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The Parent Trap (1998)

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Director: Nancy Mayers Producer: Charles Shyer Cast: Lindsay Lohan (Hallie Parker and Annie James), Erin Mackey (Lohan’s acting double for when the twins appear together), Dennis Quaid (Nicholas Parker), Natasha Richardson (Elizabeth James), Elaine Hendrix (Meredith Blake). SUPER! WATCH IT WATCH IT WATCH IT. A remake of a 1960’s movie. Hallie Parker is sent to a summer camp in Maine. Over there, after a disastrous fencing match against her rich British doppelganger Annie James, she engages in a prank war against her. After a rather disastrous prank which affects the teacher instead of Annie, they both get isolated. In the isolation house, they discover that they are twin sisters and discuss their plans while enjoying Oreos with peanut butter in their cabin. One day, they realize that they have never seen their other parent – their mom for Hallie and their dad for Annie. They decide to pretend to be the other and go to their other parent’s places. In California (where Hallie l...

Up (2009)

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  Director: Pete Docter Producer: Jonas Rivera Cast: Edward Asner (Carl Fredricksen), Jordan Nagai (Russell), Christopher Plummer (Charles F. Muntz), Bob Peterson (Dug the Dog) Highly recommended.   A young Carl watches a 40’s documentary about the famed explorer Charles F. Muntz, who has just entered the Venezuelan wilderness. Later, playing with his balloon, he hears noises from an old, abandoned house, and realizes it is a girl, who introduces herself as Ellie. Her dream, to get to the Venezuelan wilderness and keep her home there. As adults, they get married and adjust the house to look like the one in Ellie’s drawing. The two decide to have a baby and they build a nursery, but Ellie suffers a miscarriage and is unable to have babies. Years later, Ellie passes away. Couple of years later, Carl attaches thousands of balloons at this house, floating up in the sky, to pursue his and Ellie’s dream of living in the Venezuelan wilderness, and to get away from the builder...

Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarves (2019)

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  Director: Sung-ho Hong Producers: Belli Ramirez, Hwang Su-jin, Hyung Su Kim. Cast: Chloe Grace Moretz (Snow White a.k.a Red Shoes), Sam Claflin (Merlin), Jim Rash (Prince Average), Frank Todaro (Pino, Noki, and Kio). Mirror, mirror on the wall. Which is the best Snow-White adaptation of them all? Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs! Merlin is the leader of a group called the Fearless 7 (F7) who patrol Fairytale Island and defend it. They are Merlin, Arthur, Hans, Jack, Pino, Noki and Kio. One day, after flaying a dragon, they kill a witch, who seemed very suspicious, but she was the FAIRY PRINCESS! For killing her, the curse was that they will turn into dwarves and have to kiss the most beautiful woman to become human again. Fast forward to 7 years later. The dwarves are still looking for a woman to kiss to be normal. At the royal castle, a chubby and strong Snow White comes into her stepmother Queen Regina’s room, where she sees 2 red shoes, and she wears them. Regina tel...

Luca (2021)

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  Di rector: Enrico Casarosa Producer: Andrea Warren Cast: Jacob Tremblay (Luca Paguro), Jack Dylan Grazer (Alberto Scorfano), Emma Berman (Giulia). Amazing. Spectacular. Not wrong with this one, at all. One day, Luca, a sea monster, finds out that all his fish have escaped, and he needs to get them back before his mom notices. After dealing with a rather pesky fish, he finds a couple of human objects, like a playing card and a wrench. After seeing those things, Luca’s parents berate him by ‘why did you go to the surface’ and ‘they are only here to do murder’. Luca remains very curious about the surface, while not allowing himself to go there. One day, while fooling around near the surface, he finds what seems to be a human diver, but is a fellow sea monster named Alberto. He teaches Luca the basics of being on land, and also tells him about a Vespa, which you can sit on it and it takes you anywhere in the world you want. To gain the Vespa, they go to the nearby village of ...