The Emperor’s New Groove (2000)
IMDB rating: 7.40
Plot: In this animated comedy from the folks at Disney, the vain and cocky Emperor Kuzco is a very busy man. Besides maintaining his “groove”, and firing his suspicious administrator, Yzma; he’s also planning to build a new waterpark just for himself for his birthday. However, this means destroying [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged 2000, Adventure, Anderson Stephen J., Animation, Bergen Bob, Bumpass Rodger, Clotworthy Robert, Comedy, Family, Goodman John, Jones Tom, Linnetz Eli Russell, Spade David, Warburton Patrick |
City of Ember (2008)
IMDB rating: 7.00
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. Now, two teenagers in a race against time, must [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged 2008, Adventure, Family, Hogg B.J., Jessup Matt, Jones Toby, MacNeill Conor, McAndrew Eoin, McElhinney Ian, Murray Bill, Robbins Tim, Ryall David, Thompson Myles, Treadaway Harry |
Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
IMDB rating: 8.10
Plot: Young Sophie Hatter is cursed by the Witch of the Waste, and turns into an old hag. Ashamed of how she looks, she flees into the hills where a moving castle roams the hills. It is said to belong to the young and handsome wizard Howl, who has a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged 2004, Adventure, Animation, Bale Christian, Gashuin Tatsuya, Harada Daijiro, Isaki Mitsunori, Kamiki Ryunosuke, Kimura Takuya, Miwa Akihiro, Oizumi Yo, Otsuka Akio, Romance, Sci-Fi |
Secret of Moonacre, The (2008)
IMDB rating: 6.60
Plot: When 13 year old Maria Merryweather’s father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life to go and live with Sir Benjamin, an eccentric uncle she didn’t know she had, at the mysterious Moonacre Manor. Soon Maria finds herself in a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged 2008, Adventure, Barabas Kis Zoltan, Curry Tim, Family, Gruffudd Ioan, Linden Andy, Mendel George, Nagy Sandor Istvan, Prew Augustus, Romance, Simor Oliver, Vizes Ferenc, Webber Michael |
Monster House (2006)
IMDB rating: 6.90
Plot: The teenage DJ is observing his neighbor Nebbercracker on the other side of their street in the suburb that destroys tricycles of children that trespass his lawn. When DJ’s parents travel on the eve of Halloween and the abusive nanny Zee stays with him, he calls his clumsy best friend [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged 2006, Animation, Buscemi Steve, Cannon Nick, Comedy, Family, Heder Jon, James Kevin, Lee Jason, Lerner Sam, McConnel Ian, Musso Mitchel, Mystery, Schultz Woody, Willard Fred |
Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)
IMDB rating: 5.70
Plot: 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 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged 2006, Adventure, Animation, Bejote Njamba Jean, Blumental Serge, De Niro Robert, Estevez Emilio, Fallon Jimmy, Family, Highmore Freddie, Keitel Harvey, LeFevre Adam, Palminteri Chazz, Rand Doug, Rhoff |
Pick-up (1975)
IMDB rating: 5.20
Plot: Sexy hippie chicks Carol and Maureen get more than they bargained for when they hitch a ride with groovy hippie dude Chuck in his nifty mobile bus home. The trio get lost in the Florida Everglades following a fierce rain storm and embark on a startling spiritual journey of self-discovery.
Directors: Hirschenson [...]
Pick-up (1975)
IMDB rating: 5.20
Plot: Sexy hippie chicks Carol and Maureen get more than they bargained for when they hitch a ride with groovy hippie dude Chuck in his nifty mobile bus home. The trio get lost in the Florida Everglades following a fierce rain storm and embark on a startling spiritual journey of self-discovery.
Directors: Hirschenson [...]
Scrooged (1988)
IMDB rating: 6.70
Plot: Frank Cross runs a US TV station which is planning a live adaptation of Dickens’ Christmas Carol. Frank’s childhood wasn’t a particularly pleasant one, and so he doesn’t really appreciate the Christmas spirit. With the help of the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, Frank realises he must change.
find and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged 1988, Comedy, Drama, Farr Jamie, Forsythe John, Glover John, Goldthwait Bob, Goulet Robert, Johansen David, Mitchum Robert, Murray Bill, Murray Joel, Phillips Nicholas, Pollard Michael J. |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
IMDB rating: 8.30
Plot: Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of the nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. So disguised as Santa Claus, with his dog made to look like a reindeer, he raids the village to steal all the Christmas things. The village is [...]