Blogs Posts in Family movie category; 124 blog posts

Kids' movie review: Puss in Boots

THIS week’s movie for review is Puss in Boots. Yes, he’s a very cute pussycat but to learn more about the storyline before letting the kids watch it, read the review by the Australian Council on Children & the Media. uss in Bo [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Animated Disney movies inspired by English literature

Disney has used mythology, historical characters, fairy tales and fables as the foundation for some amazing animated films. But, curiously for such an American icon, its also drawn on the diverse world of English literature for some [...]

Posted On : May, 31 2010 | Comments : 0

Family Movie Night returns with 'Avatar' ‎

Canyon Lake families will be pleased to know that a favorite summer tradition is back! Taking advantage of warm evenings and a lovely setting overlooking the Lake, Friday night Movie Nights at Holiday Harbor are beginning tonight and wil [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2010 | Comments : 1

'Dragon' versus 'Titans' versus 'Alice' in fight over 3-D sc...

Paramount Pictures is using high-pressure tactics against theaters to book DreamWorks Animation's upcoming big-budget 3-D film, "How to Train Your Dragon" onto scarce 3-D screens around the country, according to industry ex [...]

Posted On : Mar, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

Valentine's Day

Speaking of horror, director Garry Marshall's latest atrocity, "Valentine's Day," might be described as a Repression-Era Special an econo-pak of Hollywood second- and third-stringers, a couple of genuine stars (Anne Hat [...]

Posted On : Feb, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Top 5 Jackie Chan Movies to Watch With Your Kids

It’s often been said that Jackie Chan movies are a lot like Fred Astaire movies, only with fighting instead of dancing. With Chan’s forays into Hollywood movies, this has been less true, especially as he’s gotten older [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Hollywood highs in Bollywood bazaar

Till a little over a year ago, Hollywood films contributed to merely four to five per cent of box office collections across India. But in 2009, business doubled. Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince, Hangover, X-Men Origins – Wolver [...]

Posted On : Dec, 31 2009 | Comments : 1

Bambi meets Alien in a failure of nerve

AMONG its vast ambitions, Avatar is partly about colour. It is James Cameron's first movie since Titanic went down 12 years ago, so you can bet he has a lot to say, but the primary directive might be to make a film so beautiful in its use o [...]

Posted On : Dec, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

Family movie review - The Princess and the Frog

Took the kids to see Disney’s latest release, "The Princess and the Frog," this weekend and all of us — Dad, Mom, the kindergartner and the toddler — gave it two webbed thumbs up. The story, of course, is a rete [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

Movie Review - Old Dogs

Millions of years from now, when humans have left this planet for a better one and left nothing behind but our garbage, one imagines that our great works of art will be taken with us. Films like “Old Dogs” will stay behind, rott [...]

Posted On : Dec, 07 2009 | Comments : 0