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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)

Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Cleese, John | Rickman, Alan | Grint, Rupert | Watson, Emma | Radcliffe, Daniel | Smith, Maggie | Coltrane, Robbie | Triplets, Saunders | Harris, Richard | Shaw, Fiona | Melling, Harry | Griffiths, Richard | Deadman, Derek | Hart, Ian | Borowiecki, Ben | Davis, Warwick | Troyer, Verne | Hurt, John | Bremmer, Richard
Directors: Columbus, Chris
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is the first film in the Harry Potter series based off the novels by J.K. Rowling. It is the tale of Harry Potter, an ordinary 11-year-old boy serving as a sort of slave for his aunt and uncle who learns that he is actually a wizard and has been invited to attend the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry is snatched away from his mundane existence by Hagrid, the grounds keeper for Hogwarts, and quickly thrown into a world completely foreign to both him and the viewer. Famous for an incident that happened at his birth, Harry makes friends easily at his new school. He soon finds, however, that the wizarding world is far more dangerous for him than he would have imagined, and he quickly learns that not all wizards are ones to be trusted.

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Genres: Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Costa, Mary | Shirley, Bill | Audley, Eleanor | Felton, Verna | Luddy, Barbara | Allen, Barbara Jo | Holmes, Taylor | Thompson, Bill | Amsbery, Bill | Candido, Candy | Colvig, Pinto | McKennon, Dal | Miller, Marvin | Ravenscroft, Thurl
Directors: Geronimi, Clyde
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When a new princess is born to King Stefan & his wife, the entire kingdom rejoices. At a ceremony, three good fairies - Flora, Fauna & Merryweather - bestow gifts of magic on the child. But an evil sorceress named Maleficent shows up, and because of a rude remark by Merryweather, she places a curse on the princess - that she will die on her 16th birthday after touching a poisoned spinning wheel. Merryweather tries to undo the damage by casting a spell that will allow the princess - named Aurora - to awake from an ageless sleep with a kiss from her true love. The fairies take Aurora to their cottage in the woods to keep her away from the eyes of Maleficent, and raise her as their own child, named Briar Rose. On her 16th birthday Aurora meets Prince Phillip, the son of a king whose own kingdom will soon merge with King Stefan’s - and falls in love. Maleficent manages to kidnap the Prince and her horrible prophecy is fulfilled when she tricks Aurora into touching a spinning wheel created by Maleficent herself! Realizing that the Prince is in trouble, the 3 good fairies head to Maleficent’s castle at the Forbidden Mountain, and spring the Prince loose. But the Prince soon finds himself up against Maleficent’s army of brutes, and the power of Maleficent’s evil spells - which include a thorn forest as thick as weeds around King Stefan’s castle, and a fight against Maleficent when she turns herself into a dragon! Is the Prince strong enough to withstand the powers of the evil sorceress?

Doctor Dolittle (1998)

Friday, May 16th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Murphy, Eddie | Davis, Ossie | Platt, Oliver | Boyle, Peter | Schiff, Richard | Wilson, Kristen | Tambor, Jeffrey | Pratt, Kyla | Raven | Gilborn, Steven | Dellums, Erik | Christopher, June | Franklin, Cherie | Adair-Rios, Mark | Calfa, Don
Directors: Thomas, Betty
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Dr. John Dolittle has the world in his hands: A beautiful wife at his side, two adorable daughters and a career that could not go better. One night, he nearly runs over a dog with his car. The dog yells “bonehead” and disappears. From then on, his childhood ability is back: To communicate with animals. Unfortunately, the word of Dolittle’s ability is spreading quickly. Soon, many animals from rat to horse flock to his place to get medical advice. But his colleagues suspect he’s going mad, and as the clinic Dolittle used to work for is about to being taken over for a huge amount of money, many decisions have to be made. Believe him? Put him into a mental institution? Sell the clinic? But also his family is close to breaking apart. Until a circus tiger falls seriously ill.

Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: Italy | USA
Actors: Lane, Diane | Oh, Sandra | Duncan, Lindsay | Bova, Raoul | Riotta, Vincent | Monicelli, Mario | Nobile, Roberto | Zagaria, Anita | Gori, Evelina | Steigerwalt, Giulia | Szajda, Pawel | Pelka, Valentine | Vulicevic, Sasa | Sarchielli, Massimo | Gerini, Claudia
Directors: Wells, Audrey
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Academy Award nominee ‘Diane Lane (I)’ (qv) stars as ‘Frances Mayes’ (qv), a 35-year-old San Francisco writer whose perfect life has just taken an unexpected detour. Her recent divorce has left her with terminal writer’s block and extremely depressed, and her best friend, Patti, is beginning to think she might never recover. Frances decides to take a break and she buys a villa in the beautiful Tuscan countryside and decides to begin anew. Restoring her new home, she eventually finds the fulfillment she was searching for, including love. Based on ‘Frances Mayes’ (qv)’ memoir of the same name.

