Search Results for 'Kids'

Latino Film Festival For Kids

The Association of Peruvian American Professionals, in coordination with the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, is presenting the "Greater Hartford Children's Latino Film Festival" on Saturday. The fest, made up of shor [...]

Posted On : Sep, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Harry Potter movies influence kids’ perceptions

With only 54 days for yet another Harry Potter movie to hit theatres, the popularity of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series of children’s books and movies is a phenomenon unlike any other. While the books are valued for their ab [...]

Posted On : Sep, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Legend of the Guardians: Great fare for kids and adults

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’ Hoole features characters named Ezylryb and Gylfie – who live in the Kingdom of Ga’Hoole, when not stretching their wings across the Sea of Hoolamer. Reading this, anyone who fin [...]

Posted On : Sep, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Under the Mountain' Is One Of Those Movies You Won't Mind Wa...

More kids movies need to be like Under the Mountain. It’s inventive, action-packed, and, at times, downright scary. There are adventures, monsters, danger, and humor. It stands head and shoulders above many movies in the genre that [...]

Posted On : Sep, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Movie review - The Kids Are All Right

Witty, urbane and thoroughly entertaining, "The Kids Are All Right" is an ode to the virtues of family, in this case a surprisingly conventional one even with its two moms, two kids and one sperm donor. Whatever your politics, [...]

Posted On : Jul, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Whiz Kids Movie Review

“Whiz Kids” traces the events leading up to the most prestigious science competition in the USA. The Science Talent Search began in 1942 and currently is sponsored by Intel, the processor chip giant. The filmmakers scoured th [...]

Posted On : Jul, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Taking Your Kids to the Movies – Karate Kid, 1984 and 2010

I always promise myself I won’t get sucked in to ‘America’s Next Top Model’ when a new cycle is beginning. I say I won’t watch ‘Canada’s Next Top Model’, ‘Make me a Supermodel’, [...]

Posted On : Jul, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Mayfaire releases free kids movie schedule ‎

Another sure sign of summer is the return of the free kids' matinees, beginning June 15 at the Mayfaire 16 theaters. The complex – part of the Regal Entertainment Group – will have two free screenings each Tuesday, Wednes [...]

Posted On : May, 27 2010 | Comments : 0

Are cartoons just for kids?

Animated movies are a guilty pleasure of mine. When others are out enjoying the sun on a weekend, I'm sometimes hiding in a movie theatre seeing the latest animated offering. However, many times I find myself doing it alone. You see, [...]

Posted On : May, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Amusingly twisted 'Kick-Ass' too raw for kids

Don't be fooled by the TV ads or the trailer: "Kick-Ass" is not for the PG-13 crowd. It's rated R for a reason lots of reasons. And we're talking "hard R," Quentin Tarantino territory. You'd [...]

Posted On : Apr, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

When good kids' movies become bad adult flicks

As someone who saw "Mad Max" at age 7 and the original, unbeatable "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" when I was young enough to believe it was based on a true story, I make a poor candidate for railing against Hollywood's [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2010 | Comments : 2

Happy Kids: The Movie Audience Members I Don't Mind Overhear...

I believe we can universally agree that people who talk in the sacred darkness of a movie theater are very, very bad people. (Unless it's the kind of showing like Troll 2 that begs for everyone to laugh and talk along.) But over [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Want to Get YOUR Kids in The Movie Biz?

Grand Rapids, MI (TAKE FIVE & CO) -- With all of the new movies being made in Michigan, there are more chances than ever for kids to catch the acting bug. Malinda Petersen of the new MP Talent Agency provides parents with some import [...]

Posted On : Apr, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Dumbo and What Kids Expect from a Kid's Movie

Sometimes people like to tell you that little kids can’t be lied to, or they somehow see to the truth of things, or that in their eyes you, as person operating in the adult world of lies and deception and pregnant subtext, will be [...]