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Horton Hears a Who
2008 • 86 minutes • Colour • 20th Century Fox
Director: Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino
Cast: Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Dan Fogler, Isla Fisher, Dane Cook, Jaime Pressly
One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry for help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can't see anyone on the speck, he
decides to help it. As it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Whoville. Horton agrees to help protect the
Whos and their home, but this gives him nothing but torment from his neighbours, who refuse to believe that anything could survive on the
speck. Still, Horton stands by the motto that, "After all, a person is a person, no matter how small."
Hot Pursuit
1987 • 95 minutes • Colour • Paramount Pictures
Director: Steven Lisberger
Cast: John Cusack, Robert Loggia, Wendy Gazelle, Jerry Stiller, Monte Markham, Shelley Fabares, Keith David
Student Cusack, grounded by bad grades, has been prevented from taking a dream vacation with the family of his wealthy girlfriend. Then
he gets last-minute reprieve from a kindly prof, and tries to catch up with them on the road.
Hot Rod
2007 • 87 minutes • Colour • Paramount Pictures
Director: Akiva Schaffer
Cast: Andy Samberg, Mark Acheson, Bill Hader, Danny R. McBride, Ian McShane, Sissy Spacek, Jorma Taccone
An accident-prone daredevil (Samberg) plans to jump the Snake River on a moped in order to win over his stepfather.
Hot Shots
1991 • 88 minutes • Colour • 20th Century Fox
Director: Jim Abrahams
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges, Kevin Dunn, Jon Cryer, William O'Leary, Kristy Swanson
From the crazy filmmakers who brought you Airplane and The Naked Gun, comes another hilarious comedy filled with the usual sight gags
and parodies.
Hotel for Dogs
2009 • 100 minutes • Colour • DreamWorks
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Cast: Don Cheadle, Emma Roberts, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon, Jake T. Austin, Kyla Pratt, Johnny Simmons, Troy Gentile, Robinne Lee
Animals are strictly forbidden at Andi and her little brother Bruce's foster home. But for Friday, the adorable dog they secretly care for,
they're ready to risk everything. They finally find him an ideal shelter, a huge abandoned hotel that Bruce transforms thanks to his
engineering genius. In what has become an incredible paradise for dogs, Friday is soon joined by all kinds of furry friends, so many in fact
that their barks alert the neighbors...and the local pound.
House of D
2005 • 96 minutes • Colour • Maple Pictures
Director: David Duchovny
Cast: David Duchovny, Anton Yelchin, Magali Amadei, Erykah Badu, Harold Cartier, Mary Fortune, Janet Huege, Gideon Jacobs, Orlando
Jones
By working through problems stemming from his past, a man discovers who he really is, and he begins to reconcile with his family and
friends.
How She Move
2008 • 92 minutes • Colour • Mongrel Media
Director: Ian Iqbal Rashid
Cast: Tre Armstrong, Clé Bennett, David Carmon, Keyshia Cole, DeRay Davis, Nina Dobrev, Romina D'Ugo, Kevin Duhaney
Following her sister's death from drug addiction, a high school student is forced to leave her private school to return to her old, crime-filled
neighborhood where she re-kindles an unlikely passion for the competitive world of step dancing.
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