking off the one she needs .
friends from all over the world descend on strawberryland to take part in the first great friendship festival . strawberry thinks the festival will provide a wonderful opportunity to see the world through different eyes and believes that in spite of their differences , in the end most of the kids will be the same and like the same things .
scare dare : in
the berry beast ,
huckleberry pie issues a scare dare to go into some spooky woods . strawberry replies that dares are silly , so he makes it a double dare , and strawberry counters that double dares are double silly . he ups it to a triple scoop dare with a strawberry on top and strawberry says that he ' s on .
out gathering berries one day , strawberry & her pets find a tiny fairy among the berry vines . realizing that strawberry is a very kind & caring person , the little fairy decides to take advantage of the kid ' s good nature .
paper - thin disguise :
around the berry big world
has the peculiar purple pieman of porcupine peak in a paper - thin disguise as a ship captain , offering to take strawberry shortcake and peppermint fizz home to strawberryland , but actually out to sabotage them .
wolf , fred ( director ) ; muller , romeo ( writer ) ( april 9 , 1982 ) .
strawberry shortcake in big apple city
. syndication .
make a wish : the climax of the world of strawberry shortcake hinges on the face of the sun granting her a
magic wish
as her birthday present .
my little girl love strawberry shortcake so this one had to be in her collection too , great it ' s only 45 minutes so she those not get bored .
four girl ensemble : ever noticed how many episodes star four of the girls ? who the four girls are varies , but strawberry shortcake herself is always among the group .
my daughters loved the movie berry berry much . the crown was a great hit . my daughter wears it almost every day . i had to go out and buy a crown at the craft store for my other daughter .
edutainment games : amazing cookie party and berry best friends ( two of the aforementioned pc titles ) are this .
beleaguered assistant : cola chameleon to peppermint fizz , sour grapes to the purple pieman and raven to licorice whip . custard tends to feel she is in this position for strawberry shortcake .
you get me coffee : in
festival of the fillies ,
raven is eager to help licorice whip ; licorice orders him to get him lunch .
we sell everything : in
a berry grand opening ,
the berrykins ask for something
sparkling
and
orange ,
and orange blossom pulls out everything from a glittery vase to a tablecloth to orange brand laundry detergent ( to get your clothes sparkly clean ) .
inverted with strawberry and raspberry . they were girlier in the ' 80s version .
cool and unusual punishment : strawberry occasionally threatens the peculiar purple pieman with
berry talk
, which he can ' t stand ( this was how she cleared her name in pets on parade ) . in fact , in housewarming surprise , strawberry teaches his pet birds a song full of berry talk , knowing it would annoy him enough to make him return a bunch of recipes he stole from her .
minion with an f in evil : in one episode , strawberry shortcake and her friends are putting on a play of cinderella . strawberry as cinderella cries when the evil step - relatives say she can ' t go to the ball . blueberry muffin ( the stepmother ) and ginger snap and orange blossom ( the stepsisters ) feel bad and say she can go after all until angel cake ( the fairy godmother ) gets the story back on track .
clear my name : strawberry is framed for taking a bribe in pets on parade .
the franchise got another reboot in 2009 , with strawberry living in berry bitty city , and no villains in sight until sour grapes returned in 2016 . this franchise has spawned a 2010 tv series , strawberry shortcake ' s berry bitty adventures , three movies , and an iphone game that is only available in the us . this series is on the hub in the united states and boomerang in some non - u . s . markets , and is released on dvd . idw publishing also made a comic book miniseries based on this show .
1980s specials : the pieman . he had a heel face turn at the end of the world of strawberry shortcake , but by the following year ' s big apple city , he reverted to his old ways due to his
evil conscience
, as he explains to the frustrated strawberry .
the power of friendship : large portions of the series , particularly the 2003 one , pretty much operate on this . the ultimate expression of it is songs such as
friendship grows
from
meet strawberry shortcake
,
the gift of friendship
from berry merry christmas and
back together
from
a horse of a different color .
other candidates include
you ' re my berry best friend
and
my friend , mon ami .
comparing the 2009 series to earlier versions , strawberry looks much more feminine and traditionally cute .
fantasy helmet enforcement : pupcake is wearing a helmet while riding in strawberry ' s scooter .
in the first story we see how strawberry shortcake and her friends try to show raspberry tart how to use good manners . what a delightful way to teach our children and remind adults that manners really do matter !
lilliputians : played straight ; the show is set in a strawberry patch with a miniature world .
this was the first strawberry shortcake movie i purchased and i love it ! at first i thought that the
movie
would be too long to hold my toddler ' s attention , but the 45 - minute . . .
cheerful child : strawberry and her friends are generally this , though how much depends on the storyline .
