Posts Tagged ‘child’

Golden Compass, The (2007)

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Kidman, Nicole | Craig, Daniel | Richards, Dakota Blue | Walker, Ben | Highmore, Freddie | McKellen, Ian | Green, Eva | Carter, Jim | Courtenay, Tom | McShane, Ian | Elliott, Sam | Lee, Christopher | Scott Thomas, Kristin | de Souza, Edward | Bates, Kathy
Directors: Weitz, Chris
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Lyra Belaqua, living in Oxford’s Jordan College, is not but a young girl living among scholars. Her world may seem diverse, from physical embodiments of souls that take the shape of an animal, but similar with people around you to become friends and enemies. She is thrown into a perilous adventure when she overhears a conversation of an extraordinary microscopic particle, Dust. This particle is said to unite different worlds, and is feared by many who want to destroy it forever. As Lyra is flung into the middle of this horrible struggle, she meets wondrous creatures both big and small, and villains who are not what they seem. Gobblers, that kidnap children, will turn out in the most unexpected places. And a magical compass of gold that will answer any question if one is skilled enough to read it. Lyra’s adventure continues throughout these three books, and the first is about to be told.

Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, The (2007)

Monday, May 5th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Chaplin, Ben | Cox, Brian | Etel, Alex | Hall, Craig | Kaczorowski, Mathew | KB, Forbes | Morrissey, David | Napier, Marshall | Shand, Erroll | Smith, Adam | Tobeck, Joel | Brophy, Geraldine | Kaczorowski, Jessica | Watson, Emily | Xi, Priyanka
Directors: Russell, Jay
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Based on a novel by Dick King-Smith, author of The Sheep Pig (from which Babe was adapted), the touching and often spectacular The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep ingeniously presumes to explain the truth behind “Nessie,” i.e., the Loch Ness Monster. The story, told in present day to a couple of American tourists by a kindly gentleman (Brian Cox) in a pub, begins with a lonely boy, Angus (Alex Etel), pining for his father, who is serving in the Royal Navy during World War II. Angus, along with his sister (Priyanka Xi) and mother (Emily Watson), live on an estate that has been billeted by soldiers in the Scottish Highlands, near Loch Ness. The troop’s commander (David Morissey) has an eye for mom, suspicions about a mysterious handyman, Lewis (Ben Chaplin), who is also a war hero, and an absurd contention that the Highlands are the real frontline in the war against Germany.

Into this intriguing drama comes a completely different element, a fantastical creature of Celtic mythology that befriends Angus and is, in fact, the sea-beast who will eventually be known as the Loch Ness Monster. Trying to hide the dinosaur-like fellow, nicknamed Crusoe, Angus enlists Lewis to transfer it to the lake, where boy and serpent have extraordinary adventures together until human stupidity threatens Crusoe’s existence. A true family film, there is a lot for adults to like about the grownup story in The Water Horse. Meanwhile, the wistful relationship between Angus and Crusoe—each of whom helps the other move past obstacles toward their individual destinies—will leave children feeling both happy and melancholy in the best possible sense. Directed by Jay Russell (My Dog Skip), The Water Horse is the best of a mini-genre of films about or inspired by old Nessie.

Martian Child (2007)

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Cusack, John | Coleman, Bobby | Peet, Amanda | Okonedo, Sophie | Cusack, Joan | Platt, Oliver | Bud | Schiff, Richard | Calicetto, Taya | Kaye, David | Bonneville, Braxton | Charles, Samuel | Ludwig, Zak | Chu, Samuel Patrick | Morrissette, Ryan
Directors: Meyjes, Menno
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A science-fiction writer, recently widowed, considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially rejected boy who says he’s really from Mars.

Misérables, Les (1998)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Romance
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Neeson, Liam | Rush, Geoffrey | Thurman, Uma | Danes, Claire | Matheson, Hans | Brynolfsson, Reine | Vaughan, Peter | Adamson, Christopher | Barlow, Tim | Bateson, Timothy | Birkin, David | Chalupa, Václav | Cregg, Ian | Crompton, Ben | David, Zdenek
Directors: August, Bille
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Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men’s lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

Charlotte’s Web (2006)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Family
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Roberts, Julia | Buscemi, Steve | Cleese, John | Winfrey, Oprah | Cedric the Entertainer | Bates, Kathy | McEntire, Reba | Redford, Robert | Church, Thomas Haden | Benjamin, André | Kay, Dominic Scott | Shepard, Sam | Benrubi, Abraham | Fanning, Dakota | Anderson, Kevin
Directors: Winick, Gary
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Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.

