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Movie review: 'Kid With a Bike' a touching drama about an ab...

Moving! That’s the best way to describe the stirring amalgamation of motion and emotion propelling Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s “The Kid with a Bike.” It’s constantly on the go, gradually gaining momentum, [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2012 | Comments : 0

Movie review: 'Bully'

If you feel like you've already read quite a bit about the documentary "Bully," you have. But that still won't prepare you for the experience of seeing it. "Bully" has been in the news a lot lately because [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

Friends With Kids Movie Review

I admit I have a soft spot for a well done dramedy- especially one with a phenomenal supporting cast. I wasn’t expecting much out of FRIENDS WITH KIDS and I emerged from the theater more than just pleasantly surprised. A film like t [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2012 | Comments : 0

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

Movie review: The Muppets

Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones Director James Bobin You'll like this if you liked the Muppets!'''It is a big risk re-animating Jim Henson's singing, dancing Muppets after a 12-year absence from the [...]

Posted On : Jan, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: Jig

If Irish dancing brings to mind Michael Flatley and Riverdance, this colourful if conventional film should revise that impression to one of diamantes, fake tans, gigantic wigs and charming kids. Director Sue Bourne went behind the scenes [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: Hugo (directed by Martin Scorsese)

After losing his father to an accidental fire, twelve year old Hugo goes to live with his uncle who tends the clocks at a train station. When his uncle up and leaves, Hugo’s left to fend for himself and when he’s not ste [...]

Posted On : Nov, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: Real Steel

Let’s clear the air right now, readers. Real Steel is on the surface an homage to the popular kids’ game Rock’em Sock’em Robots. It is hard to dispute that fact and I don’t think that the creators can even de [...]

Posted On : Oct, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie review: Boston kids' breakup scenes in Guy and Madelin...

Of the many movies set in or near Boston in 2010, the black-and-white one about kids who erupt spontaneously into song might be the most exciting. "Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench" isn't as well-acted as "The Fighter, [...]

Posted On : Jan, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: The Kids Are All Right

To say that this is the best American feelgood movie about a lesbian marriage is not to say much, since there is no other one. It would also be to risk a charge of missing the film's point, which it is so ingratiatingly keen to make [...]

Posted On : Dec, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Yogi Bear – movie review

Yogi Bear is based on a TV show under the same name from the late 50′s. The Warner Brother film adaption stays true to the original series, with Yogi being the leader and BooBoo being his more down to earth sidekick. The story is s [...]

Posted On : Dec, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

MOVIE REVIEW: Whiz Kids

This documentary follows three high school seniors from different backgrounds, as they prepare for a science competition and the chance to win $100,000 in scholarship money. It’s interesting how this highly overrated documentary sh [...]

Posted On : Dec, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

Tangled: Movie Review (Video)

Rapunzel, Rapunzel! Boys don’t like your name because it’s too girly so can we just call the film Tangled and instead of making your hair long make it REALLY long and give it a life of its own? Okay good! And though [...]

Posted On : Nov, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Megamind: Movie Reviews

This 3-D animated comedy spoofs superhero movies with sharp repartee and clever references to older films in ways that will tickle teenage and grown-up film buffs. Yet there's enough uncomplicated silliness in it, both physical and v [...]