Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1838 Films to Buy & Rent
Body Troopers (1998)
- Dir. Vibeke Idsoe
Feat. Adolf Bjerke, Sigve Boe, Leif Dubard
- An adventure of the non–precocious variety, in which an 8–year–old boy is shrunk and injected into his sick grandfather's…
Borrowers, The (1998)
- Dir. Peter Hewitt
Feat. John Goodman, Jim Broadbent
- Inhabiting the wall and floor–spaces of our houses, colonies of tiny people eek out an existence 'borrowing' food–scraps and those items…
Bug's Life, A (1998)
- Dir. John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton
- Computer–generated follow–up from the creators of TOY STORY concocts a wondrous microcosmic setting where inventor ant Flik enlists an…
Casper Meets Wendy (1998)
- Dir. Sean McNamara
Feat. Cathy Moriaty, Shelley Duvall, Teri Garr
- Casper the Friendly Ghost helps apprentice–witch Wendy and her three aunts (Cathy Moriaty, Shelly Duvall and Teri Garr) evade a wicked warlock.…
Crackers (1998)
- Dir. David Swann
Feat. Warren Mitchell, Peter Rowsthorn, Susan Lyons
- Exploring the rituals and humour of a Melbourne suburban backyard at Christmas time as four generations of a typical clan booze and squabble their…
Dalmatian Vacation (1998)
- Dir. 1998
- It may be the sequel, but its still that same old litter of spotted pups strutting their stuff, this time on vacation with owners Roger and Anita.…
Dr. Dolittle (1998)
- Dir. Betty Thomas
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt…
- Slick remake of the 1967 musical replaces songs with tech wizardry and the comic mugging of Eddie Murphy as the medic who can 'talk to the…
Enid Blyton - Magic of the Faraway Tree (1998)
- Writer Enid Blyton (FAMOUS FIVE) waxes whimisical in these connected fantasy tales set in the upper branches of a great cosmic plant, animated with…
Ever After (1998)
- Dir. Andy Tennant
Feat. Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston
- Update of the 'Cinderella' story tweaks the moral emphasis of the original Grimm fairy–tale. A brunette Drew Barrymore wrestles with an English…
Goodnight Mister Tom (Goodnight Mr. Tom) (1998)
- Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. John Thaw
- Touching tele–adaptation of the beloved wartime novel about a young boy relocated during London’s air raids to live with an old hermit in the…