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Seen in standard digital 3-D. When Dreamworks released Shrek in 2001, it appeared the company was ready to challenge Disney/Pixar in the family film arena. Since then, however, Dreamworks' animated efforts have been made more with kids in mind ...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-03-26
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois
Cast: (voices) Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Gerard Butler, ...
The third (and likely final) installment of the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy, The Hidden World, continues a trend that started with the previous film: muting adult-friendly content in favor of material with a greater appeal to kids. Althoug...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-02-22
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated/Adventure
Director: Dean DeBlois
Cast: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, F. Murray Abraham, ...
What were they thinking?To anyone who was a fan of the original 1970s run of the comic book (written by Steve Gerber and drawn primarily by Gene Colan), it seemed unlikely that a live-action film could recapture the absurd zaniness that the creato...
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-05-03
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence, Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Willard Huyck
Cast: Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins, ...
Now that Disney has joined Fox and Dreamworks in abandoning traditional animation for that of the 3-D computer generated variety, hand-drawn animation has become an endangered species (although, given the cyclical nature of this sort of thing, it wil...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-06-10
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: (voices) Emily Mortimer, Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, ...
With Hugo, Martin Scorsese has accomplished what few in Hollywood are willing to try: make a movie for adults that arrives without sex, violence, or profanity and earns a PG-rating. It's a fairy tale for mature viewers, but the airy exterior hides ...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-11-23
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: DRAMA/ADVENTURE
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Asa Butterfield, Chloe Moretz, ...
Hulk represents the most involving superhero motion picture since >Superman soared skywards in 1978. By taking its time to develop characters and situations, Hulk does what so many action/adventure movies fail to do - allow us to really feel for t...
U.S. Release Date: 2003-06-20
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Nudity)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Ang Lee
Cast: Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, ...
Out of respect for the stunning visuals and family entertainment value of Disney's 34th animated feature, I can do no less than recommend The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Sadly, however, this is the least-enjoyable animated feature to come from th...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-06-21
MPAA Rating: "G" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
Cast: (voices) Tom Hulce, Tony Jay, Demi Moore, ...
There's something gentle, charming, and old-fashioned about The Hundred-Foot Journey, a family-friendly motion picture from director Lasse Hallstrom based on the book by Richard C. Morais. A non-confrontational movie about the power of food and fa...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-08-08
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Cast: Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Manish Dayal, ...
When Paramount Pictures greenlit production for The Hunt for Red October, there was no thought of it becoming the first film in a “Jack Ryan” series. Red October, Tom Clancy’s debut as an author, became an international best-seller but wa...
U.S. Release Date: 1990-03-02
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: Thriller
Director: John McTiernan
Cast: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, ...
As a piece of social satire, it could be argued that The Hunt runs too long. A similar complaint could be made about this as a horror/thriller property. As pregnant as the promise may be, there’s not quite enough to fill the full 90-minute r...
U.S. Release Date: 2020-03-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Director: Craig Zobel
Cast: Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank, Ike Barinholtz, ...