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An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

IMDB Rating: 5.80
3585 votes

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Some time after the Mousekewitz's have settled in America, they find that they are still having problems with the threat of cats. That makes them eager to try another home out in the west, where they are promised that mice and cats live in peace. Unfortunately, the one making this claim is an oily con artist named Cat R. Waul who is intent on his own sinister plan. Unaware of this, the Mousekewitz's begin their journey west, while their true cat friend, Tiger, follows intent on following his girlfriend gone in the same direction.
Actors
Fievel MousekewitzPhillip Glasser
Wylie BurpJames Stewart
Mama MousekewitzErica Yohn
Also posted in 1991, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Western | Comments (0)

Fantasia/2000

IMDB Rating: 7.20
7925 votes

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In this update of Disney's masterpiece film mixture of animation and music, new interpretations of great works of music are presented. It begins with an abstract battle of light and darkness set to the music of Beethoveen's Fifth Symphony. Then we see the adventures of a Humpback Whale calf and his pod set to "The Pines of Rome." Next is the humourous story of several lives in 1930's New York City, scored with "Rhapsody in Blue." Following is a musical telling of the fairy tale, "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" set to Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2. Then a goofy Flamingo causes havoc in his flock with his yo-yo to the tune of the finale of "Carnival of the Animals." This is followed by the classic sequence from the original film, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" starring Mickey Mouse and followed by "Pomp and Circumstance" starring Donald Duck as a harried assistant to Noah on his Ark. Finally, we see the awesome tale of the life, death and renewal of a forest in a sequence featuring the composition, "The Firebird."
Actors
Himself - ConductorLeopold Stokowski
PianistRalph Grierson
Featured SopranoKathleen Battle
Also posted in 1999, Animation, Family, High IMDB rating, Music | Comments (0)

The Black Cauldron

IMDB Rating: 6.20
3753 votes

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Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers. With the aid of a stubborn princess, an exaggerating bard, and a pestering creature called Gurgi, Taran will try to save the world of Prydain from the Horned King. As the new friends face witches, elves, magic swords, and the Cauldron itself, Taran starts to learn what being a hero really means and that some things are more important than glory.
Actors
TaranGrant Bardsley
EilonwySusan Sheridan
DallbenFreddie Jones
Also posted in 1985, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Are We Done Yet?

IMDB Rating: 2.70
4684 votes

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Newlyweds Nick (Ice Cube) and Suzanne (Long) decide to move to the suburbs to provide a better life for their two kids. But their idea of a dream home is disturbed by a contractor (McGinley) with a bizarre approach to business.
Actors
Nick PersonsIce Cube
Suzanne PersonsNia Long
Chuck Mitchell, Jr.John C. McGinley
Also posted in 2007, Comedy, Family | Comments (0)

Teen Wolf

IMDB Rating: 5.30
8111 votes

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Teen discovers that puberty for him means he turns into a werewolf. One of the beneficial side effects is that it also turns him into a top-notch basketball player. But will his notoriety cost him his friends and can he find true love?
Actors
Scott HowardMichael J. Fox
Harold HowardJames Hampton
Lisa 'Boof' MarconiSusan Ursitti
Also posted in 1985, Comedy, Fantasy | Comments (0)

The Jungle Book

IMDB Rating: 5.80
3242 votes

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A faithful adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic tale of Mowgoli the jungle boy who is raised by wolves after being lost when a tiger attacked an encampment and killed his father. Years later he finds himself re-united with his childhood love Kitty and back in the "civilization" of Colonial India which he finds far less civilized then his jungle haunts. The search for a lost treasure shows who the truly civilized members of society are.
Actors
MowgliJason Scott Lee
Captain William BooneCary Elwes
Katherine 'Kitty' BrydonLena Headey
Also posted in 1994, Adventure, Family, Romance | Comments (0)

Duma

IMDB Rating: 7.20
1728 votes

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An orphaned cheetah becomes the best friend and pet of a young boy living in South Africa.
Actors
XanAlex Michaeletos
PeterCampbell Scott
ThandiMary Makhatho
Also posted in 2005, Adventure, Drama, Family, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Witches

IMDB Rating: 6.50
4691 votes

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A young boy, recently orphaned, is taken to England by his grandmother. At a hotel in which they are staying, a group of witches have gathered to prepare a plot to rid the world of all children.
Actors
Miss Eva Ernst/Grand High WitchAnjelica Huston
Helga EveshimMai Zetterling
Luke EveshimJasen Fisher
Also posted in 1990, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror | Comments (0)

Sleeping Beauty

IMDB Rating: 7.40
10859 votes

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When a new princess is born to King Stefan & his wife, the entire kingdom rejoices. At a ceremony, three good fairies - Flora, Fauna & Merryweather - bestow gifts of magic on the child. But an evil sorceress named Maleficent shows up, and because of a rude remark by Merryweather, she places a curse on the princess - that she will die on her 16th birthday after touching a poisoned spinning wheel. Merryweather tries to undo the damage by casting a spell that will allow the princess - named Aurora - to awake from an ageless sleep with a kiss from her true love. The fairies take Aurora to their cottage in the woods to keep her away from the eyes of Maleficent, and raise her as their own child, named Briar Rose. On her 16th birthday Aurora meets Prince Phillip, the son of a king whose own kingdom will soon merge with King Stefan's - and falls in love. Maleficent manages to kidnap the Prince and her horrible prophecy is fulfilled when she tricks Aurora into touching a spinning wheel created by Maleficent herself! Realizing that the Prince is in trouble, the 3 good fairies head to Maleficent's castle at the Forbidden Mountain, and spring the Prince loose. But the Prince soon finds himself up against Maleficent's army of brutes, and the power of Maleficent's evil spells - which include a thorn forest as thick as weeds around King Stefan's castle, and a fight against Maleficent when she turns herself into a dragon! Is the Prince strong enough to withstand the powers of the evil sorceress?
Actors
Princess AuroraMary Costa
Prince PhillipBill Shirley
MaleficentEleanor Audley
Also posted in 1959, Animation, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Musical, Romance | Comments (0)