Category Archives: Family
Gnomeo & Juliet
Release 2011
Genre Animation, Comedy, Family, Romance
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Director: Kelly Asbury
Writers: Rob Sprackling, John R. Smith, Andy Riley, Kevin Cecil, Kelly Asbury, Steve Hamilton Shaw, Mark Burton, Emily Cook, Kathy Greenberg, William Shakespeare
Stars: James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Ashley Jensen, Michael Caine, Matt Lucas
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377981/
The neighboring gardens of Montague and Capulet are at war, but the gnomes, Gnomeo and Juliet, are in love.
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D
Release 2011
Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
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Director: Robert Rodriguez
Stars: Jessica Alba, Joel McHale, Rowan Blanchard, Mason Cook, Jeremy Piven
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517489/
A retired spy is called back into action, and to bond with her new step-children, she invites them along for the adventure to stop the evil Timekeeper from taking over the world.
Megamind
Release 2010
Genre Action, Animation, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
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Director: Tom McGrath
Writers: Alan J. Schoolcraft, Brent Simons
Stars: Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, David Cross
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1001526/
The supervillain Megamind finally defeats his nemesis, the superhero Metro Man. But without a hero, he loses all purpose and must find new meaning to his life.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Release 2010
Genre Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Michael Apted
Writers: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Michael Petroni, C.S. Lewis
Stars: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes, Will Poulter, Gary Sweet
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0980970/
Lucy and Edmund Pevensie return to Narnia with their cousin Eustace where they meet up with Prince Caspian for a trip across the sea aboard the royal ship The Dawn Treader. Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world.
Toy Story 2
Release 1999
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Director: John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich
Writers: John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Ash Brannon, Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin, Chris Webb
Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Don Rickles
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120363/
When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends vow to rescue him, but Woody finds the idea of immortality in a museum tempting.
Toy Story
Release 1995
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Director: John Lasseter
Writers: John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow
Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114709/
A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's room.
Toy Story 3
Release 2010
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Lee Unkrich
Writers: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich, Michael Arndt
Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty, Don Rickles
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435761/
The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.
Secretariat
Release 2010
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Director: Randall Wallace
Writers: Mike Rich, William Nack
Stars: Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Dylan Walsh, Margo Martindale, Nelsan Ellis
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1028576/
Penny Chenery Tweedy and colleagues guide her long-shot but precocious stallion to set, in 1973, the unbeaten record for winning the Triple Crown.
The Secret World of Arrietty
Release 2010
Genre Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Writers: Mary Norton, Hayao Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa
Stars: Moises Arias, Bridgit Mendler, David Henrie, Will Arnett, Carol Burnett
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568921/
The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their daughter, Arrietty, is discovered.
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Release 2013
Genre Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Thor Freudenthal
Writers: Marc Guggenheim, Rick Riordan
Stars: Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Douglas Smith, Leven Rambin, Brandon T. Jackson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1854564/
In order to restore their dying safe haven, the son of Poseidon and his friends embark on a quest to the Sea of Monsters to find the mythical Golden Fleece while trying to stop an ancient evil from rising.