Children's & Family Theatre
Enjoy your journey down the yellow brick road and into the wondrous world of family films. Children's and family-oriented films are often suitable for all age groups, and cover a wide range of genre categories (comedy, adventure, fantasy, musicals, etc.).
There are several category choices with something to entertain the little ones or the whole darn family. For the younger ones click on 'Pre-School Entertainment' in green on the left. 'Disney Animation', 'Family Animation' and 'Classic Animation' can be accessed via the 'Animation' link further up the menu.
Pictured: 'The Wizard of Oz', one of the best-loved family films of all time.
The Invincible Iron Man (2007)
6/10
Director: Jay Oliva, Patrick Archibald, Frank Paur
Starring: Fred Tatasciore, Marc Worden, Gwendoline Yeo
Past and present collide in this animated adventure based on Marvel Comics' popular 'Avengers' series to reveal the origin of the legendary armored he... Read more
The Iron Giant (1999)
8/10
Director: Brad Bird
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr
Based on the story "The Iron Man" by British poet laureate Ted Hughes that tells of a giant metal machine that drops from the sky and frightens the re... Read more
The Jetsons: Season 1 (1962)
7/10
Director: Various
Meet George Jetson...an ordinary man who lives with his family and their robot maid, in the future. The space-age counterpart to the stoneage Fred Fl... Read more
The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
7/10
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Starring: Meredith Salenger, John Cusack, Ray Wise
This superb film from the Disney Studios focuses on Natty, (Meredith Salenger) a 14-year-old street urchin who must ride the rails from Chicago to Sea... Read more
The Jungle Book (2016)
7.4/10
Director: Jon Favreau
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Bill Murray, Christopher Walken, Giancarlo Esposito, Scarlett Joha...
Mowgli is a human boy raised by the Indian wolves Raksha and Akela ever since he was a baby and brought to them by Bagheera the black panther. When t... Read more
The Jungle Book ( Blu-ray ) (2016)
7.4/10
Director: Jon Favreau
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Bill Murray, Christopher Walken, Giancarlo Esposito, Scarlett Joha...
Mowgli is a human boy raised by the Indian wolves Raksha and Akela ever since he was a baby and brought to them by Bagheera the black panther. When t... Read more
The Jungle Book (Disney) (1967)
7.4/10
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Starring: Sebastian Cabot, Voices Of, Louis Prima
A bright and tuneful Disney animated feature. This update of the Kipling tale pairs some fine comic voices with memorably drawn characters. The advent... Read more
The Karate Kid (2010)
6.2/10
Director: Harald Zwart
Starring: Jackie Chan, Taraji P Henson, Jaden Smith
Loose remake of the popular 1984 film follows 12-year-old Dre Parker (Jaden Smith, son of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith) from Detroit to Beijing,... Read more
The Karate Kid Trilogy (1984)
Director: John G Avildsen
Starring: Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita, Elisabeth Shue
A bumper dvd presentation featuring the first 3 "Karate Kid" movies (there was a 4th called "The Next Karate Kid" starring Hilary Swank) contained in... Read more
The Kid (2000)
6.1/10
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Starring: Bruce Willis, Spencer Breslin, Emily Mortimer, Lily Tomlin
As he approaches his 40th birthday, obnoxious image consultant Bruce Willis begins seeing a chubby 8 year-old boy wherever he goes - a boy that turns... Read more