Chris Columbus

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

Tags: Fantasy 

Length: min

The son of Poseidon travels the Earth with the hopes of quelling a battle of the gods in this adaptation of the first book in Rick Riordan's best-selling children's book series. Veteran director Chris Columbus (Home Alone, Harry Potter and the...

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Fog City Mavericks: The Filmmakers of San Francisco (2007)

Cast: Clint Eastwood Saul Zaentz Francis Ford Coppola Milos Forman   

Tags: Media Studies Film & Television History Film, TV & Radio Culture & Society Biography 

Length: 120min

While Los Angeles has been the capital of major studio filmmaking in America since the early ears of the 20th Century, in the northern part of California, San Francisco has become home to a different breed of filmmaker -- artists who treasure their...

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Rent (2005)

Cast: Robert De Niro   

Tags: Musical Musical Drama 

Length: 135min

This film adaptation of the Broadway musical based loosely on Puccini's opera +La Bohème features many members of the original cast. It follows a year in the lives of seven friends living the disappearing Bohemian lifestyle in New York's East...

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I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)

Tags: Romantic Comedy Teen Movie Comedy 

Length: 102min

When a geeky high-school valedictorian throws caution to the wind by expressing his love for a popular cheerleader during his graduation speech, life finally starts to get interesting in this coming-of-age comedy adapted from the book by...

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

Cast: Richard Harris John Williams   

Tags: Children's Fantasy Fantasy Adventure Fantasy Family 

Length: 161min

Youthful wizard Harry Potter returns to the screen in this, the second film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's wildly popular series of novels for young people. Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and his friends Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger...

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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)

Cast: Martin Scorsese James Cameron Ridley Scott Steven Spielberg Jodie Foster Quentin Tarantino George Lucas Jerry Bruckheimer 

Tags: Film, TV & Radio Film & Television History 

Length: 97min

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Editing teaches the viewer how editors compile strips of film in order to create memorable moviegoing experiences. In addition to interviews with a variety of respected and award-winning editors, the movie offers clips...

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Bicentennial Man (1999)

Cast: Sam Neill Robin Williams   

Tags: Sci-Fi Comedy Comedy Science Fiction Domestic Comedy 

Length: 131min

If a robot spends enough time around humans, can he learn to become one of them? The Martin family purchases a domestic android as a servant and names him Andrew (Robin Williams). Andrew comes to know the man of the house as Sir (Sam Neill), his wife...

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

Tags: Fantasy Adventure Children's Fantasy Family Fantasy 

Length: 142min

The best-selling novel by J.K. Rowling (titled -Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in England, as was this film adaptation) becomes this hotly anticipated fantasy adventure from Chris Columbus, the winner of a high-stakes search for a director...

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Stepmom (1998)

Tags: Comedy Drama Medical Drama Family Drama Domestic Comedy 

Length: 150min

Mrs. Doubtfire director Chris Columbus continues to explore the family turmoil of divorce in the tearjerker Stepmom, a story that pits the birth mother against the new mother. Jackie (Susan Sarandon), a one-time book editor, is now the consummate...

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