LAS VEGAS — Jodie Foster grew up on-screen in the 1970s, acting beyond her young age in such films as "Taxi Driver" and "Freaky Friday." Now Abigail Breslin, who starred in ...

(AP) - "Nim's Island" is a movie for kids who like to think and read and use their imagination, and for parents who may be tired of family fare that's nothing but a litany of cutesy pop-culture ...

In this lively adventure comedy for girls, Abigail Breslin plays a motherless tomboy living on a secluded Fiji island with her animal pals and her father, a marine biologist (Gerard Butler). After ...

Nim’s Island bogs down a bit in the midsection with a subplot that seems to be more about the “do” than the derring-do, but the oft-cited phrase about becoming the hero of one’s own story is a mantra ...