For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada 2012
For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada 2012
R | 2h 25min | Drama, History, War | 1 June 2012 (USA)
Storyline:
What price would you pay for freedom? In the exhilarating action epic FOR GREATER GLORY, an impassioned group of men and women make the decision to risk it all for family, faith and country. This film unfolds the (hidden) true story of 1920’s Cristeros War.
Pete’s Dragon 1977
Pete’s Dragon 1977
G | 2h 8min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy | 3 November 1977 (USA)
Storyline:
In early-20th-century New England, 9-year-old orphan Pete escapes his brutal adoptive parents, the Gogans, with his only friend, a cartoon dragon named Elliott. They successfully escape to Passamaquoddy, Maine and live with lighthouse-keeper Nora and her father Lampie, but the corrupt Dr. Terminus seeks Elliott for medical purposes.
Help, I Shrunk My Teacher 2015
Help, I Shrunk My Teacher 2015
Hilfe, ich hab meine Lehrerin geschrumpft (original title)
1h 30min | Action, Adventure, Comedy | 17 December 2015 (Germany)
Storyline:
The 11-year-old Felix has shrunk the hated school principal, Dr. Schmitt-Goessenwein, to a height of six inches. Together with his friend Ella, Felix has to get her back to her normal size, while his rival, Mario, tries to stop him. Otto Waalkes plays the ghost of the school’s founder.
The Secret Garden 2020
The Secret Garden 2020
PG | 1h 39min | Drama, Family, Fantasy | 7 August 2020 (USA)
Storyline:
The main character Mary Lennox “Dixie Egerickx” is a spoiled 10-year-old girl of rich parents who grew up in India. After everyone in her family dies from cholera, Mary is sent to live in Misselthwaite manor in Yorkshire with her uncle Archibald Craven “Colin Firth” and the housekeeper Mrs. Medlock “Julie Walters”. Mary discovers that the house holds many secrets. There she finds a key that leads her to a garden held locked for years by her uncle after the death of his wife. Soon she finds a room in the manor where her sick cousin Colin “Edan Hayhurst” has spend his entire life in his bed, completely unable to walk. But with the help of her new friend Dickon “Amir Wilson” the children manage to bring the garden back to life. In the garden Colin learns to walk and he becomes a healthy and happy young boy. When Lord Craven one day sees the children playing in the garden, he is amazed by the sight of his son walking. He feels joy for the first time since years.
The Male Gaze: Strikers & Defenders 2020
The Male Gaze: Strikers & Defenders 2020
1h 35min | Drama, Sport | 27 July 2020 (USA)
Storyline:
Four drama-fueled shorts from Germany, France and the UK that explore how rivalry between teams can spill over into teacher-pupil relationships, high school crushes and brotherly compassion.
Life Is a Long Quiet River 1988
Life Is a Long Quiet River 1988
La vie est un long fleuve tranquille (original title)
1h 30min | Comedy | 3 February 1988 (France)
Storyline:
Two babies are switched at birth. When the mistake is discovered 12 years later, it leads to complications in the lives of both families. One family is affluent, with dutiful and (apparently) contented children. The other family is poor, with rambunctious (even delinquent) children, often hungry, but with lots of laughter in the house.
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging 2008
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging 2008
PG-13 | 1h 40min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 25 July 2008 (UK)
Storyline:
Angus the fluffy cat retains its dignity even in a crazy Eastbourne family, unlike them. Eldest daughter Georgia is completely besotted with ‘Stiff Dylans’ band hottie Robbie, who just moved in from London and helps run an organic groceries shop with his brother Tom, whom her best friend Jas has the hots for. Peter Dyer calls Georgia his best ever kissing-course pupil, but she ignores him and later the brothers’ other classmate Dave the Laugh. Robbie was considering to dump haughty Lindsay, but reconsiders given the immature brat’s apparent cruelty. Thus manipulative Georgia keeps changing her mind about a grand birthday party and her father’s career opportunities as engineer in New Zealand, while mother seems to flirt with hunky interior decorator Jem.
Emil and the Detectives 1931
Emil and the Detectives 1931
Emil und die Detektive (original title)
1h 15min | Adventure, Family, Drama | 2 December 1931 (Germany)
Storyline:
Emil goes to Berlin to see his grandmother with a large amount of money and is offered sweets by a strange man that make him sleep. He wakes up at his stop with no money. It is up to him and a group of children to save the day.
Upside-Down Magic 2020
Upside-Down Magic 2020
TV-G | Family, Fantasy | TV Movie 14 August 2020
Storyline:
In “Upside-Down Magic, a Disney Channel Original Movie, 13-year-old Nory Boxwood Horace discovers she can flux into animals, and her best friend Reina Carvajal can manipulate flames. Together, they enter the Sage Academy for Magical Studies. Reina’s expert ability to harness the power of fire lands her at the top of her class of “Flares,” but Nory’s wonky magic and proclivity for turning into a “Dritten”-a half-kitten, half-dragon-lands her in a class for those with Upside-Down Magic, otherwise known as UDM. While Headmaster Knightslinger believes the UDM’s unconventional powers leave them vulnerable to dangerous and evil “shadow magic,” Nory and her fellow UDM classmates set out to prove that Upside-Down Magic beats right side up.
