• October 25, 2013
• Animation, At Home, Comedy, Family

Barnyard introduces us to a community of farm animals that are known to party hearty as soon as the farmer turns his back. But this is no ordinary farm—and...

• October 22, 2013
• Animation, At Home, Family

We’ve all had those awkward moments where someone just shows up and won’t to go away. There’s something at once disarming and bewildering about these characters, and they often...

• July 18, 2013
• Animation, At Home, Family

Turbo (née Theo and voiced by Ryan Reynolds) is a snail with a dream: he wants to be fast. So fast that he might stand shoulder to shell with...

• May 22, 2013
• Adventure, Animation, At Home

The story centers on teenager M.K. (voiced by Amanda Seyfried), who – after the death of her mother – goes to live with her estranged, eccentric-scientist father (voiced by...

• February 12, 2013
• Adventure, Animation, At Home, Family

I was one of those kids who liked all the educational stuff on Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, but always got fidgety when he dragged us along to The Neighborhood of...

• November 19, 2012
• Animation, At Home, Family

After the surprisingly excellent How to Train Your Dragon, Dreamworks Animation scores another winner with Rise of the Guardians. Though it may not reach quite the soaring heights of...

• September 23, 2012
• Animation, At Home, Family

Like all animated films of the 1980s, Hanna Barbera’s Heidi’s Song is a striking blend of adorable idyllic adventures and mind-bending psychedelia. I can only think that a generation...

• September 23, 2012
• Action, Adventure, Animation, At Home, Family

Here’s one of my favorite things about this grrrrl-power, action-comedy from Pixar: I honestly had no idea what it was about when I sat down to watch. The filmmakers,...

• November 29, 2011
• Animation, At Home, Comedy, Drama

A co-production with legendary Aardman Animations, the film is a welcome addition to the Christmas-movie oeuvre and will likely become a seasonal favourite, destined to rerun every December alongside...

• April 1, 2011
• Animation, At Home, Family

Is it the most sophisticated live-action/animated film ever? No. Will it win the Best Animated Feature Oscar next year? Highly doubtful. But is it fun and harmless and entertaining?...

• March 1, 2011
• Animation, At Home, Drama, Family

When I finally watched Bambi as an adult, I was struck not only by the beautiful animation, but by the sneakily educational storyline. The film is formatted in a...

• June 19, 2010
• Adventure, Animation, At Home, Comedy

As a Pixar superfan, I was very much looking forward to this sequel, which took some eleven years to get to the screen, and I was not disappointed. The...