Summer Movies for Families!
Summer movies are hitting theaters and video stores across the nation, and with family-friendly movies on the rise, it’s a great entertainment option to get out of the heat. Whether you head out to the theater or bring a movie home, here are two movies that your family will want to check out this summer!
KIT KITTREDGE: AN AMERICAN GIRL in theaters July 2, 2008
In
the first feature-film based on the hugely popular American Girl book series,
Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin (Ultimate Gift, Nim's Island) stars as aspiring
young reporter Kit Kittredge. Kit can't resist bringing home strays, whether
it's Grace, an abandoned basset hound, or Will and Countee, a pair of young
hobos willing to trade work for meals. But Kit’s
happy childhood is abruptly interrupted when her father loses his car dealership
and must leave Cincinnati to look for work. Kit and her mother are left
to manage on their own, growing vegetables, selling eggs and even taking
in an assortment of boarders.
When a crime spree sweeps Cincinnati, all signs point to the local "hobo jungle" where Will and Countee live. Kit, who always has her antennae out for a good news story, convinces her new friends to take her to see the hobo camp for herself and writes an article that creates a sympathetic portrait of the camp's residents. But when Kit's mother and their boarders become victims of a robbery, Kit's loyalties are tested. Will is accused of the crimes and, with all of their savings gone, the Kittredges face losing their house to foreclosure. Determined to recover the stolen money and believing Will is innocent, Kit recruits her friends Ruthie and Stirling to help her track down the real culprit. Together they uncover a plot that goes far beyond Cincinnati! RATED G
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN (Now Playing)
One year after the incredible events of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” the Kings and Queens of Narnia find themselves back in that faraway wondrous realm, only to discover that more than 1300 years have passed in Narnian time. During their absence, the Golden Age of Narnia has become extinct; Narnia has been conquered by the Telmarines and is now under the control of the evil King Miraz, who rules the land without mercy.
The four children will soon meet an intriguing new character: Narnia’s rightful heir to the throne, the young Prince Caspian, who has been forced into hiding as his uncle Miraz plots to kill him in order to place his own newborn son on the throne. With the help of the kindly dwarf named Trumpkin, a courageous talking mouse named Reepicheep, a badger named Trufflehunter and a Black Dwarf, Nikabrik, the Narnians, led by the mighty knights Peter and Caspian, embark on a remarkable journey to find Aslan, rescue Narnia from Miraz's tyrannical hold, and restore magic and glory to the land.
THE LIST on DVD June 10, 2008
For families with older children, The List is based on the first novel by
best-selling Christian fiction author Robert Whitlow.
After being shaken by the news of his father’s mysterious death, Renny Jacobson is mystified to discover that his father has left him nothing but a reference to an obscure entity called “The Covenant List of South Carolina, Ltd.” Setting out on a quest to learn the truth, he uncovers a treacherous blood covenant and vast fortune guarded by a dark prophecy that will change his life forever. Joined in the spiritual battle by some unlikely and courageous heroes, he soon finds he must fulfill the prophecy spoken in 1863 and destroy the power of “The List,” or risk losing the true treasure that has changed his life. RATED PG.
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