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Disney movies have been the cornerstone to family enjoyment and have kept children’s imagination flowing for several decades now. Because of classics with Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, Walt Disney Pictures has been able to continue writing and creating masterpieces today. Currently there is an array of Disney movies coming to theaters soon and a couple sparking people’s interests in theaters today.

Tim Allen will be returning with co-star Martin Short in The Santa Clause 3, which will be coming to DVD in November 2007. Jack Frost, played by Martin Short, attempts to take over Christmas in this trilogy. Santa Clause, played by Tim Allan, must deal with his critical in-laws while attempting to save Christmas from Jack Frost in this fun family movie.

Just recently released to theaters is the huge Disney movie hit Bridge to Terabithia. This piece of literature brought to the big-screen tells the story of a schoolboy, played by Josh Hutcherson, who befriends the class outsider. Together the two 11-year-olds then create Terabithia, an imaginary kingdom filled with giants and other magical beings. This fantasy film is guaranteed to keep the kids’ imagination flowing with tons of interest and entertainment.

One of the biggest trilogies in ages is returning to theaters on May 25, 2007 as Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End will be released. The full cast with Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley return for another action-packed thriller produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.

Underdog, most well-known for the NBC cartoon that ran from 1964 to 1973, will be making its movie debut on August 3, 2007. Much like the cartoon, it begins as a diminutive hound dog named Shoeshine acquires superpowers. When a 12-year-old boy adopts Shoeshine, the two join forces and Shoeshine must work to fight off his nemesis, Simon Barsinister.

In far off production, one of the most well-known Disney movie animations Toy Story will be returning in 2010. As Walt Disney Pictures purchased Pixar in 2006, the project for Toy Story 3 was put back in the hands of the people who created the masterpieces of Toy Story in 1995 and Toy Story 2 in 1999. The cast has been rumored to be almost completely the same, including Tom Hanks reprising his role as Cowboy Woody.

With Walt Disney Pictures continuing to produce enchanting movies like Bridge to Terabithia and action packed movies like Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, there is no question the Disney movies continue to have an impact on the movie industry. As more and more movies continue to be made and released with success, Walt Disney Pictures has been perhaps the most successful family film company in history.

Movie Reviews this week looks at the enjoyable teen fantasy Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant. Regardless of the strange title of this movie, it follows in the vein of Twilight, as a few teen fantasy movies have tried to emulate since the massive success of Twilight and it’s sequel New Moon.

Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant stars Chris Massoglia as Darren Shan, a well meaning, high achieving teenager, pleasing his parents, and doing well at school, however his best friend Steve played by Josh Hutcherson (Robin William’s son in RV) is regarded as bad company for Darren notably by his parents, and he is given an ultimatum after getting in trouble on account of Steve, to never see him again. As with any typical teenager feeling the need to rebel (there is a funny sequence where his father tells him, what is expected of him, college, job, family, repeatedly in that order, until Darren sees himself repeating those words to his own child).

While the two friends are hanging out, a mysterious limo drives by and out of it comes a flyer for a circus show, entitled Cirque Du Freak, hence the title of the movie, Steve as typical as the antagonist in a movie challenges Darren to come with him and attend it. It turns out Steve has a fascination for vampires, while Darren on the other hand has a fascination for spiders. On attending the Cirque Du Freak show, where a parade of circus freaks are shown for the audience’s amusement, notably a woman who can regenerate limbs, Corma Limbs played by Jane Krakowski (absolutely hilarious in 30 Rock), and Evra the snake boy, played amusingly by Patrick Fugit, as well as a monkey girl, Rebecca played by the adorable Jessica Carlson, there is a lovely scene where Darren asks her what her “freakishness” is, and she states bluntly she is a monkey girl, pauses for effect and states she has a tail, and stares at him for any hint at ridicule.

While watching one of the performances of a certain Larten Crepsley played charmingly by John C. Reilley (Step Brothers), Steve recognises him from one of his vampire books, and assures Darren he is a vampire, interestingly Larten overhears the two boys and gives them a warning not to spread mindless gossip. Darren on the other hand is fascinated by Larten’s spider, and after the show, breaks into his room and steals it; but not before finding Steve pleading with Larten to make him a vampire whilst hidden in the same room. Larten and his friend Gavner Purl played by Willem Dafoe (Spiderman) refuses, and after Larten tests his blood, he quickly spits it out and says Steve has bad blood. It turns out that there are two types of vampires, that have chosen different paths, the Vampaneze who prefer feeding and killing humans, and the others who do not, but prefer to hypnotize them, then feed on them.

