Apr
30
Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, The
April 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, The (2006)
IMDB rating: 3.80
Plot: Santa’s got problems: it’s a few days before Christmas and production lags, Mrs. Claus is about to give birth and wants family time, and Jack Frost (tired of second billing) is on probation under Santa’s supervision. Santa tries to support his wife by bringing her [...]
Apr
27
Beowulf & Grendel
April 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Beowulf & Grendel (2005)
IMDB rating: 6.10
Plot: The blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior’s battle against the great and murderous troll, Grendel. Heads will roll. Out of allegiance to the King Hrothgar, the much respected Lord of the Danes, Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the sea to rid a village of the marauding monster. [...]
Apr
15
Highlander
April 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Highlander (1986)
IMDB rating: 7.10
Plot: Connor Macleod was born in 1518 in the Highlands of Scotland. In 1536, after facing a mysterious, evil opponent, he survives a fatal stab wound and is banished from his village, for they believe his survival is the work of the Devil. Five years later, Macleod is met by Juan Sanchez [...]
Apr
15
Five Children and It
April 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Five Children and It (2004)
IMDB rating: 5.50
Plot: ‘It’ is a Psammead (voiced by Eddie Izzard), an ancient, ugly and irritable sand fairy the children find one day on a secret beach at their uncle’s mansion. It grants them one wish per day, lasting until sunset. But they soon learn it is very hard to think [...]
Apr
14
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
April 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)
IMDB rating: 6.00
Plot: Based somewhat more authentically on the Grimm Brothers’ story of a young woman who is unliked by her stepmother, the film includes the talking mirror, a poisoned apple, and some ruffian gold (not diamond) miners (and they aren’t dwarfs or cute). It takes place at the [...]
Apr
10
A Little Princess
April 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment
A Little Princess (1995)
IMDB rating: 7.50
Plot: When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara’s creativity and sense of self- worth. Sara’s [...]
Apr
10
Fluke
April 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Fluke (1995)
IMDB rating: 6.20
Plot: Workaholic Thomas Johnson dies in an auto accident and comes back to life as a dog. Remembering some of who he was, he returns to his wife and son to protect them from the man who caused his accident. But, as time goes by, he remembers more of his life, and [...]
Apr
7
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
April 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002)
IMDB rating: 4.70
Plot: On an African safari, Eliza Thornberry discovers that thanks to a shaman, she can now talk to animals. When Eliza discovers that poachers in Africa’s Serengeti Desert plan to kill an elephant herd with an electrified fence, she and her chimpanzee friend Darwin must somehow find a way [...]
Mar
31
Freddy vs. Jason
March 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
IMDB rating: 5.90
Plot: It’s been nearly ten years since Freddy Krueger (Englund) terrorised people in the dreams, and the towns folk want to keep him erased from their memory. Freddy still has one more plan on getting back to Elm Street. He resurrects Jason Vorhees (Kirzinger) and sends him off to kill. [...]
Mar
18
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
March 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
IMDB rating: 6.60
Plot: In August of 1940 in the English village of Pepperinge Eye, three cockney orphans are sent to live with Eglantine Price (Angela Lansbury), who is studying to become an apprentice witch. When she receives a letter from the Correspondence College of Witchcraft in London, she and the children fly [...]