Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1842 Films to Buy & Rent
Cheetah Girls, The (2003)
- Dir. Oz Scott
Feat. Raven -Symone, Adrienne Bailon, Sabrina Bryan…
- Bubblegum pop teen chick flick following four New York teens trying to make it big in the music world who end up having to choose between fame and…
Creature Comforts (TV Series) (2003)
- Dir. Richard Goleszowski, Nick Park
- Charming claymation television series based on the Oscar–winning short by dir. Park (WALLACE AND GROMIT) set around various eccentric English…
Daddy Day Care (2003)
- Dir. Steve Carr
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Steve Zahn
- Two unemployed dads open their own day–care centre in this charming, if overly restrained comedy.
Eddie Murphy is present in heavy doses,…
Elf (2003)
- Dir. Jon Favreau
Feat. Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart…
- This latterday Christmas favourite has a man (Ferrell) who has been raised as one of Santa's elves leaving the North Pole and heading out in search…
Finding Nemo (2003)
- Dir. Lee Unkrich, Andrew Stanton
- Another giant splash from Pixar studios that, like TOY STORY and MONSTERS INC., is almost mandatory family viewing. This time ground–breaking…
Fish Bay (2003)
- Dir. Bob Stenhouse
- Three animated children's stories based on tales by Joy Cowley, all set in the secluded, supernatural world of 'Fish Bay' in the Marlborough Sounds.…
Freaky Friday (2003)
- Dir. Mark Waters
Feat. Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon
- Thoroughly updated and spunky version of Disney's 1977 original, one the best 'body–swap' comedies.
Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, play…
Good Boy! (2003)
- Dir. John Robert Hoffman
- Family comedy has a canine agent is sent to Earth (from the Dogstar) to find out why the planned invasion by dogs has gone awry.
Here he finds the…
Holes (2003)
- Dir. Andrew Davis
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Tim Blake Nelson…
- Surprisingly cunning comedy, where a teenager is unjustly sent to an isolated reformatory, and set to work digging holes in the desert for no…
Jungle Book 2, The (2003)
- Dir. Steve Trenbirth
Feat. Haley Joel Osment, John Goodman, Jim Cumming…
- Another of Disney’s recent animated ‘sequels’, here revisiting the characters of their classic 1967 version of Kipling’s…