Posts Tagged ‘talking-animal’

Willow (1988)

Monday, November 10th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Hayes, Patricia | Davis, Warwick | Kilmer, Val | Joanne Whaley | Jean Marsh | Barty, Billy
Directors: Howard, Ron
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Willow, a small farmer/apprentice magician, meets Madmartigan, a great swordsman, and together they journey through a war-torn land of magic and monsters, to save a baby princess from death at the hands of an evil queen.

Open Season (2006)

Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Lawrence, Martin | Kutcher, Ashton | Sinise, Gary | Messing, Debra | Connolly, Billy | Engel, Georgia | Favreau, Jon | Krakowski, Jane | Tootoosis, Gordon | Warburton, Patrick | Cameron, Cody | Futterman, Nika | Mann, Danny | McGee, Jack | Murdocca, Michelle
Directors: Allers, Roger
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A grizzly bear named Boog, domesticated by a park ranger, Beth, helps deer friend Elliot escape from the mullet-sporting hunter, Shaw. When the Elliot decides to return the favor to help Boog escape from Beth he finds that Boog is very happy with his domesticated home. After a misunderstanding, Beth is convinced that Boog is reverting to his wild nature and releases him in the woods just as hunting season begins. Boog has no idea how to survive outside of his garage home with his beloved Beth. Elliott and Boog develop a strong bond not only between themselves but also with the wild animals and attempt to drive the hunters out of the forest.

Shrek the Third (2007)

Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Myers, Mike | Murphy, Eddie | Diaz, Cameron | Banderas, Antonio | Andrews, Julie | Cleese, John | Everett, Rupert | Idle, Eric | Timberlake, Justin | Blakeslee, Susan | Cameron, Cody | King, Larry | Knights, Christopher | Krasinski, John | McShane, Ian
Directors: Hui, Raman
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When Fiona’s father and King of Far Far Away passes away, the clumsy Shrek becomes the immediate successor of the throne. However, Shrek decides to find the legitimate heir Artie in a distant kingdom with his friends Donkey and Puss in Boots to be able return to his beloved house in the swamp with the pregnant Fiona. Meanwhile, the envious and ambitious Prince Charming joins the villains of the fairytales plotting a coup d’état to become the new king.

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.

Spiderwick Chronicles, The (2008)

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Highmore, Freddie | Nolte, Nick | Strathairn, David | Rogen, Seth | Short, Martin | McCarthy, Andrew | Fennell, Tod | Lavalley, Jeremy | Jones, Tyler Patrick | Switzer, Kyle
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Once upon a time, upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures. Unable to explain the strange disappearances and accidents that seem to be happening on a daily basis, the family blames it all on Jared. When he, Simon and Mallory investigate what’s really going on, they uncover the fantastic truth of the Spiderwick estate and of the creatures that inhabit it.

MirrorMask (2005)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Barry, Jason | Brydon, Rob | Fry, Stephen | Hamilton, Andy | Harvey, Simon | Henry, Lenny | Llewellyn, Robert | Robson, Nik | Allen, Rick | Schofield, Simon | Tate, Mark | Thompson, Richard | Thompson, Robin | Ballamy, Iain | Batchelor, Chris
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Helena, a 15-year-old girl in a family of circus entertainers, often wishes she could run off and join real life. After a fight with her parents about her future plans, her mother falls quite ill and Helena is convinced that it is all her fault. On the eve of her mother’s major surgery, she dreams that she is in a strange world with two opposing queens, bizarre creatures, and masked inhabitants. All is not well in this new world - the white queen has fallen ill and can only be restored by the MirrorMask, and it’s up to Helena to find it. But as her adventures continue, she begins to wonder whether she’s in a dream, or something far more sinister.

Summer of Sam (1999)

Monday, June 9th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Leguizamo, John | Brody, Adrien | Sorvino, Mira | Esposito, Jennifer | Rispoli, Michael | Guerra, Saverio | Tarantina, Brian | Palagonia, Al | Garito, Ken | Neuwirth, Bebe | LuPone, Patti | Starr, Mike | LaPaglia, Anthony | Smith, Roger Guenveur | Gazzara, Ben
Directors: Lee, Spike
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Spike Lee’s take on the “Son of Sam” murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.

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.

Congo (1995)

Monday, May 26th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Mystery | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Linney, Laura | Walsh, Dylan | Hudson, Ernie | Curry, Tim | Heslov, Grant | Baker, Joe Don | Noh, Lorene | Trainor, Mary Ellen | Rosas, Misty | Pankin, Stuart | Seymour, Carolyn | Rosemont, Romy | Karen, James | Pugin, Bill | Wrentz, Lawrence T.
Directors: Marshall, Frank
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Greed is bad, this simple morality tale cautions. A megalomaniacal C.E.O. sends his son into the dangerous African Congo on a quest for a source of diamonds large enough and pure enough to function as powerful laser communications transmitters (or is it laser weapons?). When contact is lost with his son and the team, his sometime daughter- in-law is sent after them. She is a former CIA operative and, accompanied by gee-whiz gadgetry and a few eccentric characters (including a mercenary, a researcher with a talking gorilla, and a a nutty Indiana-Jones-type looking for King Solomon’s Mines), sets out to rescue her former fiance. What they all discover is that often what we most want turns out to be the source of our downfall.

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.