Spy Kids (2001)

When grade-schoolers Carmen and Juni Cortez learn that their parents are retired secret agents who have been captured by a kid’s show host/criminal mastermind with dreams of global domination, the youngsters load up with high-tech gadgets to save Mom and Dad...and the world. Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Cheech Marin, and Alan Cumming star in the hit family adventure from writer/director Robert Rodriguez ("El Mariachi"). 88 min. C/Rtg: PG

Spy Kids 2: The Island Of Lost Dreams (2002)

In this thrilling sequel, Carmen and Juni Cortez have become junior members of the OSS and are enlisted to go to an extreme amusement park to find a pair of rival spy kids. But all four child agents unite as they try to track down a mad scientist on a mysterious island where he’s about to use his deadly Transmooger Device. Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Steve Buscemi and Mike Judge star in this wild family yarn from Robert Rodriguez. 98 min. C/Rtg: PG

Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003)

After leaving the OSS to go solo as a detective, Juni Cortez is called back into the spy game when sister Carmen is caught in a 3-D video game invented by a diabolical mastermind called the Toymaker. Once inside the game, Juni gets his wheelchair-bound grandfather virtual legs to help him track down his sister and stop the villain. Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Sylvester Stallone, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Ricardo Montalban, Salma Hayek, and George Clooney star in this smashing series finale from Robert Rodriguez. Not in 3D. 84 min. C/Rtg: PG