Current Favorites/ Recently Watched
Return To Me
Just Like Heaven
Frequency
Star Trek
Inkheart
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Ice Princess
“Taken” 2009 w/ Liam Neeson
Action/ War:
“X-Men” 2000 w/ Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellan, Anna Paquin, Patrick Stewart
“Batman Begins” 2005 w/ Christian Bale and Katie Holmes
“Ironman” 2008 w/ Gwenyth Paltrow and Robert Downing, Jr.
“Star Trek” 2009 w/ Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Paul McGillion, and Karl Urban
“Mask of Zorro” 1998 w/ Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones.
“The Fighting Sullivans” 1944
“Timeline” 2005 w/ Gerald Butler, Anna Friel, and Frances O’Connor
The “Bourne” Trilogy w/ Matt Damon (Bourne Identity, Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Ultimatum, 2002, 2004 and 2007 respectively)
“Sahara”2005 w/ Steve Zahn
“National Treasure” 2005 w/ Nicholas Cage, Justin Bartha
“National Treasure: Book of Secrets” 2007 w/ Justin Bartha
“Frequency” 2000 w/ Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviziel, and Carrie-Ann Moss
“Saints and Soldiers” 2003
Fantasy/ Fairytale:
“Pirates of the Carribean” 2003 w/ Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Kiera Knightley and Johnny Depp
“Dead Man’s Chest” and “At World’s End” are passable 2006 and 2007 respectively.
“The Mummy” 1999 w/ Brendan Frasier and Rachel Wiesz
“The Mummy Returns” 2001 w/ Brendan Frasier and Rachel Wiesz
“Lord of the Rings” trilogy 2001-2003
“Ever After”1998 w/ Drew Barrymore, Angelica Houston, and Dougray Scott
“Stardust” 2007 w/ Claire Dane
“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” 2005 w/ Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes
“The Chronicles of Narnia” Prince Caspian” 2008 w/ Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes, William Mosley and Anna Popplewell
“Arabian Nights” 2000 Hallmark w/ Dougray Scott
“Tenth Kingdom” 2000 Hallmark w/ Kimberley Williams Paisley
“Princess Bride” 1987 w/ Carl Elwiess
“Anastasia” Fox/ 1998 animated feature
“Penelope” 2008 James McAvoy, Christina Ricci
“George and the Dragon” 2004 (seen Sept. 2008) James Purefoy
Children’s/ Family Fare:
“Race to Witch Mountain” 2009
“On A Clear Day” 2005 w/ Dominic Monaghan (seen May 2008)
“Just Like Heaven” 2005 w/ Reese Witherspoon, Jon Heder
“Rocketman” 1997 w/ Harland Williams, Jessica Lundy, William Sadler
“Dear Frankie” 2004 w/ Gerald Butler (Adult themes and a kiss)
“Evelyn” 2002 w/ Pierce Brosnan (Adult themes)
“I Am David” 2003 w/ Jim Caviziel (Adult themes, including gulag, death execution style)
“ Secondhand Lions” 2003 w/ Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment
“Return to Me” 2000 w/ Minnie Driver and David Duchovny, Carroll O’ Connor, Robert Loggia
“Caddie Woodlawn” 1989 Wonderworks edition
“Little Princess” 1986 Wonderworks edition
“Iron Will” 1994
“Princess of Thieves” 2001 Disney w/ Kiera Knightley
“ Princess Caraboo” 1994 (Some more adult situations)
“The Inheritance” 1996 Focus on the Family productions
“Jane of Lantern Hill” 1990 w/ Sarah Polley
“Railway Children” 2000 BBC
“ The Treaure Seekers” 1996
“Follow the Stars Home” 2001 Hallmark w/ Kimberly Williams-Paisley
“A Series of Unfortunate Events” 2005 w/ Emily Browning
“Nanny McPhee” 2005 w/ Emma Thompson and Colin Firth (one adult-ish scene)
“Spiderwick Chronicles” 2008 w/ Freddie Highmore
Animated: Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, etc.
Beauty and the Beast
Hercules
Mulan
Tarzan
Shrek (2 and 3 are tolerable)
Madagascar (Madagascar 2 and Penguins of Madgascar)
Over the Hedge
Monster’s Inc.
Cars
Ratatouille
The Incredibles
The Swan Princess
Spirit
Sleeping Beauty
Robin Hood
The Iron Giant
Period Films/ Dramas:
“Mansfield Park” 1999 Miramax w/ Frances O’ Connor
“ The Importance of Being Earnest” 2002 w/ Colin Firth, Rupert Everett
“ An Ideal Husband” 1999 w/ Rupert Everett, Minnie Driver
“Jane Eyre” 2007 WGBH
“Bleak House” 2005 WGBH w/ Anna Maxwell-Martin, Gillian Anderson
“North & South” 2004 WGBH w/ Richard Armitrage
“Wives and Daughters” 1999 WGBH w/ Keeley Hawes, Justine Waddell
“ Our Mutual Friend” 1998 WGBH w/ Anna Friel
“ Pride & Prejudice” 1995 A&E w/ Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle
“Pride & Prejudice” 2005 w/ Kiera Knightley
“ Sense & Sensibility” 1995 w/ Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant
“Sense & Sensibility” 2008 w/ Hattie Morohan and Charity Wakefield
“Emma” 1998 Miramax w/ Gwenyth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam
“ Persuasion” 1995 and “Persuasion” 2008 w/ Sally and Rupert
“Northanger Abbey” 2008 w/ Felicity Jones
“Nicholas Nickleby” 2002 Miramax w/ Anne Hathway
“ Anne of Green Gables” Sullivan Films 1985
“Anne of Avonlea” a.k.a. “The Sequel” Sullivan Films 1987
“Cranford” WGBH 2008 w/ Dame Judi Dench
Religious:
“The Passion” w/ Jim Caviziel. Director Mel Gibson
“Therese” Director Leonardo Defileppis
“The Bells of St. Mary”
‘The Reluctant Saint”
“ The Devil and Daniel Webster”
“ The Scarlet and the Black”
“ The Singing Nun” w/ Debbie Reynolds
“ Come to the Stable”
“The Gift of Love”
“Blossoms in the Dust”
“The Ultimate Gift” 2007 w/ Drew Fuller and Abigail Breslin
“Going My Way”
“ Inn of the Sixth Happiness”
“ Miracle at Marcelino”
“Miracle at Moreaux”
“ I Confess”
“ Spitfire Grill” (adult!)
“Sophie Scholl” (English subtitles)
“Padre Pio: Miracle Man”
Upcoming Films:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ~ July 15th, 2009
The Princess and the Frog ~ Holiday 2009 (loosely based on E.D. Baker’s The Frog Princess)
The Brothers Bloom
Voyage of the Dawn Treader ~ 2010
Montser’s Inc. 2
Toy Story 3
Iron Man 2
The Avengers
Beastly
HP 7 (parts one and two)
The Book of Lost Things
Artemis Fowl
Avatar: The Last Airbender
