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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

SNSD’s Sunny and SHINee’s Taemin Release Movie Preview for "...

Earlier today, “Koala Kid: Birth of a Hero” released its first teaser music video. The film, featuring the voices of SNSD’s Sunny, SHINee’s Taemin, and Yoon Da Hoon, opened in theaters on January 12. The one minute [...]

Posted On : Jan, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

REVIEW: Spy Kids 4

I’m a pretty big fan of Robert Rodriguez, and I’ve even enjoyed (for the most part) his Spy Kids movies. I thought the first one was the best, but the second one was good, too. The third one had it’s moments, but I was g [...]

Posted On : Dec, 07 2011 | 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

Kung Fu Panda 2 Review

Jack Black is back as Po, the Panda "Dragon Warrior," in this high-adrenaline sequel to 2008's surprisingly excellent Kung Fu Panda. Kung Fu Panda 2 isn't as gawkily great as the first film, but it still hits all the rig [...]

Posted On : May, 24 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

Tron: Legacy – review

Back in 1982, Disney's ground-breaking hi-tech SF movie Tron opened in the same week as the epoch-making decision at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University to order its students to abandon pen and paper and work entirely on comp [...]

Posted On : Dec, 20 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

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale film review

They don't come much weirder than this kids' festive film in which Santa Claus is not a rosy-cheeked man in red but a sinister, naked child abductor. While it does the soul good to know somebody out there is making movies this fa [...]