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 ...

“My Friend Flicka,” Mary O’Hara’s famous novel about a boy and his horse, comes back to the screen with a couple of changes. First off, the title is “Flicka,” the original being evidently too long or ...

'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 ...

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 ...

"I want a pony." It’s one of those universal wants that all little girls tell their parents, most likely having to settle for a little figurine or toy in place of the life-sized creature. Tim McGraw’s ...

Flicka: Drama. Starring Tim McGraw, Maria Bello, Alison Lohman and Ryan Kwanten. Directed by Michael Mayer. (PG. 94 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Tim McGraw would make a good Cartwright. He's ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alison Marion Lohman is an American actress. She has had lead roles in the films White Oleander, Where the Truth Lies, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Flicka and Drag Me to Hell as well as smaller ...