Stories by @filmeinstein
337 stories

Garfield (animated movie)
The life of a fat, sarcastic, lazy cat

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
A pre-teen version of Scooby Doo, with a pint-sized version of the title character.

After Hours
Paul meets Marcy at a coffee shop after work, and gets her phone number. He calls her, she asks him to come over, and things take a turn for the bizarre. Paul spends the rest of the night trying to get home, dealing with angry cabbies, dead women (and their bartender husbands), clumsy catburglars, quirky sculptresses, unstable waitresses, condescending bouncers, and irate mobs led by ice cream truck drivers along the way.

Pinocchio
A wooden puppet hopes to become a real boy

The Wiz (animated movie)
An adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience.

Oliver and Company
Oliver is an orphaned kitten taken in by a gang of thieving dogs, led by cavalier canine Dodger and owned by down-and-out pickpocket Fagin. While pulling a job in the streets of New York City, Oliver winds up being adopted by a rich girl, Jenny, and landing on easy street. But through a series of events, a loan shark threatens the peaceful new arrangement.

Cats and Dogs (animated version)
A look at the top-secret, high-tech espionage war going on between cats and dogs, of which their human owners are blissfully unaware.

Bambi
The story of a young deer growing up in the forest.

American Pie
Four teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night

Diary of a Wimpy Kid
The story of Greg Heffley, a middle-school scrawny boy with an unlimited ambition to be famous when he's older and an overactive imagination. In contrast to Greg, his best friend Rowley just breezes through life without any hardship and just seems to be successful without too much effort. In his journal, we get a first-person perspective into Greg's hilariously eventful life, and his out-of-the-box thoughts and ideas. In time, our little protagonist learns to appreciate his real friends and the satisfaction of doing what is right.

Coco
Despite his family's baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.

The Princess Bride
A fairy tale adventure about a beautiful young woman and her one true love. He must find her after a long separation and save her. They must battle the evils of the mythical kingdom of Florin to be reunited with each other.

A Fish Called Wanda (remake)
In London, four very different people team up to commit armed robbery, then try to double-cross one another for the loot.

Disney’s Riding Hood
What if Disney made an animated Little Red Riding Hood movie?

Dudley Do-Right (Dreamworks animated movie)
Based on the cartoon, this animated movie follows the adventures of Dudley Do-Right, an enthusiastic, if somewhat dim, Canadian Mountie. When Dudley's childhood crush, Nell Fenwick, returns to their hometown in the mountains, he is eager to spend time with her, but his attempts at courting her are foiled by the villainous Snidely Whiplash, who is up to his usual schemes. Can Dudley win Nell's heart and curtail Snidely's wicked ways?

A Bug's Life (live action remake)
A misfit ant, looking for "warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe.

There's Something About Mary
Ted's dream prom date with Mary never happens due to an embarrassing injury at her home. Years later, Ted hires Pat Healy to track down Mary so he can reconnect with her. Pat lies to Ted about Mary and he finds out everything he can about her to trick her into dating him. Ted travels to meet Mary and has to weave through the web of lies that Pat and Mary's friend Tucker have woven to try and win her over.

Jurassic Park (Animated Illumination Version)
A pragmatic paleontologist visiting an almost complete theme park is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.

The Big Lebowski
Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."