Welcome to Adventureland, where the worst job imaginable is about to inadvertently turn into the summer that changes everything. Fresh on the heels of directing the runaway hit “Superbad,” writer-director Greg Mottola returns with a hilariously human, semi-autobiographical comedy about an uptight, overeducated young man whose lowly new “career” leads to the wildest ride of…
Category: Family Films
Alien Trespass (2009)
Set in 1957, “Alien Trespass” chronicles a fiery object from space that crashes into a mountaintop in the California desert, bringing the threat of disaster to Earth. Out of the flying saucer escapes a murderous creature – the Ghota, which is bent on destroying all life forms on the planet. A benevolent alien from the…
Aliens in the Attic (2009)
Tagline: They came from upstairs. When Tom Pearson decides that its time for a good ol’ family vacation, he packs up the family and they head to their holiday house in the middle of nowhere. But the find that small, green aliens were the first ones to claim the house. Now the Pearsons must battle…
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
David Seville and chipmunks Alvin, Simon and Theodore, return in the sequel to lay waste to Seville’s surroundings and sing in three-part harmony. Although plot details are being kept under wraps, the new movie will introduce the Chipmunks’ female counterparts, the Chipettes. Thanks to Alvin’s on-stage shenanigans, Dave is laid-up in a Paris hospital. While…
Astro Boy (2009)
Astro Boy is a classic superhero origin story. The all-new, CG animated feature film tells the story of a young robot with incredible powers and his adventure-filled journey in search of his identity and destiny. In the futuristic world of Metro City, a gleaming metropolis in the sky, the brilliant scientist Dr. Tenma creates Astro…
The Blind Side (2009)
A poor, undereducated 344-pound African-American teenager in Memphis, whose father was murdered and whose mother was a crack addict, is shuffled through the public school system, despite his low grade point average and absenteeism. But his tremendous size and quickness attracts the interest of a wealthy white couple who take him in and groom him…