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Director: Kevin Lima    More Info
Starring: Glenn Close, Gerard Depardieu, Ioan Gruffudd, Alice Evans, Tim McInnerny, Eric Idle, Ben Crompton, Carol MacReady, Ian Richardson, Jim Carter

 Following her parole from prison, Cruella De Vil (Glenn Close) opens an animal rescue operation to impress her parole officer, Chloe (Alice Evans). But it isn't long before Cruella, up to her old tricks, makes a deal with a Parisian furrier, Jean Pierre Le Pelt (Gerard Depardieu), to make an ensemble out of the hides of 102 Dalmatian puppies. Will she succeed in her dastardly deed?

Director: Des McAnuff    More Info
Starring: Rene Russo, Jason Alexander, Piper Perabo, Randy Quaid, Robert De Niro, June Foray, Keith Scott, Janeane Garofalo, Carl Reiner, Jonathan Winters

 This film version of the TV show (canceled in 1964) mixes animation and live action. Rocky and Bullwinkle remain cartoon characters rescuing Earthlings from Natasha (Rene Russo) and Boris (Jason Alexander) who cross over into the human world where they join Fearless Leader (Robert De Niro) in an evil plot to take over the world. It seems like a good idea, but it goes nowhere.

Director: Bill Bannerman    More Info
Starring: Kevin Zegers, Dale Midkiff, David Glyn-Jones, Caitlin Wachs, Chilton Crane, Chantal Strand, Brodie Biles, Martin Ferrero, Duncan Regehr, Don McMillan

 And the series continues...Yes, Buddy, the athletic Golden Retriever, takes on soccer after conquering baseball and football in previous episodes. In the process, both Buddy and his owner find their own romantic attachments.

Director: Kathi Castillo    More Info
Starring: Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, Maurice LaMarche, Marion Flynn, Rob Paulson, April Winchell, Elizabeth Daily, Dody Goodman, Frank Welker, Debbie Rothstein

 When Alvin suffers from nightmares about werewolves and becomes convinced that his neighbor is really a werewolf disguised as a human being, his chipmunk friends form a spying mission to get to the bottom of things.

Director: Larry Latham    More Info
Starring: Thomas Dekker, Robert Hays, Susan Boyd, Pat Musick, Candi Milo, Nehemiah Persoff, Jane Singer, Lacey Chabert, Dom DeLuise, Jeff Bennett

 The once-great series is wearing a little thin, but still, there is some fun for the young ones. The mouse crowd, along with new buddy, reporter Nelly, is after the monster that has the Manhattan mice fearing for their furry lives.

Director: Larry Latham    More Info
Starring: Thomas Dekker, Nehemiah Persoff, Dom DeLuise, Lacey Chabert, Pat Musick, Erica Yohn, John Kassir, Rene Auberjonois, David Carradine, Ron Perlman

 Little Fievel the mouse is back. This time he comes across a tribe of American mice holed out in NYC and helps them protect a hidden treasure.

Director: Robert King    More Info
Starring: Patrick Warburton, Brittney Irvin, Kurt Fuller, Rebecca Jenkins, Duane Davis, Beau Star, Colin Fox, Peter Keleghan, David Alan Grier, Dan Duran

 In this film–the third Disney movie in the "Angels in the Outfield" series–pitcher Eddie "Steady" Everett (Patrick Warburton) is suffering through a losing streak when his daughter, Laurel (Brittney Irvin), comes to live with him. Laurel prays for help for her father, and her prayer is answered when guardian angel Bob "Bungler" Bulger (David Alan Grier) arrives on the scene. Fun family fare.

Director: Steve Barron    More Info
Starring: Mili Avital, Dougray Scott, Alan Bates, James Frain, Tcheky Karyo, Jason Scott Lee, John Leguizamo, Vanessa Mae, Rufus Sewell, Jim Carter

 This made-for-TV miniseries captures the spell of Scheherezade's (Mili Avital) stories that she tells to the Sultan (Dougray Scott). She drags out her tales night after night–leaving each ending for the following evening's fare–in an effort to cure the Sultan's madness and save her own life as well.

