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Friday, February 5, 2016

My Fav. Movies (as of 2-5-16)

Here is a list of my favorite movies. This list is not in any order.


- Wish Upon A Star

A younger sister wishes to switch places with her popular older sister and the two bickering siblings awaken to find the wish has come true.(from IMDb) Watch on Netflix or Youtube.

Jake Blues, just out from prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and brother Elwood were raised. (from IMDb) Watch on iTunes


When a street urchin vies for the love of a beautiful princess, he uses a genie's magic power to make himself off as a prince in order to marry her.(from IMDb) Watch on iTunes


After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.(from IMDb) Watch on Amazon

Ratatouille


A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous restaurant.(from IMDb) Watch on Amazon


Using only word of mouth, two lifelong best friends and Internet comedians, Rhett & Link, embark on a search for the long-lost teacher of the first grade class where they met.(from IMDb) Watch on Amazon


Denny Burke is finally about to graduate high school. Senior year has been one bad thing after another: a broken leg, a broken heart, and - worst of all - a broken home. With four of his closest friends, Denny goes on one last rock-climbing trip to prove he's ready to start his adult life... On their trip the five teens receive a genetic boost beyond anything they'd ever imagined. Denny's soon faced with the first big decision of his adult life: does he give up these powers and stay a normal teenager, or does he keep them... and graduate from the human race? (from IMDb) Watch on Amazon


The Man in the Yellow Hat is an oddball museum employee who looks after his pet monkey - an inquisitive and wonderful creature whose enthusiasm often gets the best of him.(from IMDb) Watch on Netflix


Harry Potter is a British film series based on the Harry Potter novels by author J. K. Rowling. The series is distributed by Warner Bros. and consists of eight fantasy films[2] beginning with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and culminating with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011).[3] Without inflation adjustment, it is the second highest-grossing film series with $7.7 billion in worldwide receipts, of which seven out of eight films are among the 50 highest-grossing films.[4]
The series was mainly produced by David Heyman and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as the three leading characters: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Four directors worked on the series: Chris Columbus, Alfonso CuarĂ³n, Mike Newell, and David Yates.[5] All eight movies had their screenplays written by Steve Kloves, with the exception of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), written by Michael Goldenberg. Production took over ten years to complete, with the main story arc following Harry Potter's quest to overcome his arch-enemy Lord Voldemort.[6]
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final novel in the series, was adapted into two feature-length parts.[7] Part 1 was released in November 2010, and Part 2 was released in July 2011.(from Wikipedia) Watch on iTunes

- Bolt

The canine star of a fictional sci-fi/action show that believes his powers are real embarks on a cross country trek to save his co-star from a threat he believes is just as real.(from IMDb) Watch on Amazon.

- Star Wars episodes 4,5,6,7
Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope)[6][7] is a 1977 American epic space opera[8][9] film written and directed by George Lucas. The first release in the Star Wars saga, it stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, and Alec Guinness. David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker and Peter Mayhew co-star in supporting roles.
The plot focuses on the Rebel Alliance, led by Princess Leia (Fisher), and its attempt to destroy the Galactic Empire's space station, the Death Star. This conflict disrupts the isolated life of farmhand Luke Skywalker (Hamill) who inadvertently acquires a pair of robots (known as droids in-universe) that possess stolen architectural plans for the Death Star. When the Empire begins a destructive search for the missing droids, Skywalker agrees to accompany Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi (Guinness) on a mission to return the Death Star plans to the Rebel Alliance and save the galaxy from the tyranny of the Galactic Empire.(from Wikipedia)

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