Choosing films for the club

Remember you can choose films you want to watch at the club by logging into the Film club site, typing in the name you of the film you want to watch and then clicking on add to wishlist.

After watching High Noon Mackenzie said how much he wanted to watch Calamity Jane. In January we will watch the most popular choices on the wishlist from current club members.

We will also soon choose Christmas films for December and Friday will be the last day to choose films for our month of quest films in November. Leave a message below to choose them. Choose from the list below or make your own choice. At the moment the 3 leading choices are: Spirited Away, Percy Jackson and Kung Fu Panda 3

Spirited Away (2001) PG  – Extraordinary, Oscar-winning fantasy animated film from Japan following the down-the-rabbit-hole adventures of a young girl named Chihiro.

The Princess Bride (1987) PG – The Princess Bride takes apart the traditional damsel-in-distress story and puts it back together again. A classic for children of all ages.

Mirrormask (2005) PG – Dazzling fable in which a troubled young girl finds herself on an odyssey through a dreamscape filled with both grotesque and beautiful creatures.

Toy Story (1995) PG – Old-fashioned cowboy toy Woody is threatened by the arrival of flashy, hi-tech Buzz Lightyear in this character-driven animation from Pixar.Can they work together to find their way back home?

Time Bandits (1981) PG – Robin Hood, Napoleon and the passengers of the Titanic are just some of the characters encountered in this time-travelling adventure.

Stardust (2007) PG –  Lively fantasy adventure set in the 1800s, about a young man who sets off to find a falling star and ends up stumbling across a magical land.

Alice in Wonderland (1951) U – Disney animation. A series of bizarre and unforgettable adventures in this much-loved adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic story.

Alice in Wonderland (2010) PG – This beautiful, quirky film takes its characters from Lewis Carroll’s classic books, but builds a new adventure from them

Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) PG – Po faces a dilemma when he is reunited with his real father, just as a new enemy threatens his old friends.

Labyrinth (1986) U Fantasy in which a girl sets out on an adventure to save her baby brother from the Goblin King who has taken him away to a castle in a magical maze.

The Black Cauldron (1985) U Animated Disney fable about a young pig-keeper who embarks on a perilous mission to stop an evil king from using his cauldron to take over the world.

The Dark Crystal (1982) PG Gelfling Jen must fight the Skeksis and rescue the crystal shard in this animatronic fantasy-adventure from Jim Henson’s creature shop (the makers of the Muppets)

The Neverending Story (1984) U This epic fantasy adventure that sees a lonely boy suddenly become a character in a weird and wonderful book he has started to read.

Shrek (2001) U Animated comedy about a fat, green, bad-tempered ogre banished from his woods cabin home by an evil lord, which has become a modern classic.

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (2009) PG Fun adventure about a modern American who finds out he is the son of ancient Greek god Poseidon, and that Zeus thinks he stole his lightning bolt

Willow (1988) PG Echoing writer George Lucas’s better-known saga Star Wars, this is the story of a chosen child who holds the key to the overthrow of an evil empire.

The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) PG The 3rd in the series of fantastical adapatations of CS Lewis’s famous books sees the Pevensie’s back in Narnia for a nautical adventure.

Homeward Bound – The Incredible Journey  (1993) U Three family pets grow unhappy with their absent owners and decide to take up an epic journey across America to get home.

The Spongebob Squarepants Movie (2004) U Hilarious, wildly imaginative big-screen version of the hugely popular TV show in which our underwater hero begins a job a his local fast food joint.

 

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