"In the tradition of National Velvet, this Nova Scotia-set family film revolves around a 13-year-old with a passion for horses. Like Elizabeth Taylor's Velvet, Virginia (Lindze Letherman) even has an older sister, Caroline (Rachel Skarsten). Sadly, her mother was killed in a riding accident three years ago and her father, Ford (Gabriel Byrne), has since forbidden Virginia to ride. Nonetheless, she's been visiting Twister in secret and is ..."
"When the mother of 13-year-old Virginia (Letherman) dies in a riding accident, Virginia's father (Byrne) sells the horse and vows neverto let his two daughters ride. Defying him, Virginia nurses the horse's new colt, Stormy, and secretly trains with him at night. But when Stormy is sold, Virginia's sister and a sympathetic trainer (Whalley) must help convince her father that a girl needs free rein to grow."
"A British director and cast have taken an American classic written in 1871 and created an irresistible BBC mini-series with timeless appeal. In Little Men, Louisa May Alcott focused on the challenges faced by an adult Jo, the spunkiest of the four March sisters in her earlier novel Little Women. Now married and overseeing a boarding school for rapscallion boys in rural New England, our plucky heroine suddenly finds her cozy world in dis ..."