Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett costar in this rousing drama of an underdog student from South Central L.A. who goes to the National Spelling Bee finals.
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.
The animated drama from Studio Ghibli by Isao Takahata is not a fantasy film but something more like an animated memoir with commentary by a past self.
Isao Takahata directs this animated 10th-century fairy tale of a magical princess who is born of a bamboo stalk for Studio Ghibli, the animation powerhouse he cofounded.
The second film in Robert Rodriguez’s junior James Bond fantasies takes them to a sweet mad scientist creating preposterous dream-creatures hatched with a childlike love of puns.
Robert Rodriguez brings a sense of whimsy to his family adventure of battling siblings (Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara) who discover their parents are retired international spies.
Charles Dickens’ sprawling, semi-autobiographical novel gets squeezed into a vivid (if episodic) 130-minute Hollywood feature in the handsome MGM production from director George Cukor.
