Category Archives: Family
Earth: One Amazing Day
Release 2017
Genre Documentary, Family
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Director: Richard Dale, Lixin Fan, Peter Webber
Writers: Frank Cottrell Boyce, Richard Dale, Geling Yan
Stars: Robert Redford, Jackie Chan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6238896/
From BBC Earth Films, the studio that brought you Earth, comes the sequel - Earth: One Amazing Day, an astonishing journey revealing the awesome power of the natural world. Over the course of one single day, we track the sun from the highest mountains to the remotest islands to exotic jungles. Breakthroughs in filmmaking technology bring you up close with a cast of unforgettable characters. Told with humour, intimacy and a jaw-dropping sense of cinematic splendour, Earth: One Amazing Day highlights how every day is filled with more wonders than you can possibly imagine- until now.
Cats
Release 2019
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Director: Tom Hooper
Writers: T.S. Eliot, Lee Hall, Tom Hooper, Andrew Lloyd Webber
Stars: Jennifer Hudson, Judi Dench, Taylor Swift
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5697572/
A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.
Playing with Fire
Release 2019
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Director: Andy Fickman
Writers: Dan Ewen, Matt Lieberman
Stars: John Cena, Keegan-Michael Key, John Leguizamo
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9134216/
A crew of rugged firefighters meet their match when attempting to rescue three rambunctious kids.
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Release 2019
Genre Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Joachim Rønning
Writers: Linda Woolverton, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster, Charles Perrault
Stars: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Harris Dickinson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4777008/
Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.
The Addams Family
Release 2019
Genre Animation, Comedy, Family
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Director: Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon
Writers: Matt Lieberman, Charles Addams, Conrad Vernon, Pamela Pettler, Erica Rivinoja
Stars: Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1620981/
The eccentrically macabre family moves to a bland suburb where Wednesday Addams' friendship with the daughter of a hostile and conformist local reality show host exacerbates conflict between the families.
The League of Legend Keepers: Shadows
Release 2019
Genre Family
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Director: Elizabeth Blake-Thomas
Writers: Isabella Blake-Thomas, Jonathan Brayley, Bob Nevens Jr.
Stars: Richard Tyson, Jake Brennan, Britt Flatmo
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6170432/
A horror film for children. A family of archaeologists find the fifth pendant that has been missing for centuries. Unfortunately a spirit has also been searching for this pendant. Once all pendants are brought together the shadows from the past are released. Will Sophie be able to save her town from the shadows?
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
Release 2019
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Director: Dominic Brigstocke
Writers: Caroline Norris, Giles Pilbrow, Kevin Cecil, Andy Riley, Dave Cohen, Jessica Swale
Stars: Sebastian Croft, Emilia Jones, Nick Frost
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7715070/
Atti, a smart and quick-witted Roman teenager, manages to upset Emperor Nero with one of his schemes. For punishment, Atti is sent to work in a cold and wet Britain where he also meets the Celts.
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Release 2019
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Director: James Bobin
Writers: Chris Gifford, Matthew Robinson, Nicholas Stoller, Valerie Walsh, Eric Weiner, Tom Wheeler
Stars: Isabela Moner, Eugenio Derbez, Michael Peña
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7547410/
Dora, a teenage explorer, leads her friends on an adventure to save her parents and solve the mystery behind a lost city of gold.
William
Release 2019
Genre Adventure, Drama, Family
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Director: Tim Disney
Writers: J.T. Allen, Tim Disney
Stars: Brody Wilkinson, Connor Wilkinson, Sydney Bell
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6316816/
Julian Reed and Barbara Sullivan create a Neanderthal baby using ancient Neanderthal DNA from a Neanderthal bog body. William must learn to exist in a world where he is the ultimate outsider, the only Neanderthal on the planet.