Gothika (2003)

Monday, April 7th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Dutton, Charles S. | Berry, Halle | Downey Jr., Robert | Lynch, John Carroll | Hill, Bernard | Cruz, Penélope | Harewood, Dorian | Mantel, Bronwen | Mackey, Kathleen | Taylor, Matthew G. | Perron, Michel | Sheldon, Andrea | Rydvald, Anana | Mitchell, Laura | Sloan, Amy
Directors: Kassovitz, Mathieu | Oliphant, Thom
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A criminal psychologist (Berry) awakens to find herself a patient in the institution where she works, with no memory of the murder she’s accused of committing. As she tries to regain her memory - and her freedom - a vengeful spirit manipulates her.

Blade Runner (Final cut) (2007)

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Ford, Harrison | Hauer, Rutger | Young, Sean | Olmos, Edward James | Walsh, M. Emmet | Hannah, Daryl | Sanderson, William | James, Brion | Turkel, Joe | Cassidy, Joanna | Hong, James | Paull, Morgan | Thompson, Kevin | Allen, John Edward | Pyke, Hy
Directors: Scott, Ridley
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Deckard is a Blade Runner, a police man of the future who hunts down and terminates replicants, artificially created humans. He wants to get out of the force, but is drawn back in when 4 “skin jobs”, a slang term for replicants, hijack a ship back to Earth. The city that Deckard must search for his prey is a huge, sprawling, bleak vision of the future. This film questions what it is to be human, and why life is so precious.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Monday, November 12th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Radcliffe, Daniel | Grint, Rupert | Watson, Emma | Bonham Carter, Helena | Coltrane, Robbie | Fiennes, Ralph | Gambon, Michael | Gleeson, Brendan | Griffiths, Richard | Isaacs, Jason | Oldman, Gary | Rickman, Alan | Shaw, Fiona | Smith, Maggie | Staunton, Imelda
Directors: Yates, David
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Harry is about to start his fifth year at Hogwarts. He’s desperate to get back to school and find out why his friends Ron and Hermoine have been so secretive all summer. However, what Harry is about to discover in his new year at Hogwarts will turn his world upside down….

Sword in the Stone, The (1963)

Saturday, August 25th, 2007
Genres: Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Cabot, Sebastian | Sorensen, Rickie | Swenson, Karl | Matthews, Junius | Tyler, Ginny | Wentworth, Martha | Alden, Norman | Napier, Alan | Reitherman, Richard | Reitherman, Robert | Ravenscroft, Thurl | Allen, Barbara Jo
Directors: Reitherman, Wolfgang
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This animated feature is set in medieval times. After the English king dies leaving no heir, in the churchyard of a cathedral in London, a sword appears imbedded in a stone inscribed, “Who so pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of England.” Although many try, no one can budge the sword from the stone. Deep in the dark woods, kind, but absent-minded Merlin the Magician begins to teach 11-year-old Arthur, who is called Wart, and lives in the castle of Sir Ector where he’s an apprentice squire to burly, oafish Sir Kay — when he’s not washing stacks of pots and pans in the scullery. By being changed by Merlin into various animals, Wart learns the basic truths of life, but he also runs into the evil Madam Mim, who tries to destroy him. Merlin and Mim have a Wizards’ Duel, during which each changes into various creatures, with Merlin using his wits to win. On New Year’s Day, a great tournament is held in London to pick a new king. Wart, attending as Kay’s squire, forgets Kay’s sword, and runs back to the inn to get it, but the inn is locked. Wart, seeing the sword in the stone, innocently, and easily, pulls it out. When the knights marvel at the wondrous sword and question where he got it, Wart has to prove himself all over again, and again he pulls the sword from the stone. Wart is proclaimed king by the marveling warriors. Wart as King Arthur is apprehensive of his ability to govern, but Merlin returns to reassure him.

Hoot (2006)

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Lerman, Logan | Larson, Brie | Linley, Cody | Wilson, Luke | Phillips, Eric | Collins, Dean | Nelson, Tim Blake | Gregg, Clark | Kiersten Warren | Flynn, Neil | Cauffiel, Jessica | Wagner, Robert | Buffett, Jimmy | Archie, John | Donner, Robert
Directors: Shriner, Wil
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A young man (Lerman) moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he’s compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Sykes, Eric | Spall, Timothy | Tennant, David | Radcliffe, Daniel | Watson, Emma | Grint, Rupert | Williams, Mark | Phelps, James | Phelps, Oliver | Wright, Bonnie | Rawle, Jeff | Pattinson, Robert | Isaacs, Jason | Felton, Tom | Ianevski, Stanislav
Directors: Newell, Mike
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Harry’s fourth summer and the following year at Hogwarts are marked by the Quidditch World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament, in which student representatives from three different wizarding schools compete in a series of increasingly challenging contests. However, Voldemort’s Death Eaters are gaining strength and even creating the Dark Mark giving evidence that the Dark Lord is ready to rise again. In the unsuspecting lives of the young wizard and witches at Hogwarts the competitors are selected by the goblet of fire, which this year makes a very surprising announcement: Hogwarts will have two representatives in the tournament, including Harry Potter! Will Harry be able to rise to the challenge for the Tri Wizard Tournament while keeping up with school or will the challenges along with Voldemort’s rebirth be too much for the young hero?