Philip Wiegratz Movies
- 2009
Director Vivian Naefe's 2006 Die Wilden Hühner (The Wild Chicks) jump-started one of the most commercially successful German franchises of the early 21st century, with its tale of a clique of five girlfriends, navigating that rocky journey from childhood into adulthood. The third installment, 2009's The Wild Chicks and Life, marked the first film in the series since 2007's The Wild Chicks in Love. This time around, the young women are now 14 years old and find themselves wrapped up in the throes of middle school adolescence. Melanie (Sonja Gerhardt) quietly struggles with her own personal secret and a burning need to confide in her friends, while Sprotte (Michelle von Treuberg) feels seriously out of touch with the surrounding world. Each of the other members also deals with a quiet personal struggle, but they ultimately find that the intimacy of friendship helps them bound over the differences and brings them closer. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Starring:
- Michelle von Treuberg, Lucie Hollmann, (more)
- 2005
- PG
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Director Tim Burton brings his unique vision and sensibility to Roald Dahl's classic children's story in this lavish screen interpretation. Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) is the secretive and wildly imaginative man behind the world's most celebrated candy company, and while the Wonka factory is famously closed to visitors, the reclusive candy man decides to give five lucky children a chance to see the inside of his operation by placing "golden tickets" in five randomly selected chocolate bars. Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore), whose poor but loving family lives literally in the shadow of the Wonka factory, is lucky enough to obtain one of the tickets, and Charlie, escorted by his Grandpa Joe (David Kelly), is in for the ride of a lifetime as he tours the strange and remarkable world of Wonka with fellow winners, media-obsessed Mike Teavee (Jordan Fry), harsh and greedy Veruca Salt (Julia Winter), gluttonous Augustus Gloop (Philip Wiegratz), and ultra-competitive Violet Beauregarde (AnnaSophia Robb). Over the course of the day, some of the children will learn difficult lessons about themselves, and one will go on to become Wonka's new right hand. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory also stars Christopher Lee, James Fox, and Noah Taylor; the book was famously adapted to the screen before in 1971 under the title Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, with Gene Wilder as the eccentric candy tycoon. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, (more)