, the pieman rigs the contest in his favor . . . but as a twist , he accuses strawberry ( the contest judge ) of helping him in exchange for a bribe . strawberry ' s friends
unexplained recovery : in the berry brick road special , sour grapes and her flying monkey assistant got turned into stone , but are back for part 2 .
a literal case as well . two of the three new berry girls introduced in season 4 are a set of twins named sweet grapes , and sour grapes .
in 2016 , a fourth reboot for 2018 was announced , bringing strawberry shortcake back to the world of tv in three seasons and 39 half - hour episodes . not much is known of this series , though it will be all - cgi like its predecessor .
everything ' s better with princesses : the berry princess in the 80 ' s , the fable remakes in the 2003 series , and princess berrykin in the 2009 version .
first . in the first special , they have a wonderful plan to hold a surprise birthday party for strawberry shortcake . instead of giving strawberry something to do until party time , however , the manner they chose to keep the secret involves rebuffing and ignoring her when she offers to have lunch with them . this drives her to tears thinking no one loves her ; she would miss the party completely if
love triangle : the betty and veronica version , except that the guy is a villain . sour grapes is exceptionally jealous of the purple pieman ' s affections for the berry princess .
idiot ball : when strawberry meets cherry jam for the first time , she apparently doesn ' t recognize her . the problem is that cherry was wearing the same outfit as in the
music video
seen earlier in the episode . strawberry even remarks she smells something that smells like cherries . one would think strawberry would have recognized her
favorite singer
immediately . . .
( 10 / 18 / 06 ) plymptoons releasing . 75 mins . d : bill plympton . a gothic ' 50s high - school comedy about a love - triangle that goes terribly bad , as two young , murdered teens returning to their prom to get revenge . date listed is official new york release date ( film was screened at festivals throughout 2004 & 2005 - west coast premiere 2 / 14 / 05 at san francisco independent film festival . east coast premiere 3 / 5 / 05 at the florida film festival in maitland fl ) .
typical of strawberry shortcake videos this one has a moral to the story and is very cute . in this case the moral to the story is that manners are important . strawberry teaches this through songs , examples and games she plays with her friends and even a simple lesson on manners she gives to her friend . this is a great video and it is not a hardship to sit through this video and the songs are very catchy and enjoyable . enjoy .
metaphor is my middle name : in
the berry best you can bee ,
sadiebug claims
nice
is her middle name , but katiebug interjects that it ' s really
ladybird .
in the 2003 continuity : the berry merry christmas special — strawberry finds that the gifts are all ruined by water damage . her friends then gather around cheer her up and they sing a song enforcing the meaning of christmas and such , then santa comes around and drop off good , undamaged versions of the gifts she bought without any of them noticing .
my girls ages 3 and 5 really enjoyed this movie at the movie theater . we have watched all the strawberry shortcake movies , and the 45 minute run time is just perfect . the characters appealing , songs catchy , and always a lesson to be learned . the lessons emphasized are using good manners ( raspberry wants a world with no manners ) in the first segment , and not cheating ( ( purple pieman and sour grapes try to cheat ss out of a win in the ss festival ) in the second segment . there are several laughable moments , and as always , a good feeling as the show ends . recommended !
inverted with the 2003 series . strawberry looked more tomboyish than she did in her 1980s design . she was later given an older , girly design .
apple dumplin ' wants to help strawberry & her friends with the baking . but dumplin ' s just a little too little to be much help .
for the record : in 2006 kidtoon films has released : my little pony : the princess promenade ( 1 / 14 / 06 ) and pinocchio 3000 ( 4 / 8 / 06 ) . arthur and his missing pal opened in july , my little pony : runaway rainbow was released august 26th and strawberry shortcake : the sweet dreams movie played in october .
big applesauce : big apple city , the eponymous place in the second special , strawberry shortcake in big apple city , is a transparent n . y . c . analogue , complete with big 5 avenue ( an obvious reference to 5th avenue ) sentimental park ( based on central park ) , spinach village ( greenwich village ) , and
the little theater off times pear ( times square )
. moreover , on the album strawberry shortcake live , she sings a cover version of
new york , new york
. ( as david letterman joked years later in a
dave ' s record collection
segment ,
i think this is the real reason the city can ' t sleep .
