A decent sci-fi thriller television series. 4400 people are abducted over decades, and one day they all return – but not exactly the same they were as they left. Conchita plays one of the abductees, an adorable 9-year-old, whose black eyes, blonde curls and gentle smile will melt heart of anyone.

A highly precocious ten-year-old girl named Angela (Miranda) leads her six-year-old sister, Ellie (Charlotte), through various regimens of 'purification' in an attempt to rid themselves of their evil. I found this movie a bit disturbing, and carelessly made, but to its merit, not ordinary.

A family adventure with much Inca romanticism. Suitable for younger audiences, but hopelessly cheesy for grownups. Camilla's beauty takes your breath away, and her acting is decent, but the role doesn't allow for anything amazing.

By far the largest merit of this horror piece is thirteen-year-old Emily's smallish role as a ghost who warns our heroes of the gruesome dangers awaiting them. Emily has been consistently good also in her later roles, of which the best known is her lead role in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events .

This romantic comedy – more romantic than comedic – starts out strongly with Abigail, but soon tapers off into a fairly ordinary story of a man's quest to find the right one. Abigail plays Maya Hayes, a ten-year-old daughter of the lead male Will. She has just had her first sex ed class, and is now full of questions regarding her parents. In particular, she wants to hear how they met. And, she threatens, if he won't tell, she'll keep talking about thrusting penises even louder in public than she already has. And so the story starts, as his bed time story to her. Beyond that point we only see Abigail very occasionally, when the story is briefly interrupted. However, thanks mainly to excellent performance by Will's three romantic interests, the movie remains watchable to the end. Abigail does well as Maya, who is enjoyably active and opinionated throughout.

The Golden Compass condenses the first book of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, resulting in a great-looking adventure which is packed with seemingly disparate fantasy concepts, none with much depth behind them. Perhaps if I had read the books, I'd not find it so jarring to have speaking armored bears, flying witches, cowboys, sea-faring gypsies, and more all in the same soup. In comparison, the first part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy creates much stronger feeling of an alternative, unique universe.

Dakota Blue plays the heroine Lyra Belacqua, who is an orphan raised by scholars in a rather Victorian-like universe. Thus excellent British accent. Her friend is kidnapped, and she hears that the evil conspiracy called the Magisterium might be guilty. She's suspiciously offered a trip to the Artic north where her friend is supposedly taken, and so the adventure begins.

Dakota Blue is outstanding as Lyra. Roger Ebert calls her "pretty, plucky, forceful, self-possessed, charismatic, and just about plausible as the mistress of an armored bear," and there isn't much to add to that. Though not comparable to one better known Dakota, the movie is well worth watching just for her.

Love is joy, and love is pain, even when you're eleven years old. Little Manhattan tells this old story in a sweet and charming way, although some moments are too predictable, making it clear the target audience is not only grown ups. Personally, the karate scenes made me cringe with their usual lack of realism; that and the other flaws, though, are all fairly minor. Still images do no justice to Charlie, whose acting is first class. I found myself thinking of this film with warmth many days afterwards.

Based on a true story of Katie, a girl who was kept locked in a closet by her family for the 14 first years of her life, resulting in a deeply dysfunctional person who never learnt to speak. This is a very tough film to watch, as the makers have been honest to the real, cruel events. Tarra, almost a first time actor, plays the challenging role of Katie very well.

A decent suspense/thriller in a western setting. Jenna Boyd, at the age of ten, delivers a fine performance as the sympathetic daughter. The often-excellent Evan Rachel Wood, a teenager here, has a rather limited role.

Since the movie has no subtitles, I'll borrow a plot summary by Boris Shafir from IMDB: "A sequel to the well-known story about a Little Red Riding Hood (Krasnaya Shapochka). This time, a family of a slain wolf decides to avenge his death. So they falsely inform Little Red Riding Hood that her grandma is sick and prepare to eat her on her way."

A playful fairy tale, the movie occasionally changes into a musical, with musics quite to my liking. I rarely watch movies without subtitles if I don't understand their language, but Yana's huge and frequent smiles and catchy cackling was enough of a reason to start watching this movie. I wasn't let down, rather the opposite: Yana makes a wonderful and unique Red Riding Hood, full of bubbling charm.