Posts Tagged ‘kids-and-family’

D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)

Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Genres: Family | Sci-Fi
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Hurt, Mary Beth | McKean, Michael | Walker, Kathryn | Camp, Colleen | Sommer, Josef | Frazier, Ron | Ryan, Steve | Wohl, David | Corkill, Danny | Linker, Amy | Oliver, Barret | Grady, Ed | McGuire, Tucker | Hammatt, Richard | Gudger, Charlie
Directors: Simon Wincer
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A young boy is found wandering without any memory of who he is. A family takes him in and begin to look for clues to help him find his way home. In the meantime, they notice that the boy seems to have certain special abilities, not usually found in kids his age, or even fully-grown adults.

Dinosaur (2000)

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Sweeney, D.B. | Woodard, Alfre | Davis, Ossie | Casella, Max | Panettiere, Hayden | Wright, Samuel E. | Margulies, Julianna | Siragusa, Peter | Plowright, Joan | Reese, Della | Adler, Matt | Bailo-Lape, Sandina | Lehmann, Edie | Bostrom, Zachary | Cavadini, Cathy
Directors: Leighton, Eric | Zondag, Ralph
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Long before humans appeared on the planet, dinosaurs ruled the earth. On a little off-coast island, a clan of lemurs finds a dinosaur egg, hatching. Since there are no parents, the lemurs take care of the newborn, Aladar. Years later, a medium meteor goes down close to the island and the shockwave forces its inhabitants to flee to the continent. There, Aladar and his family meet other dinosaurs for the first time as well as real dangers. The destruction caused by the meteor here has also forced a herd of different herbivores to move to a remote valley that can provide food and protection against the carnivorous predators following after. Since Aladar grew up with a different understanding of the ways of the world, his way of helping others first isn’t accepted within the herd, but soon it is proven that reason may be better than panic.

Speed Racer (2008)

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Family | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Hirsch, Emile | Elia, Nicholas | Ricci, Christina | Goodman, John | Holroyd, Melissa | Sarandon, Susan | Fox, Matthew | Winter, Ariel | Porter, Scott | Fürmann, Benno | Ganziano, Gian | Fernandez, Peter | Friedman, Harvey | Roundtree, Richard | Ueda, Sadao
Directors: Wachowski, Andy
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Hurtling down the track, careening around, over and through the competition, Speed Racer is a natural behind the wheel. Born to race cars, Speed is aggressive, instinctive and, most of all, fearless. His only real competition is the memory of the brother he idolized-the legendary Rex Racer - whose death in a race has left behind a legacy that Speed is driven to fulfill. Speed is loyal to the family racing business, led by his father, Pops Racer, the designer of Speed’s thundering Mach 5. When Speed turns down a lucrative and tempting offer from Royalton Industries, he not only infuriates the company’s maniacal owner but uncovers a terrible secret-some of the biggest races are being fixed by a handful of ruthless moguls who manipulate the top drivers to boost profits. If Speed won’t drive for Royalton, Royalton will see to it that the Mach 5 never crosses another finish line. The only way for Speed to save his family’s business and the sport he loves is to beat Royalton at his own game. With the support of his family and his loyal girlfriend, Trixie, Speed teams with his one-time rival-the mysterious Racer X - to win the race that had taken his brother’s life: the death-defying, cross-country rally known as The Crucible.

Everyone’s Hero (2006)

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Sport
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Macy, William H. | Reiner, Rob | Dennehy, Brian | Wagner, Robert | Kind, Richard | Harris, Jason | Austin, Jake T. | Torre, Joe | Patinkin, Mandy | Whitaker, Forest | Allen, Ritchie | Bronstein, Jesse | Coppola, Ralph | Helms, Ed | Iannicelli, Ray
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“Everyone’s Hero” is a heartwarming comedy-adventure, telling the story of a young boy’s thousand-mile journey to help Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees win the World Series. The project’s theme of perseverance against all odds was inspired by the film’s originating director and executive producer, Christopher Reeve.

