Alien Girl

Jaws The Ten Commandments (the Charleton Heston version) The Full Monty (sorry, it just makes me happy) Blazing Saddles .... Dang, I can't think of one more!!

hmmm...never seen 'Princess Monoke'.

Little girl who's dad is relocating to a new town, is in the process of moving when she's wisked away to the spirit world, where she must get a job and survive until she can free her parents from a magical curse put upon them. Very good...excellent artistry, great characters though the little girl does shout more than necessary. But some of the scenes take your breath away, they're so well done. I think your daughter would love it...some scenes are a little scary, but if she did well with 'Howl', then she should have no problem with this one. She'll probably identify with the little girl even more. Also very good is "My Neighbor Turturro' by the same guy. Just ask the person at the video store to point you in the direction of the 'Myazaki' films. I think there's also one called 'The cat comes Back' which your daughter would probably really like. Very big fat cat in that one... Ok..sorry, I talk too much. Tell me how you liked them if you see them.

You mean you HAVEN'T seen 'Spirited Away'??!!! Good lord man, you have to see that one!! Really, I highly recommend it. It didn't win an academy award for nothing.

I saw it...loved it, though it did go on a bit longer than I would've liked. I love most of 'Miyazaki's (sorry if I mispelled that) work. His stuff is so cool and mystical. As far as the sorcery stuff is concerned...I grew up catholic AND fascinated by the occult, so did my sister (who is now a Prof. of Medicine) so I don't think it'll harm your daughter. Millions of kids have seen the Harry Potter movies, and you don't see a huge rise in the population of witches. I think little kids are just into mystical stuff. It's just a fairy tale to them. No different from Snow White or Sleeping Beauty in the long run.