Bullet Boy (2004)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: UK
Actors: Black, Leon | Callendar, Chris | Fraser, Luke | Hamilton, Des | Henry, Gary | Lawson, Clark | Tanner, Greg | Tison, Rio | Vitalis, Jadiel | Walker, Curtis | Walters, Ashley | Williams, Sylvester | Delamere, Louise | Perkins, Claire | Samuels, Sharea-mounira
Directors: Dibb, Saul
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Ricky is just out of a young offenders institute, heading home to Hackney and determined to go straight. Instead, he heads straight for trouble when he becomes involved in a street confrontation, siding with his best friend Wisdom against a local rude boy. The trouble escalates into a series of tit-for-tat incidents that threaten to spiral out of control. Ricky’s 12-year-old brother Curtis, hero-worships Ricky, though he appears smart enough to know he doesn’t want to follow his example. Yet, despite the stern warnings from his mother and support from her friends in the community, might Ricky’s bad boy allure be too attractive for Curtis to resist?

Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy
Countries: France
Actors: Highmore, Freddie | Farrow, Mia | Balfour, Penny | Rand, Doug | LeFevre, Adam | Bejote Njamba, Jean | Blumental, Serge | Madonna | Fallon, Jimmy | De Niro, Robert | Keitel, Harvey | de Jong, Lee | Palminteri, Chazz | Rhoff | Estevez, Emilio
Directors: Besson, Luc
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Arthur is a spirited ten-year old whose parents are away looking for work, whose eccentric grandfather has been missing for several years, and who lives with his grandmother in a country house that, in two days, will be repossessed, torn down, and turned into a block of flats unless Arthur’s grandfather returns to sign some papers and pay off the family debt. Arthur discovers that the key to success lies in his own descent into the land of the Minimoys, creatures no larger than a tooth, whom his grandfather helped relocate to their garden. Somewhere among them is hidden a pile of rubies, too. Can Arthur be of stout heart and save the day? Romance beckons as well, and a villain lurks.

Home Alone 4 (2002)

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Stewart, French | Beghe, Jason | Mike Weinberg | Joanna Going | Clare Carey | Avari, Erick
Directors: Rod Daniel
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Kevin McCallister’s parents have split up. Now living with his mom, he decides to spend Christmas with his dad at the mansion of his father’s rich girlfriend, Natalie. Meanwhile robber Marv Merchants, one of the villains from the first two movies, partners up with a new criminal named Vera to hit Natalie’s mansion.

December Boys (2007)

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Family | Romance
Countries: Australia | UK | USA
Actors: Radcliffe, Daniel | Palmer, Teresa | Byers, Christian | Cormie, Lee | Fraser, James | Thompson, Jack | McQuade, Kris | Wilks, Suzie | Hill, Victoria | Stapleton, Sullivan | Cotterill, Ralph | Gallacher, Frank
Directors: Hardy, Rod
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It’s the 1960s, Australia. 4 orphaned boys, who are best friends, escape their orphanage and go to a beach resort. At the resort is a couple that’s keen on adopting a boy, which causes tension & competition between the boys. One of the boys also has his first romance with a girl that’s there.

Bridge to Terabithia (2007)

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Hutcherson, Josh | Robb, AnnaSophia | Deschanel, Zooey | Patrick, Robert | Madison, Bailee | Butler, Kate | Wood, Devon | Fenton, Emma | Brannigan, Grace | Gaines, Latham | McIntosh, Judy | Aldersley, Patricia | Clinton, Lauren | Kircher, Isabelle Rose | Wakefield, Cameron
Directors: Csupo, Gabor
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Fifth grader Jesse Aaron’s hopes of becoming the fastest runner in his class are dashed when new girl Leslie Burke outruns everybody, including him. However, Jess and Leslie soon begin a friendship, and create a magical kingdom in the forest, where the two of them reign together as king and queen.