Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts

Thursday, January 13, 2011

The Long Day Closes

The Long Day Closes

Actors: Marcus Heath , Jimmy Wilde , Kirk McLaughlin , Ayse Owens , Patricia Morrison , Anthony Watson , Joy Blakeman , Marjorie Yates , Robin Polley , Tina Malone , Gavin Mawdslay , Nicholas Lamont , Denise Thomas , Leigh McCormack , Peter Ivatts
Director: Terence Davies
IMDB Rate: 7.2 out of 10 (552 votes)
Plot Summary:The Long Day Closes is the story of eleven-year-old Bud. A sad and lonely boy, Bud struggles through his days. With cinema as his main source of solace, he haunts the local movie-house. All the while, his family looms large in our peripheral vision as do the menacing bullies of his school, but Bud is the center of attention both from the cameras angle and from his doting family. With a gray background, the film fuses clips and audio from classic movies into Buds dreary childhood and brings it to life with an elegance Bach would bring to your home movies. The overall effect is a montage of memory which seems to ignite flashes of recognition in the viewer.

Soccer Dog: The Movie

Soccer Dog: The Movie

Actors: Billy Drago , Sam McMurray , Olivia d'Abo , Burton Gilliam , James Marshall , Kirk Baily , Bill Capizzi , Brad Grunberg , Jeremy Foley , Franklin Dennis Jones , Douglas S. Ornstein , Evan Matthew Cohen , Carrie Genzel , Brocker Way , Kyle Gibson
Director: Tony Giglio
IMDB Rate: 2.4 out of 10 (1185 votes)
Plot Summary:A successful man with nostalgia for his days as a soccer player attempts to adopt an orphan so he can teach him all about his favorite sport. But soon after bringing the lad home, the new father is disappointed to discover that the lad is not interested in playing soccer. This creates tension, until a stray dog with a remarkable talent for playing soccer shows up and helps to bring father and new son together.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3

Actors: Robin Williams , Tom Hanks , John Ratzenberger , Tom Kenny , Whoopi Goldberg , Ned Beatty , Joan Cusack , Laurie Metcalf , Wallace Shawn , Michael Keaton , Tim Allen , Bonnie Hunt , R. Lee Ermey , Timothy Dalton , Jodi Benson , Blake Clark , Jeff Garlin , Don Rickles , Estelle Harris , Kristen Schaal , John Morris , Beatrice Miller
Director: Lee Unkrich
IMDB Rate: 9.5 out of 10 (2954 votes)
Plot Summary:What made the original Toy Story so great, besides its significant achievement as the first-ever feature-length computer animated film, was its ability to instantly transport viewers into a magical world where it seemed completely plausible that toys were living, thinking beings who sprang to life the minute they were alone and wanted nothing more than to be loved and played with by their children. Toy Story 3 absolutely succeeds in the very same thing--adults and children alike, whether theyve seen the original film or not, find themselves immediately immersed in a world in which Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), Jessie (Joan Cusack), Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head (Don Rickles and Estelle Harris), Ham (John Ratzenberger), Rex (Wallace Shawn), the aliens, and the rest of Andys toys remain completely devoted to Andy (John Morris) even as hes getting ready to pack up and leave for college. Woody scoffs at the other toys worries that theyll end up in the garbage, assuring them that theyve earned a spot of honor in the attic, but when the toys are mistakenly donated to Sunnyside Daycare, Woody is the only toy whose devotion to Andy outweighs the promise of getting played with each and every day. Woody sets off toward home alone while the other toys settle in for some daycare fun, but things dont turn out quite as expected at the daycare thanks to the scheming, strawberry-scented old-timer bear Lots-o-Huggin (Ned Beatty). Eventually, Woody rejoins his friends and they all attempt a daring escape from the daycare, which could destroy them all. The pacing of the film is impeccable at this point, although the sense of peril may prove almost too intense for a few young viewers. Pixars 3-D computer animation is top-notch as always and the voice talent in this film is tremendous, but in the end, its Pixars uncanny ability to combine drama, action, and humor in a way that irresistibly draws viewers into the world of the film that makes Toy Story 3 such great family entertainment. (Ages 7 and older)...One HD 720p PC, Mac, PS3 and XBOX 360 COMPATIBLE