Darren takes Larten’s spider, and the next day at school, while Steve assumes he is talking to his locker, Steve opens Darren’s bag and reveals the spider, which eventually bites Steve. With Steve facing imminent death, Darren goes back to the Cirque Du Freak and asks Larten if he has an antidote for the spider’s bite.

A mysterious character called Mr Tiny played by Michael Cerveris (he has one of those faces that seem strangely familiar but not quite sure where), who has the power to bring people back to life, has been looking forward for a conflict between the Vampaneze and the others for sometime, and he sees it in the destiny of the two boys, he would like Darren to join the Vampaneze, but Larten on finding about this, realises that there might be more to the boy than meets the eye, he tests his blood, and agrees to make him a half-vampire, i.e. being able to go out in the sun, and do his errands for him, however Larten’s girlfriend Madame Truska played by Salma Hayek (From Dusk Till Dawn [for a second recalling From Dusk Till Dawn one would expect her to be one of the vampires, but here she is a member of the Cirque Du Freak as a fortune-telling bearded lady]), urges Larten not to turn Darren into a vampire, after having a premonition. Darren initially reluctant finally agrees to this in order to save his friend’s life. Larten then tells him he can no longer stay with his family and so he must die (or at least give the impression he is dead).

Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant is an enjoyable fantasy movie with numerous characters that should be developed even more in a sequel or two, and even though the name might emit tales of horror it is a more a teen romantic fantasy than anything else.

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Apparently Brendan Fraser had enough of battling mummies and turned to carnivorous plants, snappers with razor teeth and the occasional T-Rex to keep his edge. Clearly targetted for kids, the 3D spectacle captivates the older viewers more than the plot and character definition. The new technology has moved on since the days of red and blue plastic glasses and the improvements are clear for everyone. A typical sci-fi with a dose of humour that keeps the younger viewers chuckling throughout, this film is all that I would expect from a take on the Jules Verne classic.

Professor Trevor Anderson (Brendan Fraser) is head of a failing volcanic activity centre at College. Having spent the last ten years monitoring seismic activity to no avail, the department is on the brink of closing down. It was Trevor’s brother, Max, who originally established the research institute by placing measuring units around the globe. However, for an unknown reason, Max didn’t return from a research trip a decade previously. Life is not looking good for Trevor….

Enter Sean (Josh Hutcherson), Max’s son; a typical PS2 playing teenager with the attitude to boot. During a week-long stay, Trevor gets his hands on the original Jules Verne Novel full with notes from his late brother. A remarkable coincidence later and they are both (Trevor and Sean) on the plane to Iceland with the mission to do whatever volcanologists do. Little did they know that they would be embarking on an incredible journey..to the centre of the Earth!

Anita Briem plays the role of a mountain guide and is a welcome addition to the cast and not only because of her ease on the eye. Thankfully, the storyline picks up after the somewhat slow beginning and the viewer is treated to an action packed hour of true sci-fi fun with significant humour to fill the gaps.

The storyline is plain, but the film is fun and keeps the younger kids entertained. The 3D visuals will have you reaching out to block flying obstacles in front of you and the jokes, whilst cringeworthy to the older audience, will amuse those younger minds.

With the target audience in mind, this film is certainly worthy of at least a seven. I would have second thoughts about going if you are older than 12, though!