)
the face of the sun : mr . sun , who serves as the narrator and interacts with strawberry and the others . this is especially pronounced in the first special the world of strawberry shortcake , in which he provides a deus ex machina
magic wish
when the kids need to rescue apple dumplin ' from the pieman ' s palace . it ' s worth noting that in the first three specials he was voiced by the scriptwriter , romeo muller , best known for his work with rankin bass productions .
facepalm : grown - up apple dumplin ' , after the baby versions of strawberry and her friends refuse to take a nap in
baby takes the cake .
easily forgiven : in
win some , lose some ,
peppermint fizz is easily forgiven by strawberry shortcake for cheating at the games . of course , it does help that strawbrerry was never really mad at her , just sad at her failure to understand that the important part of playing games is having fun . generally true for other cases where someone does something wrong as well .
strawberry is rewarded for feeding the wanderberry that she was expected to bring back for the feast to a sick bird by finding a new one growing right outside her own house .
strawberry shortcake started life as a greeting card character in the early 1980s , but soon spawned a line of popular dolls and other merchandise , accompanied by six tv specials released annually from 1980 to 1985 . in these specials , she and her friends lived in strawberryland , raising berries and taking care of the occasional villainy concocted by the peculiar purple pieman of porcupine peak and his associate sour grapes . the first two specials are available on dvd .
a friend in need : the new friends strawberry meets in big apple city bend over backwards during the bake - off to counteract everything the pieman does to sabotage her . t . n . honey fixes her oven ( which he had turned into a refrigerator ) , everyone makes a lightning - fast run to the supermarket to get the proper ingredients for her shortcake ( he had replaced milk with chalk water , etc . ) , and finally they call the hypnotized judge out for announcing the pieman had won when he hadn ' t tasted either of the finished products ( especially notable as strawberry was perfectly willing to accept defeat ) .
selfless wish : in berry , merry christmas , when santa claus asks strawberry what she wants for christmas , she sobs because she ' s worried that she won ' t be able to find a gift for huckleberry . after reassuring her that things will be alright with huck , he asks her just what it is that she wants , but she can ' t come up with anything other than that she wants to make sure all of her friends get good gifts . to further drive home the point , most kids have a christmas list of things they want for christmas . what strawberry calls her
christmas list
is actually her list of things she plans to buy for her friends .
cain and abel : purple pieman and sour grapes , particularly highlighted in dancin ' in disguise . sour grapes ( as the wicked witch of the west ) gets a temporary switch to cain in the berry brick road episodes with plum puddin ' ( as glinda the good witch ) as her abel .
this movie is adorable , just like all of the other strawberry shortcake movies ! the catchy tunes , bright colors and good lessons make this a sure hit for little kids . my 2 year old has to travel 7 hours each way in the car once a month for chemo , and we play this movie over and over on the portable dvd . it keeps her quiet and entertained the whole time . we bring other movies with us , but we never need to use them .
curtains match the window : often . there are plenty of exceptions , such as ( most of ) the villains and ( most ) side characters . averted by many of the 2003 protagonists . strawberry herself is a subversion : strawberry wears red and pink clothes while her eyes are brown in the ' 80s and 2003 , and green in 2009 . still , there are many cases of curtains match the window in all versions .
forgotten birthday : strawberry ' s birthday undergoes the surprise party treatment in the first special , though it isn ' t the focus of the whole story , but an opportunity for the pieman to hatch his plot .
at the urging of honey pie pony , strawberry & friends decide to put on a cooking show . ginger snap invents a version of tv , which she calls berryvision , to broadcast the show all over strawberryland .
in the 2009 continuity : the glimmerberry ball movie — after her friends have a falling - out , strawberry has to remind them that first frost , and the glimmerberry gathering both celebrate the community , and friends helping friends .
recycled premise : strawberry ' s toy company kenner swapped out fruit / food for flowers to create the characters and setting of the similar ( and scented ) toy line rose petal place in 1984 , which spun off two animated specials .