Monday, January 10, 2011

Miyazaki

Miyazaki

Actors: Yasuko Sawaguchi , Rumi Hiragi , Mari Natsuki , Ryûnosuke Kamiki , Takashi Naitô , Tatsuya Gashûin , Yumi Tamai , Shiro Saito , Bunta Sugawara , Tsunehiko Kamijô , Yô Ôizumi , Noriko Kitou , Miyu Irino , Takehiko Ono , Koba Hayashi
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
IMDB Rate: 8.5 out of 10 (92346 votes)
Plot Summary:Chihiro and her family are on their way to their new house in the suburbs when her father decides to take a shortcut along a lonely-looking dirt road. After getting out of the car and walking along a path for a while, they discover an open-air restaurant filled with food but with no workers or customers present. Mom and Dad dont hesitate to sit down and dig in, but Chihiro senses danger and refuses. As night falls, she is terrified to see the area fill with faceless spirits, but when she runs to find her parents, she discovers that they have been turned into pigs. She is found by a mysterious boy named Haku, who promises to help her. He gets her a job working in a nearby building, which turns out to be a bathhouse for the thousands of Japans gods and spirits. Though the work is hard and the people strange, she does as well as she can. Her parents, however, are still waiting in the hotels stockyard, and Chihiro must find a way to break the spell on them before they end up as the main course of some guests dinner.

Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo

Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo

Actors: Frank Welker , John Di Maggio , Dee Bradley Baker , Matthew Lillard , Grey DeLisle , James Patrick Stuart , John Stephenson , Brian Posehn , Diane Delano , Mindy Cohn , Danica McKellar , Crystal Scales , Olivia Hack , Melique Berger , Dave Attell
Director: Spike Brandt
IMDB Rate: 7.1 out of 10 (82 votes)
Plot Summary:Scooby-Doo and the gang go on a trip to check on Daphnes sister, Melissa. Shes been studying magic at the Whirlen Merlin Magic Academy. Apparently theres been trouble at the Academy. Sightings of a giant dragon have been scaring all the students away. The gang smells trouble and decides to investigate.

Shipwrecked (Haakon Haakonsen)

Shipwrecked (Haakon Haakonsen)

Actors: Gabriel Byrne , John Sigurd Kristensen , Bjørn Sundquist , Knut Walle , Karl Sundby , Guy Fithen , Eva von Hanno , Frank Krog , Louisa Millwood-Haigh , Kjell Stormoen , Joachim Rafaelsen , Trond Peter Stamsø Munch , Geo von Krogh , Stian Smestad , Harald Brenna
Director: Nils Gaup
IMDB Rate: 6.3 out of 10 (1064 votes)
Plot Summary:Haakon Haakonsen didnt want to go to sea so young, but when his father, a Norwegian sailor, comes home with a badly wounded foot in the 1850s, the Haakonsen family finances require him to enlist as ship boy aboard a British ship under Royal Navy authority. After some hazing he buckles up to learn the hard work and gets accepted by the rough crew. Then Royal Navy lieutenant John Merrick is welcomed to take charge of security on a long voyage to Sidney and Calcutta, trough pirates-infested waters, but Haakon mistrusts him after finding he packed concealed weapons indeed Merrick secretly poisons the captain. Haakon and his guardian angel, dads best mate Jens, were about to feel the claw of the cat for helping a stowaway when a rock wrecks the ship. Haakon washes up an island where he finds a pirates treasure and weapons.

Pufnstuf

Pufnstuf

Actors: Billy Barty , Angelo Rossitto , Felix Silla , Jack Wild , Princess Livingston , Billie Hayes , Martha Raye , Allison McKay , 'Mama' Cass Elliot , Andy Ratoucheff , Joy Campbell , Jane Dulo , Roberto Gamonet , Sharon Baird , Jan Davis
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
IMDB Rate: 6 out of 10 (346 votes)
Plot Summary:Young Jimmy is being pursued by the evil Wilhemina W. Witchiepoo. More specifically, Witchiepoo is after Jimmys small friend, a small solid gold diamond encrusted talking flute named Freddy. Witchiepoo knows that if she has Freddy in her possession, she will definitely be named Witch of the Year at the upcoming witchs convention. In Witchiepoos pursuit of them, Jimmy and Freddy escape to Living Island, where Witchiepoos wicked castle is located. But Living Island is also a fantastical land of among other things talking animals, talking trees and talking winds. The mayor of Living Island is H.R. Pufnstuf, a talking dragon. Pufnstuf and his friends do whatever they need to to protect Jimmy and Freddy from Witchiepoos evil grip. Pufnstuf and his friends have to get Jimmy and Freddy off the island to their ultimate safety. In the end, Jimmy may have to save Pufnstuf and all the good guys, as another of Witchiepoos plans is to serve spit-roasted dragon at the convention.

