Posts Tagged ‘sleigh’

Nightmare Before Christmas, The (1993)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Genres: Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Elfman, Danny | Sarandon, Chris | O'Hara, Catherine | Hickey, William | Shadix, Glenn | Reubens, Paul | Page, Ken | Ivory, Ed | McBride, Susan | Durst, Debi | Proops, Greg | Katz, Kerry | Crenshaw, Randy | Ball, Sherwood | Twillie, Carmen
Directors: Selick, Henry
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Bored and unhappy with the life of being “The Pumpkin King” Jack Skellington of Halloween Town, Jack sets out to find something exciting. Jack discovers “Christmas Town” and takes it upon himself to take over the duties of Santa to deliver toys across the world to children.

Santa Clause, The (1994)

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Allen, Tim | Crewson, Wendy | Reinhold, Judge | Lloyd, Eric | Krumholtz, David | Brandenburg, Larry | Gross, Mary | Tamada, Paige | Boyle, Peter | Scott, Judith | Eastwood, Jayne | King, Melissa | Wentworth, Bradley | Bates, Azura
Directors: Pasquin, John
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Divorcee Scott Calvin is disgusted to learn that his ex and her husband have tried - and failed - to break it easy to their 6-year-old son Charlie that Santa isn’t real. On Christmas Eve, Scott reads The Night Before Christmas… then receives an unexpected visitor on his roof. When he’s startled by Scott’s calling out and falls, the Santa impersonator disappears, leaving only an 8-reindeer sleigh and a suit with instructions to put it on if he’s involved in an accident. Scott does, and is transported around the town dropping gifts through chimneys until he’s taken to the North Pole and informed by a group who claim they’re elves that he is now Santa. Charlie is proud of his dad’s new job, though Scott’s convinced it’s a dream. Until his hair turns white, his beard refuses to stay shaved, he gains weight inexplicably, even for his sudden love of junk food… Now he’s accepted it, there’s just one problem: how to keep it secret from his disbelieving family?

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.

Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The (2005)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Henley, Georgie | Keynes, Skandar | Moseley, William | Popplewell, Anna | Swinton, Tilda | McAvoy, James | Broadbent, Jim | Shah, Kiran | Cosmo, James | McIntosh, Judy | Hawthorne, Elizabeth | Kake, Patrick | Rangi, Shane | Cook, Brandon | Cook, Cassie
Directors: Adamson, Andrew
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Based on the classic novel by ‘CS Lewis’ (qv). Four London children are sent to a professor’s country home in order for protection during World War II. There they find a magic wardrobe which leads to a mystical land called Narnia, which is being ruled by an evil witch. To defeat the witch, they must join forces with Aslan, the lion God of Narnia.

Epic Movie (2007)

Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Penn, Kal | Campbell, Adam | Coolidge, Jennifer | Mays, Jayma | Chambers, Faune A. | Glover, Crispin | Cox, Tony | Jiménez, Héctor | Hammond, Darrell | Electra, Carmen | Willard, Fred | Carradine, David | Lehre, David | McDonald, Kevin | Alvarez, George
Directors: Friedberg, Jason
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The twisted minds of two of the six writers of “Scary Movie” tackle the biggest mega-blockbusters of all time in “Epic Movie.” The story centers on four not-so-young orphans: one raised by a curator at the Louvre (where an albino assassin lurks), another a refugee from Mexican “libre” wrestling, the third a recent victim of snakes on her plane, and the fourth a “normal” resident of a mutant “X”-community. The hapless quartet visits a chocolate factory, where they stumble into an enchanted wardrobe that transports them to the land of Gnarnia (with a “G”). There they meet a flamboyant pirate captain and earnest students of wizardry - and join forces with, among others, a wise-but-horny lion to defeat the evil White Bitch of Gnarnia.

