Category Archives: Family
The Willoughbys
Release 2020
Genre Animation, Comedy, Family
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Director: Kris Pearn, Cory Evans, Rob Lodermeier
Writers: Kris Pearn, Mark Stanleigh, Kris Pearn
Stars: Will Forte, Maya Rudolph, Alessia Cara, Terry Crews, Martin Short
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5206260/
Convinced they'd be better off raising themselves, the Willoughby children hatch a sneaky plan to send their selfish parents on vacation. The siblings then embark on their own high-flying adventure to find the true meaning of family.
Four Kids and It
Release 2020
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Director: Andy De Emmony
Writers: Simon Lewis, Mark Oswin, Jacqueline Wilson
Stars: Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen, Pippa Haywood, Matthew Goode, Ashley Aufderheide, Paula Patton
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5556054/
A group of kids on holiday in Cornwall meet a magical creature on the beach with the power to grant wishes.
Trouble
Release 2019
Genre Animation, Comedy, Family
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Director: Kevin Johnson
Writers: Jordan Katz, Judah Miller, Rob Muir
Stars: Big Sean, Pamela Adlon, Lucy Hale, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Wilmer Valderrama
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6772524/
A pampered dog named Trouble must learn to live in the real world, while trying to escape from his former owner's greedy children.
My Spy
Release 2020
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Director: Peter Segal
Writers: Erich Hoeber, Jon Hoeber
Stars: Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Kristen Schaal, Greg Bryk
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8242084/
A hardened CIA operative finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family.
The Call of the Wild
Release 2020
Genre Adventure, Drama, Family
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Director: Chris Sanders
Writers: Michael Green, Jack London
Stars: Harrison Ford, Omar Sy, Cara Gee, Dan Stevens, Bradley Whitford
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7504726/
A sled dog struggles for survival in the wilds of the Yukon.
Captain Sabertooth and the Magic Diamond
Release 2019
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Director: Marit Moum Aune, Rasmus A. Sivertsen
Writers: Terje Formoe, Karsten Fullu
Stars: Kyrre Haugen Sydness, Siri Skjeggedal, Leonard Valestrand Eike, Ida Leonora Valestrand Eike, Bartek Kaminski
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8048384/
Two young pirates on the search for a lost brother, a vampire with heavy sunburns, a shape shifting queen and a raging ape army. Captain Sabertooth will face plenty of challenges when he sets out to find a lost magic diamond.
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.