July is another great month at Mill Creek Entertainment with some highly anticipated releases!
The Secret Lives of Dogs – 4 Doggone Great Movies
Dog-lovers unite as 4 adorable movies are unleashed in this canine collection of family-friendly films. These Dove-award delights are sure to entertain kids and families with wholesome stories all celebrating “man’s best friend”. Purchase here.
Summer’s Shadow (2014)
Belle Shouse, Todd Terry, Liz Franke, Mark Hanson, Aiden Langford, Juli Erickson
All it took was a sweet, stray dog to change the life of 12-year-old Summer Larsen and those around her. Summer has a big heart and maturity beyond her years. And Shadow, named for always following her around, was destined to be her dog. But for how long? And at what price? With controversy building in the neighborhood, Summer is determined to do what’s right and care for Shadow. With the help of a reclusive neighbor and a nerdy boy picked on by the popular kids, she learns a worthy lesson that following your conscience is not always easy…but the reward can be invaluable.
Ugly Benny (2014)
Timothy Justus, Karen Tarleton, Diego Josef, Vivienne Powell, Louis Dezseran, Cindy Pena
We’ve all heard the saying you shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover, and perhaps nobody embodies the sage wisdom of that advice better than Benny, or Ugly Benny, as he has come to be called by those who have encountered him at For Pet’s Sake Pet Store. A fuzzy, frumpled, tiny ball of frazzled yarn with four paws and two sweet eyes peeking out, Benny certainly wasn’t much to look at when he first arrived as a puppy on the doorstep of the pet store. Sam and Emma found him waiting there in a little box one morning, just staring up at them with those tiny, lovable little eyes, and to this day no one knows where he came from or who brought him there.
Designer Pups (2015)
Teagan Sirset, Melanie Johnson, Torrey Halverson, Garren Stitt, Mike Quirk
Young upcoming fashionista, Stacy Leiman, gets a rude awakening when she fails to land an internship under one of the city’s biggest fashion designers, Michel. Thinking her dreams of making it as a fashion designer are lost, Stacy gets her big break when she runs into the movie actress, Chloe Martelle by accident. Stacy, along with her two fashion-forward pups, Coco and Stella, “bark proof” Chloe’s dress before her big red carpet event. Stella and Coco assist Stacy in choosing the best-looking prints and help design clothes for red carpet events. After their overnight success, Michel begins losing clients to Stella, Coco and Stacy. When the designer finds out what is happening, he dognaps Stella and Coco right before the annual runway show competition.
Bandit and the Saints of Dogwood (2014)
Katie McNamara, Makinnon O’Brien, Connor Oringderff, Skylar Feichtner, Mike Stanley, Kena Holmes
Lenna, her furry best friend Bandit, and a few other students plan to pull a prank on the Principal the last day of school. The night of their dastardly deed, they encounter treasure map-toting thieves looking for gold buried beneath the school’s gym. When discovered, the treasure hunters get away and the kids are blamed by the principal for the damage! For punishment, they are sent to summer camp and it’ll take Bandit with a few of his pals to help the kids escape and get back home.
Hans Christian Andersen Double Feature
Featuring Snow Queen and Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale.
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale (2003)
Starring: Kieran Bew, Emily Hamilton, Flora Montgomery, James Fox, Simon Callow
Hans Christian Andersen created a world that lived in the imagination. His 168 stories including, “The Little Mermaid,” “Thumbelina,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” and “The Snow Queen” have become part of our tradition. “There will come a day when all of Copenhagen will be lit up in your honor.” It’s a gypsy’s prophecy to fifteen-year-old Hans Christian Andersen. The only child in a wretchedly poor family in the Danish village of Odense, Hans lives in a fantasy world. His hand carved dolls and puppets, his father’s bedtime stories, and his own natural flair for fantastic tales brings the child temporary escape. It takes him all the way to Copenhagen where, he’s been told, dreams can really come true. Charmed by this unusual young man are the distinguished Jonas Collin (Golden Globe-nominee James Fox, Gulliver’s Travels) and his daughter Jette (Emily Hamilton, David Copperfield). As wealthy as they are kind, they make their lavish home his. They’re also charmed by Hans’ fondness for turning all he sees—from a little match girl to a swan to a pair of ballet slippers — into entertaining and wonderous tales. When Collin introduces him to a publisher, Hans not only sees that his dreams are within reach, but also the opportunity to touch the world with an imagination that would one day become immortal.
Snow Queen (2002)
Starring Bridget Fonda, Jeremy Guilbaut, Chelsea Hobbs
Once A Year She Rises. For One Season She Reigns. Filled with magic, danger, and sweeping adventure, this Hans Christian Andersen classic follows a young girl into a fantastic and unknown world of legend and superstition where love unfolds as the greatest mystery of all. Gerda (Chelsea Hobbs, Pasadena) lives with her bitter father, Wolfgang (Robert Wisden, Harvey), in the remote and virtually empty northern hotel they run together. Neither speaks of the terrible night years ago when a fierce winter storm claimed the life of the young girl’s dear mother. Isolated, Gerda finds consolation in her growing attraction to Kai (Jeremy Guilbaut, Edgemont), the hotel’s handsome young bellboy, who has found a place in his heart for Gerda as well. As foreboding snow clouds gather, an unexpected guest arrives for a single night’s stay. She is swathed in white fur and diamonds, guarded by wolves, and covered in a spray of freshly fallen snow. With a glacial stare that can freeze this blood, the cold and nameless goddess sets her sights on Gerda’s true love. Then, in the middle of the night, the woman vanishes, as mysteriously as she arrived. All that remains of Kai is a note he has left for Gerda containing only two ominous words: help me. As the spring thaw arrives, so does Gerda’s courage to discover what has become of Kai and the woman she has dubbed the “Snow Queen” (Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Bridget Fonda, Point of No Return). Her quest leads her into the clutches of a witch with uncanny powers and keen insight into Gerda’s past. It brings her into the dungeon of a ruined castle where nightmares come true. It guides her to a fantastic palace of living dreams where polar bears speak and a princess reigns supreme. It whisks her through each of the four seasons and, finally, to the edge of world, toward the blinding northern lights, where an impenetrable house of ice holds the secrets to a mystery frozen in time. On this cold winter’s night, the Snow Queen is waiting. In the spectacular tradition of Merlin and Dinotopia, Snow Queen dazzles the eye with startling, state-of-the-art special effects, rouses the spirit with suspense and fantastic adventure, and warms the heart with a love story for all seasons.
