Chris Van Allsburg

writer
Animated Feature Film

The Polar Express


You didn’t think that Robert Zemeckis put that flux capacitor in the engine room for no reason, did you? Then again, maybe he did, because apart from the three Back to the Future Easter eggs, I didn’t spot a lick of time travel in The Polar Express. —Michael Main
Boy: (blowing train whistle) I’ve wanted to do that my whole life!
Out in the nighttime snow, a small boy stares up at an oncoming steam
                locomotive and its bright headlight.
  • Fantasy
  • Audience: Families
  • Definite Time Travel
Feature Film

Zathura: A Space Adventure


Two children staring out an open door at close, orange moon, the distant Earth,
                and a slew of asteroids.
  • Science Fiction
  • Audience: Families
  • Definite Time Travel