College Road Trip (2008)

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Lawrence, Martin | LeFevre, Adam | Jones III, Eugene | Grabeel, Lucas | Schlein, Matthew | Draper, Eshaya | Sasso, Will | Meyers, Josh | Ross, Lonny | Osmond, Donny | Kordula, Kristian | Mele, Nicholas Leiter | Kolotouros, Jason | Gannascoli, Joseph R. | Hessler, Chad
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When an overachieving high school student decides to travel around the country to choose the perfect college, her overprotective cop father also decides to accompany her in order to keep her on the straight and narrow.

Karate Kid, The (1984)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Macchio, Ralph | Morita, Pat | Kove, Martin | Zabka, William | Thomas, Ron | Garrison, Rob | McQueen, Chad | O'Dell, Tony | Juarbe, Israel | Bassett, William | Scott, Larry B. | Avalon, Frank Burt | Fishman, Jeff | Daly, Ken | Fridley, Tom
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Daniel is new in town, and is getting picked on by the local bullies, who all are adept in karate. Determined to stick up for himself, Daniel begins to teach himself karate, only to discover that the caretaker at his apartment seems to be a grand master in karate. Agreeing to teach Daniel, Mr. Miyagi shows Daniel that there is more to karate than violence, and perhaps the best way to solve the problem he has with the bullies is in the All Valley Karate Championship.

Borrowers, The (1997)

Monday, June 30th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Goodman, John | Williams, Mark | Broadbent, Jim | Felton, Tom | Pickard, Raymond | Pierce, Bradley | Gillett, Aden | Laurie, Hugh | Dunford, Andrew | Goody, Bob | Monckton, Patrick | Ward, Dick | Yiasoumi, George | Winter, Alex | Hewitt, Michael
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The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, “borrowing” such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-existence is disturbed when evil lawyer Ocious P. Potter steals the will granting title to the house, which he plans to demolish in order to build apartments. The Lenders are forced to move, and the Clocks face the risk of being exposed to the normal-sized world.

Nim’s Island (2008)

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Butler, Gerard | Carman, Michael | Brady, Mark | Simcoe, Anthony | Baker, Christopher | Joyce, Maddison | Callan, Peter | Butler, Russell | Gibson, Colin | Probets, Bryan | Nason, Andrew | Bellette, Tony | Dornan, Jeff | Laga'aia, Jay | Walton, John
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A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she’s reading. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world’s greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim’s father goes missing from their island, a twist of fate brings her together with Alexandra. Now they must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover, and find strength in one another to conquer Nim’s Island.

Spiderwick Chronicles, The (2008)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Highmore, Freddie | Nolte, Nick | Strathairn, David | Rogen, Seth | Short, Martin | McCarthy, Andrew | Fennell, Tod | Lavalley, Jeremy | Jones, Tyler Patrick | Switzer, Kyle
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Once upon a time, upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures. Unable to explain the strange disappearances and accidents that seem to be happening on a daily basis, the family blames it all on Jared. When he, Simon and Mallory investigate what’s really going on, they uncover the fantastic truth of the Spiderwick estate and of the creatures that inhabit it.

Secret Garden, The (1993)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Maberly, Kate | Prowse, Heydon | Knott, Andrew | Smith, Maggie | Crossley, Laura | Lynch, John | Sparrow, Walter | Jacob, Irène | Baker, Frank | Hill, Valerie | Pickering, Andrea | Moreton, Peter | Spreckley, Arthur | Bruce, Colin | Singh, Parsan
Directors: Holland, Agnieszka
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After losing her self-indulging parents in an earthquake, a bitter young girl named Mary Lennox is sent to live in England with her reclusive Uncle. Eventually she discovers her bedridden cousin and a ’secret garden’ that once belonged to her deceased aunt. With the help of her cousin, the kindly Dikon, and a little ‘magic’, can Mary find a way to bring love back to her family?