Kids' dreams get super(hero)-sized in this effects-heavy family adventure from Spy Kids director Robert Rodriguez. Max (Cayden Boyd) is known for his active imagination. He uses it to escape from a less-than-perfect life. Max's parents fight, and he's constantly teased by the other kids at school. One day Max's escape into fantasy becomes reality when two of his creations, Sharkboy (a boy raised by great whites!) and LavaGirl (a girl with the force of a volcano!), whisk Max out of his classroom and take him on a rescue mission to outer space. The two undersized heroes show Max that even small people can do big things. David Arquette, Kristin Davis, and George Lopez also star.
One beloved tale begets another with Tim Burton's update of the 1971 family classic Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. Eccentric candyman Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) announces a worldwide contest to find the heir to his empire. Five children find golden tickets hidden inside Wonka Bars, earning a tour of Wonka's factory, where no outsider has visited in 15 years. One of those children is Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore), a well-meaning lad from a poor family that lives right next door. He and the other potential heirs, Violet Beauregarde, Veruca Salt, Mike Teavee, and Augustus Gloop take a magical journey into Wonka's world, with one receiving a prize beyond their wildest dreams. Burton brings the enchanted factory to vivid life in this second screen adaptation of Roald Dahl's enduring story.
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
The timeless novel from C.S. Lewis becomes a live-action feature for the first time as four siblings take a magical journey into an enchanted land. World War II is raging. With German bombers making nightly runs over London, children are being sent to live in foster homes outside the city. Lucy (Georgie Henley), Edmund (Skandar Keynes), Susan (Anna Popplewell), and Peter Pevensie (William Moseley) are four such kids, shipped off to live safely in the country mansion of Professor Kirke (Jim Broadbent). One day, during a game of hide and seek, Lucy ducks inside a wardrobe. She slips through some fur coats to retreat to the back of the wardrobe, only to find there is no back. The wardrobe is a gateway to a wintery forest realm where a great adventure awaits.
"The Goonies," as they call themselves, are a group of somewhat misfit friends who live together in a coastal California neighborhood targeted for destruction. Their families are about to lose their homes to developers and they're too poor to stop it. As their neighborhood's final days wind down, brothers Mikey (Sean Astin) and Brand Walsh (Josh Brolin) find a map to the long-lost treasure of pirate One-Eyed Willy. The Goonies will have to brave underground caves, hidden passageways, booby traps, and the Fratelli family, the criminal family who's in hot pursuit, if they're going to find the fortune. Andy (Kerri Green), Stef (Martha Plimpton), Data (Jonathan Ke Quan), Mouth (Corey Feldman), and Chunk (Jeff Cohen) make up the rest of the unforgettable Goonies gang in this whimsical adventure.
Herbie the lovable Love Bug returns in an all-new adventure featuring the four-wheeled star of one of Disney's best-known classics. Maggie Peyton (Lindsay Lohan) grew up in a family with three generations of NASCAR stars. Her overprotective dad (Michael Keaton) won't let her chase her dreams of chasing the checkered flag. All that changes when she finds Herbie, the 1963 Volkswagen Beatle with a mind of its own, in a junkyard. After restoring the fun-loving free wheeler, Maggie beats racing star Trip Murphy (Matt Dillon) in a race at a car show. She and Herbie then start burnin' rubber on a magical dash to racing history. And this time #53 has some new tricks under his hood.
Ice is about to cover the entire Earth in this animated family adventure set 20,000 years ago. Animals of all kinds are racing south, hoping to find warmer weather. The looming slab of ice has brought together an unlikely band of mismatched animals: Manny (voiced by Ray Romano), a moody wooly mammoth; Sid (John Leguizamo), a sloth whose mouth moves a lot faster than his brain; Diego (Denis Leary), a mischievous saber-toothed tiger; and Scrat, a saber-toothed squirrel who's obsessed with acorns. When tigers attack a human village, Manny and Sid end up saving a drowning woman's baby. The foursome decides they have to return the baby to his dad. They'll brave a lot more than the oncoming ice on their way to becoming history's unlikeliest group of (sub-zero) heroes.
