17 March 2020
Quality screen time: The top six picks for kids of all ages on Showmax
When the kids are out of school, some screen time is a fun way to pass the time. Make their daily watching magical with the best shows and movies on Showmax.
Age: 4+
Rusty Rivets
Storyline: If you can dream it, you can build it! Budding engineer and inventor Rusty Rivets and his best friend Ruby modify, customise, and Rustify, solving problems with clever designs and the help of Rusty’s awesome robots.
Claim to fame: The Daytime Emmy-nominated Canadian animated series has an excellent voice cast and promotes curiosity about scientific principles and STEM fundamentals.
Age: 6+
Early Man
Storyline: Caveman Dug and his trusty sidekick Hognob must lead the tribe to save their valley home as the Stone Age meets the Bronze Age in a mighty clash … on the soccer field.
Claim to fame: This heartwarming British stop-motion comedy movie from Nick Park and Aardman Animation (Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep) is perfect for the whole family to watch together. It’s a multiple Annie Award nominee and Common Sense Media Selection with an all-star voice cast including Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston (aka Loki in Thor), Maisie Williams (aka Arya in Game of Thrones), and Miriam Margolyes and Timothy Spall from Harry Potter.
Age: 7+
100 Things To Do Before High School
Storyline: CJ can’t wait to start high school, till a reality check from her older brother puts things like relentless workloads and fading friendships into perspective for her. Now CJ’s on a mission to make the most of her middle-school friendships, with a bucket list of crazy last-chance adventures.
Claim to fame: This award-winning series about real best friends stars Isabela Moner, who’ll be every under-12’s favourite actress by the time you read this, thanks to her title role in Dora and the Lost City of Gold.
Age: 12+
LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Storyline: Five years after everything was awesome, the heroes of Bricksburg are back and this time they have to find a way to defeat LEGO DUPLO space invaders who are destroying everything in their path.
Claim to Fame: The movie opened at number one at the box office and grossed $192.3m worldwide. It was the number 4 Best Reviewed Animated Movie of 2019, with an 85% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes, and was nominated for two 2019 People’s Choice Awards, for Favorite Family Movie and Favorite Animated Movie Star (Chris Pratt). It was also nominated for three Kids’ Choice Awards this year: Favorite Animated Movie, Favorite Female Voice Actor (Tiffany Haddish) and Favorite Male Voice Actor (Chris Pratt).
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