• April 17, 2014
• At Home, Drama, Music

Jacob Latimore stars as Langston, a grumpy Baltimore teen whose cash-strapped single mom (Jennifer Hudson) sends him to New York City to spend Christmas with his estranged grandparents –...

• December 22, 2013
• At Home, Drama

Have you ever gotten sucked into one of those films sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints where the acting is kind of terrible and...

• December 5, 2013
• Action, At Home, Comedy, Horror

I am not a huge fan of movies with subtitles.  It’s the process of reading along as I watch that I dread, but if you tell me I can...

• November 26, 2013
• At Home, Drama

Eddie (Joseph Phillips) is a sweet fifteen year old boy whose world is turned on its ear when his mother is hit by a car and severely injured right...

• November 24, 2013
• At Home, Comedy

The story resumes with teaching assistant Mr. Poppy (Mark Wootton) somewhat inexplicably in charge of Mr. Madden’s class. (You’ll remember that Mr. Madden married his sweetie and moved to...

• November 23, 2013
• At Home, Comedy, Family

Every single Christmas, schools and churches throughout the Western world put on a Nativity play.  You can expect sloppily-costumed tots singing sincerely, flubbing lines, and generally bungling their way...

• November 17, 2013
• Animation, At Home, Comedy, Family

I’m never sure whether I should admit that I totally didn’t get a children’s movie. It either means I’m simple and have no attention span, or it’s a red...

• November 16, 2013
• At Home, Comedy

I tried to consider Home Alone: The Holiday Heist from a kid’s perspective. Would I have liked this movie if I were seeing it for the first time as...

• November 16, 2013
• At Home, Comedy, Drama

I’m not the sort of person who expects every Christmas movie to be jolly and upbeat, but All is Bright is just about the dreariest bit of cinema to...

• October 19, 2013
• At Home, Family, Fantasy, Music

I was ten years old in 1987, and the one thing that paralleled my love for playing with my dollhouse was Christmas. In fact, I loved Christmas so much...

• September 23, 2013
• Action, At Home, Crime, Mystery

Despite the fact that I flat-out couldn’t finish The Polar Express and have no idea how it ends, I feel like Night Train would make a perfect sequel.  It’s...

• November 27, 2012
• Animation, At Home

After a quiet evening spent making Christmas cards, Sister Theresa (voiced by Angela Lansbury) glances out the window and sees a young boy standing under a tree as it...