Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1830 Films to Buy & Rent
- Despicable Me (2010)
- Dir. Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin
Feat. Julie Andrews, Steve Carell, Jason Segel…
- Steve Carell voices the diabolical super–villain of this uproarious animation, whose plans for world domination are put on the…
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)
- Dir. Thor Freudenthal
Feat. Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Devon Bostick…
- Likable, live–action adaptation of the popular cartoon novel with much of book's wit retained. Zachary Gordon plays the titular…
- Flicka 2 (2010)
- Dir. Michael Damian
Feat. Tammin Sursok, Patrick Warburton, Clint Black
- Wholesome story in a similar vein as the first film, this time with a disgruntled city teenager sent out to the Wyoming horse–ranch. She…
- Flipped (2010)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Callan McAuliffe, Madeline Carroll, Aidan Quinn…
- A welcome return to 50's childhood for the director of STAND BY ME, this equally charming tale charts the believably awkward courtship between two…
- Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove (2010)
- Dir. Will Geiger
Feat. Bindi Irwin, Beau Bridges, Mike Falkow
- Genial revival of the FREE WILLY franchise with Bindi Irwin sent to spend her summer in South Africa with grandfather Beau Bridges and his failing…
- Gulliver's Travels (2010)
- Dir. Rob Letterman
Feat. Jack Black, Emily Blunt, Jason Segel…
- Raucous adaptation of the Jonathan Swift classic with Jack Black at his brashest.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
- Dir. David Yates
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane…
- Seventh and penultimate film in the H.K. Rowling–penned franchise now finds Harry and pals Ron and Hermione on the lam as Lord Voldemort…
- How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
- Dir. Dean Deblois, Chris Sanders
Feat. Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson…
- Top–flight animated feature about a hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons but becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself,…
- Illusionist, The (2010)
- Dir. Sylvain Chomet
- Sylvain Chomet's long awaitied follow–up to THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE is another exquisite animation, this time based on an unfilmed script by…
- Jack and the Beanstalk (2010)
- Dir. Gary J. Tunnicliffe
Feat. Colin Ford, Chloe Grace Moretz, Christopher Lloyd…
- Gently subversive telling of the classic tale with young Jack trading his computer for the requisite magic beans, and there's enough…