Action Movies 2008 List

With Martin Short • Freddie Highmore • Sarah Bolger • Nick Nolte • Mark Waters • Izabella Miko • Mary-Louise Parker • David Berenbaum • Andrew McCarthy • David Strathairn • Joan Plowright • Mark Canton • Ellen Goldsmith Vein • Brent Forrester

From the beloved best-selling series of books comes "The Spiderwick Chronicles," a fantasy adventure for the child in all of us. Peculiar things start to happen the moment the Grace family (Jared, his twin brother Simon, sister Mallory and their mom) leave New York and move into the secluded old house owned by their great, great uncle Arthur Spiderwick. Unable to explain the strange disappearances and accidents that seem to be happening on a daily basis, the family blames Jared. When he, Simon and Mallory investigate what's really going on, they uncover the fantastic truth of the Spiderwick estate and of the creatures that inhabit it.

With Samuel L. Jackson • Hayden Christensen • Rachel Bilson • Jamie Bell • Simon Kinberg • Doug Liman • Diane Lane • David S. Goyer • Teddy Dunn • Tom Hulce • Sean Baek • Lucas Foster • Jim Uhls

Based on the Steven Gould novel, Jumper follows a young man from a broken home who discovers that he has the ability to teleport. In his quest for the man he believes is responsible for the death of his mother, the kid draws the attention of the National Security Agency and another kid with the same abilities.