Archive for the ‘Family’ Category
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
All Genres:
Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 98 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: The Race Is On
Cast: Dwayne Johnson … Jack Bruno
AnnaSophia Robb … Sara
Alexander Ludwig … Seth
Carla Gugino … Dr. Alex Friedman
Ciarán Hinds … Henry Burke
Tom Everett Scott … Matheson
Chris Marquette … Pope
Billy Brown … Carson
Garry Marshall … Dr. Donald Harlan
Kim Richards … Tina
Ike Eisenmann … Sheriff Antony
Tom Woodruff Jr. … Siphon
John Duff … Frank
Bob Koherr … Marty
Kevin Christy … Matt
Plot: A Las Vegas cabbie enlists the help of a UFO expert to protect two siblings with paranormal powers from the clutches of an organization that wants to use the kids for their nefarious plans.
Awards: 2 nominations
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009
All Genres:
Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: UK:96 min | USA:100 min
Languages: English | Russian
Director:
Tagline: Be careful what you wish for.
Cast: Dakota Fanning … Coraline Jones (voice)
Teri Hatcher … Mel Jones / Other Mother / Beldam (voice)
Jennifer Saunders … Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
Dawn French … Miss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)
Keith David … The Cat (voice)
John Hodgman … Charlie Jones / Other Father (voice)
Robert Bailey Jr. … Wyborne 'Wybie' Lovat (voice)
Ian McShane … Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
Aankha Neal … Sweet Ghost Girl (voice)
George Selick … Ghost Boy (voice)
Hannah Kaiser … Tall Ghost Girl (voice)
Harry Selick … Photo Friend #1 (voice)
Marina Budovsky … Photo Friend #2 (voice)
Emerson Hatcher … Magic Dragonfly (voice)
Jerome Ranft … Mover (voice)
Plot: An adventurous girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 20 nominations
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Thursday, January 15th, 2009
All Genres:
Comedy, Family
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 100 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: No stray gets turned away
Cast: Emma Roberts … Andi
Jake T. Austin … Bruce
Don Cheadle … Bernie
Johnny Simmons … Dave
Kyla Pratt … Heather
Troy Gentile … Mark
Lisa Kudrow … Lois Scudder
Kevin Dillon … Carl Scudder
Ajay Naidu … ACO Jake
Eric Edelstein … ACO Max
Robinne Lee … Carol
Yvette Nicole Brown … Ms. Camwell
Maximiliano Hernández … Officer Mike (as Maximiliano Hernandez)
Andre Ware … Officer Jeff
Jonathan Klein … Evan
Plot: Two kids secretly take in stray dogs at a vacant hotel.
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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
All Genres:
Action, Comedy, Crime, Family
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 91 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Safety never takes a holiday.
Cast: Kevin James … Paul Blart
Keir O'Donnell … Veck Sims
Jayma Mays … Amy
Raini Rodriguez … Maya Blart
Shirley Knight … Mom
Stephen Rannazzisi … Stuart
Peter Gerety … Chief Brooks
Bobby Cannavale … Commander Kent
Adam Ferrara … Sergeant Howard
Jamal Mixon … Leon
Adhir Kalyan … Pahud
Erick Avari … Vijay
Gary Valentine … Karaoke Singer
Allen Covert … Jerky Security Guy
Mike Vallely … Rudolph
Plot: When a shopping mall is overtaken by a gang of organized crooks, it’s up to the a mild-mannered security guard to save the day.
Awards: 1 nomination
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Thursday, December 25th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 120 min | USA:115 min | 111 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Heel the love
Cast: Owen Wilson … John Grogan
Jennifer Aniston … Jennifer Grogan
Eric Dane … Sebastian Tunney
Kathleen Turner … Ms. Kornblut
Alan Arkin … Arnie Klein
Nathan Gamble … Patrick (Age 10)
Haley Bennett … Lisa
Ann Dowd … Dr. Platt
Clarke Peters … Editor
Finley Jacobsen … Conor (Age 8)
Lucy Merriam … Colleen (Age 5)
Bryce Robinson … Patrick (Age 7)
Ben Hyland … Conor (Age 5)
Sarah O'Kelly … Neighbor Mom (Nurse)
Keith Hudson … Big Guy
Plot: A family learns important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog.
Awards: 2 wins & 3 nominations
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Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 99 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Whatever they dream up… he has to survive.