, although in actual fact she dislikes being one and only does it to keep strawberry and company stuck in her town so she ' s not alone . then raspberry torte nearly turned into one in the episode
mind your manners
.
remember the new guy : peppermint fizz makes her first appearance in
peppermint ' s pet peeve
( from the
best pets yet
dvd ) without any formal introduction , and treats her as though she had always been one of strawberry ' s friends .
nina paley self distributed sita sings the blues to film festivals around the world - its first us screening was at the tribeca festival in new york on 4 / 25 / 08 . disney released tinker bell , a made - for - video movie , on september 19th at the el capitan theatre in hollywood , as a two week promotion for the film ' s dvd release . ncm fathom , the entertainment division of national cinemedia , released the japanese anime film bleach the movie : memories of nobody in more than 300 theatres across the country on june 11th and 12th .
non - lethal bottomless pits : in the sweet dreams game for the ps2 , accidentally falling into a cliff or river will result in strawberry saying
oh , no !
while the screen goes through a wipe . the game then resumes with the player character standing just right next to the point the fall happened .
smelly skunk : the poor little skunk in pets on parade who ' s just arrived in strawberryland doesn ' t have any friends , and it ' s implied that it ' s because of belief in this trope . but he isn ' t depicted as actually smelling bad , and at the end of the story he is adopted without hesitation by strawberry ' s new friend angel cake .
you don ' t look like you : the characters have the basic characteristics but still manage to look off . strawberry is the one with the most derivatives . her hair is no longer curly and her clothes have been simplified . blueberry muffin has some pink in her outfit now and lemon chiffon ' s hair has two - tones . in general , the clothes are more simple - looking and the art - style is wildly different than before .
the peculiar purple pieman of porcupine peak . in the first special , he ' s a legitimately treacherous villain who ' s capable of flooding strawberryland to get what he wants—namely , all of the strawberries . in the other specials save the first , he stymies strawberry to win a gazebo , a tricycle , and get rich quick . which in a way is actually worse , because the pieman has the mindset of a childish schoolyard bully , but with an adult ' s resources and physical power .
: this is used to great comic effect in
strawberry ' s big journey .
when the group meets banana candy , she is working as a mechanic . they ask if there ' s somewhere that they can get food and she directs them to a local cafe , and offers them a taxi . . . which turns out to be driven by her . when they get to the cafe , banana candy is making the meal , leading them to wonder just how the car is going to get fixed .
strawberry shorcake is the leader of the desert named clan . although she is selfless and good , the stories offer little . furthermore , she has an unexplained baby
apple dumpling
. also , there is a boy in the group
huckleberry
that is the macho male stereotype .
ginger snap
is the - to satisfy all other minorities - medium brown skined girl . the songs are decent and my 1 - 3 / 4 year old non stop wild child will sit for almost a full hour - and that is priceless .
below is a checklist of every animated feature released to theatres in the united states from 2005 through 2012 , followed by information on 2013 releases ( and beyond ) as known . this page is continously updated with new information on a regular basis !
d : shinji aramaki . from the ashes of a postapocalyptic wasteland , the city of olympus wages war against rebels who wish to oppose their plans for mechanical clones known as bioroids . this film follows the action from the point of view of a young girl , deunan knute , who ' s past holds the key to resolving the current conflict . box office gross ( as of 1 / 23 / 05 ) : $ 108 , 050 .
( 2 / 11 / 05 ) disney . 67 mins . d : frank nissen . fearful of a dreaded heffalump , the hundred acre wood crew sets forth to capture the creature - - while separately , little roo makes friends with one of them , a young one named lumpy . box office gross ( as of 4 / 10 / 05 ) : $ 18 , 098 , 433 .
d : chris wedge , carlos saldanha . in a world populated by robots , a young inventor named rodney copperbottom teams up with a rag - tag group of outmoded mechanical men to take on a mega - corporation threatening their very existence . box office gross ( as of 7 / 28 / 05 ) : $ 128 , 067 , 343 .
