Posts Tagged ‘orphan’

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)

Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Cleese, John | Rickman, Alan | Grint, Rupert | Watson, Emma | Radcliffe, Daniel | Smith, Maggie | Coltrane, Robbie | Triplets, Saunders | Harris, Richard | Shaw, Fiona | Melling, Harry | Griffiths, Richard | Deadman, Derek | Hart, Ian | Borowiecki, Ben | Davis, Warwick | Troyer, Verne | Hurt, John | Bremmer, Richard
Directors: Columbus, Chris
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is the first film in the Harry Potter series based off the novels by J.K. Rowling. It is the tale of Harry Potter, an ordinary 11-year-old boy serving as a sort of slave for his aunt and uncle who learns that he is actually a wizard and has been invited to attend the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry is snatched away from his mundane existence by Hagrid, the grounds keeper for Hogwarts, and quickly thrown into a world completely foreign to both him and the viewer. Famous for an incident that happened at his birth, Harry makes friends easily at his new school. He soon finds, however, that the wizarding world is far more dangerous for him than he would have imagined, and he quickly learns that not all wizards are ones to be trusted.

Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008)

Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Lawrence, Martin | Jones, James Earl | Cedric the Entertainer | Duncan, Michael Clarke | Epps, Mike | Roberts, Damani | C.K., Louis | Jenkins, Brandin | Davis Jr., Reginald | Hoffman, Gus | Crockett, Affion | McGee, Robin | Richmond, Werner | Medina, Rich | Ferguson, Ted
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A successful talk show host leaves Los Angeles to reunite with his family in the Deep South.

Superhero Movie (2008)

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Bell, Drake | McDonald, Christopher | Nielsen, Leslie | Hart, Kevin | Hansen, Ryan | David, Keith | Spiner, Brent | Joy, Robert | Tambor, Jeffrey | Hays, Robert | Cohen, Sam | Morgan, Tracy | Bierko, Craig | Tillman, Richard | Rex, Simon
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Orphaned high school student Rick Riker is bitten by a radioactive dragonfly, develops super powers (except for the ability to fly), and becomes a hero.

Secret Garden, The (1993)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Maberly, Kate | Prowse, Heydon | Knott, Andrew | Smith, Maggie | Crossley, Laura | Lynch, John | Sparrow, Walter | Jacob, Irène | Baker, Frank | Hill, Valerie | Pickering, Andrea | Moreton, Peter | Spreckley, Arthur | Bruce, Colin | Singh, Parsan
Directors: Holland, Agnieszka
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After losing her self-indulging parents in an earthquake, a bitter young girl named Mary Lennox is sent to live in England with her reclusive Uncle. Eventually she discovers her bedridden cousin and a ’secret garden’ that once belonged to her deceased aunt. With the help of her cousin, the kindly Dikon, and a little ‘magic’, can Mary find a way to bring love back to her family?

Jungle Book, The (1994)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Family | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Lee, Jason Scott | Elwes, Cary | Headey, Lena | Neill, Sam | Cleese, John | Flemyng, Jason | Kalipha, Stefan | Donachie, Ron | Agarwal, Anirudh | Tahir, Faran | Naegeli, Sean | Wolff, Joanna | Walker, Liza | Robertson, Rachel | Morse, Natalie
Directors: Sommers, Stephen
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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.

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Family | Romance
Countries: UK
Actors: Richardson, Ralph | Holm, Ian | Fox, James | Lambert, Christopher | MacDowell, Andie | Campbell, Cheryl | Charleson, Ian | Davenport, Nigel | Farrell, Nicholas | Geoffrey, Paul | Griffiths, Richard | McRae, Hilton | Suchet, David | Wells, John | Ravinder
Directors: Hudson, Hugh
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A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captaine Phillippe D’Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.

Witches, The (1990)

Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Genres: Family | Fantasy | Horror
Countries: UK
Actors: Huston, Anjelica | Zetterling, Mai | Fisher, Jasen | Horrocks, Jane | Lambton, Anne | Atkinson, Rowan | Paterson, Bill | Blethyn, Brenda | Potter, Charlie | Smith, Sukie | English, Rose | Runacre, Jenny | Brooks, Annabel | Relph, Emma | Connolly, Nora
Directors: Roeg, Nicolas
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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.

Pollyanna (2003)

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: UK
Actors: Burton, Amanda | Cranham, Kenneth | Terry, Georgina | Gillett, Aden | Ferris, Pam | Ashfield, Kate | Bell, Tom | Ellis, Tom | Bamber, David | Thornton, Ben | Flynn, Judy | Walker, Amanda | Duffett, Nicola | Carey, Jan | Nash, Jane
Directors: Harding, Sarah
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Pollyanna is a young orphan with a positive, cheerful personality who comes to live with her wealthy, embittered, spinster aunt. She introduces everyone to her preacher father’s favorite “Glad Game” and ends up transforming not only her aunt’s life but the entire town. When the selfless, caring Pollyanna is severely injured in an accident, her spirits dip uncharacteristically, and the townsfolk rally around to help her regain her perspective, to rejoice in God and look for the good.

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: France | Germany | Spain
Actors: Whishaw, Ben | Albiol, Francesc | Cunill, Gonzalo | Salvany, Roger | Herrera, Andrés | Chandler, Simon | Calder, David | Felix, Richard | Minichmayr, Birgit | Wilson, Reg | Boisgontier, Catherine | Casas, Núria | Gramaje, Carlos | Thomas, Sian | Smiley, Michael
Directors: Tykwer, Tom
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Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of eighteenth century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world’s finest perfumes. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.

Godfather: Part II, The (1974)

Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Pacino, Al | Duvall, Robert | Keaton, Diane | De Niro, Robert | Cazale, John | Shire, Talia | Strasberg, Lee | Gazzo, Michael V. | Spradlin, G.D. | Bright, Richard | Moschin, Gastone | Rosqui, Tom | Kirby, Bruno | Sivero, Frank | De Sapio, Francesca
Directors: Coppola, Francis Ford
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The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.