 Cheaper by the Dozen 2003  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Shawn Levy
Cast: Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Piper Perabo, Tom Welling, Hilary Duff, Kevin Schmidt, Alyson Stoner, Jacob Smith, Liliana Mumy, Morgan York, Forrest Landis, Ashton Kutcher
Tom (Steve Martin) and Kate (Bonnie Hunt) uproot their family of 12 children and move from a rural Illinois town to Chicago where Tom has a new job as his alma mater's football coach. The move is not accepted well by the kids, and matters turn even worse when Kate sets off on a national tour to promote her new book, leaving Tom on his own to balance career and family.
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Howl's Moving Castle 2004   PG, 119 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Emily Mortimer, Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Blythe Danner, Josh Hutcherson, Billy Crystal, Lauren Bacall, Jean Malone, Daijiro Harada, Crispin Freeman, Mark Silverman, Liliana Mumy
In this animated, English version of the story, after 18-year-old Sophie (voice of Emily Mortimer) is cursed by the Witch of the Waste (voice of Lauren Bacall) who turns her into an ugly old woman, Sophie (now, the voice of Jean Simmons) goes to a magician's castle where she meets Howl (Christian Bale) who sees beyond her ugliness and falls in love with her. The film received and Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature.
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 The Santa Clause 2 2002  G, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Lembeck
Cast: Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Lloyd, David Krumholtz, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Spencer Breslin, Liliana Mumy, Danielle Woodman, Art LaFleur, Peter Boyle, Kevin Pollak
In this sequel to the 1994 film, Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) has been serving as Santa Claus for the past nine years. But, there is a clause in his contract stating that he must get married before Christmas Eve of this year. That allows him just 28 days to find a Mrs. Claus or he will loose his super-Santa powers.
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 The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause 2006 G, 98 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Michael Lembeck
Cast: Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Lloyd, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Spencer Breslin, Liliana Mumy, Martin Short, Ann - Margret, Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, Art LaFleur, Aisha Tyler, Kevin Pollak, Jay Thomas
The holiday season is arriving at the North Pole, and Santa/Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) has added to the chaos with the addition of his new family. His wife (Elizabeth Mitchell) is expecting a baby any day and misses her family. To make her happy, Santa has invited his in-laws (Ann-Margret and Alan Arkin) to visit. But Santa's in-laws do not know that Scott is Santa, so, to aid in the deceit, everything about the North Pole, including the elves, is disguised as being Canadian. Now, Jack Frost (Martin Short) appears on the scene and revises time and roles in an effort to take over not only Santa's red suit but his position as well. In the process, Jack Frost wreaks havoc on Santa's toy making production and also his family.
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Snow Buddies 2008 G, 87 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama
Director: Robert Vince
Cast: Liliana Mumy, Jimmy Bennett, Josh Flitter, Skyler Gisondo, Henry Hodges, Richard Karn, Cynthia Stevenson, John Kapelos, Whoopie Goldberg, Dylan Sprouse, Dominic Scott Kay, Kris Kristofferson, James Belushi, Molly Shannon, Lothaire Bluteau
Those Golden Retriever puppies–B-Dawg, RoseBud, Buddha, MudBud, and Budderball (voices of Skyler Gisondo, Liliana Mumy, Jimmy Bennett, Henry Hodges, and Josh Flitter)–find themselves in Alaska. They meet a husky, Shasta (voice of Dylan Sprouse), who introduces them to his owner Adam (Dominic Scott Kay). Adam is a young boy who dreams of having a sled dog team, and the puppies work together as a team to help Adam win a dogsled competition.
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| 1. Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
2. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
3. The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
4. The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
5. Snow Buddies (2008)
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