My Pet Dinosaur 2017

My Pet Dinosaur 2017

My Pet Dinosaur 2017
1h 38min | Action, Adventure, Family | 22 April 2017 (Australia)

Storyline:

When a young boy named Jake accidentally makes a new friend in an experiment gone wrong a troubled town is plunged into chaos. But with the creature rapidly evolving every day, Jake finds it increasingly difficult to keep his new pet secret. Jake’s friends and new girl Abbie realize they are not the only ones interested in this strange, mischievous little dinosaur and soon discover that the only thing more mysterious than what it is, is who is looking for it.

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The Odd Life of Timothy Green 2012

The Odd Life of Timothy Green 2012

The Odd Life of Timothy Green 2012
PG | 1h 45min | Comedy, Drama, Family | 15 August 2012 (USA)

Storyline:

After receiving bad news from a fertility doctor, Cindy and Jim Green try to bury their dreams of having a child by writing out all the great traits their child would have and putting them in a box in the garden. During a freak storm in the middle of the night, they awake to find a boy named Timothy, with leaves growing from his ankles, standing in their kitchen calling them mom and dad. Cindy and Jim are thrown into the midst of parenthood and over the coming months, Timothy will teach them more than they could have imagined about being parents and raising a child, no matter how he comes into their lives.

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Wild Bill 2011

Wild Bill 2011

Wild Bill 2011

Wild Bill 2011
1h 38min | Drama | 23 March 2012 (UK)

Storyline:

Out on parole after 8 years inside, Bill Hayward returns home to find his now 11- and 15-year-old sons abandoned by their mother and fending for themselves. Unwilling to play Dad, an uncaring Bill is determined to move on. Although Dean the older boy has found a job and is doing his best to be a father to his younger brother Jimmy, the arrival of Bill brings them to the attention of social services. With the danger of being put into care looming, Dean forces his feckless dad to stay by threatening to grass him up for dealing. If there’s one thing Bill doesn’t want it’s to go back to prison. He reluctantly agrees to stay for a week to help fool social services that the boys are being cared for. Having never really grown up himself, Bill quickly connects with Jimmy and, through this new bond, starts to realize what he’s been missing. He has a family, a place in the world. He is a father. However, their happy family set-up is short lived when Jimmy gets into trouble with Bill’s dangerous old cohorts. To sort it out would breach the terms of his license and risk sending him back to jail. Bill’s next steps will show what sort of a dad he wants to be – a good one or a free one.

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Outcast of the Islands 1951

Outcast of the Islands 1951

Outcast of the Islands 1951
1h 42min | Drama, Adventure | 25 February 1952 (UK)

Storyline:

A man occupies a position of trust with a merchant in an East Asian port. He’s sacked when he’s caught stealing, but he pretends to commit suicide and a captain he befriended agrees to take him to a secret trading post.

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Hush Little Baby 2017

Hush Little Baby 2017

Hush Little Baby 2017
Thriller | 18 June 2017 (USA)

Storyline:

Between working full-time, raising a young son, and trying to maintain a relationship with her detached husband, James, Lauren Bell desperately needs some help in watching her newborn, Riley. Thinking she’s found the perfect solution, she hires her neighbor, Owen, to be their nanny. Owen is exactly what the Bells need and Lauren couldn’t be happier. It isn’t long, though, until Owen crosses the boundaries between hired help and man of the house. He begins spying on Lauren and drives a wedge between Lauren and James’ already fragile marriage. As his unhealthy obsession with Riley and Lauren continues to grow, it’s clear that he will stop at nothing to make sure his new family stays together forever.

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