Lost in the Desert (1969)
Original title of this movie is Dirkie. Filmed in the most dangerous wastelands, the Kalahari Desert, “Lost in the Desert” is a story of suspense, conflict and incredible human courage…
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
The film opens outside of Las Vegas, in the scorching Nevada desert. Michael (Kurt Russell) stops at the Last Resort Hotel and Cafe, where he gets a room. As he…
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Jojo Betzler (Roman Griffin Davis) is a ten-year-old boy in Nazi Germany during the second world war. He is extremely patriotic and loves his country and loves the fuhrer –…
The Devil’s Playground (1976)
The Devil’s Playground is an intimate portrait of Tom, a thirteen-year-old struggling in spirit and body with the constraints of living in a Catholic seminary. It is also the story…
Room (2015)
The film begins with a young boy with really long hair named Jack (Jacob Tremblay) telling us how he came into the possession of his mother, who we only know…
Boy (2010)
The time and place are late 1984 in the small settlement of Raukokore on the North Island of New Zealand. Preteen Alamein Ranginui, called Boy by most who know him,…
Sleepers (1996)
Told through the narration of a grown-up “Shakes”, four young boys: Lorenzo “Shakes”(Joseph Perrino), Michael (Brad Renfro), Tommy (Jonathan Tucker), and John (Geoffrey Wigdor) are the best of friends growing…
The Jungle Book (2016)
The panther Bagheera opens the film by saying that there are many stories in the jungle, but none quite like that of the man-cub Mowgli. Mowgli is seen running through…
Ideal Home (2018)
A bickering gay couple must now deal with the unexpected task of raising a ten-year-old boy. Steve Coogan and Paul Rudd star as Erasmus and Paul, a bickering gay couple…
Wonder (2017)
August “Auggie” Pullman (Jacob Tremblay) sees himself as an ordinary kid. He loves science, is a big fan of “Star Wars”, and Halloween is his favorite holiday. He lives in…
Blended (2014)
In the opening scene, Lauren Reynolds (Drew Barrymore) is in the bathroom of a Hooters eatery, talking to her kids’ babysitter Tracy (Lauren Lapkus). Lauren’s on a blind date which…
