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Enchanted
Director: Kevin Lima
It is a classic Disney fairytale set in modern-day New York City about a real fairytale princess sent to our world by an evil queen. The beautiful princess Giselle, all animated, is sent tumbling down a magical well and shoots out of a Manhattan manhole. Her views on life and love begin to change after meeting a handsome lawyer and his daughter.
Cast: Amy Adams (Giselle), Patrick Dempsey (Robert Philip), James Marsden (Prince Edward) and Rachel Covey (Morgan Philip)
You can also watch: Another sweet Disney venture Wall-E and embark on a journey to the future with this garbage-collecting robot named Wall-E and his lady love Eve, a sleek she-robot. The Chronicles
The chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Director: Andrew Adamson
A year after their first adventure in Narnia, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy are pulled back in by Susans magic horn. They find that hundreds of years have passed, and Narnia is now ruled by the bloodthirsty General Miraz. With the help of a heroic mouse called Reepicheep, and the exiled heir to the throne, Prince Caspian, they set out to overthrow the King.
Cast: Ben Barnes (Prince Caspian), Georgie Henley (Lucy), Skandar Keynes (Edmund), William Moseley (Peter), Anna Popplewell (Susan), Sergio Castellitto (King Miraz)
You can also watch: The first part of the Narnia series — The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The entire Harry Potter series would be just as great a watch today, though that would take very long...
Ratatouille
Director: Brad Bird
Remy the rat wants to become the greatest chef in Paris. He believes in the maxim Anyone can cook, which is also the name of a book by five-star chef Gusteau, his idol. This is a rather difficult dream for a rat. But opportunity knocks when a young boy Linguini, who desperately needs to keep his job at the restaurant despite his lack of cooking abilities, discovers and partners the young Remy. Its up to the two of them to avoid the insane head chef Anton Ego, bring the rest of Remys family up to his standard, win his partner a girl, and, of course, produce the finest Ratatouille in all of France.
Cast: Patton Oswalt (Remys voice), Lou Romano (Linguinis voice), Peter Toole (Anton Egos voice)
You can also watch: Finding Nemo, Happy Feet, Madagascar, and the Ice Age films. Youll love the little creatures out there too.
Little Miss Sunshine
Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Seven-year-old Olive Hoover wants to win a beauty pageant. But her family is so burdened with their own problems that they can barely make it through a day without some disaster befalling them. Still the entire family takes to the road in an old run-down VW to reach Olive to the contest...
Cast: Abigail Breslin (Olive Hoover), Greg Kinnear (Richard Hoover), Paul Dano (Dwayne), Alan Arkin (Grandpa Edwin Hoover), Toni Collette (Sheryl Hoover)
You can also watch: Gabor Csupos Bridge to Terabithia, a film on friendship. The young stars Bailee Madison, Lauren Clinton, Elliot Lawless,
Isabelle Rose Kircher, Cameron Wakefield, Grace Brannigan, Carly Owen and Emma Fenton — like Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine— were all nominated for the Young Artist Awards 2008.
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