Director: Michael Tuchner    More Info
Starring: Joan Plowright, Camilla Belle, Cherie Lunghi, George Baker, Leigh Lawson, Aled Roberts, Florence Hoath, Justin Girdler, David Warner, Danielle McCormack

 In this sequel to 1987's version of the classic story, "The Secret Garden," Mary has grown up and lives far from her beloved garden. The place is now under the care of Martha Sowerby (Joan Plowright) and the garden has gone to pot. But when Lizzie (Camilla Belle), an orphan from Brooklyn, arrives, things change for the better–both for the garden and for Lizzie.

Director: David M. Evans    More Info
Starring: Judge Reinhold, Julia Sweeney, Joe Pichler, Greg Pitts, Michaela Gallo, James Marsh, Mike Ciccolini, Danielle Keaton, Frank Gorshin, Holly Mitchell

 In this third of the "Beethoven" films (this one was direct to video), Charles Grodin declined the offer to repeat his role as the Newton family patriarch. The plot involves the Newton family reunion for which the father, Richard (Judge Reinhold), rents an RV. Just as they are ready to leave for California, the Newtons get a surprise: Beethoven will be joining them.

Director: Paul Zehrer    More Info
Starring: Steven Burns, Ray Charles, Traci Paige Johnson, Nick Balaban, Jenna Marie Castle, Kelly Nigh, Cody Ross Pitts, Seth O'Hickory, Olivia Zaro, Cameron Bowen

 This is a cute little musical based on the "Blue's Clue's" TV show and will entertain those up to eight or nine years old.

Director: Tad Stones    More Info
Starring: Tim Allen, Wayne Knight, Nicole Sullivan, Larry Miller, Stephen Furst, Adam Carolla, Diedrich Bader, Patrick Warburton, Kevin Michael Richardson, Charles Kimbrough

 Supervillain Zurg (Wayne Knight) forms an alliance with LGM (Little Green Men) and plans to take over the world. Now it is up to Buzz (Tim Allen) and his crew to save the galaxy. This is a big step downward from the previous "Toy" stories.

Director: Peter Lord    More Info
Starring: Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha, Miranda Richardson, Jane Horrocks, Lynn Ferguson, Imelda Staunton, Benjamin Whitrow, Tony Haygarth, Timothy Spall, Phil Daniels

 Kids as well as adults will enjoy this romp through a Yorkshire, England, chicken farm in which the romantic duo–Rocky the Rooster (Mel Gibson) and Ginger (Julia Sawalha)–plot a great escape when the farm's evil owners (Miranda Richardson and Tony Haygarth) decide to turn from egg farming to the chicken pot pie trade. A very good spoof on "The Great Escape" that is bound to be a claymation classic.

Director: Mamoru Hosoda    More Info
Starring: Joshua Seth, Michael Reisz, Colleen O'Shaughnessy, Mona Marshall, Philece Sampler, Michael Lindsay, Doug Berholt, Lara Jill Miller, Tifanie Christun, Brian Donovan

 Attention five-year olds: The Digimons (digital monsters) have arrived from Japan. Kids who follow the series will enjoy this movie. But for the rest of the human population, the story provides little entertainment value.

Director: Eric Leighton    More Info
Starring: D.B. Sweeney, Alfre Woodard, Julianna Margulies, Joan Plowright, Ossie Davis, Samuel E. Wright, Della Reese, Max Casella, Peter Siragusa, Hayden Panettiere

 Disney's computer animated technology is excellent in this story about the imminent extinction of dinosaurs during the Mesozoic Age. Warning: this film contains realistic violence that many parents may reasonably consider inappropriate for children.

Director: Doug Lefler    More Info
Starring: Christopher Masterson, Robby Benson, Harry Van Gorkum, Rona Figueroa, Matt Hickey, Henry O, Tom Burke, Ken Shorter, John Woodnutt, Lubomir Misak

 Young stableboy Geoffrey (Christopher Masterson) checks out the cellar and, low and behold, comes face to face with dragon Drake (voice of Robby Benson). Drake and Geoffrey bond, and by story's end, save the kingdom.

Director: Mark Dindal    More Info
Starring: David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, Wendie Malick, Eli Russell Linnetz, Kellyann Kelso, John Fiedler, Tom Jones, Patti Deutsch

 In this good Disney comedy, scheming ex-administrator Yzma (voice of Eartha Kitt) turns the Emperor Kuzco (voice of David Spade) into a talking llama. Now, with the help of the llama herder, Pacha (voice of John Goodman), Kuzco tries to find his way back to the palace.

