The Wizard of Oz

Judy Garland, Bert Lahr, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley
Turner/MGM; Directed by Victor Fleming
Rated G; 102 minutes; 1939

Kansas girl Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) and her dog, Toto, are whisked by a tornado into the magical land of Oz in this much loved musical adaptation of L. Frank Baum's classic novel. Dorothy joins the Tin Man, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion on an adventure down the Yellow Brick Road to persuade the Wizard to help her find her way home.

"The best children's movie ever made."
-Jack Mathews, NEWS DAY

"A pure pleasure! Go off to see the Wizard."
-Leah Rozen, PEOPLE

"A version that looks better than anything you grew up with."
-Mike Clark, USA TODAY

Indiana Jones
and the Temple of Doom

Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan
Paramount Pictures; Directed by Steven Spielberg
Rated PG; 118 minutes; 1984

In the action-packed sequel to the amazing RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) and the lovely singer Willie Scott team up with Short Round to retrieve an Indian village's sacred glowing stones, hidden inside a stone skull deep within an underground mine worked by child slave labor.

Beetlejuice

Michael Keaton, Geena Davis
Alec Baldwin, Winona Ryder
Warner Bros.; Directed by Tim Burton
Rated PG; 92 minutes; 1989

A recently deceased ghostly couple hires Betelgeuse (Michael Keaton), the afterlife's leading bio-exorcity, to frighten a family of social misfits from the couple's former home. But Betelgeuse becomes too much to handle and the ghostly pair enlists the help of a dark and brooding teenage (Winona Ryder) to banish Betelgeuse from their home in this supernatural comedy.

Swiss Family Robinson

John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur
Walt Disney Pictures; Directed by Robert Stevenson
Rated G; 128 minutes; 1960

A shipwrecked family of emigrants turns a desert island into a dream paradise complete with a 3-story tree house and a menagerie of tamed wild animals in this lavish Walt Disney version of the Johann Wyss classic. Action, laughter and suspense abound as the Robinson family, through many mis-adventures and escapades, finally comes to regard the island as their home.

War of the Worlds

Gene Barry, Ann Robinson
Paramount Pictures; Directed by Byron Haskin
Not Rated; 85 minutes; 1953

H.G. Wells' chilling novel of the invasion of the Earth by Martians and his observations dealing with panic and destruction becomes even more frightening when translated to the cinema. Wells' story was updated to include the atom bomb in this sci-fi classic. No one who has seen the Martian's spaceships--swan-shaped, ticking and hissing menacingly as they glide along leaving a wake of destruction--can forget their ominous impact.

Star Trek

Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Bruce Greenwood
Paramount Pictures; Directed by J.J. Abrams
Rated PG-13; 126 minutes; 2009

In this prequel, we meet James T. Kirk, Spock, Bones, Uhura and the rest of the group who will become the famed crew of the Enterprise. This film follows the early days and struggles of the team on their first mission out of the Starfleet Academy.

Up

Animated Feature
Voices by: Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, John Ratzenberger
Walt Disney Studios/Pixar Animation;
Directed by Peter Docter and Bob Peterson
Rated PG; 96 minutes; 2009

Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and now in his 78th year he launches his house into the sky via thousands of balloons. Right after liftoff he discovers he has a stowaway in teh form of an over optimistic 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell. This hilarious journey takes you into a lost world with the least likely duo on Earth.

The NeverEnding Story

Noah Hathaway, Barret Olivier
Warner Bros.; Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Rated PG; 94 minutes; 1984

A wonderful motion picture for the entire family that takes viewers on a magical voyage to a mythical empire populated by enchanged beings. Directed by acclaimed German filmmaker Wolfgang Petersen, The NeverEnding Story combines adventure, suspense, delight and surprise as it tells the odyssey of a ten-year-old boy who is drawn by a book into a fantasy wonderland which he alone can save from total destruction.

The Twilight Saga:
New Moon

Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
Summit Entertainment; Directed by Chris Weitz
Rated PG-13; 130 minutes; 2009

In the newest episode of the Twilight Saga, Bella Swan is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black. Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested.