Posts Tagged ‘based-on-children’s-book’

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)

Monday, December 1st, 2008
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Karloff, Boris | Ravenscroft, Thurl | Foray, June
Directors: Jones, Chuck
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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 sure to have a sad Christmas this year.

Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002)

Monday, December 1st, 2008
Genres: Animation | Family | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Cummings, Jim | Delauney, Thomas | Gough, Michael | Joles, Bob | Sansom, Ken
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Pooh Bear and his pals in the Hundred Acre Wood celebrate Christmas and New Year’s Eve in a pair of adventures folded into this 65-minute made-for-video feature. In the first, the silly old bear plays Saint Nick to his buddies (”I always thought he’d be taller”) after failing to get an errant wish list off to Santa, while identity crisis strikes the gang in the second half. Piglet inherits Tigger’s hop and jumps like a pogo stick, and Eeyore (dressed in Pooh’s shirt) becomes a happy-go-lucky honey lover. Welcome to The Twilight Zone according to Winnie the Pooh. There’s not much A.A. Milne in this TV-style holiday special, but it’s a bouncy little production that should entertain the wee ones with its warm fuzzies, good company, slapstick energy, and life lessons.

Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Bobo, Jonah | Hutcherson, Josh | Shepard, Dax | Stewart, Kristen | Robbins, Tim | Oz, Frank | Alexander, John | Mears, Derek | Tait, Douglas | Bucaro III, Joe | Wolfe, Jeff
Directors: Favreau, Jon
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Danny and Walter are two brothers who barely get along even while driving their parents to distraction as their older sister tries to ignore them. Despite their squabbling, the brothers manage cooperate enough to play an old mechanical board game named Zathura. However, after their first move, they find that the game has apparently flung them, their sister and their entire house into outer space. Furthermore, the brothers surmise the only way to return home is to finish the game. However with almost every move, new dangers arise as the siblings find themselves learning to cooperate in ways they never expected as they realize what they mean to each other.