Pokemon 9: Ranger and the Temple of the Sea

Pokemon 9: Ranger and the Temple of the Sea

Actors: Ikue Ootani , Kayzie Rogers , Ken Gates , Craig Blair , Jimmy Zoppi , Michele Knotz , Bill Rogers , Sarah Natochenny , Emily Williams , Eric Schussler , Simcha Whitehill , Sean Elias-Reyes , Rich McNanna , Annie Silver , Rhonda Krempa
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama
IMDB Rate: 5.6 out of 10 (178 votes)
Plot Summary:It all started with a legend passed down from the People of the Water... Somewhere in this world, there is a Sea Temple created by the People of the Water. The Sea Temple contains a hidden treasure called the Sea Crown, but no one has ever seen the Sea Crown, or even the Sea Temple, because the temple is protected by a secret mechanism. The temple drifts through a vast ocean undetected, waiting... waiting... Ash and Pikachu meet Lizabeth, a descendant of the People of the Water, and learn about the legend. They also meet Jackie, a Pokmon Ranger on a secret mission to protect a Manaphy egg (Manaphy is mysteriously known as The Prince of the Sea) and find the Sea Temple as well. The Phantom plans to obtain the Sea Crown and take over the world - but first he needs the Manaphy egg. Now Lizabeth and Ash must help Jackie protect the egg and stop the nefarious pirate! What is the Sea Crown? How does Manaphys mysterious power connect it to the Sea Temple? Can Ash help Jackie complete his mission?

Playmobil: The Secret of Pirate Island

Playmobil: The Secret of Pirate Island

Actors:
Director: Alexander E. Sokoloff
IMDB Rate: 6.4 out of 10 (26 votes)
Plot Summary:Ahoy, matey! Your favorite Playmobil toys have come to life for the very first time, in an all-new swashbuckling adventure and youre invited to join them! Youll have a treasure chest full of fun with seven-year-old Jack and his big sister Amelia as they stow away on a pirate ship headed for the mysterious Skull Island - a place filled with treasure and curious creatures. Can Jack and Amelia stay one step ahead of a bunch of wacky skeletons and get to the treasure before the pirates do?

Pippi Longstocking

Pippi Longstocking

Actors: Inger Nilsson , Staffan Hallerstam , Maria Persson , Fredrik Ohlsson , Pär Sundberg , Öllegård Wellton , Göthe Grefbo , Paul Esser , Meta Velander , Margot Trooger , Ulf G. Johnsson , Siv Ericks , Hans Clarin , Lissi Alandh
Director: Olle Hellbom
IMDB Rate: 6.8 out of 10 (575 votes)
Plot Summary:Pippi Longstocking, a child of incredible strength, moves by herself to a Swedish town with her monkey, horse, and a bag full of gold coins. She befriends two children, Annika and Tommy, shocks the adults of the town, defends herself from bandits, and has a reunion with her seafaring father.

Rugrats Go Wild

Rugrats Go Wild

Actors: Tress MacNeille , Nancy Cartwright , Tim Curry , Tara Strong , Kath Soucie , Elizabeth Daily , Cree Summer , Michael Bell , Joe Alaskey , Jack Riley , Phil Proctor , Cheryl Chase , Dionne Quan , Melanie Chartoff , Julia Kato
Director: Norton Virgien John Eng
IMDB Rate: 5.1 out of 10 (1727 votes)
Plot Summary:The Rugrats and family become stranded on an island, and Stu is blamed. The kids wander off into the jungle, and Spike loses his sense of smell due to sneezing. This becomes a problem when a clouded leopard named Siri finds out about the babies and goes after them, and the situation only gets worse when the kids become trapped underwater with an amnesic Nigel, losing oxygen fast...