This Is The Josh Hutcherson Biography At age four, Joshua Ryan Hutcherson started begging his parents to let him go into the acting business. Born October 12, 1992, in Union Kentucky, he certainly put his full effort into it and as of 2010, he has over 32 credits in TV and film, with more than 17 works that he produced. He has starred with famous actors such as Tom Hanks, Robin Williams, Robert Duvall, and Brendan Fraser. Here are some more interesting things to find out in this Josh Hutcherson Biography. His superhero is stress relief Batman, his friends call him “J Hutch”, he is a Libra, and before getting into acting he tried his hand at Rap. He says he decided he should “stick to acting”, because he is a very bad singer and was embarrassed when he had to sing in “Bridge To Terabithia”, but at least he home emergency cover was singing with a group of others who were helping to drown him out. Josh had a blanket that he called campervan insurance “yellow blankie” and carried it with him everywhere, and also had two imaginary friends, “Hamo” and “Damo” who sang Barney songs with him. He was scared to death of the Wicked Witch of the West in the classic movie The Wizard of Oz, and had nightmares about her which woke him up yelling and screaming. His mother, Michelle Hutcherson, says they are determined for Josh to have a normal childhood and he must work around the house to earn the money to buy the items he wanted like a laptop, a good dirt bike and a gasoline powered scooter. Chris, his father, says Josh always had the personality that simply draws people and was acting out scenes for people when he was still a toddler. One of his directors, Gabor Csupo, explains that those were real tears that Josh cried in the movie “Bridge to Terebithia”, and that they never had to use fake liquids or CGI to create them. He has a strong friendship with AnnaSophia Robb who was the girl who co-starred with him in “Bridge To Terabithia”. He didn’t like having to lose races to her character, Leslie caravan insurance, in the film, but that was the way it was scripted. They have remained great friends even two years after the movie and talk on the phone at least a couple of times a week. At first, Josh was not interested in being a part of this world block buster movie because he didn’t like the way the character was so mean to his younger sister (Bailee Madison), who he says never did anything wrong. But, Csupo says it is a tribute to the talent Josh has to do such a good job of pulling off such a difficult part when he so disagreed with it in principle. After each take where he had to push her down, he would help her up and give her a great big hug. He says he thinks of Bailee Madison as the little sister he never had and that he loves her so much, and she is the most adorable kid he ever met. Josh says his most grueling work has been in “Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D” because of the stunt work it involved. But, he enjoyed it and would do it again. Josh met his girlfriend Shannon Wada through a friend of Josh’s and she is home schooled, too. Shannon does modeling work and is an aspiring actress, and often travels with him when he is filming. Josh loves sports and his favorite team is the Cincinnati Bengals. Rudi Johnson is his favorite player. Josh claims that if he were not an actor he’d like to be a football player, and although he doesn’t think it is a very creative idea, he does think it would be fun. In an interview he said his hobbies are cars, competing in triathlons, soccer, playing his guitar and bowling, which doesn’t give him a lot of time to watch much TV, but his favorite shows would be Family Guy and The Andy Milonakis Show. He recently got his driver’s license and was the Grand Marshal at the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series Meijer Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway, then traveled to Italy for the first time where he claims to have enjoyed Rome and Milan. Josh says he an his younger brother, Connor, fight all the time, but are really close and enjoy each others company. Their relationship reminds him of Walter and Danny in “Zathura”. Connor appeared in the movie “Little Manhattan” with Josh, and in some other small roles, but it just happened to work out that way because Connor wants to be something cool like a rocket scientist, or something. Both kids are home schooled, and Connor loves Algebra but isn’t that fond of reading. Both kids still get grounded by their parents. Father, Chris, is a management analyst and works for the U. S. Environment Protection Agency in Clifton. This is one of the reasons they did not move to Hollywood, but it does not seem to have slowed Josh down in having a career as a rising star. It could be a part of why he is sought after for the movies he is presented. When asked about why he was drawn to take the part in the movie “Firehouse Dog”, he says it was a really cool story line, and that he loves dogs and all animals and thought it would be cool to spend all day working with them. There were four dogs used in the filming because each had its own ability that was needed for the movie. He said he would definitely love to work with animals again. Recently asked about his future as an actor he stated that it is important to choose the right parts at this stage of his career, and that his support team of parents, agents, lawyers and such are searching for the parts they think would be best for him to consider. Sometimes attempting to step over the threshold from child star to adult actor can be very tricky, and he doesn’t mind doing some younger parts to help keep his fan base happy. Josh has two cats, Paws and Jell-O, a turtle, some pet fish, he loves dogs and has a dog named Baxter, and maybe someday he will tell everyone why he named his new puppy “Diesel”.

Josh Hutcherson Interview for the kids are all right

Now, the 17 year-old comes of age with his latest role as Laser, a son of a lesbian couple who goes out to search for his parents’ sperm donor, in the independent comedy/drama role The Kids Are All Right. Hutcherson shared with us what drew him towards the film.

“The script was incredible,” Josh says, “It was unlike anything that I had read before. It was such a full adaptation of what a family means. I think that the characters are so well-written and the dialogue was so incredibly realistic that I knew that I wanted to be a part of it.”

“I met with Lisa Truludinko, the director,” he continues, “And I was a fan of hers for a while from Laurel Canyon, so I think she did an amazing job with writing it, directing it, and everything and just to be part of that was an honor and it was awesome.”

Josh says he noticed right away that the tight-knit aspect to Laser’s closeness to his family is very similar to his own upbringing.

“That’s actually a very similar dynamic to my family,” Hutcherson says, “My family and I are very, very close, not only as a family, but as friends. I practically am with my mom 24/7 because she’s been on set with me since I was nine years old and so, I’m around her a lot. I just feel like I have a good friendship with my family. I think that’s very important because Laser’s family has a very strong mutual respect for one another. So Laser definitely does things sometimes and needs some parenting.”

“He’s definitely being disrespectful when they are playing ping-pong when he’s saying, ‘Shit, calm down,’ or whatever,” he adds, “And Annette says, ‘Don’t tell me to calm down, mister.’ I’ve heard that a hundred times from my mom and dad, so while that, yeah, they’re really good friends and they have a mutual respect for one another, they’re still the……

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