Cast: Adam Sandler … Skeeter Bronson
Keri Russell … Jill
Guy Pearce … Kendall
Russell Brand … Mickey
Richard Griffiths … Barry Nottingham
Teresa Palmer … Violet Nottingham
Lucy Lawless … Aspen
Courteney Cox … Wendy
Jonathan Morgan Heit … Patrick
Laura Ann Kesling … Bobbi
Jonathan Pryce … Marty Bronson
Nick Swardson … Engineer
Kathryn Joosten … Mrs. Dixon
Allen Covert … Ferrari Guy
Carmen Electra … Hot Girl
Plot: A family comedy about a hotel handyman whose life changes when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to magically come true.
Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations
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Friday, December 19th, 2008
All Genres:
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Release Year: 2008
Country: UK | USA
Runtime: 93 min | 90 min
Languages: English
Director: Sam Fell
Robert Stevenhagen
Tagline: Small Hero. Big Heart.
Writers: Kate DiCamillo (book) Will McRobb (screen story)
Cast: Matthew Broderick … Despereaux (voice)
Dustin Hoffman … Roscuro (voice)
Emma Watson … Princess Pea (voice)
Tracey Ullman … Miggery Sow (voice)
Kevin Kline … Andre (voice)
William H. Macy … Lester (voice)
Stanley Tucci … Boldo (voice)
Ciarán Hinds … Botticelli (voice)
Robbie Coltrane … Gregory (voice)
Tony Hale … Furlough (voice)
Frances Conroy … Antoinette (voice)
Frank Langella … Mayor (voice)
Richard Jenkins … Principal (voice)
Christopher Lloyd … Hovis (voice)
Charles Shaughnessy … Pietro (voice)
Plot: The tale of three unlikely heroes – a misfit mouse who prefers reading books to eating them, an unhappy rat who schemes to leave the darkness of the dungeon, and a bumbling servant girl with cauliflower ears – whose fates are intertwined with that of the castle’s princess.
Awards: 8 nominations
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Thursday, December 11th, 2008
All Genres:
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Release Year: 2008
Country: Germany | UK | USA
Runtime: 106 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Every story ever written is just waiting to become real.
Cast: Brendan Fraser … Mo 'Silvertongue' Folchart
Sienna Guillory … Resa
Eliza Bennett … Meggie Folchart (as Eliza Hope Bennett)
Richard Strange … Antiquarian Bookshop Owner
Paul Bettany … Dustfinger
Helen Mirren … Elinor Loredan
Matt King … Cockerell
Steve Speirs … Flatnose
Jamie Foreman … Basta
Stephen Graham … Fulvio
Mirabel O'Keefe … Young Meggie
Andy Serkis … Capricorn
John Thomson … Darius
Lesley Sharp … Mortola
Tereza Srbova … Rapunzel
Plot: A young girl discovers her father has an amazing talent to bring characters out of their books and must try to stop a freed villain from destroying them all, with the help of her father, her aunt, and a storybook’s hero.
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
All Genres:
Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 96 min
Languages: English
Director: Byron Howard
Chris Williams
Tagline: A hero is unleashed 2008.
Writers: Dan Fogelman (screenplay) & Chris Williams (screenplay) …
Cast: John Travolta … Bolt (voice)
Miley Cyrus … Penny (voice)
Susie Essman … Mittens (voice)
Mark Walton … Rhino (voice)
Malcolm McDowell … Dr. Calico (voice)
James Lipton … The Director (voice)
Greg Germann … The Agent (voice)
Diedrich Bader … Veteran Cat (voice)
Nick Swardson … Blake (voice)
J.P. Manoux … Tom (voice)
Dan Fogelman … Billy (voice)
Kari Wahlgren … Mindy (voice)
Chloe Moretz … Young Penny (voice)
Randy Savage … Thug (voice)
Ronn Moss … Dr. Forrester (voice)
Plot: The canine star of a fictional sci-fi/action show that believes his powers are real embarks on a cross country trek to save his co-star from a threat he believes is just as real.
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 20 nominations
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
All Genres:
Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 89 min
Languages: English | Italian
Director: Eric Darnell
Tom McGrath
Tagline: Still together. Still lost!
