Hotel for Dogs (2009)

release date:	Friday January 16, 2009
genre:	Family
running time:	100 min.
director:	Thor Freudenthal
studio:	DreamWorks Pictures
producer(s):	Ewan Leslie, Jason Clark, Jonathan Gordon, Lauren Shuler Donner
screenplay:	Jeff Lowell
cast:	Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Kyla Pratt, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon, Don Cheadle

synopsis
When their new guardians forbid 16-year old Andi (Emma Roberts) and her younger brother, Bruce (Jake T. Austin) to have a pet, Andi has to use her quick wit to help find a new home for their dog, Friday. The resourceful kids stumble upon an abandoned hotel and using Bruce's talents as a mechanical genius, transform it into a magical dog-paradise for Friday—and eventually for all Friday's friends. When barking dogs make the neighbors suspicious, Andi and Bruce use every invention they have to avoid anyone discovering "who let the dogs in."

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)

elease date:	Friday November 7, 2008 Tuesday February 3, 2009 (dvd/video)
genre:	Family
running time:	89 min.
director:	Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
studio:	Paramount Pictures
producer(s):	Mark Swift, Mireille Soria
screenplay:	Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Etan Cohen
cast:	Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Bernie Mac, Sherri Shepherd, Alec Baldwin, will.i.am

synopsis
In the highly-anticipated sequel to Madagascar, Alex (Ben Stiller), Marty (Chris Rock), Melman (David Schwimmer), Gloria (Jada Pinkett Smith), King Julien (Sacha Baron Cohen), Maurice (Cedric the Entertainer) and the penguins (Tom McGrath, Christopher Knights, Chris Miller) and the chimps (Conrad Vernon) find themselves marooned on the distant shores of Madagascar. In the face of this obstacle, the New Yorkers have hatched a plan so crazy it just might work. With military precision, the penguins have repaired an old crashed plane -- sort of. Once the first flight of Air Penguin is aloft, this unlikely crew stays airborne just long enough to make it to the wildest place of all -- the vast plains of Africa, where the members of our New York City zoo-raised crew encounter species of their own kind for the very first time. Africa seems like a great place... but is it better than their Central Park home?

Bedtime Stories (2008)

Genre: Comedy, Action/Adventure, Family
Running Time: 95 min.
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Adam Shankman
Writer: Matt Lopez

Synopsis

The life of Skeeter Bronson, a hotel handyman, is changed forever when the bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to mysteriously

come true. He attempts to take advantage of the phenomenon, incorporating his own aspirations into one outlandish tale after another, but it's the kids' unexpected contributions that turn Skeeter's life upside down.