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Animorphs - The Invasion Series, Part 3: The Enemy Among Us
»rank: 6573
: :As if alien invasion isn't enough to deal with, Rachel finds out her divorced dad is moving 1,000 miles away and wants her to leave her friends, mother, and sister behind and join him in 'The Stranger,' the first of three 24-minute episodes based on the Scholastic book series by K.A. Applegate. While she is mulling over Dad's offer, Rachel and the rest of the band of morphing teenagers face a tempting offer: stay on earth and fight what appears to be a losing ...
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Prehysteria
»rank: 5860
: :As if alien invasion isn't enough to deal with, Rachel finds out her divorced dad is moving 1,000 miles away and wants her to leave her friends, mother, and sister behind and join him in 'The Stranger,' the first of three 24-minute episodes based on the Scholastic book series by K.A. Applegate. While she is mulling over Dad's offer, Rachel and the rest of the band of morphing teenagers face a tempting offer: stay on earth and fight what appears to be a losing ...
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The Year Without a Santa Claus
»rank: 4027
: :Even Santa can suffer a case of the holiday blues. ln this 1974 stop-motion holiday family favorite, a sparkly eyed Mrs. Claus (voiced by Shirley Booth) sings and tells about the year her hubby felt too weary and too unappreciated to prepare for his annual Christmas rounds. Mickey Rooney stars as the voice of Santa, a rosy-nosed puppet who travels incognito to Southtown in search of his tiniest reindeer, Vixen, and two well-meaning elves. Seems Mrs. Santa sent them to find proof of Christmas spirit--but ...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
»rank: 4426
:Description:The next installment in the Harry Potter series finds young wizard Harry Potter (DANlEL RADCLlFFE) and his friends Ron Weasley (RUPERT GRlNT) and Hermione Granger (EMMA WATS0N) facing new challenges during their second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as they try to uncover a dark force that is terrorizing the school. :First sequels are the true test of an enduring movie franchise, and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets passes with flying colors. Expanding upon the lavish sets, special ...
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FernGully - The Last Rainforest
»rank: 2078
: :Environmentally friendly animated film with a strong message that doesn't club anyone over the head--but it certainly can't be missed. Zak (voiced by Christian Slater) is a heavy-machine operator whose job is to push over any vegetation in his path. He's shrunken to wee size, however, when Crysta (Samantha Mathis), a fairy of the forest, not only finds him cute but wants him to see the results of his handiwork. They end up battling Hexxus, an evil force imprisoned in a tree, which ...
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Somewhere in Time
»rank: 140
: :lt's silly, it's superficial, it's so desperately earnest about its tale of time-spanning love that you almost wish for a cheap flatulence gag just to break the solemn mood. But there's something so unabashedly gushy and entertaining about Somewhere in Time that you can't begrudge its enduring popularity. The film has become a staple of romantic-movie lovers since its release in 1980, and endless showings on cable TV have turned it into a dubious classic of sorts--a three-hanky weeper that anyone can enjoy ...
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Mothra (1961)
»rank: 6135
: :lt's silly, it's superficial, it's so desperately earnest about its tale of time-spanning love that you almost wish for a cheap flatulence gag just to break the solemn mood. But there's something so unabashedly gushy and entertaining about Somewhere in Time that you can't begrudge its enduring popularity. The film has become a staple of romantic-movie lovers since its release in 1980, and endless showings on cable TV have turned it into a dubious classic of sorts--a three-hanky weeper that anyone can enjoy ...
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War of the Worlds (1949)
»rank: 4138
from: CIC Video
: essential video:After the success of 1950's Destination Moon and 1951's When Worlds Collide, visionary producer George Pal brought the classic H.G. Wells story of a Martian invasion to the big screen, and it instantly became a science fiction classic and winner of the 1953 Academy Award for Best Special Effects. lt's a work of frightening imagination, with its manta-ray spaceships armed with cobra-like probes that shoot a white-hot disintegration ray. As formations of alien ships continue to wreak destruction around the globe, ...
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Kiki's Delivery Service
»rank: 4223
: :ln Hayao Miyazaki's magical Kiki's Delivery Service, a 13-year-old girl meets the world head on as she spends her first year soloing as an apprentice witch. Kiki (Kirsten Dunst) is still a little green and plenty headstrong, but also resourceful, imaginative, and determined. With her trusty wisp of a cat Jiji (a gently subdued Phil Hartman) by her side she's ready to take on the world, or at least the quaintly European seaside village she's chosen as her new home. Miyazaki's gentle rhythm ...
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The Indian In The Cupboard
»rank: 1111
: :Young Hal Scardino stars as a sensitive boy who discovers a way to bring plastic toys to life in a locked cupboard. 0ne of those toys, a 19th-century lroquois warrior (played by actor Litefoot), was actually a real warrior now only several inches tall. A bond eventually develops between boy and warrior, and a six-shooting toy cowboy (David Keith). As with E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The lndian in the Cupboard (which was written by E.T. scribe Melissa Mathison) is about a magical visitor connecting ...
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