Category Archives: Family
Jingle All the Way
Release 1996
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Director: Brian Levant
Writers: Randy Kornfield
Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson, Robert Conrad
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116705/
A father decides to dream the impossible; to get a Turbo Man action figure for his son just before Christmas.
Annie
Release 2014
Genre Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
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Director: Will Gluck
Writers: Will Gluck, Aline Brosh McKenna, Thomas Meehan, Harold Gray
Stars: Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhané Wallis, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1823664/
Annie is a young, happy foster kid who's also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014. Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they'd be back for her someday, it's been a hard knock life ever since with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan. But everything's about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in.
The Boxtrolls
Release 2014
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi
Writers: Irena Brignull, Adam Pava, Alan Snow
Stars: Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade, Tracy Morgan
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0787474/
A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator. Based on the children's novel 'Here Be Monsters' by Alan Snow.
Dolphin Tale 2
Release 2014
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Director: Charles Martin Smith
Writers: Charles Martin Smith, Karen Janszen, Noam Dromi
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Nathan Gamble, Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Harry Connick Jr.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2978462/
The team of people who saved Winter's life reassemble in the wake of her surrogate mother's passing in order to find her a companion so she can remain at the Clearwater Marine Hospital.
Dolphin Tale
Release 2011
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Director: Charles Martin Smith
Writers: Karen Janszen, Noam Dromi
Stars: Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, Nathan Gamble, Kris Kristofferson, Cozi Zuehlsdorff
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1564349/
A story centered on the friendship between a boy and a dolphin whose tail was lost in a crab trap.
Elf
Release 2003
Genre Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
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Director: Jon Favreau
Writers: David Berenbaum
Stars: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Edward Asner, Mary Steenburgen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319343/
After inadvertently wreaking havoc on the elf community due to his ungainly size, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to the U.S. in search of his true identity.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Release 2014
Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Writers: Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, Evan Daugherty, Peter Laird, Kevin Eastman
Stars: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, Alan Ritchson, Noel Fisher
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1291150/
A group of mutated warriors face off against an evil kingpin who wants to take over New York.
Hercules
Release 2014
Genre Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
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Director: Brett Ratner
Writers: Ryan Condal, Evan Spiliotopoulos, Steve Moore
Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane, John Hurt, Rufus Sewell, Aksel Hennie
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1267297/
Having endured his legendary twelve labors, Hercules, the Greek demigod, has his life as a sword-for-hire tested when the King of Thrace and his daughter seek his aid in defeating a tyrannical warlord.
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Release 2014
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
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Director: Roberts Gannaway
Writers: Jeffrey M. Howard
Stars: Dane Cook, Ed Harris, Julie Bowen, Curtis Armstrong, John Michael Higgins
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2980706/
When Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he joins a forest fire and rescue unit to be trained as a firefighter.
Earth to Echo
Release 2014
Genre Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
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Director: Dave Green
Writers: Henry Gayden, Andrew Panay
Stars: Teo Halm, Astro, Reese Hartwig, Ella Wahlestedt, Jason Gray-Stanford
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2183034/
After receiving a bizarre series of encrypted messages, a group of kids embark on an adventure with an alien who needs their help.