Freddie Highmore has the kind of screen presence where you feel like he is pulling you into the story without even trying to move a finger.

Mallory (Sarah Bolger), center, and her brothers Jared and Simon (both Freddie Highmore) move into their great-great-uncle Arthur Spiderwick’s secluded old house in ’The Spiderwick Chronicles,’ from ...

NEW YORK -- Freddie Highmore is all long limbs and nervous energy -- teenage electricity that doesn't quite know where to go. In "The Spiderwick Chronicles," which is based on the popular children's ...

Mark Waters’ film has two things going for it: a laudable degree of craftsmanship and the promise of no sequels. Condensing five short juvenile novels into a single 90-minute film, the screenwriters ...

A young boy’s tumultuous home life soon takes a backseat to a magical new world when a mysterious manual opens his eyes to a whole new world as listed in “The Spiderwick Chronicles.” His parents’ ...

Once a child star with the world at his feet, Freddie Highmore might not have capitalized entirely on this promise, but he's certainly been a part of some beloved titles. From movies such as Charlie ...

There’s a lot of magic in “The Spiderwick Chronicles.” Based on the acclaimed children’s fantasy books by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, and adapted for television by Aron Eli Coleite, the TV show ...

Freudians disheartened by the Bearded One’s fall from psychotherapeutic grace may be cheered to learn that ol’ Sigmund lives and prospers at the movies, at least in child-friendly cinema. The ...