Phoebe in Wonderland

Phoebe in Wonderland

Actors: Patricia Clarkson , Bill Pullman , Felicity Huffman , Campbell Scott , Elle Fanning , Bailee Madison , Austin Williams , Mackenzie Milone , Ian Colletti , Caitlin Sanchez
Director: Daniel Barnz
IMDB Rate: 7.1 out of 10 (1920 votes)
Plot Summary:The fantastical tale of a little girl who wont - or cant - follow the rules. Confounded by her clashes with the rule-obsessed world around her, Phoebe seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher, even as her brilliant but anguished mother looks to Phoebe herself for inspiration.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Young Sherlock Holmes

Young Sherlock Holmes

Actors: Freddie Jones , Nicholas Rowe , Roger Ashton-Griffiths , Nigel Stock , Brian Oulton , Anthony Higgins , Sophie Ward , Susan Fleetwood , Jonathan Lacey , Matthew Ryan , Patrick Newell , Alan Cox , Matthew Blakstad , Donald Eccles , Earl Rhodes
Director: Barry Levinson
IMDB Rate: 6.5 out of 10 (6847 votes)
Plot Summary:This 1985 adventure directed by Barry Levinson (Rain Man) and written by Chris Columbus (Gremlins) may not have much to do with the Sherlock Holmes of Arthur Conan Doyles invention. But it is a delightful and somewhat unexpected combination of exciting elements Victorian-era, foggy-London mystique, Gothic horror, and Indiana Jones-like exotica. Nicholas Rowe plays Holmes as a schoolboy at a boarding academy for young men. Paired with the owlish, reticent young Watson (Alan Cox), Holmes embarks on the solution of a mystery that involves a hallucinatory and lethal drug, and a religious cult celebrating ancient Egyptian rites of mummification. Levinson makes handsome and crisp work of this Steven Spielberg production, without a trace of the treacle that often found its way into other Spielbergian projects at the time (The Goonies). Rowe is wonderfully convincing as a teen incarnation of the Great Detective, and while Cox mostly maintains Hollywoods traditionally unflattering idea of Watson, he does bring warmth and comedy to the role. The cast includes Freddie Jones as an eccentric inventor, Anthony Higgins as the villain, and Sophie Ward as Holmess love interest.Sophie Ward as Holmess love interest.

The Fox and the Child

The Fox and the Child

Actors: Bertille Noël-Bruneau , Isabelle Carré , Thomas Laliberté
Director: Luc Jacquet
IMDB Rate: 6.7 out of 10 (844 votes)
Plot Summary:What would it be like to have a fox for a friend? A 10-year-old girl who wants to know sets out to befriend a beautiful wild fox she names Lily. Bit by bit, in woods and fields blanketed by snow and carpeted by wildflowers, the girl and Lily build an extarordinary friendship as the fox leads her human companion on adventures bold, funny and even sometimes scary. Filmmaker Luc Jacquet follows his Academy Award-winning March of the Penguins with another enduring tale of nature. A life-affirming story, astonishing vistas and warm narration by Kate Winslet (Titanic, Revolutionary Road) make The Fox and the Child a share-and-share-again family event.

The Nutcracker and the Mouseking

The Nutcracker and the Mouseking

Actors: Leslie Nielsen , Eric Idle , Fred Willard , Robert Hays , Hannes Jaenicke , Wolfgang Völz , Florence Joy , Volker Brandt , Rufus Beck
Director: Tatjana Ilyina Michael G. Johnson
IMDB Rate: 4.3 out of 10 (64 votes)
Plot Summary:Christmas in Czarist Russia, 1900. A spoiled prince lives in a magnificent palace with his magician uncle, Drosselmeier. To test the young prince, Drosselmeier gives him one of two magic nuts. Each one has the power to make a wish come true. The prince carelessly plays with the nut as he muses that life would be much more fun if everyone was a toy. In a flash, the prince and his servants are turned into toy nutcrackers. The evil mouse king that live within the palace walls hatches a plot to take over the kingdom. Drosselmeier persuades Clara, a young girl who is enchanted by the nutcracker prince, to set off on a mission to save the kingdom. Will they be able to reverse the magic spell and save the kingdom from tyranny?

