Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1833 Films to Buy & Rent
Ratatouille (2007)
- Dir. Brad Bird
- Another Pixar masterpiece from the genius creator of THE INCREDIBLES, this follows Remy, a French country rat, who pursues his dream of culinary…
Razzle Dazzle (2007)
- Dir. Darren Ashton
Feat. Kerry Armstrong, Ben Miller, Tara Morice…
- Family–friendly Australian mockumentary goes behind the scenes of kids’ dance competitions, spinning the BEST IN SHOW concept to reasonably…
Roman Mysteries (TV Series) (2007)
- Children's mystery series set in 79 AD, Rome, based on a series of kids books that focuses on a group of young friends embarking on crime solving…
Secret of the Magic Gourd, The (Bao hu lu de mi mi) (2007)
- Dir. John Chu, Frankie Chung
- One of the first children's fantasies from mainland China to be formally released in the West tells the story of an imaginative under–achiever…
Seeker, The - The Dark is Rising (2007)
- Dir. David L Cunningham
Feat. Alexander Ludwig, Ian McShane, Christopher Eccleston…
- Choppy big screen adaptation of Susan Cooper's popular children's series, which pits a chosen young boy against Christopher Eccleston, Ian McShane,…
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007)
- Dir. Julian Kemp
Feat. Jonathan Pryce, Bill Paterson, Anna Chancellor
- Holmes gets kicked into the 21st century with this made–for–TV family drama in which the crime–busting duo must rely on a gang of…
Shrek The Third (2007)
- Dir. Chris Miller, Raman Hui
Feat. Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz…
- The franchise rolls on in this third installment of the animated comedy when the big green ogre’s new father–in–law falls ill.…
Simpsons Movie, The (2007)
- Dir. David Silverman
- Big–screen debut of America’s yellowiest suburban family, with Homer inadvertently causing an ecological meltdown that threatens Marge, Bart,…
Son of Rambow (2007)
- Dir. Garth Jennings
Feat. Bill Milner, Neil Dudgeon, Jessica Stevenson…
- Typically quirky and satisfying British family film about a young boy who befriends and collaborates with the school trouble–maker to make…
Staines Down Drains (TV Series) (2007)
- New Zealand–made animated plunge through the plughole of a basement sink, revealing an underground drain world navigated by two intrepid…