Released Date:
2005-02-18
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
106 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
6.4 (7886 Reviews)
Director:
Wayne WangKate DiCamillo (novel)
Joan Singleton (screenplay)
A 10-year-old girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father, a preacher. While there, she adopts a stray dog whom she names after the local supermarket where he was found. With her goofy pooch by her side, she meets an eclectic group of townspeople and rekindles an almost lost relationship with her father.
Released Date:
2007-02-16
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA, New Zealand
Runtime:
96 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (101140 Reviews)
Director:
Gabor CsupoJeff Stockwell (screenplay)
David Paterson (screenplay)
Katherine Paterson (book)
Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and she's a city girl, he's a country boy, the two become fast friends. Together, they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants and rule as king and queen. This friendship helps Jess cope with the tragedy that makes him realize what Leslie taught him.
Released Date:
2004-11-23
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA, Canada
Runtime:
86 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (1226 Reviews)
Director:
Nadia TassValerie Tripp ("Samantha" stories from the "The American Girl Collection")
Kindhearted Samantha Parkington's world starts to change the day Nellie O'Malley walks into her life. Nellie, her father, and her two little sisters have moved in next door to be servants for the Ryland family. Though they come from completely different backgrounds, Samantha and Nellie become fast friends. The girls turn to each other in happiness and sorrow, adventure and danger, and grow to be as close as even two sisters could be. But nothing could prepare them for the life-altering surprises that lie ahead!
Released Date:
2007-04-05
Languages:
English, Spanish
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
99 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
5.7 (35984 Reviews)
Director:
Stephen HopkinsCarey Hayes (screenplay)
Chad Hayes (screenplay)
Brian Rousso (story)
The death of a child in mysterious circumstances sparks a series of events that seem to represent biblical plagues, which start occurring in, of all places, a town called "Haven" that is located deep in the bowels of Bible belt country in the bayous of Louisiana. A former Christian missionary turned religious phenomena debunker and her top open minded student turned personnel assistant are sent to investigate.
Released Date:
2009-03-13
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
98 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
5.7 (39438 Reviews)
Director:
Andy FickmanMatt Lopez (screenplay)
Mark Bomback (screenplay)
Matt Lopez (screen story)
Alexander Key (book)
In Las Vegas, the regenerated ex-con Jack Bruno works as taxi driver. During an UFO Convention at Planet Hollywood, the skeptical Jack picks up Dr. Alex Friedman, who will present a scientific lecture in the event. Then he is pressed by two henchmen of his former boss, the criminal Wolff, that wants to talk to him, but Jack does not want to return to the crime life. Jack fights and gets rid of them; out of the blue, he finds two teenagers on the backseat of his cab. They tell that they are siblings, Sara and Seth, and they need to travel to a location outside Las Vegas in the middle of nowhere. Meanwhile the government finds a spacecraft that crashed nearby Las Vegas and is chasing the two aliens; after the investigation of the men of Major Henry Burke, they discover that the two siblings are the aliens. Jack Bruno, Sara and Seth are chased by Henry Burke's team and by the "Syphon", a killer from outer space that has been sent to kill them by the military of their planet that want to invade Earth. Sara and Seth explain that they traveled to Earth to collect scientific data of an experiment and save Earth from invasion, but they need to return immediately to their planet. Jack teams up with Dr. Alex to retrieve their spacecraft in a secret base in the Witch Mountain.
Released Date:
2011-04-08
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
106 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (32380 Reviews)
Director:
Sean McNamaraSean McNamara (screenplay)
Deborah Schwartz (screenplay)
Douglas Schwartz (screenplay)
Michael Berk (screenplay)
Sean McNamara (screen story)
Deborah Schwartz (screen story)
Douglas Schwartz (screen story)
Michael Berk (screen story)
Matt Allen (screen story)
Caleb Wilson (screen story)
Brad Gann (screen story)
Bethany Hamilton (book)
Sheryl Berk (book)
Rick Bundschuh (book)
13 year-old Bethany Hamilton is a champion surfer who was born to be in the water. But after a fun night out night surfing and what should be a fun day in the water, she is attacked by a shark and loses her arm. Rushed to the hospital, she remains calm, and maintains her faith in God. Now she has to re-learn how to do everything with only one arm - including how to surf. It will take her friends, family, and her Christian faith to get her back into the water, but if that is where she is meant to be, she will find a way to get there.
Released Date:
2013-07-26
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
103 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (106142 Reviews)
Duncan (Liam James) is not a popular kid and it doesn't look like the summer is going to offer anything better for him. His mother's boyfriend has invited them to his beach house where Duncan is expected to improve his personality and physical appearance, and meet girls. But his would-be step-sister doesn't want anything to do with him and his shy demeanor makes it difficult for him to meet anybody new. When Duncan wanders into the Water Wizz, the local water park, he meets adult employees who are just having fun. Owen (Sam Rockwell) lets Duncan work with him and their new-found bond will help each other mature and find their place in life. Which for Duncan means standing up to his would-be step-father, having a conversation with the girl next door and being more comfortable with who he is.
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