Category Archives: Family
A Boy Called Sailboat
Release 2018
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Director: Cameron Nugent
Writer: Cameron Nugent
Stars: J.K. Simmons, Jake Busey, Noel Gugliemi
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2201211/
A Hispanic family find hope in their extraordinary son named Sailboat when a personal gesture awakens a global desire. Armed with a "little guitar", Sailboat leads an offbeat cast into the miraculous story of the greatest secret never told.
The Kid Who Would Be King
Release 2019
Genre Action, Adventure, Family
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Director: Joe Cornish
Writer: Joe Cornish
Stars: Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Denise Gough, Dean Chaumoo
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6811018/
A band of kids embark on an epic quest to thwart a medieval menace.
A Dog's Way Home
Release 2019
Genre Adventure, Drama, Family
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Director: Charles Martin Smith
Writers: W. Bruce Cameron, Cathryn Michon
Stars: Ashley Judd, Jonah Hauer-King, Edward James Olmos
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7616798/
A female dog travels four hundred miles in search of her owner throughout a Colorado wilderness.
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Release 2019
Genre Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
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Director: Mike Mitchell
Writers: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Matthew Fogel, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Bob Kane, Bill Finger, William Moulton Marston
Stars: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3513498/
It's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: Lego Duplo invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.
Mary Poppins Returns
Release 2018
Genre Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
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Director: Rob Marshall
Writers: David Magee, Rob Marshall, John DeLuca, P.L. Travers
Stars: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5028340/
Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael's children through a difficult time in their lives.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Release 2018
Genre Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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Director: David Yates
Writers: J.K. Rowling
Stars: Johnny Depp, Kevin Guthrie, Carmen Ejogo
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4123430/
In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans of raising pure-blood wizards to rule over all non-magical beings, Albus Dumbledore enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, though he's unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.
The Grinch
Release 2018
Genre Animation, Comedy, Family
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Director: Yarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier
Writers: Michael LeSieur, Tommy Swerdlow, Dr. Seuss
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Cameron Seely, Rashida Jones
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2709692/
A grumpy Grinch plots to ruin Christmas for the village of Whoville.
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Release 2018
Genre Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnston
Writers: Ashleigh Powell, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Marius Petipa
Stars: Mackenzie Foy, Tom Sweet, Meera Syal
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5523010/
A young girl is transported into a magical world of gingerbread soldiers and an army of mice.
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Release 2018
Genre Adventure, Comedy, Family
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Director: Ari Sandel
Writers: Rob Lieber, Darren Lemke, R.L. Stine
Stars: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Madison Iseman, Jeremy Ray Taylor
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5664636/
Two young friends find a magic book that brings a ventriloquist's dummy to life.
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Release 2018
Genre Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Eli Roth
Writers: Eric Kripke, John Bellairs
Stars: Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2119543/
A young orphan named Lewis Barnavelt aids his magical uncle in locating a clock with the power to bring about the end of the world.