Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1830 Films to Buy & Rent
- Just William (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Rebecca Front, Caroline Quentin, Warren Clarke…
- Cute kids comedy, based on the eternally popular books, with a young scallywag and his gang running amok. Parents may well enjoy the…
- Kaitangata Twitch (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Te Waimarie Kessell, George Henare
- A fine adaptation of Margaret Mahy's novel about a teenager who possesses a strange connection to a mysterious island where a young girl vanished…
- Karate Kid, The (2010)
- Dir. Harald Zwart
Feat. Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, Taraji P. Henson
- Solid remake of the '80s classic with Jaden Smith as the bullied teen learning to fight back with the help of Jackie Chan.
- Last Airbender, The (2010)
- Dir. M. Night Shyamalan
Feat. Noah Ringer, Dev Patel, Nicola Peltz…
- Based on the weirdly popular Nickelodeon series, this cheesy live–action version from know–it–all director M. Night Shyamalan was…
- Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga' Hoole (2010)
- Dir. Zack Snyder
Feat. Jim Sturgess, Hugo Weaving, Helen Mirren…
- A young owl who is abducted by an evil Owl army, and must escape with newfound friends to seek out the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.…
- Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers (2010)
- Dir. Howard E. Baker
- Breezy kids pic is the first LEGO movie out of the gate. Clutch Powers – space's greatest explorer – responds to a distress call from a…
- Marmaduke (2010)
- Dir. Tom Dey
Feat. Owen Wilson, Emma Stone, George Lopez…
- Breezy family fare with the lovable Great Dane wreaking havoc in a new neighbourhood and plotting a bullying doberman's…
- Megamind (2010)
- Dir. Tom McGrath
Feat. Will Ferrell, Jonah Hill, Brad Pitt…
- This zesty Dreamworks animation is a wry take on superheroes, with the fiendish baddie Megamind finding himself at a loose end after dispatching…
- Monster High (TV Series) (2010)
- Animated web series based on the Mattel fashion doll franchise Monster High, following a group of teenagers whose parents are all famous monsters.
- Moomins and the Comet Chase (2010)
- Dir. Maria Lindberg
Feat. Max von Sydow, Alexander Skarsgard, Stellan Skarsgard…
- Tove Jansson's beloved creatures get an animated outing as Moomintroll and his friends rush to save everyone in Moomin Valley from a ferocious comet.…