War and Peace (1956)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Drama | History | Romance | War
Countries: Italy | USA
Actors: Hepburn, Audrey | Fonda, Henry | Ferrer, Mel | Gassman, Vittorio | Lom, Herbert | Homolka, Oskar | Ekberg, Anita | Dantine, Helmut | Carminati, Tullio | Jones, Barry | Vitale, Milly | Seidl, Lea | Ferrero, Anna-Maria | Lawson, Wilfrid | Britt, May
Directors: Vidor, King
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At the beginning of the 19th century, Napoleon’s forces controlled much of Europe. In Russia, one of the few countries still unconquered, the army prepares to face Napoleon’s troops in Austria. Among the soldiers are Nicholas Rostov (Jeremy Brett) and Prince Andrei Bolkonsky (Mel Ferrer). Pierre Bezukhov (Henry Fonda), a friend of Andrei’s and self-styled intellectual who “knows what’s right but still does wrong,” is not interested in fighting. Pierre’s life changes when his father dies, leaving him a vast inheritance. He is attracted to Natasha Rostov (Audrey Hepburn), Nicholas’s sister, but gives in to baser desires and marries the shallow, materialistic Princess Helene (Anita Ekberg). The marriage quickly ends when Pierre discovers his wife’s true nature. Andrei is captured and later released by the French, and returns home only to watch his wife die in childbirth. During a visit to the country months later, Pierre and Andrei meet again. Andrei sees Natasha and falls in love, but his father will only permit the marriage if they postpone it for one year. While Andrei is away in Poland on a military mission, Natasha is drawn to Anatole Kuragin (Vittorio Gassmann), a scoundrel and libertine. Pierre tells Natasha of Anatole’s past before she can elope with him. Napoleon (Herbert Lom) invades Russia. Pierre visits Andrei on the eve of the battle, and observes the battle that follows. Traumatized by the carnage, he vows to kill Napoleon himself.

Elf (2003)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Ferrell, Will | Caan, James | Newhart, Bob | Asner, Edward | Steenburgen, Mary | Deschanel, Zooey | Tay, Daniel | Love, Faizon | Dinklage, Peter | Sedaris, Amy | Lerner, Michael | Richter, Andy | Gass, Kyle | Lange, Artie | Lautier, Claire
Directors: Favreau, Jon
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Buddy (Will Ferrell) was a baby in an orphanage who stowed away in Santa’s sack and ended up at the North Pole. Later, as an adult human who happened to be raised by elves, Santa allows him to go to New York City to find his birth father, Walter Hobbs (James Caan). Hobbs, on Santa’s naughty list for being a heartless jerk, had no idea that Buddy was even born. Buddy, meanwhile, experiences the delights of New York City (and human culture) as only an elf can. When Walter’s relationship with Buddy interferes with his job, he is forced to reevaluate his priorities.

007 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Lazenby, George | Rigg, Diana | Savalas, Telly | Ferzetti, Gabriele | Steppat, Ilse | Maxwell, Lois | Baker, George | Lee, Bernard | Horsfall, Bernard | Llewelyn, Desmond | Borionko, Yuri | North, Virginia | Cheshire, Geoffrey | Allen, Irvin | Mountain, Terence
Directors: Hunt, Peter R.
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Whilst on leave, British agent James Bond prevents a young woman, Tracy Draco, from committing suicide. Her father is the head of a powerful crime syndicate who is impressed by Bond and wants him to protect his daughter by marrying her. In exchange he offers Bond information which will lead 007 to his arch enemy Ernst Blofeld. At first Bond agrees to the deal purely to fulfil his objective to kill Blofeld but later he grows to love Tracy but when the British learn that Blofeld plans to destroy mankind with a deadly virus, 007 is torn between his loyalty to his county and his intent to marry Tracy.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Carrey, Jim | Momsen, Taylor | Tambor, Jeffrey | Baranski, Christine | Irwin, Bill | Shannon, Molly | Howard, Clint | Evans, Josh Ryan | Sterling, Mindy | Winfree, Rachel | Howard, Rance | Howard, Jeremy | Thyne, T.J. | Kohl, Lacey | Pionilla, Nadja
Directors: Howard, Ron
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Based on the book by the famous Dr. Seuss. Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville. In Whoville, live the Who’s, an almost mutated sort of munchkinlike people. All the Who’s love Christmas, yet just outside of their beloved Whoville lives the Grinch. The Grinch is a nasty creature that hates Christmas, and plots to steal it away from the Whos which he equally abhors. Yet a small child, Cindy Lou Who, decides to try befriend the Grinch.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Pitt, Brad | Jolie, Angelina | Vaughn, Vince | Brody, Adam | Washington, Kerry | David, Keith | Weitz, Chris | Huntley, Rachael | Monaghan, Michelle | March, Stephanie | Morrison, Jennifer | Barrera, Theresa | Reeves, Perrey | Tolbert, Melanie | Adams, Jerry T.
Directors: Liman, Doug
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Sophisticated New York couple David and Annie Smith have an unusual marriage with an inordinate number of rules and regulations. One rule entitles them to ask each other one question per month which the other must answer completely honestly. Annie asks David if he would marry her again if he could have the time over again and David confides that he misses his freedom and so probably wouldn’t. Later that day, an official from the town where they got married calls to see David. He explains that owing to a state boundary dispute, all couples married between 1936 and 1939 in the county were not legally married. David decides to have fun with this fact, but unbeknown to him, the county official calls to see Annie too and disaster results.