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The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

Plot: Strange things begin happening as soon as the Grace family - a mom and 3 kids - move into the house owned by their great, great uncle Arthur Spiderwick. Unable to explain the strange occurrences, the family blames the youngest boy (Highmore). When he and his siblings investigate, they uncover the truth of the Spiderwick estate…and the creatures that inhabit it. Based on the book series by Holly Black.

 
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★★½☆☆ Treasure Planet (2002)

Plot: Jim Hawkins (Gordon-Levitt) tends to get into trouble wherever he goes. When a mysterious stranger, Billy Bones (McGoohan), crash lands near the inn his mother (Metcalf) owns, Jim brings him in. Seems Billy Bones is being chased for the map he has. Before he dies, Billy Bones gives Jim a map, and tells him to beware of a cyborg. Jim discovers the map leads to Treasure Island, a mythical planet said to be filled with the riches of a 1000 worlds. Adapted from the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Animated.

 
  
     
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