The good news is, there are plenty of movies on at your local cinema that your kids will love, so you can sit back, relax and enjoy some quality time together.

When a book is as beloved as Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1911 tale of childhood, broken families and the magic that heals them, it finds itself revisited again and again in popular culture. This is the fourth big-screen adaptation among other theatre and television adaptations.

For those not familiar, the film begins some time at the beginning of the last century with bratty British expat orphan Mary Lennox (Dixie Egerickx) being shipped back from India after both father and mother have succumbed to various tropical illnesses, reluctantly taken in by incurably sad Uncle Archibald (Colin Firth).

Despite its dour splendour, her uncle's Yorkshire Moor estate is more like a prison, lorded over by housekeeper Mrs Medlock (Julie Walters), who issues Mary firm instructions not to wander the grounds or much of the house.

Unable to endure her lonely bedroom, Mary's wanderings outside introduce her to a dog she names Jemima (Fozzie), who helps her stumble upon a hidden garden which, as she revisits it, reveals charming animal friends, possible magical properties and other secrets.

Billed as the happiest movie ever made, Trolls World Tour has a star-studded cast of musical talent and you will be sure to leave the cinema humming a catchy tune.

Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake return in an all-star sequel to DreamWorks Animation's 2016 musical hit, Trolls.

In an adventure that will take them well beyond what they have known before, Poppy (Kendrick) and Branch (Timberlake) discover that they are but one of six different Troll tribes scattered over the six different lands and devoted to six different kinds of music

Their world is about to get a lot bigger and a whole lot louder.

It's been 10 years since the creation of the Great Truce, an elaborate joint-species surveillance system designed and monitored by cats and dogs to keep the peace when conflicts arise.

But when a tech-savvy villain hacks into wireless networks to use frequencies only heard by cats and dogs, he manipulates them into conflict, and the worldwide battle between cats and dogs is back on.

Now, a team of inexperienced and untested agents will have to use their old-school animal instincts to restore order and peace between cats and dogs everywhere.

Get ready to zoom back to Barkingburg with the pups in this all-new movie.

When the scheming Duke of Flappington steals a powerful levitation gem from the royal castle and uses its magical powers to raise Barkingburg into the clouds, Skye will need to overcome her biggest fears and lead the team in their biggest aerial rescue yet