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Isabel Sullivan has just moved to a small town to live with her uncle Paul who is the town's mayor. Isabel has recently lost her parents in a car accident. Feeling very alone and friendless, Isabel befriends a stray robot dog named ARCHIE. Though he looks like a normal dog, he is anything but. He can talk. He can run at blinding speed. He's got super strength and x-ray vision. Isabel and Archie become fast friends.
22) Heidi
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At the age of five, little orphan Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather in the Alps. Everyone in the village is afraid of him, but Heidi is fascinated by his long beard and bushy gray eyebrows. She loves her life in the mountains, playing in the sunshine and growing up among the goats and birds. But one terrible day, Heidi is collected by her aunt and is made to live with a new family in town. Heidi can't bear to be away from her grandfather;...
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Jules Daly is the new guardian to her niece and nephew. On the day she loses her job and nanny, an invitation arrives to spend a royal Christmas in Europe with the children's grandfather, the Duke of Castlebury Hall. Once Jules and the children arrive at the castle, laughter soon fills the once quiet halls, giving everyone hope and joy for the season. And when Jules captures the heart of the dashing Prince Ashton, both of their lives change in unexpected...
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"After Mary Lennox's parents pass away, she is sent to a large, isolated house in Yorkshire to live with an uncle she has never met. Ill-tempered, obstinate Mary dislikes her new home, but when she finds the key to a locked garden she realises there are fascinating secrets waiting to be uncovered at Misselthwaite Manor. With the help of new friends, Mary resolves to bring the neglected garden back to life - and her own transformation begins. This...
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Despicable me: In his quest to be the world's greatest villain, Gru plans to steal the Moon, but he meets his greatest challenge when he adopts three little girls to help him on his mission.
Despicable me 2: As ex-supervillain Gru is adjusting to family life and earning an honest living, the Anti-Villain League seek his help in stopping a new super criminal.
26) Heidi
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The classic story of a young poor orphan girl abandoned by her aunt and banished to live with her isolated old grandfather high in the Swiss Alps.
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Renegade 'synthoid' Zeta, marked for reprogramming after developing a conscience and defying his evil orders, flees from a ruthless government agent. Capable of transforming himself at will into any human shape and possessing amazing cybernetic resources, Zeta joins Ro a fifteen-year-old street kid in her own kind of trouble with the law.
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Shirley Temple portrays Sara, the pampered daughter of a British officer. Left in a boarding school when her father goes off to war, her world is turned upside down when he is reported dead. Destitute, Sara is made a servant at the school, yet she refuses to let her spirit be broken.
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Despicable me: Gru delights in all things wicked. Surrounded by an army of tireless little yellow minions, and armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen, a potential dad.
Despicable me 2: Recruited by the Anti-Villain...
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"The story and characters you know and love come to spectacular life in the live-action adaptation of Disney's animated classic Beauty and the Beast, a cinematic event celebrating one of the most beloved tales ever told." --
"Celebrate Disney's Cinderella, a modern classic that shines with beauty, imagination... and magic! Despite being bulled by her stepmother (Cate Blanchett) and stepsisters, a spirited Ella (Lily James) resolves to take charge...
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Despicable Me: Gru delights in all things wicked. Surrounded by an army of tireless little yellow minions, and armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen, a potential dad.
Frozen: Fearless optimist Anna sets off on an...
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Orphaned, Pazu is caught up in a thrilling adventure after Sheeta, a young girl wearing a glowing pendant, floats out of the night sky and into his life. Now, the pair must soar above the clouds in order to find the legendary floating city of Laputa and its treasures.
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Illumination presents all ten of their blockbuster comedies in one collection for the whole family.
Despicable Me (2010): When a criminal mastermind uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, he finds their love is profoundly changing him for the better.
Despicable Me 2 (2013): When Gru, the world's most super-bad turned super-dad has been recruited by a team of officials to stop lethal muscle and a host of Gru's own, He has to fight...
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Snow White: Snow White finds refuge with seven friendly dwarves as she flees her jealous step-mother.
Hunchback of Notre Dame: A drama about a hunchback bellringer in the Cathedral of Notre Dame during the reign of Louis XI, who falls in love with a beautiful gypsy girl.
Jungle book: Adventures of Mowgli, an orphan boy raised by wolves, who is encouraged to leave the jungle before the return of the fearsome man-eating tiger. With his loyal panther-friend...
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Despicable me: Gru delights in all things wicked. Surrounded by an army of tireless little yellow minions, and armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen, a potential dad.
Despicable me 2: Recruited by the Anti-Villain...
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Anne of Green Gables, a new adaptation of the classic series, set in 1907 on beautiful Prince Edward Island. Anne Shirley is sent there to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who wanted to adopt a boy. Anne must make her way with the Cuthberts, in school, and in Avonlea to ensure she is never sent back to the orphanage again.
Anne of Green Gables, The good stars: Anne Shirley is thirteen years old and finds that life in...
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The absent-minded professor: Classic about a professor that invents an anti-gravity substance he names flubber, that makes inanimate objects and people fly.
20,000 leagues under the sea: Captain Nemo wages war on the surface world from his submarine while a shipwrecked sailor and a scientist try to foil his plans.
The incredible journey: Experience a timeless tale of courage and perseverance as three ordinary pets defy the odds in one extraordinary...