( 3 / 18 / 05 ) triumph pictures . ( japan ) 140 mins . d : katsuhiro otomo . in victorian england , young ray steam is entrusted with a
steam ball
, an incredible invention at the heart of a feud between his power - mad father and eccentic reclusive grandfather . ( english dub also released theatrically at 128 mins . )
u . s . box office gross ( as of 4 / 17 / 05 ) : $ 410 , 388 .
86 mins . d : eric darnell , tom mcgrath . four pampered city zoo animals are shipped back to their homeland by an animal rights organization that feels they belong in the wild . when their ship capsizes , the animals find themselves stranded in the strange jungles of madagascar . u . s . box office gross ( as of 10 / 12 / 05 ) : $ 193 , 187 , 569 .
( 6 / 10 / 05 ) disney . 119 mins . d : hayao miyazaki . a young girl named sophie is transformed into an old woman by a witch with a sinister reputation . she seeks help from the mysterious wizard howl and joins his crew as caretaker on his inter - dimensional moving castle . u . s . box office gross ( as of 7 / 28 / 05 ) : $ 4 , 711 , 096 .
76 mins . d : gary chapman . a pigeon named valiant dreams of being a messenger homing pigeon for the royal air force during wwii . u . s . box office gross ( as of 10 / 9 / 05 ) : $ 19 , 229 , 436 .
( 9 / 23 / 05 ) warner bros . 78 mins . d : tim burton , mike johnson . stop - motion puppets .
a nervous young man is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride , while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living . full on screen title is tim burton ' s corpse bride
u . s . box office gross ( as of 12 / 15 / 05 ) : $ 53 , 359 , 111 .
85 mins . d : nick park , steve box . with only days to go before the annual giant vegetable competition , wallace & gromit , running a
humane
pest control business , have to deal with a home filled with captive rabbits - and a huge , mysterious
beast
that has begun attacking the town ' s sacred vegetable gardens at night . winner , academy award - best animated feature .
u . s . box office gross ( as of 12 / 31 / 05 ) : $ 56 , 110 . 897 .
81 mins . d : mark dindal . a young chicken mistakes a falling acorn for a piece of the sky and causes a mass panic . humiliated , he revives his reputation , becoming a little league baseball champ . when another piece of the sky lands on his head and he discovers it ' s part of an alien invasion , chicken little knows he ' s the only one who can stop an assault from outer space . domestic u . s . box office gross ( as of 1 / 19 / 06 ) : $ 133 , 270 , 228 .
( 12 / 16 / 05 ) the weinstein company . ( computer animation )
80 mins d : cory edwards , todd edwards , tony leech . the supposed true story of the details surrounding the fable of red riding hood . domestic u . s . box office gross ( as of 2 / 20 / 06 ) : $ 51 , 386 , 61 .
for the record : pentamedia released gulliver ' s travel ( india , cgi , 70 mins . directed by anita udeep ) in los angeles to qualify for an academy award .
, kidtoon films ( a division of sd entertainment ) began releasing direct - to - video animated features to theatres , digitally projected , in limited release weekend matinees . they usually released these films a few weeks before their video debut , taking ads in local papers . these films were never intended as theatrical releases , no 35mm film prints were struck , no trailers exist . none of these films recieved legitimate reviews in local papers or industry trade papers . thus , i do not consider these films legitimate theatrical releases .
for the record , in 2005 kidtoon films released candy land : the great lollipop adventure on february12th , the golden blaze on april 2nd , tom & jerry : the fast and the furry on september 3rd , my little pony : a very minty christmas on october 8th , scooby doo ! in where ' s my mummy ? on november 5th and noddy saves christmas on december 10th .