In the first Ice Age, ice was about to cover the Earth, and an unlikely bunch of animals banded together to survive. In this sequel to the animated hit, just the opposite is happening. Ice is melting, and buddies Manny the wooly mammoth (Ray Romano), Sid the sloth (John Leguizamo), and Diego the saber-toothed tiger (Denis Leary) will have to go on another madcap adventure if they're going to survive. The valley they've been calling home is surrounded by walls of ice. When the walls begin melting, all the animals who live in the valley must get out, and fast! To escape, they'll need to get to a boat that sits all the way at the other end of the valley.
Very few happy things have happened in the lives of the Baudelaire children. Violet (Emily Browning), Klaus (Liam Aiken), and Sunny (Kara & Shelby Hoffman), orphaned after the tragic death of their filthy rich parents, are sent to live with their distant relative, Count Olaf (Jim Carrey). The Count, however, is less out to take care of the children and more out to take over their inheritance. The kids see right through Olaf's plans and use their smarts to escape from the perilous situations they "accidentally" fall into. The Baudelaires bounce between the homes of their extended family, with Olaf, often disguised, trying to take out anyone willing to take the children in. Carrey steals the show in this twistedly miserable gothic comedy based on the popular Lemony Snicket's children's book series.
On every block there's always one house that just doesn't seem right. It's different. It's creepy. And all the neighborhood kids spin stories about the spooky reasons why it's so weird. DJ (Michael Musso) has a house like that right across the street from where he lives. The house is owned by Mr. Nebbercracker (Steve Buscemi), who tries hard to keep kids and their toys off his lawn. DJ's parents don't seem interested in hearing how weird the house is. Eventually, DJ and two other neighborhood kids, Chowder (Sam Lerner), and Jenny (Spencer Locke), discover the house is actually alive! They decide to head inside and see what the mystery is all about in this animated family adventure.
Tim Burton's ghoulishly whimsical animated holiday tale has taken on a pop-cultural life of its own since its 1993 release. The heartfelt story depicts a world where every holiday has its own special land. Halloween Town's Pumpkin King Jack Skellington (voice by Chris Sarandon, singing by Danny Elfman) is bored of the usual tricking and treating. When he discovers the wonder of Christmas Town, he decides to bring the holiday's joyous tidings to Halloween Town. Using the spooky stuff at his disposal: bats, ghouls, and goblins, Jack's attempt at playing Santa doesn't go well. Jack's rag doll girlfriend Sally (Catherine O'Hara) has to get the holidays back in order. Burton's remarkable vision nabbed an Oscar nomination for its stop-motion effects, and Elfman's score was nominated for a Grammy.
Grizzly bear Boog (Martin Lawrence) has it made. He's enjoying the life of a pampered household pet, living in the garage of park ranger Beth (Debra Messing), who's raised him since he was a cub. On top of his cushy home, Boog also has a cushy job, starring in his hometown's nature show. But all that changes when Boog meets Elliot (Ashton Kutcher), a wise-cracking wild mule deer who's strapped to the truck of hunter Shaw (Gary Sinese). Boog winds up freeing Elliot, who insists on returning the favor and freeing Boog from his "horrible" captive existence. Now the two clueless companions are loose in the wild, with no survival instincts and no time - only a couple days - before open season begins and Shaw comes after them.
Robots is a heartwarming and funny animated tale of dreams come true from the Academy Award-winning creators of Ice Age. Rodney Copperbottom (Ewan McGregor) is a robot that hopes his knack for inventions will lead him out of his small town. Copperbottom travels to Robot City to meet his idol, Bigweld (Mel Brooks), a renowned inventor whose work has changed the lives of many. But Copperbottom soon learns that life in the big city and following his dream isn't going to be as easy as he thought. He's taken in by a motley band of street-smart bots, the Rusties, and befriended by Cappy (Halle Berry), a Bigweld Industries exec who becomes a mentor to the young dreamer. Together, they'll try to find Bigweld and save Robot City!