Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1830 Films to Buy & Rent
- Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger (2008)
- Dir. Cathy Randall
Feat. Keisha Castle-Hughes, Toni Collette, Danielle Catanzariti
- Aussie coming–of–age comedy portraying a geeky social outcast encouraged to break away from her restrictive existence by a…
- High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)
- Dir. Kenny Ortega
Feat. Zac Efron, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale…
- More than delivering on fan expectations, this ambitious concluding chapter to Disney's HCM phenomenon sees the well–loved characters approach…
- Hilltop Hospital Heart Trouble (TV Series) (2008)
- This clever, BAFTA–winning British claymation series is like ER, SHORTIE STREET, GENERAL HOSPITAL, etc. – only with animals as the…
- Igor (2008)
- Dir. Anthony Leondis
Feat. John Cusack, John Cleese, Steve Buscemi…
- Gothic animated outing about a hunchbacked lab assistant who wants to become a mad scientist in his own right and win first place at the annual Evil…
- Inkheart (2008)
- Dir. Iain Softley
Feat. Brendan Fraser, Sienna Guillory, Paul Bettany…
- An under–rated, imaginative rendering of German author Cornelia Funke's novel about a young girl and her father who have the ability to bring…
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth (2008)
- Dir. Eric Brevig
Feat. Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem
- A "rollercoaster" entertainment based very loosely on Jules Verne's famous novel, this version sees a contemporary trio embarking on an inadvertent…
- Knight Rider (TV Series) (2008)
- Feat. Justin Bruening, Deanna Russo, Paul Campbell…
- Slick re–boot of the '80's 'classic' with Michael Knight's son teaming up with smart car K.I.T.T. to fight baddies and rack up speeding tickets…
- Kung Fu Panda (2008)
- Dir. Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
Feat. Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie…
- Spot–on animation featuring a daydreaming panda called Po (Jack Black) that finds his portly middle and lazy ways getting in the way of his…
- Little Mermaid 3, The: Ariel's Beginning (2008)
- Number three of the 'Little Mermaid' movies, taking place before Ariel meets Prince Eric and is made to choose between family duty and her love of…
- Lost and Found (2008)
- Dir. Phillip Hunt
Feat. Jim Broadbent
- Exquisite adaptation of Oliver Jeffers's beloved children's book, about a lonely boy who one day finds a penguin on his doorstep, and resolves to…