( 2 / 10 / 06 ) universal . 86 mins . d : matthew o ' callaghan . a bookish museum curator , on a failed jungle quest to find an african idol , instead brings home a mischievous monkey who wreaks havoc all over manhattan . domestic u . s . box office gross ( as of 6 / 11 / 06 ) : $ 58 , 360 , 760
( 2 / 24 / 06 ) the weinstein company . ( computer animation )
85 mins . d : dave borthwick , jean duval . a group of animal friends embark on a dangerous journey in an effort to imprison their oppressor , the evil wizard zeebadee . based on a british tv children ' s series , and originally released in england on february 11th 2005 with an all - star english voice cast ( including tom baker , jim broadbent , joanna lumley ) , under the title sprung ! the magic roundabout
. the weinstein company ' s u . s . version was re - dubbed in english with all - star american cast including whoopi goldberg , bill macy and jon stewart . domestic u . s . box office gross ( as of 6 / 11 / 06 ) : $ 7 , 417 , 319
90 mins . d : carlos saldahna . manny the woolly mammoth , sid the sloth and diego the saber - toothed tiger learn that the warming climate will cause a huge glacial dam to break , threatening the entire valley . their only chance of survival lies at the other end of the valley and thus they embark on a mission to cross the dangerous landscape and save their kind . domestic u . s . box office gross ( as of 7 / 24 / 06 ) : $ 195 , 330 , 621
94 mins . d : steve williams . an odd assortment of animals from the new york zoo embark on a dangerous mission to rescue a friend who is mistakenly shipped to the jungle . domestic u . s . box office gross ( as of 7 / 24 / 06 ) : $ 37 , 384 , 046
87 mins . d : tim johnson . when a mischievous con - artist raccoon named r . j . and a sensitive turtle named verne find a suburban housing development encroaching on their forest home , they form an unlikely friendship as they learn to co - exist with - - and even exploit - - this strange new world called suburbia . domestic u . s . box office gross ( as of 7 / 24 / 06 ) : $ 155 , 019 , 340
116 mins . d : john lasseter . co - director : joe ranft . on route across the country , lightning mcqueen , a hotshot rookie race car finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy route 66 town of radiator springs . mcqueen gets to know the town ' s offbeat characters - including sally , doc hudson ( voiced by paul newman ) , and mater who help him realize that there are more important things than trophies , fame and sponsorship . domestic u . s . box office gross ( as of 10 / 01 / 06 ) : $ 243 , 786 , 632
( 7 / 7 / 06 ) warner independent . 100 mins . d : richard linklater & bob sabiston . ( computer enhanced rotoscope )
set in a future world where america has lost the war on drugs , an undercover cop , fred , is one of many agents hooked on the popular drug substance d , which causes its users to develop split personalities . domestic u . s . box office gross ( as of 10 / 06 / 06 ) : $ 5 , 480 , 136
91 mins . d : gil kenan . three children realize an abandoned home is really possesed by an evil spirit . they must find a way to stop the house and save the neighborhood . domestic u . s . box office gross ( as of 10 / 06 / 06 ) : $ 72 , 595 , 621
82 mins . d : john a . davis . a young boy , fed up with being bullied , takes out his frustration on ants in his backyard . zoc the ant wizard uses a potion to shrink him down to ant size and the boy is sentenced to hard labor . he ultimately becomes an ant hero when he defies the local pest exterminator determined to wipe out the entire colony . domestic u . s . box office gross ( as of 10 / 06 / 06 ) : $ 27 , 594 , 989
83 mins . d : steve oedekerk . as soon as the farmer hits lights out , the barn is transformed into party central . but it isn ' t long before the farmer begins to get to the bottom of the animals ' secret . . . and scheming coyotes begin to think that the farm could be theirs for the taking . domestic u . s . box office gross ( as of 10 / 06 / 06 ) : $ 71 , 355 , 723
88 mins . d : christopher reeve , colin brady , dan st . pierre . a young boy teams up with a girl , and some off - the - wall sidekicks , and embarks on a perilous quest to recover babe ruth ' s stolen bat and restore his father ' s good name . originally titled yankee irving
105 mins . d : christian volckman . live action motion capture . in the year 2054 , a high - profile scientist named ilona is kidnapped , and a policeman named karas is assigned the task of solving the case - which leads to the investigation of the massive , mysterious the avalon corporation . box office gross ( as of 10 / 06 / 06 ) : $ 36 , 801
( 9 / 22 / 06 ) indican pictures . ( norwegian ) 75 mins . d : stig bergqvist . tiny , the world ' s youngest pirate , works in the ship ' s galley but hopes impress captain sabertooth with his bravery . but only one thing is on the captain ' s mind - to discover the long lost treasure of gory gabriel , and it ' s up to tiny to prove he ' s a hero . released in los angeles ( 3 theatres ) for academy consideration .
