Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1833 Films to Buy & Rent
Yours, Mine and Ours (2005)
- Dir. Raja Gosnell
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, Rip Torn
- A 'bigger is better' knock–off of CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN (based on a 1968 comedy) in which two high school sweethearts (Quaid and Russo), both…
Zathura (A Space Adventure) (2005)
- Dir. Jon Favreau
Feat. Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart, Tim Robbins
- Highly effective 'sequel of sorts' to JUMANJI, with two squabbling kid brothers unearthing a strange clockwork boardgame in the basement, which upon…
Agent Cody Banks 2 (Destination London) (2004)
- Dir. Kevin Allen
Feat. Frankie Muniz, Anna Chancellor, Keith Allen…
- Fairly average sequel to Cody Banks' first James Bond Jr. adventure, here travelling to London as a disguised clarinet player to thwart an evil…
Back to Gaya (Boo, Zino and the Snurks) (2004)
- Dir. Lenard Fritz Krawinke, Holger Tappe
Feat. Patrick Stewart, Emily Watson
- The first completely CGI feature to emerge from Germany follows the postmodern tone of SHREK, with a gaggle of cartoon characters from a fantasy TV…
Backyardigans, The (TV Series) (2004)
- Five animal pals transform their backyards into a surreal landscape of adventure in this whizzy, free–wheeling show for…
Barbie - The Princess and the Pauper (2004)
- Barbie continues her forays into traditional childrens' stories playing a blonde princess who swaps roles and status with a street urchin. This time…
Bear Named Winnie, A (2004)
- Dir. John Kent Harrison
Feat. Michael Fassbender, Gil Bellows, David Suchet…
- Interesting telemovie based on the true story of a Canadian black bear cub who was 'adopted' by a soldier in 1914, eventually placed in the London…
Because Of Winn-Dixie (2004)
- Dir. Wayne Wang
Feat. Jeff Daniels, Eva Marie Saint, Cicely Tyson
- Solid and old–fashioned family movie based on the lauded novel by Kate DiCamillo, in which a lonely girl befriends a small, mischievous dog in…
Bionicle 2 (Legends of Metru Nui) (2004)
- Prequel to MASK OF LIGHT, this casts back into the dark early history of Metru Nui, with six Metoran being given the task of recovering the powerful…
Birthday Boy (2004)
- Dir. Sejong Park
- Oscar–nominated animation set around a young boy who wanders through his deserted village in the midst of the Korean War. Comparable to GRAVE…