Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

The Addams Family Values (1993)

Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Family
Cast (first 10): Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Cusack, Christina Ricci, Carol Kane, Jimmy Workman, Kaitlyn Hooper, Kristen Hooper, Carel Struycken

Plot Outline: A comical Gothic horror-movie-type family tries to rescue their beloved uncle from his gold-digging new love.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106220/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addams_Family_Values

The Addams Family (1991)

Genre: Comedy, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Suspense/Horror
Starring: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Hedaya, Elizabeth W. Wilson

Synopsis:
The Addams step out of Charles Addams' cartoons. They live with all of the trappings of the macabre (including a detached hand for a servant) and are quite wealthy. Added to this mix is a crooked accountant and his loan shark and a plot to slip in the shark's son into the family as their long lost Uncle Fester. Can the false Fester find his way into the vault before he is discovered?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101272/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Addams_Family_(film)

The Chaperone (2011)

Genre: Action | Comedy | Family
Starring: Paul Levesque, Kevin Corrigan, José Zúñiga.

An ex-con on the run from his criminal past, hides out from those he ratted on by chaperoning a field trip to New Orleans.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663187/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chaperone_(film)

Storyline
Ray Bradstone (Levesque) is the best wheel man in the business, but he is determined to go straight and be the best parent he can be to his daughter, Sally (Winter), and make amends with his ex-wife, Lynne (Gish). As Ray struggles to find honest work, his old bank-robbing crew, led by Phillip Larue (Corrigan), offers him one last job. He agrees at first, but changes his mind at the last second leaving the crew without a driver. Ray decides instead to serve as a chaperone for Sally's school field trip. When the robbery goes awry, Larue blames Ray and chases the school bus all the way to the Museum of Natural History in New Orleans. Ray must deal with Larue, while supervising Sally's class on what becomes one of the craziest school trips ever.

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High School Musical (2006)

Genre: Comedy | Drama | Family | Musical | Romance
Stars: Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale

Plot: Troy and Gabriella - two teens who are worlds apart - meet at a karaoke contest and discover their mutual love for music.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475293/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_School_Musical

High School Musical 2 (2007)

Genre: Comedy | Drama | Family | Musical | Romance
Stars: Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale
Plot: During the summer vacations a talent show is organized in a local country club and Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan, Chad and Taylor take part in it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810900/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_School_Musical_2

High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)

Genres:Comedy | Drama | Family | Musical | Romance
Stars: Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale

Plot: As seniors in high school, Troy and Gabriella struggle with the idea of being separated from one another as college approaches. Along with the rest of the Wildcats, they stage a spring musical to address their experiences, hopes and fears about their future.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0962726/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_School_Musical_3:_Senior_Year

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)


Genre: Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Christmas
Starring: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara
Plot: Jack Skellington, king of Halloweentown, discovers Christmas Town, but doesn't quite understand the concept.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107688/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare_Before_Christmas

Storyline:
Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king of Halloween Town, is bored with doing the same thing every year for Halloween. One day he stumbles into Christmas Town, and is so taken with the idea of Christmas that he tries to get the resident bats, ghouls, and goblins of Halloween town to help him put on Christmas instead of Halloween -- but alas, they can't get it quite right.

A Christmas Story (1983)


Genre: Comedy | Family | Christmas
Starring: Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Peter Billingsley
Plot: Ralphie has to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is the perfect gift for the 1940's.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085334/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Story

Storyline:
Ralphie, a young boy growing up in the '40's, dreams of owning a Red Rider BB gun. He sets out to convince the world this is the perfect gift. But along the way, he runs into opposition from his parents, his teacher, and even good 'ol Santa Claus himself.

Spy School (2008)


Genre: Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Family | Mystery
Starring: Forrest Landis, AnnaSophia Robb, Rider Strong

Plot: Doubting Thomas is the story of a twelve year old boy known for telling tall tales who overhears a plot to kidnap the President's daughter. When he goes public with his story, no one believes him, and he is forced to save her on his own.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484831/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy_School

Flubber (1997)


Genre: Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Starring: Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher McDonald
Plot: An absent-minded professor discovers "flubber," a rubber-like super-bouncy substance.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119137/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flubber_(film)

Mr. Nanny (1993)


Genre: Action | Comedy | Family
Stars: Hulk Hogan, Sherman Hemsley and Afa Anoai
Plot: A former pro-wrestler is hired to be the bodyguard/nanny for a couple of bratty kids whose inventor father is being stalked by a rival.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107612/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Nanny

Daddy Day Care (2003)


Genre: Comedy | Family
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Steve Zahn
Plot: Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs. This inspires them to open their own day-care center.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317303/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_Day_Care

Percy Jackson & The Olympians The Lightning Thief (2010)


Genres: Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Starring: Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario.
Plot: A teenager discovers he's the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods.