Writers: Etan Cohen (written by) Eric Darnell (written by)
Cast: Ben Stiller … Alex (voice)
Chris Rock … Marty / Additional Zebras (voice)
David Schwimmer … Melman (voice)
Jada Pinkett Smith … Gloria (voice)
Sacha Baron Cohen … Julien (voice)
Cedric the Entertainer … Maurice (voice)
Andy Richter … Mort (voice)
Bernie Mac … Zuba (voice)
Alec Baldwin … Makunga (voice)
Sherri Shepherd … Mom (voice)
Will i Am … Moto Moto (voice) (as Will.I.Am)
Elisa Gabrielli … Nana (voice)
Tom McGrath … Skipper / Lemur #1 (voice)
Chris Miller … Kowalski (voice)
Christopher Knights … Private (voice)
Plot: The sequel to 2005’s “Madagascar”, in which New York Zoo animals, Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo…
Awards: 1 win & 7 nominations
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Sunday, September 28th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 112 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: high school graduation
Cast: Zac Efron … Troy Bolton
Vanessa Hudgens … Gabriella Montez
Ashley Tisdale … Sharpay Evans
Lucas Grabeel … Ryan Evans
Corbin Bleu … Chad Danforth
Monique Coleman … Taylor McKessie
Olesya Rulin … Kelsi Nielsen
Chris Warren Jr. … Zeke Baylor
Ryne Sanborn … Jason Cross
KayCee Stroh … Martha Cox
Bart Johnson … Coach Jack Bolton
Alyson Reed … Ms. Darbus
Matt Prokop … Jimmie Zara
Justin Martin … Donny Dion
Jemma McKenzie-Brown … Tiara Gold
Plot: As seniors in high school, Troy and Gabriella struggle with the idea of being separated from one another as college approaches. Along with the rest of the Wildcats, they stage a spring musical to address their experiences, hopes and fears about their future. add synopsis
Awards: 7 wins & 9 nominations
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
All Genres:
Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 90 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Discover The Secret
Cast: David Ryall … Chief Builder
Ian McElhinney … Builder
Harry Treadaway … Doon Harrow
Tim Robbins … Loris Harrow
Bill Murray … Mayor Cole
B.J. Hogg … Mayor's Guard
Toby Jones … Barton Snode
Lucinda Dryzek … Lizzie Bisco
Matt Jessup … Joss
Lara McIvor … Roner
Myles Thompson … Smat
Eoin McAndrew … Student #1
Rachel Morton … Student #2
Conor MacNeill … Student #3
Lorraine Hilton … Miss Thorn
Plot: For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember’s once powerful generator is failing … and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker.
Awards: 3 nominations
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
All Genres:
Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | France
Runtime: 87 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: All men aren't created Evil.
Writers: Chris McKenna (written by) and John Hoffman (additional screenplay)
Cast: John Cusack … Igor (voice)
Myleene Klass … Dr. Holzwurm (voice)
Robin Walsh … Dr. Holzwurm's Igor (voice) (as Robin Howard)
Matt McKenna … Dr. Herzschlag (voice)
John Cleese … Dr. Glickenstein (voice)
Steve Buscemi … Scamper (voice)
Sean Hayes … Brain (voice)
Jess Harnell … Announcer / Royal Guard #2 (voice)
Eddie Izzard … Dr. Schadenfreude (voice)
Jennifer Coolidge … Jaclyn / Heidi (voice)
Jay Leno … King Malbert (voice)
Molly Shannon … Eva (voice)
Zoë Bright … Blind Woman / Killiseum Fan #1 (voice)
Sophia Eraklis … Blind Orphan #1 (voice)
A. Cheron Hall … Blind Orphan #2 / Blind Orphan #4 (voice)
Plot: Animated fable about a clich
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008
All Genres:
Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 91 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: 50% Warrior. 50% Lover. 100% Chihuahua.
Cast: Piper Perabo … Rachel
Manolo Cardona … Sam Cortez
Jamie Lee Curtis … Aunt Viv
José María Yazpik … Vasquez
Maury Sterling … Rafferty
Jesús Ochoa … Officer Ramirez (as Jesus Ochoa)
Eugenio Derbez … Store Owner
Omar Leyva … Ranger
Naomy Romo … Ranger
Ali Hillis … Angela
Marguerite Moreau … Blair
Nick Zano … Bryan
Carmen Vera … Inn Keeper Lady
Gina Gallego … Shelter Director
Hiram Vilchez … Desk Clerk
Plot: While on vacation in Mexico, Chloe, a ritzy Beverly Hills chihuahua, finds herself lost and in need of assistance in order to get back home.
Awards: 8 nominations
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
All Genres:
Documentary, Family, Music
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime:
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Cast:
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Plot: A live Cirque du Soleil performance featuring remixed music, visuals, musicians, singers, and dancers… add synopsis
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
All Genres:
Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Release Year: 2008
Country: Japan
Runtime: 101 min
Languages: Japanese
Director:
Tagline: Welcome To A World Where Anything Is Possible.
