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Australia:PG certified movies
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Hilary Duff stars as Sam Montgomery, a clumsy high school student who undergoes an amazing transformation into the one of her school's hottest girls. She is routinely exploited by her mean-spirited stepmother (Jennifer Coolidge) and being forced to scrub floors at her diner after the death of her father. But her gloomy life changes when she starts exchanging notes with a mysterious guy over the internet, who promises to meet her at the upcoming school dance, she also finds a friend in the person of an artsy nerd Carter (Dan Byrd). Sweet diner manager (Regina King), helps Sam to get disguised for the Halloween dance. There she discovers her prince is one of the popular guys, Austin Ames (Chad Michael Murray). This fairy tale having a cellular phone instead of the crystal shoe comes with plenty of wit, style, and heart. The uncovered shallowness of popular kids, their stupid parents, and whimpering siblings are shown in a way that should balm the unhealed wounds of anyone who's ever been to high school. |
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A story of several intertwined characters unfolds in this comedy drama when their paths cross in unexpected ways during the holiday season. Rose Harrison's (Susan Sarandon) mother is interned in a hospital with Alzheimer's disease, Rose is a middle-aged divorcee who use to visit her mother often. Robin Williams plays the mysterious fellow who later prevents her from possibly jumping in the East River. Mike is engaged to marry the beautiful Nina (Penélope Cruz), but he's so consumed with jealousy and suspicion that she's not sure if she can go through with the wedding. Meantime, Mike (Paul Walker) portrays a police officer who has become the obsessive focus of an elderly waiter, Artie (Alan Arkin), who is convinced Mike is the reincarnation of his late wife. Paul Walker's character reveals great depths of painful feeling as the cop struggling to save his future family. Chazz Palminteri, well-known as an actor, directed this, his first feature film. Though set in New York, the movie was filmed in Montreal. |
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Luther (Tim Allen) and Nora Krank (Jamie Lee Curtis) learns that their daughter won't be at home to celebrate Christmas due to her mission within the Peace Corps somewhere in Peru. They decide to skip the high expenses of the holiday altogether, despite the fact that they're usually the most fanatical about it. Situation becomes really hilarious when their daughter suddenly returns home and they decide to start celebration from scratch. The movie is based on John Grisham's novel "Skipping Christmas" and directed by Chris Columbus which means it will be really funny! |
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Archaeologist Ben Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage), a treasure hunter, promises to locate and protect an ancient treasure hidden 200 years ago in this action-packed adventure movie. His grandfather states that the treasure is buried somewhere in the country, and that the highly cryptic clues are scattered everywhere. Ben thinks that he had obtained some clues which can lead him directly to the treasure, when his ally Ian plots to kill an archaeologist. Ben fortunately evades this threat and soon finds out that the main hint to the treasure location, a map, is hidden on the back cover of the most protected document in U.S. history, the Declaration of Independence. Being pursued by his criminal-minded ally and the FBI, Ben should eventually find the National Treasure. |
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A timeless story of a young girl who moves to Cuba with her family, where she meets Javier, a local and falls in love with him, who encourages her to dance dirty Cuban-style. The Revolution approaches as the couple prepares for a national dance competition, discovering the love, sensuality and independence. When Castro takes over, Katey's parents decide to flee for the U.S., leaving Katey to make the ultimate decision. |
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Around the World in 80 Days is based on the classic novel by Jules Verne and stars Jackie Chan as Passepartout. He was a thief in 1872 who became the traveling companion and martial arts bodyguard of a man betting that he can circumnavigate the world in a set time. British inventor Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan), a daring man of science, stated his belief that it's possible for him to travel around the globe in a mere 80 days, as he asserted in a lively discussion with Lord Kelvin (Jim Broadbent), the head of the Royal Academy of Science. During their adventurous trip the pair has various points to stop at, situated in France (Paris, of course!), Turkey, India, China and the United States. Femme fatale Monique and a suspecting detective are also involved in the story. Soon after the pair left London, a major bank was robbed and Phileas and Passportout are considered as the main suspects trying to escape. |
