Posts Tagged ‘snowman’

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)

Monday, April 14th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Burl Ives | Billie Mae Richards | Paul Soles | Larry D. Mann | Stan Francis | Paul Kligman | Janet Orenstein | Alfie Scopp | Carl Banas | Corinne Conley | Peg Dixon
Directors: Kizo Nagashima
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Sam the snowman tells us the story of a young red-nosed reindeer who, after being ousted from the reindeer games because of his beaming honker, teams up with Hermey, an elf who wants to be a dentist, and Yukon Cornelius, the prospector. They run into the Abominable Snowman and find a whole island of misfit toys. Rudoph vows to see if he can get Santa to help the toys, and he goes back to the North Pole on Christmas Eve. But Santa’s sleigh is fogged in. But when Santa looks over Rudolph, he gets a very bright idea…

Elf (2003)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Will Ferrell | James Caan | Bob Newhart | Edward Asner | Mary Steenburgen | Zooey Deschanel | Daniel Tay | Faizon Love | Peter Dinklage | Amy Sedaris | Michael Lerner | Andy Richter | Kyle Gass | Artie Lange | Claire Lautier
Directors: Jon Favreau
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Buddy (Will Ferrell) was a baby in an orphanage who stowed away in Santa’s sack and ended up at the North Pole. Later, as an adult human who happened to be raised by elves, Santa allows him to go to New York City to find his birth father, Walter Hobbs (James Caan). Hobbs, on Santa’s naughty list for being a heartless jerk, had no idea that Buddy was even born. Buddy, meanwhile, experiences the delights of New York City (and human culture) as only an elf can. When Walter’s relationship with Buddy interferes with his job, he is forced to reevaluate his priorities.

Groundhog Day (1993)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Bill Murray | Andie MacDowell | Chris Elliott | Stephen Tobolowsky | Brian Doyle-Murray | Marita Geraghty | Angela Paton | Rick Ducommun | Rick Overton | Robin Duke | Carol Bivins | Willie Garson | Ken Hudson Campbell | Les Podewell | Rod Sell
Directors: Harold Ramis
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A weather man is reluctantly sent to cover a story about a weather forecasting “rat” (as he calls it). This is his fourth year on the story, and he makes no effort to hide his frustration. On awaking the ‘following’ day he discovers that it’s Groundhog Day again, and again, and again. First he uses this to his advantage, then comes the realisation that he is doomed to spend the rest of eternity in the same place, seeing the same people do the same thing EVERY day.

Christmas with the Kranks (2004)

Thursday, February 15th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Tim Allen | Jamie Lee Curtis | Dan Aykroyd | M. Emmet Walsh | Elizabeth Franz | Erik Per Sullivan | Cheech Marin | Jake Busey | Austin Pendleton | Tom Poston | Julie Gonzalo | René Lavan | Caroline Rhea | Felicity Huffman | Patrick Breen
Directors: Joe Roth
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Allen portrays Luther Krank who, fed up with the commerciality of Christmas, decides to skip the holiday and go on a vacation with his wife instead. But when his daughter decides at the last minute to come home, he must put together a holiday celebration.

Gremlins (1984)

Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Hoyt Axton | John Louie | Keye Luke | Don Steele | Susan Burgess | Scott Brady | Arnie Moore | Corey Feldman | Harry Carey Jr. | Zach Galligan | Dick Miller | Phoebe Cates | Polly Holliday | Donald Elson | Belinda Balaski
Directors: Joe Dante
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Gremlins begins with inventor Rand Peltzer trying to find a quick gift for his son Billy before returning home from a New York trip. He settles on a unique pet in a Chinatown curio shop–a cute, furry creature known as a Mogwai. Before he leaves, he is warned by the shop’s owner that three rules must be obeyed by a Mogwai owner: 1) Keep it away from bright light, 2) Don’t get any water on it, and 3) Never, never ever feed it after midnight. Rand takes note of these rules and returns home with the Mogwai to his idyllic small-town home of Kingston Falls. Rand’s gift is an instant hit: Billy loves his adorable new pet, naming it Gizmo and taking it everywhere he goes. Unfortunately, he and his friends also begin breaking the rules of Mogwai care. When water is accidentally spilled on Gizmo, it causes him to multiply and produce a number of mischievous little brothers. Among these is the mean-tempered Stripe. Soon enough, the new Mogwai get hold of some food after midnight and this causes them to change from cute fur-balls into nasty, scaly monsters dubbed ‘Gremlins.’