Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1845 Films to Buy & Rent
Valiant (2005)
- Dir. Gary Chapman
- A lowly pigeon named Valiant must overcome his diminutive size in the service of Great Britain's Royal Air Force Homing Pigeon Service during WW2, in…
W.I.T.C.H. (TV Series) (2005)
- Five American girls must not only deal with the usual homework and boyfriends, but also defend the universe as 'Guardians of the Veil' from the…
Wallace and Gromit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
- Dir. Nick Park
Feat. Peter Sallis, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes
- Triumphant big–screen leap for the amiably English claymation heroes – Wallace and Gromit – with this effort finding them running…
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…