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Velveteen Rabbit more touching that most kids' movies

Family- and low-budget-Christian film specialist Michael Landon Jr. -- (you-know-who's son) -- lifts his game considerably in turning Margery Williams' children's classic ''The Velveteen Rabbit'' into a film. Though it flirts with maudlin h [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Top 10 kids movies inappropriate for kids

Where would we be without children’s movies? They provide us college students with blissful hours of nostalgia-fueled discussions about which Disney princess was hottest or which McDonalds tie-in toy we most enjoyed. Something often f [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2009 | Comments : 0

Are You Looking Forward To 3D Movies?

3D. I remember the 1D headaches from watching some older 3D movies. Yet the entertainment industry thinks 3D is the new tech that will help sales. Not only is it coming to a theater near you, it’s coming to compute [...]

Posted On : Feb, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Top 10 best loved kids movies

Children’s film ‘Shrek’ is the most loved movie by adults, revealed a poll. The poll was conducted by onepoll.com and 3000 fans were asked to chose thier favourite children film, reports.‘’Shrek’ is a gre [...]

Posted On : Jan, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Animated movies return to old idea with new technology - 3-D

CLEVELAND -- Moviemakers want to put a pair of 3-D glasses on every theatergoer's nose in 2009. The popularity from the recent surge of animated films which bring to life everything from cars to penguins to robots is taking the [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

Free Movies for Holiday Family Viewing

Trying to keep the family occupied without spending a lot of money is a challenge every holiday season. Free movies—available at the Ida Rupp Public Library—can help. Here are just a few of the family movies availabl [...]

Posted On : Jan, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

Christmas Movies Becoming a Tradition

Lynchburg, VA - For a lot of families, Christmas is time for traditions -- keeping with the old, but also starting some new ones. And with a lot of children’s' movies opening on Christmas Day, we found many families are starting a tra [...]

Posted On : Dec, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

Ten Movies To Share With Your Kids This Christmas

It’s the Christmas season, which means your kids have extra time off from school to sit around watching TV, whether you like it or not. Now, you could try to discourage them from spending. All their time in front of the TV scre [...]

Posted On : Dec, 18 2008 | Comments : 0

Disney Movies Will Be On-Demand For TiVo Customers

TiVo has signed a deal with CinemaNow and Jaman which will allow Disney movies to be available on-demand to users.Digital video recorder maker TiVo is set to announce that hundreds of movies are going to be available on-demand to users. Th [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Moon rising: Two new lunar movies are taking viewers back in...

US astronauts travel to the moon, which they discover is inhabited by attractive young women in black tights. These women want to come to Earth, take the planet over and get rid of men, whom they consider of no use except as sex objects. Th [...]

Posted On : Oct, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

New 3-D Movies Too Costly for Most Readers

COMING TO YOUR favorite theater, Hollywood's newest attempt to re- invent itself. A new digital process has been developed for 3-D movies to be shown in theaters and can be viewed without special glasses or any other device. Feature films a [...]

Posted On : Sep, 20 2008 | Comments : 0

Are kid movies getting too scary?

I took my son on Saturday to see an advance screening of "Igor," a movie I'm reviewing for this Friday's Chronicle. It's an animated film about a hunchback who aspires to be a mad scientist. Without giving away my review, I was [...]

Posted On : Sep, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

Movies Inspire New Generation of Comic Fans

Take one look at the box office charts and you'll see some familiar names. Batman, Hellboy and Iron Man may not be famous actors, but they're raking in the dough, and not just at movie theaters. What sets apart this crop of comic book movi [...]

Posted On : Aug, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

American Teen -- One of the Best Movies of the Year

"American Teen" is one of the best movies of 2008, as anyone who read my article this morning knows. This afternoon I talked on the phone with Nanette Burstein, who directed the movie, and she gave me some backgroudn to the story. [...]