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Tips on taking kids to movies

The movie was lively, colorful and kid-friendly, recalls Hartsell, a preschool teacher. Her youngest daughter, now in kindergarten, still enjoys the "Madagascar" DVD as her "first movie ever." But the next two movies w [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2010 | Comments : 0

Kids' movie safety portrayals improved: study

The entertainment industry has improved its portrayals of walking, cycling and boating in movies aimed at children, but half of scenes still show risky behaviour, U.S. researchers found. Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of deat [...]

Posted On : Jan, 11 2010 | 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

Best classic Christmas movies ever!

Much like my update on best Christmas albums and songs, here's a revamp of my annual take on the best classic Christmas movies. I say "classic" Christmas movies because there's no "Elf" on there and no "Polar Expr [...]

Posted On : Dec, 14 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

Movie review- Brothers

There's no shortage of film talent on hand in the new war-themed Brothers. The film stars Spider-Man himself, Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Natalie Portman, is written by acclaimed screenwriter David Benioff (25th Hour, The Kite Runne [...]

Posted On : Dec, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

MOVIE REVIEW - Old "Astro Boy" cartoons mix with modern imag...

"Astro Boy" is a standard, straightforward kids' movie. Sure, it's formulaic, but the formulas exist because they work. Even this hardened movie reviewer was a bit touched by its tale of a boy trying to find his place in the world [...]

Posted On : Nov, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Movie Review - Aladin (2009)

The story is set in a fictitious town called Khwaish. Aladin (Ritesh) is a shy college going bloke who is forever bullied by his college mates lead by big bully Kasim (Sahil Khan). They always force him to rub lamps to get a Genie out of it [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Top 5 - Trippy kids movies

Spike Jonze the director of "Being John Malkovich" and "Adaptation" has dipped into the world of children's literature to deliver a delightfully trippy version of "Where the Wild Things Are." Which [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

UP - British photographer inspiration for Disney Pixar movi...

When Mr Warren made a documentary film about the rainforest mountains of Venezuela, he never imagined it would be turned into the Disney movie. Then, in 2005, he got a call from the movie's director Pete Docter, who had seen his documentary [...]

Posted On : Oct, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

Movie review: Whip It

Movies about teenagers who have been repressed by their fuddy duddy, conservative parents/guardians/authority figures are too numerous to list. The formula is always the same – “good” kid latches on to some sort of activi [...]

Posted On : Oct, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs' serves up second straigh...

Movie fans stayed hungry for "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" as the animated family flick took the top spot at the box office for the second weekend in a row. The flick, based on the children's book, cooked up $24.6 million [...]

Posted On : Sep, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

DVD Review - "Hannah Montana The Movie, Deluxe Edition

The pop-star double-life of Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus) gets complicated and countrified in "Hannah Montana: The Movie,” the big-screen adaptation of the Disney Channel series. Disney has released the movie in a three-disc d [...]

Posted On : Sep, 25 2009 | Comments : 0

'Bedknobs & Broomsticks' the best kids movie kids probably s...

There were so many movies that shaped my childhood -- "The Witches," "Neverending Story," "Adventures in Babysitting" -- and whenever I watch them today I'm struck by how inappropriate they truly are for kids c [...]