Director: Ian Harrowell    More Info
Starring: Bill Farmer, Jason Marsden, Pauly Shore, Bebe Neuwirth, Vicki Lewis, Jeff Bennett, Jim Cummings, Rob Paulsen, Brad Garrett, Kath Soucie

 Goofy and his son, Max, are back into more adventures as Max heads to college. So, Goofy also enrolls and the fun begins. Direct-to-video follow-on to "The Goofy Movie."

Director: Noel Quinones    More Info
Starring: Dean Cain, Talisa Soto, Miguel Sandoval, Kristian de la Osa, Carmen Moreno, Juan Piedrahita, Ron Michaels

 Clay (Dean Cain), a young aviator, makes a forced landing on a remote island. A young native boy (Kristian de la Osa) becomes attached to both Clay and his airplane–which the boy thinks can communicate with him. The friendship has an impact on the boy's mother (Talisa Soto) and her fiance (Miguel Sandoval), and lessons are learned by all in this family film.

Director: Tom Moore    More Info
Starring: Drew Carey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Brent Spiner, Rene Auberjonois, Seth Adkins, Usher Raymond, Ana Gasteyer, Wayne Brady, Melissa Bailey, Anthony Crivello

 This Disney live-action musical version of Pinocchio is actually an OK retelling of the classic tale, this time as seen through the eyes of Geppetto, Pinocchio's (Seth Adkins) creator. Drew Carey does a good job in the role of Geppetto who learns that children are not perfect. Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the Blue Fairy and Brent Spiner as Stromoli are a hoot.

Director: Ron Howard    More Info
Starring: Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Anthony Hopkins, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin, Molly Shannon, Jeremy Howard, T.J. Thyne, Lacey Kohl

 Anthony Hopkins narrates this remake of the Dr. Seuss classic cartoon story based on the 1957 book. Jim Carrey stars as that despicable villain, the Grinch, who observes the residents of Whoville preparing to celebrate Christmas and plots to steal all the holiday celebration from them. But, young Cindy Lou Who (Taylor Momsen) sees goodness in the Grinch, tries to make friends with him, and melts his heart with kindness.

Director: Rob LaDuca    More Info
Starring: Ben Affleck, Mark Hamill, Steven Weber, Jodi Benson, Maureen McGovern, James Eckhouse, Judith Light, Richard Herd, David Campbell

 This DreamWorks production retells the Bible story of Joseph who is sold into slavery but gains favor with Pharoah because of his ability to interpret dreams. Pharaoh dresses him in robes, makes him governor of Egypt, and gives him a wife.

Director: Jon Turteltaub    More Info
Starring: Bruce Willis, Spencer Breslin, Emily Mortimer, Lily Tomlin, Jean Smart, Chi McBride, Daniel von Bargen, Dana Ivey, Susan Dalian, Stanley Anderson

 This Disney film about time travel is not really a movie for young kids, but adults will enjoy the story of eight-year-old Rusty (Spencer Breslin) who is sent from the 1970s into the year 2000 where he meets his older self (Bruce Willis). Rusty is not happy with what "he" has become and decides he needs a makeover.

Director: Charles Grosvenor    More Info
Starring: Thomas Dekker, Michael York, Thomas Dekker, Michael York, Anndi McAfee

 When baby brontosaurus Littlefoot (voice of Thomas Dekker) tells about seeing a bright light in the sky that landed on a mountain, no one pays attention to him. Later, rumors spread that what Littlefoot saw was really a magic rock. That gets the attention of shifty Uncle Petrano who sets plans in action to steal the rock–but not without Littlefoot and his buddies in hot pursuit.

Director: Mark Rosman    More Info
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Tyra Banks, Jere Burns, Anne Marie DeLuise, Garwin Sanford, Tom Butler, Jillian Fargey, Dee Jay Jackson, Corrine Koslo, Alf Humphreys

 Ever since her mother died, 14-year-old Casey (Lindsay Lohan) has become a loner and is even drifting away from her busy lawyer father Ben (Jere Burns). One day, Casey finds a book "Holcroft's Book of the Dead: Volume 1" in a bookstore and steals it. She uses the book's information on spells to try to resurrect her mother. Casey performs the ceremony but is interrupted and makes a mistake. As a result, instead of resurrecting her mother, Casey brings to life a beautiful fashion doll "Eve" that she had been given for her birthday. Eve (Tyra Banks) is thrilled to be alive, and, although Casey initially dislikes her, Eve brings out the best in Casey and restores her relationships with those around her.