Dunston Checks In

Dunston Checks In

Actors: Faye Dunaway , Rupert Everett , Paul Reubens , Jason Alexander , Glenn Shadix , Eric Lloyd , Nathan Davis , Judith Scott , Steven Gilborn , Bruce Beatty , Natalie Core , Danny Comden , Lois De Banzie , Jennifer Bassey , Graham Sack
Director: Ken Kwapis
IMDB Rate: 4.6 out of 10 (3406 votes)
Plot Summary:Roberts a beleaguered concierge of the luxury hotel owned by Mrs. Dubrow. She tells Robert an undercover reviewer is coming and to look sharp. If he does well he might get a promotion and some time off to take his sons, Brian and Kyle, on vacation. But then the villainous jewel-thief Rutledge checks in with his specially trained orangutan, Dunston. And when Dunston gets loose and tries to escape a life of crime with the help of Brian and Kyle, things go just a little lunatic.

DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp

DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp

Actors: Christopher Lloyd , Russi Taylor , June Foray , Richard Libertini , Chuck McCann , Alan Young , Rip Taylor , Terence McGovern , Joan Gerber
Director: Bob Hathcock
IMDB Rate: 6.6 out of 10 (3202 votes)
Plot Summary:Scrooge McDuck, his dimwitted pilot Launch Pad, and his newphews Huey, Dewey and Louie, with Webby, arrive in Egypt where Scrooge finds the lost treasure of Collie Baba, unbeknownst to Scrooge, a magic lamp was included inside the treasure, so while the nephews have fun with the genie, they all have no idea that theyre being stalked by a power hungry sorceror named Murlock and his dimwitted thief counterpart, Dijon.

Dragon Hill. La colina del dragón

Dragon Hill. La colina del dragón

Actors: Ángel Izquierdo
Director: Ángel Izquierdo
IMDB Rate: 5.3 out of 10 (57 votes)
Plot Summary:There are four entrances to the dragons beautiful world fire, water, earth and air. Only Ethelbert, the guardian, has the key and the secret to get out. Kevin, a boy form Mediaeval Age, falls into the water and goes to Dragon Hill. He and the youngest dragon become friends. But everything is not perfect in Dragon Hill. A mean wizard and his assistant are captured and try to make the boy let them free.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Return to Oz

Return to Oz

Actors: Matt Clark , Fairuza Balk , Piper Laurie , Jean Marsh , Nicol Williamson , Brian Henson , Tim Rose , Mak Wilson , Sean Barrett , Justin Case , Lyle Conway , Denise Bryer , Michael Sundin , Stephen Norrington , Stewart Larange
Director: Walter Murch
IMDB Rate: 6.7 out of 10 (7104 votes)
Plot Summary:Dorothy Gale has recently come back to Kansas from the land of Oz is now almost back to perfect Heath since the Incident of the Tornedo, only she cannot get that wonderful place out of her head, she talks frequently about it and cannot get any sleep at night. Her Aunt Elm worries about her HeathWell being, thinking that her Niece suffers Dislusional Depression and Acute Insomina, decides to take Dorothy to see a Special Doctor in another Town. While the Doctor tend to treat Little Dorothy with Electro shock Treatment and take away those nasty dreams from her head. Dorothy is rescued by a mysterious girl who leads her back to the land of oz for a new adventure.....

MirrorMask

MirrorMask

Actors: Stephen Fry , Gina McKee , Jason Barry , Victoria Williams , Rob Brydon , Lenny Henry , Dora Bryan , Nik Robson , Simon Harvey , Eryl Maynard , Stephanie Leonidas , Rick Allen , Robert Llewellyn , Eve Pearce , Andy Hamilton
Director: Dave McKean
IMDB Rate: 7 out of 10 (9886 votes)
Plot Summary:In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl named Helena who works at the family circus with her father and mother, who wishes--quite ironically--that she could run away from the circus and join real life. But such is not to be the case, as she finds herself on a strange journey into the Dark Lands, a fantastic landscape filled with giants, Monkeybirds and dangerous sphinxes. She must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get back home.