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Shrek and Princess Fiona are back from their happy honeymoon to pay the first visit to Fiona's parents, the King and Queen of the Kingdom of Far, Far Away. But the new in-laws are expecting to meet a stately prince, so they're in for a surprise when Fiona introduces them to a giant green ogre and his donkey friend. When King Harold realizes that his new son-in-law is a green-coloured monster, and their daughter has a problem with the magical spell gone wrong, he is emotionally shocked. Fiona's parents haven't ever dreamt of such green future for their daughter so King Harold decides to take Shrek out of his sight and return Fiona to her former appearance with the help of the Fairy Godmother (voice of Jennifer Saunders), Prince Charming (voice of Rupert Everett), and the famed ogre killer feline Puss in Boots (voice of Antonio Banderas). |
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Preston, Idaho's most curious resident, Napoleon Dynamite (Heder), lives with his grandma and his 32-year-old brother (who cruises chat rooms for ladies) and works to help his best friend, Pedro (Efren Ramirez), snatch the Student Body President title from mean teen Summer Wheatley (Haylie Duff). |
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Stacy (Brittany Murphy) is just landed a job as associate producer on a local talk show. Her life gets turned upside down when she is persuaded to explore one of the show's themes, and snoops through her boyfriend's Palm Handheld to investigate his exes. But when she develops a friendship with one of the women, Stacy begins to question not only what she has done, but also what she really wants. In the long run, Stacy gets much more than she bargained for as this slightly dark comedy takes some unexpected turns. |
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Cody Banks (Frankie Muniz) is a shy common teenager, living with his mother, father and little brother in a suburban house. But he is also a very efficient undercover CIA agent. He is assigned by CIA director (Keith David), with the support of his instructor Ronica Miles (Angie Harmon), to date Natalie Connors (Hilary Duff) in order to be invited to her birthday party and get close and spy Natalie's father, Dr. Connors (Martin Donovan). Dr. Connors is a brilliant scientist, who has developed some sort of micro-robots with the intention of controlling oil leakage from tankers. However, the investors of the experiment intend to use the device as a powerful weapon. |
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This comedy follows the misadventures of two childhood friends, Charlie Carbone (Jerry O' Connell), a New York hair stylist, and Louis Booker (Anthony Anderson), a musician and a magnet for bad luck. Once they get involved in shady dealings of mafia boss Sal (Christopher Walken) and have to travel to the Australian Outback to deliver a large sum of money to Sal's associates, Mr. Smith (Marton Csokas). The assignment is not as easy as it seems to be. First the guys enjoy their trip, but soon their good mood is replaced by fear when they accidentally injure a kangaroo. Trying to revive the poor animal, they decide to put Louis’s lucky red jacket on the kangaroo and to take a picture of it. Luckily, the kangaroo comes to its senses. On the other hand, unfortunately for the travellers, the unreasonable beast, with the money-containing-jacket on, skips away and is lost to sight in the jungles. Louis and Charlie, panic-stricken, team up with a smart American wildlife expert, Jessie by name (Estella Warren), to chase down the kangaroo in order to retrieve the mob cash. |
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13 year old Walter has had a hard life, with his no good floozy of a mother getting together with many equally despicable men. Before going on yet another husband-hunting trip, she drops him off at the house of his great-uncles Hub and Garth. They disappeared for quite a while in their youth, and are rumored to have acquired a great fortune, which Walter's mother hopes to get her hands on if he can ingratiate himself enough to the two cantankerous men. Though reluctant to put up with him at first, Hub and Garth grow to accept Walter, and even tell him fantastic stories of what they were up to while they went missing. When his mother returns, Walter must take charge of his own life, and decide what he's going to do with it. |
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After graduating from Harvard, Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) is a young lawyer of great promise recruited by a large company. Her fellow attorney, Emmett Richmond (Luke Wilson), the man of her dreams, is still in love with Elle. As usual Elle looks perfect: she is a smart, pink-loving, blonde-haired bombshell with French-manicured hands. It seems that all is well. Suddenly she gets to know about cosmetic testing on animals. Elle waxes indignant over cruel treatment of animals and takes matters into her own hands. Elle makes a decision to have resort to county authorities to stand up for animal rights. However, she faces politics of senators determined to get out the vote on Election Day at any cost. Then Elle arrives at a decision to go to Washington, D.C. So Fashion Week will take place in the White House! |