box office gross ( as of 10 / 06 / 06 ) : $ 46 . 0541
100 mins . d : roger allers , jill culton , anthony stacchi . a deer buddies up with a domesticated grizzly bear when the two animals are alone in the woods during hunting season . meanwhile , beth , a forest ranger who raised the bear , embarks on a desperate search to find her friend . box office gross ( as of 10 / 15 / 06 ) : $ 59 , 154 , 000
77 mins . d : christiane cegavske . surreal tale of creatures who dwell under the oak , who have fashioned a female doll for a trio haughty white mice . when the creatures begin to idolize their creation , the mice steal it , with the creatures in hot pursuit . ( new york release date )
( 10 / 27 / 06 ) indican pictures . 77 mins . d : phil nibbelink . two seals from warring families fall in love against their parents ' wishes . box office gross ( as of 12 / 10 / 06 ) : $ 173 , 097 .
84 mins . d : sam fell , henry f anderson , iii , david bowers . a pampered british rat accidentally gets flushed from his posh penthouse flat into the slimy london sewers . box office gross ( as of 12 / 12 / 06 ) : $ 61 , 285 , 173 .
108 mins . d : george miller . a penguin named mumble needs his own special song to attract a soul mate . however , he is the worst singer in the world . . . but he can tap - dance something fierce ! winner , academy award - best animated feature .
box office gross ( as of 12 / 12 / 06 ) : $ 139 , 344 , 614 .
91 mins . d : satoshi kon . a group of scientists develop a new psychiatric tool known as the dc mini , a device which allows doctors to enter directly into their patient ' s dreams , interacting with them to diagnose and treat any issues the dream may suggest . release date listed is for oscar qualifying los angeles thearical engagement ( at laemmle grand 4 theatre ) . general release date is may 25 , 2007 .
103 mins . d : luc besson . a boy ( arthur ) sets out to save his family by enlisting the help of a tribe of mysterious little people , so tiny they are considered invisible . once in their magical land , arthur must join swords with a beautiful princess and an army of defenders to help save their land from the evil wizard . note : partial live action .
in 2006 , funimation film teaming with kidtoon films released anime features , under the bigger films banner , via digital projection , to u . s . art theatres starting with dragonball z : fusion reborn on 3 / 16 / 06 . this direct - to - video movie was originally released in japan in 1995 . this title was featured in ads & posters , but was paired theatrically with dragonball z movie 06 : the return of cooler ( 2002 ) . funimation also released basilisk the begining on 4 / 7 / 06 , and trinity blood : genesis on 5 / 6 / 06 . fullmetal alchemist the movie : conqueror of shamballa was released to one theatre ( the bridge in los angeles ) on august 25th .
( 1 / 05 / 07 ) lions gate films . ( computer animation )
d : paul j . bolger . an alliance of evil - doers plot to take over fairy tale land . but when ella realizes her stepmother is out to ruin her storybook existence , she takes a dramatic turn and blossoms into the leader of the resistance effort . box office gross ( as of 10 / 08 / 07 ) : $ 15 , 849 , 03
a cg version of teenage mutant ninja turtles . d : kevin munroe . box office gross ( as of 10 / 08 / 07 ) : $ 54 , 132 , 596
d : steve anderson . a lonely orphan travels to the future where he meets the odd robinson family , who need his help to survive . ( also released in 3 - d ) box office gross ( as of 10 / 08 / 07 ) : $ 97 , 821 , 064
( 4 / 13 / 07 ) first look pictures . ( computer animation )
86 mins . d : matt maiellaro and dave willis . the origins of tv ' s
hunger force
characters meatwad , frylock and master shake and how they tackle an immortal piece of exercise equipment threatening the balance of galactic peace . box office gross ( as of 10 / 08 / 07 ) : $ 5 , 518 , 918
d : raman hui , chris miller . shrek recruits his friends donkey and puss in boots to install the rebellious artie as the new king . princess fiona , however , rallies a band of royal girlfriends to fend off a coup d ' etat by the jilted prince charming . box office gross ( as of 10 / 08 / 07 ) : $ 321 , 012 , 359
, this feature reveals that surfing was actually invented by penguins ! nominated for an academy award for best animated feature . box office gross ( as of 10 / 08 / 07 ) : $ 58 , 867 , 694
d : brad bird . remy , a food - loving young rat , arrives in paris and makes an unusual alliance with a restaurant ' s new garbage boy . academy award winner for best animated feature . box office gross ( as of 11 / 15 / 07 ) : $ 205 , 978 , 785
( 7 / 13 / 07 ) sony pictures classics . ( japanese anime ) 100 mins . d : michael arias . a pair of feisty young street urchins , named black and white , attempt to protect an unnamed metropolis from a diabolical villain , whose plans to raze the urban landscape on the behalf of malevolent real - estate developers threatens to destroy the very soul of the city . box office gross ( as of 10 / 08 / 07 ) : $ 6 , 000
( 7 / 27 / 07 ) 20th century - fox . d : david silverman . after homer accidentally pollutes the town ' s water supply , springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the epa and the simpsons family are declared fugitives . box office gross ( as of 10 / 08 / 07 ) : $ 183 , 017 , 628
d : john stronach and bill boyce . moses is touched by god and told that he will lead his enslaved chosen people to the promised land . with the hand of god firmly on his shoulder , and with faith as his only weapon , moses performs miracles , casts down plagues , evades a pursuing egyptian army and parts the red sea . ben kingsley , elliot gould , christian slater , alfred molina are voices . box office gross ( as of 11 / 19 / 07 ) : $ 952 , 820 .