Storyline
When his lightning bolt is stolen, Zeus accuses Poseidon's son Percy Jackson and gives fourteen days to Poseidon to return his lightning bolt; otherwise he would initiate a war against his brother. Meanwhile the dyslexic and with ADHD teenager Percy is visiting The Museum of Metropolitan of Art and is attacked by a Fury disguised in his teacher. His crippled best friend Grover reveals that Percy is a demigod and he is his protector and his teacher Mr. Brunner gives a pen to him telling that it is a powerful weapon. They go to Percy's house and together with his mother Sally, they drive to the Camp Half-Blood. However Sally is attacked by a Minotaur and vanishes before Percy can help her. In the camp, Percy befriends the gorgeous Annabeth; when they are attacked by Hades that wants the lighting bolt for him, Percy discovers that his mother is in hell with Hades. Percy decides to travel in a dangerous quest to retrieve the lightning bolt and save his mother...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814255/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Jackson_%26_the_Olympians:_The_Lightning_Thief

Cats & Dogs 2 - The Revenge Of Kitty Galore (2010)


Genres: Action | Comedy | Family
Starring: James Marsden, Nick Nolte, Christina Applegate

The ongoing war between the canine and feline species is put on hold when they join forces to thwart a rogue cat spy with her own sinister plans for conquest.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1287468/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cats_%26_Dogs:_The_Revenge_of_Kitty_Galore

Cats & Dogs (2001)


Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Plot: A look at the top-secret, high-tech espionage war going on between cats and dogs, which their human owners are blissfully unaware of.
Cast (first 10): Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins, Alexander Pollock, Miriam Margolyes, Myron Natwick, Doris Chillcott, Kirsten Robek, Frank C. Turner, Mar Andersons, Gillian Barber

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0239395/

The Last Airbender (2010)


Genre: Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Starring: Noah Ringer, Dev Patel, Nicola Peltz

Synopsis:
The story follows the adventures of Aang, a young successor to a long line of Avatars, who must put his childhood ways aside and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water, Earth and Air nations.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0938283/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Airbender

The Spy Next Door (2010)

Genre: Action | Comedy | Family
Language: English
Cast: Jackie Chan, Amber Valletta, Madeline Carroll, Will Shadley, Alina Foley

Plot: Former CIA spy Bob Ho (Chan) takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriends three kids, who havent exactly warmed to their moms beau. And when one of the youngsters accidentally downloads a top-secret formula, Bobs longtime nemesis, a Russian terrorist, pays a visit to the family.

Nanny McPhee And The Big Bang (2010)


AKA: Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Starring: Emma Thompson, Ralph Fiennes, Maggie Smith, Rhys Ifans

Plot:
Nanny McPhee arrives to help a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war, though she uses her magic to teach the woman's children and their two spoiled cousins five new lessons.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1415283/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanny_McPhee_and_the_Big_Bang

Preceded by: Nanny McPhee (2005)

Nanny McPhee (2005)


Genre: Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Starring: Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Angela Lansbury

Plot: Emma Thompson stars as a governess who uses magic to rein in the behavior of seven ne'er-do-well children in her charge.

Followed by: Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0396752/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanny_McPhee

Alice In Wonderland (2010)


Genre: Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Tagline: You're invited to a very important date 3/5/10
starring: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Michael Sheen and Stephen Fry

Plot: 19-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014759/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_(2010_film)

The Railway Children (2000)


The Railway Children is a 2000 British drama television film based on the novel by E. Nesbit.
Genre:Family

Jenny Agutter (who played Bobbie in a 1970 film version) stars as Mother alongside Sir Richard Attenborough in a Masterpiece Theater television presentation of Edith Nesbit's popular novel. Set in Yorkshire at the dawn of the 20th century, The Railway Children is the story of three children whose father has been wrongfully imprisoned for espionage, though they know nothing of this; their mother refuses to tell them why the police took away their father. The children spend their free time exploring the mystery of their father's disappearance and gazing at the nearby railroad, in the hope that it will somehow bring them an answer. After they help prevent an accident on the railroad, the children are befriended by a mysterious old gentleman (Attenborough), who may be able to provide some answers.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0215111/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Railway_Children_(TV_film)

First Kid (1996)


Genre: Comedy / Family
starring: Sinbad and Brock Pierce.

Plot Summary:
Luke Davenport is the 13 year old son of Paul Davenport, the President of the United States, and first lady Linda Davenport. Ill tempered Agent Woods is the secret service agent in charge of Luke. Woods is fired after mistreating Luke in front of media cameras. Woods is then replaced by former boxer Sam Simms, who won a boxing title in 1977. Sam is eager to take the job-even though no one else wants it. Everyone thinks that Luke is just a brat when the only thing Luke wants is to just fit in and be like every other kid at his school, the Georgetown Academy. Sam almost gets fired when Luke gets decked at school by school bully Rob MacArthur. This is when Sam decides to use his boxing expertise to teach Luke how to fight. Luke has his eyes on classmate Katie Warren, but so does Rob. Katie agrees to go with Luke to an upcoming school dance, so Sam teaches Luke how to dance. Rob is also at the dance, but this time when Rob tries to deck Luke, Luke turns the tables and decks Rob. Sam is then fired for taking Luke to the dance without permission, although Luke had the permission of his parents, but secret service chief Morton didn't want Luke leaving the White House grounds while Luke's parents were on the campaign trail. Luke runs away anyway to meet a friend that he has been chatting on the internet with. The meeting is set to take place at a local mall,where Luke discovers that his secret friend is a now psychotic Woods, who blames Luke for his firing and wants revenge on Luke, but not if Sam can help it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116311/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Kid
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