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A quick look at family movie trailers

Pixar's 10th feature hopes to continue the studio's perfect 1.000 batting average of unconventional family fare. Carl Fredericksen, a crotchety geezer in search of adventure, attaches millions of balloons to his house, setting sail on a jou [...]

Posted On : Apr, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

Al Pacino to play Napoleon in family movie

Al Pacino, who has long been interested in tackling the character of Napoleon, is set to play the French strongman in a movie based on the children's book "Betsy and the Emperor." The indie production is scheduled to start filming [...]

Posted On : Apr, 08 2009 | Comments : 0

Extra dimension

WALT Disney is going 3-D on a lot of future films – and some from its past. The studio announced recently that 3-D versions of the computer-animated tales Toy Story and Toy Story 2 will be released on Oct 2 for a two-week run as a dou [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2009 | Comments : 0

Pixar animation to open Cannes festival

Up, a film from Walt Disney Co.'s hit-making studio Pixar, will be the first animated and the first 3-D film to open the Cannes Film Festival. The adventure comedy, directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson and produced by John Lasseter, w [...]

Posted On : Mar, 20 2009 | Comments : 0

Witch Mountain wins race and knocks Watchmen off US No 1 per...

The superheroes of Watchmen have been roundly whupped by a gang of children and an ex-wrestler this weeked as Disney's Race to Witch Mountain climbed to the top of the US box office. Race to Witch Mountain, a family-friendly "reboot&qu [...]

Posted On : Mar, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

'Karate Kid' Ralph Macchio is staying in the 'Ugly Betty' pi...

What started out as a one- or two-episode run for Ralph Macchio on ABC's "Ugly Betty" has turned into something more. No surprise, now that he's been accepted into the "Ugly" family, Macchio doesn't want to leave. &qu [...]

Posted On : Mar, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

A World Full of Movies Where Kids Call the Shots

Sometimes the most interesting movie for children isn’t necessarily a children’s movie. That seeming contradiction lies at the heart of the New York International Children’s Film Festival, which this Friday begins three [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Toons take their turns -- and jumps -- at 'Disney on Ice'

Take a movie set under the sea, another in a jungle, another in Pixie Hollow and another in a once-forgotten town called Radiator Springs, and put it all on ice. Add pizzazz, lifts, spins, jumps and dazzling, multicolored costumes and memo [...]

Posted On : Feb, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail

Another week, another Tyler Perry movie. This time, Madea goes to jail.It takes almost an hour and a half to get her there (Perry's movies have daytime-television pacing), and, predictably enough, she does not go quietly. The women's priso [...]

Posted On : Feb, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

Family Filmgoer

Two girl-crazy high school football players sign up for cheerleader camp instead of football camp in hopes of scoring more than touchdowns in this crass comedy -- yet another in which the actors look (and indeed are) a good 10 years too old [...]