Astronaut Farmer, The

PG | 2007 | Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen | Critics: 10-6

When a man is forced to leave his job at NASA to tend to the family farm, he decides to build his own spaceship.

Bridge to Terabithia

PG | 2007 | Josh Hutcherson, Anna-Sophia Robb | Critics: 9-7-8-6

Two school friends are on the outer at their school. But they discover a magical place, Terabithia, and invent a new world for themselves.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

PG | 2007 | Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson | Critics: 9-8-7-5

Young Harry turns 15, and along with adolescence comes battling the Ministry of Magic.

Messengers, The

PG | 2007 | Kristen Stewart, Dylan McDermott | Critics: 6-4

After a seemingly perfect family moves to a sunflower farm in the middle of nowhere, murder and mayhem begin to screw with their lives.

Nancy Drew

PG | 2007 | Emma Roberts, Max Thieriot | Critics: 9-5

A teen detective happens upon clues to a murder mystery involving a movie star.

Pride

PG | 2007 | Terrence Howard, Bernie Mac | Critics: 6-5

Jim Ellis, a man driven to see social change in his community, starts a swim team made up of disadvantaged inner-city kids. 

Ultimate Gift, The

PG | 2007 | Drew Fuller, Ali Hillis | Critics: 5-4

A spoiled young man befriends a gravely ill child on his way to claim an inheritance from his late grandfather. 

Akeelah and the Bee

PG | 2006 | Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne | Critics: 8-7-6-7

A young girl's talent for spelling leads her all the way to a National Spelling Bee.

Eight Below

PG | 2006 | Paul Walker, Jason Biggs | Critics: 8-5-7-6

A team of sled dogs must fend for themselves in Antarctica after being left behind by their masters.

Glory Road

PG | 2006 | Josh Lucas, Derek Luke | Critics: 8-7-8-5

A white basketball coach faces white racists in the 1960s because his starting line-up consists of all African-American players.

Ice Age: The Meltdown

PG | 2006 | Voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo | Critics: 6-5-5-6

In this sequel, flooding threatens everyone as the Ice Age comes to a close. Diego Denis Leary and his pals band together to warn everybody of the danger.

Invincible

PG | 2006 | Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear | Critics: 8-6-8-7

Never played college football? Not a problem. You can be-come a star.

Lake House, The

PG | 2006 | Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock | Critics: 9-7-8-4

Remake of an acclaimed Korean film about two lov-ers who discover that their lives are two years apart.

Lassie

PG | 2006 | Peter O'Toole, Jonathan Mason | Critics: 8-7-8

You can't keep a good dog down. An intrepid collie treks back home to see her master.

Monster House

PG | 2006 | Voices of Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner | Critics: 9-9-8-6-7

Why don't their parents believe that this house is really a monster?

Nanny McPhee

PG | 2006 | Emma Thompson, Colin Firth | Critics: 8-8-7-7

Emma Thompson stars as a nanny who uses her magical powers to rein in her seven unruly charges.

Over the Hedge

PG | 2006 | Voices of Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling | Critics: 8

Cartoon caper about the critters in your back-yard and what they think of you.

Thief Lord, The

PG | 2006 | Aaron Johnson, Jasper Harris | Critics: 8

Two brothers escape their awful aunt and join vagrant kids in Venice for some fantastic adventures.

Wordplay

PG | 2006 | Documentary | Critics: 8-7-8-8-7

Are you a fan of crossword puzzles? This is the definitive doco. Surprisingly entertaining.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

PG | 2005 | Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore | Critics: 7-5

A young boy wins a candy bar contest and takes a guided tour of Willy Wonka's giant chocolate factory in this adaptation of Roald Dahl's tale.

Chronicles of Narnia, The: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

PG | 2005 | Georgie Henley, William Moseley | Critics: 8-7-8-6

During World War II, the four Pevensie children are sent to a country home so that they'll be safe from foreign attack. Once there, they discover a magic wardrobe that is really a portal to the mystical land of Narnia, where a war between good and evil is underway. Based on a series of novels by CS Lewis.

Corpse Bride

PG | 2005 | Voices of Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter | Critics: 8-7-8-7

After a man jokingly puts a wedding ring on the finger of a skeleton, he gets more than he bargained for a dead woman appears to him as a ghost and claims she's his legal bride.

Dreamer

PG | 2005 | Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning | Critics: 8-7-8-5

A broken-down horse trainer and a broken-down horse are both given a second chance for success when the daughter of the trainer makes it her mission to mend both man and nag and send them off to the Breeders' Cup Classic.

Duma

PG | 2005 | Alexander Michaletos, Hope Davis | Critics: 8-8

Xan, a young boy growing up in the wilds Africa, finds an orphaned cheetah cub that he turns into a pet and names Duma. After a tragic occurrence befalls Xan and his parents, Xan finds himself living in the city with Duma. Realising he must return the cheetah to his natural habitat, Xan sets off on the adventure of a lifetime.

Game of their Lives

PG | 2005 | Gerard Butler, Wes Bentley | Critics: 4-3-5-4

In 1950, in the small Brazilian town of Belo Horizonte, the US soccer team a ragtag group of part-time players won an exciting match against the favoured-to-win British team, which included some of the world's greatest players. Even the New York Times refused to print the score, calling it some kind of hoax.

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A tick on the bottom right corner indicates a superior work -- although this is obviously a matter of taste. To give another quality benchmark for films, we have surveyed some leading critics and recorded their views, on a scale of 1 (poor) to 10 (outstanding).

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