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Jackie Chan in 'The Forbidden Kingdom,' which co-stars Jet Li.

‘The Forbidden Kingdom’ – Family-friendly martial arts fantasy on Peacock

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, DVD, family friendly, fantasy, Kid Stuff, martial arts, Peacock, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/27/2021 Sean Axmaker

Jackie Chan and Jet Li team up for the first and only time in this action comedy, an American take on the classic Chinese folktale “The Monkey King.”

Steven Spielberg directs the big screen adventure adapted from the Herge graphic novels

Steven Spielberg directs ‘The Adventures of Tintin’

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, adventure, Animation, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, DVD, family friendly, Kid Stuff, Last chance, Streaming Movies, Summer movie, SVOD 09/27/2021 Sean Axmaker

Steven Spielberg’s first foray into motion capture filmmaking turns the legendary boy journalist and globe-trotting adventurer of the early graphic novels of Herge into a big screen hero.

‘The Muppets’ return on Disney+

!Featured, Academy Award, Blu-ray, Comedy, Disney+, DVD, family friendly, Kid Stuff, Musical, Streaming Movies, Summer movie, SVOD 09/04/2021 Sean Axmaker

Jason Segal scripts and stars in the big screen return of the iconic puppet characters, a comedy that recaptures the whimsical charm and goofy humor of their best work.

‘Up’ – a wondrous animated odyssey on Disney+

!Featured, Academy Award, adventure, Animation, BAFTA winner, Blu-ray, childhood, Disney+, DVD, Essential Viewing, family friendly, fantasy, Kid Stuff, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/02/2021 Sean Axmaker

The fantastical adventure from Pixar is a film of whimsy and wonder, mixing Jules Verne imagination with the bubble-gum colors of a children’s picture book and Pixar’s trademark bouncy humor, all stirred with memories of childhood dreams.

Taylor Dooley and Taylor Lautner are in Robert Rodriguez's 'Shark Boy and Lava Girl'

‘The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl’ on HBO Max

!Featured, Blu-ray, childhood, DVD, family friendly, fantasy, HBO Max, Kid Stuff, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD 08/21/2021 Sean Axmaker

Robert Rodriguez collaborates with his kids on this whimsical fantasy that celebrates and encourages the fantasy lives of children. See a very young Taylor Lautner as Sharkboy.

Oona Laurence and Oakes Fegley with a fuzzy, flying best friend in Disney's "Pete's Dragon."

‘Pete’s Dragon’ – A storybook wonder on Disney+

!Featured, adventure, Blu-ray, childhood, Disney+, DVD, family friendly, fantasy, feel good movies, Kid Stuff, Streaming Movies, SVOD 08/08/2021 Sean Axmaker

This live action Disney adventure is that rare breed of remake that outshines the original. Directed by David Lowery, it costars Robert Redford and the magnificent forests of New Zealand.

Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson in the third "Harry Potter" feature

‘Harry Potter’ – the complete saga on HBO Max

!Featured, based on a novel, Blu-ray, DVD, family friendly, fantasy, Kid Stuff, Peacock, Streaming Movies, supernatural, SVOD 08/02/2021 Sean Axmaker

Watch Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson grow up through the eight films that bring the beloved books chronicling the epic odyssey of boy wizard Harry and his friends to the screen.

‘Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs’ on IMDbTV

!Featured, Animation, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, family friendly, foodie film, IMDB TV, Kid Stuff, Last chance, SVOD 06/28/2021 Sean Axmaker

A town gets a buffet line for a weather system in Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009), a colorful animated feature based on a children’s storybook tale. Director/writer team Phil Lord and Chris Miller cobble a story around the storybook’s premise but it’s the whimsical imagery of raining hamburgers, a Jell-O mold castle, an […]

The delightful live action ‘Peter Pan’ on Peacock

!Featured, adapted from the stage, adventure, based on a novel, based on a play, Blu-ray, childhood, DVD, family friendly, fantasy, Kid Stuff, literary adaptation, Peacock, Streaming Movies, SVOD 06/17/2021 Sean Axmaker

You may feel like you’ve stepped into the pages of a storybook illustrated by Maxfield Parrish when you fly off to Neverland in Peter Pan (2003), P.J. Hogan’s deft and delightful take on the oft-filmed J.M. Barrie classic. Rachel Hurd-Wood brings a tomboyish spirit to Wendy, a girl on the verge of being a young […]

Gene Wilder is Willy Wonka in the musical adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel

The original ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ – a world of pure imagination

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Comedy, Cult Movies, DVD, family friendly, fantasy, Kid Stuff, literary adaptation, music, SVOD 05/02/2021 Sean Axmaker

“Come with me and you’ll be in a world of pure imagination.” Gene Wilder is the weird, wonderful, slightly sinister candy bar king who invites five children into his factory kingdom in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971), a musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s children’s fantasy. It is a rare breed: an imaginative live-action […]