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World-famous astrophysicist Dr. Jack Murray (Chris Potter) and his lab partner Hank are experimenting with time travel when they mysteriously disappear without leaving a trace. Dr. Murray's children, Meg (Katie Stuart) and Charles Wallace (David Dorfman), are at a loss to know where to find their missing father. Then, guided by three cosmic beings - Mrs. Who (Alison Elliott), Mrs. Whatsit (Alfre Woodard), and Mrs. Which (Kate Nelligan) - the kids and their neighbour Calvin O'Keefe (Gregory Smith) go on a breathtaking journey to the distant planet of Camazotz where they meet with evil forces led by The Prime Coordinator (Kyle Secor), a red-eyed man. The travellers must trust each other if they want to rescue Dr. Murry and return home safe and sound. |
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Get ready for a fantastical round-the-world voyage and perilous adventures along the way. This time, Sinbad (Brad Pitt), the daredevil seafarer and adventure-seeker, is framed for stealing the precious and powerful Book of Peace. The infuriated Eris (Michelle Pfeiffer), the Goddess of Chaos, gives Sinbad the last chance to go over the hills and far away to find and recover the missing book or his former childhood friend Prince Proteus of Syracuse (Joseph Fiennes) will perish. Our hero makes a wise decision not to tempt fate and instantly sets off on a dangerous odyssey, along with his loyal dog Spike and Proteus' betrothed, Marina (Catherine Zeta-Jones). |
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The seductive love story set in the mid 1930s revolves around a young British officer, John Truscott (Hugh Dancy), dispatched to the remote island of Borneo to civilize the native Iban tribe, and a gorgeous, beguiling native maiden Selima (Jessica Alba), a so-called sleeping dictionary. She is the kind of girl to fast-teach colonial officers the language and the local habits – in bed. Forbidden love flourishes between the officer and his concubine but unfortunately, their unexpected romance makes variance between the colonizers and the colonized. Thus Selima and John are ruthlessly separated by war. A year later, the officer returns to the island with his wife but suddenly his past intrudes on his present to cardinally change all his plans... |
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The movie tells the ironical story of Donna Jensen (Gwyneth Paltrow), a young woman from a provincial town who has high hopes for the future and dreams of seeing the world. When her lover breaks her heart, she is sickly of body and mind and feels heavy-laden. But her life unexpectedly alters when she reads the book of Sally Weston, a famous flight attendant. Inspired by Sally’s story of success, Donna gets her things together and goes to a nearby city to look for a job as a flight attendant. After working for a small commuter airline Donna decides to try her luck at an international airline. However, she finds that the road to success is more twisting as it may seem. |
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This film follows the incredible life of Edward Bloom (Albert Finney), a well known wonderful storyteller whose tall tales involve a witch with a glass eye that can see the future, giants and werewolves, a haunted forest, and of course, a big fish that refuses to be caught. A self-described small-town hero, Bloom enjoys recounting his unbelievable adventure stories about how he left home at 18 determined to explore the world. He worked for the circus, took on courageous assignments as a WWII soldier, and wandered across the country as a traveling salesman. Bloom weaves his magical and delightful stories into his genealogical fabric. As a result, his son Will (Billy Crudup) considers him a braggart that never cares for his family and doesn’t get along with him. When Edward becomes incurably ill with cancer, his estranged son visits him for the last time. Will tries to separate the myth from the truth and finally understand who his father really was... |
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Are you scared of ghosts? You should not even approach a gloomy old mansion with its squeaky doors and dark corridors. Hoping to make the biggest deal of his career, carefree estate agent Jim Evers (Eddie Murphy) decides to buy a desolate mansion, located on a remote bayou, in order to reconstruct it for resale. Accompanied by his wife Sara (Marsha Thomason) and two kids, Jim pays a visit to the estate to check out the property. But it soon becomes clear that the Evers are not the only owners of the estate. The other tenants of the house are 999 creepy ghosts that don’t relish the idea of sharing their eeire cosy nook with impudent and noisy people. Nobody wants to concede the house, therefore a real war of nerves breaks out between the Evers family and the scheming haunts. However, the ghosts have great advantage over their rivals – they have no nerves!.. |
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Honey Daniels (Jessica Alba), a talented choreographer, lives in a poor neighborhood and earns money working double-shift as a video store assistant by day and as a bartender in a night-club by night. Besides, she teaches hip-hop dancing to the local teenagers. But she dreams of becoming a successful video-clip dancer. Finally, fortune smiles on Honey when she meets the video director Michael Ellis (David Moscow) who offers her a job. She is cast in her first music video and even gets a promotion. But soon her boss begins making sexual advances towards Honey promising to turn her into a celebrity in the world of show-business. Can Honey overcome strong temptation? |
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