d : steve hickner , simon j . smith . barry b . benson ( jerry seinfeld ) is disillusioned at his lone career choice : making honey . his life is saved by a florist and , as their relationship blossoms , he discovers people actually eat honey , and subsequently decides to sue the human race . box office gross ( as of 12 / 20 / 07 ) : $ 122 , 651 , 629 .
d : robert zemeckis . the mighty warrior beowulf comes to heorot , to battle the demon grendel , a monstrosity who terrorizes the hall . what he does not expect is the hellish wrath of the beast ' s ruthlessly seductive mother . ( initial release in both 3 - d and flat ) box office gross ( as of 12 / 20 / 07 ) : $ 80 , 046 , 402 .
( 12 / 25 / 07 ) sony pictures classics . d : vincent paronnaud , marjane satrapi . poignant coming - of - age story of a precocious and outspoken young iranian girl that begins during the islamic revolution . 2 - d in black & white . nominated for an academy award for best animated feature . box office gross ( as of 03 / 23 / 08 ) : $ 4 , 096 , 000 .
though a significant box office hit , i do not consider alvin and the chipmunks a purely animated film ( it ' s 50 % live action ) . it ' s a hybrid , following in the footsteps of the scooby doo , casper and garfield live action movies . in 2007 , funimation films ( teamed with kidtoon films ) released the anime feature robotech : the shadow chronicles
on january 5th in portland or , indianapolis in , and february 3rd in la . kidtoon films also released little robots in the big show
on march 3rd . for a complete list of kidtoon releases go here . viz media ( through ncm fathom ) released naruto the movie : ninja clash in the land of snow
d : mike nawrocki . a veggietales movie . elliot ( larry the cucumber ) , sedgewick ( mr . lunt ) and george ( pa grape ) dream of the day of putting on a show about pirates . they soon find themselves traveling back in time into the 17th century and learn about being pirates first hand , beginning a quest to rescue a royal family from an evil tyrant . box office gross ( as of 03 / 06 / 08 ) : $ 12 , 727 , 025 .
d : jimmy hayward , steve martino . based on the dr . seuss story , horton the elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community from his neighbors who refuse to believe it exists . box office gross ( as of 08 / 05 / 08 ) : $ 154 , 444 , 322 .
d : mark osborne , john stevenson . a lazy , irreverent slacker panda , po , must somehow become a kung fu master in order to save the valley of peace from a villainous snow leopard , tai lung . nominated for an academy award - best animated feature . box office gross ( as of 10 / 10 / 08 ) : $ 215 , 422 , 559 .
d : andrew stanton . in the year 2700 , wall - e , a waste disposal robot , spends every day doing what he was made for . but one day he meets a new robot and falls in love . winner of academy award - best animated feature . box office gross ( as of 10 / 10 / 08 ) : $ 221 , 127 , 808 .
d : kirk de micco . ham iii , the grandson of the first chimp astronaut , is blasted off into space with the mission to rid a far - away planet of their nefarious leader . box office gross ( as of 10 / 10 / 08 ) : $ 29 , 961 , 096 .