“Flicka” is a modernized version of that great sentimental horse movie, 1943’s “My Friend Flicka,” and it comes with the glitzy trappings and accessories you might expect. The cinematography has the ...

'Flicka" is the feel-good movie of the fall, and the best family movie of the year by a country mile. Almost by default. This version of Mary O'Hara's beloved kids' novel "My Friend Flicka" (filmed in ...

“Flicka” — based on Mary O’Hara’s classic kid-and-horse novel “My Friend Flicka” — is not really for young kids. It’s not that there are issues over language or violence, and there’s certainly no ...

2006-10-22 04:00:00 PDT Los Angeles-- Twenty-five miles northwest of Hollywood, horses graze in pastures dotted with sycamore trees bounded by low-slung white fences as the Santa Monica Mountains rise ...

Be forewarned: The sweet-natured horse tale “Flicka” is not your mother’s “My Friend Flicka.” Nor is it my mother’s, either; she, a fan of the 1941 Mary O’Hara novel, was horrified to hear of the ...

She often appears on multiplex screens au naturel (Permanent Midnight, The Cooler, A History of Violence) and talks frankly about sexuality whenever asked (check out her defense of, er, private body ...

At the rate she’s going, Alison Lohman should be ready to step up to ingenue roles about the time she turns 40. Her girlishness intact at 27, Lohman stars as a spirited teen who tames a spirited horse ...

The latest screen adaptation of Mary O'Hara's 1941 book "My Friend Flicka" alters many of the original story's details. The protagonist has changed from 10-year-old Ken to high-school-age Katy. The ...

You might recognize actress Kacey Rohl from two very different projects. The 20-year-old Vancouver native plays the best friend of a dead teenage girl on AMC's dark series "The Killing," and a young ...

Mary O’Hara’s popular novel “My Friend Flicka,” a beloved, coming of age family classic about a rider’s passionate connection with a wild horse — has enchanted children and adults for more than 70 ...