Cast: Yuria Nara … Ponyo (voice: Japanese Version)
Hiroki Doi … Sosuke (voice: Japanese Version)
Jôji Tokoro … Fujimoto (voice: Japanese Version)
Tomoko Yamaguchi … Risa (voice: Japanese Version)
Yûki Amami … Guranmamare (voice: Japanese Version)
Kazushige Nagashima … Kôichi (voice: Japanese Version)
Akiko Yano … Ponyo no kyôdai (voice: Japanese Version)
Shinichi Hatori … Anchorman (voice: Japanese Version)
Tokie Hidari … Kayo (voice: Japanese Version)
Eimi Hiraoka … Kumiko (voice: Japanese Version)
Rumi Hîragi … Young Mother (voice: Japanese Version)
Tomoko Naraoka … Yoshie (voice: Japanese Version)
Nozomi Ôhashi … Karen (voice: Japanese Version)
Kazuko Yoshiyuki … Toki (voice: Japanese Version)
Akihiko Ishizumi … (voice: Japanese Version)
Plot: An animated adventure centered on a 5-year-old boy and his relationship with a goldfish princess who longs to become human.
Awards: 6 wins & 8 nominations
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
All Genres:
Animation, Adventure, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 98 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: An Adventure Beyond the Ordinar-E
Writers: Andrew Stanton (original story) & Pete Docter (original story) …
Cast: Ben Burtt … WALL·E / M-O (voice)
Elissa Knight … EVE (voice)
Jeff Garlin … Captain McCrea (voice)
Fred Willard … Shelby Forthright – BnL CEO
MacInTalk … AUTO (voice)
John Ratzenberger … John (voice)
Kathy Najimy … Mary (voice)
Sigourney Weaver … Ship's Computer (voice) rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kim Kopf … Hoverchair Mother (voice)
Sherry Lynn … Additional voices (voice)
Plot: In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
Awards: Won Oscar. Another 44 wins & 40 nominations
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, Family, Mystery
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Canada
Runtime: 101 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Abigail Breslin … Margaret Mildred 'Kit' Kittredge
Julia Ormond … Margaret Kittredge
Chris O'Donnell … Jack Kittredge
Jane Krakowski … Miss May Dooley
Wallace Shawn … Mr. Gibson
Max Thieriot … Will Shepherd
Willow Smith … Countee Garby
Glenne Headly … Louise Howard
Zach Mills … Stirling Howard IV
Kenneth Welsh … Uncle Hendrick
Madison Davenport … Ruthie Smithens
Joan Cusack … Miss Lucinda Bond
Dylan Smith … Freidreich (as Dylan Scott Smith)
Stanley Tucci … Jefferson Jasper Berk
Douglas Nyback … William 'Billy' Peabody
Plot: Set in Cincinnati at the height of the Great Depression, Kit Kittredge, a resourceful young girl, helps her mother run a boardinghouse after her father loses his job.
Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
All Genres:
Animation, Action, Comedy, Family
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 92 min
Languages: English
Director: Mark Osborne
John Stevenson
Tagline: Prepare for awesomeness.
Writers: Jonathan Aibel (screenplay) & Glenn Berger (screenplay) …
Cast: Jack Black … Po (voice)
Dustin Hoffman … Shifu (voice)
Angelina Jolie … Tigress (voice)
Ian McShane … Tai Lung (voice)
Jackie Chan … Monkey (voice)
Seth Rogen … Mantis (voice)
Lucy Liu … Viper (voice)
David Cross … Crane (voice)
Randall Duk Kim … Oogway (voice)
James Hong … Mr. Ping (voice)
Dan Fogler … Zeng (voice)
Michael Clarke Duncan … Commander Vachir (voice)
Wayne Knight … Gang Boss (voice)
Kyle Gass … KG Shaw (voice)
JR Reed … JR Shaw (voice)
Plot: In the Valley of Peace, Po the Panda finds himself chosen as the Dragon Warrior despite the fact that he is obese and a complete novice at martial arts.
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 12 wins & 20 nominations
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Family, Sport
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Australia | Germany
Runtime: 135 min
Languages: English
Director: Andy Wachowski
Lana Wachowski
Tagline: Go
Cast: Emile Hirsch … Speed Racer
Nicholas Elia … Young Speed
Susan Sarandon … Mom Racer
Melissa Holroyd … Speed's Teacher
Ariel Winter … Young Trixie
Scott Porter … Rex
Gian Ganziano … Everyman Announcer
Peter Fernandez … Local Announcer
Harvey Friedman … Harold Ledermann Announcer
Sadao Ueda … Japanese Announcer
Valery Tscheplanowa … Russian Announcer
Sami Loris … Italian Announcer
Olivier Marlo … French Announcer
Sean McDonagh … Celtic Announcer
Kick Gurry … Sparky
Plot: The story begins with Speed Racer who is a young man with natural racing instincts whose goal is to win The Crucible…
Awards: 8 nominations
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